Dictionary: NAL – NAO

► NALE adj. lean → M19 back-slang
n. an alehouse (‘an ale’) → 1808 Sc.
► NALGA DE ANGEL n. marijuana → 1970 US drug culture sl.
► NALLION n. a lump, a bump → 1997 Irish sl. (Bk.)
► NALLY n. a nursery term or a child’s buttocks → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAM n. 1. a heavy blow with a bludgeon; a sudden to knock-out stroke → 1825 Sc.
n. 2. a man → 1859 back-slang
n. 3. a policeman → 1860 back-slang
n. 4. Vietnam → 1962 US sl., orig. military usage
vb. 1. to seize quickly and rather violently; to grab → 1825 Sc.
vb. 2. to touch, to lay hands on → 1825 Sc.
vb. 3. to seize between the teeth, to chew, to eat greedily → 1923 Sc.
► NAMANDLY adv. namely → 1375 obs.
► NAMAS ► NAMASE ► NAMAZE ► NAMHUS ► NAMMUS ► NAMOUS vb. to leave, to run off, to slip away quietly → 1845 UK criminals’ sl.
► NAMASER n. 1. an absconder, one who has run away → 1865 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. something that has vanished, e.g. one’s money → 1865 UK criminals’ sl.
► NAM BLACK n. a very dark green type of marijuana grown in or associated with Vietnam → 1960 African-American sl.
► NAMBLE vb. 1. to walk as if in pain; to turn in the toes → 1892 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to amble → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAMBY-PAMBY adj. 1. of style, actions, etc.: weakly sentimental, insipidly pretty, affectedly or childishly simple → 1745
adj. 2. of persons: inclined to weak sentimentality, affected daintiness, or childish simplicity; of a weak or trifling character; effeminate; overnice → 1774
n. 1. that which is marked by affected prettiness and feeble sentimentality → 1764
n. 2. a weakly sentimental person; a feeble or effeminate person; an overly nice person → 1868
vb. to flatter; to pamper → 1812 sl.
► NAME n. 1. an important or famous person → 1975 US sl.
n. 2. a known criminal → 1984 Brit. sl.
n. 3. a popular, high-profile professional wrestler → 1995 US sl.
vb. 1. to take, to ‘nim’ → 1450 obs.
vb. 2. to utter a word; to say → 1588 obs.
► NAME-CHILD n. one named after another → 1845
► NAME-COUTH  adj. known by name; famous; renowned; well-known → 1000 obs.
► NAMECUND adj. famous → 1200 obs.
► NAME-DAUGHTER n. a girl, generally a goddaughter, who bears one’s name → 1876 Sc.
► NAME-DAY n. the day on which a child is named → 1880
► NAME-DEVICE n. a rebus → 1631 obs.
► NAME-FATHER n. the person whose Christian name one bears → 1894
► NAMEFY vb. to mention by name → 1589 obs.
► NAME IT! int. used when one stands a round of drinks and asks the company what they would life → 1915 sl.
► NAME-IT-NOT n. the female pudendum → 1674 sl.
► THE NAMELESS n. the female pudendum → 1674 sl.
► THE NAMELESS CREEK n. a lucky place whose whereabouts is for that reason untold → 1902 anglers’ sl. (Bk.)
► NAMELESS FINGER n. the middle finger → 1584 obs.
► NAMELINGS n. persons bearing the same name → 1706 obs.
► NAMELY adj. distinguished, famous, notable for a thing → 1440 obs. exc. Sc.
adv. 1. particularly, especially, above all; usually with preceding ‘and’ → 1175 obs.
adv. 2. carefully, precisely → 1400 obs.
► NAME OF GOODNESS! int. an expletive, generally of impatience → 1881 Eng. dial.
► NAME OF THUNDER! int. an expletive, generally of impatience → 1892 Eng. dial.
► NAMESCLOP n. a policeman → 1859 back-slang
► NAME-SON n. a name-child of the male sex → 1760 Sc.
► THE NAME’S SIMPSON, NOT SAMSON phr. a reply when requested to do heavy work or lift something weighty → 20C Brit. sl.
► NAMETAKE n. a namesake → 1966 Amer. dial.
► NAME-WIZARD n. one skilled in the mystical meaning of names → 1605 obs.
► NAMMET n. a luncheon; esp. one eaten in the field by farm-labourers either in the middle of the morning or of the afternoon; a plain meal without meat; food generally → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NAMMO ► NAMOW ► NEMMO n. a woman → 1859 back-slang
► NAMMONIE n. a little while → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► NAMMUS! ► NAMOUS! ► NAMUS! ► NOMMUS! int. a warning cry on sighting a policeman, meaning ‘be off’; hence, to mean ‘go away’ → 1856 sl.
► NAM-NAM n. a child’s expression for something good to eat → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► NAMO n. a woman → L19 Brit. back-slang
► NAMSHACH vb. to injure severely → 1866 Sc.
► NAM SHIT n. a very dark green type of marijuana grown in or associated with Vietnam → 1960 African-American sl.
► NAM WEED n. a very dark green type of marijuana grown in or associated with Vietnam → 1960 African-American sl.
► NAN int. 1. What? What did you say? → 1789 Amer. dial.
int. 2. a call to sheep → 1896 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a maid → 1596 colloq.
n. 2. an effeminate or homosexual male → 1693 sl.
n. 3. a she-goat → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 4. a grandmother → 1940 sl.
► NANA adj. outrageous, indecent → L19 sl.
n. 1. a grandmother; rarely, an aunt; also, used as a term of address → 1844
n. 2. a mother; an elderly woman → 1892 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a banana → 1929 US sl.
n. 4. the head → 1940 sl.
n. 5. a fool, an idiot, an incompetent → 1941 sl., orig. Aust.
n. 6. a headmaster → 1968 sl.
n. 7. the vagina → 1999 African-American sl.
► NANA CUT n. a haircut in which the back of the head is closely shaved → 1941 Aust. sl.
► NANA-ISH adj. outrageous, indecent → L19 sl.
► NANAN n. a godmother; also used as a term of address → 1917 Amer. dial.
► NA-NA’s n. the female breasts → 2005 US sl.
► NAN-BOY n. 1. an effeminate or homosexual man → 1671 sl.
n. 2. a catamite → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► NANCE adj. effeminate, homosexual → 1924 sl.
n. 1. an effeminate male → 1910 US sl., disparaging usage
n. 2. a male homosexual → 1924 sl., derogatory
vb. to behave in an exaggeratedly feminine fashion → 1968 US sl.
► NANCIFIED adj. effeminate; acting in a homosexual manner → 1918 sl., derogatory
► NANCITUDE n. effeminacy → 1936 sl.
► NAN CLAPPISON’S DOSE n. a good thrashing → 1889 Eng. dial.
► NANCY adj. effeminate; homosexual → 1909 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. the breech; the buttocks → 1812 sl.
n. 2. a male homosexual; an effeminate man → 1828 sl., derogatory
n. 3. the head → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 4. a small lobster → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 5. a weak-willed person → 1935 sl.
n. 6. a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1968 Amer. dial.
n. 7. nothing → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► NANCY ABOUT ► NANCY AROUND vb. to act in an effeminate manner → 1989 sl.
► NANCY-BOY n. 1. an effeminate male → L17
n. 2. a catamite → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 3. a male homosexual → 1904 sl., derogatory
► NANCY DAWSON n. an effeminate male; a homosexual male → 1889 Brit.
► NANCY HOMEY n. an effeminate male; a homosexual male → 19C Brit.
► NANCYING adj. effeminate → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANCY JULIA n. doe deer → 1921 Amer. dial.
► NANCY LEE n. 1. a flea → 1931 rhyming sl.
n. 2. tea → 1933 Brit. rhyming sl.
► NANCY OMEY n. an effeminate man → L19 sl.
► NANCY-STORY n. 1. a folk-tale or fairy-tale of type popular among the Black people of the Gold Coast and the West Indies → 1818
n. 2. an elaborate fabrication → 1858 Trinidad and Tobago
n. 3. humbug, nonsense → L19 sl.
► NANCY-TALE n. 1. a folk-tale or fairy-tale of type popular among the Black people of the Gold Coast and the West Indies → 1891
n. 2. humbug, nonsense → L19 sl.
► NANESENSE n. nonsense → 1872 Sc.
► NANETTE n. a Black homosexual man → 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
► NAN FLAP n. a pendulous spread of flabby upper arm that is characteristic of some older woman → 2004 Brit. sl.
► NANG adj. excellent, first-rate → 2004 Brit. sl.
n. ostentation, esp. in one’s dress → 20C W. Indies sl.
vb. 1. to gnash or grind the teeth to make half articulate sounds by wagging the jaw in mockery → 1863 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. of a pain: to gnaw; to keep up a dull, continuous aching → 1882 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to complain; to cry like a fretful child; to worry → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANGER vb. to make angry → 1675 obs.
► NANGING adj. worrying; ill-tempered → 1864 Eng. dial.
► NANGLY adj. grumbling, cross-grained, quarrelsome → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANGNAIL n. 1. a loose piece of skin at the base of the fingernail; a hangnail → 1790 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a corn, a bunion; an ingrown toenail → 1790 Eng. dial.
n. 3. an ill-tempered, troublesome person; a tyrant → 1856 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a long fingernail → 1884 Eng. dial.
► NANGRY adj. angry → 1681 obs.
► NANI adj. beautiful → 1951 Hawaii
► NANK vb. to knock → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANN adj. no; nothing → 2000 African-American sl.
► NANNA adj. awful → 2002 Brit. sl.
n. 1. a grandmother → 1844 sl.
n. 2. a mother; an elderly woman → 1892 Amer. dial.
► NAN NAN n. 1. a dandy → 1899 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a straw hat → 1899 Aust. sl.
n. 3. one of a gang of youths who sported straw hats as their ‘colours’ → L19 Aust. sl.
n. 4. a grandmother → 1959 sl.
► ‘NANNER n. a banana → 1929 Amer. dial.
► NANNICK n. 1. a bungler → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. a valueless trifle; a knickknack → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 3. an idle whim; a childish fancy or fear; a jibe → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 4. light, irregular work → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to do light, irregular work; to change one’s employment frequently → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to play the fool; to play when one should be working; to idle away one’s time; to fidget → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANNICKING adj. full of apish tricks; trifling → 1815 Eng. dial.
► NANNICOCK n. a silly, affected person; a young woman, as a term of contempt; also, a fool → 1600 obs.
► NANNIE int. a call to sheep → 1896 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a female or homosexual prostitute → 1727 sl.
n. 2. a sheep, esp. a female → 1896 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a grandmother; rarely, a mother or aunt; also, a term of address → 1941 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a Black woman; also, a term of address → 1956 S. Afr., offensive & demeaning
► NANNIKIN-JOB n. a piece of work requiring neatness and delicacy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANNO n. a grandmother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► NANNOCK vb. to play the fool; to play when one should be working; to idle away one’s time; to fidget → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANNY int. a call to sheep → 1896 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a prostitute; a whore → 1727 Brit.
n. 2. the head → 1791 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 3. a sheep, esp. a female → 1896 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a she-goat → 1870 Sc.
n. 5. the stomach → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 6. a stingless humble-bee → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 7. the Totalizator → 1905 Eng. dial.
n. 8. a banana → 1909 sl.
n. 9. a boat → 1930 rhyming sl. (Nanny Goat)
n. 10. a coat → 1940 rhyming sl. (Nanny Goat)
n. 11. a grandmother; rarely, a mother or aunt; also, a term of address → 1941 Amer. dial.
n. 12. a weak-willed, priggish, or effeminate fellow; a sissy → 1947 Amer. sl.
n. 13. a Black woman; also, a term of address → 1956 S. Afr., offensive & demeaning
n. 14. the throat → 1960 rhyming sl. (Nanny Goat)
n. 15. a godmother → 1967 Amer. dial.
► NANNY-CATCH n. an apparition; a mischievous sprite → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANNY-CRATTY adj. foolish, weak-minded, childish; of small account; generally used of persons, but also of a conversation or work → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. an inquisitive, meddlesome, foolish, weak-minded person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANNY-FODGER n. 1. a meddlesome, prying person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. the wren, Troglodytes parvulus → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANNY-FUDGER n. 1. a meddlesome, prying person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. the wren, Troglodytes parvulus → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANNY-GOAT n. 1. a drink → 1856 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘tot’
n. 2. an anecdote → 1860 rhyming sl.
n. 3. a foolish girl or woman → 1900 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a style of side-whiskers → 1907 US sl.
n. 5. the Totalizator → 1920 rhyming sl. for the ‘tote’
n. 6. a boat → 1960 UK rhyming sl.
n. 7. the throat → 1967 rhyming sl.
n. 8. a coat → 1971 Cockney rhyming sl.
► NANNY GOATING n. courting → 1981 imperfect Cockney rhyming sl.
► NANNY-GOAT SWEAT n. whisky, esp. home-brewed or inferior whisky → 1941 US sl.
► NANNY-HAMMER n. a foolish person → 1881 Eng. dial.
► NANNY-HOLE n. a cave; a culvert → 1900 Eng. dial.
► NANNY-HOUSE n. a bawdy-house, a brothel → 1690
► NANNY PINCH-POT n. a penurious person; a covetous, miserable wretch → 1893 Eng. dial.
► NANNY PLUM n. sheep manure; a pellet of sheep dung → 1833 Amer. dial.
► NANNY-SHOP n. a brothel → 1696 sl.
► NANNY-VIPER n. a caterpillar → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANNY WHAMMING n. in rodeo: the joke event of goat tying → 1987 Can. sl.
► NANO n. a very short period of time → 1991 US sl.
► NANOID adj. resembling a dwarf, dwarf-like → 1856
► NANOO n. heroin → 1998 UK sl.
► NANOOK n. a polar bear → 1963 Can. sl.
► NAN-PIANNOT n. the magpie, Pica rustica → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAN-PIE n. 1. the magpie → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. the common peony, Paeonia officinalis → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANTE int. no; nothing; none; stop; shut up; not → 1851 UK sl.
n. nothing, none; esp. used as a synonym for “I have none” → M19 sl.
► NANTEE int. stop! beware! → M19 sl.
n. nothing, none; esp. used as a synonym for “I have none” → M19 sl.
► NANTEE NARKING n. great fun → E19 sl.
► NANTEE PALAVER! int. shut up! be quiet! → M19 sl.
► NANTEE PARLAREE! int. shut up! be quiet! → M19 sl.
► NANTE PILE ON THE CARPET adj. bald → 1992 UK sl.
► NANTE POTS IN THE CUPBOARD adj. toothless → 1992 UK sl.
► NANTES ► NANTS ► NANTZ ► NANTZY n. brandy → 1674 sl.
► NANTI int. stop! beware! → M19 sl.
n. nothing, none; esp. used as a synonym for “I have none” → M19 sl.
► NANTI NARKING n. great fun → E19 sl.
► NANTI PANARLY! int. be quiet! don’t talk! → 2002 UK sl.
► NANTI PARLAREE POLARI! int. be quiet! don’t talk! → 2002 UK sl.
► NANTIPIE n. the magpie, Pica rustica → 1788 Eng. dial. obs.
► NANTI POLARI! int. be quiet! don’t talk! → 2002 UK sl.
► NANTI POTS IN THE CUPBOARD phr. toothless → 1980 sl.
► NANTI THAT! int. stop that! don’t do that! → 2002 UK sl.
► NANTLE vb. 1. to raise; to elevate gently → 1820 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to hold oneself erect; to go about in a mincing, conceited, affected fashion → 1841 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to caress, to fondle; to nurse in a playful manner; to toy with anything → 1874 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to work feebly, languidly, or imperfectly; to potter about; to move slowly and feebly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANTLING adj. of work: light, trifling; done for amusement → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. a foppish person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. gossiping or trifling matters → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 3. petty, jobbing work → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANTOIS n. nothing, none; esp. used as a synonym for “I have none” → M19 sl.
► NANTOISALE phr. no; nothing; none → 1997 UK sl.
► NANTOISE phr. no; nothing; none Ï 1997 UK sl.
► NANTOISETTE n. nothing, none; esp. used as a synonym for “I have none” → M19 sl.
► NANTS phr. no, nothing, none → 1997 UK sl.
► NANTY int. no; nothing; none; stop; shut up; not → 1851 UK sl.
n. 1. nothing, none; esp. used as a synonym for “I have none” → M19 sl.
n. 2. temper, ire; a drubbing, a scolding → 1935 Sc. sl.
► NANTY CRACKLING n. the vagina → 2005 circus & showmen’s usage
► NANTY NARKING n. great fun → 1909 sl.
► NANTY PALAVER! int. shut up! be quiet! → 1859 sl. (Bk.)
► NANTY WIDDING n. no talking or chattering → 1846 UK criminals’ sl.
► NANTY WORSTER adj. being no worse → 2002 UK sl.
► NANTZ n. brandy → 1691 sl.
► NANU n. a grandfather or grandmother; also, a term of address → 1969 Amer. dial.