• NIHILAGENT
n. 1579-80 obs. – one who does nothing
• NIKEY
adj. L17 – foolish, simple → sl.
n. L17 – a fool, a simpleton → sl.
• NIKIN
adj. L17 – foolish, simple → sl.
n. L17 – a fool, a simpleton → sl.
• NIKKIENOW
n. 1678 – a term of reproach → Sc. obs.
• NIMB
n. 1896 – a playing marble, esp. a small or cheap one → Amer. dial.
• NIMBER
adj. 1849 – active, nimble → obs.
• NIMBIES
n. M20 – amphetamines, specifically Nembutal™ capsules → US drug culture sl.
• NIMBLE AS AN EEL IN A SANDBAG
adj. 19C – as nimble as may be
• NIMBLE-CHOPS
n. 1581 – a talkative person; a chatterbox; mainly used as a form of address → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NIMBLE-HIPPED
adj. 19C – active and agile in copulation → sl.
• NIMBLE JACK
n. 1682 – an elusive person → obs.
• NIMBY
n. 1950 – a capsule of Nembutal™ → drug culture sl.
• NIMFADORO
n. 1600 – an effeminate man → obs.
• NIMIOUS
adj. 1500 – considerable, great, excessive, over-much → obs.
• NIM KEEP
vb. 1250 – to take or give heed, to take notice → obs.
• NIMROD
n. 19C – the penis → Brit. sl.
• NIMSHI
n. 1848 – a conceited fellow; a foolish fellow; a nincompoop; one who habitually acts in a foolish manner; a mischievous child → Amer. dial.
• NIMSHOD
n. 19C – a cat → sl.
• NIMSHY
n. 1. 1848 – a blockhead; a foolish fellow; a mischievous child → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1913 – a human being; a girl, a young girl → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• NIMWIT
n. 1968 – a dull, stupid person → Amer. dial.
• NIN
n. 1958 – a grandmother → sl.
• NINA
n. 1965 – a woman’s breast → Amer. dial.
• NINCETY-FINCETY
n. 1566 obs. – a trifling matter
• NINCKER
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – the sound that a horse makes, a nicker
• NINCOMPOOP
n. 1676 – a fool; an oaf; a jerk
• NINE-EIGHT
n. 1990s US sl. – a 1998 Oldsmobile
• NINE-EYED
adj. 1970s US college sl. – intoxicated
• NINE-INCH KNOCKER
n. 17C sl. – the penis
• NINE-MILE ANTS
n. L19 sl. – anything sustaining, whether to eat or drink
• NINE-O’CLOCK BENDS
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – an imaginary disease
• NINE-O’CLOCK BLUES
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – an imaginary disease
• NINETED
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. – of persons: thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious
• THE NINETEENTH HOLE
n. 1901 sl., orig. US – the bar-room in a golf club-house
• NINETER
n. 1. 1884 Eng. dial. – a scapegrace, a mischievous fellow
n. 2. 1885 Eng. dial. – a trickster, a sharp, crafty person
• NINETING
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – mischievous
• NINETY-BIRD
n. B1900 Eng. dial. – a bad person; one who is given up to evil ways
• NINETY-NINE
n. 1940s Aust. & US homosexual sl. – anal intercourse
• NINETY-SIX
n. 1920s US homosexual sl. – homosexual anal intercourse
• NINETY TO NOTHING
adv. c1950 Amer. dial. – very fast
• NINETY WAYS TO DIXIE
adv. 1967 – in all directions; in confusion → Amer. dial.
• NINE WAYS FROM BREAKFAST
adv. 1910 – in all sorts of ways; comprehensively → sl.
• NINE WAYS TO SUNDAY
adv. 1910 – in all sorts of ways; comprehensively → sl.
• NINE WINKS
n. 1823 – a few minutes of sleep during the day; a very brief nap → sl.
• NINGLE
n. 1602 – a close male friend or favourite; a confidant; also (derogatory), a subservient lover, especially a homosexual one → obs.
vb. 1659 – to fondle or caress lovingly or intimately → obs.
• NING-NANG
n. 1. ..19C – a sorry jade of a horse; a worthless thoroughbred → Eng. dial. horse-coupers’ term
n. 2. 1832 – a worthless or troublesome person; an unreliable person; a silly or stupid person; a fool → Eng. dial.
• NING-NONG
n. 1957 – a fool, an idiot, an oaf → Aust. sl.
• NINGUID
adj. 1656 – snowy, covered in snow → obs.
• NINKOMPOOP
n. L17 – a fool; an oaf; a jerk → sl.
• NINNA
n. 1946 – the female breast → Amer. dial.
• NINNIES
n. 20C – the human breasts → US sl.
• NINNY
n. 1. 1533 – a fool; an oaf; a simpleton
n. 2. 1909 – the female breast; breast milk → Amer. dial.
n. 3. 1966 – the sound that a horse makes; a whinny → Amer. dial.
• NINNY-BROTH
n. 1696 – coffee → obs.
• NINNYHAMMER
n. 1592 – a stupid or weak-minded person; a simpleton, a fool
• NINNY JUG
n. 1965 – a woman’s breast → Amer. dial.
• NINNY-NANNY • NINNY-NONNY
adj. 1865 – foolish, weak-minded, childish; uncertain, of small account → Eng. dial.
n. 1823 – a silly, weak, or foolish person → Eng. dial.
• NINNY-WATCH
n. 1746 – a disturbance, a state of confusion, excitement or a longing expectation or desire; a vain hope; a quandary → Eng. dial.
vb. 1866 – to get into a state of confusion or excitement → Eng. dial.
• NINNY-WHOOP
n. 1653 – a fool, a simpleton, a ninny → obs.
• NINT
vb. 1899 – to beat severely → Amer. dial.
• NIP
n. 1. 1869 – a small drink whisky or other liquor → sl.
n. 2. 1906 – a piece of old blanket folded around the feet inside the shoe packs for warmth; hence, a sock → Amer. dial.
n. 3. 1942 – a Japanese person → sl., mainly derogatory or offensive
n. 4. .M20 – a nipple → US sl.
vb. 1. 1560 – to steal or snatch → sl., now US
vb. 2. 1919 – to cadge money → sl., chiefly Aust.
vb. 3. 1942 – to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• NIP AND FRIZZLE
adv. 1968 – just about equal; very close → Amer. dial.
• NIP AND GO
adv. 1968 – just about equal; very close → Amer. dial.
• NIP AND TWITCH
vb. 1905 to walk with short mincing steps → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• NIPCHEESE
adj. 1819 – mean, miserly, niggardly
n. 1. 1785 – a ship’s purser → sl. obs.
n. 2. 1825 – a mean or miserly person; a parsimonious, covetous person; a skinflint
► NIPFARTHING n. a mean miser; a skinflint; a niggardly person → 1566
• NIPPER
n. 1. 1859 – a child → sl., chiefly Brit.
n. 2. 1968 – a tooth → Amer. dial.
• NIPPERS
n. 1821 – handcuffs → sl.
• NIPPERTY-TIPPERTY
adj. 1. 1817 – childishly exact, affectedly neat → Sc.
adj. 2. 1817 – of rhymes or tunes: quick and rattling in rhythm → Sc.
► NIPPITATE adj. of ale, wine, or other liquors: strong, good, prime → 1600 obs.
n. good ale or other liquor of the highest quality and strength → 1576 obs.
• NIPPITY-NICE
adj. 1967 – over-particular or fussy → Amer. dial.
• NIPPITY-NIP
adj. 1953 – equal, fifty-fifty → Amer. dial.
adv. 1953 – equally → Amer. dial.
• NIPPITY-TUCK
adj. 1901 – equal → Amer. dial.
adv. 1901 – evenly, equally, very close → Amer. dial.
• NIPPLING
n. 1969 – a frost severe enough to damage vegetation susceptible to frostbite → Amer. dial.
• NIPPY
n. 1. ..19C – the penis, esp. a child’s penis; a nickname for the penis → Brit. sl.
n. 2. 1925 – orig. a waitress in any of the restaurants of J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. London, and hence to any waitress → Brit. sl.
• NIPPY-NOSE
n. 19C – a child’s name for the frost → Eng. dial.
• NIPS
n. M20 – the nipples → US sl.
• NIP TIDE
n. 1899 – neap-tide → Amer. dial.
• NIRK
vb. 1861 – to irk, to annoy, to harass, to weary → Eng. dial.
• NISEY
• NISY
• NIZEY
• NIZIE
• NIZY
adj. 1709 – foolish, dull → obs.
n. 1673 – a fool; a silly fellow; a simpleton; a dunce
• NIST
n. 1886 – a spark of fire, a live coal; a very small fire → Sc.
• NIS-WISE
adj. 1. 1790 – quick in perception; far-seeing → Sc.
adj. 2. 1790 – having or pretending to have an acute sense of smell → Sc.
• NIT
adv. 1895 – no → Amer. dial.
int. 1895 – no! definitely not! → Amer. dial.
n. 1. 1588 – a nitwit; an oaf; a fool → colloq.
n. 2. ..19C – a sexually loose woman, a prostitute → Sc. colloq.
• NITCHIE
adj. 1979 – naked → Amer. dial.
n. 1850 – a Native American → Can. sl., usually derogatory
• NITENT
adj. 1616 – shining, lustrous → obs.
• NITERIE
n. 1934 – a nightclub → US sl.
• NITHERTY-NOTHERTY
adj. 1895 – all of a tremble → Eng. dial.
n. ..19C – a simpleton → Eng. dial.
• NITNAME
n. 1991 – a nickname → Amer. dial.
• NITPICKER
n. 1951 – a pedantic or captious critic → sl., orig. US
• NITRO
n. 1935 – nitroglycerine → sl.
• NITTERET
adj. 1866 – ill-natured, sulky-looking, crusty → Sc.
• NITTERIE • NITTERY
adj. 1825 – peevish, crabbed, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk → Sc.
• NITTIE
adj. 1892 – miserly, stingy, niggardly → Sc.
• NITTO!
int. 1959 – be quiet!; also, stop! desist! → criminals’ sl.
• THE NITTY-GRITTY
n. 1963 – the most crucial or basic aspects of something; the core of truth → sl., orig. US
• NITTY-NATTER
vb. 19C – to be always complaining → Eng. dial.
• NITWIT
n. 1914 – a simpleton, a moron, a fool → sl.
• NITWITTEDNESS
n. 1942 – stupidity → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• NITWITTISM
n. 1942 – stupidity → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• NIVVIL
n. 1. 1874 – a handful; a small quantity → Sc.
n. 2. 1905 – anything small and puny → Sc. (Bk.)
• NIX
adv. 1909 – no → Amer. dial.
int. 1928 – no! definitely not! → Amer. dial.
n. 1789 – nothing, no → UK sl.
vb. 1903 – to reject, to deny → US sl.
• NIXER
n. 1994 – work undertaken outside normal work, usually without an employer’s knowledge → Irish sl.
• NIXIE
adv. 1894 – no → Amer. dial.
int. 1894 – no! definitely not! → Amer. dial.
n. 1890 – an incorrectly addressed letter → US railway mail clerks usage
• NIXIES
n. 1978 – a female undergarment with a cut-out crotch permitting vaginal sex while otherwise clothed → US sl.
• NIXIOUS
adj. 1623 – white as snow, snowy → obs.
• NIXON’S REVENGE
n. 1976 – an American Ford car → US Citizens’ band radio sl.
• NIXURIATE
vb. 1623 – to endeavour, to attempt → obs.
• NIXY
adv. 1894 – no → Amer. dial.
int. 1894 – no! definitely not! → Amer. dial.
• NIYAMAN
n. 1950 – a Rastafarian → W. Indies
• NIZE
adj. 1942 – nice → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• NIZZ
n. 1788 – the nose → Sc.
• NIZZEL
n. 2001 – a close friend → African-American sl.
• NIZZEY
n. 1788 – the nose → Sc.
• NIZZIE
adj. L17 – foolish, dull → sl.
n. L17 – a fool; a dunce. a soft-head; an oaf → sl.
• NIZZLE
n. 2001 – a close friend → African-American sl.
• NKALAFAKER
n. 2003 – a person who is not so much to be admired as was originally thought; a confidence trickster → S. Afr. teen sl.
• NKALAKATHA
n. 2003 – a trustworthy person → S. Afr. teen sl.
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