• O.D.
adj. olive drab …1950s sl., orig, army usage
n. 1. brandy (eau-de-vie) …M19 sl.
n. 2. Officer of the Day …20C army usage
n. 3. an overdose of drugs …1950s US drug culture sl.
n. 4. one who has taken an overdose …1950s drug culture sl.
n. 5. olive drab uniform …1950s sl., orig, army usage
n. 6. a surfeit; oversupply …Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to take an overdose of drugs; to be hospitalized because of an overdose of drugs …1969 US drug culture sl.
vb. 2. to give someone a drug overdose …1960s drug culture sl.
vb. 3. to act excessively, without restraint, to be greedy; to overindulge in or on anything …1960s sl.
• OD
adj. rigidly or typically military …1916 Amer. Army sl.
int. God! …1695
n. 1. a euphemism for “God”; used in mild oaths …L16 euphemism
n. 2. a greenish compound cathartic pill, routinely given to soldiers reporting for sick call …1916 Amer. Army sl.
n. 3. Olive Drab; olive drab cloth …1921 US Army sl.
n. 4. a drug overdose …1959 US sl.
n. 5. a person who has overdosed …Aust. police usage
• ODALISQUE
n. a female slave or concubine in an Eastern harem, esp. in the seraglio of the Sultan of Turkey …1681
• ODAM
n. a son-in-law …c1000 obs.
• O-DARK-HUNDRED
n. the wee hours of the morning, before or roughly at dawn …1982 US military sl.
• O-DARK-THIRTY
n. the wee hours of the morning, before or roughly at dawn …1980 US military sl.
• ODAY
n. money …1928 US Pig Latin for ‘dough’
• OD BIN!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD BLESS ONE!
int. an oath and exclamation …1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OD BON IT!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD BURN!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD COFFEE
n. Army coffee …1919 US Army sl.
• ODD
adj. 1. not even, accordant, or conformable; uneven, unequal, discrepant, diverse, different …1390 obs.
adj. 2. singular in valour, worth, merit, or eminence; unique, remarkable; distinguished, famous, renowned; rare, choice …c1400 obs.
adj. 3. at variance or strike; at odds with …1562 obs. rare
adj. 4. homosexual …L19 euphemism
adv. differently …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a euphemism for “God”; used in mild oaths …L16 euphemism
n. 2. that which is odd; an odd thing …1830
n. 3. a small number over and above a round number …1845 UK sl.
n. 4. a small point of land or promontory …1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 5. a police car …1930s sl.
n. 6. a police officer; the police …1930s sl.
vb. 1. to make odd or irregular …1597 obs. rare
vb. 2. to work at odd jobs …1861 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to redress an inequality …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THE ODD
n. an uneven number …1589
• OD DAMN ‘ORT!
int. an oath and exclamation …1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ODD-AND-END
adj. miscellaneous, consisting of odds and ends …1863
• OD DANG IT!
int. an oath and exclamation …1808 Eng. dial.
• ODD AS ADAM’S OFF-OX
adj. said of one having odd or peculiar ideas or notions …1966 Amer. dial.
• ODD AS DICK’S HATBAND
adj. very odd or peculiar …1909 Amer. dial.
• ODD AS GOD’S OFF-OX
adj. said of one having odd or peculiar ideas or notions …1967 Amer. dial.
• ODDBALL
adj. 1. whimsically free-spirited, eccentric, peculiar, strange, weird, atypical, nonconformist …1940 Amer. colloq.
adj. 2. disorganized; prone to blunder; unreliable …c1945 sl.
n. 1. a bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming person, esp. one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless …1948 colloq., orig. US
n. 2. a homosexual male …M20 sl.
vb. to act strangely …1972 US sl.
• ODDBALL TRICK
n. a prostitute’s customer who pays for fetishistic sex …1973 US sl.
• ODD BOD
n. 1. an eccentric, strange person; an odd man out …1940s US sl., orig. military
n. 2. a person with an odd body; a strange body …20C US sl.
n. 3. an extra person in a given situation …1984 NZ sl.
• ODD CHILD
n. an illegitimate child …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD-COME-SHORT
n. 1. an idle moment; some day soon to come; some time; an indefinite period; an odd moment …1883 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an eccentric person …1967 Amer. dial.
• ODD-COME-SHORT-LIES
n. an occasion or day close at hand …1824 Sc.
• ODD-COME-SHORT-LUMS
n. 1. small miscellaneous articles; odd fragments …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the dry droppings of animals …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD-COME-SHORTLY
n. some day or other in the near future …1738
• ODD-COME-SHORTS
n. 1. small, nondescript items; bits and bobs; odds and ends …1738
n. 2. the dry droppings of animals …1873 Eng. dial.
• ODD COUPLE
n. two people who seem unlikely as partners, mates, etc. …1965 US sl.
• ODDCUM SHORTS
n. small, nondescript items; bits and bobs …E19 sl.
• ODDENLY
adv. continuously, without intermission …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDERWISE
adv. otherwise …1924 Sc.
• ODD FELLOWS
n. three doughnuts and coffee …1931 US tramps & beggars’ sl.
• ODD FISH
n. an eccentric person …M17 sl.
• ODD-HOUSE
n. 1. a house standing alone at some distance from any town or village; also applied to a detached residence as distinguished from one in a row …B1900 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an outside toilet building …1969 Amer. dial.
• ODDIE
n. a halfpenny …1900s Aust. sl.
• ODDINGS
n. odds and ends …1815 Sc.
• ODDISH
adj. drunk …L19 sl.
• ODD KICK IN ONE’S GALLOP
n. a whim, a fancy; an eccentricity …L18 sl.
• ODD LADDIE
n. a youth who acts as a spare hand or odd-job man on a farm …1947 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ODD LADDY
n. a boy kept on farms to do odd jobs …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDLE
n. 1. a sewer …1845 Sc.
vb. 2. to bother, to put one about …1894 Sc. obs.
vb. 3. to go about in an uncertain or useless way; to trifle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDLER
n. a sewer …Bk1905 Sc.
• ODDLIN
n. 1. any person or thing standing alone, or differing from others; the last remaining survivor of a family or community; the last article of a set; a remainder …1870 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an odd or eccentric person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDLING
adj. trifling, uncertain, dallying …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 1. any person or thing standing alone, or differing from others; the last remaining survivor of a family or community; the last article of a set; a remainder …1870 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an odd or eccentric person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a person or thing peculiar or abnormal in a harmless, inoffensive way; an agreeable, even-tempered half-wit …1941 Amer. dial.
• ODDLINGS
n. 1. a solitary house, a house standing by itself remote from others …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 2. particulars, details …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. things of diverse sorts or sizes …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINS
adv. here and there, occasionally …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a solitary house, a house standing by itself remote from others …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 2. particulars, details …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. things of diverse sorts or sizes …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD LOT
n. a police car …1930s sl.
• ODDLY
adv. 1. singly, solely, alone …a1300 obs.
adv. 2. singularly; remarkably; nobly, rarely, choicely …a1300 obs.
adv. 3. occasionally, now and then, here and there …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD MAN
n. a man employed on a farm to do odd jobs; a workman who does odd jobs …1750 Eng. dial.
vb. to cheat …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD MAN OUT
n. someone who is not included in a game, arrangement, business deal, etc. …1889 US sl.
• ODD-MARK FIRM
n. a group or gang that includes various different types of minor criminals, and even a few non-criminal types …1990s UK criminals’ sl.
• ODDMENT
n. 1. a scrap, a fragment, a remnant; a trifle …1825 Eng. dial.
n. 2. one slightly defective in mental power; a stupid person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDMENTS
n. 1. odds and ends …1808 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the smaller edible portions of a pig …1843 Eng. dial.
• ODDNER
adj. odder …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD NUMBER
n. a mistake, an error of judgement, a disadvantage …1897 Eng. dial.
• OD DOLL IT!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD ONE
n. 1. an eccentric person …1874 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the extra pig of a litter …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD DRABBUT IT!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD DRAB IT!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD DRAT IT!
int. a mild imprecation …1869 Eng. dial.
• OD DROT IT!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD ROT IT!
int. a mild oath, “God rot it!” …M18 euphemism
• ODDS
adj. different …1890 Eng. dial.
n. 1. difference, inequality, disparity …1713 Sc.
n. 2. a small surplus sum or number …1835 Sc.
n. 3. difference, hindrance …1899 Amer. dial.
n. 4. the exact opposite of anything; the reverse …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a woman, esp. one who will support her partner through prostitution …1940s US criminals’ sl.
n. 6. of money: small change …2002 UK sl.
vb. 1. to alter, to remedy, to redress; to undo …1868 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to balance an account …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to fit, to make even; to manage, to contrive …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to avoid, to get out of …1958 sl.
vb. 5. to risk, to take a chance …1958 sl.
• ODDSAFFS!
int. an exclamation …1803
• ODDS AND ENDMENTS
n. odds and ends …1953 Amer. dial.
• ODDS AND ENDS
n. scrap meat begged from a butcher for ‘mulligan’ …1931 sl.
• ODDS AND SODS
n. 1. odds and ends; used of both objects and people …1910s sl., orig. military
n. 2. service personnel assigned to miscellaneous tasks or not regularly classified …1930 sl.
• ODDS BOB(S)!
int. an exclamation …1748
• ODDSBODIKINS!
int. a general oath; Gadsbodikins …17C arch.
• ODDS, BODS, AND SODS
n. people at random …1950s Aust. sl.
• ODDS BONES!
int. an exclamation …a1895
• ODDSES
adj. different …1890 Eng. dial.
n. odds and ends; small miscellaneous articles; the change or balance of money …1893 Eng. dial.
• ODDS FISH!
int. an exclamation …1681
• ODDS IS THE DIFFERENCE
phr. either is equally satisfactory or unsatisfactory …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ODDS LIFE!
int. an exclamation …c1718
• ODD’S LIFELINGS!
int. an exclamation …1601
• ODDSMAN
n. an umpire, an arbiter …1581 Sc. obs.
• ODDS MY LIFE!
int. an exclamation …1700
• ‘ODDS NEAGUES!
int. an exclamation …1619 obs. rare
• ODDS-ON
adj. favourable, sure to win …1898 US sl.
n. the odds-on-favourite in a horserace or other sporting contest …20C Aust. sl.
• ODD-SPITTKINS!
int. God!, used as a mild oath …1812 Sc.
• ODD SPLUTTER HER NAILS!
int. exclamation …1873 US euphemism
• ODD STICK
n. an eccentric person …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• ODDSTICKS!
int. God!, used as a mild oath …1897 Sc.
• ODD-STRUCKEN
adj. eccentric …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODD’S WUCKS AND TAR!
int. an exclamation …1785
• ODD TALK
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – chatter, gossip, trifling dialogue
• ODD TIME
n. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. – leisure, spare moments; a time by chance
• ODD-TRICK MAN
n. 19C sl. – a hanger-on at auctions
• ODDWOMAN
n. 1587 Sc. obs. – a female umpire; an arbitress
• ODDY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – strong, vigorous, hearty; lively
n. 1900s Aust. sl. – a halfpenny
• ODD ZOUNDS!
int. 1835 – an exclamation
• O DEARY ME!
int. 1903 Amer. dial. – expression of surprise, annoyance, etc.
• ODELET
n. 1589 – a short or little ode
• ODELING
n. a1845 nonce word – a diminutive ode
• ODIBLE
adj. 1425 obs. – worthy to be hated, hateful, odious
• ODIE
n. 1961 UK rhyming sl. (Eau-de-cologne) – a telephone
• ODIFERANT
adj. that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …a1529 obs.
• ODIFEROUS
adj. that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …a1400 obs.
• ODIOSE
adj. deserving of hatred, hateful; causing or exciting hatred or repugnance; disagreeable, offensive, repulsive, odious …1560 obs. rare
• ODIOUS
adj. very big, great, excessive, intense, out of the ordinary; strange, wonderful …1825 Sc.
adv. very, exceedingly …1877 Sc.
• ODIOUSLY
adv. in an extraordinary manner or degree, very much, greatly …1877 Sc.
• ODIST
n. a writer or composer of an ode …1797 rare
• OD KIRST!
int. an oath and exclamation …1868 Sc.
• OD NAME IT ALL!
int. an oath and exclamation …1887 Eng. dial.
• OD NATION!
int. an oath and exclamation …1876 Eng. dial.
• ODOCITY
n. ability, gumption; spirit, energy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• O-DOM
n. an odometer …2000 US sl.
• OD ON
vb. 1. to give oneself a drug overdose …20C Aust. sl.
vb. 2. to have or consume to excess; to have a surfeit of …20C Aust. sl.
• O’DONNELL’S GALLON
n. a full glass or tankard of alcohol …20C Irish sl.
• ODONTIST
n. a dentist …1819
• ODONTOLOGIST
n. one versed in the subject of the teeth …1788
• ODORABLE
adj. that can be smelled; perceptible to the sense of smell …1589 obs.
• ODORAMENT
n. anything used for its scent or perfume; an odorous substance; a perfume …1382 obs.
• ODORAMINOUS
adj. smelling sweet; fragrant; pertaining to odour …1656 obs. rare
• ODORANT
adj. emitting a scent …a1465 rare
• ODORATE
adj. scented, fragrant …1626 rare
n. a scented or fragrant substance ..a1682 rare
• ODORATION
n. a savouring or smelling …1623 rare
• ODORIFERANT
adj. that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …1549 rare
• ODORIFERE
adj. that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …1527 obs. rare
• ODORIFERIZE
vb. to render odoriferous; to scent or perfume …1824 rare
• ODORIFIC
adj. that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …1796 obs. rare
• ODORIZE
vb. to fill with an odour; to scent …1884 rare
• ODOROSITY
n. the quality of being odorous …1847 rare
• OD OUNDS!
int. an oath and exclamation …1877 Eng. dial.
• ODOUR
n. 1. the sense of smell …1398 obs. rare
n. 2. (good or bad) repute, favour, estimation …1847
n. 3. a telephone …1961 UK rhyming sl. (Eau-de-cologne)
• ODOURET
n. a faint smell …1825 nonce word
• ODOURFUL
adj. odorous, fragrant …1889 nonce word
• OD PILL
n. a greenish compound cathartic pill, routinely given to soldiers reporting for sick call …1916 Amer. Army sl.
• OD PLAGUE ONE!
int. an oath and exclamation …1895 Eng. dial.
• OD RABBIT!
int. a mild oath, “God rot it!” …M18 euphemism
• ODRABBIT IT!
int. an exclamation …1749
• OD RABBIT LIT ON ONE!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD RABBITS!
int. an oath and exclamation …1859 Eng. dial.
• OD RAT!
int. an oath and exclamation …1867 Eng. dial.
• OD RAT IT!
int. a mild oath, “God rot it!” …1749 euphemism
• OD ROT ‘EM!
int. an exclamation …1812
• OD ROT IT!
int. a mild oath, “God rot it!” …M18 euphemism
• OD ROTS!
int.
an oath and exclamation …1839 Eng. dial.
• OD ROTTLE!
int. an oath and exclamation …1806 Eng. dial.
• OD RUT!
int. an oath and exclamation …1864 Eng. dial.
• OD RUT IT!
int. a mild oath, “God rot it!” …M18 euphemism
• OD’s
n. a drab olive military uniform …1955 US sl.
• OD SAVE!
int. an oath and exclamation …1892 Sc.
• OD’S BLASTNASHUN!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD’S BLOOD!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• ODS-BOBS!
int. an exclamation …1621
• OD’S BOBS AND BUTTER-CAKES!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODS-BOBS AND BUTTERCUPS!
int. an exclamation of surprise …B1900 Eng. dial.
• ODSBODIKINS!
int. an exclamation …1709
• ODSBODLIKINS!
int. an exclamation …1733
• OD’S BODS!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD’S BODY!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• OD’S BONES!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• OD’S BREED!
int. an oath and exclamation …1808 Eng. dial.
• ODSBUD!
int. an exclamation …1695
• ODS-BUDS!
int. an exclamation …1724
• OD SCOSH!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD’S DAGGS!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD’S DAL!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD’S DEATH!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• OD’S FEET!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• OD’S FISH!
int. a general oath …L17 sl.
• ODSFLESH!
int. an oath and exclamation, “By God’s flesh!” …1715
• ODS FOOT!
int. an exclamation …1667
• OD’S HARICOTS!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• ODS HARICOTS AND CUTLETS!
int. an exclamation …1809
• OD’S HEART!
int. an oath and exclamation …1806 Eng. dial.
• ODS-HEARTIKINS!
int. a minced oath …1741 obs.
• ODS HEARTLINGS!
int. a minced oath …1598 obs.
• OD’S HEFT!
int. an oath and exclamation …1806 Eng. dial.
• OD SINK IT!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODSKILDERKINS!
int. an exclamation …1694
• ODSLID!
int. an exclamation …1742
• OD’S LIFE!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• OD’S LIKE!
int. an oath and exclamation …1806 Eng. dial.
• OD SMASH!
int. an oath and exclamation …1818 Eng. dial.
• OD’S ME!
int. an exclamation …1598
• OD’S MERCY!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• OD’S MINE!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD’S MY LIFE!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• ‘ODS MY LITTLE LIFE!
int. an exclamation …1600
• ‘OD’S MY WILL!
int. an exclamation …1600
• OD’S NIGGERS!
nt. an oath and exclamation …1751 Eng. dial.
• ODSNIGS!
int. an exclamation …a1643
• OD’S-NOWNES!
int. an exclamation …1598
• ODSO!
int. an exclamation of surprise or asseveration …1695 obs.
• OD SOOKS!
int. an oath and exclamation …1751 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ODSOONS!
int. an exclamation …1694
• ODS PITTIKINS!
int. an exclamation …1611
• OD’S-PITTKINS!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• OD SPLET!
int. an oath and exclamation …1873 Eng. dial.
• OD’S RACKIT!
int. an oath and exclamation …1890 Eng. dial.
• OD’S SAKE!
int. an oath and exclamation …1877 Sc.
• OD’S SANG!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD’S SCURSE!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD STOCK!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD’S VENGEANCE!
int. an exclamation …1831
• OD’S-SWOOKERS!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• OD’S WHITE LIGHT ON!
int. an oath and exclamation …1808 Eng. dial.
• OD SWINGE!
int. an oath and exclamation …1808 Eng. dial.
• OD’S WOOKERS!
int. an exclamation …1728
• OD’S WOUNDS!
int. an oath and exclamation …1854 Eng. dial.
• OD’S WOUNDS AND DEATH!
int. an oath and exclamation …1854 Eng. dial.
• OD’S WOWKS!
int. an oath and exclamation …1790 Eng. dial.
• OD’S WUCKS!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• OD’S WUNTERS!
int. an oath and exclamation …1808 Eng. dial.
• OD’S WUX!
int. an oath and exclamation …1808 Eng. dial.
• OD’S-ZOOKERS!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• OD TON!
int. an oath and exclamation …1846 Eng. dial.
• O.D.V.
n. brandy (eau-de-vie) …1836 US sl.
• OD WHITE!
int. an oath and exclamation …1790 Eng. dial.
• ‘OD WITE IT!
int. a mild imprecation …1869 Eng. dial.
• OD WOTH!
int. an oath and exclamation …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OD WYTE!
int. an oath and exclamation …1790 Eng. dial.
• ODYSSEY
n. a long series of wanderings to and fro; a long adventurous journey …1889
• ODZO!
int. an oath and exclamation …1784 Eng. dial.
• OD ZOES!
int. an oath and exclamation …1825 Eng. dial.
• ODZOOKERS!
int. Gadzooks! …1685
• ODZOOKS!
int. an exclamation …1695
• OD ZOSE!
int. an oath and exclamation …1825 Eng. dial.
• OD ZOUNDS!
int. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
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