• OUT OF ALL CURE
adj. c1374 obs. – beyond remedy; past help
• OUT OF ALL NICK
adv. past counting …1595
• OUT OF ALL REASON
adj. quite absurd or incredible …1887 Sc.
• OUT OF ALL SIGHT
adv. immeasurably, beyond all comparison …1821
• OUT OF BUSINESS
adj. injured …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF CALL
phr. 1634 – too far away to hear a person’s call or summons; hence, distant, out of reach
• OUT OF CASE
adj. in poor condition …1674 obs.
• OUT OF COMMISH
adj. injured …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF COMMISSION
adj. injured …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF DOCK
phr. out of hospital after receiving treatment …1785 sl.
• OUT OF DOUBT
adj. a1400 obs. – without doubt; doubtless
• OUT OF FASHION
adj. out of shape …1551 obs.
• OUT OF FIX
adj. injured …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF HAND
adv. at once, immediately; without premeditation, suddenly; extempore …a1300
• OUT OF HEART
adj. dispirited; discouraged; disheartened, downcast …1586
• OUT OF HIS TREE
adj. crazy …1960s Amer. sl.
• OUT OF IT
adj. 1. dead …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. drunk, fully intoxicated …1963 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. in a drugged state …1963 sl., orig. US
• OUT OF KELTER
adj. 1. out of harmony or balance; not working, broken; unwell …1643
adj. 2. disorderly; in confusion …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF KILTER
adj. 1. out of harmony or balance; not working, broken; unwell …1643
adj. 2. disorderly; in confusion …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF KIN
adj. not related …Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF LOCK
adj. out of wedlock, widowed …1969 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF ONE’S ASS
adj. crazy …1970 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ONE’S BOX
adj. crazy, insane; foolishly wrong, mistaken …1966 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF ONE’S DEPTH
phr. 1712 – beyond the range of one’s competence or understanding
• OUT OF ONE’S FACE
adj. out of one’s right mind, esp. as a result of drug or alcohol intoxication; under the influence of drink or drugs …1972 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ONE’S FORM
adj. somewhat ill; indisposed …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ONE’S GEARS
adj. out of sorts; irritable, grouchy …a1700 obs.
• OUT OF ONE’S GOURD
adj. insane, mad …1963 US sl.
• OUT OF ONE’S HEAD
adj. insane, mad …1825 sl.
• OUT OF ONE’S LASH
phr. out of danger from one’s attacks …1586 obs.
• OUT OF ONE’S MISERY
adj. dead …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF ONE’S NUT
adj. drunk or drug-intoxicated …1999 Brit. sl.
• OUT OF ONE’S REASON
adj. beside oneself; out of one’s senses …1861 Sc.
• OUT OF ONE’S SKULL
adj. insane, mad …1968 sl.
• OUT OF ONE’S TREE
adj. insane, mad …1966 US sl.
• OUT OF ORDER
adj. 1. experiencing the menses …20C US sl.
adj. 2. unacceptable in behaviour …1979 Brit. sl.
• AS OUT OF PLACE AS BALLS ON A WHALE
adj. unsuitable …1977 US sl.
• OUT OF PUFF
adj. out of breath, breathless …1827 sl. & Eng. dial.
• OUT-OF-SIGHT
adj. excellent …1896 sl., orig. US
• OUT OF SKEW
adj. askew, oblique, out of plumb …1905 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF SOMEONE’S FACE
adj. absent, away …1980s Black British sl.
• OUT OF THE APRON
phr. of gambling in a casino: on money borrowed from the casino …1982 sl.
• OUT OF THE BARREL
adj. of drinks: unmixed with water …Bk1902 colloq,
• OUT OF THE CARDS
adj. outside the range of probability …1813 obs.
• OUT OF THE FACE
adv. incessantly, straight through without stopping …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• OUT OF THE GAME
adj. 1. dead …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. married, engaged, or dating only one person …2001 US sl.
• OUT OF THE GATHERS
adj. out of order; in distressed circumstances …1847
• OUT OF THE MARSH
adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF THE NOTION
adj. disinclined; not in favour of something …1871 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF THE PICTURE
adj. dead …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF THE RUNNING
adj. dead …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF THE SMOKE INTO THE FIRE
phr. out of a small danger into a great one …1547 obs.
• OUT OF THE STRAIGHT
adj. dishonest, crooked …Bk1904 sl.
• OUT OF THE TAIL OF THE EYE
adv. with a sidelong or furtive glance …1859
• OUT OF THE WAY
adj. 1. not in possession of one’s senses; intoxicated …1906 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. dead …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. unsuitable, inappropriate, gauche …1976 Amer. dial.
• OUT OF THIS WORLD
adj. 1. delightful, pleasing …1928 sl., orig. US jazz usage
adj. 2. experiencing the menses …20C US sl.
• OUT OF TOWN
adj. 1. inattentive; absent-minded …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. in jail or prison …1982 US sl.
• OUT OF WARD
adj. beyond control, out of hand, unruly …c1400 obs.
• OUT OF WHACK
adj. injured …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT ON A LIMB
adj. in a difficult or exposed position …1897 US
• OUT ON ONE’S EAR
adj. discharged, ejected or dismissed ignominiously …1919 Amer. sl.
• OUT ON THE CARPET
adj. eager to marry …1909 Amer. dial.
• OUT ON THE NICK
adj. out thieving …Bk1902 sl.
• OUT ON THE PULL
phr. out picking up a member of the opposite sex …20C Brit. sl.
• OUT ON THE ROOF
adj. intoxicated with alcohol …M20 US sl.
• OUT ON THE SCAFF
adj. going about in an idle, frolicsome manner …Bk1904 Sc.
• OUT ON THE SCRAN
adj. begging for scraps of food …M18 sl.
• OUT ON YOUR ARSE
adj. ejected, evicted, expelled …1998 UK sl.
• OUTPATIENCE
vb. to cause to lose patience …c1950 Amer. dial.
• OUTRAGEABLE
adj. outrageous …1952 Amer. dial. rare
• OUTRAIOUS
adj. outrageous …1303 obs.
• OUTSCAPE
n. escape, release from restraint, a way or opportunity to escape …1555 obs.
vb. to escape …1562 obs. rare
• OUTSIDE
adj. 1. out of prison, out of the services …L19 sl.
adj. 2. illegitimate …L19 African-American sl.
adv. other than, excepting, beyond the number of …M19 orig. US
int. a challenge …20C sl.
n. 1. a passenger who rides on top of a coach …L18 sl.
n. 2. the civilian world …L19 US military sl.
n. 3. the world beyond one’s home and domestic life …1960s African-American sl.
• THE OUTSIDE
n. the world out of prison …1903 sl.
• OUTSIDE CHILD
n. an illegitimate child …L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDE CHILE
n. an illegitimate child …20C Trinidad
• OUTSIDE DAUGHTER
n. an illegitimate child …L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDE JOB
n. a crime committed by someone not otherwise associated with the place where it happened …1925 sl.
• OUTSIDE KID
n. an illegitimate child …L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDE MAN
n. 1. that member of a confidence trick team who locates a potential victim, lures him deeper into the hoax, and helps to fleece him; the ‘steerer’ for a brothel …M19 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a lookout …M19 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 3. a woman’s lover …L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDER
n. 1. a lookout …M19 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. a person who is considered socially inferior …L19 sl.
n. 3. a mentally deficient person …1900s Irish sl.
n. 4. an outside pocket …1910s US criminals’ sl.
n. 5. a child of unwed parents; an illegitimate child …1913 Amer. dial.
n. 6. an act of sexual intercourse performed out of doors …1980s US sl.
• OUTSIDE SON
n. an illegitimate child …L19 W. Indies
• OUTSIDE WIFE
n. a woman who lives with a man, but is not married to him …1968 Amer. dial.
• OUTSIDE WOMAN
n. a man’s lover; a mistress …L19 W. Indies
• OUTSTART
n. the outset …1906 Amer. dial.
• OUTSTROPOLOUS
adj. outrageous, unruly, obstreperous …1832 Sc. obs.
• OUT THE ASS
adv. 1. in excessive quantity; to an excessive degree; also, no good, reprehensible …1969 Amer. sl.
adv. 2. emphatically well; to a great degree …1971 Amer. sl.
• OUT THE ASSHOLE
adv. in excessive quantity; to an excessive degree …1970 Amer. sl.
• OUT THE LIGHT
vb. to extinguish the light …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OUT THE YING YANG
adv. 1994 US sl. – to excess
• OUTTIE 5000
phr. 1990s US sl., African-American & teen usage – a phrase of farewell; goodbye, see you
• OUT TO LUNCH
adj. 1955 US sl. – insane; stupid, unaware; socially unacceptable
• OUT TO IT
adj. intoxicated with alcohol …19C Aust. sl.
• OUT TO LUNCH
adj. out of touch with reality …1955 sl., orig. US
• OUT TO THE WIDE
adj. 1. completely drunk …20C sl.
adj. 2. unconscious of one’s surroundings, lost in a dream, day-dreaming …20C sl., orig. US
adj. 3. utterly and completely exhausted; very deeply asleep or unconscious …20C sl., orig. US
• OUTWARD ADAM
n. one’s body, exterior, appearance …1837 Amer. dial.
• OUTWARDLY
adj. self-important, forward …1968 Amer. dial.
• OUT WITH THE CAPTAIN
phr. 2001 Can. sl. – out drinking
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