Dictionary: OV – OZ

► OVEN n. 1. the vagina → 1520
n. 2. a large mouth → 1785 sl.
n. 3. the womb → 1967 sl.
► OVEN-DODGER n. a Jew → 2002 sl., derogatory
► OVERAMP vb. to overdose on cocaine or amphetamine → 1967 US drug culture sl.
► OVERAMPED adj. over-excited, overwrought → 1979 US sl.
► OVERBLOWN adj. of speech or writing: overstated, florid → 1616 
► OVERBOARD adj. 1. over-enthusiastic, very keen → 1927 sl., orig. US
adj. 2. dead → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
adj. 3. drunk → 1948 US sl.
► OVERCHARGED adj. overdosed on narcotics → 1936 US sl.
► OVERCLOUD vb. to make gloomy → 1550
► OVERCOAT n. 1. a coffin → 1898 sl.
n. 2. a straitjacket → 1935 US sl.
n. 3. a condom → 1938 sl.
n. 4. a pie crust → 1940 US sl.
n. 5. a parachute → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 6. in pool: a player who has mastered the foibles of a particular table → 1990 US sl.
► OVERCOAT MAKER n. an undertaker → 1969 sl.
► OVERCOME adj. intoxicated with alcohol → 19C sl.
► OVER-DO n. showing off, ostentation → 1927 W. Indies sl.
► OVERDRAW THE BADGER vb. to overdraw one’s banking account → 1840 sl.
► OVERDUE adj. of a criminal: ripe for arrest → 1979 sl.
► OVER-EYE vb. to watch, to survey → 1909
► OVERFIX vb. to overdose using a drug → 1972 US sl.
► OVERGLAD adj. overjoyed → 1934 Amer. dial.
► OVERGONE adj. gone out of use, past, obsolete → 1581 obs.
► OVERGROW vb. to outgrow → 1968 Amer. dial.
► OVERHAPPIED adj. overjoyed and happy → 1931 Amer. dial.
► OVERHAUL n. a reprimand; a scolding; a thrashing → 1797 Amer. dial.
vb. to scold, reprimand or discipline → 1942 Amer. dial.
► OVERHAULING n. a reprimand; a scolding; a thrashing; chastisement → 1833 Amer. dial.
► OVERHAULING AND GOING-OVER n. chastisement → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OVERHEAD n. 1. an attic → 1986 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the ceiling → 1986 Amer. dial.
► OVER HEAD AND EARS adj. deeply immersed or involved, such as in love, in debt, etc. → 1576
► OVERHIE vb. to overtake by hastening after; to catch up with → 1440 chiefly Sc.
► OVERHUNG adj. hung-over → 1964 sl.
► OVER IT adj. angry → 1982 US students’ sl.
► OVERITIOUS adj. 1. excessive, intolerable → 19C Sc.
adj. 2. boisterous, violent, headstrong, impetuous → 19C Sc.
► OVERJOLT n. a drug overdose → 1959 US sl.
► OVERLANDER n. 1. a large mosquito → 1887 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a tramp → 1898 Aust. sl.
► OVERLAND TROUT n. 1. bacon → 1903 Amer. Western sl.
n. 2. roast pork → 2003 US sl.
► OVERLARD vb. to garnish speech or writing with an excessive number of words, ideas, etc. → 1819 
► OVERLAY vb. 1. to kill by crushing or suffocation → 1953 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to oversleep → 1969 Amer. dial.
► OVERLINESS n. 1. contemptuousness; haughtiness → 1610 obs.
n. 2. superficiality; carelessness; indifference → 1653 obs.
► OVERLOOK vb. to bewitch → 1912 Amer. dial.
► OVERLY adj. of an amount or quantity: large → 1969 Amer. dial.
► OVER-MONEY vb. to bribe; to win by means of a bribe → 1661 obs.
► OVER-MUCH adj. astonishing, difficult to believe → 1968 US sl.
► OVERNIGHT-BAG n. a prostitute → E20 US sl.
► OVERNOON n. midday; afternoon → 1779 obs.
► OVER-PERTED adj. made too pert, saucy, or self-conceited → 1614 obs.
► OVERPLUSH n. a surplus → 1837 Amer. dial.
► OVER-RUN THE CONSTABLE vb. to spend more than one can afford; to live beyond one’s means → 1748 sl.
► OVERS-CADOVERS adv. a long time ago → 1977
► OVERSEAS adj. intoxicated with alcohol → E20 Brit. sl.
► OVERSEEN adj. intoxicated with alcohol, tipsy → 1611
► OVERSEER n. a person who looks down from above; an onlooker, a spectator → 1450 obs.
► OVERSEER OF THE NEW PAVEMENT n. a man standing in a pillory → 1781 UK sl.
► OVER SHOES, OVER BOOTS phr. totally and recklessly committed → 1630
► OVERSHOT adj. tipsy, drunk → 1605 sl.
► OVERSLOP n. an outer garment; a loose, upper garment; a cassock or gown → 950 obs.
► OVERSOWN adj. covered with spots, speckled → 1648 obs.
► OVERSPARRED adj. intoxicated with alcohol → L19 Brit. sl.
► OVERSPEAK vb. 1. to speak too strongly; to speak too much → 1656 
vb. 2. to surpass or outdo in speaking → 1826 obs.
► OVERSPEAKING adj. over-elaborate in speech; verbose → 1612 
► OVERSPEECH indiscretion or rashness in speech → 1000 poetic usage
► OVERSPORT vb. to overplay; to exaggerate the importance of → 1937 Amer. dial.
► OVERSTAND vb. to completely understand or have a profound knowledge of → 1999 African-American sl.
► OVERTAKE vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OVERTAKEN adj. intoxicated with alcohol → 1587 Brit. sl.
► OVER THE ANKLES phr. totally and recklessly committed → 1840
► OVER THE BAY adj. intoxicated → 1830 US sl.
► OVER THE EDGE adj. insane, quite mad → 1929
► OVER THE FALLS phr. said of a surfer carried over the breaking edge of a wave → 1964 US sl.
► OVER THE FENCE adj. used to stress the unacceptability of something found objectionable → 1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
► OVER THE FISH-POND n. England → 1821 Irish sl.
► OVER THE HUMP phr. while gambling, having won enough to be gambling now with the house’s money → 1950 US sl.
► OVER THE MARK adj. intoxicated with alcohol → E19 Brit. sl.
► OVER THE MOON adj. happy, pleased → 1936 sl.
► OVER THE ODDS adj. 1. more than is expected; more than is tolerable → 1922 UK sl.
adj. 2. drunk → 1960 sl.
► OVER THE SCORE adj. excessive; unfair → 20C colloq.
► OVER-THE-SHOULDER BOULDER-HOLDER n. a brassiere → 1970 UK sl.
► OVER THE SIDE adj. engaged in private business or sexual liaisons during duty hours → 1970 UK sl., orig. navy usage
► OVER THE STILE adv. committed for trial → 1859 rhyming sl.
► OVER THE WALL adj. 1. escaped from prison → 1935 sl.
adj. 2. past a bad situation and moving on → 1960 Amer. sl.
► OVER-THRANGED adj. overcrowded → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OVER-THRONG adj. overcrowded → 1905 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► OVER-THRONGED adj. very busy; over-hurried → 1790 Eng. dial.
► OVERTHWART a rebuff or rejoinder → 1567 obs.
► OVERTOWN n. the business section of a city → 1932 Amer. dial.
► OVERWELT vb. 1. to tumble over → 1522 Sc. obs.
vb. 2. to overturn, to upset → 1828 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OVERYEARED adj. too old, too advanced in years → 1844 obs.
► OVES n. the eaves of a building → 1790 Eng. dial.
► OVIARY n. a flock of sheep → 1623 obs.
► OW n. the bowl of an opium pipe → 1898 US drug culture sl.
► OWDACIOUS adj. impudent, shameless, audacious, bold, incorrigible; of things: very bad, shocking → 1847 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► OWEN NARES n. chairs → 1960 UK rhyming sl.
► OWE ONE A DAY IN HARVEST vb. to owe one a good turn → 1816 Sc.
► OWIE n. 1. a hurt, pain; a bruise or minor injury → 1967 Amer. dial.
n. 2. jewellery that requires the piercing of one’s flesh, usually an earlobe → 2007 US sl.
► O WINIFRED! int. an exclamation of disbelief → 19C
► OWL n. 1. a prostitute who works nights only → 1688
n. 2. a late-night customer of a bar, restaurant, etc. → 1900
n. 3. a thief, esp. one who works at night → 1949 Aust. & US sl.
► OWL AROUND vb. to rove about at night → 1975 Amer. dial.
► OWLED adj. staring from drunkenness; very drunk → 1922 Amer. sl.
► OWL-EYED adj. staring from drunkenness; very drunk → 1929 Amer. sl.
► OWL-GAL n. a promiscuous young woman → 1943 W. Indies sl.
► OWLHEAD n. 1. a kind of usually inexpensive revolver frequently having a finger hole in the grip allowing it to be used in addition as a ‘knuckle duster’ → 1927 Amer. sl.
n. 2. an intractable horse; that cannot be trained either to work or ride → 1928 Amer. Western sl.
n. 3. a person → 1991 US sl.
► OWLHEADED adj. of a horse: stubborn; intractable → 1928 Amer. Western sl.
► OWLHOOT adj. contemptible → 1946 Amer. Western sl.
n. a contemptible fellow, esp. a fugitive or outlaw → 1945 Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
► OWLHOOTER n. a fugitive or outlaw → 1942 Amer. Western sl.
► THE OWLHOOT TRAIL n. the life of a fugitive or outlaw → 1936 Amer. Western sl.
► OWL-LIGHT n. 1. the dim and uncertain light in which owls go abroad; a glimmering and imperfect light; twilight, dusk → 1599
n. 2. the cloud of the night, the dark → 1599
► OWL’S DUNG n. the most worthless or despicable thing → 1967 Amer. dial.
► OWL’S HEAD n. a kind of usually inexpensive revolver frequently having a finger hole in the grip allowing it to be used in addition as a ‘knuckle duster’ → 1927 Amer. sl.
► OWL SHIFT n. the night shift → 1986 Amer. sl.
► OWL SHIT n. 1. excrement → 1862 Amer. sl.
n. 2. the most worthless or despicable thing; anything distasteful → 1967 Amer. dial.
► OWL SKULL n. cheap whisky → 1970 Amer. dial.
► OWL’S SHIT n. the most worthless or despicable thing → 1967 Amer. dial.
► OWL SHIT JUNCTION n. any extremely remote town → 1977 US sl.
► OWL TRAIN n. a train that runs at night → 1856 Amer. sl.
► OWLY adj. 1. very drunk → 1862 US sl.
adj. 2. cunning → 1906 US sl.
adj. 3. angry, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, easily offended; sulky, pouting → 1950 Amer. dial.
adj. 4. of the weather: threatening → 1958 Amer. dial.
adj. 5. complaining, finding fault → 1965 Amer. dial.
adj. 6. obstinate → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OWLY-EYED adj. 1. having eyes like an owl’s, in respect of seeing badly in daylight; purblind → 1586 obs.
adj. 2. wise → 19C Amer. sl.
adj. 3. staring from drunkenness; very drunk → 1900 Amer. sl.
► OWLY-LOOKING adj. of the weather: threatening → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OWN vb. 1. of a mother animal: to nurse and care for her young → 1925 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to give birth to → 1952 Amer. dial.
► OWN COUSIN n. first cousin → 1899 Amer. dial.
► THE OWNER n. the captain of a ship, and also of an aircraft → 1903 sl.
► OWNLY adj. lonely, solitary → 1864 Eng. dial.
► OWN THE CORN vb. to admit an error → E19, orig. US
► OWNTY adj. empty → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► OWN UP vb. to admit truth or responsibility; to confess → 1853 colloq.
► OWRIE adj. 1. sad, melancholy, dismal, depressing → 1788 Sc.
adj. 2. chilly, shivering → 1802 Sc.
► OWSLEY n. high quality LSD → 1967 US sl.
► OWSLEY ACID n. LSD → 1968 drug culture sl.
► OWT GENS n. two shillings → 1859 back-slang
► OWY adj. woolly, covered with wool → 1813 Sc. obs.
► OWZAT? phr. in cricket: an appeal to an umpire, how’s that? → 1934 UK
► OX n. 1. a large, thuggish man → 1885 US sl.
n. 2. an unattractive, overweight female → 1968 US teen sl.
n. 3. a razor blade → 1998 African-American sl.
n. 4. a knife → 2002 US sl.
► OXER n. an armpit → E18 Irish
► OXFORD n. 1. five shillings → 1870 UK rhyming sl. for ‘dollar’ (five shillings) (Oxford Scholar)
n. 2. a dollar → 1937 Aust. & NZ rhyming sl. (‘Oxford scholar’)
n. 3. a Black person who is as dark as black shoe leather → 1944 African-American sl., derogatory
► OXFORD BAG n. a cigarette → 1990 rhyming sl. for ‘fag’
► OXFORD SCHOLAR n. 1. five shillings → 1870 UK rhyming sl. for ‘dollar’ (five shillings)
n. 2. a collar → 1937 rhyming sl.
n. 3. a dollar → 1967 Aust. & NZ rhyming sl.
► THE OX IS IN THE DITCH phr. an emergency has arisen, requiring top priority → 1984 Amer. dial.
► OXO n. zero, nothing → 1938 sl.
► OXO CUBE n. the London Underground → 1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘tube’
► OXOMETER n. an imaginary device used to measure the accumulated depth of ‘bullshit’ → 1945 World War II Brit. sl.
► OXTER n. an armpit → 1550
vb. to lift or move a person by holding them under the armpits → 1801 Irish sl.
► OXY adj. having a second-hand or dated appearance; impoverished-looking → 2001 UK sl.
n. the synthetic opiate oxycodone used recreationally; a capsule of OxyContin™ → 2000 US sl.
► OXYCROCIUM adj. intoxicated with alcohol → E18 US sl.
► OXYGEN SECTION n. seats in a stadium or coliseum that are high up and far from the action → 1993 US sl.
► OXYGEN THIEF n. a completely worthless person → 1990 Aust. sl.
► OY! int. a meaningless noise used to draw attention or cry in protest → 1936 UK sl.
► OY GEVALT! int. used for expressing a lament, protest, dismay, or delight → 1968 US (Yiddish)
► OYLE OF BARLEY n. beer → 17C Brit. sl.
► OYL OF ROPE n. a severe beating → 1715  sl.
► OYSTER adj. saying nothing, silent → 1910 Aust. sl.
n. 1. the vagina → 1598
n. 2. a gob of phlegm or spittle → 1675
n. 3. a prostitute → 1702
n. 4. a girl, a young woman → 1772
n. 5. semen; an ejaculation of semen → 1890 Brit. sl.
n. 6. a person desired or sought for a particular purpose → 1877 Amer. sl.
n. 7. a close-mouthed person; one who talks little → 1888 Amer. sl.
n. 8. a pearl → 1917 Amer. jocular usage
n. 9. an odd, stupid, or foolish person → 1934 US sl.
n. 10. the mouth → 1962 US sl.
n. 11. a society woman who is paid to wear stolen pearls, hoping to entice an offer of purchase → 1970 UK criminals’ sl.
► OYSTER-CATCHER n. the female genitals; specifically the vagina → 1890 Brit. sl.
► OYSTER-FACED adj. in need of shaving, unshaven → 1890 street sl.
► OYSTER FRUIT n. pearls → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OYSTERICS n. hysterics → 1904 middle class sl.
► OYSTERS n. 1. the testicles → 1762
n. 2. illicitly distilled liquor → 1903 Amer. sl.
► OYSTER’S ICE-SKATES n. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► OYSTER SOUP n. semen → 1905 US sl.
► OYSTER UP vb. to shut up, to be quiet → 1973
► O.Z. n. an ounce of narcotics → 1933 US drug culture sl.
► OZ adj. Australian → 1971 sl., orig. Aust.
n. 1. Australia → 1908 sl.
n. 2. an Australian → 1971 sl., orig. Aust.
► OZARD adj. ghastly → 1950 UK juvenile sl.
► OZARK vb. to cheat, to defraud → 1953 Amer. dial.
► OZELLY adj. 1. dark of complexion; swarthy → 19C
adj. 2. slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down → 1824 Sc.
► OZONE n. 1. air → 1864 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a curt dismissal → 1942 Amer. sl.
n. 3. phencyclidine → 1979 drug culture sl.
n. 4. marijuana → 2001 US sl.
vb. to dismiss curtly → 1922 Amer. sl.
► OZONED adj. high on drugs → 1979 Amer. sl.
► OZONER n. a drive-in movie theatre → 1948 Amer. sl.
► OZONE RANGER n. a person who is out of touch with reality → 1978 US students’ sl.
► OZONE THEATER n. an outdoor movie theatre → 1957 US sl.
► OZZIE adj. Australian → 1918 sl., orig. Aust.
n. 1. an Australian → 1918 sl.
n. 2. 1 oz. marijuana → 2002 Aust. & Can. drug culture sl.
► OZZIMANGERUM n. soup made from a leg of beef → 1850 UK criminals’ sl.
► OZZY adj. strange-looking, peculiar → 1950 Amer. dial.
n. 2000 – a hospital → sl.