Dictionary: P – PAC

► P adj. 1. pure,  unadulterated, esp. of drugs → 1970 sl.
adj. 2. pretty → 1982 Hawaiian youth usage
n. 1. syphilis → M17 sl.
n. 2. urine → 20C sl.
n. 3. a ponce, a pimp → 1920 sl.
n. 4. pure or nearly pure heroin → 1960 drug culture sl.
n. 5. peyote → 1960 drug culture sl.
n. 6. phencyclidine → 1960 drug culture sl.
n. 7. a Vietnamese piastre → 1965 US sl.
n. 8. the price → 1997 UK sl.
n. 9. a promise (to deliver something) → 1990 Black British sl.
n. 10. a parent → 2000 African-American sl.
n. 11. rejection, dismissal → 2000 Black British sl.
vb. to urinate → 20C sl.
► P-38 n. 1. the small can-opener included with individual field rations → 1975 Vietnam War usage
n. 2. police-issue .38 calibre revolver → 1976 US sl.
► P.A. n. 1. a press agent; a publicity agent → 1920 sl.
n. 2. a public address system → 1930 sl.
► PA n. 1. a father; used to address your father → 1811 UK
n. 2. the parish relieving officer who distributed money to the poor → L19 sl.
n. 3. a husband → 1941 Amer. dial.
n. 4. grandfather → 1956 Amer. dial.
prep. upon → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► PAALIE-MAALIE adj. thin, emaciated, having a pallid, sickly appearance, listless → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► PAATERMENT n. a useless brat; an insignificant person → 1939 Sc. obs.
► PAATIE n. a young pig → 1898 Sc.
► PAATIE GRICE n. a young pig → 1898 Sc.
► P.A.B.A.C.A.B. phr. an exhortation to smoke cannabis (Pack A Bowl And Catch a Buzz → 1980 US drug culture sl.
► PABBLE vb. to make a sound like that of boiling liquid → 1832 Sc.
► PABLO n. cocaine → 1996 sl.
► PABULAR  adj. pert. to pabulum, fodder, or aliment → 1656 obs.
► PABULARY adj. pert. to pabulum, fodder, or aliment → 1835 
► PABULATION n. a grazing, a feeding; the act of feeding or procuring provender; fodder → 1623 
► PABULATORY adj. pert. to pabulum, fodder, or aliment → 1656 obs.
► PABULOUS adj. abounding in or affording food or aliment; nourishing → 1646 obs.
► PABULUM n. 1. anything taken in by an animal or plant to maintain life and growth; food, aliment, nutriment → 1733 
n. 2. that which nourishes and sustains the mind or soul; food for thought → 1765 
► PAC n. a cap → M19 back-slang
► PACABLE adj. capable of being pacified, placated, or appeased → 1833 obs.
► PACAL adj. that brings or signifies peace; peaceable → 1656 obs.
► PACATE adj. pacified, brought into a state of peace and calm, tranquil → 1644 obs.
► PACATED adj. appeased; made peaceable → 1727 obs.
► PACATELY adv. quietly → 1652 obs.
► PACATENESS n. the state of being peaceful → 1666 obs.
► PACATION n. the act of pacifying or tranquillizing; the condition of being peaceful and tranquil; pacification → 1658 
► PACATIVE adj. stilling, sedative → 1684 obs.
► PACE n. 1. a chapter in a narrative or other writing; a section, division, chapter, etc. → 1300 obs.
n. 2. a passage; a narrow way; a pass between mountains, rocks, woods, etc.; a narrow channel at sea, a strait → 1300 obs.
n. 3. Easter, Easter-tide → 1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 4. a ‘company’ or herd of asses → 1486 obs.
vb. to live a fast, exciting and varied life → 1970 African-American sl.
► PACE-CLOTHES n. new clothes worn at Easter → 1805 Eng. dial.
► PACE-DAY n. Easter day → 1792 Sc.
► PACE-EGG n. an Easter egg, esp. one stained and hard-boiled → 1579 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PACE-EGG-DAY n. Easter day → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PACE-EGGER n. one who goes about singing or begging for Easter eggs and other trifles at Christmas as well as at Easter → 1876 Eng. dial.
► PACE-EGGING n. the custom of collecting Easter eggs → 1867 Eng. dial.
► PACE-EGGING-TIME n. Easter → 1870 Eng. dial.
► PACE-GENTLEMAN n. a boy wearing new clothes at Easter → 1923 Sc.
► PACE-NEW adj. of clothes: new for Easter → 1937 Sc.
► PACER n. a person who travels at great speed; anything (esp. a horse) that goes at a great pace → 1878 colloq.
► PACE SUNDAY n. Easter day → 1721 Sc.
► PACEY ► PACY adj. fast, speedy → 1906 UK sl.
► PACHETTY adj. weak, ailing, in bad health → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PACHOOK adj. pert. to Mexican-Americans (esp. street gang members) or their culture → 1940 US sl.
n. a Mexican-American, esp. a young man who joins a street gang → 1940 US sl.
► PACHUCA n. a female Mexican-American → 1940 US sl.
► PACHUCO adj. pert. to Mexican-Americans (esp. street gang members) or their culture → 1940 US sl.
n. a young Mexican-American, esp. a tough or gang member → 1943 US sl.
► PACHYDERMATOUS adj. thick-skinned; insensitive to rebuff, ridicule, or abuse; not easily affected by outside influences → 1854 
► PACHYDERMOUS adj. thick-skinned; insensitive to rebuff, ridicule, or abuse; not easily affected by outside influences → 1836 
► PACHYTRICHOUS adj. having thick hair → 1857 
► PACIFEROUS adj. peace-bringing → 1656 obs.
► PACIFEROUSNESS n. peace bringing quality → 1727 obs.
► PACIFIABLE adj. capable of being pacified or appeased → 1618 
► PACIFIC adj. 1. making peace; leading to peace or reconciliation; conciliatory, appeasing → 1548 
adj. 2. characterized by peace or calm; peaceful, calm, tranquil, quiet → 1633 
adj. 3. of peaceful disposition; not belligerent; peaceable → 1641
► PACIFICABLE adj. capable of being pacified or appeased; placable → 1621 obs.
► PACIFICAL adj. peaceable → 1485
► PACIFICALLY adv. peacefully, peaceably → 1793 
► PACIFICATE vb. 1. to give or restore peace to; to appease; to placate, to mollify, to pacify → 1608
vb. 2. to make peace with → 1646 obs.
► PACIFICATOR n. one who pacifies or brings to a state of peace; a peace-maker → 1539 
► PACIFICATORY adj. tending to make peace → 1583 
► PACIFICITY n. the quality of being pacific; peacefulness → 1800 
► PACIFICOUS adj. tending to make peace, leading to peace, conciliatory → 1611 obs.
► PACIFICS n. peace-offerings → 1609 obs.
► PACIFIC SLOPE n. the countries of the Pacific Rim, esp. as considered places of refuge for wanted criminals → L19 NZ sl.
► PACIFIC STEROID n. the Southeast Asian plant, taro → 2002 NZ sl.
► PACIFIER n. the violet → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PACIFIQUES n. peace-offerings → 1609 obs.
► PACIFY vb. 1. to reconcile → 1500 obs.
vb. 2. to satisfy, to suffice → 1896 Ireland
vb. 3. to make quiet by force or punishment → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PACK adj. 1. on intimate and friendly terms, linked by mutual feeling or understanding; in league, confederate → 1701 Sc.
adj. 2. of animals: tame, docile → 1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 1. a bundle of money, stock of cash; a cash-box → 1394 obs.
n. 2. a private or clandestine arrangement, pact, or compact; a secret or underhand design agreed upon by two or more persons; a plot, conspiracy, intrigue → 1571 obs.
n. 3. a gang → 17C cant
n. 4. a prostitute; a harlot → 17C UK sl.
n. 5. one’s worldly goods, property, belongings, fortune → 1720 Sc.
n. 6. a person of low or worthless character → 1725 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 7. a night lodging for the very poor → M19 sl.
n. 8. a heavy mass of cloud; a thundercloud; generally in plural → 1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 9. a packhorse → L19 Aust. usage
n. 10. a cap → 20C Brit. back-slang
n. 11. a packet of cigarettes → 1928 US sl.
n. 12. the state of being packed or crowded together; a crush, a squeeze → 1928 Sc.
n. 13. a package of illegal drugs, esp. heroin → 1952 US sl.
n. 14. a packet of marijuana → 1950 drug culture sl.
n. 15. a packet of pills → 1950 drug culture sl.
n. 16. in the used car business: a fixed amount that is added to the price the dealer has paid for the car → 1975 sl.
n. 17. a White person → 1990 African-American sl.
vb. 1. to enter into a private arrangement; to agree in a secret or underhand design; to plot, to conspire, to scheme, to intrigue → 1529 obs.
vb. 2. to be an accomplice or confederate in a plot → 1590 obs.
vb. 3. to carry → 19C sl., orig. US
vb. 4. to drink to excess → 19C US sl.
vb. 5. to press, to squeeze → 1897 Sc.
vb. 6. to carry a weapon, usually a gun or knife → L19 sl., orig. US
vb. 7. to live as tramp, travelling the country → L19 sl.
vb. 8. to carry money, to be in funds → 1920 US sl.
vb. 9. to be ruined or spoiled; to become useless → 1920 motor-racers’ usage
vb. 10. to defeat, to be superior to, or more enjoyable than → 1920 Aust sl.
vb. 11. to carry drugs for a dealer → 1940 US drug culture sl.
vb. 12. to carry contraband in and out of a prison; to carry a concealed weapon → 1960 US prison sl.
vb. 13. of male homosexuals: to have anal sex → 1960 US students’ sl.
vb. 14. to take someone along on a motorcycle cruise → 1966 US sl.
vb. 15. to reject a lover → 1970 sl.
vb. 16. to tuck the male genitals into the left or right trouser leg → 1972 US sl.
vb. 17. to fill a crack cocaine pipe → 1980 US drug culture sl.
vb. 18. to place drugs into a cone, bong, etc., preparatory to smoking them → 1980 Aust. sl.
vb. 19. to fill a cigarette with marijuana → 1980 Aust. drug culture sl.
vb. 20. to be fearful → 1988 Aust. sl.
vb. 21. in snowboarding: to hit the snow hard → 1990 US sl.
► PACK A BIT AWAY vb. to serve a term of imprisonment → 1918 US prison sl.
► PACKAGE n. 1. a drink → L19 sl.
n. 2. a large sum of money → 1910 sl.
n. 3. a police record → 1910 US sl.
n. 4. a sentence of imprisonment → 1912 US criminals’ sl.
n. 5. a man, a person → 1920 US sl.
n. 6. a supply of a given drug → 1930 US drug culture sl.
n. 7. a kidnap victim → 1933 sl., chiefly US
n. 8. a sexually attractive woman → 1945 US sl.
n. 9. a sexually transmitted infection, esp. gonorrhea → 1950 US sl.
n. 10. a paper bag for groceries → 1967 Amer. dial.
n. 11. the male genitals → 1970 US sl.
n. 12. the vagina → 1980 US sl.
n. 13. a lot, very much → 1990 African-American sl.
n. 14. a positive report on a prisoner → 1990 US prison sl.
n. 15. a man’s genitals as seen through trousers → 1997 US sl.
n. 16. the female posterior → 2001 US sl.
n. 17. AIDS or HIV → 2002 US sl.
► PACKAGED adj. intoxicated with alcohol → L19 US sl.
► PACKAGE OF TROUBLE n. the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1999 US sl.
► PACK A HEATER vb. to carry a gun → 1920 US sl.
► PACK A KICK vb. 1. to be capable of delivering a disabling, strong punch; also used of alcohol → 1910 sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to be influential or important → 1910 sl., orig. US
► PACKALD n. a pack, a bundle; a burden, a load; a packet → 1440 obs.
► PACK-A-LUGE n. a heavy load not easily moved → 1777 Eng. dial.
► PACK AND BOODLE n. a crowd, a group → 1950 Amer. dial.
► PACK AND FARDEL adv. entirely, ‘bag and baggage’ → 1867 Eng. dial.
► PACK AND PACKAGE adv. entirely, ‘bag and baggage’ → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PACK-AND-PENNY DAY n. the last day of a fair, on which goods are sold cheap → 1869 Eng. dial.
► PACK A PUNCH vb. 1. to be powerful, as a motorcycle or car → 20C sl.
vb. 2. to be capable of delivering a disabling, strong punch; also used of alcohol → 1910 sl., orig. US
vb. 3. to be influential or important → 1910 sl., orig. US
► PACK A ROD vb. to carry a gun → 1920 US sl.
► PACK A SAD vb. 1. to become severely depressed or run down; to reveal a dismal or depressed state of mind → 1980 NZ sl.
vb. 2. to break off a relationship → 1994 NZ sl.
► PACK A SHITTY vb. 1. to sulk → 1985 Aust. sl.
vb. 2. to become angry → 1998 NZ sl.
► PACK A WALLOP vb. 1. to be capable of delivering a disabling, strong punch; also used of alcohol → 1910 sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to be influential or important → 1910 sl., orig. US
► PACK AWAY vb. to consume food or drink with gusto → 1972 Aust. sl.
► PACKBACK n. a piggyback ride → 1969 Amer. dial.
► PACK CARDS vb. to arrange or shuffle cards so as to cheat or secure a fraudulent advantage → 1599
► PACK CARDS WITH vb. to make a cheating arrangement with → 1606 obs.
► PACK CHITLINS vb. of a man: to be unable to maintain an erection during intercourse (chitlins – pigs intestines) → 1990 African-American sl.
► PACK DEATH vb. to be fearful → 1975 Aust. sl.
► PACK DOUBLE vb. to carry a passenger on a motorcycle → 2000 US sl.
► PACKED LIKE HERRINGS adj. crowded, packed → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PACKED LIKE HERRINGS IN A BARREL adj. crowded, packed → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PACKED LIKE SARDINES adj. crowded, huddled → M19 colloq.
► PACKED LIKE SARDINES IN A BARREL adj. crowded, packed → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PACKED TIGHT adj. nervous, unhappy, worried → 1970 US sl.
► PACKED TO THE GUNWALES adj. absolutely full → 20C colloq.
► PACKED UP adj. 1. killed in warfare → 1915 World War I army sl.
adj. 2. dead and buried → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PACK ‘EM vb. to be frightened; to be fearful → 1944 sl.
► PACKENHAM n. cheap or illegally made liquor; moonshine → 1929 Amer. dial.
► PACKER n. 1. a confederate in a fraudulent design; a conspirator, a plotter → 1771 obs.
n. 2. packhorse → L19 Aust. usage
n. 3. a peddler → 1923 Sc. obs.
n. 4. a thin stick, typically a chopstick, or a piece of metal coat hanger, used to pack a cocaine pipe → 1990 drug culture sl.
► PACKER-BACKER-MAKI n. a beer-drinking, snow-suit wearing, Skoal-chewing, snowmobile-riding fan of the Green Bay Packer football team → 2004 Michigan Upper Peninsula usage
► PACKERY n. a place where goods are packed → 1880
► PACKET n. 1. a pannier, a load-saddle → 1738 Sc.
n. 2. a false report; a falsehood → 1796
n. 3. a small pile or set of cards → 1887
n. 4. the male genitals;  usually a reference to the bulge in a man’s trousers → 20C Brit. homosexual sl.
n. 5. trouble → 1910 sl., orig. military
n. 6. a bullet or missile → 1910 sl., orig. military
n. 7. a large sum of money → 1910 sl.
n. 8. a wound → 1910 sl., orig. military
n. 9. the genitals, male or female → 1950 sl.
n. 10. a package of illegal drugs, esp. heroin → 1952 US sl.
n. 11. a long sentence → 1990 US prison sl.
► THE PACKET n. 1. a straitjacket → 1912 US criminals’ rhyming sl.
n. 2. everything, the lot → 1980 sl.
► PACKET-BOYS n. small, well-defined, roundish masses of cloud; a mackerel sky → 1873 Sc.
► PACKET FROM PARIS n. a baby → 20C Aust. & NZ sl.
► PACKET OF THREE n. a packet of three condoms → 1996 sl.
► PACKETS! int. exclamation of disbelief → L19 sl.
► PACK-FELLOW n. a peddler → 1895 Eng. dial.
► PACK FUDGE vb. to play the active role in anal sex → 1972 US sl.
► PACK-FULL adj. as full as can be packed → 1858
► PACK-GOODS n. a peddler’s wares → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PACK GUTS TO A BEAR vb. to work at dishonourable employment → 1903 Amer. dial.
► PACK GUTS TO A GOOSE vb. to work at dishonourable employment → 1927 Amer. dial.
► PACK HEAT vb. to carry a gun → 1920 US sl.
► PACK-HORSE n. 1. a drudge → 1594
n. 2. a person, usually a guard, who brings contraband into prison → 1984 US sl.
► PACKHORSE RIDE n. a piggyback ride → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PACK-HOUSE n. a warehouse, a shed for storing merchandise → 1712 Sc.
► PACKIE n. 1. a peddler → 1832 Sc.
n. 2. a very small eel → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 3. one who transports supplies by pack animal → 1940 NZ sl.
n. 4. a liquor store → 1970 US sl.
n. 5. an off-license; a ‘package store’ → 1991 US sl.
► PACKIEMAN n. a peddler; a travelling merchant in soft goods → 1868 Sc.
► PACK IN vb. 1. to serve or complete a prison sentence → 1935 US criminals’ sl.
vb. 2. to stop, to cease an activity or to function; to become useless; to give up; to retire; to die → 1942 sl.
vb. 3. to end a relationship → 1950 sl.
vb. 4. to leave → 1950 US criminals’ sl.
► PACKING adj. 1. carrying a gun or knife → L19  sl., orig. US
adj. 2. performing anal intercourse → 1980 US sl.
adj. 3. having a large penis → 1990 African-American sl.
adj. 4. of a man: having sexual intercourse → 1990 African-American sl.
adj. 5. of a lesbian: wearing a strap-on dildo, usually under one’s clothes, or wearing other padding in the genital area to look as if one has a penis → 1990 US homosexual sl.
adj. 6. having weapons for sale → 2000 US prison sl.
n. 1. private or underhand arrangement; fraudulent dealing or contriving, plotting → 1529 obs.
n. 2. the assembling of gregarious beasts or birds → 1879 
n. 3. dinner → 1889 Eng. dial.
n. 4. food → 1891 UK criminals’ sl.
► PACKING DEATH adj. terrified, frightened → 1950 Aust. sl.
► PACKINGHAM n. cheap or illegally made liquor; moonshine → 1929 Amer. dial.
► PACKING-HOUSE n. an eating house, a café → L19 sl.
► PACKING HOUSE QUAIL n. spare ribs → L19 sl.
► PACKING-HOUSE RULES n. no rules at all → L19 sl.
► PACKING KEN n. a low eating house → 1909 UK sl.
► PACKING IT adj. making a large amount of money → 1990 sl.
► PACKING MOLLY n. a dishonest female domestic who, after learning where the household valuables are stored, paves the way for her outside confederates to lay hold of the prize and carry it away → 1881 US sl.
► PACKING PENNY n. a penny given at dismissal → 1598 obs.
► PACKING-PENNY DAY n. the last day of the fair, when articles are cheap → 1790 Eng. dial.
► PACKISHNESS n. the condition of being a pack → 1672 obs.
► PACK IT vb. to be fearful → 1945 Aust. sl.
► PACK IT IN vb. 1. to win easily → 20C Aust. sl.
vb. 2. to stop talking; to see fooling or some foolish practice → 1925 Services’ sl.
vb. 3. to stop doing something, usually used as a command → 1930 sl.
vb. 4. to give up one’s job → 1947 sl., chiefly manual workers’
vb. 5. to get rid of someone or something → 1960 Amer. sl.
► PACK IT UP vb. 1. to stop talking; to see fooling or some foolish practice → 1925 Services’ sl.
vb. 2. to stop doing something, usually used as a command → 1930 sl.
► PACK IT UPON A PERSON vb. to foist an offence upon another → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PACKLE n. a bundle, a small load, a burden, a pack-load → 1743 Sc.
► PACKLED adj. speckled → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PACKLER n. a peddler who deals in earthenware; a travelling handyman or tinker → 1832 Sc.
► PACKLIE adv. in a friendly manner, intimately, familiarly → 1844 Sc.
► PACKLIKE adv. in a friendly manner, familiarly → 1844 Sc.
► PACKMAN n. 1. a man who travels about carrying goods in a pack for sale; a peddler → 1625 
n. 2. a snail, esp. the spotted snail, Helix aspera → 1882 Eng. dial.
► PACKMAN’S DROUTH n. hunger, an appetite for food; from the practice of peddlers in asking for a drink of water, in the hope that they will be given something to eat as well → 1876 Sc.
► PACK-MERCHANT n. a peddler, a travelling merchant in soft goods → 1877 Sc.
► PACK-MERCHANTS n. small clouds driven before the wind → 1881 Sc.
► PACK MUD vb. to have anal intercourse → 1970 homosexual sl.
► PACK-NEEDLE n. a very small eel → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PACKNESS n. friendship, harmony, familiarity, intimacy → 1825 Sc.
► PACK NEWS vb. to gossip; to tattle; to tell tales → 1903 Amer. dial.
► PACK OF POO TICKETS n. a lavatory roll → 1990 Aust. sl.
► PACK OF ROCKETS n. a packet of ready-to-smoke marijuana fashioned in the manner of cigarettes → 1940 drug culture sl.
► PACK OF ROCKS n. a packet of ready-to-smoke marijuana fashioned in the manner of cigarettes → 1940 drug culture sl.
► PACK OF THREE n. a packet of three condoms → 1996 sl.
► PACK OFF int. go away! → M19  sl.
vb. to go away → M19  sl.
► PACK-OFF ON vb. to blame → 1911 Amer. dial.
► PACK ONE vb. 1. to be capable of delivering a disabling, strong punch; also used of alcohol → 1910 sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to be influential or important → 1910 sl., orig. US
► PACK ONE’S SHIT vb. to be frightened → 1940 sl.
► PACK OR PEEL WITH A PERSON vb. to trade unfairly, to have unlawful or underhand dealings with him → 1757 Sc.
► PACKOUT n. food prepared and packaged by a restaurant to be consumed off the premises; take-out food → 1955 Amer. dial.
vb. (usually as ‘pack out’) to unpack → 1969 S. Afr. sl.
► PACK-PAUNCH n. ? a paunch like a pack; a big belly; a big-bellied person; (from other books) a greedy eater, a glutton, a devourer → 1582 obs.
► PACK PEANUT BUTTER vb. to engage in anal intercourse → 1970 US sl.
► PACK PEDDLER ► PACK PEDLAR n. an itinerant peddler who sells goods from a pack → 1859 Amer. dial.
► PACK-RACKET n. a kind of firework constructed so as to explode with a succession of loud reports; a cracker → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PACK-RAPE n. rape by a gang of men in succession → 1969 Aust. sl.
vb. of a gang of men: to serially rape a woman → 1965 Aust. sl.
► PACK-RAPIST n. a person who commits pack-rape → 1972 Aust. sl.
► PACK RAT n. 1. an obsessive hoarder → 20C US sl.
n. 2. a hotel bellboy → 20C US sl.
► PACK ROOM n. a storage room → 1956 Amer. dial.
► PACK-SACK CITIZEN n. a short-term resident of any place, living, as it were, out of a packsack (backpack or rucksack) → 1966 Can. sl.
► PACKSADDLE RIDE n. a piggyback ride → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PACK, SHACK, AND STACK n. one’s entire belongings, clothes, home, and money → 1940 sl., orig. African-American
► PACK SHIT vb. to be frightened; to be fearful → 1940 sl.
► PACKT adj. intimate, friendly; of animals: tame, docile → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PACK TALES vb. to gossip, to tattle, to tell tales → 1950 Amer. dial.
► PACK THE CARDS vb. to prepare cards for cheating purposes → 1891 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PACK THE CRACKS vb. to endure injections of collagen → 1997 US sl.
► PACK THE GAME IN vb. to desist, esp. abandon a way of life; to stop doing something → 1920 sl.
► PACK THE GEAR vb. to achieve a given standard → 1970 US sl.
► PACK THE MAIL vb. to ride or move quickly; to go fast, to run → 1942 Amer. dial.
► PACK THE MUSTARD vb. to work as a bricklayer or labourer → 1930 US tramps’ sl.
► PACK THE PAYMENT vb. – in new car sales: to make a sale for a price slightly below what the customer has said what they are willing to spend → 1989 US sl.
► PACK THE PILLOW vb. to menstruate → 2000 US sl.
► PACK THE SHITS vb. to be fearful → 1971 Aust. sl.
► PACK THEM vb. to be frightened; to be fearful → 1944 Aust. sl.
► PACK THE TRAIL vb. to go on trail, whether on horseback or on foot → 1870 Aust. colloq.
► PACK-THREAD n. nonsense → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PACK UP vb. 1. to retire; to stop working or trying; to die → 1915 World War I colloq.
vb. 2. of machinery, or anything that works mechanically as the human heart: to stop working → 1920 sl.
vb. 3. of dope-peddlers: to cease operations while the police are known to be active → 1929 US sl.
vb. 4. of an aircraft: to cease to function → 1937 Royal Air Force
vb. 5. to desist; to give up → 1945 cyclist’s usage
vb. 6. to reject → 1970 sl.
► PACK UP ONE’S ALLS vb. to prepare for a removal → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PACK UP ONE’S ALLS AND BE GONE vb. to leave for good → M17  sl.
► PACK UP ONE’S AWLS vb. to pack up → 1819 Sc. 
► PACK UP ONE’S AWLS AND BE GONE vb. to depart for good → M17 colloq.
► PACK UP ONE’S ENDS AND ONE’S AWLS vb. to pack up → 1823 Sc. 
► PACK UP ONE’S PIPES vb. to cease from an action; to stop talking → M16  sl.
► PACK UP SHOP vb. to cease trading → 2003 UK sl.
► PACK-WATER n. one who is at another’s beck and call; a drudge; one who will do drudgery for small favours, or favourable opinion → 1902 Amer. dial.
► PACKY adj. heavy with clouds; cloudy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. the skull, the head → 1940 W. Indies sl.
n. 2. a liquor store → 1970 US sl.
► PACO n. an alpaca → 1604 
► PACOLET n. a swift steed → 1613 obs.
► PACOTEE n. a sexually available woman → 1950 Trinidad and Tobago
► PACTION n. 1. the act of making a bargain or pact; a bargain, agreement, pact, contract → 1471 chiefly Sc.
n. 2. those leagued together; a confederation → 1877 chiefly Sc.
vb. to make a pact; to covenant or agree to something → 1640 Sc.
► PACTIONAL adj. of the nature of a pact or covenant → 1624 chiefly Sc.
► PACTIONALLY adv. by means of a pact or agreement → 1884 Sc.
► PACTITIOUS adj. characterized by being agreed upon or stipulated; settled by covenant → 1656 obs.
► PACTORIAL adj. pert. to a pact or agreement → 1884 Sc.
► PACTIVE adj. settled by covenant; of the nature of a pact or covenant → 1633 obs.
► PACTORY adj. pert. to a pact or covenant → 1633 obs.
► PACY adj. fast, speedy → 1906 UK sl.