• P
adj. 1. pure, unadulterated, esp. of drugs …1970s sl.
adj. 2. pretty …1982 Hawaiian youth usage
n. 1. syphilis …M17 sl.
n. 2. urine …20C sl.
n. 3. a ponce, a pimp …1920s sl.
n. 4. pure or nearly pure heroin …1960s drug culture sl.
n. 5. peyote …1960s drug culture sl.
n. 6. phencyclidine …1960s 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) …1990s UK Black sl.
n. 10. a parent …2000s African-American sl.
n. 11. rejection, dismissal …2000s UK Black sl.
vb. to urinate …20C sl.
• P-38
n. 1. the small can-opener included with individual field rations …Vietnam War usage
n. 2. police-issue .38 calibre revolver …1976 US sl.
• P.A.
n. 1. a press agent; a publicity agent …1920s sl.
n. 2. a public address system …1930s sl.
• PA
prep. upon …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
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.
• PAALIE-MAALIE
adj. thin, emaciated, having a pallid, sickly appearance, listless …Bk1905 Sc.
• 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 …1980s 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. rare
• PABULARY
adj. pert. to pabulum, fodder, or aliment …1835
• PABULATION
n. a grazing, a feeding; the act of feeding or procuring provender; fodder …1623 rare
• PABULATORY
adj. pert. to pabulum, fodder, or aliment …1656 obs. rare
• PABULOUS
adj. of the nature of food; abounding in or affording food or aliment …1646 rare or 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. 1833 obs. – capable of being pacified, placated, or appeased
• PACAL
adj. 1656 obs. rare – that brings or signifies peace; peaceable
• PACATE
adj. 1644 obs. – pacified, brought into a state of peace and calm, tranquil
• PACATED
adj. 1727 obs. – appeased; made peaceable
• PACATELY
adv. a1652 obs. – quietly
• PACATENESS
n. 1666 obs. – the state of being peaceful
• PACATION
n. the act of pacifying or tranquillizing; the condition of being peaceful and tranquil; pacification …1658
• PACATIVE
adj. stilling, sedative …1684 obs. rare
• PACE
n. 1. a chapter in a narrative or other writing; a section, division, chapter, etc. …a1300 obs.
n. 2. a passage; a narrow way; a pass between mountains, rocks, woods, etc.; a narrow channel at sea, a strait …a1300 obs.
n. 3. Easter, Easter-tide …c1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 4. a ‘company’ or herd of asses …1486 obs.
vb. to live a fast, exciting and varied life …1970s 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 …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• 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. anything (esp. a horse) that goes at a great pace …1890 colloq.
• PACE SUNDAY
n. Easter day …1721 Sc.
• PACEY
adj. fast, speedy …1906 UK sl.
• PACHETTY
adj. weak, ailing, in bad health …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PACHOOK
adj. pert. to Mexican-Americans (esp. street gang members) or their culture …1940s US sl.
n. a Mexican-American, esp. a young man who joins a street gang …1940s US sl.
• PACHUCA
n. a female Mexican-American …1940s US sl.
• PACHUCO
adj. pert. to Mexican-Americans (esp. street gang members) or their culture …1940s 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 rare
• 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 …a1548
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 …c1485
• PACIFICALLY
adv. 1793 – peacefully, peaceably
• PACIFICATE
vb. 1. 1608 – to give or restore peace to; to appease; to placate, to mollify, to pacify
vb. 2. 1646 obs. – to make peace with
• PACIFICATOR
n. 1539 – one who pacifies or brings to a state of peace; a peace-maker
• PACIFICATORY
adj. 1583 – tending to make peace
• PACIFICITY
n. the quality of being pacific; peacefulness …1800 rare
• PACIFICOUS
adj. quiet, peaceful, tending to make peace …1608 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 …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACIFIQUES
n. peace-offerings …1609 obs.
• PACIFY
vb. 1. to reconcile …c1500 obs.
vb. 2. to satisfy, to suffice …1896 Ireland
vb. 3. to make quiet by force or punishment …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• 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 …c1394 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 …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 …1950s drug culture sl.
n. 15. a packet of pills …1950s 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 …1990s 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 …a1529 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 carry a weapon, usually a gun or knife …L19 sl., orig. US
vb. 6. to live as tramp, travelling the country …L19 sl.
vb. 7. to press, to squeeze …1897 Sc.
vb. 8. to carry money, to be in funds …1920s US sl.
vb. 9. to be ruined or spoiled; to become useless …c1920 motor-racers’ usage
vb. 10. to defeat, to be superior to, or more enjoyable than …c1920 Aust sl.
vb. 11. to carry drugs for a dealer …1940s US drug culture sl.
vb. 12. to carry contraband in and out of a prison; to carry a concealed weapon …1960s US prison sl.
vb. 13. of male homosexuals: to have anal sex …1960s US students’ sl.
vb. 14. to take someone along on a motorcycle cruise …1966 US sl.
vb. 15. to reject a lover …1970s 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 …1980s US drug culture sl.
vb. 18. to place drugs into a cone, bong, etc., preparatory to smoking them …Aust. sl.
vb. 19. to fill a cigarette with marijuana …1980s 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 …c1918 US prison sl.
• PACKAGE
n. 1. a drink …L19 sl.
n. 2. a large sum of money …1910s sl.
n. 3. a police record …1910s US sl.
n. 4. a sentence of imprisonment …1912 US criminals’ sl.
n. 5. a man, a person …1920s US sl.
n. 6. a supply of a given drug …1930s 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 …1970s US sl.
n. 12. the vagina …1980s US sl.
n. 13. a lot, very much …1990s African-American sl.
n. 14. a positive report on a prisoner …1990s 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 …1920s US sl.
• PACK A KICK
vb. 1. to be capable of delivering a disabling, strong punch; also used of alcohol …1910s sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to be influential or important …1910s sl., orig. US
• PACKALD
n. a pack, a bundle; a burden, a load; a packet …c1440 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’ …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• 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 …1910s sl., orig. US
vb. 3. to be influential or important …1910s sl., orig. US
• PACK A ROD
vb. to carry a gun …1920s 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 …1910s sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to be influential or important …1910s 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) …1990s 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 …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE HERRINGS IN A BARREL
adj. crowded, packed …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED LIKE SARDINES
adj. crowded, huddled …M19 colloq.
• PACKED LIKE SARDINES IN A BARREL
adj. crowded, packed …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PACKED TIGHT
adj. nervous, unhappy, worried …1970s US sl.
• PACKED TO THE GUNWALES
adj. absolutely full …20C colloq.
• PACKED UP
adj. 1. killed in warfare …World War I army sl.
adj. 2. dead and buried …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• 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 …1990s 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 rare
• 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 rare
n. 4. trouble …1910s sl., orig. military
n. 5. a bullet or missile …1910s sl., orig. military
n. 6. a large sum of money …1910s sl.
n. 7. a wound …1910s sl., orig. military
n. 8. a package of illegal drugs, esp. heroin …1952 US sl.
n. 9. a long sentence …1990s US prison sl.
n. 10. the genitals, male or female …1950s sl.
n. 11. the male genitals; usually a reference to the bulge in a man’s trousers …20C Brit. homosexual sl.
• THE PACKET
n. 1. a straitjacket …1912 US criminals’ rhyming sl.
n. 2. everything, the lot …1980s 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 …1987 US sl.
• PACK-FULL
adj. as full as can be packed …1858
• PACK-GOODS
n. a peddler’s wares …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• 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 …1920s 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 …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. one who transports supplies by pack animal …1940s NZ sl.
n. 4. a liquor store …1970s 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 …1950s sl.
vb. 4. to leave …1950s US criminals’ sl.
• PACKING
adj. 1. carrying a gun or knife …L19 sl., orig. US
adj. 2. having a large penis …1990s African-American sl.
adj. 3. performing anal intercourse …1980s US sl.
adj. 4. of a man: having sexual intercourse …1990s 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 …1990s US homosexual sl.
adj. 6. having weapons for sale …2000s US prison sl.
n. 1. private or underhand arrangement; fraudulent dealing or contriving, plotting …a1529 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 …1950s 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 …1990s 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 nonce word obs.
• PACK IT
vb. to be fearful …1945 Aust. sl.
• PACK IT IN
vb. 1. to stop talking; to see fooling or some foolish practice …c1925 Services’ sl.
vb. 2. to stop doing something, usually used as a command …1930s sl.
vb. 3. to give up one’s job …L1940s sl., chiefly manual workers’
vb. 4. to get rid of someone or something …1960s Amer. sl.
vb. 5. to win easily …20C Aust. sl.
• PACK IT UP
vb. 1. to stop talking; to see fooling or some foolish practice …c1925 Services’ sl.
vb. 2. to stop doing something, usually used as a command …1930s sl.
• PACK IT UPON A PERSON
vb. to foist an offence upon another …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PACKLE
n. a bundle, a small load, a burden, a pack-load …1743 Sc.
• PACKLED
adj. speckled …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• 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 …a1625
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 …1970s homosexual sl.
• PACK-NEEDLE
n. a very small eel …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• 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 …1990s Aust. sl.
• PACK OF ROCKETS
n. a packet of ready-to-smoke marijuana fashioned in the manner of cigarettes …1940s drug culture sl.
• PACK OF ROCKS
n. a packet of ready-to-smoke marijuana fashioned in the manner of cigarettes …1940s 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 …1910s sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to be influential or important …1910s sl., orig. US
• PACK ONE’S SHIT
vb. to be frightened …1940s 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 …1970s US sl.
• PACK PEDDLER
n. an itinerant peddler who sells goods from a pack …1859 Amer. dial.
• 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 …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• 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 …1940s sl., orig. African-American
• PACK SHIT
vb. to be frightened; to be fearful …1940s sl.
• PACKT
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – intimate, friendly; of animals: tame, docile
• PACK TALES
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. – to gossip, to tattle, to tell tales
• PACK THE CARDS
vb. Bk1891 Amer. sl. – to prepare cards for cheating purposes
• PACK THE CRACKS
vb. 1997 US sl. – to endure injections of collagen
• PACK THE GAME IN
vb. 1920s sl. – to desist, esp. abandon a way of life; to stop doing something
• PACK THE GEAR
vb. 1970s US sl. – to achieve a given standard
• PACK THE MAIL
vb. 1942 Amer. dial. – to ride or move quickly; to go fast, to run
• PACK THE MUSTARD
vb. 1930s US tramps’ sl. – to work as a bricklayer or labourer
• PACK THE PAYMENT
vb. 1989 US sl. – in new car sales: to make a sale for a price slightly below what the customer has said what they are willing to spend
• PACK THE PILLOW
vb. 2000s US sl. – to menstruate
• PACK THE SHITS
vb. 1971 Aust sl. – to be fearful
• PACK THEM
vb. 1944 Aust. sl. – to be frightened; to be fearful
• PACK THE TRAIL
vb. c1870 Aust. colloq. – to go on trail, whether on horseback or on foot
• PACK-THREAD
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – nonsense
• PACK UP
vb. 1. WWI colloq. – to retire; to stop working or trying; to die
vb. 2. 1920s sl. – of machinery, or anything that works mechanically as the human heart: to stop working
vb. 3. 1929 US sl. – of dope-peddlers: to cease operations while the police are known to be active
vb. 4. c1937 Royal Air Force – of an aircraft: to cease to function
vb. 5. c1945 cyclist’s usage – to desist; to give up
vb. 6. 1970s sl. – to reject
• PACK UP ONE’S ALLS
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to prepare for a removal
• PACK UP ONE’S ALLS AND BE GONE
vb. M17 sl. – to leave for good
• PACK UP ONE’S AWLS
vb. 1819 Sc. – to pack up
• PACK UP ONE’S AWLS AND BE GONE
vb. M17 colloq. – to depart for good
• PACK UP ONE’S ENDS AND ONE’S AWLS
vb. 1823 Sc. – to pack up
• PACK UP ONE’S PIPES
vb. M16 sl. – to cease from an action; to stop talking
• PACK UP SHOP
vb. 2003 UK sl. – to cease trading
• PACK-WATER
n. 1902 Amer. dial. – one who is at another’s beck and call; a drudge; one who will do drudgery for small favours, or favourable opinion
• PACKY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – heavy with clouds; cloudy
n. 1. 1940s W. Indies sl. – the skull, the head
n. 2. 1970s US sl. – a liquor store
• PACO
n. 1604 – an alpaca
• PACOLET
n. a1613 obs. – a swift steed
• PACOTEE
n. 1950 Trinidad and Tobago – a sexually available woman
• PACTION
n. 1. 1471 now chiefly Sc. – the act of making a bargain or pact; a bargain, agreement, pact, contract
n. 2. 1877 now chiefly Sc. – those leagued together; a confederation
vb. 1640 Sc. – to make a pact; to covenant or agree to something
• PACTIONAL
adj. 1624 chiefly Sc. – of the nature of a pact or covenant
• PACTIONALLY
adv. 1884 Sc. – by means of a pact or agreement
• PACTITIOUS
adj. 1656 obs. rare – characterized by being agreed upon or stipulated; settled by covenant
• PACTORIAL
adj. 1884 Sc. rare – pert. to a pact or agreement
• PACTIVE
adj. 1633 obs. rare – settled by covenant; of the nature of a pact or covenant
• PACTORY
adj. 1633 obs. rare – pert. to a pact or covenant
• PACY
adj. 1906 UK sl. – fast, speedy
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