Dictionary: PAS – PASZ

• PA SACK
n. a term of endearment for a male child …1949 Amer. dial.
 
• PASADENO
phr. I don’t know; don’t ask me ..1940s sl.
 
• PASCH
n. Easter …1775 Sc.
 
• PASCH SUNDAY
n. Easter day …1721 Sc.
 
• PAS DE LAFARGE
phr. don’t be dull, that’s boring …M19 UK society usage
 
• PASEAR
n. a walk or stroll; often used figuratively to describe something more substantial, as a trek across mountains; an excursion, a trip …M19 US sl.
 
• PASEYAD
n. a term of contempt for a woman who has nothing new to wear at Easter …1834 Sc.
 
• PASH
adj. passionate, obsessive …1920s sl.
n. 1. brains …1691 Sc.
n. 2. the head …1685 Sc.
n. 3. a crash, a smash; a heavy fall or collision; a blow …1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. a great many, a great number; the fragments produced by a smash …1790 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a sudden or heavy fall of rain or snow …1796 Eng. dial.
n. 6. an attempt, a try, a ‘go’ …1806 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a sudden rush or flow of water; a gush …1856 Eng. dial.
n. 8. a soft, decayed, rotten, or pulpy mass; a state of mud and slush; a puddle …1856 Eng. dial.
n. 9. a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
n. 10. a hurry, drive …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 11. passion …1910s sl.
n. 12. a schoolgirl’s infatuation …1914 sl.
n. 13. a lover …1930s sl.
n. 14. a session of sexual fondling …1950s Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to smash, to shatter, to break in fragments; to dash or throw down violently; to knock, to strike, to bruise …1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to walk quickly; to hurry, to rush; to force one’s way through a crowd …1859 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to stir or poke a fire …1886 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to walk, to trudge about; to walk heavily …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. of rain or water: to come down suddenly and heavily; to gush out …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to be in a state of sexual arousal …M20 US sl.
 
• PASH AT
vb. to abuse verbally …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• PASHED UP
adj. sexually obsessed …1930s US sl.
 
• PASHER
n. a clumsy workman …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• PA-SHEW!
int. used of a very bad smell …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• THE PASH EYE
n. a flirtatious glance …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• PASH-HEAD
n. a simpleton, an idiot; a soft-headed person …1890 Eng. dial.
 
• PASHIONS A LIFE!
int. an exclamation of surprise …1684 Eng. dial. obs.
 
• PASH OFF
vb. to flirt; to involve in heavy petting or even intercourse …1920s US & Aust. sl.
 
• PASH-ON
n. an infatuation …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. (usually as ‘pash on’) to flirt; to involve in heavy petting or even intercourse …1920s US & Aust. sl.
 
• PASH SHOW
n. 1. a film that includes candid sex scenes …1950s Aust. sl.
n. 2. enthusiastic love-making …1950s Aust. sl.
 
• PASHTIME
n. a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
 
• PASHY
adj. 1. sagacious, brainy, witty …1842 Sc.
adj. 2. wet, dirty, rainy …1867 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. soft, rotten, decayed …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• PASHY-PETTER
n. a sexually obliging and passionate girl or woman …M20 US sl.
 
• PAS OP!
int. be careful! look out! …E19 S. Afr.
 
• PASS
n. 1. a step, a stride, a pace …1768 Sc.
n. 2. an indoor passage or corridor …1818 Sc.
n. 3. the passage between the pews in a church, an aisle …1871 Sc.
n. 4. a slap, a beating …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 5. condition, state, circumstances …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 6. an amorous advance ..1928 sl.
vb. 1. to ignore, to have no interest …L19 sl.
vb. 2. to surpass; to surprise, to puzzle …1879 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to have or finish a meal …1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to avoid, to pass by …1894 Sc.
vb. 5. of a light-skinned Black person: to pose as White …20C sl.
vb. 6. to tell, to report …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to toll the bell at the death of a person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to pass on gossip, to tell tales, to betray confidences …1908 Sc.
vb. 9. to pawn stolen goods …1910s Aust. sl.
vb. 10. of a Jew: to pretend to be a Christian …1930s sl.
vb. 11.to deliver newspapers …1943 Amer. dial.
vb. 12. of a homosexual: to appear heterosexual to those one encounters; of a transsexual: to ‘pass’ as a woman or man …1950s sl.
vb. 13. of a policeman: to masquerade as a ‘citizen’ …1950s sl.
vb. 14. to wipe, to rub …1968 Amer. dial.
vb. 15. to become unconscious from drink or drugs …1980s US college sl.
 
• THE PASS
n. the people or vehicles going past; pedestrian traffic …1916 Amer. dial.
 
• PASSA
n. a scandal-monger, a gossip, a telltale; always of a woman …1908 Sc.
 
• PASSAGE
n. the vagina …E20 euphemism
vb. to progress …1822 Sc.
 
• PASSAGES
n. a short story; an incident …1899 Ireland
 
• PASS AIR
vb. to fart …20C US euphemism
 
► PASSANCE n. a journey → 1580 obs.
 
• PASS AND REPASS
vb. to meet casually and then part, after little or no conversation …1937 Amer. dial.
 
• PASS A SHAM SAINT
vb. to play the hypocrite …E18 sl.
 
• PASS A STOOL
vb. to defecate …20C colloq.
 
• PASS AWAY
vb. to die …20C colloq.
 
• PASS A WORD WITH
vb. to converse …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• PASS-BANK
n. a gaming ground …L17 sl.
 
• PASS-DOWN
n. a piece of secondhand clothing …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• PASSED UP
adj. neglected; ignored …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• PASSEL
n. a group of people, animal, or things; an indefinite, usually large, number or quantity …1835 Amer. dial.
 
• PASSENGER
n. 1. a passer-by, a passing pedestrian, a wayfarer …1729 Sc.
n. 2. a member of a rowing crew who does not pull his weight; hence, a member of a group who does not contribute any effort, and so has to be supported by the others; a lazy person …1852 sl., orig. Brit. university usage
n. 3. someone who does not or cannot contribute to the joint efforts made by colleagues …1892 sl.
n. 4. a passenger train …L19 US sl.
n. 5. a friend …2000s US prison sl.
 
• PASSENGERS ALWAYS NEGLECTED AT MEALTIMES
n. a nickname for Pan Am airline company …2002 US sl.
 
• PASSENGER STIFF
n. a tramp who rides passenger or fast freight trains …L19 US sl.
 
• PASSER
n. someone who passes counterfeit money, cheques, etc. …1889 sl.
 
• PASSERS
n. a pair of compasses …1866 Sc.
 
• PASSEZ!
int. used to drive away people or animals …1968 Amer. dial.
 
• PASS FOR GRASS
vb. to be treated disrespectfully; to be someone who does not matter …20C W. Indies sl.
 
• PASS GAS
vb. to fart …20C US colloq.
 
• PASS IN
vb. to die …1900s Aust. sl.
 
• PASSING
adv. extremely …1892 Eng. dial.
n. the people or vehicles going past …1871 Amer. dial.
 
• PASSINGLY
adv. occasionally; temporarily …1828 Sc. obs.
 
• PASSING ROAD
n. a public road, thoroughfare …1751 Sc.
 
• PASS IN ONE’S CHECKS
vb. 1. to die …c1870 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to come to one’s limit …1900s sl.
 
• PASS IN ONE’S CHIPS
vb. to die …1879 sl., orig. US
 
• PASS IN ONE’S COUNTERS
vb. to die …M19 sl., orig. US
 
• PASS IN ONE’S DINNER-PAIL
vb. to die …1905 jocular usage
 
• PASS IN ONE’S MARBLE
vb. to die…1908 Aust. sl.
 
• PASS IN ONE’S MARBLES
vb. to die …1900s Aust. sl.
 
• PASSION
n. 1. a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
n. 2. the penis …1950s Aust. sl.
 
• PASSION BITE
n. a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• PASSION BLISTER
n. a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• PASSION BUMP
n. a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• PASSION CRAMPS
n. of a male: the physical signs of sexual frustration …1940s sl.
 
• PASSION FLAPS
n. the labia …1990s sl.
 
• PASSION FLOWER
n. a sexually passionate woman …M20 US colloq.
 
• PASSION FRUIT
n. a masculine homosexual …1960s US homosexual sl.
 
• PASSION GAP
n. the space between the front teeth; such spaces are created by the extraction of up to four teeth …1950s S. Afr. sl.
 
• PASSION-KILLERS
n. sturdy, practical, and unromantic ladies’ knickers; orig. those issued to female service personnel …1943 sl.
 
• PASSION KISS
n. a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• PASSION MARK
n. a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• PASSION PIMPLE
n. 1. a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a small infected pimple on the face …1967 Amer. dial.
 
• PASSION PIT
n. 1. the vagina …19C sl.
n. 2. a drive-in movie where a considerable amount of ‘necking’ is supposed to take place; any place where necking takes place …M20 US sl.
 
• PASSION SPOT
n. a mark on the skin caused by sucking or biting; a hickey …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• PASSION STICK
n. the penis …1950s Aust. sl.
 
• PASSION WAGON
n. any vehicle, often a van, in which teenage boys or young men hope to seduce young women …1950s sl.
 
• PASSIVATING
adj. pursuing a headlong course, dashing along …1864 Eng. dial.
 
• PASSIVE BUCKET
n. a quiescent listener …1920s sl.
 
• PASSIVERE
vb. to exceed …1825 Sc.
 
• PASSMAN
n. a prisoner allowed to leave his cell in order to enjoy certain privileges …1965 sl.
 
• PASS-ME-DOWN
n. a piece of secondhand clothing …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• PASSMENT
n. a parsnip …1825 Eng. dial.
vb. to adorn with lace, to trim a garment etc. with braid, etc. …1706 Sc. obs.
 
• PASS-ME-ON
n. a piece of secondhand clothing …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• PASS-ON
n. a piece of secondhand clothing …1965 Amer. dial.
vb. (as ‘pass on’) to die …20C US colloq.
 
• PASS ONE FAIR
vb. to speak kindly to one, to not tell him your suspicions that he is a bad one …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• PASS ONE’S ALLEY (IN)
vb. to die; to acknowledge defeat …1933 Aust.
 
• PASS ONESELF
vb. to behave as expected …20C Ulster sl.
 
• PASS ONESELF OUT
vb. to commit suicide …L19 sl.
 
• PASS ONE’S MOUTH ON
vb. to slander; to speak rudely about …20C W. Indies sl.
 
• PASS OUT
vb. 1. to die …L19 sl.
vb. 2. to disqualify …1900s Aust. sl.
vb. 3. to knock out …1900s Aust. sl.
vb. 4. to faint …20C colloq.
vb. 5. to fall asleep, usually as a result of  drink or drugs …1920s sl.
 
• PASS OVER
vb. to die …20C colloq.
 
• PASSOVER
n. 1. a passing shower …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an impending storm that fails to bring rain …1975 Amer. dial.
 
• PASS PAPER
vb. to used forged cheques, stolen credit cards, etc. …1970s sl.
 
• PASSREMARKABLE
adj. 1. prone to making tactless remarks …1980s Irish sl.
adj. 2. worthy of comment …1980s Irish sl.
 
• PASS SOMEONE ONE
vb. to hit someone …1900s Aust. sl.
 
• PASS THE ARMORED COW
phr. pass the canned milk …Bk1944 services’ sl.
 
• PASS THE BONE
vb. to share experience, to pass on information …1990s US college sl.
 
• PASS THE BOTTLE OF SMOKE
vb. to give countenance to a conventional falsehood; to make pretense …1867
 
• PASS THE BUCK
vb. 1. to shift or avoid responsibility or commitment; to make a scapegoat or dupe of a person …1912 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to die …1966 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to chatter, to tell tales …1900s US sl.
vb. 4. to converse informally …1967 Amer. dial.
 
• PASS THE BUCKET
vb. to shift or avoid responsibility or commitment …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• PASS THE COMPLIMENT
vb. to give a tip …L19 sl.
 
• PASS THE PIKES
vb. to be out of danger …M17 sl.
 
• PASS THE TIME O’ DAY
vb. to exchange greetings, as between neighbours …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
• PASS-THROUGH
n. a course or passage, as of life …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• PASS THROUGH THE FIRE
vb. to catch venereal disease …19C sl.
 
• PASS-THRUFF
n. a course or passage, as of life …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• PASS UP
vb. to ignore, to have no interest …L19 sl.
 
• PASS WATER
vb. 1738 – to urinate  
 
• PASS WIND
vb. to fart …20C US euphemism
 
• PASSWORD
n. a greeting …1914 Amer. dial.
 
• PASS WORDS
vb. 1. to converse briefly; to hold a short conversation …1906 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to exchange hostile words; to quarrel …1909 Amer. dial.
 
• PASSY
n. the sign & (ampersand), formerly written at the end of the alphabet in schoolbooks …1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
• PASSY-AND
n. the sign & (ampersand), formerly written at the end of the alphabet in schoolbooks …1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
• PAST
n. the starting-point of a race; the line drawn in a boys’ game …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• PASTA-BREATH
n. an Italian or Italian-American …1980s US sl., derogatory
 
• PASTE
n. 1. semen …M19 sl.
n. 2. dough, esp. dough for pie crusts, etc.; the pastry part of a pie or pudding, whether cooked or uncooked …1874 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. thick gravy …1905 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a hit or blow …1910s sl.
vb. to beat, to thrash; to hit hard, to strike on the face …1846 sl.
 
• PASTEBOARD
n. 1. a railway ticket …M19 sl.
n. 2. a visiting card …M19 sl.
n. 3. an invitation …M19 sl.
n. 4. a betting ticket, issued by a bookmaker …L19 sl.
n. 5. a ticket to the theatre, cinema, etc. …L19 sl.
vb. to leave one’s visiting card …M19 sl.
 
• PASTED
adj. intoxicated by drink or drugs …1950s US sl.
 
• PASTE EATER
n. a socially inept person …1980s US college sl.
 
• PASTE-HORN
n. the nose …1856 shoemakers’ sl.
 
• PASTEL
n. an unmarked police car …1980s US police sl.
 
• PASTIES
n. coverings worn over the nipples of a showgirl’s or topless dancer’s breasts, esp. to comply with legal requirements for entertainers …1961 sl.
 
• PASTE IN
vb. to pawn …L19 sl.
 
• PASTE-PIN
n. a rolling-pin …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• PASTIE
n. the hand …Bk1905 Eng. dial. sl.
 
• PASTIES
n. dryness in the mouth after smoking cannabis …1980s US drug culture sl.
 
• PASTIME
n. a period of time that has elapsed …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• PASTINATE
adj. of land: dug, prepared for planting …c1420 obs.
vb. to dig, to loosen by digging; to dig in a garden …c1420 obs.
 
• PASTING
n. 1. an act of hitting; a beating-up …1851 sl.
n. 2. a critically negative review …1940s sl.
 
• PAST IT
adj. dead …1950s sl.
adv. 1. of a man: impotent …M19 sl.
adv. 2. of animate and inanimate objects: too old or worn-out to be of use …M19 sl.
 
• PAST-MERIDIAN
adj. past one’s prime, elderly …1898
 
• PAST ONESELF
adj. acting crazily, silly …1990s Irish sl.
 
• PASTOR
n. a sheep-herder …1849 Amer. dial.
 
• PASTRY
n. 1. women, esp. sexually loose women; tarts …19C colloq.
n. 2. pretty young women …L19 sl.
vb. to roll a cannabis cigarette …1970s Black British sl.
 
• PASTURE BABY
n. a child born out of wedlock …1967 Amer. dial.
 
• PASTURE-BRED
adj. “laid in the field before being married”; said of a child whose parents were not married …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• PASTURE COLT
n. a child born out of wedlock …1967 Amer. dial.
 
• PASTURE PUP
n. a marmot …1982 Amer. dial.
 
• PASTY
adj. swollen, puffed; flabby …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 1. the division of an orange …1877 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a nickname for a bill-poster …1903 Sc.
n. 3. a small covering for the nipple in striptease artistry …M20 US colloq.
n. 4. a cow-pie; a dropping of cow dung …1972 Amer. dial.
 
• PASTY FACE
n. a narcotics addict …1940s US drug culture sl.
 
• PASTY-FOOT
n. a ghost, demon; a tramp …1897 Eng. dial.
 
• PASTY-NUT
n. a brazil nut …Bk1905 Eng. dial.