• PIOJO
n. a head or body louse …1967 Amer. dial.
• PIOUS
adj. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIP
n. 1. someone or something beautiful or attractive …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a star worn on an officer’s epaulette …1917 sl.
n. 3. an excellent person or thing …1928 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• THE PIP
n. menstruation …1965 Amer. dial.
• PIPE
n. 1. an opium pipe …1886 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a conversation; discussion …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 3. an incredible story …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 4. an opium addict …1959 sl.
vb. 1. to see, to watch; to spy …1846 thieves’ sl.
vb. 2. to converse …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPED
adj. 1. drunk, intoxicated …1912 Amer. sl
adj. 2. in a drugged state …1924 US sl.
• PIPE-DOWN
int. (‘pipe down’) be quiet …1900 sl.
n. military tattoo …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PIPE DREAM
n. an incredible story …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPE-DREAMY
adj. dreamy …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPEFEST
n. a conversation; discussion …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPELAYER
n. a student who selects easy courses …Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• PIPE OFF
vb. to inform; to warn …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PIPER
n. 1. an omnibus spy …Bk1902 sl.
n. 2. a tree frog …1966 Amer. dial.
• PIPES
n. a nickname or form of address for a boatswain …1856 naval sl.
• PIPES FROM THE SUN
n. the rays of the sun striking through a break in the clouds, considered a sign of wet weather …B1900 Eng. dial.
• PIPE TREE
n. the common lilac …1930 Amer. dial.
• PIPE UP
vb. to start speaking boldly …1889 sl.
• PIPEY
adj. mournful; tearful …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPING
adj. hot …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPING FROG
n. a tree frog …1891 Amer. dial.
• PIPING HOT
adj. 1. hot …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. new; novel …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPJENNY
n. a pimple …1952 Amer. dial.
• PIPJINNIT
n. a pimple …1968 Amer. dial.
• PIPJINNY
n. a pimple …1899 Amer. dial.
• PIPPED
adj. 1. drunk …1911 sl.
adj. 2. annoyed and disappointed …1914 sl.
adj. 3. wounded by a bullet …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIPPEROO
n. 1942 US sl. – an excellent person or thing
• PIPPIN
n. 1. Bk1892 Amer. sl. – someone or something beautiful or attractive
n. 2. 1897 sl. – an excellent person or thing
n. 3. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a term of endearment; a person of good ability
• PIPPIN-HEARTED
adj. 1. 1809 – cowardly, chicken-hearted, faint-hearted, timid → obs.
adj. 2. 1847 – kind-hearted, generous → obs.
• PIP-PIP
phr. 1907 sl. – goodbye
• PIPS
n. 1. 1965 Amer. dial. – menstruation
n. 2. 1965 Sc. – the testicles
• PIPSQUEAK
n. 1. a contemptible person …1910 sl.
n. 2. a temporary second lieutenant …Amer. World War I sl.
n. 3. a small high-velocity shell …1916 sl.
n. 4. a radio transmitter used to establish an aircraft’s position …1943 Brit. sl.
• PIP, SQUEAK, AND WILFRED
n. 1. the 1914-15 Star, War Medal, and Victory Medal, three medals awarded to British service personnel who took part in World War I …1919 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a group of three things …1920 Brit. sl.
• PIRATE
vb. to form a casual relationship with a view to sexual intercourse …1927 Aust. sl.
• PIRATOUSLY
adv. in a piratical manner, by piracy …1538 obs. rare
• PIRLIE
adj. 1. difficult to please …1825 Sc.
adj. 2. small, very little …B1900 Sc.
adj. 3. crisp; tending to curl up …B1900 Sc.
n. 1. a money-box …1889 Sc.
n. 2. anything small …B1900 Sc.
n. 3. a child’s name for the little finger …B1900 Sc.
• PIROOT
vb. 1. to whirl around; to gambol, to dash about …1858 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to prowl, to nose around; to fool around …1909 Amer. dial.
• PIROOT AROUND
vb. to whirl around; to gambol, to dash about …1858 Amer. dial.
• PISA
n. 1940s W. Indies sl. – money
• PISCATORIAL PREVARICATION
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an incredible story
• PISCICAPTURIST
n. 1881 humorous usage – a catcher of fish
• PISCOPAL
adj. 1954 Amer. dial. – Episcopalian
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – an Episcopalian
• PISCOPALIAN
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – an Episcopalian
• PISCOPALIANS
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – overactive kidneys
• PISH
int. 1592 – an exclamation of contempt, impatience, or disgust
n. 1944 – nonsense, rubbish
vb. 1601 – to express contempt, impatience, or disgust; to say ‘pish!’
• PISHER
n. an ineffectual or incompetent person …1942 US sl.
• PISHOPALIGAN
n. an Episcopalian …1936 Amer. dial.
• PISH-PASH!
int. nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PISKUBBLE
n. an Episcopalian …1922 Amer. dial.
• PISMIRE
n. a useless and contemptible person …1870 Amer. dial.
• PISS
n. 1. urine …1386 sl.
n. 2. urination …1916 sl.
vb. to urinate …1290 sl.
• PISSABED
n. 1. 1565 – the dandelion, Leontodon Taraxacum – once known for its diuretic properties → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1640 – the buttercup → obs.
n. 3. 1744 – a bed-wetter → sl.
n. 4. 1759 – the sea-hare, Aplysia, a slug-like mollusc that discharges a violet fluid when touched
• PISS ABOUT
vb. to waste time; to behave foolishly or aimlessly …1961 sl.
• PISSAMIRE
n. a useless and contemptible person …1870 Amer. dial.
• PISS AND PUNK
n. bread and water …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PISS AND VINEGAR
n. energy, vigour, vitality …1942 sl.
• PISS AND WIND
n. boastful but empty talk …1922 sl.
• PISS-ANT
adj. petty, insignificant, unimportant …1971 Amer. dial.
n. 1. an ant …1770 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a mean, bad-tempered, or contemptible person; an unimportant person …1903 now chiefly Amer.
• PISSANT
vb. to move a heavy object by brute force …1953 Amer. dial.
• PISS-ANT AROUND
vb. to waste time, to dawdle …20C Aust. sl.
• PISS AROUND
vb. to behave foolishly, and esp. in a time-wasting way …1961 Brit. & Aust. sl.
• PISS-ARSE ABOUT
vb. to fool about; to waste time …c1920 army sl.
• PISS-ARTIST
n. 1. a habitual drinker; a drunkard …1940s colloq.
n. 2. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1975 Brit. sl.
n. 3. a pretentious and usually pompous poseur who is incompetent, but full of promises …L20 colloq.
• PISS BACKWARDS
vb. to defecate …L19 sl.
• PISS-BALL
n. a query to be answered …c1945 sl.
• PISS-BALL ABOUT
vb. to act in a futile or an irritating manner …c1920 sl.
• PISS-BED
n. the dandelion …1965 Amer. dial.
• PISS BLOOD
vb. to toil …L19 colloq.
• PISS BONES
vb. to be brought to childbed …19C colloq.
• PISS-BOWL
n. a chamber-pot …M16
• PISS BULLETS
vb. to be terrified …1940s US sl.
• PISS-BURNT BROWN
adj. rusty red …1961 Amer. dial.
• PISS-CAN
n. a toilet or a chamber-pot …20C US colloq.
• PISS CAT
n. a skunk …1966 Amer. dial.
• PISS CHILDREN
vb. to be brought to childbed …19C colloq.
• PISS-CUTTER
n. 1. something excellent or remarkable of its kind …1942 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a remarkable or capable person; a clever person; an expert …1975 Amer. dial.
• PISSED
adj. 1. drunk …1929 sl.
adj. 2. very angry; annoyed and disappointed …1971 sl.
• PISSED AS A DOZEN NEWTS
adj. drunk …20C Brit. sl.
• PISSED AS A NEWT
adj. drunk …1957 sl.
• PISSED AS ARSEHOLES
adj. extremely drunk …L19 sl.
• PISSED OF A NETTLE
adj. said of a waspish, ill-tempered person …1828 Eng. dial.
• PISSED-OFF
adj. 1946 sl. – very angry; annoyed and disappointed
• PISSED UP TO THE EYEBROWS
adj. 20C Brit. military sl. – drunk
• PISSED UP
adj. 1929 sl. – drunk
• PISS-ELEGANT
adj. M20 US sl. – quite elegant, pretentious
• PISSER
n. 1. 19C colloq. – the penis
n. 2. 19C colloq. – the female genitals
n. 3. 19C colloq. – a urinal
n. 4. 1943 sl., orig. US – someone or something very troublesome or annoying
n. 5. 1960s Amer. sl. – a disappointing experience
n. 6. 1966 Amer. dial. – a skunk
n. 7. 1975 sl., orig. US, derogatory – a man; a man of the stated sort, as an ‘old pisser’
n. 8. 20C US sl. – any difficult task or situation; a task which is likely to make you angry
n. 9. M20 US sl. – a really superb party or spree
• PISS-FACTORY
n. 19C sl. – a tavern
• PISS FREAK
n. M20 US sl. – one who derives sexual pleasure from urine
• PISS FUZZ
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – balls or rolls of dust and lint that gather under beds and other furniture
• PISS HARD
vb. 19C colloq. – to be brought to childbed
• PISS HARD-ON
n. 20C colloq. – a morning erection; a urinary erection
• PISS-HEAD
n. 1. 1961 sl. – a drinker of alcohol; a drunkard
n. 2. 20C US sl. – an oaf; a fool; a jerk
• PISS-HOLE
n. 1973 sl. – an unpleasant place
• PISSING-CANDLE
n. the smallest candle in the pound put in to make up the weight …1695 Eng. dial.
• PISS IN SOMEONE’S POCKET
vb. to behave obsequiously towards …1967 Aust. sl.
• PISS KITTY
n. a skunk …1966 Amer. dial.
• PISS MARE
n. a praying mantis …1966 Amer. dial.
• PISS ONE OFF
vb. to annoy or infuriate …1946 sl.
• PISS ONESELF
vb. 1. to laugh so much that one urinates involuntarily …1951 sl.
vb. 2. to become angrily agitated or upset …1969 sl.
• PISS-PIDDLING
adj. trifling; loafing …1965 Amer. dial.
• PISS-POOR
adj. of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory …1946 sl.
• PISS-POT
n. a chamber-pot …Bk1896 sl.
• PISS-RIPPER
n. a very capable and energetic person who gets things done …1966 Amer. dial.
• PISS-TAKE
n. an instance of mocking …1977 Brit.
• PISS-TAKER
n. one who mocks or ridicules …1976 Brit. sl.
• PISS-THE-BED
n. the dandelion …1940 Amer. dial.
• PISS THROUGH THE SAME QUILL
vb. 1965 – to be very friendly → Amer. dial.
• PISS-UGLY
adj. 20C – very ugly; repulsive → Amer. sl.
• PISS UNCLE
n. 1969 – an ant → Amer. dial.
• PISS-UP
n. 1952 – a drinking spree → sl.
• PISS UPON A NETTLE
vb. 1700 – to be uneasy or out of humour
• PISS-WEED
n. 1965 – the dandelion → Amer. dial.
• PISS-WHIZ
n. 1942 – something excellent → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• PISS WILLIES
n. 1965 – overactive kidneys → Amer. dial.
• PISSY
adj. 1972 – of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory → sl.
• PISSY-ANT
adj. 1971 – petty, insignificant, unimportant → Amer. dial.
n. 1965 – an ant → Amer. dial.
• PISSYBED
n. 1896 – the dandelion → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• PISSY-PEE
n. 1965 – the dandelion → Amer. dial.
• PISTER
vb. 1746 – to whisper; generally in phrase ‘whistering and pistering’ → Eng. dial.
• PISTOL
n. 1. 1944 – a young rider, an inexperienced hand → Amer. West usage
n. 2. 1966 – a lobster that is missing one or both claws → Amer. dial.
n. 3. 1984 – a reliable person → US sl.
• PISTOL-TOTER
n. 1. 1905 – one who habitually carries a pistol → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1966 – a policeman → Amer. dial.
• PISTOL-TOTING PETE
n. 1966 – a policeman → Amer. dial.
• PIT
n. 1. 1811 – a pocket → sl.
n. 2. 1948 – a bed → sl., orig. services’ sl.
n. 3. 1967 – the green leaves at the top of a strawberry → Amer. dial.
• PITCH
n. 1966 – a depression or defect in the surface of a road; a pothole → Amer. dial.
• PITCH A BALL
vb. 1929 – to have a riotous time at any social gathering → US sl.
• PITCH A DRUNK
vb. 1965 – to have a drinking spree and get drunk → Amer. dial.
• PITCH A BITCH
vb. 1965 – to make great objections or a big fuss about something → Amer. dial.
• PITCH A DUCK-FIT
vb. 1965 _ to make great objections or a big fuss about something → Amer. dial.
• PITCH A FAIRY
vb. 1900 – to tell a ‘tall story’ → Aust. sl.
• PITCH A FIT
vb. 1965 – to make great objections or a big fuss about something; to rave in anger, to become much excited → Amer. dial.
• PITCH A HISSY-FIT
vb. 1965 – to make great objections or a big fuss about something → Amer. dial.
• PITCH A PARTY
vb. 1959 – to have a party → Amer. dial.
• A PITCHER OF TEA
n. 1899 – a cup of tea → Sc.
• PITCHHOLE
n. 1861 – a depression or defect in the surface of a road; a pothole → Amer. dial.
• PITCH IN
vb. 1942 _ to begin, to commence → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• PITCH-IN DINNER
n. 1965 – a potluck meal → Amer. dial.
• PITCH OFF
vb. 1975 – to leave hurriedly → Amer. dial.
• PITCH ONE
vb. 1965 – to go on a drinking spree → Amer. dial.
• PITCH OUT
vb. 1909 – to start suddenly, to begin, to commence → Amer. dial.
• PITCH PALAVER
vb. 1942 – to converse → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• PITCHPOLE
adv. 1969 – headlong, head over heels → Amer. dial.
vb. 1. 1851 – in whaling: to hurl a lance or harpoon in a high arc so that it descends nearly vertically → Amer. dial.
vb. 2. 1857 – to be upended, to turn a somersault; to gambol → Amer. dial.
vb. 3. 1892 – of a boat: to pitch severely, to capsize bow first → Amer. dial.
• PITCH THE BUCK
vb. 1965 – to shift or avoid responsibility or commitment → Amer. dial.
• PIT GUARD
n. 1960 – underarm deodorant → Amer. sl.
• PITH
n. 1. 1966 – the hard centre of a cherry → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1967 – the green leaves at the top of a strawberry → Amer. dial.
n. 3. 1967 – the thick outside covering of a walnut → Amer. dial.
• PITH AND MARROW
n. 1635 – the essential or important part
• PITS
n. 1. 1960 – armpits → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1960 – anything unpleasant → Amer. sl.
• THE PITS
n. 1953 – someone or something unpleasant or unendurable → sl., orig. US
• PITTSBURGH FEATHERS
n. 1913 – coal → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
• PITTSBURGH TOBY
n. 1887 – a thin, inexpensive cigar → Amer. dial.
• PITTUM
n. 1980 – a dust ball → Amer. dial.
• PIXILATED
adj. 1848 – mildly intoxicated → sl., orig. US dialect
• PIZZAZZ
n. 1937 – energy, vigour, vitality → sl., orig. US
• PIZZIE
n. 1. 1825 – a very small marble → Sc.
n. 2. 1873 – a small, diminutive person → Sc.
n. 3. 1873 – a mischievous child → Sc.
• PIZZLE
vb. 1903 – to possess carnally → sl. (Bk.)
• PIZZY-ANT
n. 1965 – an ant → Amer. dial.
• P.K.
n. 20C – the principal keeper at a reformatory → UK sl.
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