Dictionary: PN – POJ

► PNEUMATOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of incorporeal beings → 1991 (Bk.)
► PNEUMONIA RIG n. a set of tropical clothing → 1925 Royal Navy sl.
► PNEUMONIA TRUCK n. an open lorry (truck) without doors or hood → 1940 sl.
► PNIGOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of choking → 1991 (Bk.)
► PO int. 1. go away! Piss Off! → 1910 Aust. & Brit sl.
int. 2. used as a call to pigs → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a chamber-pot → 1880 sl.
n. 2. a post office → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► POACH vb. 1. to blacken the eyes → 1890 boxing sl.
vb. 2. in horse racing: to gain unfairly or illicitly an advantage, esp. a start in a race → 1891 sl.
► POACHED EGG n. 1. the Japanese national flag → 1945 World War II sl.
n. 2. ‘a yellow-coloured “silent cop” placed in the centre of intersections as a guide to traffic’ → 1934 Aust. sl.
► POACHER n. a broker dealing out of, or frequently changing, his market → 1890 Stock Exchange colloq.
► POACHING COUNTRY n. ‘resort of all who go shooting’ → 1820 Oxford University usage
► POAM vb. to pummel; to knock with the fist → 1846 Eng. dial.
► POAMING n. a pummelling → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► POBBIES n. pieces of bread softened in milk, generally given to young children or the elderly when unwell; any food of a similar consistency → 1848 Eng. dial.
► POBBLE vb. to ride at a leisurely pace → 1950 motorcyclists’ sl.
► POB-BOB n. a state of confusion, a hubbub → 1898 Sc.
► POBIE n. 1. a father or foster-father → 1822 Sc.
n. 2. a peak or high hill → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► PO-BOY n. a submarine sandwich → 1960 Amer. dial.
► POCATELLO YARDMASTER n. 1. on the railroad: an itinerant worker → 1940 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a fraud; a blowhard, a boastful or pompous person → 1947 Amer. dial.
► POCHLIN adj. awkward, inefficient, bungling → 1949 Sc.
► POCHUCK n. a small, out-of-the-way, or unimportant place → 1968 Amer. dial.
► POCHUCKER n. an insignificant person; a low-grade person → 1968 Amer. dial.
► THE POCK n. 1. smallpox → 1325 
n. 2. syphilis → 1542 
► POCKES n. syphilis; occasionally for smallpox → E16 
vb. to infect someone with syphilis → 17C Brit.
► POCKET n. 1. a small bag or sack → 1806 Amer. dial.
n. 2. money → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. a cove → 1946 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a bayou → 1967 Amer. dial.
► POCKETBOOK n. female genitals → 1942 US sl.
► POCKET-BURNER n. 1. a coin → 1848 humorous usage, obs.
n. 2. something very expensive or costly → 2001 sl.
► A POCKET FULL OF ROCKS n. plenty of money → 1847 Amer.
► POCKET-HUNTER n. a prospector → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► POCKET PEDDLER n. a person who carries about bottles of distilled liquor for illicit selling; a smalltime bootlegger → 1892 Amer. dial.
► POCKET POOL n. a playing with one’s genitals through a trouser pocket → 1940 sl.
► POCKET PURSE n. a coin purse → 1966 Amer. dial.
► POCKET ROCKET n. 1. marijuana → 1980 drug culture sl.
n. 2. the erect penis → 1990 UK juvenile sl.
► POCKET ROLL n. a roll of paper money kept in the pocket → 1960 African-American sl
► POCKET-THUNDER n. the breaking of wind; a fart → 19C sl.
► POCKEY ► POCKY adj. a general term of abuse → 16C sl.
► POCK-PUD n. an Englishman → E18 Sc.
► POCK-PUDDING n. an Englishman → E18 Sc.
► POCOCURANTE adj. caring little, careless, indifferent, nonchalant → 1815
n. a careless or indifferent person; one who shows little interest or concern; a trifler → 1762
► POCO PRONTO adv. at once, quickly, immediately → 1907 Amer. dial.
► POCULATION n. drinking of wine or other intoxicating liquor → 1837 
► POCULENT adj. fit for drinking, drinkable → 1626 obs.
► P.O.D. adj. extremely intoxicated by a given drug, usually marijuana (Passed OverDose) → 1990 African-American & drug culture sl.
► POD n. 1. a paunch, a pot-belly, a large, protuberant belly → 1909 Amer. dial.
n. 2. marijuana → 1940 US drug culture sl.
vb. to bulge, to swell out → 1806 Amer. dial.
► POD-AUGER vb. to live along aimlessly without working very hard at anything → 1912 Amer. dial.
► POD-AUGER DAYS n. older and simpler days → 1863 Amer. dial.
► PODDOCK ► PODDUCK n. a frog → 1350 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► PODDY adj. 1. drunk → 19C colloq.
adj. 2. corpulent, obese, stout; round in the belly → 1844 colloq.
n. 1. a hand-fed calf → 19C Aust.
n. 2. a child’s shoe → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 3. a farmer → 1831 Eng. dial. obs.
n. 4. a bottle of alcohol → L19 Aust. sl.
n. 5. an orphan calf or lamb → 1944 Amer. dial.
► PODDY CALF n. half-a-crown, 2s 6d → 20C Aust. sl.
► PODDY DODGER n. one who steals unbranded cattle; a cattle rustler → 1910 Aust. sl.
► PODDYWIG n. a tadpole → 19C Eng. dial.
► PODGE n. 1. excess weight, fat → L19 sl. 
n. 2.  a short, fat person, esp. a chubby child → L19 sl. 
n. 3.  a short, stout, thickset animal → L19 sl. 
vb. 1. to go or move slowly, to plod → 1904 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to prepare → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PODGER n. 1. a pewter dish; also, an earthen platter, ‘porringer’, or ‘pipkin’ → 1746 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a stiff blow → 1816 obs.
n. 3. a fat person → 1863 Eng. dial.
n. 4. any of various tools having the form of a short bar → 1888 
n. 5. a cudgel → 1986 Irish sl.
► PODGY adj. short or squat and fat → 1846 sl.
► PODICATE vb. to slide or move along on one’s buttocks → 1853 
► PODNA ► PODNER n. a partner, esp. as a term of address → L18 US sl.
► PODOCK n. a small, out-of-the-way, or unimportant place → 1971 Amer. dial.
► POD OUT vb. to bulge, to swell out → 1949 Amer. dial.
► PODSNAPPIAN adj. relating to, or characteristic of Dickens’s Mr. Podsnap; complacent, self-satisfied, blinkered, narrow-minded → 1866
► PODUNK adj. worthless, lost, isolated → 1968 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place → 1840 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a house or home → 1916 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a person from a small town; a rustic → 1916 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a Polish person → 1969 Amer. dial.
► PODUNK CENTRE n. a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place → 1901 Amer. dial.
► PODUNKER n. a frog → 1857 Amer. dial.
► PODUNK HOLLOW n. a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place → 1986 Amer. dial.
► PODUNKIA n. a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place → 1916 Amer. dial.
► PODUNK JUNCTION n. a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place → 1986 Amer. dial.
► PODUNKVILLE n. a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place → 1916 Amer. dial.
► POECILONYM n. one of various names for the same thing; a different name for the same thing; a synonym → 1890
► POEM n. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POENA n. a school exercise given as punishment → 1842 schoolchildren’s usage
► POETICIZE vb. to speak like a poet → 1817 
► POETIZE vb. to speak or write in verse, or in poetic style → 1586 
► POET-SUCKER n. an immature or inexperienced poet → 1631 obs.
► PO-FACED adj. characterized by or assuming an expressionless or impassive face; hence, humourless, disapproving → 1900 
► POFFLE n. a small parcel of land → 1818 Sc.
► POGANATE vb. to depart hurriedly or quickly → 1923 Amer. dial.
► POGEY n. 1. a welfare payment for the needy → 1960 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a jail → 1965 Amer. dial.
vb. to grab onto the rear bumper of a car or bus going down a slippery, snow-covered street, and surf along behind it in a crouching position → 2000 Amer. dial.
► POGEY BAIT ► POGGIE BAIT ► POGGY BAIT ► POGIE BAIT ► POGY BAIT n. candy and cakes, etc; sweets; nonmilitary food and delicacies carried on field exercises → 1918 World Wars I & II usage
► POGGLE adj. insane, mad → 1923 Brit. sl., chiefly services’ usage
n. a crazy or foolish person; an idiot → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl., obs.
vb. to poke; to grope → 1909 Amer. dial.
► POGGLED adj. 1. exhausted; in a state of collapse; completely drunk → E20 sl. (orig. military) & Sc.
adj. 2. insane, mad → 1923 Brit. sl., chiefly services’ usage
► POGO n. an ineffectual or incompetent person → 1972 Aust. sl.
► POGONIP n. 1. a dense, icy fog → 1869 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a severe snowstorm → 1869 Amer. dial.
► POGONOLOGY n. the study or wearing of beards → 1933
► POGONOPHILE n. an admirer of beards → 1991 (Bk.)
► POGONOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear or dislike of beards → 1991 (Bk.)
► POGONOTOMY n. the cutting or trimming of the beard → 1897 
► POGY n. a welfare payment for the needy → 1960 Amer. sl.
► POGUE n. a bag or purse; a wallet → 1812 criminals’ sl.
► POHAKU adj. hard-hearted → 1938 Hawaii
n. 1. a stone, a rock → 1938 Hawaii
n. 2. one dollar → 1938 Hawaii
► POHO adj. out of luck → 1972 Hawaii
int. hang it! darn the luck! → 1938 Hawaii
vb.  to lose, to suffer loss or damage → 1938 Hawaii
► POH-POH n. 1. a prison officer → 1980 US prison sl.
n. 2. the police → 1980 African-American sl.
► POI DOG n. 1. a person of native Hawaiian ancestry → 1938 Amer. dial., derogatory
n. 2. a mutt, a mongrel → 1938 Hawaii
► POILS n. pearls → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POILU  n. a French soldier, esp. in World War I → 1914 sl.
► POIN vb. to thrust a spear → 1425 obs.
► POINDEXTER n. an overly studious person → 1980 Amer. students’ sl.
► POINEPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of punishment → 1991 (Bk.)
► POINT n. 1. a tiny mark or speck → 1400 
n. 2. a street corner, often one formed by two streets meeting at a less than a ninety-degree angle; hence, a fork in a road → 1832 Amer. dial.
n. 3. the jaw → 1925 Amer. prizefighting usage
n. 4. a forward reconnaissance man; a lookout man; a scout who warns his associates of danger and may get the shock of attack → 1940 Amer. Armed forces and criminals’ sl.
n. 5. a hypodermic needle → 1960 Amer. drug culture sl.
vb. in fishing: to bait a hook → 1988 Amer. dial.
► POINT-BLANK adj. 1. absolute, unqualified, out-and-out → 1845 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. alike → 2000 Amer. dial.
adv. absolutely, completely, exactly, simply → 1851 Amer. dial.
► POINTED HEAD n. 1. a stupid, dunce-like mind; a brainless cranium → 1940 Amer. sl.
n. 2. an intellectual → 1972 Amer. sl.
► POINTEDLY adv. certainly, thoroughly, absolutely, unquestionably, simply → 1883 Amer. dial.
► POINTER n. 1. an item of advice or instruction → 1883 Amer. sl.
n. 2. the index finger → 1975 Amer. dial.
► POINTER-MAN n. the index finger → 1987 Amer. dial.
► POINT-FINGER n. the index finger → 1975 Amer. dial.
► POINTHEAD  n. 1. a stupid person → 1972 Amer. sl.
n. 2. an intellectual → 1972 Amer. sl.
► POINT MAN n. a person who plays a crucial, often hazardous role in the forefront of an enterprise; a person designated to take the lead in a project or task → 1969 
► POINT OF ADMIRATION n. an exclamation mark → 1611 
► POINT PERCY AT THE PORCELAIN vb. to urinate → 1965 Aust. humorous usage
► POINT PERSON n. a person who plays a crucial, often hazardous role in the forefront of an enterprise; a person designated to take the lead in a project or task → 1969 
► POINT-SHAVING n. the illegal practice, esp. on the part of athletes, of controlling the score of a game, match, series, etc., so that professional gamblers will have to pay less to the bettors or will win for themselves → 1971 sports & gambling usage
► POINT-SPREAD n. the difference between the handicapping points added or subtracted for various teams in football and basketball betting → 1973 sports & gambling usage
► POINT THE FINGER (AT) vb. to accuse or vilify; to identify someone or something as being responsible for wrongdoing → 1829 sl.
► POINTY-HEAD n. 1. a stupid person → 1972 Amer. sl.
n. 2.  an intellectual or expert; used disparagingly → 1972 Amer. sl.
► POINTY-HEADED adj. 1. stupid; idiotic → 1968 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. intellectual; cultured → 1968 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. knowledgeable, clever → 1972 US sl., derogatory
► POISON adj. mean, hateful, vicious; extreme; treacherous → 1834 Amer. dial.
adv. extremely; unpleasantly, viciously → 1840 Amer. dial.
n. 1. liquor, esp. cheap whisky → 1805 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a situation, person, event, etc. that portends harm and evil → 1918 Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to affect with passion or enthusiasm → 1893 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. in hoodoo: to harm by means of magic → 1931 Amer. dial.
► POISON APPLE n. the tomato → 1950 Amer. dial.
► POISON CREEPER n. poison ivy → 1898 Amer. dial.
► POISONED ON adj. smitten by, in love with → 1893 Amer. dial.
► POISONER n. a cook, esp. a cook on a sheep or cattle station → 1905 Aust. & NZ jocular usage
► POISON IVY n. in dominoes; 3-3 → 20C sl.
► POISON-NEAT adj. extremely neat → 1877 Amer. dial.
► POISON-OAKER n. 1. a native Northern Californian → 1930 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a countrified person; a rustic → 1969 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a mountaineer → 1969 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a native of Oklahoma → 1969 Amer. dial.
► POISON-PATED adj. red-haired → 1780 
► POISON-PEN LETTER n. a malicious anonymous letter; an obscene crank letter → 1929 Amer. sl.
► POISON PILL n. any financial stratagem that causes a company to be unattractive to takeover bidders → 1980 Amer. business & finance usage
► POISON PUSSY n. a skunk → 1950 Amer. dial.
► POISON UP ON vb. to come to dislike or mistrust → 1933 Amer. dial.
► POISON WIND n. a raw, rough wind; the east wind → 1934 Amer. dial.
► PO-JO adj. drab; dreary; poverty-stricken → 1950 Amer. dial.