Dictionary: PULM – PUR

► PULME n. the lungs → 1553 obs.
► PULMENT n. 1. pottage, gruel → 1325 obs.
n. 2. a poultice → 1599 obs.
► PULMENTARIOUS adj. made with pottage or gruel → 1656 obs.
► PULP adj. like or pert. to pulp (see noun) → 1974 sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. the fleshy pad on the palmar side of the end of the finger → 1425 
n. 2. a magazine printed on cheap, rough, pulp paper → 1928 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a story or article of stereotyped design and sensational contents, usually written for purely commercial ends → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. any magazine devoted to sensational and ephemeral literature, as cowboy and detective stories and the like → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PULP FICTION n. fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp → 1931 Amer.
► PULPIT n. 1. a stage or platform used for public speeches, recitations, etc. → 1387 obs.
n. 2. the female genitals → 17C sl. obs.
n. 3. an auctioneer’s desk or platform → 1710 
n. 4. the cockpit of an aeroplane → 1933 Royal Air Force sl.
► PULPITARIAN n. a preacher → 1654 
► PULPIT-CUFFER n. a Bible-pounding preacher → 19C Brit. colloq.
► PULPITEER n. a preacher by profession → 1635 usually disparaging
► PULPITER n.  preacher by profession → 1635 usually disparaging
► PULPIT MAN n. a preacher → 1581 
► PULPITOLATRY n. reverence for the pulpit or preaching → 1853 
► PULPIT POUNDER n. a preacher, esp. one who gives vehement or impassioned sermons; also, an intemperate or declamatory speaker → 1859 sl., often depreciative
► PULSANT adj. pulsating → 1656 chiefly literary usage
► PULSATIVE adj. characterized by pulsing, beating, or throbbing → 1398 
► PULSE n. 1. a stroke, a blow; an attack, an assault → 1587 obs.
n. 2. a woman’s sexual parts in ‘feel her pulse’; the vagina → M17 Brit. sl.
n. 3. an erect penis → 19C sl.
► PULSE ACCELERATOR n. a loved one; a sweetheart → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PULSE PAD n. a medical man → 1706 obs. humorous usage
► PULSE-TAKER n. a person who monitors trends or public opinion with respect to a particular field or issue → 1922 
► PULSE UPPERER n. a loved one; a sweetheart → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PULSE VEIN n. an artery → 1398 obs.
► PULSION n. a driving or pushing → 1607 
► PULSIVE adj. 1. pulsing; beating or throbbing, as the heart, etc. → 1600 obs.
adj. 2. having the quality of driving or impelling; constraining, compelling; impulsive → 1602 
► PULTER n. an edible fowl; collectively, poultry → 1474 obs.
► PULTROUS adj. lustful, lascivious, lecherous → 1788 Sc. obs.
► PULTS n. soft-boiled food; pap, pottage → 1550 obs.
► PULUTAN n. food or snacks provided as an accompaniment to alcoholic drinks → 1962 Philippine English
► PULVER n. powder, dust → 1425 
vb.  to reduce to powder; to pulverize → 1425 obs.
► PULVERATE vb. 1. to reduce to powder; to pulverize → 1615 
vb. 2. to defeat soundly, to demolish; to thrash → 1900 
► PULVERATION n. reduction to powder or dust → 1623 
► PULVERATRICIOUS adj. dust-coloured → 1688 
► PULVEREOUS adj. consisting of dust; dusty → 1656 obs.
► PULVERESCENT adj. tending to become powdery → 1805 
► PULVERIZATE adj. pulverized; reduced to powder → 1425 obs.
vb. to pulverize; to reduce to powder or dust; to grind, crush, break down → 1598 obs.
► PULVERIZE vb. to demolish, to destroy, to defeat → 1640 
► PULVEROUS adj. powdery, dusty → 1425 
► PULY adj. whining, querulous, sickly → 1688
► PUMBLE vb. to hit hard with the fist; to beat thoroughly → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PUMBLECHOOK n. a stupid person; a fool; an oaf; a ‘human ass’ → L19  Brit. & US sl.
► PUMFRITS n. fried potatoes; (French ‘pommes frites’) → 1910 World War I Amer. sl.
► PUMIL adj. dwarf, dwarfish, diminutive → 1776 obs.
► PUMILIO n. a person or thing of unusually small stature or size; a person with dwarfism; (also) a dwarf plant → 1576 obs.
► PUMKIN n. 1. the human head → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. a small town or rural community; a rustic place; a town in the sticks → 1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use (Bk.)
n. 3. a football → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUMMEL vb. to skateboard fearlessly without regard to the effect on the board or body → 1984 US sl.
► PUMMELLED adj. very drunk → 1990 US sl.
► PUMMY n. anything crushed or pounded to a pulp → 1754 chiefly Eng. dial. & Newfoundland
► PUMMY GRANT n. an immigrant to Australia from Britain; a ‘Pom’ → 1912 Aust. sl.
► PUMP n. 1. the female genitals → 17C Brit. sl.
n. 2. the penis → 17C sl.
n. 3. the heart → 1710 US sl.
n. 5. an attempt at extracting information from anyone by exhaustive or skilful questioning → 1740 obs.
n. 6. a breaking of wind → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 7. a pompous, garrulous, or foolish person → 1823 colloq., obs.
n. 8. sexual intercourse → 20C Brit. sl.
n. 9. a breast → E20 US
n. 9. a pump-action firearm, esp. a shotgun → 1928 US
n. 10. an illegal linear amplifier for a citizens’ band radio → 1976 US sl.
n. 11. a fire hydrant → 1979 UK sl.
n. 12. a fart → 1985 Sc. sl.
vb. 1. to interrogate someone; to ply with questions persistently → 1611 UK sl.
vb. 2. of a male: to copulate → 1730 UK & Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to masturbate → 19C sl., chiefly Brit.
vb. 4. to urinate → 19C Brit. & US sl.
vb. 5. to vomit → 19C Brit. sl.
vb. 6. to shake hands vigorously → 1912 
vb. 7. to fart → 1937 N. Ireland sl.
vb. 8. to obtain a free ride → 1965 Barbados sl.
vb. 9. in poker: to increase a bet made by another player → 1983 US sl.
vb. 10. to sell drugs. esp. crack cocaine → 1989 UK sl.
vb. 11. to exert yourself in a labour → 1992 US sl.
► PUMPAGE n. sexual intercourse → 20C Brit. sl.
► PUMP-DALE n. the female genitals → E18 Brit. sl.
► PUMPED adj. 1. excited or animated, showing increased energy or activity → 1731 
adj. 2. exhausted or out of breath from exertion, winded → 1854 colloq.
adj. 3. pregnant → M20 US sl.
► PUMPED UP adj. 1. excited or animated, showing increased energy or activity → 1792 
adj. 2. pregnant → 20C Amer. sl.
► PUMPER n. the heart → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUMP-HANDLE n. 1. the penis → E18 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a salute → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► PUMPKIN n. 1. a stupid, conceited, or self-important person → 1680 colloq., chiefly US
n. 2. the female genitals → 19C US sl.
n. 3. a term of endearment, a sweetheart, a darling → 1900 orig. US
n. 4. the human head → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a small town or rural community; a rustic place; a town in the sticks → 1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use (Bk.)
n. 6. a football → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUMPKIN-CHASER n. a rustic, a hillbilly → 1941 Amer. dial.
► PUMPKIN-COVER n. the female public hair → 19C US sl.
► PUMPKIN-EATERS n. large front teeth that stick out of the mouth → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PUMPKIN-FACE n. a round face with no expression on it → 1881 
► PUMPKIN HEAD n. a slow or dim-witted person; a dunce; a stupid person; an oaf → 1766 Amer. sl.
► PUMPKIN-HEADED adj. stupid, dim-witted → 1838 
► PUMPKIN-HUSKER n. a rustic, a hillbilly → 2000 Amer. dial.
► PUMPKINIFICATION n. extravagant or absurdly uncritical glorification → 1904 
► PUMPKINIFIER n. a person who extravagantly or absurdly glorifies another → 1884 
► PUMPKIN RINDS n. shoulder straps as insignia of military rank, usually yellow → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PUMPKIN-ROLLER n. 1. a farmer; a rustic, a hillbilly → 1905 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a grumbler or agitator → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► THE PUMPKINS n. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUMPKIN-SEED n. 1. a light-skinned Black person → 1926 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a tablet of mescaline → M20 US drug culture sl.
► PUMPKIN-SEED SADDLE n. a small saddle → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► PUMPKIN SKIN n. 1. a light-skinned Black person → 1922 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a palomino horse → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► PUMPKIN-THRASHER n. a rustic, a hillbilly → 1941 Amer. dial.
► PUMPKIN TIME n. curfew → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► PUMPKNOCK  n. a bump or swelling. esp. one on the head caused by a blow → 1933 Amer. dial.
► PUMPKNOT n. 1. a bump or swelling. esp. one on the head caused by a blow → 1933 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a pimple on the face → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PUMPLE n. a pimple → 1523 
► PUMPLEFOOT n. clubfoot → 1908 Amer. dial.
► PUMPLE-FOOTED adj. club-footed → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PUMP OFF vb. to masturbate → 19C sl.
► PUMP ONESELF OFF vb. to masturbate → 19C sl., chiefly Brit.
► PUMP ONE’S PICKLE vb. to masturbate → 20C sl., orig. Can.
► PUMP ONE’S PYTHON vb. of a male: to masturbate → 20C sl.
► PUMP-OUT vb. to urinate → 20C Brit. sl.
► PUMPS n. 1. the female breasts → E20 US sl.
n. 2. tennis shoes, trainers → 20C Brit. schoolchildren’s usage
► PUMP SHIP vb. 1. to urinate → 1759 sl., orig. nautical usage
vb. 2. to vomit → 1770 sl.
► PUMP THE COW vb. to milk a cow → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PUMP THE STUMP vb. to shake hands → 1947 US sl.
► PUMPTURE n. a puncture, tire trouble → 1991 Irish sl.
► PUM-PUM n. the female external genitals; the vagina; women considered sexually → 1983 sl.
► PUMP UP vb. to enliven or make more exciting → 1999 African-American sl.
► PUMP UP YOUR TIRE! int. you bore me! → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNAISE n. a bedbug; also, of various kinds of bug or similar insect → 1530 obs.
► PUNAANY ► PUNANI n. the female external genitals; the vagina → 1987 sl., orig. Caribbean
► PUNCE n. 1. an effeminate male; a homosexual male → 20C Aust. sl.
n. 2. the female genitals → 20C Aust. & Brit. sl.
► PUNCH adj. short and thickset; squat, stout → 1679 
n. 1. a dagger → 1480 obs.
n. 2. a short fat person → 1669 
n. 3. women considered as sexual objects → 18C sl.
n. 4. a killing, as in the stock market, etc.; a coup → 1900 Aust. sl.
n. 5. energy, vigour, vitality → 1901 sl., orig. US
n. 6. force; meaning; pungency → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to copulate → 18C sl.
vb. 2. to deflower → 19C sl.
vb. 3. to deliver lines in a play, musical passage or the like with vigour → 20C
vb. 4. to drive or round up; to work as a cowboy; used of cattle and tourists → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PUNCHABLE adj. pert. to a woman who desires copulation → 18C sl.
► PUNCHABLE NUN n. a prostitute → 20C Brit. sl.
► PUNCH AWAY vb. to keep trying or working, esp. in difficult or discouraging circumstances; to persevere → 20C colloq.
► PUNCHBAG n. a person who regularly receives criticism, punishment, or abuse, esp. if undeserved; a target for aggression or hostility → 1898 
► PUNCHBALL n. a target for aggression, hostility, or abuse → 1920 
► PUNCH-BOARD n. a promiscuous woman → 1963 sl., derogatory
► PUNCH-DRUNK adj. 1. of a boxer: having a concussion caused by repeated blows to the head → 1911 orig. US
adj. 2. befuddled; dazed; groggy or dizzy for any reason; mentally or emotionally exhausted, esp. from a series of failures or personal misfortunes → 1922 orig. US
► PUNCHEON n. 1. orig., a large barrel or cask for different liquids and commodities; later, a cask used for fermenting or ageing wine → 1400 
n. 2. a short piercing weapon; a dagger → 1425 obs.
► PUNCHER n. 1. a cowboy → 1870 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a telegraph operator → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNCH GUN vb. to use criminal slang → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► PUNCHILY adv. forcefully, effectively; vigorously → 1934 
► PUNCHINELLO n. a grotesque or absurd person or thing; a short, stout person; a clownish person → 1669 
► PUNCHINESS n. 1. a being short and stout; squatness → 1850 
n. 2. vigour, dynamism, forcefulness → 1915 
► PUNCHING BAG n. a person serving as an object of abuse; a scapegoat → 1911 colloq.
► PUNCHING BLOCK n. 1. a woman considered sexually → 1694 obs.
n. 2. in boxing: a person who receives a lot of punches → 1896 
► PUNCHING STAFF n. a staff with a sharp point; a spear, a lance → 1562 obs.
► PUNCH LINE n. 1. the last line, sentence, or part of a joke that gives it meaning and humour → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. the last line, sentence, or part of a story, experience, or incident that gives it meaning or an unexpected ending → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNCH LIST n. a list of unfinished matters that require attention → 2001 colloq. (Bk.)
► PUNCH-OUT n. a fistfight or brawl → 1969 
 (verbs usually as ‘punch out’)
vb. 1. to beat up or knock out with the fists → 1893 orig. US
vb. 2. to bail out, to eject from an aircraft → 1970 US Air Force sl. (Bk.)
vb. 3. to leave; to quit; to abandon → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 4. to bulge, to protrude → 1986 Amer. dial.
► PUNCH-PACKED adj. having a powerful or impressive effect → 1924 
► PUNCH-PULL vb. to use less force than one is capable of exerting; to be gentle or lenient → 1961 
► PUNCH SOMEONE’S LIGHTS OUT vb. to knock someone unconscious → 1966 Amer. sl.
► PUNCH THE BAG vb. to complain; to talk at length, to gossip, to chat → 1901 Amer. sl.
► PUNCH THE BREEZE vb. to go in a hurry → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► PUNCH-UP n. a fistfight or brawl; a fierce argument → 1955 colloq.
vb. (usually as ‘punch up’) to enliven, as with fresh ideas or additional material → 20C colloq.
► PUNCHY adj. 1. short and stout, thickset, squat, stumpy; having a large paunch → 1780 chiefly Eng. dial.
adj. 2. dazed or stupefied from severe or continual punching → 19C sl.
adj. 3. full of punch or vigour; forceful; being or appearing vigorously effective; energetic, vigorous, lively → 1907 
adj. 4. punch-drunk; also in a state of nervous tension or extreme fatigue → 1932 sl., chiefly US
n. a nickname applied disparagingly to any person, implying that he is confused, or mentally subnormal from, or as though from, blows on the head → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNCHY-FAT adj. very fat → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PUNCK ► PUNCKE n. a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → 16C Brit. sl.
► PUNCT n. 1. a quarter of an hour; also, a moment, an instant → 1000 obs.
n. 2. a speck, a dot → 1398 obs.
vb. to prick, to pierce → 1548 obs.
► PUNCTA n. an important or main point or item → 1651 obs.
► PUNCTAL n. a speck, a dot, a small spot → 1694 obs.
► PUNCTICULAR adj. 1. of the size or appearance of a small point or dot; minute, tiny → 1658 obs.
adj. 2. marked with minute points or spots → 1671 obs.
► PUNCTILIO adj. trifling, petty → 1660 obs.
n. 1. a minute detail of action or conduct; a nicety of behaviour, ceremony, or honour; a small or petty formality → 1596 
n. 2. strict observance of or insistence upon minutiae of action or conduct; petty formality; punctiliousness → 1596 
n. 3. a sharp point; a point marked on a sundial → 1596 obs.
n. 4. the highest point, the apex → 1601 obs.
► PUNCTILIONIST n. a punctilious person → 1825 obs.
► PUNCTILIO OF TIME n. a moment, an instant → 1620 obs.
► PUNCTILIOSHIP n. observance of niceties → 1714 obs.
► PUNCTILIOSITY n. scrupulous attentiveness to fine points of procedure, etiquette, or conduct → 1859 
► PUNCTILIOUS adj. extremely attentive to details, ceremony, or procedure; strict or exact in the observance of formalities or amenities → 1617 
► PUNCTILLE n. 1. a minute detail of action or conduct; a nicety of behaviour, ceremony, or honour; a small or petty formality → 1610 obs.
n. 2. strict observance of or insistence upon minutiae of action or conduct; petty formality; punctiliousness → 1648 obs.
► PUNCTION n. 1. a puncturing or pricking; a prick, a puncture → 1425 obs.
n. 2. a pricking or prickling sensation → 1596 obs.
► PUNCTIOUS adj. of a sensation: characterized by pricking or prickling → 1668 obs.
► PUNCTIUNCLE n. an extremely minute or trifling point → 1874 obs.
► PUNCTORIOUS adj. of pain: characterized by pricking or prickling → 1675 obs.
► PUNCTORY adj. of pain: characterized by pricking or prickling → 1661 obs.
► PUNCTUAL adj. 1. of the nature of a point or speck; small, minute → 1605 obs.
adj. 2. meticulously attentive to detail in speech or action → 1620 obs.
► PUNCTUOSITY n. methodical attention to detail; exactness, precision → 1733 obs.
► PUNCTURE n. 1. a pricking sensation or pain; a twinge, a stab of pain, desire, etc. → 1425 obs.
n. 2. a sharp point or edge → 1598 obs.
vb. 1. to tattoo a person or a part of the body → 1777 
vb. 2. to have sex with a woman → 19C sl.
vb. 3. to deflower → 19C Brit. sl.
► PUNCTURED adj. drunk → 20C Brit. sl.
► PUNCTURE LADY n. a woman who prefers to sit on the sidelines at a dance and gossip rather than dance → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► PUNCTURE ONE’S BALLOON vb. to humiliate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNDIGRION n. a pun, a play on words → 1673 obs.
► PUNDIT n. 1. a learned person, expert, or authority → 1661 
n. 2. a person who makes comments or judgements, esp. in an authoritative manner; a critic or commentator → 1816 
vb. to comment or speak in the manner of a pundit or expert → 1940 
► PUNDITOCRACY n. elite members of the news media, typically seen as having political power in their own right → 1987 chiefly US political usage
► PUNDLE n. an unattractive woman → 1706 derogatory, obs.
► PUNEE n. a couch or sofa → 1938 Hawaii
► PUNG n. a purse → 1000 obs.
► PUNGE vb. 1. to prick, to pierce → 1570 obs.
vb. 2. to cause a part of the body to smart; to irritate, to sting → 1657 obs.
► PUNGEY adj. intoxicated with alcohol → 18C US sl.
► PUNGITIVE adj. that pricks or stings; sharp to the senses → 1425 obs.
► PUNGLE vb. 1. to hand over money, to ‘shell out’ → 1851 US colloq.
vb. 2. to solicit → 1897 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PUNGLED adj. short of money, strapped for cash → 1881 Eng. dial.
► PUNIC APPLE n. the pomegranate; the pomegranate tree → 1601 
► PUNIC FAITH n. treachery, faithlessness; bad faith → 1590 
► PUNIED UP adj. sickly, weak, under the weather → 1989 Amer. dial.
► PUNIFYING n. a punishing → 1915 
► PUNIM n. the face → 1965 Jewish
► PUNISH vb. 1. to suffer → 1892 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to eat or drink copiously → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNISH PERCY IN THE PALM vb. of a male: to masturbate → 20C sl.
► PUNISH THE POPE vb. to masturbate → 1980 sl.
► PUNITION n. the infliction of a penalty or sanction in retribution for an offence or transgression; punishment → 1405 
► PUNITIONAL adj. characterized by punishment → 1824 
► PUNITORY adj. inflicting punishment; retributive, punishing → 1710 
► PUNK adj. 1. of poor quality; bad; inferior, second-rate → 1896 colloq. orig. & chiefly US
adj. 2. of timber: decayed, rotten → 1902 US
adj. 3. in poor health; unwell; out of sorts → 1906 colloq. orig. & chiefly US
adj. 4. contemptible, despicable; thuggish; cowardly; inexperienced → 1907 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
n. 1. a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → 1575  
n. 2. originally, a boy or young man kept by an older man as a sexual partner → 1698 obs.
n. 3. incense, esp. Chinese incense; a stick of incense, a joss stick → 1844 
n. 4. something worthless; foolish or meaningless talk; nonsense, rubbish → 1869 colloq.
n. 5. bread → 1891 Amer. sl.
n. 6. a bumptious but insignificant or contemptible person → 1904 sl.
n. 7. in logging: a worker, formerly often a boy, who signals the operation of log-hauling machinery by controlling the whistle of the ‘donkey engine’ → 1909 Amer. dial.
n. 8. a small-time or petty criminal or hoodlum → 1917 Amer. sl.
n. 9. an amateur, an apprentice → 1923 US sl.
n. 10. a young person, a person regarded as inexperienced or raw → 1926 US sl.
n. 11. a homosexual male → 1933 US sl., chiefly African-American, derogatory
n. 12. a weak person; a coward; a useless jerk, usually a male; a worthless man; an ineffectual or incompetent person → 1939 US sl.
n. 13. any young animal, esp. a baby lion → 1942 Amer. circus sl. (Bk.)
n. 14. a woman who performs ‘penilingus’ → M20 US criminals’ sl.
n. 15. any male; a chum; a young fellow → M20 US sl. & colloq.
n. 16. inferior marijuana → M20 US drug culture sl.
n. 17. an adherent of a youth sub-culture first coalescing in 1976 around punk rock music → 1970 sl.
n. 18. an inferior prizefighter, jockey, pool player, etc. → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 19. a lackey; a waiter; a porter → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 20. a liquid or salve sold as a household remedy; patent medicine → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to pimp → 17C Brit. sl.
vb. 2. to procure customers for a prostitute → 17C Brit. sl.
vb. 3. to associate with prostitutes → 1716 obs.
vb. 4. to force, thrust, or propel in a specified direction → 1888 US
vb. 5. of a man: to engage in anal intercourse with a man, esp. forcibly → 1949 sl., orig. US
vb. 6. to humiliate; to beat up, to bully, etc., esp. for the purpose of showing dominance; to make appear weak or foolish → 1963 sl., orig. US
► PUNK AND PLASTER n. bread and butter → 1899 sl.
► PUNK AND WHITE WINE n. bread and water → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNK-ASS adj. of a person: unpleasant, deplorable, contemptible, despicable → 1949 US sl.
► PUNKATEERO n. a procurer of prostitutes; a pimp, a pander → 1602 obs.
► PUNKAWN n. a talkative, self-assertive person → 1943 Irish sl.
► PUNKER n. 1. a person who associates with prostitutes; a whoremonger → 1582 obs.
n. 2. a punk rocker → 1973 colloq.
n. 3. a greenhorn → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNKETTE n. a young female punk rocker → 1974 sl.
► PUNKETTEE n. a young prostitute → 1612 obs.
► PUNKETTO n. 1. a young prostitute → 1601 obs.
n. 2. a minute point or nicety of behaviour → 1625 obs.
► PUNK-FIST n. a boaster. a braggart → 1890 obs.
► PUNKIN n. 1. a little pun → 1866 obs.
n. 2. a small child → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 3. the human head → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. a small town or rural community; a rustic place; a town in the sticks → 1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use (Bk.)
n. 5. a football → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNKIN BALL n. a bullet → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PUNKIN-HEAD n. a stupid person; an oaf or dolt → 19C Amer. dial.
► PUNKIN ROLLER n. 1. a farmer → 1905 Amer. sl.
n. 2. any outsider; a person who is not from your community, and doesn’t belong → 1949 Amer. dial.
► PUNKINS n. 1. a sweetheart → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. large front teeth that stick out of the mouth → 1965 Amer. dial.
► THE PUNKINS n. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNKIN SLINGER n. a rifle → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PUNKIN-SLITTERS n. men’s sharp-pointed shoes → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PUNKIN-SNAPPERS n. the teeth → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PUNKIN VINE n. a branch railroad that is not very important or gives poor service → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PUNKISH adj. somewhat ill; indisposed → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNK-KID n. a homosexual boy or catamite → M20 sl.
► PUNKLING n. a small or young prostitute → 1640 obs.
► PUNK-MASTER n. an experienced user of prostitutes → 1612 obs.
► PUNK OUT vb. to lose one’s nerve, to avoid doing something out of fear → 1920 US sl.
► PUNKY adj. 1. of poor quality; bad, rotten → 1859 
adj. 2. of a public performance: poor → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 3. somewhat ill; indisposed → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNNIC adj. involving puns or punning → 1719 
► PUNNICAL adj. involving puns or punning → 1731 
► PUNQUE n. a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → 16C Brit. sl.
► PUNSE n. the female genitals → 19C sl.
► PUNSTRESS n. a female punster → 1825 
► PUNT n. the indentation or hollow at the bottom of a glass bottle, esp. a wine bottle → 1862 
vb. to pretend knowledge or ability → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PUNTA n. the odour of vaginal secretions → 2000 African-American sl.
► PUNTAM n. a lively person, esp. a woman of low stature → 20C Irish sl.
► PUNT AROUND n. an attempt to find someone or something → 1970 sl.
vb. 1. to try one’s luck, esp. when looking for a person → 1970 sl.
vb. 2. to have a look around → 1974 colloq., orig. police sl.
► PUNTER n. 1. a person who bets or gambles, esp. on horses; a gambler → 1860 
n. 2. a criminal, esp. one who assists as a confederate → 1891 sl.
n. 3. the victim of a swindler or confidence trickster → 1934 sl.
n. 4. a customer or client; often used dismissively → 1965 colloq.
n. 5. a prostitute’s client → 1970 colloq.
n. 6. a person → 1975 Sc. colloq.
n. 7. a spectator, a member of an audience → 1976 colloq.
► PUNTILLA n. in bullfighting: a dagger used to administer the coup de grâce to the bull → 1838 
► PUNTILLERO n. the bullfighter who administers the coup de grâce to the bull with the puntilla → 1851 
► PUNY adj. 1. inferior in rank, insubordinate → 1579 obs.
adj. 2. inexperienced, novice → 1602 obs.
adj. 3. not in good health; ailing, sickly → 1766 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a person younger or more junior than another or others; a junior → 1567 obs.
n. 2. a raw or inexperienced person; a novice, a beginner → 1570 obs.
n. 3. an inferior, a subordinate; an insignificant person → 1579 arch.
n. 4. a junior judge → 1599 obs,
vb. to be ill, unwell → 1893 Amer. dial.
► PUNY AROUND vb. to go about in a listless, languid fashion → 1923 Amer. dial. 
► PUNYE vb. to prick, to pierce → 1488 Sc. obs.
► PUNZIE n. a prick, a stab → 1827 Sc. obs.
► PUP n. 1. a young man, esp. one who is stupid, unpleasant or arrogant → 1590 
n. 2. a young seal or sea lion → 1815 
n. 3. a schoolchild or student, a pupil → 1871 university sl.
n. 4. a youthful or inexperienced person; a beginner → 1887 colloq.
n. 5. a small stream which flows into a creek; a small tributary → 1897 Yukon & Alaska
n. 6. a vain fop → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 7. a foot → 1942 Amer. dial.
n. 8. the penis → M20 sl.
► PU-PAP n. a grandfather → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PUP-BARN n. a young child, an infant → 1475 obs.
► PUPILESS n. a female pupil → 1785 obs.
► PUPILLATE vb. to cry like a peacock → 1623 obs.
► PUPILLIZE vb. to teach a pupil; to take pupils; to tutor → 1840 obs.
► PUPILLONIAN n. ? a childish person → 1600 obs.
► PUPIL-MASTER n. a schoolmaster → 1850 obs.
► PUPIL-MONGER n. a person whose business it is to teach pupils or students; a tutor at Cambridge University → 1661 
► PUPPE n. the back of the head → 1425 obs.
► PUPPET n. 1. a small dog; a puppy → 1531 obs.
n. 2. a figure representing a human being; a child’s doll → 1550 obs.
n. 3. a person who impersonates another; an actor, esp. an inferior one → 1592 obs.
n. 4. a small or dainty person → 1623 
n. 5. an awkward person; someone who does nothing right → 1970 US high school sl. (Bk.)
► PUPPETEER n. a person who controls or manipulates others → 1915 
vb. to manipulate or control → 1940 
► PUPPIES n. 1. nipples → 20C homosexual sl.
n. 2. a person’s feet → 1922 US sl.
n. 3. a woman’s breasts → 1963 sl., orig. US
► PUPPIFY vb. to make compliant and submissive; to fool → 1660 obs.
► PUPPRELLE n. a little puppy → 1583 obs.
► PUPPY n. 1. a small dog kept as a lady’s pet or plaything; a lapdog → 1486 obs.
n. 2. a foolish, conceited, or impertinent young man; a young man, esp. one who is inexperienced or naive → 1544 colloq., often derogatory
n. 3. a woman, esp. with connotations of sexual promiscuousness → 1592 obs.
n. 4. a child’s doll → 1659 obs.
n. 5. a foot → 1934 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a thing regarded with affection or familiarity → 1984 colloq., chiefly US
► PUPPYESS n. a foolish, conceited or impertinent young woman → 1791 obs.
► PUPPY FAT n. fatness in a young person, which supposedly soon disappears → 1937 sl.
► PUPPYFOOT n. the ace of clubs → 1907 US sl.
► PUPPY-HOLE n. at Eton College: a pupil-room, in which pupils work with their tutors → 1912 
► PUPPYISH adj. 1. foolish; conceited; impertinent → 1775 obs.
adj. 2. gentle, naive; devotedly or unquestioningly loyal → 1826 
► PUPPYISM n. impertinence; conceited; youthful naivety, inexperience → 1776 
► PUPPY LOVE n. temporary affection between very young people → 1810 
► PUPPY PAWS n. the suit of clubs → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PUPPY PLAY n. a puppet show → 1640 chiefly Sc. obs.
► PUPPY-SHOW adj. foolish, ridiculous → L19 W. Indies
n. foolishness, showing off; one who makes a stupid exhibition of themselves → L19 W. Indies
vb. to make a fool of someone → L19 W. Indies
► PUPSIE n. a puppy, a small dog → 1576 
► PUP’S NEST n. a prairie dog’s hole → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► PUPU n. an hors d’oeuvre → 1967 Hawaii
► PUPULE adj. crazy, insane → 1938 Amer. dial.
n. an insane or crazy person → 1938 Amer. dial.
► PUR n. 1. a male lamb → 1787 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a boy → 1787 obs.
► PURDY adj. surly, bad-tempered, unfriendly; also, self-important → 1668 chiefly Eng. dial.
► PURE adj. 1. applied mockingly to Puritans or Quakers → 1598 obs.
adj. 2. fine, good, excellent, nice → 1609 obs.
adj. 3. of drinks: unmixed with water → 1611 colloq. (Bk.)
adj. 4. well, in good health → 1839 chiefly Eng. dial.
► PURE AND HAPPY adj. entirely happy → 1788 obs.
► PURE BEAUTY n. an ugly person → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PURE D ► PUREDEE adj. thoroughgoing, out-and-out, complete, real → 1912 Amer. dial.
adv. very, totally, completely → 1912 Amer. dial.
► PURE ELEMENT n. water → 1921 sl. (Bk.)
► PURELY adj. well, in good health → 1753 chiefly Eng. dial.
► PURE MERINO n. 1. a (descendant of a) voluntary settler in Australia, as opposed to a transported convict, esp. one who finds in this a basis for social pretension → 1826 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a snob → 1826 Aust. sl.
► PURE-QUILL adj. genuine → 1956 Amer. dial.
adv. genuinely → 1956 Amer. dial.
► THE PURE QUILL n. something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality → 1884 Amer. dial.
► THE PURE QUILL WITH A BEAD ON IT n. something that is pure, genuine, of the highest quality → 1916 Amer. dial.
► PURFLED adj. of a person: stout and fleshy, with a ruddy complexion; wheezing → 1737 Sc.
► PURFLY adj. of a person: stout and fleshy, with a ruddy complexion; wheezing → 1832 Sc. obs.
► PURGATORY n. 1. a place of temporary suffering or expiation → 1385 
n. 2. a deep narrow gorge or ravine with steep sides; a stream in such a gorge → 1766 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a cavern → 1797 
n. 4. an unpleasant experience → 1807 sl.
► PURGE n. beer → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to vomit; to cause to vomit → 1902 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. of a corpse: to foam at the mouth → 1945 Amer dial.
► PURGING PLACE n. a lavatory → 1577 obs.
► PUR-HOG n. a male sheep that is one year old → 1668 Eng. dial.
► PURIFICATION n. the afterbirth → 1935 Amer. dial.
► PURITAN n. a person who is characterized by extreme strictness in religion, morals, etc. → 1592 chiefly depreciative usage
► PURL n. 1. a small stream flowing with a swirling motion; a rivulet → 1552 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a minute frilling on the edge of a petal or leaf → 1626 obs.
n. 3. a hard nodule of the dung of an animal, esp. a sheep → 1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. a heavy fall, esp. from a horse → 1825 colloq.
vb. 1. to prowl, to roam or wander about in search of → 1440 obs.
vb. 2. to pilfer, to filch; to obtain by stealth, cheating, or petty theft → 1529 obs.
vb. 3. to cadge, to scrounge, to seek for gain or advantage in a mean, grasping, or underhand way → 1530 obs.
vb. 4. of a small stream: to flow with a swirling motion and a murmuring sound → 1586 chiefly poetic usage
vb. 5. of a cat: to purr → 1641 
vb. 6. to utter with a soft, murmuring sound → 1648 
vb. 7. to turn upside down, to overturn, to capsize; to tumble head over heels → 1856 
vb. 8. to turn or whirl round rapidly; to spin on an axis → 1857 chiefly Eng. dial.
► PUR-LAMB n. a male lamb → 1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► PURLER n. 1. a heavy fall; a sudden dramatic misfortune or failure → 1850 colloq.
n. 2. an excellent thing → 1935 sl., chiefly Aust.
► PURMEINE vb. to walk about; to take a walk → 1614 Sc. obs.
► PURP n. 1. a dog; a pup → 1861 Amer. colloq.
n. 2. a vain fop → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PURPENSE vb. to deliberate upon; to premeditate; to determine beforehand → 1450 obs.
► PURPIE adj. purple → 1651 Sc.
► PURPLE adj. 1. of the colour of blood; bloody, bloodstained → 1590 chiefly poetic usage
adj. 2. characterized by richness or abundance; splendid, glorious; of emotion: deeply felt or extravagantly expressed → 1598 
adj. 3. extremely pornographic → E20 colloq.
n. 1. blood → 1631 poetic usage, obs.
n. 2. sexually explicit writing → 1930 
n. 3. a tablet of the stimulant drug Drinamyl™, an amphetamine → 1968 sl.
n. 4. LSD; also LSD mixed with methedrine → 1968 sl.
► PURPLED adj. bloodstained → 1616 obs.
► PURPLE DEATH n. a cheap red wine → 1947 sl.
► PURPLE FIT n. a lover’s quarrel → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PURPLE HAZE n. LSD; also LSD mixed with methedrine → 1967 sl.
► PURPLE HEART n. a tablet of the stimulant drug Drinamyl™, an amphetamine → 1961 Brit. colloq.
► PURPLE-HEARTS n. amphetamine tablets → 1950 US sl.
► PURPLE-HELMETED JUNKET GUN n. the penis → 1980 sl.
► PURPLE PASSION n. a loved one; a sweetheart → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PURPLE PORK n. the penis → M19 sl.
► PURPLE PROSE n. overly fussy prose → 1901 
► PURPLE SIN n. a grave or heinous sin → 1601 
► PURPLE-WEARER n. a rich or noble person → 1629 
► PURPORTLESS adj. meaningless, pointless → 1802 
► PURPURACEOUS adj. purple in colour → 1788 obs.
► PURPURATE adj. 1. purple in colour; clothed in purple; also, blood-coloured, bloodstained → 1422 arch. & poetic usage
adj. 2. of language: rich, elaborate, ornate → 1475 
adj. 3. of noble origin; born ‘in the purple’ → 1669 obs.
vb. to make purple, to tinge with purple → 1642 obs.
► PURPURE adj. of a purple colour → 1200 obs.
► PURPUREAL adj. purple in colour → 1708 chiefly poetic usage
► PURPUREAN adj. purple in colour → 1656 obs.
► PURPUREOUS adj. purplish; purple in colour → 1657 
► PURPURINE adj. of a purple colour or tinge → 1300 
► PURPURIZE vb. to make purple → 1632 obs.
► PURR n. 1. a fire poker → 1357 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a thrust, a poke; a stab. a prick; a kick → 1609 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. a state of agitation or trouble → 1842 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to thrust, to prod, or to poke with a stick or poker → 1450 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to speak in a low, soft voice, esp. seductively → 1658 
vb. 3. to behave in a self-satisfied or seductive manner → 1671 
vb. 4. to kick → 1847 Eng. dial.
► PURRY adj. resembling purring; hence, comfortable, contented → 1818 
► PURSABLE adj. having sufficient money; financially able → 1625 obs.
► PURSE n. 1. a person’s conscience, heart, etc., regarded as a place of safe storage or supply; a person’s thoughts or store of ideas → 1275 obs.
n. 2. the scrotum → 1395 obs.
n. 3. the vagina → 17C sl.
n. 4. a fragment of live coal exploding from a fire, regarded as a good omen → 1736 Eng. dial.
n. 5. money → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to keep secret; to keep back, to contain, to confine → 1425 obs.
vb. 2. to become wrinkled, to pucker → 1597 
vb. 3. to gather up, to collect → 1809 obs.
► PURSE-BOUND adj. averse to spending money; stingy → 1685 
► PURSE-CARVER n. a thief who cuts purses in order to take their contents, a cutpurse → 1380 obs.
► PURSE-CROSS n. a financial loss → 1589 obs.
► PURSE-CUTTER n. a thief who cuts purses in order to take their contents, a cutpurse → 1500 
► PURSE-EMPTIER n. 1. a person who charges or costs a lot of money → 1611
n. 2. a thief → 1886 obs.
► PURSE FAMINE n. a lack of money → 1676 
► PURSE-LEECH n. a person greedy for money; a grasping person; an extortioner → 1605 obs.
► PURSE-LINED adj. possessing money → 1624 
► PURSE-MAD adj. excessively concerned with or desiring money → 1817 
► PURSE-MILKING adj. thieving, swindling → 1621 colloq., obs.
► PURSE-MULGENT adj. draining or ‘milking’ the purse → 1628 obs.
► PURSEPICK n. a thief who picks purses → 1513 orig. Sc.
► PURSE-PICKER n. a thief who picks purses → 1549 orig. Sc.
► PURSE-PINCHED adj. in straitened circumstances; habitually poor → 1603 arch.
► PURSE-PRIDE n. the pride or arrogance of the wealthy → 1648 
► PURSE-PROUD adj. proud or arrogant on account of one’s wealth; having an inflated regard for wealth → 1634 
► PURSE-SUCKER n. a person greedy for money; a grasping person; an extortioner → 1671 obs.
► PURSE-SWOLLEN adj. possessing a great deal of money, wealthy, rich → 1823 
► PURSE-TAKER n. a thief who deprives people of their purses → 1594 
► PURSEYNT adj. surrounding or enclosing something → 1400 obs.
► PURSIVE adj. suffering from shortness of breath; asthmatic → 1425 obs.
► PURSIVENESS n. shortness of breath; breathlessness → 1450 obs.
► PURSUAND adj. that follows convention or conforms to approved standards; suitable, proper → 1375 obs.
n. a person pursuing → 1350 obs.
► PURSUANTLY adv. consequently, accordingly → 1530 
► PURSUEMENT n. pursuit → 1615 
► PURSUIVANT adj. that follows; consequent → 1941 
n. 1. a follower, an attendant → 1513 
n. 2. a wooer, a suitor → 1523 obs.
► PURSY adj. 1. short of breath, wheezy, asthmatic → 1440 chiefly Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of the skin, cloth, etc.: puckered, wrinkled → 1552 
adj. 3. fat, corpulent → 1576 
adj. 4. having a full purse; rich, wealthy; proud or arrogant on account of wealth → 1602 
► PURT vb. to pout; to sulk → 1746 chiefly Eng. dial.
► PURTENANCE n. the innards or entrails of an animal, esp. as used for food → 1530
► PURTIES n. little gifts for a girl → 20C Irish sl.
► PURTING-GLUMPOT n. a sulky person → 1837 Eng. dial.
► PURTY adj. pretty → 1682 chiefly dialect usage
► PURULENT adj. disgusting; inferior; contemptible → 1611
► PURVEY n. the food provided for a gathering; now esp. for a funeral or wedding → 1886 Sc.
vb. 1. to provide or supply something → 1300
vb. 2. to arrange in advance; to prepare; to plan → 1300 obs.
vb. 3. to foresee an event, etc. → 1340 obs.
vb. 4. to keep in mind, to consider → 1350 obs.
► PURVEYABLE adj. 1. provident, foreseeing, prudent → 1425 obs.
adj. 2. that may be supplied → 1542 
► PURVEYAL n. a supplying; the provision of something → 1877 
► PURVEYANCE n. 1. foresight; foreknowledge and provision for the future → 1300 obs.
n. 2. an arranging or preparing; preparation → 1330 obs.
n. 3. a supply or stock esp. of food or other necessities → 1340 obs.
n. 4. an assembly of people, a company; a military force, troops → 1400 obs.
► PURVEYANT adj. foresighted, provident → 1500 obs.
► PURVEYOR n. 1. a domestic officer responsible for procuring or requisitioning provisions, as food, lodging, etc., for the household of a monarch or other high-ranking person → 1325
n. 2. a person who procures, provides, or supplies something; a person whose business is the provision of food or other material necessities → 1340
n. 3. a person who  prepares or prearranges something; a manager, a director → 1387 obs.
► PURVEYORESS n. a female purveyor → 1400 
► PURVEYS n. provisions → 1615 obs.
► PURVIEW n. range of physical or mental vision, outlook; range of experience or thought, consideration → 1751
► PURVISION n. a supply or equipping a household; a providing or supplying of a commodity, esp. foot; provision → 1570
► PURY adj. rotten, decomposed → 1602 obs.