Dictionary: SAO – SAR

► SAP adj. wet, rainy → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. ear wax → 1440 obs.
n. 2. juice or fluid of any kind; gravy → 1527 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 3. liquid of any sort, esp. milk or beer, taken with solid food → 1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. one who studies hard or is absorbed in books → 1798 school sl.
n. 5. a simpleton; a blockhead; a fool → 1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 6. sorrow; tears produced by vexation or affliction → 1825 Sc.
n. 7. an intellectual → M19 sl., derogatory
n. 8. a wisp of hay or straw → 1895 Eng. dial.
n. 9. a short club; a police officer’s nightstick → 1899 US sl.
n. 10. a small club, orig. of wood, latterly a small leather ‘bag’ filled with sand, lead shot, or similar material → 1899 US sl.
n. 11. an act of clubbing with → L19 US tramps’ sl.
n. 12. an apple → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 13. a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to make way in a stealthy or insidious manner → 1732
vb. 2. to pore over books; to be studious → 1830 school sl.
vb. 3. to saturate; to drench; to moisten → 1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to flow → 1860 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to hit someone with a club → 1926 US sl.
vb. 6. to hit with any implement → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
vb. 7. to milk a cow; to do the milking → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SAPAZZOLA n. semen → 1985 US sl.
► SAP-CRUST n. a fool; a blockhead → 1899 Sc.
► SAP DOWN vb. to attack using a blackjack (a club) → L19 sl.
► SAPE vb. to be wise → 1694 obs.
► SAPEROO n. a gullible person; a complete fool; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► S.A.P.F.U. n. a military blunder; Surpassing All Previous Fuck-Ups → 1940 US military sl.
► SAP HAPPY adj. drunk → 1930 US sl.
► SAP-HEAD adj. foolish → M17 sl.
n. a fool; a simpleton; a stupid person; a blockhead → 1828
► SAP-HEADED adj. foolish, silly, stupid, witless → 1665
► SAPHEADISM n. foolishness → L18 sl.
► SAPID adj. 1. pleasant → 1640
adj. 2. of food: having a pleasant taste, savoury, palatable → 1646
adj. 3. of meat: high, tainted → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAPIDITY n. 1. the quality of having taste and flavour → 1646
n. 2. the quality of being pleasant → 1656
► SAPIDLESS adj. flavourless → 1821
► SAPIDNESS n. the quality of having taste and flavour → 1649 obs.
► SAPIENCE n. 1. wisdom, understanding → 1300
n. 2. would-be wisdom → 1374
► SAPIENT adj. 1. wise → 1471
adj. 2. having a taste or savour → 1599 obs.
adj. 3. having knowledge of, aware of → 1764
n. 1. a wise man, a sage → 1549
n. 2. a travelling quack → M16 UK criminals’ sl.
► SAPIENTIAL adj. characterized by wisdom → 1485
► SAPIENTIOUS adj. having or affording wisdom → 1852
► SAPIENTIPOTENT adj. mighty in wisdom → 1656 obs.
n. one who is mighty in wisdom → 1675 obs.
► SAPIENTIZE vb. to make wise → 1810
► SAPIENTLY adv. 1. wisely → 1477
adv. 2. with apparent or would-be wisdom → 1816
► SAPLESS adj. 1. lacking energy or vigour → 1598
adj. 2. of little importance; trivial → 1602
adj. 3. of persons: wearisome, tedious → 1680
adj. 4. foolish, silly, witless → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 5. of the weather: without rain or moisture; dry → 1892 Sc.
► SAPLING n. 1. a young or inexperienced person → 1588
n. 2. a young greyhound till he is a year old → 1832
► SAPOLIO n. a fool, a dupe → 19C sl.
► SAPONACEOUS adj. 1. of the nature of or resembling soap; containing soap; soapy → 1710
adj. 2. evasive; flattering → 1837
► SAPONACITY n. soapiness → 1845
► SAPONARINESS n. a soapy quality → 1669 obs.
► SAPONARY adj. soapy → 1661 obs.
► SAPOR n. a taste, savour, flavour; the taste of a substance, esp. of food or drink → 1477
► SAPORAL adj. pert. to taste → 1651 obs.
► SAPORIFIC adj. imparting flavour or taste → 1704
► SAPORINE adj. pert. to the sense of taste → 1813
► SAPOROSITY n. that property of a body by which it imparts the sensation of taste; taste, flavour → 1794
► SAPOROUS adj. 1. agreeable to the taste, savoury → 1670 obs.
adj. 2. pert. to taste; having flavour or taste → 1704
► SAPOUR n. a taste, savour, flavour; the taste of a substance, esp. of food or drink → 1477
► SAP-PATE n. a fool, a simpleton → 1700 obs.
► SAPPER n. 1. a fool, a dupe → 19C sl.
n. 2. one who studies hard → 1825 Eton sl.
n. 3. a man about town, a ‘gay dog’ → M19 sl.
► SAPPHIRE n. a contemptible or despicable woman, esp. if aggressive; an unpopular woman → 1940 African-American sl.
► SAPPHIRIC adj. of the nature of a sapphire → 1605
► SAPPHIRINE adj. having the qualities of sapphire, esp. the colour → 1413
► SAPPHISM n. ‘unnatural sexual relations between women’; homosexuality between women → 1890
► SAPPHIST n. a female homosexual → 1902
► SAPPHO n. a lesbian → M18 sl.
► SAPPHO DADDY-O n. a heterosexual man who socializes extensively with lesbians → 1990 US homosexual sl.
► SAPPIE adj. 1. of cooked meat or flesh: succulent, savoury, juicy → 1721 Sc.
adj. 2. of a kiss: soft, tender, long-drawn-out → 1772 Sc.
adj. 3. plump, fat, fleshy, not shrunken or shrivelled → 1801 Sc.
adj. 4. given up to liquor, bibulous, drinking to excess → 1807 Sc.
adj. 5. wet, dripping, sodden; rainy → 1821 Sc.
adj. 6. full of goodness or savour, smooth and palatable → 1823 Sc.
adj. 7. of persons: unctuous, full of exaggerated or affected fervour → 1895 Sc.
► SAPPIL vb. to punish by beating → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAPPINESS n. stupidity, foolishness, folly → M19 US colloq.
► SAPPING n. the act of studying hard → 1825 school sl.
vb. to soak, to saturate with water, rain, etc.; to steep clothes in soapy water → 1836 Sc.
► SAPPLES n. soap-suds, lather for washing → 1820 Sc.
► SAPPO n. a gullible person; a dupe → 19C Amer. sl.
► SAPPODIL n. a rich man with the sweet nature of a daffodil who is easily induced to spend his money → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SAPPY adj. 1. full of moisture; moist; wet; sodden; rainy → 1470 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of meat, fish, etc.: juicy, savoury → 1536 obs. exc. Sc.
adj. 3. full of vitality, vigorous, energetic → 1558
adj. 4. of edible fruit; juicy; succulent → 1562 obs.
adj. 5. full of goodness, good → 1563
adj. 6. of meat: putrescent, tainted → 1573 Eng. dial.
adj. 7. immature, unready → 1627 obs.
adj. 8. fat; plump; not shrunken or shrivelled → 1694 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 9. foolish, stupid, silly, witless → 1670
adj. 10. pleasing; sweet; esp. of kisses → 1773 Sc.
adj. 11. given up to liquor, bibulous, drinking to excess → 1807 Sc.
adj. 12. full of goodness or savour, smooth and palatable → 1823 Sc.
adj. 13. of persons: unctuous, full of exaggerated or affected fervour → 1895 Sc.
adj. 14. niggardly → 1892 Sc.
adj. 15. heavy → 1894 Eng. dial.
adj. 16. sentimental and mawkish → L19 US sl.
adj. 17. lusty, thickset → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 18. oily → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 19. pallid, sickly, faint → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 20. smart, compact, clever → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. a fool; a blockhead → 1868 Eng. dial.
► SAPPYHEAD n. a fool → M19 sl.
► SAPPY-HEADED adj. simple-minded, silly, foolish → 1881 sl.
► SAPROGENIC adj. causing decay or putrefaction; also, produced by putrefaction → 1876
► SAPROGENOUS adj. causing decay or putrefaction; also, produced by putrefaction → 1876
► SAPROPHAGOUS adj. living on decomposing matter → 1819
► SAPS n. crutches → 1912 US criminals’  sl. (Bk.)
► SAP-SCAUP  n. a simpleton; a fool; a blockhead → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAPSCULL ► SAPSKULL n. a silly fellow, a fool, a blockhead, a simpleton → 1735 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SAPSY adj. effeminate → 1936 Sc.
n. a soft, weak-willed, characterless person → 1969 Sc.
► SAP-TOPPIN n. a simpleton; a fool; a blockhead → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAP UP vb. to hit someone with a club → 1926 US sl.
► SAP-WET adj. drenched, wet through → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SARACEN n. 1. a non-Christian, a heathen, a pagan; an unbeliever, an infidel → 1250 obs.
n. 2. an ignorant and tasteless person; a barbarian → 1714 obs.
n. 3. a foreigner, anyone not British-born → 1865 Eng. dial.
► SARACENIC adj. barbaric, heathenish → 1837
► SARACENLY adv. with heathenish violence; barbarously → 1596 obs.
► SARAHGODLIN adj./adv. lopsided, askew, aslant, out of line → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SARAH SOO n. a Jewish man or woman → 1925 Brit. rhyming sl., not necessarily derogatory
► SARAJEVO phr. goodbye; ‘see you later’ → 1980 US students’ sl.
► SARATOGA TRUNK n. a large kind of trunk much used by ladies → 1893
► SARBACANE n. an ear-trumpet → 1644 obs.
► SARBIT! int. an exclamation of sorrow; alas, woe! → 1776 Sc.
► SARBOT ► SARBUT n. one who betrays associates to the police or other authorities; an informer → 1897 Eng. dial.
► SARC n. sarcasm → 1716 schools’ sl.
► SARCASMATICAL adj. sarcastic → 1716 obs.
► SARCASMATICALLY adv. sarcastically → 1716 obs.
► SARCASMATIZE vb. to speak sarcastically of → 1716 obs.
► SARCASMICAL adj. sarcastic → 1602 obs.
► SARCASMICALLY adv. sarcastically → 1658 obs.
► SARCASMOUS adj. sarcastic; insulting → 1663 obs.
► SARCAST n. a sarcastic writer or speaker → 1654 
► SARCASTICAL adj. sarcastic → 1641 
► SARCESTICIST n. a sarcastic speaker → 1899 Sc.
► SARCINARIOUS adj. belonging to packs, etc.; serving to carry burdens or loads → 1656 obs.
► SARCINATE vb. to load a beast of burden → 1623 obs.
► SARCINATION n. a loading with packs or ‘fardels’ → 1658 obs.
► SARCINATOR n. a mender, a patcher → 1646 obs.
► SARCKY adj. sarcastic → 1934 sl.
► SARCLE n. a hoe → 1745
vb. to weed with a hoe → 1543 obs.
► SARCLER n. a weeder → 1707
► SARCOPHAGAL adj. eating flesh → 1614
► SARCOPHAGE n. a flesh-eater, a meat-eater → 1852
► SARCOPHAGIST n. a flesh-eater, a meat-eater → 1699 obs.
► SARCOPHAGOUS adj. eating flesh → 1755
► SARCOPHAGUS n. 1. a flesh-eating person or animal → 1617
n. 2. a stone coffin, esp. one embellished with sculptures or bearing inscriptions, etc. → 1705
► SARCOPHAGY n. the practice of eating flesh → 1650
► SARCULATE vb. to weed, to clear from weeds; to hoe → 1623 obs.
► SARCULATION n. weeding with a hoe, hoeing → 1733 obs.
► SARCY adj. 1. saucy .,..19C sl.
adj. 2. sarcastic; ill-tempered → 20C sl., chiefly UK teen
► SARD vb. 1. to copulate → 900
vb. 2. to seduce → 950 obs.
► SARDINE n. 1. a person → M19 US sl.
n. 2. a stupid fellow → 1856 US sl.
n. 3. a girl → 1910 US students’ sl.
n. 4. a simpleton → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 5. a prostitute; a low, smelly prostitute → 1940 US sl.
n. 6. a shark → 1965 US surfing sl.
n. 7. a person who is socially unacceptable → 1968 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SARDINE BOX n. 1. any extremely small dwelling → L19 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a prison or police van → 1909 sl.
► SARDINE TIN n. 1. any extremely small dwelling → L19 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a clumsy steamer → L19 nautical sl.
n. 3. a submarine → 1939 Royal Navy sl.
n. 4. a torpedo-carrying aircraft → 1939 Royal Air Force sl.
n. 5. a mini-car → 1960 colloq.
► SARDONIAN adj. characterized by ironic ridicule → 1586 obs.
n. one who flatters with deadly intent → 1609 obs.
► SARDONIC adj. of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule → 1638
► SARDONICAL adj. of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule → 1859
► SARDONICALLY adv. with ironic ridicule → 1842
► SAREY GAMP n. an outsize umbrella used by stallholders → M19 sl.
► SARFIT n. a table-cloth → 1904 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► SARG n. a sergeant, esp. as a familiar term of address → M19 sl.
► SARGE n. a sergeant, esp. as a familiar term of address → 1867 sl., orig. US
► SARGENTLEMANLY adv. a sarcastic allusion to one who is acting ‘so gentlemanly’ → L19 sl.
► SARJ n. a sergeant, esp. as a familiar term of address → M19 sl.
► SARK n. 1. a garment worn next to the skin; a shirt or chemise; occasionally used for a nightshirt → 1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. sarcasm → 1920 schools’ sl.
n. 3. a sanitary towel → 1980 NZ sl.
vb. to clothe in a sark → 1483 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SARKFUL OF IDLENESS n. a lazy person → 1969 Sc.
► A SARKFUL OF SORE BONES n. the effect of fatigue or severe bodily  exertion; a severe beating; a sore body → 1721 Sc.
► SARKLE vb. to weed with a hoe → 1543 obs.
► SARKLESS adj. 1. poverty-stricken → 1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. without a sark → 1774 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SARKY adj. sarcastic; ill-tempered; mocking → 1912 Brit. colloq.
► SARMENT n. a twig; a cutting of a tree → 1398
► SARMENTITIOUS adj. belonging to twigs or branches → 1656 obs.
► SARMIE ► SARMY n. a sandwich → 1960 S. Afr. sl.
► SARN n. a culvert; a pavement; stepping-stones → 1790 Eng. dial.
vb. to concern → 1876 Eng. dial.
► SARNEY ► SARNIE ► SARNY n. a sandwich → 1961 colloq. & Eng. dial.
► SARNICK adj. inanimate → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. a small quantity → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to saunter → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SARPE n. a collar, neck-ring of gold or silver → 1429 obs.
► SARPIDILLY n. sarsparilla, the dried root of Smilax officinalis, which at one time was used as a tonic → 1920 Aust. sl.
► SARRALY adv. in close order or array, closely, densely → 1330 obs.
► SARRANT n. a servant → 1825 Eng. dial. obs.
► SARRAY adv. in close order or array, closely, densely → 1375 Sc. obs.
► SARRIE adj. serious, solemn → 1808 Sc. obs.
► SARRITION n. the act of hoeing or stirring the soil → 1722 obs.
► SARRO n. an unpalatable heterogeneous mixture of food, a mess → 1880 Sc.
► SARROW vb. 1. to supply, esp. to supply an animal with food; to give alms → 1746 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to serve → 1818 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to earn → 1825 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to satisfy; to suffice → 1842 Eng. dial.
► SARRY adj. in a poor or sorry state, pitiable, woeful, incompetent, paltry → 1721 Sc.
► SARSE n. sarsparilla, the dried root of Smilax officinalis, which at one time was used as a tonic → 1920 Aust. sl.
► SARS-O-MINE! int. an exclamation, esp. of grief → 1864 Eng. dial. obs.
► SART adj. 1. soft → 1777 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. foolish, imbecile, daft → 1885 Eng. dial.
adv. 1. softly → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adv. 2. certainly → 1904 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► SARTAIN adj. stern, severe; steadfast → .1887 Eng. dial.
► SARTAIN SURE adv. quite sure → 1864 Eng. dial.
► SART-AND-FAIR adj. stupid, senseless, idiotic → 1746 Eng. dial.
n. a foolish, weak person; one easily imposed upon → 1777 Eng. dial.
► SART-HEADED TOAD n. a term of contempt → 1877 Eng. dial.
► SARTIN adj. certain → M18 colloq.
► SARTINLIES adv. certainly → 1900 Eng. dial.
► SARTINT adj. certain → 1899 Ireland
► SARTINY adv. certainly → 1861 Eng. dial.
► SARTLY adv. 1. softly → 1777 Eng. dial.
adv. 2. certainly, surely → 1869 Eng. dial.
► SARTOR n. a tailor → 1656
► SARTORIAL adj. belonging to a tailor or his art → 1823
► SARTORIAN adj. belonging to a tailor or his art → 1668
► SART-POLL n. a foolish, weak person; one easily imposed upon; a good-for-nothing fellow → 1867 Eng dial.
► SARTRY n. a tailor’s workshop → 1447 obs.
► SARTRYN n. a tailor’s shop → 1483 obs.
► SARVATORY n. a conservatory → 1887 Eng. dial.
► SARVO n. this afternoon → 1940 Aust. & NZ sl.