• SAS
n. impudent talk …1835 US sl.
• SASFRAS
n. marijuana …1960s drug culture sl.
• SASH
n. a band of a fine material worn twisted round the head as a turban by Orientals …a1590 obs.
• SASHAY
n. a walk that is casual and yet confident …1900s colloq.
vb. 1. to walk or go, esp. in a conspicuous, bold, or easy manner; to strut, to flounce, to saunter …1878 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to hurry, to move quickly …20C sl., orig. US
vb. 3. to weave, to move back and forth …1941 Amer. dial.
• SASHAY KITTY
n. a skunk …1982 Amer. dial.
• SASHIATE
vb. to walk or go, esp. in a conspicuous, bold, or easy manner; to strut, to flounce, to saunter; to move briskly about …1913 Amer. dial.
• SASHMAREE
n. an ancient female conspicuous for the quaintness of her finery …Bk1904 Eng. dial. obs.
• SASHY
vb. to move to and fro, to ‘dance’ around, to sashay …1860 US
• SASS
n. 1. fresh or preserved vegetables or fruit eaten as part of a meal or as a relish …1775 US colloq.
n. 2. sauciness, impertinence, cheek; impudent talk …1835 N. Amer. colloq.
n. 3. sauce …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
vb. to speak rudely or impertinently to a person; to answer someone back …1856 N. Amer. colloq.
• SASSAFRAS
n. 1. a beard …1930s US sl.
n. 2. marijuana …1960s drug culture sl.
• SASSAGE
n. sausage …1899 Amer. dial.
• SASSANGER
n. a sausage …1859 Amer. dial.
• SASS-BOX
n. a saucy, pert, or impudent woman or child …1871 Amer. dial.
• SASS-BUCKET
n. an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child …1965 Amer. dial.
• SASSENACH
adj. English, English-speaking …1814 Sc.
n. 1. an Englishman or Englishwoman …1706 Sc.
n. 2. the name given by the Gaelic inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland to their ‘Saxon’ or English neighbours …1771
• SASSENGER
n. a sausage …1825 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• SASSER
n. a sausage …1750 Sc.
• SASSER-MEAT
n. sausages …1892 Sc.
• SASSFRAS
n. marijuana …1960s drug culture sl.
• SASSHAY
vb. to walk or travel in a casual manner; to saunter …M19 orig. US
• SASS HOLE
n. a place to store vegetables, esp. garden vegetables; a root cellar …1906 Amer. dial.
• SASSIGER
n. a sausage …19C sl.
• SASSINATE
vb. to assassinate, to murder …1656 rare
• SASSINATION
n. murder …1623 rare
• SASSINGER
n. a sausage …1844 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SASSINOUS
adj. rocky, stony …1632 obs.
• SASSLE
adj. sleepy, drowsy …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SASS OUT
vb. to answer back, to be cheeky, to tease …M19 US sl.
• SASS-POT
n. an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child …1965 Amer. dial.
• SASS-TALKING
n. talking in a cheeky manner …2000s US sl.
• SASSY
adj. 1. impudent, cheeky; bold, lively; stylish … 1833 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
adj. 2. smart, fashionable …L19 sl.
vb. to speak impudently or saucily to …1883 Amer. dial.
• SASSY AS A JAY-BIRD
adj. extremely saucy …1884 Amer. dial.
• SASSY-ASS
adj. a general derogatory term …1960s African-American sl.
• SASSY-BOX
n. 1. an impudent person, esp. a child; a saucy or pert woman or child …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the vagina …1980s sl.
• SATA
vb. to rejoice, to meditate, to give thanks and praise …1950s W. I. Rasta usage
• SATAN
n. a diabolical person …1596 rare
• SATANAS
n. 1. the supreme evil spirit, the Devil …a1000 obs.
n. 2. a fierce animal …c1420 obs.
• SATANICAL
adj. 1. diabolical …1547
adj. 2. resembling Satan, devilish …a1548 obs.
• SATANITY
n. devilish conduct or character …1864 rare
• SATANIZE
vb. to make into or like a devil …1598 rare
• SATANOPHANY
n. the appearing or visible manifestation of Satan …1864
• SATANOPHOBIA
n. morbid fear of Satan …1860
• SATANRY
n. devilish conduct or wiles …1895 rare
• SATAN’S BONES
n. dice …E18 sl.
• SATAN’S SCENT
n. any inhalant …1980s drug culture sl.
• SATAN’S SECRET
n. any inhalant …1980s drug culture sl.
• SATAN’S SNUFF-BOX
n. the puffball, Lycoperdon Bovista …1854 Eng. dial.
• SATCH
n. 1. a notably large mouth; hence, a person with a large mouth …1900s African-American sl.
n. 2. a talkative person …1900s US sl.
n. 3. paper or clothing that is saturated with a drug solution; usually sued to smuggle drugs into prisons or hospitals …1930s drug culture sl.
n. 4. a jacket …1940s African-American sl.
• SATCH COTTON
n. fabric used to filter a solution of narcotics before injection; the cotton may be boiled later and the drug residue used …1960s drug culture sl.
• SATCHEL
n. 1. a prison …1930s US criminals’ sl.
n. 2. the vagina …1930s US sl.
n. 3. the anus or buttocks …1940s US sl.
n. 4. a large foot …1969 Amer. dial.
n. 5. the scrotum …2000s sl.
vb. to pre-arrange the outcome of a contest, race, or fight …20C US sl.
• SATCHEL-ARSE
adj. a general term of abuse …18C sl.
• SATCHEL-ARSED
adj. a general term of abuse …18C sl.
• SATCHEL-ARSEDSON OF A WHORE
n. a general term of abuse …18C sl.
• SATCHEL-ASS
n. a fat person …1968 Amer. dial.
• SATCHEL-BAGGIE
n. a bag for holding provisions, esp. when travelling …1898 Sc.
• SATCHEL-CRAZY
adj. obsessed with the sexual prospects of a specific woman or of all women …20C Amer. dial.
• SATCHEL FEET
n. 1. a person with large feet …1934 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a heavyweight prizefighter …1934 Amer. sl.
• SATCHEL FOOT
n. a large foot …1969 Amer. dial.
• SATCHEL-FOOTED
adj. having large feet …1949 Amer. dial.
• SATCHEL-MOUTH
n. a person with an unusually large mouth …1967 Amer. Black sl.
• SATCHEL-MOUTHED
adj. 1. used of someone who has a large mouth …1930s sl., orig. African-American
adj. 2. used of someone who talks a great deal, as an informer …1930 sl., orig. African-American
• SATDEE
n. Saturday …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SATE
vb. to saturate …1673 obs.
• SATEERICAL
adj. satirical …1826 Sc.
• SATELESS
adj. insatiable …1701 chiefly poetic usage
• SATELLITARY
adj. belonging to satellites …1867 rare
• SATELLITE
n. an attendant upon a person of importance, forming part of his retinue and employed to execute his orders; often with reproachful connotation, implying subserviency or unscrupulousness in the service; a personal servant …a1548
• SATELLITIOUS
adj. consisting of or having the character of satellites …1715
• SATELLITIUM
n. a company of planets …1669-96 obs.
• SATEPOLL
n. a foolish, silly, or stupid person; a simpleton …1867 Eng. dial.
• SATERICAL
adj. satirical …1826 Sc.
• SATERICALS
n. satire …1826 Sc. obs.
• SATERNIGHT
n. the night before Saturday, Friday night …c1000 obs.
• SATIABILITY
n. capability of being satiated, capability of satisfaction …1528 rare
• SATIABLE
adj. 1. fair-seeming, plausible, specious …1592 obs.
adj. 2. that can be satiated or satisfied …1570
• SATIATE
adj. satiated …c1440 obs.
vb. to saturate …1674 obs.
• SATIETY
n. 1. the condition of being filled or fully gratified; full attainment of an object or desire …1548 obs.
n. 2. a sufficiency or abundance …1635 rare
• SATIFY
vb. to satisfy …c1475 chiefly Sc.
• SATIN
n. 1. gin …1854 sl.
n. 2. Italian Swiss Colony Silver Satin wine mixed with lemon juice …1970s African-American sl.
n. 3. death …2000s African-American sl.
• SATIN AND LACE
n. 1. His Grace, i.e. a Duke …L19 rhyming sl.
n. 2. the human face …1998 rhyming sl.
• SATIN AND SILK
n. milk …20C rhyming sl.
• SATINIST
n. a wearer of satin; a dandy …1632 obs. rare
• SATINITY
n. smoothness, like that of satin …1830
• SATION
n. a sowing of seed, a planting …c1440 obs.
• SATIRE
n. a satirical person, a satirist …1596 obs.
• SATIRETTE
n. a small satire …1870 nonce word
• SATIRIAL
adj. satirical …1579 obs. rare
• SATIRIC
adj. addicted to satire, satirical …1627 obs.
n. a writer of satires; a satirist …1387 obs. rare
• SATIRICS
n. satiric writings …1600 rare
• SATIRIEN
adj. satirical …1509 obs. rare
• SATIRISM
n. indulgence in satire; satirical temper or utterance …1593 obs. rare
• SATIRIST
n. a writer of satires; one who satirizes some person or thing …1589
• SATIRIZE
vb. 1. to write satires; to assail someone or something with satire …1601
vb. 2. to describe or ridicule in a satirical manner …1630
• SATISDICTION
n. saying enough …1647 nonce word
• SATISFACTION
n. 1. solution of a difficulty …a1547 obs.
n. 2. satisfying proof …1601 obs.
• SATISFACTIONAL
adj. satisfactory …1845 Amer. dial.
• SATISFACTIONARY
adj. satisfactory …1916 Amer. dial.
n. a believer in ‘satisfaction’ by penance …1562 obs.
• SATISFACTIONATE
adj. satisfactory …1972 Amer. dial.
• SATISFACTORIOUS
adj. making satisfaction, atoning …1561 obs. rare
• SATISFACTORIOUSLY
adv. satisfactorily …1661 obs.
• SATISFACTORY
adj. 1. serving to satisfy a debt or obligation …1604 rare
adj. 2. worthy of belief; plausible …1605 obs.
n. a place or means of atonement or retribution …1530 obs.
• SATISFACTUAL
adj. satisfactory …1883 Amer. dial.
• SATISFIABLE
adj. 1. satisfactory …1609 obs.
adj. 2. capable of being satisfied, able to be satisfied …1638 rare
• SATISFICE
vb. to satisfy, to suffice …1561 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• SATISFY
vb. 1. to make reparation or atonement …c1450 obs.
vb. 2. to make compensation or reparation for a wrong, injury; to atone for an offense …c1460 obs.
vb. 3. to remunerate; to pay for services …1623 obs.
• SATIVA
n. cannabis …1970s drug culture sl.
• SATIVE
adj. sown or planted; cultivated, not wild …1599 obs.
• SATIVOUS
adj. sown or planted; cultivated, not wild …1786 obs.
• SATORIOUS
adj. belonging to one who sows, sets, or plants …1656 obs.
• SATRAP
n. a subordinate ruler; often suggesting an imputation of tyranny or ostentatious splendour …c1380
• SATRAPESS
n. a female subordinate ruler …1832
• SATRAPIAN
adj. cruel, tyrannical, despotic …1822
• SATRAPICAL
adj. cruel, tyrannical, despotic …1823
• SATRAPON
n. an important personage …1650 obs.
• SATTA
vb. to rejoice, to meditate, to give thanks and praise …1950s W. I. Rasta usage
• SATTERAL
adj. short-tempered, tart …Bk1904 Sc.
• SATTERED
adj. saturated, thoroughly soaked …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAT-UPON
adj. depressed, miserable …L19 sl.
• SATURATE
adj. 1. satisfied, satiated …a1550 obs.
adj. 2. of colours: intense, deep …1669
adj. 3. complete, perfect …1682 obs.
vb. to satisfy, to satiate …1538 obs.
• SATURATED
adj. 1. completely satisfied, filled to repletion …1668 obs.
adj. 2. very drunk …L19 sl.
• SATURATION
n. complete satisfaction of appetite; satiation …1554 obs.
• SATURDAY GANGSTER
n. a wannabe gangster …1990s Aust. criminals’ sl.
• SATURDAY IS LONGER THAN SUNDAY
phr. a warning to a woman that her slip is showing …1968 US sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT
n. 1. weekly pay, wages, money for marketing …1896 Eng. dial.
n. 2. in dominoes; 0-0 …20C sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT BUTCH
n. a lesbian who dressed up as a ‘butch’ at the weekend …1950s US homosexual usage
• SATURDAY NIGHT HABIT
n. an occasional use of narcotics …1930s US drug culture sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT ITIS
n. the temporary paralysis of an arm, esp. a weakness in the wrist, after it has rested on a hard edge for a long time, as during sleep following a bout of drinking …1920s US sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT PALSY
n. temporary local paralysis in the arm usually as a result of sleeping on it after hard drinking …1927 sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT PARALYSIS
n. the temporary paralysis of an arm, esp. a weakness in the wrist, after it has rested on a hard edge for a long time, as during sleep following a bout of drinking …1920s US sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT PISTOL
n. a cheap handgun of the type used by petty criminals …1929 sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT SECURITY
n. a regular boyfriend …1940s Aust. sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT SMILE
n. an enthusiastic smile …1940s US sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT SOLDIER
n. a volunteer soldier or a Territorial …1917 sl.
• SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL
n. a cheap handgun of the type used by petty criminals …1929 sl.
• SATURDAY PIE
n. 1. pastry, esp. when covering the week’s collected leftovers …L19
n. 2. a pie made of odds and ends …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SATURDAY-TO-MONDAY
n. a mistress whom one sees only at weekends …1900s sl.
• SATURDAY SOLDIER
n. a military volunteer …L19 sl.
• SATURE
n. sowing …1657 obs.
• SATURITY
n. repletion, satisfaction …1533 obs.
• SATURNALIA
n. a period of unrestrained license and revelry …1782
• SATURNE’EN
n. Saturday evening …1882 Sc. obs.
• SATURNIAN
adj. 1. sullen, melancholy …1656 obs.
adj. 2. unlucky, unfortunate …1656 obs.
n. a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person …1591 obs.
• SATURNICAL
adj. melancholy …1605 obs.
• SATURNINE
adj. 1. sluggish, cold, and gloomy in temperament; melancholy …1433
adj. 2. pert. to lead …1669
n. a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person …1631 obs.
• SATURNINELY
adv. in a melancholy manner …1895
• SATURNINITY
n. the quality of being melancholy …1903
• SATURNIOUS
adj. gloomy, sullen, melancholy …1591 obs.
• SATURNIST
n. a sullen, gloomy, or melancholy person …1569 obs.
• SATURNIZE
vb. to castrate …1829
• SAT-Y
n. Saturday …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SATYR
n. 1. the orangutan …1398 rare
n. 2. a lascivious or lustful man …1781
n. 3. a professional horse thief …M18 UK criminals’ sl.
• SATYROMANIA
n. Bk1991 – in a man: a mania for frequent, continued sexual intercourse
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