• SCEDE
vb. to spill …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCEG
n. a surfer …1985 Aust. sl.
• SCELEROUS
adj. wicked, villainous …1534 obs.
• SCELESTIOUS
adj. wicked, evil, villainous …1608 theatrical sl. obs. rare
• SCELLUM
n. a rascal, a scamp, a rogue, a scoundrel, a villain …1611 arch.
• SCENE
n. 1. a ludicrous object, a ‘sight’ …1923 Sc.
n. 2. a situation; a happening …1945 US sl.
n. 3. a party …1960s Brit. sl.
n. 4. the current trend; the in thing …1960s Brit. sl.
n. 5. the place where what’s happening is happening …1960s Amer. sl.
n. 6. that which one favours or prefers …1966
n. 7. a sexual interlude …1971 US sl.
• SCENE-RAT
n. a supernumerary in ballet or pantomime …c1880 theatrical sl.
• SCENERY
n. a picture, usually a photograph …1933 Amer. dial.
• SCENESTER
n. a person who is part of contemporary fashionable society …2003 US sl.
• SCENEY
adj. fashionable; up to the minute in appearance, habits, practices …1968 UK sl.
• SCENIC ROUTE
n. in horse racing: running outside the pack on turns …1978 US sl.
• SCENT
n. 1. a small quantity; a drop or pinch of anything; a little …1839 Sc.
n. 2. a sniff …1843 Sc.
n. 3. descent …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCENTAGE
n. aroma …1911 Sc.
• SCENT-BOTTLE
n. a water-closet …1887 euphemism
• SCENT-BOX
n. the nose …1826 boxing sl.
• SCENT-DOG
n. a pointer …1894 Sc.
• SCEPTER; SCEPTRE
n. the penis …M17 sl.
• SCEPTRE AND JEWELS
n. the male genitals …M17 sl.
• SCES
n. cannabis …1980s US drug culture sl.
• SCEW
n. a cup or dish …M16
• SCHADONS
n. young bees …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHAEFCHEN
n. rolls of dust on the floor …1950 Amer. dial.
• SCHAINER YID
n. an honest and absolutely trustworthy Jewish man …1968 UK sl.
• SCHALAHOOT
vb. to go or depart quickly; to gallivant …1862 Amer. dial.
• SCHAMLICH
adj. shambling, weak-limbed, puny …Bk1904 Sc.
n. a weak, puny person …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. to walk with a shambling gait …Bk1904 Sc.
• SCHAMOUS
adj. shameful, dishonourable …1871 Sc.
• SCHARN
n. excrement …1910s sl.
• SCHAVEL
n. a rogue …1861 Sc. obs.
• SCHED
n. a schedule …1950s sl.
• SCHEISSPOT
n. a person of low character …L20 Cockneys’ sl.
• SCHEISTY
adj. tight-fisted …M19 US sl.
• SCHEITL
n. a wig …1960s sl.
• SCHELLAM
n. a rascal, a scamp, a rogue, a scoundrel, a villain …1611 arch.
• SCHELLUM
n. a rogue, a rascal …1814 Sc. obs.
• SCHELM
n. a rogue, a rascal …1814 Sc. obs.
• SCHEMATOMANCY
n. Bk1991 – divination of a person’s future from observation of physical appearance
• SCHEME
n. an amusement …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to arrange, to contrive, to manage …1879 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to endeavour to elude anything, esp. work, by false pretenses …Bk1904 N. Ireland
vb. 3. to play truant …1930s Irish sl.
vb. 4. to make plans …1960s sl., orig. African-American
vb. 5. to make sexual designs on …1960s sl., orig. African-American
vb. 6. to think, to reckon …1970s S. Afr. sl.
• SCHEME ON
vb. 1. to make plans …1960s sl., orig. African-American
vb. 2. to make sexual designs on …1960s sl., orig. African-American
• SCHEMER
n. 1. a good manager; a clever, careful housewife …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an idler …Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SCHEMIE
n. a person who lives on a Scottish ‘scheme’ or council estate …20C sl.
• SCHEMISH
adj. 1. scheming, manoeuvring, covetous, unscrupulous and grasping in bargaining …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. cunning …1980s African-American sl.
• SCHEMOZZLE
n. a brawl; a commotion …1916 sl.
• SCHEMY
adj. scheming; devious, tricky, sly …1888 Amer. dial.
• SCHEPSEL
n. a Black or Coloured person …1844 S. Afr., derogatory or offensive
• SCHFATZER
n. 1. a fellow; a chap …c1930 cant
n. 2. an old or elderly man …1930s sl.
• SCHICER
n. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1846 sl.
• SCHICKERY
adj. shabby, bad …M19 sl.
adv. shabbily, badly …M19 sl.
• SCHIEST
vb. to rob …2000s US sl.
• SCHILLOCH
n. an uproar, an outcry, a riot …1845 Sc.
• SCHIMMEL
n. a white or grey horse …1950 Amer. dial.
• SCHIMOZZLE
n. a brawl; a commotion …1916 sl.
• SCHINCH
n. a small piece …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHINCHING
adj. niggardly, parsimonious, stingy …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHINDLER’S LIST
adj. drunk…1990s Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘pissed’
• SCHISM
n. a frivolous excuse; roundabout reasoning; a nice distinction; an unnecessary apology; a foolish fancy …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHISM-SHOP
n. a nonconformist meeting house …L18 sl.
• SCHITZEL
vb. to cut a vegetable into shreds …1973 Amer. dial.
• SCHIZ
n. a schizophrenic …1955 sl., chiefly Amer.
• SCHIZO
n. a schizophrenic …1945 sl., chiefly Amer.
• SCHLACHT
n. a drinking party … c1965 Amer. dial.
• SCHLAFFERT
n. a blow …1895 Sc.
• SCHLAP
vb. 1. to travel; to walk wearily or slowly …1920s sl.
vb. 2. to travel further than one might prefer …1920s sl.
vb. 3. to carry an inconvenient weight for an equally inconvenient distance …1920s sl.
vb. 4. to take someone somewhere; to drag physically …1920s sl.
vb. 5. to drag off something for one’s own benefit …1920s sl.
• SCHLAPPER
n. 1. an insignificant person; a second-rater …1940s sl., orig. US
n. 2. a miserly person who wants something for nothing …1940s sl., orig. US
n. 3. a tout; a person who solicits custom or business …1940s sl.
• SCHLATCHER-FEET
n. a nickname for an awkward, shambling person …1902 Sc.
• SCHLECKERIG
adj. fastidious in the choice of food …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCHLEINTER
n. a trick or fraudulent stratagem …1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCHLEMASEL
n. a fool, esp. an unfortunate, an incompetent …L19 sl.
• SCHLEMAZEL
n. a fool, esp. an unfortunate, an incompetent …L19 sl.
• SCHLEMBO
n. a fool …2000s sl.
• SCHLEMIEL
n. a fool; a clumsy person; a gullible person; an ineffectual or incompetent person …1892 sl., chiefly US
• SCHLEMIELS ON WHEELS
n. bad or reckless drivers, motorcyclists, or cyclists …20C Brit. sl.
• SCHLEMIHL
n. a fool; a clumsy person; a gullible person …M19 sl.
• SCHLEMOZZLE
n. 1. a brawl; a commotion …1916 sl.
n. 2. a hasty or unceremonious departure …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a luckless, accident-prone wretch …Brit. sl.
vb. to depart hurriedly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCHLENT
n. an impostor …1920s sl.
vb. to double-cross; to hoax; to be evasive …1920s sl.
• SCHLENTER
adj. counterfeit, spurious, fake …L19 Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
n. 1. a trick or fraudulent stratagem …1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 2. a fake diamond sold as the real thing …1892 S. Afr. mining usage
vb. 1. to pretend (for criminal purposes) to defraud …L19 sl.
vb. 2. to obtain by underhand means …1970s S. Afr. sl.
• SCHLENTERER
n. a devious, untrustworthy person …1970s S. Afr. sl.
• SCHLEP
n. 1. a general term of abuse …1930s sl., orig. US
n. 2. an ordinary working person …1930s sl., orig. US
n. 3. an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person …1939 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a long and unappealing distance …1960s sl.
n. 5, a troublesome business or a piece of hard work …1964 sl., chiefly US
n. 6. a difficult or troublesome trip …1968 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to travel; to walk wearily or slowly …1920s sl.
vb. 2. to travel further than one might prefer …1920s sl.
vb. 3. to carry an inconvenient weight for an equally inconvenient distance …1920s sl.
vb. 4. to take someone somewhere; to drag physically …1920s sl.
vb. 5. to drag off something for one’s own benefit …1920s sl.
• SCHLEPALONG
n. one who is dragged along …1920s sl.
• SCHLEPP
n. 1. an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person …1939 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a troublesome business or a piece of hard work …1964 sl., chiefly US
n. 3. a difficult or troublesome trip …1968 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to travel; to walk wearily or slowly …1920s sl.
vb. 2. to travel further than one might prefer …1920s sl.
vb. 3. to carry an inconvenient weight for an equally inconvenient distance …1920s sl.
vb. 4. to take someone somewhere; to drag physically …1920s sl.
vb. 5. to drag off something for one’s own benefit …1920s sl.
vb. 6. to work hard …1963 sl., chiefly US
• SCHLEPPER
n. 1. a miserly person who wants something for nothing …1940s sl., orig. US
n. 2. a tout; a person who solicits custom or business …1940s sl.
n. 3. an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person; an insignificant person; a second-rater …1947 sl. orig. US
n. 4. a penniless person; a poor person regarded as a parasite …1949 sl., chiefly US
n. 5. an errand boy …Brit. sl.
• SCHLEPPY
adj. awkward, clumsy, stupid …1970s US sl.
• SCHLINDER’S LIST
adj. drunk …1990s rhyming sl. for ‘pissed’
• SCHLOB
n. a coarse, ill-mannered, uneducated person …20C Brit. sl.
• SCHLOCK
adj. of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment …1915 sl.
n. rubbish; inferior goods; anything that is cheap and nasty or tasteless …Brit. sl.
• SCHLOCKY
adj. of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment …1968 sl.
• SCHLONG
n. the penis …20C Brit. sl.
• SCHLOOMP
n. a foolish person …1948 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SCHLUB
n. 1. a coarse, ill-mannered, uneducated person …Brit. sl.
n. 2. a worthless person; an oaf; a dolt; a fool …1964 US sl.
• SCHLUCH
n. a Jewess …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCHLUCK
n. a clumsy, uncoordinated fool …20C Brit. sl.
• SCHLUMP
n. a foolish person …1948 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SCHMALTZ
n. excessive sentiment …1935 sl., orig. US
vb. to sentimentalize …1936 sl., orig. US
• SCHMALTZY
adj. excessively sentimental; mawkish …1935 sl., orig. US
• SCHMATTE
n. a ragged garment …1970 US sl.
• SCHMEAR
n. a bribe …1961 Amer. sl.
vb. to bribe …1945 Amer. sl.
• SCHMECK
n. 1. a taste or flavour …Brit. sl.
n. 2. a narcotic drug …1932 sl., chiefly US
n. 3. heroin …1966 sl., chiefly US
• SCHMECKEN
n. drugs …1940s Brit. sl.
• SCHMECKER
n. 1. drugs …1940s Brit. sl.
n. 2. a drug addict, esp. one who takes heroin …1953 US sl.
• SCHMEE
n. heroin …M20 US drug culture sl.
• SCHMEER
n. 1. a bribe …1961 Amer. sl.
n. 2. insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery …1961 US sl.
• SCHMEER
vb. 1. to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk …1930 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to bribe …1945 Amer. sl.
• SCHMEGEGGE
n. a contemptible person …1964 US sl.
• SCHMEGEGGY
n. a contemptible person …1964 US sl.
• SCHMEKEL
n. 1. the penis …20C sl.
n. 2. an oaf; a stupid person …M20 sl.
• SCHMENDRICH
n. 1. a stupid person; an oaf; an immature male; a nonvirile male; used derisively by women …20C US sl.
n. 2. the penis; used derisively by women …20C US sl.
• SCHMENDRIK
n. a foolish person …1944 US sl.
• SCHMERE
n. 1. insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery …1961 US sl.
n. 2. a bribe …1961 Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk …1930 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to bribe …1945 Amer. sl.
• SCHMO
n. a foolish person …1948 sl., chiefly US
• SCHMOCK
n. 1. an obnoxious person …Brit. sl.
n. 2. a stupid person; a fool; oaf; …20C US sl.
n. 3. the penis …20C US sl.
• SCHMOOFKY-FOOFKY
n. foolishness or mischief, esp. of a romantic or sexual nature; sexual activity; hanky panky …1997 Amer. jocular
• SCHMOOS
n. a conversation; discussion …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCHMOOSE
n. a lengthy gossipy conversation …1939 sl., orig. US
vb. to have a lengthy gossipy conversation …1897 sl., orig. US
• SCHMOOTZ
n. dirt, dust, grease, or grime …20C Brit. sl.
• SCHMOOZE
n. a lengthy gossipy conversation …1939 sl., orig. US
vb. 1. to have a lengthy gossipy conversation …1897 sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to flatter or soft-soap …20C Brit. sl.
• SCHMOOZER
n. a flatterer …20C Brit. sl.
• SCHMOOZLE
vb. to make too much of a show of affection in a public place …1967 Amer. dial.
• SCHMOTTAH
n. a ragged garment …1970 US sl.
• SCHMUCK
n. 1. a foolish person …1892 sl., chiefly US
n. 2. the penis …20C Brit. sl.
• SCHMUSS
n. a conversation; discussion …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCHMUTTER
n. clothing …1959 sl., chiefly US
• SCHMUTZ
n. 1. dirt, dirty material, grime, grease, filth, dust …1968 sl.
n. 2. pornography …1968 sl., chiefly US
vb. to kiss; to caress …1939 Amer. dial.
• SCHNABEL
. the nose …1968 Amer. dial.
• SCHNAPPED
adj. intoxicated with alcohol …M19 US sl
• SCHNEIDER
n. a dragonfly …1950 Amer. dial.
• SCHNIBBLE
n. a scrap; a small piece …1965 Amer. dial.
vb. to chop meat into small pieces; to dice …1983 Amer. dial.
• SCHNICKLEFRITZ
n. 1. a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly …1916 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a sweetheart …1967 Amer. dial.
• SCHNIPFEL
n. a scrap; a small piece …1965 Amer. dial.
• SCHNIPPLE
n. a scrap; a small piece …1950 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITLACH
n. chives …1950 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITLOCK
n. chives …1968 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITLOF
n. chives …1968 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITTLAUCH
n. chives …1950 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITZ
n. slices or sections of fruit, esp. apples dried in slices …1869 Amer. dial.
vb. to cut fruit into pieces …1907 Amer. dial.
• SCHNITZEL
n. a scrap, a small piece …1950 Amer. dial.
vb. to cut a vegetable into shreds …1942 Amer. dial.
• SCHNIVVLE
n. a scrap; a small piece …1995 Amer. dial.
• SCHNOBIE
n. the nose …1901 Amer. dial.
• SCHNOCKERED
adj. drunk …1955 sl.
• SCHNOOK
n. a gullible person …1948 US sl.
• SCHNORR
vb. to beg …1892 US sl.
• SCHNORRER
n. a beggar …1892 US sl.
• SCHNOZ(Z)
n. the nose …1942 sl.
• SCHNOZZLE
n. the nose …1930 US sl.
• SCHNOZZLER
n. a nose …1965 Amer. dial.
• SCHNOZZOLA
n. the nose …1930 US sl.
• SCHNOZZY
adj. 1. astonishing …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCHNUFFEL
n. a scrap; a small piece …1998 Amer. dial.
• SCHOLAR
n. 1. a school pupil …1718 Sc.
n. 2. five shillings …1870s UK rhyming sl. for ‘dollar’ (five shillings) (Oxford Scholar)
n. 3. one who can read and write …1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. a dollar …1937 Aust. rhyming sl. (Oxford Scholar)
vb. 1. to educate …1833 Sc.
vb. 2. to divine; to recognize, to identify …1896 Eng. dial.
• SCHOLARD
n. 1. a scholar, student …1815 Amer. dial.
n. 2. one who can read and write …1888 Sc., Ireland, & Eng. dial.
• SCHOLARSHIP
n. loose talk …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHOLICK
vb. to seriously injure; to murder …1898 Eng. dial.
• SCHOLLARD
n. a scholar, student …1921 Amer. dial.
• SCHONOCKER
n. a Jew …1983 Amer. dial., derogatory
• SCHOOL
n. 1. a college, or university …1767 US sl.
n. 2. a troop or pack of people; an assembly; a swarm, a great number …1851 Sc.
n. 3. a company of any kind of animals …1895 Eng. dial.
vb. to correct, to rebuke, to scold, to chastise …1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCHOOL-BELL FEVER
n. an illness feigned to avoid having to go to school …1967 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL BREAK
n. the end of the school year, frequently marked by a public program displaying the students’ accomplishments …1927 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL BREAKING
n. the end of the school year, frequently marked by a public program displaying the students’ accomplishments …1952 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL-BUS CRAMPS
n. an illness feigned to avoid having to go to school …1967 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL-BUS FEVER
n. an illness feigned to avoid having to go to school …1967 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL-BUTTER
n. a whipping …L17 sl.
• SCHOOL-CALLANT
n. a schoolboy …1851 Sc.
• SCHOOLED
adj. intelligent, sophisticated …1960s African-American sl.
• SCHOOLEY
n. a teacher …1889 Aust. & Eng. sl.
• SCHOOL-FERE
n. a schoolmate; a fellow pupil …1826 Sc.
• SCHOOL-GAFFER
n. a schoolmaster …1901 Eng. dial.
• SCHOOLIE
n. 1. a schoolteacher …1889 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a classroom instructor …1889 Brit. naval sl.
n. 3. a schoolgirl …1970s sl.
• SCHOOLING
n. 1. a criminal gambling party …M19 sl.
n. 2. a term of confinement in a reformatory …L19 sl.
• SCHOOL IS OUT
phr. the truth has come out and the consequences must be over; the time for restraint is over …1858 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL-LARE
n. education …1895 Eng. dial.
• SCHOOL-LARED
adj. educated …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCHOOL-MA’AM
n. 1. a school mistress …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a forked tree or log …1930 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOLMAN
n. a fellow member of a gang …M19 sl.
• SCHOOLMARM
n. a forked tree or log …1938 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL MOM
n. a forked tree or log …1939 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL-WEAN
n. a schoolchild …1865 Sc.
• SCHOONER
n. a large glass or mug, esp. for beer …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCHOONER ON THE ROCKS
n. joint of meat roasted on potatoes, or in batter …1916 naval sl.
• SCHOOSLICH
adj. hasty, clumsy, sloppy, untidy …1939 Amer. dial.
• SCHROOCH
vb. to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) …1860 Amer. dial.
• SCHROOCH AROUND
vb. to fidget, to squirm …1939 Amer. dial.
• SCHROWD
vb. to crowd …1789 Amer. dial.
• SCHTICK
n. a comedian’s routine; an act …20C sl.
• SCHTOOM
adj. saying nothing, silent …1958 Yiddish
• SCHTUP
vb. 1. to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat …1930s sl,. orig. US
vb. 2. to have sexual intercourse; to have anal intercourse …1930s sl., orig. US
• SCHTUPPER
n. one who has sexual intercourse …1960s US sl.
• SCHTUPPING
n. sexual intercourse …1960s US sl.
• SCHUSSEL
n. 1. a very awkward, clumsy person …1968 Amer. dial.
n. 2. someone who drives carelessly or not well …1968 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to hurry, to rush; to do something in a quick and sloppy manner …1935 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to fidget; to be restless …1996 Amer. dial.
• SCHUSSEL-ASS
n. a very awkward, clumsy person …1968 Amer. dial.
• SCHUSSELY
adj. sloppy, untidy …1940 Amer. dial.
• SCHUSSLE
n. a hasty, clumsy person; one who in hurrying falls over his own feet …1914 Amer. dial.
• SCHVARTZ
adj. black, esp. as a skin colour …2002 UK sl., derogatory
n. a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person …1961 US sl.
• SCHVARTZA
n. a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person …1961 US sl., derogatory
• SCHVARTZE
adj. black, esp. as a skin colour …2002 UK sl., derogatory
n. a Black person, esp. a Black maid …1961 sl., chiefly US, derogatory
• SCHVARTZER
n. a Black person, esp. a Black maid …1961 sl., chiefly US, derogatory
• SCHVITZ
vb. to perspire …1992 US sl.
• SCHVOOG
n. a Black person …1960s US sl.
• SCHVUG
n. a Black person …1960s US sl.
• SCHWACKED
adj. intoxicated by marijuana …1990s African-American & drug culture sl.
• SCHWAG
adj. second-rate, inferior, bad …1990s US students’ sl.
n. inferior-quality cannabis …1980s US drug culture sl.
• SCHWAGGED
adj. intoxicated by marijuana …1990s African-American & drug culture sl.
• SCHWARTZ
adj. black, esp. as a skin colour …2002 UK sl., derogatory
n. a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person …1961 US sl., derogatory
• SCHWARTZE(R)
n. a Black person, esp. a Black maid …1961 sl., chiefly US, derogatory
• SCHWEINEHUND; SCHWEINHUND; SCHWINEHUND
n. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male …1941 sl.
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