Dictionary: SHR – SHZ

• SHRAGGER
n. a tree-trimmer 
 
• SHRAP
n. copper coins; any small change …c1915 NZ sl.
 
• SHRAPNEL
n. copper coins; any small change …c1915 NZ sl.
 
• SHREDDED
adj. alcohol intoxicated …Bk1990 Amer. college sl.
 
• SHREW
n. 1. a wicked rascal; a vexatious person of either sex …14C
n. 2. the devil; Satan …14C
n. 3. a scolding woman; a virago; a hellcat of a woman …16C
 
• SHREWD DUDE
n. a well-dressed, alert boy or man …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
 
• SHREWD-HEAD
n. a shrewd, sly or cunning person …1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
 
• SHREWDIE;  SHREWDY
n. a shrewd or cunning person …1935 NZ sl.
 
• SHRIGHT
n. 1558 obs. – shrieking; a shriek
vb. a1542 obs. – to shriek
 
• SHRIMP
n. 1. a prostitute …17C obs.
n. 2. the penis, esp. a small one …20C sl.
n. 3. a small or short person, esp. a child…colloq.
 
• SHRIMPER
n. a male homosexual with a foot fetish …M20 homosexual sl.
 
• SHRIMP QUEEN
n. a male who derives special pleasure from fondling or kissing someone’s feet; a male homosexual with a foot fetish …M20 homosexual sl.
 
• SHRINE OF LOVE
n. the vagina …19C literary euphemism
 
• SHRINE OF VENUS
n. the vagina …L16 euphemism
 
• SHRINK
n. a psychiatrist; a psychoanalyst or psychotherapist …1966 US colloq.
 
• SHRINKER
n. a psychiatrist …1967 sl.
 
• SHRINKING MOON
n. the period of the waning moon …1970 Amer. dial.
 
• SHRINKING VIOLET
n. a shy person …1915 colloq.
 
• SHRINKLED
adj. shrunk, wrinkled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• SHRINK OF THE MOON
n. the time when the moon is waning or decreasing …1984 Amer. dial.
 
• SHRITCH
n. a screech, a shriek …1470-85 obs.
vb. to shriek, to screech …a1250 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
• SHRIVEL
vb. to swivel …1966 Amer. dial.
 
• SHRIVELDY
adj. 1840 – withered; shrivelled up, shrunk up
 
• SHROOM
vb. to take or eat peyote cactus …Bk1990 Amer. drug culture sl.

► SHROWARDLY adv. shrewdly, astutely → 1664
 
• SHRUBBERY
n. 1. the pubic hair, esp. the female pubic hair …19C sl.
n. 2. a false beard …Bk1942 Amer. theatrical sl.
 
• SHTICK;  SHTIK
n. a comedian’s routine; an act …sl.
 
• SHTOOM
adj. saying nothing, silent …1958 Yiddish
 
• SHTOOM IT!
int. be quiet …1958 sl.
 
• SHTOOM UP!
int. be quiet …1958 sl.
 
• SH’TOUSE
n. a lavatory …1941 Aust. sl.
 
• SHTUM
adj. saying nothing, silent …1958 Yiddish
 
• SHTUP
n. 1. copulation …M20 US sl.
n. 2. a sexually easy woman …M20 US sl.
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
 
• SHTUPPER
n. one who has sexual intercourse …1960s US sl.
 
• SHUBIE
n. a person who visits the seashore for the day, ‘with his lunch in a shoe box’ …1968 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUCK
n. 1. the hard shell of a nut, esp. of a walnut or hickory nut …1837 Amer.
n. 2. the shell of an oyster …1859 Amer. dial.
n. 3. the hull of a raspberry or strawberry …1941 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a nickname for a Mexican …M20 US sl., derogartory
n. 5. bullshit; nonsense …M20 US euphemism
n. 6. the pod of a bean or pea …c1960 Amer. dial.
n. 7. unsteadiness …1982 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to strip oneself; to undress …1843 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. of something loose or unsteady: to shift, to slide …1859 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to cheat, to deceive, to trick, to mislead someone, to dupe …1959 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to be deceptive or evasive; to tell tall tales or lies; to fool around, to tease …1968 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to dance …1972 Amer. dial.
vb. 6. to improvise or play compatible chords or notes on a musical instrument when one does not know or has forgotten the correct notes of the composition …Bk1974 Amer. jazz usage
 
• SHUCK AND JIVE
vb. 1. to act irresponsibly; to fool around …1970 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to play truant …1970 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUCKED TOGETHER
adj. mixed, shuffled …1959 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUCKING AND JIVING
n. a not speaking or behaving seriously in an attempt to mislead …1966 African-American sl.
 
• SHUCKINS!
int. an expression of annoyance, irritation, contempt, or disbelief …1893 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUCKLE
vb. 1. 1598 obs. – to chuckle
vb. 2. 1684 obs. – to cluck
vb. 3. Bk1884 Eng. dial. – to rattle; to chatter
vb. 4. Bk1888 Eng. dial. – to shuffle; to slink along in walking
vb. 5. 1933 Amer. dial. – to run fast, to hurry, to bustle about, to make haste
 
• SHUCK OUT
vb. to depart, to leave in a hurry; to set out …1932 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUCKS
int. exclamation of contempt, disappointment, annoyance etc. …M19 US & Can. colloq.
 
• SHUDDUP!
int. be quiet …1940 sl.
 
• SHUFFLE
n. 1. counterfeit money …1950 US sl.
n. 2.  the movement by a surfer forward on the board while surfing, executed without crossing the feet …1965 US sl.
 
• SHUFFLED CLEAN OUT OF THE DECK
adj. dead …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• SHUFFLED OUT
adj. dead …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• SHUFFLED OUT OF THE DECK
adj. dead …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• SHUFFLE OFF
vb. to die …E20 US colloq.
 
• SHUFFLE OFF THIS MORTAL COIL
vb. to die …E20 US colloq.
 
• SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO
vb. to leave …1986 US sl.
 
• SHUFFLER
n. 1. a worker who is out of a job …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a migratory worker …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a grifter; a con artist; someone who swindles people out of money through fraud …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
 
• SHUFFLE THE DECK
vb. on the railway: to switch wagons onto side tracks at stations along a line …1946 US sl.
 
• SHU-FLY
int. a mild expression of surprise or recognition of something remarkable or unusual …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. a necktie or ribbon bow worn around the neck …1933 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUFTI;  SHUFTIE;  SHUFTY
n. a look; a peep; a glance …1943 Brit. sl. orig. army
vb. to look at …1943 Brit. sl.
 
• SHULE
vb. to roam or idle about; to loaf, to saunter …a1874 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUMMICK
vb. to walk in a shambling or idle way; to saunter, to mosey; to move slowly …1913 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUN
vb. to protect; to shield …1936 Amer. dial.
 
• ‘SHUN!
int. attention! a military command …1888 UK
 
• SHUNK
n. a toilet …1988 Sc. sl.
 
• SHUNKIE
n. a toilet …1988 Sc. sl.
 
• SHUNPIKE
n. a road used to avoid the payment of tolls on a toll road; a back road …1853 Amer. dial.
vb. to use an alternate route in order to avoid the payment of tolls; to drive back roads for pleasure …1952 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUNPIKER
n. one who drives free roads; a tourist who drives back roads …1951 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUNT
n. a collision which occurs when a vehicle runs into the back of the vehicle in front; a car accident …1959 UK sl.
vb. in motor racing: to bump a competitor …1965 US sl.
 
• SHUNTER
n. a drug dealer who becomes addicted and continues to deal in order to fund the habit …2000 UK sl.
 
• SHURF
n. a sheriff …1899 Amer. dial.
 
• SHURN
vb. to avoid, to shun …1970 Amer. dial.
 
• SHURRIT!
int. be quiet! …1982 UK sl.
 
• SHURRUP!
int. be quiet …1893 sl.
 
 • SHUSH
int. be quiet! hush!
vb. to steal something …2002 UK sl.
 
• SHUSH BAG
n. a bag for carrying away stolen property …2002 UK sl.
 
• SHUSHER
n. a person who is employed to keep people quiet on the street outside a nightclub …2004 UK sl
 
• SHUSHING
n. the work of keeping people quiet on the street outside a nightclub …2004 UK sl.
 
• SHUSH THE MUSH!
int. be quiet! shut up! …2004 UK sl.
 
• SHUSH UP
int. be quiet! …1999 UK sl.
vb. to become quiet …1999 UK sl.
 
• SHUT
vb. 1. to stop somebody else talking or making a noise …M19 sl.
vb. 2. to turn off a light …1966 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUT-DOOR
n. a rejection, a refusal …2001 UK sl.
 
• SHUT-DOWN
adj. 1. defeated …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. to be rejected, depressed …1960s Amer. sl.
n. (usually as ‘shutdown’) a stoppage of work; the temporary closing of a factory…Bk1974 Amer. sl.
vb. (usually as ‘shut down’) to defeat someone or a team in a sporting contest …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
 
• SHUT-EYE
n. 1. sleep …1896 colloq.
n. 2. unconsciousness; an act or instance of losing consciousness for any reason …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
 
• SHUTEYES
n. a sex offender …1982 US sl.
 
• SHUT-IN
n. 1. a person who stays at home and never goes out …1904 US colloq.
n. 2. a gorge, a canyon …1913 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUT IT!
int. be quiet! …1886 UK sl.
 
• SHUT-KNIFE
n. a large pocketknife with blades that fold in and out …1967 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUT-MOUTH
n. a person who says little; a silent, secretive or reserved person …1891 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUT-MOUTHED
adj. silent, secretive, reserved …1909 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUT-OFF
adj. defeated …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
vb. (usually as ‘shut off’) to defeat someone or a team in a sporting contest …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
 
• SHUT ONE’S FACE
vb. to become or remain silent …1809 sl.
 
• SHUT ONE’S HEAD
vb. to become or remain silent …1809 sl.
 
• SHUT ONE’S MOUTH
vb. to become or remain silent …1809 sl.
 
• SHUT ONE’S PAN
vb. to hold one’s tongue; to keep silent …1833
 
• SHUT ONE’S THROPPLE
vb. to cease talking, singing, or making a noise …1901 Ireland
 
• SHUT ONE’S TRAP
vb. to become or remain silent …1809 sl.
 
• SHUT-OUT
n. 1. a game in which one team does not score …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
n. 2. any situation in which a person fails to score, literally or figuratively …1957 US sl.
vb. 1. (usually as ‘shut out’) in sports, to hold an opposing team scoreless …c1880 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to prevent from gambling, or playing, usually by refusing to take a person’s bet …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
 
• SHUT SOMEONE UP
vb. to force to be silent …1814 sl.
 
• SHUTTER
n. 1. a door, as distinguished from the opening to which it is fitted …1863 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the eyelid …1945 US sl.
n. 3. a gunman …2002 UK prison sl.
 
• SHUTTERBUG
n. 1. a photography enthusiast; a photographer …1940 US sl.
n. 2. a photographer who selects subjects for personal sexual gratification, often without the subject’s knowledge or consent …1999 US sl.
 
• SHUTTERED
adj. 1. taken away on a shutter, esp. of drunkards …L19 sl.
adj. 2. in a state of total ignominy …L19 sl.
 
• SHUTTER-GIRL
n. a prostitute working from a room with shutters, attracting customers from the street …1930s US sl.
 
• SHUTTER-RACKET
n. a robbery committed by boring through a shutter, removing a pane of glass and reaching through for anything to steal …E19 sl.
 
• SHUTTER-RACKET WORKER
n. a robber who specializes in the ‘shutter racket’ …E19 sl.
 
• SHUTTERS
n. 1. the eyes …L19 African-American sl.
n. 2. the eyelids …1990s sl.
 
• SHUT THE BARN DOOR OR THE SHEEP WILL GET OUT
phr. your fly is open …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUT THE FUCK UP!
int. be quiet!; an intensified ‘shut up’ …1991 US sl.
 
• SHUT THE GATE
vb. in motor racing: to pass another car and immediately pull in front of the other car, minimizing its ability to pass in return …1965 US sl.
 
• SHUTTING OUT
n. a game in which one team does not score …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
 
• SHUTTLE
n. the penis …L17 euphemism
 
• SHUTTLE-BRAIN
n. an oaf; a dullard …16C colloq.
 
• SHUTTLEBUTT
n. a fat woman, esp. referring to the buttocks: a female with extremely large posteriors …1970s US sl.
 
• SHUTTLE-HEAD
n. an oaf; a dullard …16C colloq.
 
• SHUTTLE-WIT
n. an oaf; a dullard …16C colloq.
 
• SHUTTUP!
int. be quiet! stop talking! …1955 UK sl.
 
• SHUT UP
int. 1. be quiet …1840 sl.
int. 2. used as a humorous, kind, even flirtatious way to change the subject …1978 US sl.
int. 3. a general exclamation of disbelief; you can’t fool me! forget it! don’t make me laugh! …1980s sl.
vb. 1. to stop talking …M17
vb. 2. to bring to an end, to reduce to a state of incapacity …E19 sl.
vb. 3. to kill …E19 sl.
vb. 4. to stop somebody else talking or making a noise …M19 sl.
 
• SHUT UP IN THE PARSON’S POUND
adj. married …L18 sl.
 
• SHUT UP LIKE A MORNING-GLORY
vb. to become dejectedly silent …Bk1914 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUT UP ONE’S GARRET
vb. to be quiet; to stop talking …L19 sl.
 
• SHUT-UP SANDWICH
n. a punch in the mouth …2002 Can. sl.
 
• SHUT UP SHOP
vb. 1. to stop, usually talking …M16 sl.
vb. 2. to go bankrupt …L17 sl.
 
• SHUT UP SHOP-WINDOWS
vb. to go bankrupt …L17 sl.
 
• SHUT UP SOMEONE’S SHOP
vb. to kill someone; to murder someone …L19 sl.
 
• SHUT UP YOUR GARRET!
int. hold your tongue! …1909 sl.
 
• SHUT YOUR ASS!
int. shut up! …1951 Amer. sl.
 
• SHUT YOUR BEAK!
int. shut up! be quiet! …20C W. Indies sl.
 
• SHUT YOUR CAKEHOLE!
int. shut your mouth! …1940s sl.
 
• SHUT YOUR CAN!
nt. shut up! …1919 US sl.
 
• SHUT YOUR CRUNCH!
int. be quiet! …1978 UK sl.
 
• SHUT YOUR FACE
int. be quiet! …L19 sl.
vb. to stop talking …1960s Amer. sl.
 
• SHUT UP YOUR HEAD!
int. be quiet! …1856 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUT YOUR HEAD!
int. be quiet! …1877 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUT YOUR RAG-BOX!
int. shut up! be quiet! …L19 sl.
 
• SHUT YOUR TEETH!
int. be quiet! stop talking! …2003 UK sl.
 
• SHUT YOUR TRAP!
int. be quiet! …1959 UK sl.
 
• SHUT YOUR YAP!
int. be quiet! …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• SHUZZIT
n. marijuana …1971 US sl.
 
• SHVANCE
n. the penis …20C sl.
 
• SHVARTZ
adj. black, esp. as a skin colour …2002 UK sl., derogatory
n. a Black person; an Indian or Pakistani person …1961 US sl., derogatory
 
• SHVITZ
vb. to perspire; to sweat …1992 US sl.
 
• SHVONTZ
n. the penis …1965 US sl.
 
• SHVOOGIE
n. a Black person …1960s US sl.
 
• SHWANTZ
n. the penis …1965 US sl.
 
• SHY
adj. 1. doubtful in amount or quality …M19 sl.
adj. 2. having less of something than is desired, required or necessary …1895 US sl.
adj. 3. short of money …L19 sl., orig. US
adj. 4. in debt, owing money …1950 US sl.
n. 1. a quick, jerking or careless throw, as of a stone, etc. …L18 sl.
n. 2. an attempt to damage by sarcasm or verbal attack …M19 sl.
n. 3. an attempt; a ‘go’ …M19 sl.
vb. 1. to lend money at extortionate rates of interest …20C sl.
vb. 2. to cook opium pellets for smoking …1946 US sl.
vb. 3. to offer ‘protection’ …1950s sl.
 
• SHYCKLE
n. a wig …1960s sl.
 
• SHY-COCK
n. 1. one who hides from the bailiff …M18 sl.
n. 2. a coward …L18 Brit. sl.
 
• SHYLOCK
n. 1. a hard-hearted money-lender …1786 sl., derogatory & offensive
n. 2. a crooked businessman …1900s sl.
n. 3. in circus or carnival use: the show’s office secretary …1981 US sl.
vb. 1. to engage in usurious loan practices; to lend money at extortionate rates of interest …20C sl.
vb. 2. to offer ‘protection’ …1950s sl.
 
• SHYPOO
adj. inferior; shoddy; second-rate …L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 1. cheap or inferior beer or liquor …1897 Aust, & NZ sl.
n. 2. an inferior person …L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 3. a place that sells second-rate liquor …1903 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 4. a term of abuse …1952 NZ sl.
 
• SHYPOO HOUSE
n. a place that sells second-rate liquor …1903 Aust. & NZ sl.
 
• SHYPOO JOINT
n. a place that sells second-rate liquor …1903 Aust. & NZ sl.
 
• SHYPOO SHANTY
n. a place that sells second-rate liquor; an inferior hotel or booze-den …L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
 
• SHYPOO SHOP
n. a place that sells second-rate liquor …1903 Aust. & NZ sl.
 
• SHYST
adj. aggressive, promiscuous …2000s Black British & teen sl.
 
• SHYSTER
adj. crooked, corrupt; fraudulent …M19 US sl.
n. 1. a lawyer, usually a crooked one, or with the implication that any lawyer is innately untrustworthy …M19 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a dishonest or corrupt person; someone who uses unscrupulous methods; a crooked businessman …1844
n. 3. a very poorly attended circus performance …1953 UK sl.
vb. to trick money out of someone; usually as adj. ‘shystering’ …M19 sl.
 
• SHYSTY
adj. 1. tight-fisted …M19 US sl.
adj. 2. used as a general negative of situations, objects and people, in which a degree of arrogance or cockiness is implied …1990s sl., orig. US