• SK8R
n. a skateboard rider …20C Aust. sl.
• SKA
n. a rhythmic musical style that evolved into reggae …1993 Jamaica
• SKADDERIZ’D
adj. of persons: dry, withered …Bk1904 Sc.
• SKADDLE
adj. wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog …1691 Eng. dial.
• SKADE
n. hurt, damage, harm, mischief …1899 Sc.
• SKADOODLES
n. great quantities; a very large number or amount …1869 Amer. dial.
• SKADS n. large quantities …M19 sl.
• SKAG
n. 1. a cigarette or cigarette butt …1915 Amer. armed forces sl.
n. 2. an unattractive, slutty-looking woman; an ugly and unpleasant young woman …1920s sl., orig. African-American
n. 3. bad liquor …1940s sl.
n. 4. a despicable person or thing …1960s Amer. sl.
n. 5. cheap, low-quality heroin …1965 sl.
n. 6. a promiscuous woman …1980s sl.
n. 7. a tease …1980s sl.
• SKAGGED
adj. addicted to heroin …1970s drug culture sl.
• SKAGGED OUT
adj. addicted to heroin …1970s drug culture sl.
• SKAGGED UP
adj. intoxicated by or addicted to heroin …1993 UK sl.
• SKAGGY
adj. ugly, sluttish, unkempt, nasty …1960s US sl.
• SKAGGY-BAWED
adj. comatose or impotent as a result of taking heroin …1990s Sc. sl.
• SKAG HAG
n. 1. a female heroin addict …1990s sl.
n. 2. one who enjoys associating with heroin addicts …1990s sl.
• SKAG JONES
n. a heroin addiction …1960s US drug culture sl.
• SKAG-NASTY
n. an unpleasant person …1990s UK juvenile sl.
• SKAIL
n. 1. a dispersal or separation; a scattering …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. the sound of waves breaking upon the shore; a hurricane, a scattering wind or storm …1790 Sc.
n. 3. anything that has been scattered or separated from its fellows …1827 Sc. obs.
vb. 1. to scatter or disperse a thing or collection of things …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to break up an assembly, school, etc. by dismissal; to disband an army; to disperse …a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to spread a rumour, tale, etc. …1375 obs.
vb. 4. to pour out; to shed; to spill, to upset; to overflow …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to rend, to spoil …1768 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. rare
vb. 6. to scatter, to spread about; to waste, to lavish …1776 Sc.
vb. 7. to cross, to pass over …1776 Sc.
vb. 8. to throw at, to pelt; to throw stones at …1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 9. to separate, to remove …a1833 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. rare
vb. 10. to depart from a place; to go off, to retreat …1896 Sc.
• SKAILAMINT
n. a scattering, dispersion …1793 Sc.
• SKAILING
n. dismissal, dispersion …c1450
• SKAINTCH
n. somebody or something seen as repulsive, disgusting, etc. …1990s US students’ & teen sl.
• SKAIR
n. a share, a portion …c1573 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to scatter, to disperse; to send out in various directions …c1200 obs.
vb. 2. to share …1720 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKAIR-LIKE
adj. having a wild or frightened appearance …Bk1904 Sc.
• SKAIR-LOOKING
adj. having a wild or frightened appearance …Bk1904 Sc.
• SKALAWAG
n. 1. a White Southerner who was willing to accept the terms of Reconstruction after the US Civil War (1861-5) …M19 US sl.
n. 2. a rogue; a rascal; a scamp; a good-for-nothing; a deceiver …1848 Amer. dial.
n. 3. an animal of poor quality or little value …1854 Amer. dial.
• SKALD
n. an ancient Scandinavian poet; in general, a poet …1763
• SKALE
vb. 1. to scatter, to spread about; to waste, to lavish …1776 Sc.
vb. 2. of a meeting, congregation, etc. of people: to disperse, to separate …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to retract one’s word; to draw back …1898 Sc.
• SKALFERING
adj. scurfy …1561 obs.
n. scurfiness …1561 obs.
• SKALK
n. 1. the scalp …a1340 obs.
n. 2. a morning drink …1773 Sc.
• SKALLAG
n. a kind of bond-servant who carried kelp and did all the hard work …1793 Sc. obs.
• SKALLAWAG
n. a rogue; a rascal; a scamp; a good-for-nothing; a deceiver …1848 Amer. dial.
• SKALLEY
n. an unfledged bird; a fledgeling …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKALLEY-BAULCHER
n. an unfledged bird; a fledgeling …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKALLEY-BAULCHIN
n. an unfledged bird; a fledgeling …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKALLYHOOT
vb. to go or depart quickly; to gallivant …1909 Amer. dial.
• SKALLYWAG
n. a rascal; a little devil …20C US colloq.
• SKAMAS
n. opium …1930s US drug culture sl.
• SKAMMER
n. 1. a petty criminal …1972 sl., orig. US
n. 2. a swindler …1980 sl., orig. US
• SKAMP
n. an unattractive, dirty, and promiscuous woman …2000s African-American sl.
• SKANCE
adj. of a look, glance, etc.: oblique, sidelong …1866
• SKANCH
n. somebody or something seen as repulsive, disgusting, etc. …1990s US students’ & teen sl.
• SKANDER
n. slander, scandal …1338 obs. rare
vb. to bring into discredit; to slander …a1300 obs. rare
• SKANGER
n. 1. a lout …2000s Irish sl.
n. 2. a silly woman …2000s Irish sl.
n. 3. a member of a Dublin/Kilkenny subcultural urban adolescent, teenage, and young-adult-male grouping that is given to hanging around and causing trouble …2001 Ireland sl.
• SKANK
n. 1. an unattractive, easily available young woman; a girl whose attraction is her immorality and sexual availability …1966 sl., orig. African-American
n. 2. a woman who smells badly …1970s African-American sl.
n. 3. a prostitute …1970s US sl.
n. 4. a repulsive person of either sex …1980s US students’ sl.
n. 5. a confidence trick; a fraudulent scheme …1980s W. Indies & Black British teen sl.
n. 6. filth, dirtiness, malevolence, nastiness …1980s US sl.
n. 7. a despicable person …1980s US sl.
n. 8. copulation, coition …1980s Amer. sl.
n. 9. a slovenly style of dress, possibly imitative of dishevelled heroin addicts …1990s Amer. teen sl.
n. 10. a mean, mercenary person …2000s sl.
n. 11. an affection term of address …2000s sl.
n. 12. an unsatisfactory situation …2000s sl.
n. 13. marijuana …2000s drug culture sl.
vb. 1. to do a sort of reggae dancing in which the body bends forward, the knees are raised, and the hands claw the air …1976 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to cheat, to ‘stab in the back’ …1980s sl.
vb. 3. to dance in a style associated with ska, dub, or reggae music …1980s sl., orig. W. Indies
vb. 4. to loaf around …1980s sl.
vb. 5. to move rhythmically …1980s Black British sl.
vb. 6. to observe members of the opposite sex …1980s US students’ sl.
vb. 7. to play truant …1980 Black British sl.
vb. 8. to steal and run away …1980s sl., orig. W. Indies
vb. 9. to use deception to get one’s way …1980s US students’ sl.
vb. 10. to work a confidence trick; to operate a fraud; to work behind someone’s back …2000 UK sl.
• SKANKED OUT
adj. intoxicated by a drug …1990s US drug culture sl.
• SKANKER
n. 1. an untrustworthy, dissolute person …1970s W. Indies sl.
n. 2. one who dances in a style associated with ska, dub, or reggae music …1980s sl.
n. 3. an alcoholic tramp …1990s sl.
• SKANKFACE
n. an affection term of address …2000s sl.
• SKANK OFF
vb. to play truant …1997 UK sl.
• SKANK-O-RAMA
adj. nasty, repellent …1980s Amer. teen sl.
• SKANK-PIT
n. an unpleasant, distasteful place …1999 US sl.
• SKANKY
adj. 1. of a woman: attractive, sexy …1970s sl., orig. African-American
adj. 2. dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous …1975 sl., orig. African-American
adj. 3. nasty, repellent …1980s Amer. teen sl.
• SKANKY BOX
n. an unpleasant, dirty (physically and ethically) woman …1980s US sl.
• SKAPE
n. a beehive …1843 Sc. obs.
• SKARE
vb. to poke out ashes; to clear out a fire by poking …1674 Eng. dial.
• SKARROW
n. faint light, esp. reflected light …1789 Sc.
• SKARTLE
vb. 1. to scatter …1887 Sc.
vb. 2. to collect money by long and continuous small savings …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 3. to scrape together by taking many little strokes …Bk1904 Sc.
• SKARVEY
vb. of the weather: to clear …1888 Eng. dial.
• SKASHIE
n. a squabble …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. to wrangle, to squabble …1898 Sc.
• SKASHLE
n. 1. a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 2. a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side; the act of walking with a waddling, shuffling gait; the noise made by the feet along the ground …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 1. to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 2. to twist, to turn away; to tread on the side of one’s feet; to turn one’s toes outward; to walk in a waddling, shuffling manner; to be careless about one’s dress …Bk1904 Sc.
• SKAT
n. 1. a formed mass of faeces …20C US
n. 2. a term of endearment …1964 S. Afr. sl.
vb. to leave, to go away, esp. as a command …M19 sl.
• SKATCHER
n. a skate …1790 Sc.
• SKATE
adj. easy, simple, esp. of work or a course …1970s US students’ sl.
n. 1. an unpleasant or despicable person; a mean, dishonest, or contemptible person, usually male …1896 sl., chiefly US
n. 2. a second-rate sportsman …L19 US sl.
n. 3. a person, irrespective of qualities …L19 US sl.
n. 4. a bony, decrepit horse or cow …1890 Amer. dial.
n. 5. an unpleasant man …1896 US sl.
n. 6. a reckless person …1900s US students’ sl.
n. 7. an old person …1900s US sl.
n. 8. a state of drunkenness …1900 Amer. dial.
n. 9. an intoxicated person …1900 Amer. dial.
n. 10. diarrhoea …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 11. a lazy person, a shirker …1960s US sl.
n. 12. a disreputable White male, from a working-class background, whose behaviour is uncouth, hedonistic, and irresponsible …1970s S. Afr. sl.
n. 13. a motorcycle …1970s US teen sl.
n. 14. an easy course …1970s US students’ sl.
n. 15. an easy task …1976 US sl.
n. 16. an act of letting someone escape wrongdoing without punishment …1992 US sl.
n. 17. a lazy and/or incompetent worker …1998 US Army usage
n. 18. an extremely unattractive woman who is seen as a sex object, esp. one who is ravaged by age …2002 UK sl.
vb. 1. to have diarrhoea; chiefly used of calves …1777 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to cause a stone to skip; to skip a stone …a1861 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to leave, to go; to move rapidly, to hurry …1900 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to become intoxicated …1900 US college sl.
vb. 5. to leave …1915 Amer. sl.
vb. 6. to use morphine or cocaine …1920s US drug culture sl.
vb. 7. to default a debt; to avoid paying …1930s African-American sl.
vb. 8. to shirk one’s duties; to get away with something; to waste time by not working on the job …1945 Amer. dial.
vb. 9. to get way with anything; to shirk one’s responsibilities; to escape punishment …1945 sl., orig. African-American
vb. 10. to perform or do something quick, as an essay; to hurry through something …1960s sl.
vb. 11. in the used car business: to steal another salesman’s sale …1975 US sl.
vb. 12. to dance …1991 Ireland sl.
vb. 13. to win easily …1996 Sc. sl.
vb. 14. to be without money …1996 Trinidad and Tobago
vb. 15. to be in a forbidden area of the prison …2000s US prison sl.
• SKATE BETTY
n. a girl who associates with skateboarders, perhaps skateboarding herself …1989 US sl.
• SKATE JOCKEY
n. a driver of a small car, esp. a sports car …1976 US citizens band radio sl.
• SKATE OFF
vb. to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly …M19 sl.
• SKATER
n. 1. a mean or contemptible person …L19 US sl.
n. 2. a legless person who uses a wheeled board for transportation …1930s US criminals’ sl.
n. 3. a skateboard rider …Aust. sl.
• SKATE RAT
n. a devoted skateboarder …1989 US sl.
• SKATES
n. shoes …L19 US sl.
• SKATES-LURK
n. the practice of posing as a sailor for the purpose of begging …M19 UK criminals’ sl.
• SKATEY
n. a skateboard …Aust. sl.
• SKATING
adj. intoxicated with drugs or drink …1950s sl.
• SKATING RINK
n. a bald head …L19 sl.
• SKATIST
n. one who is fond of skating …1876
• SKATLOE
n. loss, harm, prejudice …Bk1904 Eng. dial. obs.
• SKATTER-BASKET
n. a clattering noise, as of a wheel when it requires tightening …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKATTIE
n. a term of endearment …1964 S. Afr. sl.
• SKAUNCE
n. a jest …c1440 obs.
• SKAUNDER
vb. to bring into discredit; to slander …a1300 obs. rare
• SKAUNT
adv. looking sideways; obliquely …1791
• SKAW
n. an isthmus or promontory …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. to scatter, to spill …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKAWP
vb. to stride, to go fast …1861 Eng. dial.
• SKEALT
n. story, talk, rumour …c1580 obs.
• SKECK
n. an attack made for the sake of plunder; a petty raid …1297 obs. rare
vb. to make a raid on; to plunder …c1330 obs. rare
• SKED
n. in remote country regions: a schedule for a radio call …1946 Aust. sl.
vb. to schedule …2004 US sl.
• SKEDADDLE
n. 1. M19 sl. – a rush, a hurry, an act of running away or escaping
n. 2. 1990s sl. – a fuss, an excitement; a disturbance
vb. 1. 1861 sl., orig US Civil War usage – to run away, to flee, to depart or leave hastily, to desert; to rush off
vb. 2. 1862 Eng. dial. – to spill milk, etc.
• SKEDADDLER
n. US Civil War usage – a deserter; a fugitive
• SKEDOO
vb. M19 sl., orig. US – to rush off, to scamper, to escape
• SKEDOODLE
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to go fast
• SKEE
n. 1. World War I US sl. – whisky, esp. low quality, low cost whisky
n. 2. 1930s drug culture sl. – opium
n. 3. 1960s US sl. – heroin
• SKEECHING
n. Bk1998 sl. – holding on the bumper of a slow-moving car on a snowy or icy street and getting pulled along
• SKEE-DADDLIN
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – askew, crooked
• SKEED-UP
adj. 1990s US drug culture sl. – intoxicated by drugs
• SKEEF
adj. 1960s S. Afr. sl. – crooked, off-beat
adv. 1969 S. Afr. sl. – disapprovingly
n. 2000 Jamaica – an attractive female
• SKEE-GEE
adj. 1954 Amer. dial. – peculiar, confused, awkward
adv. 1916 Amer. dial. – (as ‘skeegee’) slantwise, diagonally
• SKEEGERS
n. Bk1998 drug culture sl. – a crack-smoking prostitute
• SKEEHAW
adj. askew, crooked …1916 Amer. dial.
• SKEE-JAWED
adj. twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal …1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEELINGS
n. froth that forms on the top of boiling food, esp. jam …1950 Amer. dial.
• SKEELY
adj. skilled, skilful; having considerable skill in some respect …1768 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKEENTEEN
n. an imaginary high number …1968 US sl.
• SKEER
vb. 1. to skim a stone on the surface of the water …1636 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to poke out ashes; to clear out a fire by poking …1674 Eng. dial.
• SKEESICK
n. a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child …1858 Amer. dial.
• SKEESICKS
n. 1. one’s tent-mate …US Civil War usage
n. 2. a rogue, a ne’er-do-well; a troublemaker …1850 US sl.
• SKEESTER
n. a rascal, a rogue; a term of endearment for a child …1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEESUCKS
n. a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child …1891 Amer. dial.
• SKEET
adj. swift, active …c1400 obs.
adv. 1. quickly, hastily, immediately …c1200 obs.
adv. 2. readily, easily …c1200 obs. rare
n. 1. an ice skate …1800 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a mosquito …M19 Aust. & US sl.
n. 3. a general term of abuse …20C sl.
n. 4. in poker: a nonstandard hand consisting of a 9, a 5, a 2, and one cards between 5 and 9, and one card between two and five …1963 US sl.
n. 5. a single injection of heroin …2000s US prisons sl.
n. 6. a girl …2003 UK sl.
vb. 1. to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly …1838 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to skate or slide on ice …1872 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to squirt fluid; to spray a liquid …1898 Amer. dial.
vb. 4. to spew liquid out of the mouth, esp. between the teeth …1909 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to cause a stone to skip; to skip a stone …1965 Amer. dial.
vb. 6. to flush out a hypodermic syringe by using the plunger …1971 drug culture sl.
vb. 7. to have sexual intercourse …1980s African-American sl.
vb. 8. to ejaculate …1980s African-American sl.
• SKEET AMBEER
vb. to squirt tobacco spittle between the teeth …1954 Amer. dial.
• SKEETCH
vb. to hang onto the back of a vehicle in order to be pulled when one is on skates, a sled, skis, etc. …1979 Amer. dial.
• SKEETE
vb. to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly …M19 sl.
• SKEETER
n. 1. a mosquito …1839 colloq.
n. 2. a rascal, a rogue; a term of endearment for a child …1966 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a nickname for a man of small build …Aust. sl.
vb. to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly …1954 Amer. dial.
• SKEETER HAWK
n. a dragonfly …chiefly southern US
• SKEETER LEG
n. a very thin leg …1889 Amer. dial.
• SKEETER LEGS
n. a person with thin legs …1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEETLY
adv. swiftly; immediately …a1400-50 obs.
• (THE) SKEETS
n. diarrhoea …1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEEVE
n. a disgusting person …1976 US sl.
vb. to disgust, to repel …1976 US sl.
• SKEEVE OUT
vb. to disgust, to repel …1976 US sl.
• SKEEVERS
n. feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or excessive nervousness …1930 Amer. dial.
• SKEEVEY
adj. disgusting …1990s sl.
• SKEEVIE
adj. disgusting …1976 US sl.
n. 1. a disgusting person …1955 US teen sl.
n. 2. something disgusting …1976 Amer. dial.
• SKEEVIES
n. feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or excessive nervousness …1994 Amer. dial.
• SKEEVOSA
n. a disgusting person …1995 US sl.
• SKEEVY
adj. nasty, repellent; disgusting …1976 Amer. student sl.
• SKEEWAMPUS
adj. askew, crooked …1942 Amer. dial.
• SKEE-WEE
adj. tiny …1930 Amer. dial.
• SKEE-WHIFFED
adj. broken; damaged …1993 Amer. dial.
• SKEEWHONKED
adj. twisted, askew, crooked …1967 Amer. dial.
• SKEEWINKLE
adj. twisted, askew, crooked …1916 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZA
n. 1. a person, usually a female, who attempts to have a relationship with a member of the opposite sex for their material possessions, in order to make an impression on other people …1980s sl., orig. African-American
n. 2. a woman who trades sex for status or for free drugs; her chosen partners are often drug dealer or performers …1980s sl., orig. African-American
n. 3. a man …1980s sl., orig. African-American
n. 4. a term of abuse for any disliked person …1980s sl., orig. African-American
• SKEEZACKS
n. a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child …1850 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZE
n. 1. something easily achieved …1900s US sl.
n. 2. a person, usually a female, who attempts to have a relationship with a member of the opposite sex for their material possessions, in order to make an impression on other people …1980s sl., orig. African-American
n. 3. a woman who trades sex for status or for free drugs; her chosen partners are often drug dealer or performers …1980s sl., orig. African-American
n. 4. a man …1980s sl., orig. African-American
n. 5. a term of abuse for any disliked person …1980s sl., orig. African-American
vb. 1. to ogle …1920s sl.
vb. 2. to have sexual intercourse …1980s sl., orig. African-American
vb. 3. to have an orgy …1980s sl., orig. African-American
vb. 4. to seek members of the opposite sex …1980s sl., orig. African-American
• SKEEZECKS
n. a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child …1850 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZER
n. 1. a promiscuous woman …1980s Amer. student sl.
n. 2. a person, usually a female, who attempts to have a relationship with a member of the opposite sex for their material possessions, in order to make an impression on other people …1980s sl., orig. African-American
n. 3. a woman who trades sex for status or for free drugs; her chosen partners are often drug dealer or performers …1980s sl., orig. African-American
n. 4. a man …1980s sl., orig. African-American
n. 5. a term of abuse for any disliked person …1980s sl., orig. African-American
• SKEEZERS
n. a crack-smoking prostitute …Bk1998 drug culture sl.
• SKEEZICKS
n. a mean, contemptible fellow; a rogue, a ne’er-do-well; a troublemaker …1850 US sl.
• SKEEZIX
n. 1. a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child …1890 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a fool …1975 US sl.
• SKEEZUCKS
n. a person, usually a troublemaker …M19 US sl.
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