• SKLAFF
adv. flat, ‘plump’ …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 1. a slight blow, esp. with the open hand; a flat, soft fall …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 2. the noise made by a slight blow, or flat, soft fall; the noise made in shuffling the feet …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 1. to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 2. to walk in a flat-footed or shuffling way; to plant the feet with a slapping motion or sound on the ground in walking …1825 Sc.
vb. 3. in golf: to graze the ground with the club in the act of striking the ball, and so shorten the shot; to hit the ball in this way …1887 Sc.
• SKLAFFER
adv. flat; with a flat light step …1866 Sc.
n. 1. a slight blow, esp. with the open hand; a flat, soft fall …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 2. the noise made by a slight blow or soft fall, or by shuffling the feet …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 1. to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface; to throw down flat …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 2. to walk in a clumsy way without lifting the feet properly; to shuffle along …1899 Sc.
• SKLAFFY
adj. shuffling …c1850 Sc.
• SKLAMMER
vb. to wander about in idleness …1832 Sc.
• SKLATCH
adv. heavily, violently; with a sharp smack or clashing sound; with a heavy footfall …1866 Sc.
n. 1. a bungling, clumsy workman, a botcher; a big, lubberly fellow …1808 Sc.
n. 2. a large smudge, smear, or patch on a surface; a mass, clot, or daub of something wet or dirty …1866 Sc.
n. 3. a heavy fall, esp. into water or mud; the noise made by such a fall; a stroke with the palm of the hand …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 1. to smear, to bedaub, to cover with or apply some wet or messy substance …1825 Sc.
vb. 2. to dash violently; to fall heavily; to walk with a heavy, awkward step …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 3. to perform any piece of work, such as building a house, in a clumsy, slovenly, inefficient manner …Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLATCHIN
n. a clot or mass of something messy or untidy …1866 Sc.
• SKLAVE
vb. to slander, to calumniate …1871 Sc.
• SKLAW
vb. to claw; to tear with the nails; to scratch …1777 Eng. dial.
• SKLEET
adj. smooth, sleek …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 1. to slide or slip smoothly or rapidly …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 2. to walk so as to wear down the shoes at one side, or as one splay-footed …Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLEFF
adj. thin and flat; also used of a person …1802 Sc. obs.
• SKLEIR
n. a veil …a1300 obs.
vb. to veil …1387-8 obs.
• SKLEM
vb. to steal slyly; to purloin trifles …1876 Eng. dial.
• SKLENT
n. a slant or slope; a slanting or sideward movement; a side look, etc. …1768 Sc.
vb. 1. to move, dart, or fall obliquely; to lie aslant; to give a side look, etc. …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to deviate from a straightforward course, or from the truth …1581 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKLIFF
adv. with a trailing, shuffling motion …1873 Sc.
n. 1. the act of trailing the feet along the ground, or of walking with a dull, heavy step; a rub delivered sideways or in passing with anything having a flat surface; the noise made by trailing, walking, striking, or rubbing …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 2. an old broken shoe or slipper …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 3. an untidy, slatternly person …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. to trail the feet on the ground in walking; to walk with a dull, heavy step; to rub against …1901 Sc.
• SKLIRE
vb. to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice …1802 Sc.
• SKLOY
n. a slide; a place where one slides; a sliding motion …1824 Sc. obs.
vb. to slide, to slither, to skate, as on ice …1802 Sc.
• SKLUFF
vb. to trail the feet on the ground …1911 Amer. dial.
• SKLUM
n. a scratch …1892 Eng. dial.
vb. to scratch as a cat; to maul …1854 Eng. dial.
• SKLUTE
adv. with a heavy, awkward step …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 1. a thin, semi-liquid mass; a fall, esp. of a semi-liquid mass; the sound made by such a fall …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 2. a large, clumsy foot …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 3. a lout, an awkward, clumsy fellow; a person of untidy habits, esp. a woman …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 1. to walk clumsily, dragging the feet along the ground; to walk with the toes much turned out …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 2. to throw down or pour out in a mass; to fall flat, esp. in mud or soft soil …Bk1904 Sc.
• SKLY
n. a slide; a place where one slides; a sliding motion …1824 Sc. obs.
vb. to slide …1802 Sc. obs.
• SKLYTE
n. 1. a thin, semi-liquid mass; a heavy fall; the sharp sound made by such a fall …BK1904 Sc.
n. 2. a clumsy, untidy fellow …1804 Sc.
n. 3. a worn-out shoe; a large, clumsy foot …1804 Sc.
vb. to throw down or pour out with force so as to produce a sharp sound; to fall heavily …Bk1904 Sc.
• SKOAL
n. a health in drinking; a toast …1600
vb. to drink healths; to drink deeply …a1598 Sc. obs.
• SKOB
n. a desk; an oaken chest; a dark cupboard or hole …1790 Eng. dial.
• SKODGERY
n. drudgery …1875 Sc.
• SKOLARD
n. one who can read and write …1888 Ireland
• SKOLE
n. 1. the drinking of healths; a toast …1629 Sc.
n. 2. rubbish …1884 Eng. dial. obs.
• SKOLLIE; SKOLLY
n. a street thug; a hoodlum; usually a member of a gang …1930s S. Afr. sl.
• SKOMFISH
vb. to suffocate, to stifle, to choke; to stop the breath from want of air, from smoke, heat, stench, or the like; to affect or overpower from any of these causes …1766 Sc.
• SKON
n. a blow with the flat of the hand, or with any flat surface …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 1. to beat, esp. with the flat of the hand or some flat surface; to inflict punishment …1873 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to crush flat …Bk1904 Sc.
• SKONCE
vb. to shelter, to protect, to screen …1724 Sc. obs.
• SKONCE AWAY
vb. to ward or fend off …a1779 Sc. obs.
• SKOOCHIE
n. 1. a disgusting, promiscuous woman …1990s African-American & students’ sl.
n. 2. a lesbian …1990s African-American & students’ sl., derogatory
• SKOODER
vb. 1. to burn, to scorch, to singe …1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to cause to fall quickly; to take great effect upon …1875 Eng. dial.
• SKOODLE
vb. to squat or crouch down …1916 Amer. dial.
• SKOOFER
n. a marijuana cigarette …1970s African-American & drug culture sl.
• SKOOFUS
n. a marijuana cigarette …1970s African-American & drug culture sl.
• SKOOK
adv. in a hidden manner, secretly, furtively, with a gloomy, scowling mien …1866 Sc.
n. 1. a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a sour, gloomy aspect …c1715 Sc.
n. 2. a skulking, cowardly fellow; a sneak; one with a hangdog look …1882 Sc.
n. 3. shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance …1866 Sc.
vb. 1. to scowl, to look from under the eyebrows balefully or furtively …c1715 Sc.
vb. 2. to look angry, sulky, or furtive; to go about in a secret, guilty manner …1845 Sc.
• SKOOKUM
adj. 1. strong, big, powerful; good, fine, satisfactory …1894 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a prison; often preceded by ‘strong’ …L19 Can.
n. 2. a ghost, a demon, a spirit …1900 Amer. dial.
• SKOOKUM CHUCK
n. a turbulent channel of water, as a rapids in a river, or a tidal channel, falls …1854 Amer. dial.
• SKOOKUM HOUSE
n. a jail …1885 Amer. dial.
• SKOOT
n. a term of contempt applied to both men and women; a braggadocia …1822 Sc.
• SKOOTHER
vb. to stoop; to go along crouchingly; to elude observation; to scuttle …1889 Eng. dial.
• SKOP
n. 1. a smart blow …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a kick …1920s S. Afr. sl.
n. 3. a good time; a dance; a party …1960s S. Afr. sl.
n. 4. a thrill; a kick from a drink or drug …1980s S. Afr. sl.
vb. 1. to hit, to beat, to strike; to fell to the ground …1881 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. throw stones, etc., so as to injure …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 3 to enjoy oneself; to party …1960s S. Afr. sl.
vb. 4 to kick somebody or something …1960s S. Afr. sl.
• SKOPERIL
n. a lively, restless person or animal; an active, agile child; a young rascal …1874 Eng. dial.
• SKOPLOTCH
n. a mayfly …1950 Amer. dial.
• SKOP IT
vb. to die …1960s S. Afr. sl.
• SKOPPERDIDDLE
n. a spinning-top; a teetotum, esp. one made with a disc of a button …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKORKING
n. sexual intercourse …2000s US sl.
• SKORRICK
n. a fragment; the least particle …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKORRIE; SKORY
n. the young of any kind of gull …1805 Sc.
• SKOSH
n. a little bit …1940s orig. US military usage
• SKOUPER
n. a light, unsettled person …1706 Sc.
• SKOUR
n. a shower; a sudden gust of wind accompanied by rain …1895 Sc.
• SKOUR-DA-BOGGIE
n. the youngest child of a family …Bk1898 Sc.
• SKOUVER
n. confusion, scurry, disturbance …1860 Eng. dial.
• SKOYL
n. a squeal …1820 Sc.
vb. to squeal …1879 Sc. obs.
• SKRAE
adj. spare, meagre, lean …1846 Sc.
n. 1. a thin, skinny person or animal; anything thin and shrivelled; a skeleton …1802 Sc.
n. 2. a crowd, multitude, swarm …1899 Sc.
• SKRAE-SHANKIT
adj. having long, slender legs …1822 Sc.
• SKRAFFLE
vb. 1. to struggle; to force one’s way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to quarrel, to wrangle, to dispute …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKRAGGY
adj. 1. rawboned, strong …1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. shaggy …1851 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. spare, small, thin …1856 Eng. dial.
• SKRAN
n. food, provisions, victuals, esp. inferior or scrappy food …1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKRANK
adj. lank, lean, ill-formed, slender …1846 Sc.
• SKRANKY
adj. 1. empty …1800 Sc. obs.
adj. 2. lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled …1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKRANKY-LOOKING
adj. thin, scraggy in appearance …1891 Sc.
• SKRANSH
vb. to crush or grind with a sharp, grating noise; to grind between the teeth; to crunch, to eat noisily …1777 Eng. dial.
• SKRAT
vb. to scratch; to make a scratching noise …1836 Sc.
• SKRATCH
n. the devil …1856 Amer. dial.
• SKREAK
vb. 1. to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate …1843 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to shriek, to screech, to scream …1860 Amer. dial.
• SKREAKY
adj. squeaky, creaky …1885 Amer. dial.
• SKREEK
n. 1.a shriek …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a harsh, grating noise …1893 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to shriek, to screech, to scream …1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate …1843 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SKREEKY
adj. squeaky, creaky …1885 Amer. dial.
• SKREEL
n. a shriek, a scream …1894 Eng. dial.
vb. to cry, to shriek, to squeal …1890 Eng. dial.
• SKREENGER
n. 1. a person of energetic character; esp. used in a bad sense …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 2. anything large of its kind …Bk1904 Sc.
• SKREGGINS
n. small apples left on the tree after the ingathering of the crop …1851 Eng. dial.
• SKREID
vb. to swarm; to be covered with vermin …1898 Sc.
• SKREIGH
n. 1. a shriek or screech; a loud shrill cry or scream …1549 Sc.
n. 2. the break of day, dawn …1802 Sc.
n. 3. whisky …1813 Sc. sl.
vb. to screech or shriek; to utter a loud shrill cry; to make a screeching noise …1715 Sc.
• SKREIGH OF DAWN
n. the break of day, cock-crow …1893 Sc.
• SKRENT
vb. to burn; to scorch; to singe …1825 Eng. dial.
• SKRID
n. a small piece, a scrap, a bit; a lump …1860 Amer. dial.
• SKRIDDICK
n. an atom, a particle; the smallest coin …1889 Eng. dial.
• SKRIEK
n. a shriek, a scream …1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SKRIEKY
adj. squeaky, creaky …1885 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SKRIEVE
vb. 1789 Sc. – to move or glide swiftly along
• SKRIEVER
n. 1. Bk1904 Sc. – a clever fellow, one who gets through is work expeditiously
n. 2. Bk1904 Sc. – an inferior writer; a mean scribe
• SKRIFF
n. Bk1904 Sc. – anything inferior or valueless; the dregs of society
• SKRIGGLE
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. – a quick motion caused by tickling, a wriggle
vb. 1896 Eng. dial. – to wriggle about; to struggle violently
• SKRIK
n. L19 S. Afr. – a fright; a tremor of fear
vb. L19 S. Afr. – to be terrified
• SKRIM
vb. 1. 1375 Sc. – to skirmish; to dart
vb. 2. 1889 Sc. – to strike; to beat vigorously
vb. 3. Bk1904 Sc. – to bustle about; to work with energy and success; to conduct a vigorous search for anything
vb. 4. Bk1904 Eng. dial. – to cramp; to benumb
vb. 5. Bk1904 Sc. – to move quickly, to scud along
vb. 6. Bk1904 Sc. – to squeeze; to crush; to rub vigorously
• SKRIME
vb. 1889 Sc. – to see an object dimly or from afar; to peer
• SKRIMMISH
n. a skirmish …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKRIMPY
adj. scarce; scanty …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKRINGE
vb. 1. to cringe, to flinch, to wince …1804 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to creak; to make a grinding, grating sound; to crackle, as ice when it gives to the tread …1853 Ireland
• SKRINK
vb. to wrinkle, to screw up; to peer with screwed-up, half-closed eyes …1897 Eng. dial.
• SKRINSH
n. a morsel; the smallest possible portion …1894 Eng. dial.
• SKRINT
vb. to burn; to scorch; to singe …1825 Eng. dial.
• SKROCK HEN
n. a setting hen …1937 Amer. dial.
• SKROOFUS
n. a marijuana cigarette …1970s African-American & drug culture sl.
• SKROOK
n. a setting hen …1983 Amer. dial.
• SKROOTCH
vb. 1. to contract, to squeeze, to draw up (esp. a part of the body) …1851 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) …1860 Amer. dial.
• SKROUD
vb. to crowd …1789 Amer. dial.
• SKROUGE
vb. to crowd, to push against; to force into, out of, etc. a crowded space …1789 Amer. dial.
• SKRUFER
n. a marijuana cigarette …1970s African-American & drug culture sl.
• SKRUGEE
adj. 1. fine, correct, as it should be, all right …1905 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. twisted, askew, diagonal …1905 Amer. dial.
• SKRUM
adj. of food: enjoyable, delicious …L19 sl.
• SKRUTCH
vb. to crouch, to cringe, to draw oneself in; to shrink (back, down, etc.) …1860 Amer. dial.
• SKUDGY
n. a boy or girl who cleans boots, or does the dirty work of the kitchen; a drudge …1820 Sc.
• SKUFFLE
n. any kind of fast, energetic, frenzied dancing …1920s African-American sl.
• SKULCH
n. refuse, rubbish, junk, trash, worthless stuff …1900 Amer. dial.
• SKULHEEG
n. a deadfall trap …1914 Amer. dial.
• SKULK
n. 1. a number, company, or gathering of person or animals given to skulking, as a ‘skulk of foxes’, a ‘skulk of heretics’ …c1450 obs.
n. 2. one who skulks or hides himself; a shirker …1847
• SKULKER
n. 1. the hare …a1300 obs.
n. 2. a soldier who, by feigned sickness or other pretenses, evades his duty; a sailor keeps below in time of danger …1785
• SKULKERY
n. the practice of skulking …c1400 obs.
• SKULL
n. 1. the crown or top of the head; the bare scalp …c1380 obs.
n. 2. a drinking bowl or drinking vessel …1513 obs. rare
n. 3. the head of an Oxford College or Hall …1721 sl. obs.
n. 4. a leader or chief; an expert …1880 US & Aust. sl.
n. 5. liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality …1965 Amer. dial.
vb. to hit someone on the head …1945 sl.
• SKULL BUST
n. liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality …c1970 Amer. dial.
• SKULL BUSTER
n. liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality …1965 Amer. dial.
• SKULL CRACKER
n. liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality …1985 Amer. dial.
• SKULL-JOB
n. the act of cunnilingus …M20 sl.
• SKULL ORCHARD
n. a cemetery …c1960 Amer. dial.
• SKULL SESSION
n. talk, conversation …1959 US sl.
• SKULL VARNISH
n. liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality …1952 Amer. dial.
• SKULLY
n. money …1966 Amer. dial.
• SKUM
vb. to remove a floating layer from a liquid; to skim …1909 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK
n. 1. an unpleasant or despicable person; a vile or good-for-nothing fellow …1841 sl.
n. 2. marijuana …Bk1998 drug culture sl.
vb. 1. to utterly defeat; to outdo decisively; to vanquish completely; to overcome …1843 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to fail to pay …1851 US sl.
vb. 3. to swindle, to cheat …1890 sl.
• SKUNK BEAR
n. the wolverine …1876 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK-BIT
adj. stinking drunk …1958 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK CITY
n. a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place …1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK-DRUNK
adj. thoroughly drunk …1939 Amer. dial.
• SKUNKED
adj. 1. utterly defeated …1843 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. thoroughly drunk …1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK HOLLOW
n. a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place …1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNKISH
adj. resembling a skunk; contemptible …1839
• SKUNKLET
n. a young skunk …1894
• SKUNK ROAD
n. 1. a less important road running back from a main road; a side road …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a name for the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live …1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK’S MISERY
n. a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place …1847 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK’S NECK
n. a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place …1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNKTOWN
n. a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place …1875 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK VALLEY
n. a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place …1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNKY
adj. 1. befitting a skunk; nasty …1897
adj. 2. thoroughly drunk …1965 Amer. dial.
• SKURR
n. a sound of a grating, rasping, or whirring character …c1870
• SKUT
n. a contemptible person …1873 sl.
• SKUTCH DOWN
vb. to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space …1931 Amer. dial.
• SKUTIE
n. a wooden drinking vessel …1824 Sc.
• SKUTTYWUCK
n. an attractive girl …Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• SKWEE-GEED
adj. twisted, askew, diagonal …1896 Amer. dial.
• SKWEE-WAB
adj. twisted, askew, crooked …1916 Amer. dial.
• SKWUZZY
adj. 1. used as a term of approbation or compliment …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKWY
adv. askew …1892 Amer. dial.
• SKWYWISE
adv. askew …1892 Amer. dial.
• SKY
n. 1. a cloud …c1220 obs.
n. 2. a disagreeable person; an enemy …1860 sl.
n. 3. a pocket …1890 rhyming sl., (Sky-Rocket)
n. 4. whisky …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to throw or toss up a coin …1802 sl.
vb. 2. to run swiftly …1837
vb. 3. in cricket: to strike a ball into the air …1873
vb. 4. to travel in an airplane …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKY BEAR
n. 1. a police helicopter …1975 Amer. sl.
n. 2. an officer in a police helicopter …1975 Amer. sl.
• SKY-BLOTCH
n. the dark outline of a building against the evening sky …1879
• SKY BLUE
n. hopscotch; also, the area at the top of a hopscotch diagram …1957 Amer. dial.
• SKY-BOTTLIN
adj. crooked, lopsided, irregular …1995 Amer. dial.
adv. obliquely, askew …1995 Amer. dial.
• SKYBUGGING
n. scanning the sky aimlessly while riding a horse; also, not paying attention …1982 Amer. dial.
• SKYBUST
vb. to shoot at game birds that are out of effective range; to expend ammunition; to shoot at a bird ineffectually …1967 Amer. dial.
• SKY-CLAD
adj. undressed; nude …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKY CONE
n. a church steeple …1969 Amer. dial.
• SKY-FIRE
n. that in the body of the sun, and other heavenly lights …1710 obs.
• SKY-FLYER
n. an ambitious person …1887
• SKY-GODLIN
adj. crooked, lopsided, irregular …1869 Amer. dial.
adv. obliquely, askew …1869 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GOG
adj. crooked, lopsided, irregular …1916 Amer. dial.
adv. obliquely, askew …1916 Amer. dial.
• SKY-GOGGLIN
adj. crooked, lopsided, irregular …1953 Amer. dial.
adv. obliquely, askew …1953 Amer. dial.
• SKY-HOOK
n. an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1939 Amer. dial.
• SKY HOOKER
n. a man who tends chain on the decks of a logging train …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKYHOOT
vb. to go fast or quickly; to depart hurriedly; to scoot; to skyrocket ..1900 Amer. dial.
• SKY-JACK
n. an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
• SKY JUICE
n. rain; water …1941 Amer. dial.
• SKY-LARKING
n. any kind of rough play …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SKYLE
n. the sound of waves breaking upon the shore; a hurricane, a scattering wind or storm …1790 Sc.
vb. 1. to dismiss, to disperse a gathering of people …1681 Sc.
vb. 2. of a meeting, congregation, etc. of people: to disperse, to separate …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKYMAN
n. a paratrooper …1952 journalistic sl.
• SKY-MARK
n. a thing standing out against the sky …1856 nonce use
• SKY-ORGAN
n. the wind …1837 nonce use
• SKY PARLOR
n. a room, esp. a habitable one, on the top floor of a house directly beneath the roof; an attic …1832 Amer. dial.
• SKY PIECE
n. a hat, cap, or bonnet; a hairpiece …1898 Amer. dial.
• SKY PILOT
n. a military or naval chaplain, a clergyman, a preacher …1883 sl.
• SKY-ROCKET
n. 1. an enthusiastic cheer, raised especially by college students …1867 US sl.
n. 2. a pocket …1879 rhyming sl.
• SKY-ROD
n. an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
• SKY-SETTING
n. sunset …1731 Sc. obs.
• SKY-STONE
n. a meteorite …1797
• SKYUSE
n. a range horse; an Indian pony …1843 Amer. dial.
• SKYVE
vb. to shirk one’s duty or avoid work …1919 sl., orig. services’ usage
• SKYVER
n. a lazy person; a shirker …1941 sl., orig. services’ usage
• SKY-WADDLIN
adj. crooked, lopsided, irregular …1953 Amer. dial.
adv. obliquely, askew …1953 Amer. dial.
• SKY-WAMPUS
adj. askew, crooked …1953 Amer. dial.
• SKY WEST AND CROOKED
adj. 1. helpless, senseless …1905 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. disorderly; in confusion …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adv. into confusion, askew …1931 Amer. dial.
• SKY WESTERN CROOKED
adj. 1. helpless, senseless …1909 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. disorderly; in confusion …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKY-WINDING
adv. into turbulent motion; cockeyed, askew …c1910 Amer. dial.
• SKY-WISE AND CROOKED
adj. dumbfounded, extremely startling …1915 Amer. dial.
• SKY-WRENCH
n. an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke …1965 Amer. dial.
• SKY WRITER
n. a clergyman, a preacher …1965 Amer. dial.
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