Dictionary: SM – SMZ

► SMACK adj. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
adv. 1. exactly, completely, entirely → 1828
adv. 2. suddenly → 1840 Amer. sl.
adv. 3. at once, immediately → 1892 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a taste or flavour; the distinctive or peculiar taste of something → 1000 
n. 2. scent, odour, smell → 1000 obs. 
n. 3. delight or enjoyment; inclination; relish → 1340 obs. 
n. 4. a slight or superficial knowledge; a smattering → 1551 obs. 
n. 5. a loud kiss → 1604
n. 6. a small quantity of a liquor; a mouthful → 1693 
n. 7. the crack of a whip, lash, etc. → 1781 
n. 8. a sounding blow delivered with the flat of the hand; a slap → 1775
n. 9. a powerful hit with a cricket bat → 1875 
n. 10. food, esp. when taken between regular meals; a snack → 1941 Amer. dial.
n. 11. a narcotic drug → 1942 sl., orig. US
n. 12. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 13. sexual intercourse → 1950 African-American sl.
n. 14. heroin → 1942 sl., orig. US
n. 15. flirtatious talk; nonsense talk → 1960 African-American sl.
vb. 1. to experience; to suspect → 1340 obs. 
vb. 2. to taste or savour of something; to have a taste of flavour → 1398 
vb. 3. to kiss noisily or loudly → 1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
vb. 4. to have a try at something → 1657 obs. 
vb. 5. to crack a whip, thong, etc. → 1699 
vb. 6. to hit a ball vigorously with a cricket bat → 1882 
vb. 7. to sniff heroin → 1940 African-American sl.
► SMACK-BOTTOM n. a smack on the bottom given in chastisement → 1970
► SMACK CALFSKIN vb. to swear on the Bible → 1785 sl. obs.
► SMACK DAB adv. 1. exactly, directly, with a smack → 1892 colloq. orig. US
adv. 2. suddenly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMACKDOWN n. 1. a decisive or humiliating defeat or setback; an instance of repression or severe treatment → 1990 orig. & chiefly US 
n. 2. a bitter contest or confrontation; an aggressive interrogation; a dispute → 1999 orig. & chiefly US
vb. (usually as ‘smack down’) to strike hard, esp. on the face → 1880 African-American sl.
► SMACKER n. 1. taste, savour → 1549 obs.
n. 2. a person who kisses loudly → 1611 
n. 3. one who takes a taste → 1648
n. 4. a loud kiss → 1775
n. 5. a dollar → 1920 US sl.
n. 6. a pound → 1924 Brit. sl.
n. 7. a belly-flop → 1966 Amer. dial. 
vb. to kiss → 1598 obs.
► SMACKERING n. 1. a slight or superficial knowledge in or of a subject; a smattering → 1579 obs.
n. 2. an inclination towards or hankering after or for a person or thing → 1586 obs.
n. 3. a kiss → 1598 obs.
► SMACKEROO n. 1. a dollar → 1940 US sl.
n. 2. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. a blow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. a pound → 1961 Brit. sl.
► SMACKHEAD n. a heroin addict → 1967 sl., orig. US 
► SMACKING adj. 1. of a breeze: blowing strongly or vigorously → 1820
adj. 2. unusually large or fine → 1888 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. kissing, or the sound made by it → 1628 
n. 2. a tasting; a taste → 1648 
► SMACKING GOOD adj. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMACKINGLY adv. speedily, smartly → 1843 sl.
► A SMACK IN THE EYE n. a sharp rebuff; a setback → 1941 colloq.
► SMACKLY adv. with a loud kiss → 1582 obs.
► SMACK-MADAM n. a loud or vigorous kiss → 1969 Amer. dial. 
► SMACKO adj. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
adv. suddenly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. a street person; an unemployed person; a hoodlum → 1940 African-American sl.
► SMACK OF THE GOB n. a kiss → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SMACK-SMOOTH adj. flat; completely smooth; level or even with the ground or surface → 1755 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adv. 1. smoothly, without any impediment or obstruction; quietly, pleasantly → 1802 Eng. dial.
adv. 2. in a reckless or random manner, regardless of consequences → 1847 Eng. dial.
► SMACK TALK n. ostentatiously boastful or insulting banter, often used to humiliate or intimidate an opponent; trash talk → 1989 colloq., orig. & chiefly US 
► SMACK-TALKING adj. engaging in boastful or insulting banter → 1990 US colloq. 
n. (as ‘smack talking’) an engaging in boastful or insulting banter → 1990 US colloq. 
► SMACK WEED n. pot cured in heroin → 1998 drug culture sl. (Bk.)
► SMAD vb. to cover with dirt or grime; to stain, to discolour → 1525 Sc.
► SMAHAN n. a drop to drink; a taste → 1914 Irish
► SMAIK n. a low, mean, or contemptible fellow; a rascal, a rogue; a disreputable or worthless person; a villain → 1513 Sc. arch.
► SMAIKRY n. mean or contemptible conduct; roguery, trickery → 1573 Sc. obs.
► SMAKE vb. 1. to perceive by scent or smell → 1220 obs. 
vb. 2. to smell, to give out a sweet smell or odour → 1315 obs. 
vb. 3. to taste, to taste of → 1315 obs. 
► SMALL adj. 1. graceful → 1275 obs. 
adj. 2. simple, plain: said of language → 1325 obs. 
adj. 3. of low alcoholic strength: said of ale, wine, etc. → 1420
adj. 4. light, slight, gentle: said of a wind → 1542 
adj. 5. consisting of young children: said of a family → 1700 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 6. low, shallow: said of a river, water, etc. → 1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adv. 1. quietly, gently; in a small or low voice → 1000
adv. 2. to a small extent or degree; slightly → 1300 obs. 
adv. 3. slyly; wantonly → 1450 obs. 
n. 1. a smack, a slap; a blow, a stroke → 1000 obs.
n. 2. a small measure of a beverage, esp. of spirits → 1695
► THE SMALL n. 1. persons or animals of small size or stature; little ones, children → 1300
n. 2. the slender part of the leg between the ankle and the calf → 1450 
► SMALL APPLES adj. of little consequence; unimpressive → 1887 US sl. 
► SMALL-BACK n. death, imagined as a skeleton → 1823
► SMALL BEER adj. insignificant; trivial; worthless → 1637
n. 1. beer of a weak, poor, or inferior quality → 1498 
n. 2. trifling matters, trivial occupations, small things; matters or persons of little or no consequence or importance; trifles → 1710
► SMALL-BEER CHRONICLE n. a narrative of trivial, usually domestic, events → 1801 
► SMALL-BORE adj. trivial; unimportant → 1900 US colloq. 
► SMALL CATTLE n. orig., livestock smaller in size then oxen, such as calves or sheep; later, bovine animals of a small breed → 1535 
► SMALL-CHANGE adj. insignificant; trivial; worthless → 1890
► SMALL CHOP n. small items of food → 1963 W. Afr. 
► SMALL CLOTHES n. 1. small items of clothing; underclothes → 1625
n. 2. breeches; knee breeches → 1770 
n. 3. a person who wears breeches → 1825 obs.
► SMALL COAL n. charcoal → 1591 obs. 
► SMALL COAL MAN n. 1. orig. a man who supplied small coal (coal that is small in size or fine or powdered coal); later, a retailer of coal on a small scale → 1643 
n. 2. a clergyman → 1673 cant. obs. 
► SMALL COIN n. coins of low value collectively → 1606 
► SMALL DARBY n. a glass of whisky → 1892 Irish sl.
► SMALL DRINK adj. trivial, of no consequence → 1656 obs.
n. beer, ale, etc., of a poor, weak, or inferior quality → 1525 obs. 
► SMALLER n. a small glass of neat spirits; also used in an ironic sense for an ordinary-sized or large glass of liquor → 1829 colloq., obs. 
► SMALLEST ROOM n. the lavatory of a particular building → 1930 colloq. 
► SMALL FIGURES n. Arabic numerals → 1652 obs. 
► SMALL FISH n. a person or thing of relatively small importance or significance → 1836 colloq.
► SMALL FISH IN A BIG POND n. a person or thing regarded as comparatively insignificant, or whose influence is diminished within the context of a large group or more populous environment → 1904 colloq. 
► SMALL FOLK n. fairies → 1785 
► A  SMALL FORTUNE n. a large amount of money → 1874 sl.
► SMALL FRY adj. minor, unimportant → 1828 
n. 1. small or insignificant things → 1647 
n. 2. young or unimportant persons → 1652 
► SMALL-GANG vb. to attack a person together; to mob → 1851 sl.
► SMALL GIRL n. 1. a mistress; a paramour; a prostitute → 1671 obs. 
n. 2. a female child below the age of puberty but typically above infancy → 1734 
► SMALL-GUT MAN n. a fencer who can pierce the small guts → 1640 obs.
► SMALL HALF n. one’s wife → 1965 Amer. sl.
► SMALL HAND n. cursive handwriting of small size, as opposed to large legal script → 1513 
► SMALL HELP n. children employed to work in factories, etc. → 1903
► SMALLIE n. 1. a person or animal of small size or stature; also, a child → 1849 colloq. 
n. 2. an unimportant or insignificant person → 1930 colloq., orig. US 
► SMALL-KNOWING adj. knowing or understanding little → 1598 
► THE SMALL MAN n. a typical small-scale proprietor of land or or a business → 1800 
► SMALL MEAT n. meat other than beef or poultry → 1662
► SMALL MULE n. a hare → 1917 Amer. dial. 
► SMALLNESS n. 1. slimness; slenderness → 1387 obs. 
n. 2. weakness; lack of vigour or strength → 1425 
► SMALL NUT n. a hazelnut → 1450 obs. 
► THE SMALL OF THE ARM n. the narrow part of the forearm, above the wrist → 1544
► SMALL PEOPLE n. 1. fairies → 1696 Eng. dial. 
n. 2. children → 1829 
► SMALL PIPE n. an alto saxophone → 1940 African-American sl.
► SMALL-POCK(S) n. smallpox → 1510 arch. 
► SMALL-POTATO adj. insignificant; trivial; worthless → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMALL POTATOES n. applied to persons or things, and signifying petty, mean, or contemptible → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SMALL ROOM n. a lavatory → 1858 colloq.
► SMALLS n. 1. breeches, trousers → 1795
n. 2. underwear, esp. knickers or underpants → 1934
n. 3. lower-case letters → 1834
n. 4. products of lesser size than the usual or average → 1863
n. 5. small kinds of bread; fancy bread, rolls, etc. → 1890 
► SMALL SALAD n. plants whose leaves, when young, are used in salad → 1693 
► SMALL SALADING n. plants whose leaves, when young, are used in salad → 1710
► SMALL-TALKABLE adj. capable of being engaged in small talk → 1859 obs. 
► SMALL TICKET n. a dishonourable discharge from the Navy → 1909 US Navy sl.
► SMALL TIMBER n. lucifer matches → 20C sl.
► SMALL-TIME adj. insignificant; trivial; worthless; second-rate, unimportant → 1915 
► SMALL-TIMER n. 1. a small-time theatre → 1910
n. 2. a small-time operator; an insignificant person → 1914 
► SMALL-TOWN adj. insignificant; trivial; worthless → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMALLUM adv. in small pieces or quantities; minutely → 1000 obs. 
► SMALLUMS n. small quantities → 1828 Eng. dial. obs. 
► SMALL-WARE adj. designating a thing considered lowly, insignificant, or trivial → 1673 obs. 
► SMALL WARES n. kitchen utensils; any small manufactured items → 1815 chiefly US 
► SMALLY adj. 1. of liquor: weak, thin → 1577 obs.
adj. 2. of a person or animal: small and slight; puny, weakly → 1764 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
adv. sparsely, scantily; by a small number → 1513 
► SMALL YEARS n. the years of early childhood → 1860 chiefly US
► SMALMY adj. insincere in manner; ingratiating → 1924 sl.
► SMARAGD n. an emerald; a precious stone of a bright green colour → 1300
► SMARAGDINE adj. of an emerald green → 1591
► SMARAGDUS n. an emerald; a precious stone of a bright green colour → 1382
► SMARALD n. an emerald; a smaragd → 1599 obs.
► SMARM n. fulsome flattery; flattering or toadying behaviour → 1937 colloq. 
vb. 1. to smear, to bedaub → 1847 Eng. dial. 
vb. 2. to treat in a wheedling, flattering way → 1902 
vb. 3. to behave in a fulsomely flattering or toadying manner; to suck up to a person → 1911 
► SMARMY adj. 1. smooth and sleek → 1909 colloq. 
adj. 2. in the manner of a sycophant; insincere in manner; ingratiating, obsequious; smug → 1924 colloq. 
n. a smarmy person; a sycophant; a toady → 1957
► SMART adj. 1. of a blow, stroke, etc.: sufficiently hard or severe to cause pain; sharp, stinging → 1200 
adj. 2. of an event, time, etc.: dreadful, dire; difficult; testing → 1200 obs. 
adj. 3. of pain, sorrow, etc.: sharp, keen, painful, severe → 1300 
adj. 4. of words: sharp, severe; cutting, acrimonious → 1330 
adj. 5. of a substance (esp. alcoholic drink) or its taste: pungent, acrid; invigorating the palate → 1372
adj. 6. quick in action or response; lively, active; prompt → 1380 
adj. 7. of a battle, attack, etc.: fierce, violent; esp. vigorous and quick → 1400
adj. 8. of a sound: short and sharp; abrupt and loud → 1400 
adj. 9. forward, impudent; cheeky, pert → 1400 colloq. 
adj. 10. clever, intelligent, knowledgeable → 1571 
adj. 11. alert, energetic; having a brisk and orderly bearing → 1602 
adj. 12. distinct, sharp, clearly outlined → 1644 obs. 
adj. 13. of a person: sharp in criticism or comment upon another → 1665 obs. 
adj. 14. of a hill: relatively steep → 1670
adj. 15. of an item of clothing: attractively neat and stylish; relatively formal → 1704
adj. 16. fashionable, elegant, sophisticated; associated with fashionable or high society → 1719 
adj. 17. of a horse or dog: fast; quick → 1760 chiefly horse racing; later also greyhound racing 
adj. 18. of a person: neatly or formally dressed; stylish; tidy → 1778 
adj. 19. healthy, spry → 1788 Amer. dial.
adj. 20. substantial; large; considerable in number, amount, etc. → 1758 Amer. dial.
adj. 21. energetic and effective in working; industrious, diligent → 1859 Amer. dial. esp. African-American
adj. 22. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. sharp physical pain, esp. such as is caused by a blow, sting, etc., or by a wound → 1225 
n. 2. mental pain or suffering; grief; sorrow, affliction → 1400 
n. 3. a person who affects smartness in dress, manners, or speech → 1709 often derogatory 
n. 4. a large amount → 1846 Amer. dial. 
n. 5. intelligence  → 1967 colloq.
vb. 1. to be a source of sharp pain; to sting; to hurt → 1000 
vb. 2. of words, an action, etc.: to cause mental pain or anguish; to be hurtful → 1400 
vb. 3. to atone for an offence by suffering → 1425 obs. rare 
► THE SMART n. those who are neat, clever, witty, etc.; smart people or things as a class → 1831 
► SMART ALEC ► SMART ALECK ► SMART ALICK ► SMART ELICK
n. a person who is, or wishes to seem clever and knowing, but is regarded as annoyingly smug or obnoxious; a know-all → 1864 colloq., orig. US 
► SMART-ALECKISM n. ostentatious or smug cleverness → 1886 colloq., orig. US 
► SMART-ALECKRY n. ostentatious or smug cleverness → 1918 colloq., orig. US 
► SMART-ALECKY adj. ostentatiously or smugly clever → 1889 colloq., orig. US 
► SMART APPLE n. 1. a person who is or wishes to appear clever or knowledgeable, but is regarded as smug and annoying; a smart alec → 1940 US colloq. 
n. 2. a shrewd or intelligent person; a smart cookie → 1946 US colloq.
► SMART-ARSE adj. smugly clever → 1960 sl.
n. a smugly clever person who is regarded as annoying → 1965 sl.
vb. to speak or behave in an ostentatiously or smugly clever manner → 1982 sl.
► SMART-ARSED adj. smugly clever → 1960 sl.
► SMART AS A CARROT HALF-SCRAPED adj. to be gaily dressed → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SMART AS A NEW PIN adj. 1. first-class → 1893 sl.
adj. 2. very smartly dressed → 1893 UK
► SMART AS A STEEL-TRAP adj. extremely bright and clever; very sharp and shrewd; intellectually alert, quick-witted → 1821 Amer. dial.
► SMART AS A WHIP adj. very sharp or lively; extremely intelligent or clever → 1821 colloq., chiefly US
► SMART-ASS adj. smugly clever → 1951 sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. someone smugly clever → 1958 sl., orig. & chiefly US
vb. to behave in a smugly clever way towards → 1965 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► SMART-ASSED adj. smugly clever → 1957 sl., orig. & chiefly US 
► SMART-BUTT n. a person who is disliked because he thinks he knows everything → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SMARTFUL adj. 1. painful; distressing → 1556
adj. 2. stinging, irritating → 1839 
► SMARTHEAD n. severity; harshness → 1400 obs.
► SMARTIE-BOOTS n. a know-all → 1962 sl.
► SMART IKE n. a mean or disagreeable person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SMARTISH adj. considerable in amount, degree, etc. → 1799 chiefly Eng. dial. 
adv. quite quickly; somewhat smartly → 1770 
► SMARTISM n. smartness of speech; wittiness; a smart or witty saying → 1830
► SMARTLE vb. to waste away → 1673 Eng. dial. obs.
► SMARTLESS adj. free from pain or irritation → 1593
► SMART MOB n. a large group of people organized by means of mobile phones or other wireless devices who assemble together or act collectively, typically for political purposes → 2002 
► SMART MOUTH n. 1. belligerent, loud talk; disagreeable talk → 1930 African-American sl.
n. 2. an impudent or cheeky person; a person who makes witty comments at another’s expense → 1966 US sl. 
 (verbs as ‘smart-mouth’)
vb. 1. to be cheeky to someone or be witty at their expense → 1970 US sl.
vb. 2. to talk insolently to → 1976 US sl.
► SMART-MOUTHED adj. characterized by impudence or wit → 1967 US sl. 
► SMARTNESS n. 1. sharp discipline; severity or sharpness of something → 1340
n. 2. bitterness; sharpness of taste → 1425 obs. 
n. 3. pain, smarting; irritation → 1425
n. 4. vigour, force; speed, briskness; liveliness, activity, alertness → 1644 
n. 5. tidiness or fashionableness in dress or appearance → 1741 
n. 6. intelligence, cleverness; astuteness, shrewdness → 1800 
n. 7. competence, diligence → 1859 Amer. dial., esp. African-American
► SMART OFF vb. to talk to or answer someone in an impertinent or rude manner → 1902 orig. & chiefly US
► SMARTS n. loss, damage; adversity → 1552 obs. 
► THE SMARTS n. intelligence; cleverness, acumen’ wits → 1964 colloq., orig. & chiefly US 
► SMART SET n. the extremely fashionable portion of society → 1851 colloq. 
► SMART STUFF n. tricky, underhanded activity → 1940 African-American sl.
► SMART TALK n. 1. clever, witty, or persuasive talk, esp. of an insincere nature → 1731
n. 2. impertinent or rude remarks or replies; back-chat → 1826 
 (verbs as ‘smart-talk)
vb. 1. to engage in clever, witty or persuasive conversation, esp. of an insincere nature → 1930 
vb. 2. to talk to or answer in an impertinent or rude way → 1936 
► SMART UP vb. 1. to make smart or spruce; to improve in appearance or style → 1780 colloq. 
vb. 2. to become more shrewd, wise, intelligent, or aware; to wise up → 1888 orig. & chiefly US 
► SMARTY adj. clever, knowing, esp. ostentatiously or smugly so → 1850 
n. a person who is smart or witty, or who would like to be thought of as such; also, a smartly dressed person → 1847 colloq., orig. US 
► SMARTY-BOOTS adj. overly or obnoxiously clever → 1962 
n. an overly or obnoxiously clever person; a know-all → 1950 UK colloq. 
► SMARTY-PANTS adj. overly or obnoxiously clever → 1932 colloq., orig. US 
n. 1. an overly or obnoxiously clever person; a know-all → 1935 colloq., orig. US
n. 2. a boy who has begun to feel mature sexual desire → 1940 African-American sl.
► SMASH adj. important → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. a hard or heavy blow → 1725 Eng. dial. or colloq. 
n. 2. mashed turnips → 1785 sl., obs. 
n. 3. counterfeit coin → 1795 sl. 
n. 4. loose change → 1821 sl.
n. 5. in tennis: a hard and fast overhand volley → 1882 
n. 6. a crushing defeat or overthrow → 1888 
n. 7. a break-up of some kind; a revolution → 1890 
n. 8. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 9. an alcoholic drink; esp. applied to wine → 1959 Amer. sl.
n. 10. a great success; a film, person, play, song, etc., which enjoys popular success → 1923 
n. 11. a party, esp. a noisy and wild one → 1963 Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to kick down stairs → 1699 sl. obs.
vb. 2. to pass counterfeit money → 1801 cant 
vb. 4. to defeat utterly; to overcome, to overwhelm, to destroy → 1813 
vb. 4. to give change for a guinea, note, or other money → 1819 cant
vb. 5. to fail financially; to be ruined; to become bankrupt → 1839 colloq. 
vb. 6. to render bankrupt or insolvent → 1857 
vb. 7. in tennis: to strike the ball violently and swiftly in an overhand volley → 1882 
vb. 8. to kiss → 1986 Amer. dial. 
vb. 9. to have sex with → 2004 African-American sl.
► SMASH AND GRAB vb. to hurt or kill someone, then rob them → 1990 African-American sl.
► SMASHDOM n. a being financially smashed → 1859 
► SMASHED adj. 1. very drunk; intoxicated → 1962 sl.
adj. 2. in a drugged state → 1968 sl., orig. US
► SMASHER n. 1. anything uncommon, extraordinary, or unusual, esp. unusually large or excellent → 1794 sl. 
n. 2. a person who passes counterfeit coin or forged notes → 1795 sl. 
n. 3. a severe reply, article, review, etc. → 1828 colloq. 
n. 4. a bad or damaging fall; a heavy blow → 1829 colloq. 
n. 5. a counterfeit coin → 1851 sl.
n. 6. an excellent person → 1894 sl.
n. 7. a receiver of stolen property → 1929 sl.
n. 8. something heavy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 9. a sexually attractive person → 1948 sl., chiefly Brit.
► SMASHER HAT n. a slouched hat → 1891 
► SMASHEROO n. a great success → 1948 sl., orig. & chiefly US 
► SMASHERY n. a smashing or destruction → 1830 
► SMASH-FEEDER n. a silver spoon → 1839 sl. 
► SMASH HIT n. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMASHING adj. 1. counterfeit; forged → 1857
adj. 2. very good; pleasing; excellent; sensational → 1911 colloq. 
n. 1. producing counterfeit money → 1819 sl. 
n. 2. kissing or necking → 1965 US teen sl.
► SMASH-MOUTH n. passionate kissing → 1965 US colloq.
► SMASH MOUTHS vb. to kiss → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SMASH THE RECORD vb. to surpass all previous performances → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► SMATCH n. 1. taste, flavour; also, the sense of taste → 1200 
n. 2. a slight indication or suggestion of some quality, etc. → 1500 
n. 3. a slight touch of illness, pain, etc. → 1647 
n. 4. a slight knowledge, a smattering of something → 1571
vb. to have a flavour or taste → 1000 obs.
► SMATCHET n. a small, contemptible person; a mischievous, impudent, pert child; used as a term of contempt or dislike → 1582 Sc.
► SMATCHLESS adj. devoid of savour → 1225 obs.
► SMATHER vb. to smear, to slather → 1960 Amer. dial. 
► SMATTER n. 1. superficial knowledge → 1668 
n. 2. a small amount; a bit → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to dirty, to pollute, to defile, to smirch → 1386 obs. 
vb. 2. to talk ignorantly or superficially of something, to prate, to chatter → 1450 obs. 
vb. 3. to have a slight or superficial knowledge of; to dabble → 1530 
vb. 4. to splash, to splatter → 1893 US 
► SMATTERS n. scraps, trifles, fragments; small sums → 1766 Sc. 
► SMATTERY adj. superficial; of a smattering character → 1895 
n. superficial knowledge → 1892 
► SMAY vb. to shrink, to flinch; to feel disinclined, etc. → 1632 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
► SMAZE n. a mixture of smoke and haze → 1953 
► SMEAR n. 1. fat, grease, lard; ointment → 725 obs. 
n. 2. a ‘company’ of curriers → 1476 obs.
n. 3. a smeared or dirty condition → 1600 obs.
n. 4. a painter; a plasterer → 1725 obs. 
n. 5. butter → 1891 Amer. dial. 
n. 6. a slanderous or defamatory remark; an attempt to defame by slander → 1943 colloq., orig. US 
vb. 1. to prepare a dead body with unguents before burial → 950 obs. 
vb. 2. to attempt to discredit a reputation, etc. → 1549 colloq., orig. US 
vb. 3. to kill deliberately; to thrash → 1935 sl., chiefly Aust.
vb. 4. to destroy a place by bombing → 1935 sl.
vb. 5. to defeat by a wide margin → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMEAR CAMPAIGN n. a plan to discredit someone or something, or to destroy a reputation by means of smears → 1938 
► SMEARED adj. 1. of the sky: overcast → 1950 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. intoxicated with alcohol → M20 US sl.
adj. 3. drug-intoxicated → M20 US drug culture sl.
► SMEAR IN vb. of the weather: to become overcast → 1975 Amer. dial. 
► SMEARS n. LSD → 1998 drug culture sl. (Bk.)
► SMEAT adj. of gold: refined, pure → 725 obs. 
► SMECTIC adj. cleansing, abstersive, detergent → 1676
► SMEDDUM n. spirit, ‘go’, alertness of mind and vigour in action; energy → 1790 Sc. 
► SMEECH n. smoke, esp. foul-smelling or pungent smoke; dense or thick vapour; fine dust suspended in the air; also, a bad smell, a stink → 1000 now chiefly Eng. dial. 
vb. 1. to blacken, to make dirty → 1611 obs.
vb. 2. to produce foul-smelling smoke; to smoke; to turn black in the smoke of a fire → 1794 Eng. dial. 
► SMEECHER n. a person who makes something dirty or grimy → 1611 obs.
► SMEECHING n. a dirtying or begriming something → 1611 obs.
► SMEEK n. 1. smoke from burning or smouldering material → 1175 
n. 2. a strong or foul smell → 1425
vb. 1. to emit smoke; to smoke → 1000 
vb. 2. to scent a place with incense → 1382 obs. 
► SMEEKY adj. smoky, that produces smoke; filled with smoke; smelling of smoke → 1600 Sc. obs. 
► SMEERIKIN n. a hearty kiss; a stolen kiss → 1824 Sc. obs.
► SMEETH adj. smooth; free from roughness → 725 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
n. a level space → 1440 Eng. dial. 
vb. to make smooth → 1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
► SMEETHLY adv. smoothly → 1225 obs. 
► SMEETHNESS n. smoothness → 1000 obs. 
► SMEGHEAD n. a fool; a contemptible person → 1988 sl. 
► SMEGMATIC adj. cleansing; abstersive; detergent → 1656 obs. 
n. anything that cleanses → 1623 obs. 
► SMEIGH ​adj. clever, cunning → 1200 obs. 
► SMEIGHNESS n. wisdom, skill → 1200 obs. 
► SMEKE vb. to flatter, to fawn → 1440 obs.
► SMELLER n. 1. a garden → 1610 cant obs.
n. 2. one who has a smell; a stinker → 1627 
n. 3. one of the whiskers of a cat → 1665 
n. 4. the nose → 1699 sl.
n. 5. a blow on the nose → 1824 sl. 
n. 6. anything remarkable for exceptional violence, severity, strength, etc. → 1898 
n. 7. a prying fellow; a sneaking spy; one who tries to smell out something → 1899 sl. 
n. 8. a heavy fall → 1923 sl. 
► SMELLERS n. the nostrils → 1854 sl. 
► SMELL-FEAST adj. sponging, parasitic → 1566 
n. a person who scents out where feasting is to be had; one who comes uninvited to share in a feast; a parasite; a greedy sponger → 1519 arch. 
► SMELLFUNGUS n. a discontented person; a grumbler; a faultfinder → 1807
► SMELLING CHEAT n. 1. a garden or orchard → 1567 cant obs.
n. 2. the nose → 1573 cant obs.
n. 3. a nosegay → 1610 cant obs.
► SMELL LIKE A POLE-CAT’S ASS vb. to smell bad → 1928 Amer. sl.
► SMELL OF OIL vb. to bear marks of laborious study → 1650
► SMELL OF THE BABY vb. to be childish → 1618
► SMELL OF THE CANDLE vb. of literary work: to show signs of being laboured and artificial → 1542 
► SMELL OF THE LAMP vb. of a literary composition: to be the manifest product of nocturnal or laborious study → 1579
► SMELL OF THE ROAST vb. to get into prison → 1696 sl.
► SMELL ONESELF vb. to be aware of or feel the emotional effects of one’s sexual maturity → 1934 Amer. dial. 
► SMELL ONE’S PEE vb. to be aware of or feel the emotional effects of one’s sexual maturity → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► SMELL ONE’S PISS vb. to be aware of or feel the emotional effects of one’s sexual maturity → 2002 Amer. dial. 
► SMELLSIP vb. to smell and sip almost simultaneously → 1922 
► SMELL-SMOCK n. 1. a licentious man; one who runs after women; a great wencher; a lover of women; a whoremonger  (in early use employed suggestively as a surname) → 1550 obs.
n. 2. a plant name, applied to: a. the cuckoo-flower, Cardamine pratensis; b. the wood-anemone, Anemone Nemorosa; c. the wood-sorrel, Oxalis Acetosella → 1876 Eng. dial.
► SMELL THE FLOWERS vb. to appreciate or fully enjoy life’s pleasures, esp. those things which are transitory or regarded as inessential → 1957 orig. US colloq.
► SMELL THE PLACE UP vb. to defecate; to use the bathroom → M20 US sl.
► SMELL THE ROSES vb. to appreciate or fully enjoy life’s pleasures, esp. those things which are transitory or regarded as inessential → 1930 orig. US colloq.
► SMELL TO HIGH HEAVEN vb. to smell unpleasantly → 1963 sl.
► SMELLY adj. suspicious → 1923
► SMELT n. 1. a simpleton → 1607 obs.
n. 2. half a guinea; 10 shillings and sixpence → 1635 sl. obs.
► SMERL n. ointment → 1300 obs.
► SMERLES n. ointment → 1000 obs.
► SMEUSE n. a hole in a hedge, wall, etc. → 1819 
vb. to go or escape through a hole in a hedge, wall, etc. → 1851
► SMICKER adj. 1. beautiful, elegant, fair, handsome → 725 obs.
adj. 2. of looks: smirking, playful → 1589 obs.
adj. 3. wanton, loose, amorous → 1606 obs.
adj. 4. of men: finical, effeminate → 19C obs.
vb. 1. to look amorously or wantonly at or after a person → 1668 obs. 
vb. 2. to smile fawningly; to smirk; to grin → 1802 Sc.
► SMICKERING adj. smirking → 1930 
n. an amorous inclination → 1699 obs.
► SMICKLY adv. elegantly, finely → 1639 obs.
► SMICK-SMACK adj. elegant, first-rate → 1802
n. a smacking noise; a smacking or frequent kissing → 1550 obs.
► SMIDGE n. a tiny amount of something; a little bit → 1866 colloq.
► SMIDGEN n. 1. a tiny amount; a little bit → 1841 colloq., orig. US
n. 2. a very small person or thing → 1952 colloq., orig. US
► SMIDGET n. 1. a small amount; a small piece of food → 1893 Amer. dial. 
n. 2. a nickname for a Black person → 20C Amer. dial., derogatory
► SMIG n. a mistress → E20 sl.
► SMIGGINS n. ‘soup that was served to convicts on board the hulks’ → 1825 cant
► SMIGGOT n. a particle, an atom → 1823 Eng. dial.
► SMILE n. a drink of any alcoholic liquor, esp. whisky → 1839 colloq., orig. US
vb. 1. to treat with contempt or disdain; to deride, to laugh at → 1608 obs.
vb. 2. to take a drink of wine, beer, or spirits → 1858 sl.
► SMILEFUL adj. smiling; full of smiles → 1609 
► A SMILE LIKE A PO n. a round, benign and full-hearted smile → 1976 sl.
► SMILER n. a shandy, a mixture of beer and lemonade → 1892 UK sl.
► SMILESMIRK vb. to smile in a smirking manner → 1922 
► SMILET n. a little or slight smile → 1592
► SMILEY ► SMILY adj. 1. inclined to smile; readily smiling → 1848 
adj. 2. smiling; cheerful → 1970 
► SMILING n. drinking, tippling → 1858 US
► SMILO n. alcoholic cider → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMIRCH n. 1. a dirty mark or smear; a stain; a smudge → 1688 
n. 2. a moral stain or flaw; a blot or blemish; a fault or defect → 1862 
vb. 1. to make dirty, to soil, to sully, to discolour something by contact or touch → 1495 
vb. 2. to stain, smear or befoul with something dirty or having staining properties → 1615 
vb. 3. to cast discredit or disgrace upon a person; to bring into ill-repute; to taint or tarnish → 1820 
vb. 4. to tan the face → 1828 
► SMIRK adj. 1. neat, trim, spruce in dress or appearance; pleasant; agreeable; smug → 1534 
adj. 2. of mental faculties: quick, ready, smart → 1607 obs.
adj. 3. eager, ardent → 1674 obs.
n. a finical, spruce fellow → 1699 sl., obs.
vb. 1. to smile; later, to smile in an affected, self-satisfied, or silly manner; to simper → 888 
vb. 2. to trim up; to make neat or spruce → 1596 obs.
► SMIRKING adj. of wine, etc.: sparkling → 1648 obs.
► SMIRKISH adj. smiling, pleasant; somewhat simpering → 1674 
► SMIRKLE n. a smile; a smirk; a suppressed laugh → 1825 Sc.
vb. to smirk or smile; to giggle; to laugh in a suppressed manner → 1590 Sc.
► SMIRKLY adv. smirkingly → 1586 obs.
► SMIRKY adj. smart, neat, smiling; simpering → 1758 Sc. & US
► SMIRR n. a drizzle or wet mist → 1914 Amer. dial. 
vb. to become foggy or cloudy → 1914 Amer. dial. 
► SMIRTLE n. a smirk → 1801 Sc.
vb. to smile, to smirk → 1650 Sc.
► SMISH n. a shirt or chemise → 1807 cant
► SMIT n. 1. a spot; a stain; a blemish → 1000 obs.
n. 2. a very small amount; a little bit; also, a very small thing → 1330 
n. 3. a blow; a stroke; also, a sound made when something is struck → 1425 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. a particle of soot; a spot of dirt; a smut; also, sooty matter → 1763 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 5. an infectious disease; an infection → 1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to stain; to soil; to colour; to tinge → 1000 obs.
vb. 2. to defile; to taint with pride a vice, etc.; to contaminate morally → 1000 obs.
vb. 3. to bring into disgrace or discredit; to tarnish; to sully → 1413 obs.
vb. 4. of a disease, sickness, etc.: to infect → 1428 chiefly Sc.
► SMITCH n. 1. smoke from burning or smouldering material → 1330 chiefly Eng. dial.
n. 2. a dirty mark; a sport of dirt; a blemish → 1638 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. a tiny amount; a little bit → 1822 orig. Sc.
vb. to blacken, esp. with smoke; to scorch; to make dirty; to mark → 1626 chiefly Eng. dial.
► SMITCHEL n. a tiny amount; a little bit → 1856 US colloq.
► SMITCHY adj. tiny → 1888 colloq.
► SMITE n. 1.a heavy blow or stroke, esp. with a weapon; the sound made by such a blow → 1200 arch.
n. 2. a slight indication or intimation of something → 1640 obs.
n. 3. a tiny amount of something; a little bit → 1843 
n. 4. in cricket: a hit made by striking the ball very hard → 1861 
vb. 1. to smear a substance on something; to smear something → 1000 obs.
vb. 2. to pollute; to taint; to stain → 1000 obs.
vb. 3. to deal a blow; to strike; to fight → 1000 arch. 
vb. 4. to beat; to slap → 1200 arch. 
vb. 5. of a bird or animal: to strike with the beak, claw, hoof, etc. → 1225 obs. 
vb. 6. to move quickly; to rush; to dart → 1225 obs. 
vb. 7. to come together in conflict or battle; to clash → 1275 obs.
vb. 8. to deliver a blow with a weapon → 1300 
vb. 9. of a disease, disorder, or other condition: to attack; to affect suddenly or seriously → 1325 
vb. 10. to engage in or fight a battle → 1325 obs.
vb. 11. of light, the sun, etc.: to shine on; to beat down on → 1350 
vb. 12. of a bell or clock: to strike → 1370
vb. 13. to strike down, esp. in battle; to kill; to slay; to defeat → 1382
vb. 14. of lightning, fire, etc.: to strike a person or thing causing injury, damage, or death; to destroy → 1382 arch. 
vb. 15. of the heart, conscience, or spirit: to cause a person to have painful feelings such as guilt or remorse; to distress; to disquiet → 1382 arch. 
vb. 16. to coin money; to strike a coin or metal into coin → 1387 obs. 
vb. 17. to clap one’s hands; to strike two or more things together → 1398 arch. 
vb. 18. of the wind, waves, etc.: to beat or dash against something →1450 arch.
vb. 19. to fire a cannon → 1475 obs.
vb. 20. to inspire passion or love, esp. romantic love in a person; to enamour → 1652 
vb. 21. to create a favourable impression on a person, the mind, etc.; to impress → 1665 
vb. 22. of a thought, idea, etc.: to occur suddenly to a person; to strike; to enter the brain or mind → 1797 
vb. 23. in cricket: to produce a hit by striking the ball very hard → 1868 
► SMITE DOWN vb. to knock, beat, or strike down; to cut down with a sword or other weapon → 1225 arch. 
► SMITE FIRE vb. to produce fire, esp. by striking a flint or other stone → 1300 obs. 
► SMITE OFF vb. to cut off a person’s head, hands, etc., with a sword or other weapon → 1225 arch. 
► SMITE ONE’S TUTOR vb. to get money from one’s tutor → 1785 Cambridge University sl., obs.
► SMITER n. 1. a person who strikes or beats someone or something; a person who deals a blow or blows → 1230 
n. 2. an executioner → 1390 obs. 
n. 3. a sword → 1591 obs. 
n. 4. an arm → 1673 sl., obs. 
n. 5. a person who performs an action, task, etc., energetically → 1823 Eng. dial., obs. 
n. 6. a batter who is able to strike the ball very hard → 1878 cricket usage 
► SMITE TO (THE) DEATH vb. to kill a person or animal, often with a sword or other weapon → 1175 
► SMITHCRAFT n. the art, craft, or skill of a smith → 1000 arch. 
► SMITHE n. the workshop of a smith; a forge → 1000 obs. 
► SMITHER n. 1. a person who works with iron or other metals, making items by forging and hammering; a smith → 1525
n. 2. a small piece or fragment; a small amount → 1845 
► SMITHEREEN n. a tiny fragment; a little bit → 1841 
vb. to smash or blow up into tiny fragments → 1878 
► SMITHEREENS n. tiny fragments, small pieces → 1795 orig. Irish English
► SMITHERY n. 1. the trade or occupation of a smith → 1548 
n. 2. the workshop of a smith → 1755 
► SMITHFIELD n. a cattle market; a meat market → 1647 
► SMITHFIELD BARGAIN n. 1. a bargain in which the seller takes advantage of the buyer → 1664 obs. 
n. 2. a marriage or marriage agreement made for convenience, esp. one made for money → 1687 obs. 
► SMITHFIELD MATCH n. a marriage or marriage agreement made for convenience, esp. one made for money → 1703 obs. 
► SMITHIER n. a smith; a person who works with iron or other metals → 1379 obs. 
► SMITHMAN n. an ironworker → 1408 obs. 
► SMITH WIFE n. a female smith; a smith’s wife → 1425 obs. 
► SMITHY n. 1. the workshop of a smith or blacksmith; a forge → 1250 
n. 2. the art or craft of a smith; work carried out or produced by a smith → 1804 
n. 3. a blacksmith → 1847 US 
n. 4. a firearm manufactured by Smith & Wesson → 1990 US criminals’ sl.
vb. to work at a forge; to perform the work of a smith → 1733 obs.
► SMITHY-COOM n. soot, ash, and other debris from a smithy → 1611 Eng. dial. 
► SMITHY CRAFT n. the art or craft of a smith; work carried out by a smith → 1522 arch. 
► SMITHY DANDER n. a cinder from a forge or smithy → 1828 chiefly Sc., obs. 
► SMITHY MAN n. a person who works in a smithy; a smith → 1308
► SMITHY SLACK n. cinders, iron flakes, and other waste material from a forge → 1813
► SMIT SMOKE n. a highly intelligent Black person → 1940 African-American sl.
► SMITTABLE adj. capable of being infected; later, infectious → 1487 Sc., obs. 
► SMITTED adj. stained, marked → 1862 Eng. dial. 
► SMITTING adj. infectious; contagious → 1450 chiefly Eng. dial. 
► SMITTLE adj. infectious; contagious; easily transmitted; said of a disease or infestation → 1583 chiefly Eng. dial. 
n. infection, contagion → 1838 Eng. dial. 
vb. to infect; to contaminate → 1625 chiefly Eng. dial. 
► SMITTLING adj. infectious; contagious → 1845 chiefly Eng. dial. 
n. infection, contagion → 1625 Eng. dial. 
► SMITTLISH adj. infectious; contagious; of a place: liable to be a source of infection → 1787 chiefly Eng. dial. 
► SMOC vb. to mock → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SMOCK n. 1. a woman’s undergarment; a shift or chemise → 1000 arch. 
n. 2. an immoral woman → L16 sl. 
n. 3. a woman; women considered sexually → 17C sl. 
n. 4. the female genitals → 18C Brit. sl.
vb. 1. to have sexual intercourse → L16 sl.
vb. 2. to make effeminate or womanish → 1614 obs. 
vb. 3. to consort with women; to chase women; to act as a lecher → 1719 obs.
vb. 4. to sniff heroin → 1940 African-American sl.
► SMOCKAGE n. chasing women; copulating with women; copulation → 1612
► SMOCK ALLEY n. 1. those streets occupied by brothels → 17C sl.
n. 2. the vagina → L17 sl.
► SMOCK CASTLE n. the vagina → L17 sl.
► SMOCKER n. a person who consorts with women → 1708 obs. 
► SMOCKFACE n. a pale and smooth or effeminate face; a person having such a face → 1605
► SMOCK-FACED adj. 1. attractive → M17 sl.
adj. 2. having a pale smooth face; effeminate-looking → 1693
adj. 3. homosexual → 19C sl.
► SMOCK FAIR n. a gathering place of prostitutes → 17C sl.
► SMOCK-MILL n. a windmill having a revolving top → 1802 
► SMOCK-RAVELLED adj. perplexed → 1904 Eng. dial. 
► SMOCKSTER n. 1. a whoremonger; a lecher → 17C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a madam or a pimp → 1608 Brit. sl.
► SMOD n. stain, filth → 1400 obs.
► SMOG n. a state or condition of obscurity or confusion; something designed to confuse or obscure → 1954 
► SMOKABLE adj. able to be ridiculed → 1818 rare
► SMOKABLES n. things which may be smoked → 1849 
► SMOKE n. 1. the fumes of incense → 1530 obs. 
n. 2. false information to distract opponents; exaggeration, or flattery → 1581 
n. 3. a hearth, a fireplace, a house → 1605
n. 4. tobacco → 1616 obs. 
n. 5. a mist or fog; damp rising out of the earth → 1648 
n. 6. a cigar or cigarette → 1882 
n. 7. opium → 1884 
n. 8. a Persian cat of a deep cinder-colour, with a white undercoat → 1893 
n. 9. a Black person → 1902 Amer. dial., derogatory or offensive
n. 10. illicit or inferior whisky → 1904 US sl.
n. 11. a cheap drink based on raw alcohol, methylated spirit, solvent, etc. → 1904 US sl.
n. 12. an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1909 Amer. dial. 
n. 13. something worthless → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 14. heroin and crack; crack; marijuana → 1946 drug culture sl.
vb. 1. to be angry, to fume → 1548 obs. 
vb. 2. to suffer severely; to smart → 1548 obs. 
vb. 3. to get an inkling of; to smell or suspect a plot, design, etc. → 1608 arch. 
vb. 4. to ride, drive, sail, etc. at a rapid pace or great speed; to go fast → 1697
vb. 5. to make fun of, to jest at; to ridicule, to banter → 1699 arch. 
vb. 6. to observe, to take note of → 1716 arch. 
vb. 7. to coit a woman → 19C Brit. sl.
vb. 8. to blush → 1862 school sl. 
vb. 9. to depart, to decamp, to make off → 1893 Aust. sl. 
vb. 10. to shoot → 1897 Amer dial.
vb. 11. to perform an act of penilingus → 20C Brit. & US sl.
vb. 12. to smoke marijuana; to smoke any drugs → 1975 US drug culture sl.
► THE SMOKE n. London → 1864 colloq. 
► SMOKE ALONG vb. to go at great speed or at a rapid pace → 1697 
► SMOKE-A-PIPE KID n. a relaxed spectator at some sporting event → 1819 UK sl.
► SMOKE-ARCH n. the smoke-box of a locomotive → 1864 US 
► SMOKE A THERMOMETER vb. to have one’s temperature taken → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► SMOKE BALL n. a puffball → 1907 Amer. dial. 
► SMOKE-BOAT n. a steamship → 1867 nautical sl. 
► SMOKE CANADA n. marijuana → 1998 drug culture sl. (Bk.)
► SMOKED adj. intoxicated with alcohol → 19C US sl.
► SMOKED BACON n. a Black person; an American Indian → 1939 Amer. dial. 
► SMOKED BEEF n. a Black person; an American Indian → 1829 Amer. dial. 
► SMOKED HAM n. a Black person; an American Indian → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► SMOKED-IRISHMAN n. a nickname for a Black person → 1915 Amer. dial., derogatory
► SMOKED YANKEE n. a man who marries an Indian woman → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► SMOKEFALL n. the moment when the wind drops and smoke that had ascended descends → 1936
► SMOKE-HEAD n. a funnel → 1942 nautical usage
► SMOKE-HO n. a stoppage of work for a smoke; also, a party at which smoking is allowed → 1865 Aust. & NZ sl.
► SMOKE-HOLE n. 1. an imposture, a trick → 1580 obs. 
n. 2. a smoking-room → 1673 obs. 
n. 3. the mouth of a smoker → 1704 obs. 
► SMOKE-HOUND n. an alcoholic who drinks ‘smoke’ (a concoction based on raw alcohol, etc., used as a substitute for whisky) → 1932 US sl. 
► SMOKE-HOUSE n. 1. a dwelling-house → 1687 obs.
n. 2 a fast throw → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. a privy; an outhouse → M20 US sl.
► SMOKEHOUSE THROW n. a fast throw → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMOKE-JACK n. the head, as the seat of confused ideas → 1761 obs. 
► SMOKE JOINT n. a bar selling inferior liquor → 1931 US sl. 
► SMOKE MEAT n. a Black person; an American Indian → 1958 Amer. dial. 
► SMOKE-MERCHANT n. a tobacconist → 1618 obs. 
► SMOKE-O ► SMOKE-OH ► SMOKO n. a stoppage of work for a smoke; also, a party at which smoking is allowed → 1865 Aust. & NZ sl.
► SMOKE ONE OUT vb. to find and bring from concealment → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SMOKE ONE’S FEET vb. to dance → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SMOKE ON THE WATER n. a cheap drink based on raw alcohol, methylated spirit, solvent, etc. → 1986 US sl.
► SMOKE-OUT adj. under the influence of drugs → 1998 drug culture sl. (Bk.)
► SMOKE OVER vb. to look over, to give the once-over to → 1928 Amer. dial. 
► SMOKE-POLE n. a gun → 1849 Amer. dial.
► SMOKER n. 1. a person who jests at or ridicules others → 1812 
n. 2. a steamer → 1825 colloq., obs.
n. 3. a person who blushes → 1866 school sl. 
n. 4. a smoky chimney, locomotive, etc. → 1883 
n. 5. a chamber-pot → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
n. 6. a social gathering of men, sometimes with organized entertainment → 1899 US 
n. 7. someone who is known to perform penilingus → 20C Brit. & US sl.
n. 8. a fast throw → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 9. a vehicle or engine that emits excessive fumes → 1951 colloq. 
► SMOKERY n. 1. articles or materials used in smoking → 1837 
n. 2. a place used for smoking; a smoking-room, an opium den, etc. → 1901 
► SMOKE-SCREEN n. something designed to conceal or mislead; a deliberate distraction or diversion → 1926 
vb. to conceal or divert attention from by a smoke-screen → 1950 
► SMOKE-SELLER n. a person who deals fraudulently in the fulfilment of bargains or promises → 1618 obs. 
► SMOKESHELL n. a chamber-pot → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► SMOKE-SHOP n. a bar, esp. one selling inferior or cheap liquor → 1937 
► SMOKESHOW n. a sexually attractive person, esp. a woman → 2007 sl., chiefly US
► SMOKE-STACK n. a gun → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SMOKE-STICK n. a gun → 1907 Amer. dial.
► SMOKE THE BLUE-VEINED HAVANA vb. to fellate someone → 1990 sl.
► SMOKE-UP n. an official notice that a student’s work is not up to the required standard → 1927 US sl. 
► SMOKE WAGON n. 1. a gun → 1891 sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. 2. an automobile → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SMOKE-WRITING n. skywriting → 1932 
► SMOKEY n. a state police officer; sometimes also applied collectively to the state police → 1974 US sl.
► SMOKEY BEAR ► SMOKY BEAR n. 1. a wide-brimmed hat → 1969 US sl.
n. 2. a state police officer; sometimes also applied collectively to the state police → 1974 US sl.
► SMOKIFIED adj. discoloured or blackened by smoke → 1819 
► SMOKING n. 1. a bantering or quizzing → 1781 obs. 
n. 2. blushing → 1862 school sl. 
► SMOKING GUN n. 1. a piece of incontrovertible incriminating evidence → 1974 US
n. 2. heroin and cocaine → 1998 drug culture sl. (Bk.)
► SMOKING PISTOL n. a piece of incontrovertible incriminating evidence → 1975 US
► SMOKISH adj. somewhat smoky; resembling smoke → 1477 
► SMOKO n. a stoppage of work for a smoke; also, a party at which smoking is allowed → 1865 Aust. & NZ sl.
► SMOKOLOTIVE n. a locomotive → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SMOKY adj. 1. addicted to the smoking of tobacco; associated with the smoking of tobacco → 1596 
adj. 2. quick to suspect or take note; shrewd, sharp, suspicious → 1688 obs. 
adj. 3. foggy, misty → 1769 US
adj. 4. of horses: vicious → 1899 US 
adj. 5. bad-tempered → 1923 US 
n. 1. the hedge sparrow → 1889 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a smoked haddock → 1891 Sc. 
n. 3. a smoke or smoke-blue cat → 1898 
n. 4. a state police officer; sometimes also applied collectively to the state police → 1974 US sl.
► SMOKY HOLLOW n. a nickname for a community or neighbourhood → 1852 Amer. dial. 
► SMOKY JOE n. a branch railroad that is not very important or gives poor service → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► SMOKY ROW n. a nickname for a community or neighbourhood → 1903 Amer. dial. 
► SMOKY THE BEAR n. a state police officer; sometimes also applied collectively to the state police → 1974 US sl.
► SMOLE adj. smiled → 1858 jocular usage
vb. to smile → 1894 jocular usage
► SMOLEY HOKE! int. a deliberate spoonerism for ‘Holy Smoke!’ → 20C
► SMOLICK ► SMOLLICK vb. to romp, to cavort; esp. to engage in sexual play → 1913 Amer. dial. 
► SMOLT adj. 1. of weather: fine, fair, calm → 950 obs. 
adj. 2. pleasant, agreeable, affable → 1400 obs. 
adj. 3. bright, shining; smooth, polished → 1837 Eng. dial. 
n. 1. lard, fat → 1000 obs.
n. 2. a small person or thing → 1808 
vb. to make off, to go, to escape → 1400 obs.
► SMOOCH n. 1. a smudge, a smear → 1825 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a kiss; a fondling embrace or caress → 1942 orig. & chiefly US
vb. 1. to sully, to dirty → 1631 
vb. 2. to smudge, to smear → 1828 Amer. dial. 
vb. 3. to act like a sycophant → 20C Aust. sl.
vb. 4. to sneak, to creep; to wander or prowl round → 1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to steal, to pilfer; to appropriate to one’s own use or benefit → 1905 Amer. dial. 
vb. 6. to kiss; to kiss and cuddle → 1932 colloq., orig. US
► SMOOCHER n. a song or piece of music suitable for accompanying slow, close dancing → 1976 
► SMOOCH UP vb. to become cloudy → 1895 Amer. dial. 
► SMOOCHY adj. amorous; sexy; of music: suitable for accompanying slow, close dancing → 1966
► SMOODGE n. a kiss → 19C colloq.
vb. to act in an ingratiating or fawning manner; to display affection; to behave amorously → 1906 Aust. & NZ colloq. 
► SMOODGER n. a flatterer; a sycophant → 1898 Aust. & NZ colloq. 
► SMOODLE n. a sycophant → 1893 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SMOOGE n. a kiss → 19C colloq.
vb. to act in an ingratiating or fawning manner; to display affection; to behave amorously → 1906 Aust. & NZ colloq. 
► SMOOGER n. a flatterer; a sycophant → 1898 Aust. & NZ colloq. 
► SMOOK n. smoke, vapour → 1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. to smoke → 1520 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
► SMOOLY ► SMULY adj. sly and demure; smooth-spoken but deceptive → 1874 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SMOONGY n. a brothel → 1915 World War I US sl.
► SMOOR n. 1. a stifling or suffocating atmosphere; smoke, etc. → 1894 Sc. 
n. 2. fine thick mist → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
vb. 1. to undergo smothering → 1508 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
vb. 2. to conceal or hide; to suppress; to deaden, to stupefy → 1513 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
vb. 3. to smother, to stifle; to suffocate; to deprive of life by suffocation → 1535 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
vb. 4. to put out or extinguish a light or fire → 1721 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
► SMOOT n. 1. a hole or opening at the foot of a wall, the bottom of a fence, etc., esp. one allowing the passage of rabbits, hares, or sheep → 1615 N. Eng. dial. 
n. 2. a narrow passage or entrance in a beehive → 1642 N. Eng. dial.
vb. to creep under or though, as a hare or sheep through a hedge → 1788 N. Eng. dial. 
► SMOOTH adj. 1. of words, looks, etc.: pleasant, affable, polite; seemingly amiable or friendly → 1400 
adj. 2. of wind or weather: not rough or stormy; agreeable, pleasant → 1402
adj. 3. speaking fair or smoothly; using specious or attractive language; insinuating, flattering → 1450 
adj. 4. of liquor: soft or pleasing to the taste; free from sharpness or acidity → 1743 
adj. 5. free from disturbance or excitement → 1757 
adj. 6. excellent; first-rate, superior; clever, ‘neat’ → 1893 colloq., orig. US
adj. 7. stylish, suave, chic; said of dress, manners, etc. → 1920 colloq.
adj. 8. of a horse: unshod → 1941 Amer. dial.
adv. completely, entirely → 1984 Amer. dial. 
n. 1. a level space → 1440 obs. 
n. 2. a polite or veiled rebuke or retort → 1595 obs.
n. 3. the agreeable or pleasant part, side, or aspect of anything → 1612 
n. 4. a meadow; a grass field → 1845 US 
vb. 1. to allay, assuage, mitigate the force of trouble, etc. → 1589 
vb. 2. to use smooth, flattering, or complimentary language → 1591 obs. 
vb. 3. to render the mind, etc. clam or tranquil; to soothe → 1604 
vb. 4. to refine a person, or his manners; to free from rudeness or rusticity → 1644 obs. 
► SMOOTH ARTICLE n. an attractive girl → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SMOOTH AS A BABY’S BOTTOM adj. pert. to something which is very smooth or soft → 1935 colloq. 
► SMOOTH-BOOTED adj. flattering, fawning, soft-spoken → 1706 obs. 
► SMOOTH-BOOTS n. one who uses flattering, ingratiating, or plausible language; a bland or smooth-tongued person → 1599 obs.
► SMOOTHED adj. indulged, pampered → 1600 obs. 
► SMOOTHEDNESS n. smoothness → 1574 obs. 
► SMOOTHEN vb. 1.to assuage, to mollify, to tone down a passion, etc.; to reduce the harshness or violence of something → 1655 
vb. 2.to make easy or plain; to free from difficulty, obstruction, etc.; to lighten or lessen a difficulty → 1661 
► SMOOTHER n. a person who uses flattering language; a flatterer → 1611 obs. 
► SMOOTH-FACED adj. 1. having or assuming a bland, ingratiating, or insinuating expression → 1609 
adj. 2. of words, etc.: specious, plausible → 1626
► SMOOTHIE adj. pleasant, affable, polite; seemingly amiable or friendly; said of words, looks, etc. → 1959 
n. 1. a person who is suave or stylish in conduct or appearance; generally a man → 1929 colloq., orig. US 
n. 2. an ingratiating person → 1939 sl., orig. US
n. 3. an attractive girl → 1942 Amer. students’ sl.
► SMOOTHIFICATION n. a smoothing → 1799 
► SMOOTHIFY vb. to render smooth → 1694 
► SMOOTHING-LEATHER n. a razor-strop → 1710 obs. 
► SMOOTH MOUTH n. 1. an old truck → 1942 Amer. sl. 
n. 2. a toothless horse; a toothless person → 1995 Amer. dial. 
► SMOOT-HOLE n. a hole in a fence, though which a hare or rabbit can pass → 1828 Eng. dial. 
► SMOOTH OVER vb. 1. to win over; to appease → 1608 obs.
vb. 2. to remove a difficulty; to make smoother in some way → 1611 
vb. 3. to gloss over, to minimize → 1684 
► SMOOTH-PATE n. a smooth-headed person → 1616 obs. 
► SMOOTH-SAYER n. a smooth-tongued or plausible person → 1872 US
► SMOOTH-SPOKEN adj. smooth-tongued; soft-spoken → 1821
► SMOOTH-TONGUED adj. smooth or plausible in speech; using fair or flattering words → 1593
► SMOOTH UP vb. 1. to flatter, to encourage → 1584 obs. 
vb. 2. to cover or hush up; to conceal → 1592 obs. 
vb. 3. to polish up, to improve → 1762 
► SMOOTHY n. an ingratiating person → 1939 sl., orig. US
► SMOOTY-FACED adj. shy, bashful, modest, shame-faced → 19C Eng. dial.
► SMOPPLE adj. brittle, crisp, crumbling, as ‘smopple’ wood, or a ‘smopple’ pie crust → 1731 Eng. dial.
► SMORE n. smoke, smother, etc. → 1393 Sc. 
vb. 1. to suffocate; to smother → 725 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
vb. 2. to suppress, to keep in obscurity or concealment → 1480 
vb. 3. to smear, to bedaub → 1530 obs.
vb. 4. to smoulder → 1651
► SMORGASBORD n. a medley, a miscellany; a rich variety or selection → 1948 
► SMOT n. 1. a spot, a stain, a mark, a blot → 1532 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
n. 2. a stroke, a blow → 1566 obs.
vb. to besmirch, to defile, to befoul → 1387 obs. 
► SMOTHER n. 1. dense, suffocating, or stiflin smoke, such as produced by combustion without flame → 1175 
n. 2. a smouldering or slow-burning fire → 1597 
n. 3. dense or suffocating dust, fog, etc. filling the air → 1697 
n. 4. a confused turmoil of foam or water → 1840 
n. 5. a wild profusion of flowers, etc. → 1888 
n. 6. a smothered or indistinct noise → 1904 
vb. 1. to suffocate with smoke → 1200 
vb. 2. to suffocate by preventing breathing → 1548 
vb. 3. to conceal by keeping silent about; to suppress all mention of; to hush up → 1579 obs. 
vb. 4. to smoulder; to burn slowly → 1600 
vb. 5. of smoke: to escape slowly → 1725 
vb. 6. to experience shortness of breath → 1837 Amer. dial. 
vb. 7. to stop a cricket ball by placing the bat more or less over it → 1845 
vb. 8. to oppress or overwhelm → 1877 
vb. 9. to prevent, by clever positioning of the arms, the development of an opponent’s attack → 1954 boxing usage 
► SMOTHERATE vb. to suffocate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMOTHERATION n. a smothering; suffocation → 1826 
► SMOTHER-FIRE n. a smouldering or smoky fire → 1635 
► SMOTHERING SPELL n. difficult in breathing → 1878 Amer. dial.
► SMOTHERLY adj. suffocating, oppressive → 1928 Amer. dial.
► THE SMOTHERS n. a feeling that lasts for a short while, with difficult breathing and heart beating fast → 1968 Amer. dial. 
► SMOTHERSOME adj. oppressively hot or humid; suffocating → 1864 Amer. dial.
► SMOTHER UP vb. to conceal, to suppress, to hush up → 1589 
► SMOTRY adj. smutty, grimy → 1407 obs.
► SMOTTER vb. to bespatter; to soil or stain → 1513 Sc.
► SMOUCH n. 1. a kiss → 1578
n. 2. a nickname for a Jewish man → 1765 Brit. colloq., derogatory
n. 3. a smudge, a smear → 1844 Amer. dial. 
n. 4. an itinerant trader → 1849 S. Afr. 
vb. 1. to kiss; to kiss and cuddle → 1588
vb. 2. to steal, to pilfer; to appropriate to one’s own use or benefit → 1826 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to cheat one; to engage in devious or underhanded activities; to finagle → 1840 Amer. dial. 
► SMOUCHER n. a kiss → 19C colloq.
► SMOUGE n. a kiss → 19C colloq.
vb. 1. to cheat one; to engage in devious or underhanded activities; to finagle → 1840 Amer. dial. 
vb. 2. to steal, to pilfer; to appropriate to one’s own use or benefit → 1851 Amer. dial.
vb. 3.  to kiss; to kiss and cuddle → 1895 colloq.
► SMOUL vb. to slobber over something → 1961 Amer. dial. 
► SMOULDER vb. 1. to smother, to suffocate → 1481 obs. 
vb. 2. to be feeble or languid → 1578 obs.
vb. 3. to show suppressed anger, hatred, resentment, etc. → 1934 
► SMOUS n. a nickname for a Jewish man → E18 Brit. colloq., derogatory
► SMOUSE n. 1. a Jew → 1705 sl., obs. derogatory
n. 2. an itinerant trader → 1850 S. Africa
vb. 1. to feast → 1775
vb. 2. to eat up, consume, as a delicacy → 1840
vb. 3. to fondle; to caress → 1886 Eng. dial.
► SMOUSER n. an itinerant trader → 1903 S. Africa 
► SMOUSH n. a kiss → 1963 Aust. sl.
► SMOUTCH n. 1. a nickname for a Jewish man → E18 Brit. colloq.. derogatory
n. 2. a smudge, a smear → 1844 Amer dial. 
vb. 1. to cheat one; to engage in devious or underhanded activities; to finagle → 1840 Amer. dial. 
vb. 2. to steal, to pilfer; to appropriate to one’s own use or benefit → 1851 Amer. dial.
► SMUCKED adj. cheated or treated unfairly → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SMUCKLE vb. to smuggle → 1687 obs.
► SMUDGE adj. smart, trim → 1596 obs.
n. 1. a slight sign or indication of laughter, etc. → 1871
n. 2. very small coal; fine slack, coal dust → 1883 
n. 3. a nickname for a Black person → 20C US sl., derogatory
n. 4. a photograph → 20C Brit. sl.
n. 5. a photographer, esp. a street or press photographer → 1968 sl. 
vb. 1. to make smart or trim; to deck up → 1589 obs. rare 
vb. 2. to laugh quietly or to oneself → 1808 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
vb. 3. to smoulder → 1825 
vb. 4. to smouch, to caress → 1844
vb. 5. to bungle, to make a mess of something → 1864 
► SMUDGER n. a photographer, esp. a street or press photographer → 1961 
► SMUDGY adj. 1. stifling, stuffy → 1847 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. foggy, thick → 1870 Eng. dial. 
adj. 3. giving out much smoke; smoky → 1878 Eng. dial. 
► SMUG adj. 1. of males: trim, neat, spruce, smart; later, having a self-satisfied, conceited or consciously respectable air → 1551 
adj. 2. of the face: smooth, sleek → 1582 
adj. 3. of things: smooth, clean, neat, trim, or tidy → 1598 
adj. 4. of language: smooth, neat → 1607 obs. 
n. 1. a blacksmith → 1600 obs. 
n. 2. a diligent student → 1882 university sl. 
n. 3. a smug or self-satisfied person → 1891
vb. 1. to smarten up one’s appearance, etc.; to make trim or gay → 1588
vb. 2. to caress, to fondle → 1813 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to steal, to filch, to run away with → 1825 sl. 
vb. 4. to copy surreptitiously → 1842 sl. 
vb. 5. to hush up a matter → 1857 sl. 
vb. 6. to arrest; to imprison → 1896 sl. 
► SMUG-BOAT n. an opium boat; a contraband trader on the coast of China → 1867 nautical usage
► SMUGGED adj. arrested → 19C Brit. sl.
► SMUGGERY n. smugness → 1928 
► SMUGGLE vb. 1. to caress, to fondle, to cuddle → 1679 obs.
vb. 2. to get possession of by stealth → 1768 
► SMUGGLERY n. smuggling → 1895 
► SMUGGLE THE COAL vb. to make people believe one has no money when the reckoning is to be paid → 1688 sl., obs. 
► SMUGGLING-KEN n. a brothel → 1725 cant obs.
► SMUGGY adj. grimy, smutty → 1518 obs.
► SMULKIN n. a brass farthing → 1571 obs.
► SMUR ► SMURR n. 1. a drizzle or wet mist → 1808 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
n. 2. mist, cloud → 1907 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
vb. to drizzle; to become foggy or cloudy → 1825 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial. 
► SMURR UP vb. to gradually become a bit hazy → 1914 Amer. dial.
► SMURRY adj. hazy, overcast, cloudy; drizzly → 1887 Amer. dial.
► SMUSH n. the mouth → 1910 Ireland, contemptuous usage (Bk.)
vb. to mash or crush → 1825 Amer. dial.
► SMUSS vb. to grab, to seize, to snatch; to take by force → 1736 obs.
► SMUT n. 1. an obscene story; pornography in general  → 17C
n. 2. a black mark or stain; a smudge → 1664 
n. 3. soot or sooty matter → 1693 
n. 4. indecent or obscene language → 1698 
n. 5. a very minute insect → 1899 
n. 6. matter that forms in the eyes when one is sleeping → 1981 Amer. dial. 
vb. 1. to make with some black or dirty substance; to blacken, to smudge → 1587 
vb. 2. to stain with some fault or imperfection → 1601 
vb. 3. to make something obscene → 1722
► SMUT BALL n. a puffball → 1900 Amer. dial.
► SMUT-BUTT n. a nickname for a Black person → 20C US students’ sl., derogatory
► SMUTCH n. 1. a black or dirty mark; a stain; a smudge → 1530 
n. 2. a moral stain → 1648 
n. 3. soot, smut, grime, dirt → 1791
vb. 1. to blacken, to make dirty, to smudge → 1616 
vb. 2. to sully, to besmirch, etc., morally or otherwise → 1640 
► SMUTCHIN n. snuff → 1650 obs.
► SMUTCHLESS adj. unsmirched → 1853 
► SMUTCHY adj. smudgy, smeary, dirty → 1579 
► SMUTHOUND n. 1. a person who seeks to censor or suppress indecent or obscene language, esp. in literature; someone who is hunting for smut → 1927 colloq.
n. 2. a man who revels in obscenity and pornography → M20 US sl.
► SMUT-PEDDLER n. one who sells pornography → M20 US sl.
► SMUTS n. obscene pictures → E20 US criminals’ sl.
► SMUT SESSION n. a retailing of risqué stories → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMUT-SLUT n. a low slut; a sexually loose woman → M20 US sl.
► SMUTTY adj. 1. of the colour of smut; dusky; dark → 1648
adj. 2. soiled with or full of smut; dirty; blackened → 1650 
adj. 3. indecent, immodest, impure, obscene, bawdy → 1668
vb. to soil, to dirty → 1933 Amer. dial. 
► SMUTZ vb. to kiss; to caress → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SMY n. a knave, a rascal → 1507 Sc. obs.
► SMYTRIE n. a collection of small people, especially children, or of small objects → 1786 Sc.