Dictionary: SPI – SPK

• SPIC;  SPICK
n. a Latin American; the Spanish-American language …1913 US sl., derogatory or offensive
 
• SPICE
n. a term for sweets or candy …c1970s playground sl.
 
• SPICK-AND-SPAN NEW
adj. new; novel …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• SPICY
adj. hot-tempered …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• SPICY AS ALL ROUND MY HAT
phr. 1882 – sensational
 
• SPICY PORK ROLL
n. the penis …M19 sl.
 
• SPIDER
n. a soft drink with ice-cream floating on it …1941 Aust. sl.
 
• SPIDER BLUE
n. heroin …Bk1998 drug culture sl.
 
• SPIDER GOALIE
n. a situation where anyone in a soccer team can be a goalkeeper …c1990s playground sl.
 
• SPIDER’S LEGS
n. the stray hairs that ‘escape’ from the edges of a girl’s bikini or underwear …20C UK playground sl.
 
• SPIDER’S-NEST
n. a cobweb …1903 Amer. dial.
 
• SPIEL
n. 1. glib or persuasive talk; a salesman’s patter …1896 sl.
n. 2. a swindle or dishonest line of business …1901 sl.
 
• SPIELER
n. 1. a swindler; a fraudulent gambler …1886 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
n. 2. a glib talker …1894 sl.
 
• SPIFF
adj. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• SPIFFER
n. something beautiful or attractive …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
 
• SPIFFING
adj. excellent, first-rate, wonderful, pretty damn good …1872 sl.
 
• SPIFFLICATED
adj. 1. drunk …1906 US sl.
adj. 2. bewildered; confused; disconcerted …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• SPIFFY
adj. very fine, attractive, splendid. wonderful, good, excellent, first-rate …Bk1913-17 sl.
 
• SPIFFY LAYOUT
n. something beautiful or attractive …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• SPIFFY SETUP
n. something beautiful or attractive …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• SPIFLICATE
vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• SPIFLICATED
adj. 1. drunk …1906 US sl.
adj. 2. bewildered; confused; disconcerted …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• SPIG
adj. 1910 – pert. to Central or South America → US sl.
n. 1. 1900 – a Spanish-speaking native of Central or South America → US sl.
n. 2. 1913 – the Spanish language → US sl.
n. 3. 1940 – an Italian → US sl.
 
• SPIGGITY
n. 1910 – a Latin American → US sl., derogatory or offensive
 
• SPIGGOT-HOLE
n. M17 – the vagina → sl.
 
• SPIGGOTY
n. 1. 1900 – a Spanish-speaking native of Central or South America → US sl., derogatory or offensive
n. 2. 1910 – the Spanish language → US sl.
n. 3. 1940 – an Italian → US sl.
 
• SPIGOT
n. M17 – the penis → sl.
 
• SPIGOT-SUCKER
n. M17 – a fellator or fellatrix → sl.
 
• SPIGOTTI • SPIGOTY
n. 1910 – a Latin American → US sl., derogatory or offensive
 
• SPIJ
n. 1980 – chewing gum → UK playground sl.
 
• SPIK
n. 1913 – a Latin American; the Spanish-American language → US sl., derogatory or offensive
 
• SPIKE
n. 1. .M19 – the erect penis → sl.
n. 2. 1866 – a cheap lodging-house
n. 3. 1900 – a shot of alcohol → US sl.
n. 4. 1902 – an Anglican who advocates or practises Anglo-Catholic ritual and observances → Brit. sl., derogatory
n. 5. 1920 – a lock → US criminals’ sl.
n. 6. 1934 – a hypodermic needle → drug culture sl., orig. US
n. 7. 1940 – the act of injecting a narcotic drug → drug culture sl.
n. 8. 1953 – an injection, or the drug injected → drug culture sl., orig. US
n. 9. 1960 – a maternity hospital → Irish sl.
vb. 1. 1889 – to adulterate a drink → sl., orig. US
vb. 2. ..L19 – to get possession of; hence, to convict → US students’ sl.
vb. 3. ..L19 – to harm, to undermine → sl.
vb. 4. ..L19 – to have sexual intercourse → sl.
vb. 5. ..20C – to reject, to quash, to delete → US sl.
vb. 6. 1920 – to adulterate a drink, alcoholic or otherwise, or food, with a knockout drug → sl.
vb. 7. 1920 – to adulterate ‘near-beer’ (brewed during Prohibition) with a mixture of ginger beer and pure alcohol → sl.
vb. 8. 1930 – to hit someone hard; to knock someone down → Aust. sl.
vb. 9. 1935 – to inject a drug with a hypodermic syringe → drug culture sl.
vb. 10. 1960 – to add a stronger drug to a less potent one → sl.
vb. 11. 1960 – to dose someone with a hallucinogenic drug (usually LSD) without their knowing, usually by putting it into a drink, or sometimes, food → sl.
vb. 12. 1974 – to equip with a ‘spike’ microphone, one which can be driven into a wall to monitor an inner room → sl.
vb. 13. 2000 – to adulterate food or drink with a foreign substance other than a drug, e.g. ground glass → sl.
 
• THE SPIKE
n. 1890 – anger, a fit of anger → sl.
 
• SPIKEBIT
n. 17C – the penis
 
• SPIKE-BOOZLE
vb. 1915 – to render an enemy aircraft, etc. unserviceable → sl.
 
• SPIKE-BOZZLE
vb. 1915 – to render an enemy aircraft, etc. unserviceable → sl.
 
• SPIKE-RANGER
n. M19 – a tramp who wanders from one ‘spike’ (lodging house) to another → sl.
 
• SPIKE UP
vb. 1930 – to inject a drug with a hypodermic syringe → drug culture sl.
 
• SPIKY
adj. 1930 – bad-tempered → sl.
 
• SPILL
n. 1942 – a railway station or depot → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1917 – to speak revealingly → sl., orig. US
 
• SPILLAGE
n. 1980 – of a fight: relates to blood loss when someone is cut by whatever means, as in ‘spilled blood’ → playground sl.

• SPILL-GOOD
n. 1626 – a spendthrift → obs.
 
• SPILL ONE’S COOKIES
vb. 20C – to vomit → sl.
 
• SPILL ONE’S GUTS
vb. 1. 1927 – to divulge or confess as much as one can → sl., chiefly US
vb. 2. 1948 – to vomit → Amer. sl.
 
• SPILL-QUIRLEY
n. 1940 – a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one → Amer. dial.
 
• SPILL THE BEANS
vb. 1919 – to speak revealingly → sl., orig. US

• SPILL-TIME
n. 1393 – an idler, a waster of time → obs.
 
• SPIN
n. 1941 – a pound → Aust. sl.
vb. 1942 – to go fast, esp. in a vehicle → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• SPINACH
n. 1. 1929 – insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery → US sl.
n. 2. 1942 – a false beard → Amer. theatrical sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. 1942 – nonsense → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• SPIN ALONG
vb. 1942 – to go fast, esp. in a vehicle → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• SPIN A YARN
vb. 1812 – to tell a story, usually a long one; to pitch a tale; to tell lies → orig. nautical sl.
 
• SPINGLE-LEGGED
adj. 1942 – long-legged → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• SPINDLY
adj. 1827 – tall or long and slender; lanky, thin → Amer. sl.
 
• SPINE-BASH
vb. 1941 – to rest or loaf about → Aust. sl.
 
• SPINE-BASHER
n. 1945 – a loafer → Aust. sl.
 
• SPINEY BIFF
n. 1980 – a stupid or clumsy person → playground sl., derogatory
 
• SPINKING-SPANKING-BRAN-NEW
adj. 1905 – completely new → Amer. dial.
 
• SPINNAKER
n. 1898 – five pounds or a five-pound note → Aust. sl.
 
• SPINNER
n. 1998 – one who illegally sets back the true mileage on used cars to get them ready for market → sl. (Bk.)
 
• SPINORT
n. 1913 – a stylish person → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
 
• SPINORTIC
adj. 1913 – neat, trim, stylish → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
 
• SPINORTY
adj. 1913 – fancy, fussy, dressy, stylish → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
 
• SPIN ROUND ON ONE’S EAR
vb. 1890 – to get violently angry → Amer. sl.

• SPISCIOUS
adj. 1655 – of a thick consistency → obs.
 
• A SPIT AND A GOB
phr. 20C – not far away; very close → Brit. sl.
 
• SPIT-AND-SPANG NEW
adj. 1942 – new; novel→ Amer. sl. (Bk.)

• SPITBALL
n. ..20C – an insult, a jibe → US sl.
vb. 1. ..20C – to accuse; to taunt → US sl.
vb. 2. 1950 – to suggest, to hypothesize → sl.

• SPIT BLOOD
vb. 1. 1963 – to be or get angry → sl.
vb. 2. 1963 – of a spy: to fear exposure → sl. 

• SPIT CHIPS
vb. 1947 – to be or get angry → Aust. sl.
 
• SPIT-FIRE MACHINE
n. 1940 – the penis → sl.
 
• SPIT FIRE NEW
adj. 1913 – brand new → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
 
• SPITHEAD PHEASANT
n. 1948 – a kipper or bloater → Brit. nautical sl.
 
• SPIT IT OUT
vb. 1855 – to openly state or reveal something → sl.
 
• SPITNEW
adj. 1942 – new; novel → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• SPIT OUT
vb. 1855 – to openly state or reveal something → sl.
 
• SPIT SWAPPING
n. 1913 – kissing → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
 
• SPITTER
n. 1. 1942 – a shower or snowstorm → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1970 – a hoodlum, a thug, a gangster → US criminals’ sl.
n. 3. 1980 – a female → Aust. sl., derogatory

• SPITTER-SPATTER
n. 1619 – trifling talk, nonsense

• SPITTLEONIAN
n. M19 – a yellow handkerchief → UK criminals’ sl.

• SPITUNIA
n. 1942 – the petunia → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
 
• SPITZ POODLE
n. L19 – a mild degree of drunkenness → US sl.
 
• SPIV
n. 1934 – a flashy, sharp individual who exists on the fringes of real criminality, living by their wits rather than a regular job → sl.
vb. 1947 – to make one’s living as a spiv → Brit. sl.

• SPIVISH
adj. 1940 – exhibiting the characteristics and/or lifestyle of a spiv → sl.
 
• SPIVMOBILE
n. 1980 – an exceptionally ostentatious and flashy car, such as might be driven by a spiv or their successors → sl.

• SPIVOT
n. 1930 – a young woman → US sl.
 
• SPIV UP
vb. 1959 – to dress oneself in stylish or flashy clothes → Brit. sl.

• SPIVVY
n. 1940 – a person who has the characteristics and lifestyle of a spiv → US sl.

• SPIZZ
n. 1960 – a hypodermic syringe → US drug culture sl.
 
• SPIZZERINKTUM
n. 1. .M19 – a dollar; money in general → US sl.
n. 2. 1940 – vigour, zest → US sl.

• S.P. JOINT
n. 1920 – a betting shop, offering only starting prices → Aust. sl.