Dictionary: ST – STD

• S.T.
n. the female genitals (Stream’s Town) …c1820 sl.

• ST. – also see SAINT

• STAB
vb. to guess …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STAB IN THE BACK
n. a treacherous betrayal …1922 sl.
vb. to betray, implying harming someone in a treacherous way …1916 sl.

• STABLE
n. a group of prostitutes working for the same person or organization …1937 sl.
vb. of a pimp: to induce a prostitute to join other prostitutes working for him …1969 US sl.

• STABLE BOY’S FAVOURITE
n. a controlled throw of dice onto a dirt surface …1974 US sl.

• STABLE-HORSE
n. a stallion …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• STABLE OF LACE
n. the prostitutes associated with one pimp …1976 US sl.

• STABLE SISTER
n. one prostitute in relation to the other prostitutes in a pimp’s stable …1972 US sl.

• ‘STACHE
n. a moustache …1989 US sl.

• STACK
n. 1. a large amount of something …1870 US sl.
n. 2. a package of marijuana cigarettes …1955 US sl.
n. 3. in trucking: a smokestack from the truck engine …1971 US sl.
n. 4. in pool: the balls assembled inside the rack before a game …1977 US sl.
n. 5. in pool: the clustered pack of balls left at the foot of the table after the first shot of the game …1990 US sl.
n. 6. in rock music: an assemblage of loudspeakers …1996 UK sl.
n. 7. money …1997 US sl.
n. 8. $1000 …2002 US sl.
vb. 1. to crash a vehicle …1971 Aust. sl.
vb. 2. to earn a lot of money …1997 US sl.

• STACK ASSES
vb. to thrash opponents, as in a brawl; to employ violence …1972 Amer. sl.

• STACK AWAY
vb. to eat or drink heartily …1960 Aust. sl.

• STACKED
adj. 1. large-breasted …1942 sl., orig. US
adj. 2. used of prison sentences, consecutive, not concurrent …1998 US sl.
adj. 3. well-provided, wealthy …2001 UK sl.
adj. 4. muscular …2002 US sl.

• STACKED UP
adj. large-breasted …1942 sl., orig. US

• STACKHAT
n. a crash helmet …1985 Aust. sl.

• STACK IT
vb. to brag, to boast …1999 NZ prison sl.

• STACK OF BONES
n. 19C sl. – a very thin or skinny person or animal

• STACK ON A BLUE
vb. to begin a fight …1944 Aust. sl.

• STACK ON AN ACT
vb. to kick up a fuss …1962 Aust. sl.

• STACK ON A TURN
vb. to kick up a fuss …1971 Aust. sl.

• STACKS
n. 1. a large amount …1892 US sl.
n. 2. in hot rodding: an exhaust system …1948 US sl.
n. 3. a lot of intimate activity with the opposite sex …1987 UK sl.

• STACKUP
n. a group of waves; a group of surfers on a single wave …1977 US sl.
vb. (as ‘stack up’) on the railway: to have a collision …1977 US sl.

• STACK ZEDS
vb. Bk1981 Aust. colloq. – to go to sleep

• STAFF OF LOVE
n. the penis …Urquhart usage

• STAFF WALLAH
n. a noncombatant army officer …1951 Brit. sl.

• STAG
n. 1. one who betrays associates to the police or other authorities; an informer …1725 sl.
n. 2. at a social function: a man without a date …1905 US sl.
n. 3. a spell of duty …1931 sl.
n. 4. a social event for men only …1965 UK
n. 5. a pornographic film …1966 US sl.
n. 6. amyl or butyl nitrite …1998 UK sl.
n. 7. the butt end of a cigarette …2002 US sl.
n. 8. a male at a stag party …2003 UK sl.
vb. 1. to betray an associate to the police or other authority; to inform on; to incriminate …1839
vb. 2. to attend a social occasion unaccompanied …1900 US sl.
vb. 3. to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.

• STAG DINNER
n. a males-only dinner featuring sexual entertainment in the form of pornographic films, dancers and/or prostitutes …1889 US sl.

• STAG DO
n. a social event for men only …1965 UK

• STAGE
n. a period of imprisonment during which privileges are allowed …1932 sl.

• STAGGER
n. a police spy; an informer …Bk1902 sl.

• STAGGER JUICE
n. alcohol …1896 jocular usage, orig. Aust.

• THE STAGGERS
n. bewilderment; perplexity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STAG NIGHT
n. a social event for men only …1965 UK

• STAIR DANCER
n. a thief who steals from open buildings …1958 sl.

• STAKE
n. 1. money saved …1853 Amer. sl.
n. 2. wages …1853 sl.

• STAKE-OUT
n. a period of surveillance, esp. police …1942 sl., orig. US

• STAKEY;  STAKY
adj. rich …1919 sl., chiefly Can.

• ST. ALBANS CLEAN SHAVE
n. a clergyman’s beardless face, typical of the High Church …L19 sl.

• STALE-DRUNK
adj. feeling languid after a night’s debauch, hungover; said of a person when drinking again before completely recovered from a previous bout; having been drunk at night and having taken too many stimulants the next morning …1823

• STALK
n. the penis, esp. the erect penis …1961 sl.

• STALL
n. delay; postponement …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. to surround, decoy, jostle or distract someone whose pocket is being picked …1592 sl.

• STALLED
adj. bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STALLER
n. a pickpocket’s accomplice …1812 sl.

• STALTED
adj. stalled, unable to move …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

► STALWORTH adj. 1. of things: serviceable → 897 obs.
adj. 2. of persons and animals: strong and stoutly built; sturdy, robust → 1175 obs. exc. arch.
adj. 3. brave, bold, daring, courageous, valiant, mighty → 1225 obs. exc. arch.
n. a strong and valiant man → 1400 obs.

• STAMPS
n. 1. money …US Civil War usage
n. 2. a mail orderly …Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.

• STAND ACE (WITH)
vb. to be held in the highest esteem with someone …L19 US sl.

• STAND A GALLIER
vb. to fight …1790 Eng. dial.

• STAND A GOOD FAG
vb. to resist tiredness; to persevere …L18 sl.

• STAND-AND-SHIVER
n. a river …Bk1903 rhyming sl.

• STAND A PERSON DOWN
vb. to humiliate …Bk1892 Amer. sl.

• STAND A PUSH
vb. of women: to copulate …17C sl.

• STAND IN ADVENTURE
vb. 1535 obs. – to remain in doubt; to hang in the balance

• STANDING ON ONE’S EARS
adj. anxious about something …1967 Amer. dial.

• STANDING THERE LIKE A TIT IN A TRANCE
adj. dreamy, abstracted …20C UK sl.

• STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A BLATHER O’ LARD
adj. dreamy, abstracted …20C UK sl.

• STANDING THERE LIKE A TOM TIT ON A SIDE OF BEEF
adj. dreamy, abstracted …20C UK sl.

• STAND IN THE GAP
vb. to act as defender …1535 obs.

• STAND-OFF
n. delay; postponement …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STAND ON ME!
int. believe me! …1933 Brit. sl.

• STAND ON THE MAID
vb. of a woman: to remain single …1615 now rare

• STANDOUT
adj. important …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STANDOVER MAN
n. a criminal who uses intimidation; a thug …1944 Aust. sl.

• STAND PAD
vb. to beg by the way or road …1851 sl.

• STANDPAT
adj. opposing change …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STANDPATTER
n. something fixed or permanent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STANDPATTISM
n. opposition to or refusal to change …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STANDSTILLISM
n. permanence …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STAND SAM
vb. to pay expenses, esp. for refreshment or drink …1823 sl.

• STAND SOMEONE A FAG
vb. to put up a good fight against someone; to compete on equal terms …1801 Amer. sl.

• STAND SOMEONE ON ONE’S EAR
vb. to knock down; hence, to defeat or overwhelm …1918 Amer. sl.

• STAND SQUIRE
vb. to stand treat …18C sl.

• STAND THE ACID
vb. to withstand the severest trial or adversity; to stand up under pressure …1899 US sl.

• STAND THE BLUNT
vb. to bear the blame or consequences …1966 Amer. dial.

• STAND THE RACK
vb. to stand the strain …20C sl.

• STAND THE RACKET
vb. to face the consequences of an action; to bear the blame …1823

• STAND TO ONE’S GUNS
vb. to maintain one’s position staunchly

• STAND TO ONE’S LICK-LOG, SALT OR NO SALT
vb. to stand firm, to act decisively …1834 Amer. dial.

• STAND TO ONE’S TACK
vb. to keep to one’s bargain …1786 Sc. obs.

• STAND TO ONE’S TACKLE
vb. to stand one’s ground, to stand firm in one’s resolve; to maintain one’s position or attitude …1586 obs.

• STAND TO ONE’S TACKLING
vb. to hold one’s ground; to maintain one’s position or attitude …a1548 obs.

• STAND TO THE WALL
vb. of a door: to be wide open …1718 Sc.

• STAND TRUE VERMIN
vb. to show pluck and persistency …1834 rare

• STAND-UP
n. an identification parade …1935 US sl.
vb. (as ‘stand up’) to fail to keep an appointment with …1902 sl., orig. US

• STAND UPON A HAIR
vb. to be within a very little, to be ‘touch and go’ with …1898 Sc.

• STAND UPON ONE’S TOES
vb. to tiptoe …a1300 obs.

• STANICKY
n. 1. a flogging …L18 possible naval usage
n. 2. a cosh, a bludgeon …L20 cant

• STANZA
n. a week …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STAR
adj. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a convict serving a first prison sentence …1903 Brit. sl.
n. 2. methcathinone …Bk1998 drug culture sl.

• STAR CHIEF
n. a cook …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STARCHY
adj. said of someone who is very stiff or conventional …1823 sl., orig. US

• STAR DUST
n. cocaine …Bk1998 drug culture sl.

• STARE-CAT
n. a women or girl who amuses herself with gazing at her neighbours; a meddlesome or inquisitive neighbour …1859 US

• STARE LIKE A CHOKED THROSTLE
vb. to stare at fixedly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

• STARE LIKE A THROTTLED CAT
vb. to stare hard …1887 Eng. dial.

• STARE LIKE A THROTTLED EARWIG
vb. to stare hard …1887 Eng. dial.

• STARE SOMEBODY IN THE FACE
vb. to closely resemble …1892 Eng. dial.

• STARK BUCK NAKED
adj. entirely unclothed or naked …1965 Amer. dial.

• STARKERS
adj. 1. naked …1923 Brit. sl.
adj. 2. insane, mad …1962 Brit. sl.

• STARKLE
vb. 1. to use threatening gestures …1527 obs.
vb. 2. to shudder with fear, to quake, to be afraid …1527 obs.
vb. 3. to cause dissension, to make a stir …1544 obs.

• STARK-NAKED
adj. of drinks: unmixed with water …Bk1902 colloq,
n. gin …Bk1904 sl.

• STARKO
adj. naked …1923 Brit. sl.

• STARN-KEEKER
n. a star-gazer …1808 Sc.

• STARS AND BARS
n. the flag of the Confederate States of America …US Civil War usage

• STARS AND STRIPES
n. beans with bacon …World War I Amer. sl.

• STAR-SPANGLED POWDER
n. cocaine …Bk1998 drug culture sl.

• START A HARE
vb. to raise a topic of discussion

• START GOING
vb. to begin, to commence …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• START THE BALL ROLLING
vb. to begin, to commence …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• START YOURSELF! 
int. move! go on! …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• STARVED FIT TO EAT THE LAMB O’ GOD 
adj. very hungry …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• STARVED FIT TO EAT THE LORD’S SUPPER
adj. very hungry …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• STARVER
n. a saveloy …1941 Aust. sl.

• STARVE THE BARDIES!
int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment …1941 Aust.

• STARVE THE CROWS!
int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment …1918 Aust. & NZ

• STARVE THE LIZARDS!
int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment …1927 Aust.

• STARVE THE RATS!
int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment …1908 Aust. & NZ 

• STARVING
adj. hungry …1882

• STASH
n. 1. something hidden …1914 sl.
n. 2. a hiding place …1927 sl.
n. 3. a moustache …1940 US sl.
n. 4. a place to hide drugs …Bk1998 drug culture sl.
vb. to conceal …1797 sl., orig. criminals’ usage

• STASH AREAS
n. drug storage and distribution areas …Bk1998 drug culture sl.

• STASIBASIPHOBIA
n. Bk1991 – an abnormal conviction that one cannot stand or walk; also, an abnormal fear of attempting to do either

• STATCH
adj. statutory …1994 US sl.

• STATE
n. 1. a condition of excitement, agitation, anxiety …1837 UK sl.
n. 2. a state of drunkenness …1837 UK sl.
n. 3. a dirty, ill-kempt, or poorly preserved condition …1879 UK sl.
n. 4. a state prison …1991 US sl.

• STATE AND PERVERSION
n. in Chicago, the intersection of State and Division Streets …1958 US sl.

• STATE COLLEGE
n. a state prison …1949 US sl.

• STATE ELECTRICIAN
n. the executioner in a state using electrocution in the electric chair for capital punishment …1982 US sl.

• STATEFUL
adj. in a nervous or excited condition; ‘in a state’ …2003 UK teen sl.

• STATE-RAISED
adj. said of a prisoner who has spent most of his life incarcerated …1992 US sl.

• STATE TIME
n. a prison sentence served in a state prison …1995 US sl.

• STATIC
n. harassment, trouble, complications …1926 US sl.

• STATIE
n. a state trooper or police officer …1934 US sl.

• STATIONERY
n. free tickets to an athletic or entertainment event …1952 UK sl.

• STATIONS OF THE CROSS
n. a police tactic in which a person who has been arrested is moved from one precinct to another in rapid succession, making it impossible for him to be located and bailed out by his friends and family …1982 US sl.

• STATUMINATE
vb. to support; to establish …a1628 obs.

• STAVE
n. a drinking session …1984 Irish sl.
vb. to go fast …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STAVER
n. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STAVING
adj. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STAVING DRUNK
adj. very drunk …1999 Can. sl.

• STAY
n. permanence …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. to reside …1973 US sl.

• STAY AND PRAY
vb. in poker: to stay in a hand with a large amount of money bet, hoping for a particular card to be drawn to improve your hand …1988 US sl.

• STAY-AWAKE
n. amphetamine sulphate or any other central nervous system stimulant …1993 US sl.
vb. to use amphetamines or methamphetamine continuously …1989 US sl.

• STAY DOGGO
vb. to remain hidden or motionless so as not to be noticed …1893 sl.

• STAYER
n. 1. in poker: a hand that warrants staying in the game but not raising the bet …1949 US sl.
n. 2. in horse racing: a horse that performs well in longer distance races …1976 US sl.

• STAY-HOME SAUCE
n. food or drink made with ingredients believed to instil sexual fidelity or attraction …1991 Guyana

• STAY IN THE BUGGY
vb. to comply with requirements; to get on the ball …1927 Amer. college sl.

• STAY IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD
phr. mind your own business …c1950 Amer. dial.

• STAY LOOSE
vb. to remain calm, poised …1959 US sl.

• STAY-OUT
n. in prison: a confrontational tactic in which prisoners refuse to return to their cells …1976 US sl.

• STAY OUT OF THE KOOLAID!
int. mind your own business! …1995 US sl.

• STAY OUT ONE’S WELCOME
vb. to visit until one’s host is wearied …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• STAY PUT
vb. to remain in place, to stay where you are …1843 US sl.

• STAY-PUTNESS
n. permanence …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• STAY UP
int. used as a farewell …1998 US sl.
vb. to bandage …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• STAY-WAG
n. a station wagon …1991 US sl.

• STAY-WITH
vb. to persist or persevere in; to stick to …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• ST. CAUSLAN’S FLAW
n. a snowstorm in March …1850 Sc.