Dictionary: STP – STRH

► ST. PETER n. the penis → 19C sl.
► ST. PETER’S CHILDREN n. petty thieves who take anything they can lay their hands on → 18C sl.
► ST. PETER’S SONS n. petty thieves who take anything they can lay their hands on → 18C sl.
► ST. PETER’S STAFF n. the stars in the constellation Orion called Orion’s sword → 1710 Sc.
► STRACK adj. very strict in one’s military appearance and grooming → 1970 US Army sl.
► STRACKLE-BRAIN n. a giddy, thoughtless person; a simpleton, a fool; a good-for-nothing → 1877 Eng. dial.
► STRADAROLLE n. a highwayman → 1562 obs.
► STRADDLE-BUG n. 1. a long-legged beetle; any long-legged insect → 1831 Eng. & Amer. dial. 
n. 2. a politician who tries to please both sides; one who is on neither side of a public question → 1872 
n. 3. a woman with a mannish gait → 1907 Amer. dial. 
► STRADDLERS n. trousers → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STRADDY n. an idle person always sauntering along the streets → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► STRAFE vb. to punish → 1915 World War I Amer. sl. 
► STRAIGHT adj. 1. honest, reliable, on the level → 1864 sl. 
adj. 2. of drinks: unmixed with water → 1902 colloq. (Bk.)
adj. 3. heterosexual → 1941 sl., orig. US 
adj. 4. in a drugged state → 1946 US sl. 
adj. 5. conventional, conservative → 1960 sl., orig. US 
adv. of speech: without any reservations → 1549 
int. fact! Honest Injun! → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. a heterosexual → 1941 sl., orig. US 
n. 2. a cigarette containing tobacco as opposed to marijuana → 1959 sl. 
n. 3. one who is not a drug addict → 1967 sl., orig. US 
► THE STRAIGHT n. the truth → 1866 US sl.
► STRAIGHT-AHEAD adj. unflinching, undeviating → 1836 sl.
► THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW n. an honest way of life; a course of conventionally moral and law-abiding behaviour → 1930 sl.
► STRAIGHT-ARROW adj. honest, sincere, and upright → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
n. an honest person → 1969 Amer. sl.
► STRAIGHT AS A DIE adj. as honest as may be → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRAIGHT AS A LOON’S LEG adj. as honest as may be → 1865 sl.
► STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW adj. as honest as may be → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRAIGHT AS A POUND OF CANDLES adj. as honest as may be → 1748 sl.
► STRAIGHT AS A WAGON TONGUE adj. said of a trustworthy person → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► STRAIGHT AS THE BACKBONE OF A HERRING adj. as honest as may be → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRAIGHT DINKUM adj. genuine, authentic, honest, straightforward → L19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
int. honest! really! on the level! → L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
► STRAIGHT DOPE n. the truth → 1892 sl.
► STRAIGHT-EDGE adj. not using narcotics → 1990 US teen sl.
► STRAIGHTEN UP vb. to take up an honest, respectable life; to be or become honest → 1907 sl.
► STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT vb. to behave oneself; to mend one’s ways and live a sensible, respectable life → L19 sl., orig. African-American
► STRAIGHT-FACED adj. stern, unflinching → 1940 US sl.
► STRAIGHT FLOUNGING n. acting in whatever manner is dictated by one’s current circumstances → 1990 US teen sl.
► STRAIGHT FROM CENTRAL CASTING adj. typical; true to appearance; undevious → 1990 US sl.
► STRAIGHT FROM THE BOG phr. used of an Irish immigrant to the UK → L19 sl., derogatory
► STRAIGHT FROM THE FEED BOX adj. of news, information: absolutely reliable, from inside sources → 1900
► STRAIGHT FROM THE FRIDGE adj. excellent, first-rate → 1960 African-American sl.
► STRAIGHT FROM THE NOSEBAG adj. of news, information: absolutely reliable, from inside sources → 1900
► STRAIGHT-GOER n. 1. a rider who follows the fox directly over the country during a hunt, as opposed to keeping to roads and tracks → 1826 obs.
n. 2. a fox that runs quickly and determinedly straight over the country, and hence provides good sport → 1836
n. 3. a horse that naturally runs or races hard and fast → 1856 chiefly Aust.
n. 4. an honest, honourable, or dependable person → 1875 Aust.
► STRAIGHT GOODS n. 1. the truth → 1892 US sl.
n. 2. an honest person → 1903 US sl.
► STRAIGHT JOB n. an ordinary truck as distinct from a semitrailer → 1940 US truckers’ sl.
► STRAIGHT LEG n. a member of the ground staff in an air force, as opposed to one of the flying personnel → 1951 US sl.
► STRAIGHT OFF adv. immediately; shortly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STRAIGHT OFF THE REEL adv. at once, immediately → 1894 Sc.
► STRAIGHT OIL n. the honest truth, the facts → 1941 Aust. sl.
► STRAIGHT SHOOTER n. 1. a direct and honest person → 1928 sl., chiefly US
n. 2. a person who is addicted to drugs other than marijuana → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► STRAIGHT-SHOOTING adj. plain-speaking, candid, frank → 1918 
► THE STRAIGHT SKINNY n. the truth; the straight goods → 1970 US sl.
► THE STRAIGHT TIP n. 1. honest advice as to wagering → 1871 sl.
n. 2. a direct hint on any subject → 1873 sl.
► STRAIGHT-UP adj. 1. attentive, focused → 1500 obs.
adj. 2. honest, trustworthy, straightforward → 1837 colloq.
adj. 3. genuine, true; uncomplicated, unquestionable → 1872 colloq.
adj. 4. of an alcoholic drink: served without ice → 1966 orig. US
adv. 1. truly, in truth → 1963 colloq.
adv. 2. frankly, plainly, completely → 1980 colloq.
► STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN adj. plain, honest, free from crookedness of all kinds → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, LIKE A YARD OF PUMP-WATER phr. said of a tall, thin person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► STRAIGHT WITH THE WORLD adj. out of debt → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► STRAIN n. 1. offspring; children → 12C
n. 2. gonorrhea → 20C Brit. euphemism
vb. 1. to copulate → 1383 sl.
vb. 2. to apply force in an attempt to defecate → M17
► STRAIN A POINT vb. to exceed a limit → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRAIN AT THE LEASH vb. to be eager or impatient to start → 1910 sl.
► STRAIN ONE’S TATERS vb. to urinate → L19 sl.
► STRAIN THE POTATOES vb. to urinate → 1965 Aust. jocular usage
► STRAIN THE SPUDS vb. to urinate → 1965 Aust. jocular usage
► STRAIT-HANDED adj. close-fisted, parsimonious, niggardly, grasping, stingy → 1600 obs.
► STRAKE n. speed in travelling, pace → 1558 obs.
► STRAM n. 1. a prostitute, a strumpet → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a walk; a society parade → 1869 colloq.
vb. 1. to walk stiffly → 1869 colloq.
vb. 2. to dash down violently, to beat → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THE STRAM n. street-walking → 1887 sl.
► STRAMASH n. a disturbance → 1837 colloq.
vb. to beat, to bang, to destroy → 1855 colloq.
► STRAMMEL n. 1. straw → 1567 cant
n. 2. a big, tall, bony fellow → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► STRAMMER adj. great, large, thumping → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 1. a big lie, a falsehood → 1746 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a tall, stout woman → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 3. anything very large, great or exceptional → 1856 Eng. dial.
vb. to lie outrageously → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► STRAMMING adj. huge, great → 1904 colloq. (Bk.)
► STRAMULLION n. 1. a strong, robust, masculine woman; a virago → 19C Sc.
n. 2. a row, a broil → 19C Sc.
n. 3. a fit of ill-humour or bad temper; a display of pettishness → 19C Sc.
► STRANDED adj. penniless; friendless → 1897 colloq.
► STRANGER n. 1. a barrel of whisky → 1844 Amer. sl.
n. 2. £1 →  1903 sl. (Bk.)
► STRANGIOSO adj. strange; weird → 1970 US sl.
► STRANGLE A DARKIE vb. to defecate → 1960 Aust. sl.
► STRANGLE-GOOSE n. a poulterer → 1905 sl. (Bk.)
► STRANGY adj. strange → 1555 obs.
► STRAP n. 1. a barber → 1905 sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. a bold, forward girl or woman → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
n. 3. the penis → M20 US sl.
n. 4. a student interested mainly in sports → 1970 US students’ sl.
n. 5. a condom → 1990 US sl.
vb. 1. to coit a woman; to copulate with a whore → 17C sl.
vb. 2. to hang → 1825 Sc.
vb. 3. to flog, to beat → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
vb. 4. to work → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRAP-OIL n. a beating or flogging→ 19C jocular usage
► STRAPPADO n. a form of torture: the culprit, his legs tied, was hoisted by a rope fastened to his arms behind his back, and was given a rapid descent stopped so suddenly that the jerk often dislocated the joints of arms and shoulders; this was repeated once or twice → 1587 sl.
► STRAPPED adj. penniless, bankrupt; having a severe shortage of cash → 1857 sl.
► STRAPPER n. anything big or bulky → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRAPPING adj. tall, robust, well-made → 1678 sl.
n. a thrashing → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRATAGEMATIC adj. relating to or versed in the use of stratagems or strategy → 1589 obs.
► STRATIOTIC adj. warlike; military; pertaining to war → 1656 obs.
► STRATOCRACY n. government or political control by the army; military rule → M17
► STRATOCRAT n. a military ruler → L19
► STRATOCRATIC adj. pert. to stratocracy → M19
► STRAUGHT 0distraught, out of one’s wits → E16 arch.
► STRAVAG vb. to tramp; to loaf; to abscond → 1887 Sc. & Irish
► STRAVAGANT adj. 1. irrelevant, unsuitable → 1565 obs.
adj. 2. extraordinary, unusual, special → 1613 obs.
n. 1. something irrelevant → 1565 obs.
n. 2. a vagrant, a vagabond, a tramp → 1592 obs.
► STRAVAGE vb. to roam about idly (rhymes with ‘plague’) → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► STRAVAIG vb. to tramp; to loaf; to abscond; to wander about aimlessly → L18 orig. & chiefly Sc., Irish. & N. Eng. dial.
► STRAVAIGER n. a vagabond → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► STRAW n. 1. a trifle, a trivial matter → L17
n. 2. a long clay pipe; a churchwarden → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. a straw hat → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. marijuana; a marijuana cigarette → M20 drug culture sl.
► STRAW BASHER n. a straw hat → 20C sl.
► STRAWBERRIES n. prunes → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► STRAWBERRY n. 1. a birthmark → 1866 sl.
n. 2. a graze on the skin; a sore or bruise, esp. one caused by friction with the ground → 1921 N. Amer. sl.
n. 3. a red nose caused by excessive drinking → 1949 jocular usage
n. 4. a female who trades sex for crack or money to buy crack → 1998 drug culture sl. (Bk.)
► STRAWBERRY FIELDS n. LSD → M20 drug culture sl.
► STRAWBERRY-PREACHER n. a non-resident preacher; one who visited his cure only once a year → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRAW BOSS n. a subordinate or assistant foreman → 1894 orig. US
► STRAW-CHIPPER n. a barber → 1823 sl.
► STRAW-DEATH n. a natural death in one’s bed → 1787 arch.
► STRAW-DRY adj. very dry → 1951
► STRAWER n. a straw hat → 1904 school sl. (Bk.)
► STRAWFOOT n. 1. a rookie → 1860 US Civil War usage
n. 2. a rural or backwoods soldier → 1860 US Civil War usage
► STRAW-HAT n. a theatre operating in the summer only and presenting various productions or companies → 1935 US theatrical usage
► STRAW-HATTER n. a play presented in a straw-hat theatre → 1949 US theatrical usage
► STRAW IN THE WIND n. a small but significant indicator of the (future) course of events → 1975
► STRAW-MAN n. a perjured witness → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRAW-SHOES n. a perjured witness → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRAW-WITNESS n. a perjured witness → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRAWY adj. light, worthless, or flammable as straw → L16
► STRAWYARD n. 1. a shelter, asylum or refuge for the destitute → 1851 tramps’ sl.
n. 2. a straw hat → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STREAK n. 1. a mental peculiarity → 1647 sl.
n. 2. a fit of temper → 1904 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. a tall, thin person → 1941 sl., orig. Aust.
n. 4. a fast throw → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 5. a wild party; a wild and exciting time → 1975 US sl.
vb. 1. to decamp swiftly; to go fast or with a rush; to leave in a great hurry; to move very rapidly → 1604
vb. 2. to run around; to run around wildly → 1970 US sl.
vb. 3. to run naked in a public place as a stunt → 1973 sl., orig US
► STREAKED adj. 1. disconcerted, frightened, annoyed → 1834 Amer.
adj. 2. cowardly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STREAKER n. a fast throw → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STREAK IT vb. 1. to leave hurriedly → 1834 Amer.
vb. 2. to go fast → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STREAK IT OUT vb. 1. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to go fast → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STREAK REAM IN ONE’S TEETH vb. to flatter → 1721 Sc. (ream = cream)
► STREAK OFF LIKE GREASED LIGHTNING vb. to decamp swiftly, to go with a rush → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STREAK O’ MOO n. cream in coffee → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STREAKY adj. 1. flabbergasted, astonished → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
adj. 2. irritable; short-tempered → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
adj. 3. mean → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
adj. 4. variable → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
adj. 5. cowardly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STREAMER n. a severe head-cold → 1920 colloq.
► STREAMERS n. the Aurora Borealis, northern lights → 1805 sl.
► STREAM-LINE adj. 1. of persons: slim and graceful → 1932
adj. 2. of clothes: neatly and closely tailored → 1940
n. a tall, thin man → 1917 army sl.
► STREAM-LINED adj. 1. of persons: slim and graceful → 1932
adj. 2. of clothes: neatly and closely tailored → 1940
► STREAMLINED PUSSY WITH A FLUID DRIVE n. a skunk → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STREAMLINE SPEECH n. slang → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STREAM’S TOWN n. the female genitals → 1820 sl.
► STREEL n. a slattern; a slovenly woman → 19C US colloq.
► STREET n. the people living in a street → 1594 colloq.
► THE STREET n. a centre of trade or exchange; in the US., Wall Street → 1612 sl.
► STREET ACCIDENT n. a mongrel dog → 20C jocular usage
► STREET APPLE n. a piece of horse manure → 1967 Amer. sl.
► STREET ARAB n. a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets → 1910 colloq.
► STREET-CHANTING n. the practice of singing in the streets for a living → 1887 cant
► STREET CRED n. status among one’s peers, esp. in fashionable urban youth subculture → 1981 Brit. sl.
► STREET-GANGER n. a beggar → L19 cant
► STREET-HOUND n. a rough, a bully, a loafer → 1872 Amer. sl.
► STREETMAN n. a petty criminal who works on the city streets, esp. as a pickpocket or drug peddler → 1908 US sl.
► STREET OF SHAME n. prostitution; the world of prostitutes → M20 US euphemism
► STREET OF SIN n. prostitution; the world of prostitutes → M20 US euphemism
► STREETOLOGY n. science or knowledge of the streets of a town → 1845 obs.
► STREET PIMP n. a pimp who works the streets with his prostitutes in order to be present when finances are arranged → M20 US criminals’ sl.
► STREET-PITCHER n. a vendor or a mendicant taking a station (or ‘pitch’) in the street → 1850 sl.
► STREETS AHEAD adj. surpassing all others → 1898 sl.
► STREET SISTER n. a prostitute → M20 US sl.
► STREET UP FOR REPAIRS n. the menses → 19C Brit. sl.
► STREETWALKER n. 1. a prostitute who seeks customers on the street → 1592 UK
n. 2. a jailer; a turnkey → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
n. 3. in oil drilling: an operator who does not have an office → 1954 US sl.
► STREET-WISE adj. experienced in or possessing the necessary qualities for urban survival → 1981 US
► STREET-YARN n. idle gossip → 1816 Amer.
► STRENGER adj. stronger → 888 obs.
► STRENGEST adj. strongest → 893 obs.
► STRENGH n. 1. a being strong → 825 obs.
n. 2. force, violence → 1300 obs.
vb. to make strong or stronger; to strengthen, to confirm; to fortify, to reinforce → 1175 obs.
► STRENGHFULLY adv. with might or power → 1400 obs.
► STRENGLY adv. strongly → 1425 obs.
► STRENGTH n. the essential facts; the pertinent details → 1908 Aust. sl.
► STRENK vb. to sprinkle → 1175 obs.
► STRENUITY n. a being strenuous; strenuousness → 1436 
► STREPENT adj. noisy → 1750 
► STREPEROSITY n. high-sounding language → 1772 obs.
► STREPEROUS adj. noisy, harsh-sounding, loud, boisterous → 1637 obs.
► STREPITANT adj. noisy, making a great noise → 1855 
► STREPITATE vb. to make a noise often; to make a great noise; to rustle → 1656 obs.
► STREPITATION n. a repeated noise, clattering → 1913 
► STREPITOUS adj. noisy, accompanied with much noise → 1681 
► STRESS-HEAD n. a person who is habitually stressed; a constant worrier → 1996 Aust. sl.
► STRETCH n. 1. a yard → 1785 cant
n. 2. imprisonment; a prison sentence → 1821 sl.
n. 3. a walk → 1821 sl., orig. university (Bk.)
vb. 1. to kill by hanging → 1595 sl.
vb. 2. to exaggerate; to lie → 1844 sl.
vb. 3. to kill deliberately → 1902 sl.
► STRETCH A LEG vb. to walk → 1653 sl.
► STRETCH A POINT vb. to exceed a limit → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRETCHEN adj. extended → 1642 obs.
► STRETCHER n. 1. a large penis → M18 Brit. sl.
n. 2. an exaggeration, a falsehood, a lie → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRETCHER-FENCER n. a vendor of braces → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRETCHERS n. braces → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRETCH FORTH ONE’S HAND vb. to give aid or help to → 1902 (Bk.)
► STRETCH-HALTER n. a scoundrel; one who badly needs a hanging → 1604 sl.
► STRETCH-HEMP n. a scoundrel; one who badly needs a hanging → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRETCHING n. a hanging → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRETCHING-BEE n. a hanging → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRETCHING-MATCH n. a hanging → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRETCH LEATHER vb. to possess a woman → 1653 sl.
► STRETCHLING n. a minute quantity of space → 1674 obs.
► STRETCH ONE’S LEGS vb. to increase one’s stride, to walk fast → 1653 obs.
► STRETCH ONE’S LEGS ACCORDING TO THE COVERLET vb. to adapt oneself to circumstances → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRETCH SOME JEANS vb. to do the sex act, esp. homosexually → 1970 US prison sl.
► STRETCH THE BLANKET vb. to exaggerate; to lie or tell a tall tale → 1870 Amer. sl.
► STRETCH THE LEGS vb. to exercise by walking → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STRETCH THE RUBBER vb. to be unfaithful to one’s wife or mistress → M20 US criminals’ sl.
► STRETCHY adj. sleepy, languid; inclined to stretch and yawn → 1872 colloq.
► STRETCH YOUR LEGS! int. beat it! go away! → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► STREUTH! int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment; God’s truth! → 1892 
► STREWINGLY adv. dispersedly → 1578 obs.
► STREWMENTS n. flowers, etc. strewed on a grave → 1604 
► ‘STREWTH! int. God’s truth!; an oath; an exclamation → 1892