Dictionary: STRI – STT

► STRICH n. the screech-owl → 1552 obs.
► STRICK adj. of running water: swift, rapid → 1552 Sc.
► STRICKLING adv. stiffly → 1642 obs.
► STRICTARIAN n. one holding rigid conformist views → 1867
► STRICTLAND n. an isthmus → 1577 obs.
► STRICTLY FOR THE BIRDS adj. said of something worthless or no good, esp. appealing only to gullible people → 1944 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► STRICTURE n. 1. strictness → 1616 obs.
n. 2. a spark, a flash of light → 1628 obs.
n. 3. a binding tightly; tight closure → 1649
n. 4. a touch, a slight trace → 1672 obs.
n. 5. an incidental remark or comment; an adverse criticism → 1655
vb. to criticize, to censure → 1851
► STRIDDLE n. a stride → 1721
vb. 1. to stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle → 1530 obs.
vb. 2. to stride → 1786 obs.
► STRIDDLE-LEGS adv. astride → 1825 Eng. dial.
► STRIDDLING adv. astride → 1440 Eng. dial.
► STRIDE n. one of a flight of steps → 1400 obs.
► STRIDE A POT vb. of women: to urinate → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRIDE-LEG ► STRIDE-LEGS adv. astride → 1809 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► STRIDE-LEGGED adv. astride → 1879
► STRIDELONG adv. with the legs wide apart → 1609 obs.
► STRIDENT adj. making a harsh, grating or creaking noise; loud and harsh, shrill → 1656
► STRIDERS n. trousers → L19 sl.
► STRIDES n. trousers → 1889 orig. theatrical, now chiefly Aust.
► STRIDEWALLOPS n. a tall, long-legged girl; a tomboy, a romp → 19C Eng. dial. obs.
► STRIDEWAYS adv. astride → 1859
► STRIDE-WIDE n. ale → 1904 cant (Bk.)
► STRIDOR n. a harsh, high-pitched sound; a shrill grating or creaking noise → 1632
► STRIDULATE vb. to make a harsh, grating, shrill noise → 1838
► STRIDULENT adj. producing a shrill grating sound → 1874
► STRIDULOUS adj. 1. producing a shrill grating sound → 1611
adj. 2. of the voice, sound: harsh, shrill, grating → 1646
► STRIFEFUL adj. full of strife; contentious → 1382
► STRIFFIN n. the thin skin on the inside of an eggshell → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► STRIFT n. a striving; also, contention, strife → 1612 obs.
► STRIG n. the stalk of a leaf, fruit, or flower → 1565
vb. to remove the strig or stalk from currants, etc. → 1887
► STRIGGLE n. a wavy line → 1906 colloq.
► STRIGILATE vb. to curry a horse → 1623 obs.
► STRIGOSE adj. meagre, sapless → 1708 obs.
► STRIKE n. 1. an unscrupulous attempt to extort money or to obtain other personal advantage → 1890 sl.
n. 2. £1 → 1890 sl.
n. 3. a sovereign → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to copulate → 1620 sl.
vb. 2. to get money; to steal; to beg, to borrow; to get into debt → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRIKE A BUSTLE vb. to make a commotion → 1823 obs.
► STRIKE A HIGHBALL vb. to go as fast as possible → 1920 Amer. dial.
► STRIKE A LIGHT int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → 1936 Brit., Aust., & NZ
n. (as strike-a-light) a flint used for striking fire → 1870
vb. 1. to open a line of credit → E19 sl.
vb. 2. to run up an alehouse score → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRIKE ALL IN A HEAP vb. to amaze or stupefy one → 1914 Amer. dial.
► STRIKE ALL OF A HEAP vb. to amaze or stupefy one → 1950 Amer. dial.
► STRIKE DUMP vb. to strike with amazement → 1616 obs.
► STRIKE-FIRE n. gin → 1725 sl.
► STRIKE IT RICH vb. to become rich → 1884 sl., orig. US
► STRIKE ME! int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → 1696 Aust. & NZ sl. 
► STRIKE-ME-BLIND int. (as ‘strike me blind!’) an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → 1696 Aust. & NZ sl. 
n. rice → 1904 nautical sl. (Bk.)
► STRIKE ME DEAD int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → 1696 Aust. & NZ sl. 
n. small beer → 1824 nautical sl.
► STRIKE ME DUMB! int. an oath an exclamation → 17C colloq.
► STRIKE ME HANDSOME! int. a mock oath and exclamation → 20C colloq.
► STRIKE ME LUCK(Y)! int. orig. used in clenching a bargain; the hands were struck together, and the buyer left a ‘luck-penny’ in the hands of the seller; hence an oath or ejaculation → 1616 sl.
► STRIKE ME PINK! int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → 1902 Aust. & NZ sl. 
► STRIKE OF DAY n. daybreak → 1790 obs.
► STRIKE OIL vb. to succeed → 1863 Amer. sl.
► STRIKE ONE ALL OF A HEAP vb. to amaze or stupefy one → 1756 Amer. dial.
► STRIKE ON THE MACE vb. to live on credit → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► STRIKER n. 1. a person who coins money → 1449 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a fornicator, a wencher → 1593 sl.
n. 3. a robber who uses violence → 1598 sl.
n. 4. a horse given to kicking → 1693
n. 5. a harpoon → 1858
n. 6. a soldier who works for an officer → 1867 military usage
n. 7. a blackmailer → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
n. 8. something beautiful or attractive → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 9. a sailor on the lookout for his own advancement, even by flattering means → 1945 World War II US Navy sl.
n. 10. a recruit for a motorcycle gang in the Bronx → 1980 US motorcyclists’ sl.
► STRIKE THE BALL UNDER THE LINE vb. to fail in one’s purpose → 1546
► STRIKE THE FLAG vb. to relinquish command, esp. of a ship → 20C sl.
► STRIKE THE LIGHT vb. to extinguish the light → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STRIKE THE MACE vb. to obtain goods by persuading the shopkeeper to extend credit that one has no intention of paying → E19 sl.
► STRIKE UPWARD vb. to rebound → 1530 obs.
► STRIKING n. a robbery, swindle, picking a pocket, or imposition → 1591 sl.
► STRILL n. a cheating lie → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► STRIME n. a stride, a pace → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. to walk with long steps; to stride; to pace → 1854 Eng. dial.
► STRIM-STRAM n. a rude stringed instrument of the guitar kind → 1730 obs.
► STRIND n. 1. generation, descent, lineage; a race, breed, stock; offspring, progeny → 1854 obs.
n. 2. a stream, a rivulet → 1225 obs.
n. 3. an inherited quality or disposition → 1513 obs.
► STRINE adj. relating to Australia → 1964 colloq.
n. 1. an Australian → 1964 colloq.
n. 2. Australian English → 1965 colloq.
► STRING n. 1. a whip → 1576 obs.
n. 2. a fishing line → 1585 obs.
n. 3. a set or group of slaves → 1744 obs.
n. 4. a set or stud of horses, or beasts of burden → 1764
n. 5. a flock of birds flying in single file → 1801
n. 6. a hoax; a discredited story → 1851 US sl.
n. 7. a group of prostitutes working for the same person or organization → 1913 US sl.
vb. 1. to fool or hoax; to deceive, to dupe → 1812 sl., chiefly US
vb. 2. in billiards: to cast for play; each player to the top of the table to return to balk, the one nearest the bottom cushion then has the choice → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRING ALONG vb. 1. to be in agreement; to follow with confidence → 20C colloq.
vb. 2. to deceive, cheat, trick → 1902 colloq.
vb. 3. to keep a person waiting or in a state of uncertainty → 1902 colloq.
► STRING AND TWINE n. wine → 1920 US rhyming sl.
► STRING A WHIZZER vb. to lie or tell a tall tale → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► STRING-BEAN n. a tall, thin person → 1936 US sl.
► STRINGER n. 1. a whoremonger; a lecher; a wencher → 1611 sl.
n. 2. a hoax or trick → 1851 US sl.
n. 3. in cricket: a difficult ball to play → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRINGERS n. handcuffs → 1893 sl.
► STRINGLET n. a long wisp of hair → 1852 US obs.
► STRING OF BACON n. campaign ribbons → 1976 US military sl.
► STRING OF BOXES n. a train of boxcars → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STRING OF PONIES n. a collection of prostitutes → 20C sl.
► STRING OF SAUSAGES n. a chain → M19 sl.
► STRING OF VARNISH n. a passenger train → 1945 Amer. dial.
► STRING OUT vb. to be under the influence of a drug → 1967 US sl.
► STRING SLUM n. a row of unsightly buildings along the side of a road → 1939 US
► STRING UP vb. to kill by hanging → 1728 sl.
► STRINGY adj. of the body: thin → 1833
► STRINGY-BARK adj. characteristic of the Australian outback; unsophisticated; uncultured, rough; hence: mean, ne’er-do-well → 1833 Aust. sl.
n. 1. a person who lives in the Australian outback; an uncultured or unsophisticated person; a ne’er-do-well → 1836 Aust. sl., obs.
n. 2. a combination of fusil oil and turpentine, labelled ‘whisky’; bad liquor → 1890 Aust. sl.
► STRINKLE vb. to sprinkle, scatter, or strew a surface with something → 1500 obs.
► STRINKLING n. a small quantity or amount spinkled → 1660 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► STRIP n. 1. a street noted for its nightclubs, bars, gambling houses, etc. → 1939
n. 2. in cricket: the narrow band of ground between the wickets → 1976
vb. 1. to move or pass swiftly → 1400 obs.
vb. 2. to rob or gut a house; to rob a person → 1696 sl.
vb. 3. to pull off the winter growth of hair from a dog; to pluck → 1930
► STRIP A PEG vb. to buy secondhand or ready-made clothes → 1908 sl.
► STRIPE n. 1. a small stream, a rivulet → 1440 Sc.
n. 2. a blow or stroke with a staff, sword, or other weapon, or with the claws ore hoofs of an animal, etc. → 1475 obs.
n. 3. a stroke or lash with a whip or scourge → 1485 arch.
n. 4. a characteristic; kind → 1613 colloq.
n. 5. persons of the same political colour → 1856 Amer.
vb. to beat, to whip → 1460 obs.
► STRIPED adj. intoxicated with alcohol → M20 US sl.
► STRIPED PUSSYCAT n. a skunk → 1950 Amer. dial.
► STRIPE-PUSSY n. a skunk → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRIPER n. an officer in the Royal Navy or the US Navy of a rank designated by the stated number of stripes on the uniform, and in the army to a lance-corporal (one-striper), corporal (two-striper),  or sergeant (three-striper) → 1917 sl.
► STRIPES n. 1. a tiger → 1917 US circus usage
n. 2. a prison uniform → 1887 US sl.
► STRIPEY n. a long-service able seaman, esp. one with good-conduct stripes → 1942 Brit. naval sl.
► STRIPLING n. a youth, one just passing from boyhood to manhood → 1398
► STRIP-ME-NAKED n. gin → 1751 sl.
► STRIPPAGE n. branches stripped from trees → 1873
► STRIPPED adj. of drinks: unmixed with water → 1902 colloq. (Bk.)
► STRIPPED TO THE BUFF adj. undressed, nude, naked → 1848 Amer. dial.
► STRIPPERS n. high cards cut wedge-shape, a little wider than the rest, so as to be easily drawn in a crooked game; a marked deck → 1843 gaming sl. (Bk.)
► STRIPPET n. a small rill or brook → 1577 obs.
► STRIPPEUSE n. a performer of strip-tease → 1939 jocular usage
► STRIPTEASEUSE n. a stripteaser → 1941 colloq., orig. US
► STRIPTEUSE n. a stripteaser → 1942 colloq., orig. US
► STRIP THE KEN vb. to rob a house → 1696 sl.
► STRIP THE TABLE vb. to win all the money on the place → 1696 sl.
► STRIP WELL vb. to look good unclothed or partially clothed; to have a sexually attractive body → 20C US sl.
► STRIT vb. to walk proudly, to strut → 1597 obs.
► STRITHE n. a stride; a long step in walking → 1400 obs.
► STRIVABLE adj. open to dispute, disputable → 1456 obs.
► STRIVE vb. 1. to quarrel, to wrangle → 1290
vb. 2. to debate, to discuss → 1340 obs.
vb. 3. to cavil, to dispute → 1400 obs.
vb. 4. to write with care → 1904 Christ’s Hospital usage (Bk.)
► STRIVER n. one given to strife, a contentious person → 1400 obs.
► STRIVOUS adj. full of strife → 1382 obs.
► STROAM vb. to walk with long strides; also, to wander about idly → 1796 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► STROAN ► STRONE vb. to urinate → 1730 Sc.
► STRODDLE vb. to straddle → 1607
► STRODLING n. a foundling → 1490 Sc. obs.
► STROKE n. 1. the mark left by a blow; a bruise, wound, cut → 1500 obs.
n. 2. a pulsation or beat of the heart or pulse → 1538
n. 3. a slice of meat → 1581 obs.
n. 4. an electric shock → 1767 obs.
n. 5. copulation → 1785 sl.
n. 6. a shock of earthquake → 1815 obs.
n. 7. an underhanded trick → 1970 Brit. sl.
vb. 1. to go quickly, to travel → 1735
vb. 2. to copulate → L18 sl.
vb. 3. to fondle; to caress a woman → 19C Brit. colloq.
vb. 4. to grope → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
vb. 5. to praise or compliment a person → M20 US colloq.
vb. 6. to do something in a suave manner → 1967 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► STROKE AGAINST THE HAIR vb. to irritate, ruffle, or cross a person → 1846 Sc.
► STROKE AND STRIFE n. lawless violence → 1510
► STROKE BOOK n. a pornographic book → 1972
► STROKE HOUSE n. a cinema where pornographic films are shown → 1971 US
► STROKE OF BATTLE n. active warfare → 1525 obs.
► STROKE OF GENIUS n. an outstandingly brilliant or inspired idea → 1728
► STROKE ONE’S OAR vb. of a male: to masturbate → 1971 Amer. sl.
► STROKER n. a flatterer; a sycophant → 1632 sl.
► STROKE THE EARS vb. to gratify with agreeable sounds; hence, to flatter, to coax → 1668 obs.
► STROKE THE FUR THE WRONG WAY vb. to cause irritation → 1870
► STROKE THE LIZARD vb. to masturbate → 1970 US sl.
► STROKE WITH THE HAIR vb. to soothe → 1816 Sc.
► STROLL n. anything that is easily achieved, without undue effort → 1908
► STROLLER n. 1. a vagabond, itinerant, man of no settled abode; a gypsy, beggar, peddler, hawker, etc. → 1681 chiefly Sc.
n. 2. an actor → 1891 theatrical sl. (Bk.)
► STROLLERS n. casual shoes → 1948
► STROLLING-MORT n. an unmarried female beggar who pretends to be a widow → 1696 cant
► STROLLING-PLAYER n. an itinerant actor → 1652
► STROLL ON! int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → 1959 Brit.
► STROLLOP n. a woman of loose sexual morals → 20C
vb. to wander about → 20C Amer. dial.
► STROME vb. to walk with long strides; also, to wander about idly → 1796 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► STROMMEL n. 1. straw → 1567 cant
n. 2. hair → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STROMMELLING adj. 1. awkward, ungainly → 19C Eng. dial.
adj. 2. unruly → 1825 Eng. dial.
► STROMP n. a masculine woman; a woman exhibiting male behaviour → 20C Amer. dial.
► STRONG n. the thumb → 1300 obs.
► STRONG AND THIN n. gin; a glass of gin → E20 US rhyming sl.
► STRONG ARM adj. (as ‘strong-arm’) orig., willing to resort to violence, esp. in the course of robbery; employed to use physical force against others → 1886
n. a physically powerful person; one who uses violence; a criminal who resorts to violence, a person employed to use physical force against others → 1893 orig. US
 (verbs as ‘strong-arm’)
vb. 1. to use violence or bullying tactics against a person; to coerce or bully into doing something → 1896 orig. US
vb. 2. to proceed in an aggressive, coercive, or bullying manner → 1906
► STRONG AS MUSTARD adj. very powerful or passionate → 1659
► STRONG BACK AND A WEAK MIND n. descriptive of a stupid, strong fellow → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STRONG BARLEY-WATER n. ale → 1625 obs.
► STRONG BEGGAR n. an able-bodied man begging without cause, and often with violence → 1530
► STRONG-BREATHED adj. 1. having unpleasant-smelling breath → 1575
adj. 2. able to breathe strongly; capable of  vigorous action without becoming out of breath; hence, healthy, fit, robust → 1626
► STRONG CARD n. a particular advantage; a valuable asset → 1795
► STRONG DEATH n. a violent or cruel death → 1000 obs.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO BEAR UP AN EGG adj. said of strong coffee → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO BOUNCE AN IRON WEDGE adj. said of strong coffee → 1946 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO CARRY AN EGG adj. said of strong coffee → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO FLOAT A COLT adj. said of very strong coffee → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► STRONG ENOUGH TO FLOAT AN EGG adj. said of strong coffee → 1950 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO FLOAT AN IRON WEDGE adj. said of strong coffee → 1859 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO FLOAT AN IRON WEDGEAROUND CAPE HORN adj. said of strong coffee → 1939 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD UP AN EGG adj. said of strong coffee → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO KNOCK YOUR HAT OFF adj. of coffee: very strong → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO POP AN EGG adj. said of strong coffee → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO RAISE YOUR HAT adj. of coffee: very strong → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO TIP YOUR HAT adj. of coffee: very strong → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO TOTE DOUBLE adj. said of strong coffee → 1967 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK adj. of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK ALONE adj. of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured → 1861 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK AND PAY TAXES adj. of coffee: very strong-flavoured → 1861 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK BACK TO COLOMBIA adj. of coffee: very strong-flavoured → 1992 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK BY ITSELF adj. of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK OFF adj. of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK ON adj. of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK ON ITS HANDS adj. of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured → 1915 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK OUT OF THE CUP adj. of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK OUT OF THE POT adj. of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK UP A HILL BACKWARDS adj. of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONG ENOUGH TO WALK UP HILL adj. of food or drink, esp. coffee: very strong-flavoured → 1965 Amer. dial.
► STRONGERS n. alcoholic drinks; intoxicating liquor → 1939 sl.
► STRONGER THAN HORSERADISH adj. very strong → 1909 US sl.
► STRONGER THAN PIG SHIT adj. very strong → 1970 US sl.
► STRONG FARMER n. a prosperous farmer with a relatively large farm → 1802 Ireland
► STRONGFUL adj. full of strength; powerful → 1400
► STRONG HAND n. a using excessive force or strength to accomplish something; coercion → 1000
► STRONG-HANDED adj. 1. forceful, imperious; able or willing to use force or to act firmly and decisively → 1565
adj. 2. having substantial financial resources → 1817 US
► STRONG-HEADED adj. 1. headstrong, stubborn → 1579
adj. 2. having a determined mind; not readily influenced by others → 1789
► STRONGHOLD n. 1. a place strongly fortified against attack; a secure place of refuge or retreat → 1384
n. 2. a place where a particular cause or belief is strongly defended or upheld → 1532
► STRONGHOUSE n. a fortified or secure house; a fort, a castle; a prison → 1325
► STRONG IN THE POCKET adj. having substantial financial resources, wealthy, rich → 1699
► STRONG IN THE PURSE adj. wealthy, rich, having substantial financial resources → 1754
► STRONG IT vb. to talk exaggeratedly → 1964 Brit. sl.
► STRONG LINES n. obscure or bombastic writing → 1627 obs.
► STRONG MEAT n. a thing ort person likely to be found unacceptably forceful or extreme → 1000
► THE STRONG OF n. refers to the truth about something or the point or meaning of something → 1915 Aust. sl.
► STRONG OF FRIENDS adj. having powerful friends → 1405 obs.
► STRONG SILENT MAN n. a taciturn man whose feelings are concealed and controlled → 1839
► STRONG SILENT TYPE n. a taciturn person whose feelings are concealed and controlled → 1909
► STRONG SUIT n. a thing at which a person excels; a particular advantage, a valuable asset → 1742
► STRONG WATERS n. strong alcoholic drinks → 1615 colloq.
► STROOL n. a stream of water, or other liquid → 1867 Sc.
► ‘STROOTH! int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment; God’s truth! → 1892
► STROP n. belligerence; peevishness; a fit of temper, a sulk → 1970 UK colloq.
► STROPE vb. to strip, to denude a thing of its covering → 1527 obs.
► STROP ONE’S BEAK vb. to coit a woman → 19C Brit. sl.
► STROPPINESS n. belligerence, peevishness → 1969
► STROPPY adj. bad-tempered, rebellious, awkward, unruly → 1951 colloq.
► STROSSERS n. a type of tight trousers; breeches, trews → 1598 obs.
► STROTHER n. a marsh → 1300 N. Eng. dial., obs.
► STROUBLANCE n. disturbance, molestation → 1439 obs.
► STROUBLE adj. troublous → 1488 obs.
vb. 1. to disturb, to trouble → 1384 obs.
vb. 2. to make turbid or cloudy → 1480 obs.
► STROUP n. 1. the throat; the gullet or the windpipe → 1338 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. the spout of a kettle, teapot, etc. → 1505 chiefly Sc.
► STROUSES n. breeches, trews → 1600 obs.
► STROY n. 1. a person who destroys; a wasteful person → 1440 obs.
n. 2. destruction → 1682 obs.
vb. to destroy → 1200 obs.
► STROY-ALL n. a destructive or wasteful person → 1573 obs.
► STROYER n. a destroyer → 1380 obs.
► STROY-GOOD n. a destructive or wasteful person → 1540 obs.
► STRUB vb. to rob, to strip → 1680 Eng. dial.
► STRUBBLE vb. to put the hair in disorder → 1916 Amer. dial.
► STRUCION n. the ostrich → 1225 obs.
► STRUCK DUMBWILDERED adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STRUCTOR n. a builder → 1634
► STRUCTURATE vb. to structure, to construct or arrange according to a plan → 1664
► STRUCTURER n. an architect, a builder → 1755 obs.
► STRUE vb. to construe → 1903 schools’ sl. (Bk.)
► STRUGGLE-BUGGY n. an automobile, esp. an old or broken-down car → 1925 Amer. dial.
► STRUGGLE-FOR-LIFER n. a person who has a struggle to live; usually, one who is unscrupulous in his efforts to advance himself in the world → 1925 sl.
► STRULL n. a female tramp; a tramp’s woman → 1925 Amer. dial.
► STRUM n. 1. a strumpet; a prostitute; a harlot → 1699 sl.
n. 2. a wig → 1699 sl. obs.
n. 3. a fit of ill humour → 1788 Sc.
vb. 1. to copulate → L18 sl.
vb. 2. to be in a pettish humour → 1804 Sc.
► THE STRUM n. street-walking → 1887 sl.
► STRUMBLE n. a rumble → 1938
vb. to stumble → 1681 obs.
► STRUMMEL n. 1. a horse or a yearling heifer → 1513 Sc., obs.
n. 2. straw → 1567 sl., obs.
n. 3. hair → 1725 sl., obs.
► STRUMMEL-FAKER n. a barber → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRUMMELL-PATCH n. a person → 1600 sl., obs., contemptuous
► STRUMMY adj. pettish, sullen → 19C Sc.
► STRUMP vb. to play the strumpet; to behave in a sexually promiscuous or provocative manner → 1550 obs.
► STRUMPERY n. prostitution; lewd behaviour → 1500 arch.
► STRUMPET adj. wanton, promiscuous, unfaithful, fickle → 1382
n. 1. a harlot; a prostitute → 1350 sl., chiefly derogatory
n. 2. a person who is unprincipled, unreliable, or immoral; one who acts in a debased or corrupt way for profit or advantage → 1382
vb. 1. to play the whore; to practice prostitution → 1608 sl.
vb. 2. to behave in an unfaithful manner → 1627 obs.
vb. 3. to behave in a sexually promiscuous or provocative manner → 1890
vb. 4. to copulate → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRUMPETIER n. a man who engages in sexual activity with prostitutes; a sexually promiscuous person → 1633 obs.
► STRUMPETLY adj. 1. in a showy, gaudy, or sexually provocative manner → 1483 obs.
adj. 2. in a showy, gaudy, or sexually provocative manner → 1913
adv. in the manner of a prostitute → 1483 obs.
► STRUMPETOCRACY n. a system of rule or social domination by prostitutes, or by women regarded as promiscuous or immoral; a governing body or ruling class of such women → 1818 sl.
► STRUMPETRY n. prostitution; fornication, lewd behaviour → 1435
► STRUMPLE n. the fleshy stem of a horse’s tail → 1598 obs.
► STRUNG-OUT adj. 1. addicted to drugs; intoxicated with drugs → 1959 US drug culture sl.
adj. 2. emotionally disturbed; psychologically tense and vulnerable, worried → 1960 Amer. sl.
adj. 3. in love → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► STRUNT adj. stumpy → 1577 N. Eng. dial., obs.
n. 1. the penis → 1608 cant
n. 2. the fleshy part of the tail of an animal, esp. of a horse; hence, also, the whole tail → 1610
n. 3. a fit of ill humour or sulks → 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 4. spirituous liquor → 1787 Sc.
vb. 1. to move with a self-important air → 1786 Sc.
vb. 2. to cut short, esp. to dock the tail of a horse or sheep → 1828
vb. 3. to sulk → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► STRUNTY adj. 1. short, stumpy, dwarfish, stunted → 1756 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. short-tempered, easily offended, sulky, out of humour, pettish, huffy → 1825 Sc.& Eng. dial.
adj. 3. misty, foggy → 1879 Sc.& Eng. dial.
► STRUST vb. to trust → 1250 obs.
► STRUSTY adj. trusty, reliable, dependable → 1250 obs.
► STRUT adj. so full as to be swollen or distended → 1601 obs.
n. strife, contention; a quarrel, wrangle → 1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to bulge, to swell; to protrude on account of being full or swollen → 1300 obs.
vb. 2. to contend, to strive, to quarrel, to bluster → 1300 obs.
► STRUT-BELLIED adj. intoxicated → 1577 Sc., obs.
► STRUT-FART n. a person, usually a male, who struts around looking very important → 20C US colloq.
► ‘STRUTH! int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment; God’s truth! → 1892
► STRUTHIOCAMEL ► STRUTHIOCAMELE ►STRUTHIOCAMELL n. an ostrich → 1607 obs.
► STRUTHIOUS adj. resembling the ostrich, related to the ostrich → 1773
► STRUTHONIAN adj. tending to ‘hide one’s head in the sand’ like an ostrich, and ignore unwelcome facts; pretending a problem doesn’t exist → 1892 jocular usage
► STRUT-NODDY n. a mincing fool → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRUT ONE’S FUNKY STUFF vb. to dance in a confident, uninhibited, or expressive way; to show off one’s dance moves → 1979 sl.
► STRUT ONE’S STUFF vb. to show off; to display one’s ability → 1926 sl., orig. US
► STRUT OUT vb. to bulge, to swell; to protrude on account of being full or swollen → 1300 obs.
► STRUTTLE n. a petty strut or manner of strutting → 1829
► STRUWWELPETERDOM n. of hair: the condition of being thick and untidy → 1909
► STRY n. a woman regarded as old, malevolent, unattractive, etc.; a hag, a beldam → 1300 obs.
► ST. TIBB’S EVE ► ST. TIB’S EVE n. never → L18 sl.