Dictionary: TALL – TAM

► TALL adj. 1. meet, becoming, seemly, proper, decent → 1400 obs.
adj. 2. good at arms; stout or strong in combat; doughty, brave, bold, valiant → 1400 obs.
adj. 3. big, large, bulky → 1430 obs.
adj. 4. comely, goodly, fair, handsome; elegant, fine → 1450 obs.
adj. 5. quick, prompt, ready, active → 1530 obs.
adj. 6. great, eminent at something → 1591 obs.
adj. 7. lofty, grand, eminent → 1655 obs.
adj. 8. grandiloquent, magniloquent; high-flown, lofty → 1670 colloq.
adj. 9. excellent, good, first-class → 1835 US sl.
adj. 10. exaggerated, highly coloured → 1846 US colloq.
adj. 11. of speech: extravagant, untrue → M19 sl.
adj. 12. of speech: intense, melodramatic → M19 sl.
adj. 13. large, esp. in quantity, as of money → M19 sl., orig. US
adj. 14. drunk → M19 sl., orig. UK criminals’ usage
adj. 15. well-supplied → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
adj. 16. many, a large number of → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
adj. 17. intoxicated by marijuana → 1930 US drug culture sl.
adj. 18. drug-intoxicated → 1946 US sl.
adj. 19. of a prison sentence: lengthy → 1992 US sl.
► TALLACK n. a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman → 1889 Eng. dial.
► TALLAGE n. 1. taste, savour → 1400 obs.
n. 2. the sense of taste → 1557 obs.
► TALLAWAH adj. 1. honest, honourable, decent → 1950 W. Indies sl.
adj. 2. sturdy, fearless, physically capable → 1950 W. Indies sl.
► TALLBOY n. 1. a tall-stemmed glass or goblet → 1676
n. 2. an important person → 1820
n. 3. a large can of beer → 1972 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a large playing marble → 1992 Amer. dial.
► TALL, DARK, AND HANDSOME n. a nickname for a handsome man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TALL DRINK OF WATER n. a tall, thin person → 1924 Amer. dial.
► TALLEN n. a large wine glass → L17 sl.
► TALLER THAN A STACKPOLE adj. very tall → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TALLER THAN THE MORAL LAW adj. very tall → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TALLEST adj. best → M19 sl.
► TALLEST TOAD IN THE PUDDLE n. an important or self-important person → 1855 Amer. dial.
► TALLEYWHACKER n. the penis → 1941 Amer. dial.
► TALL GRASS n. an extremely remote location → 1981 US circus and carnival usage
► TALL HAT n. a silk hat with high cylindrical crown → 1890
► TALL HOG AT THE TROUGH n. one who is in a dominant position; one who has all the advantages; the number one guy  → 1958 Amer. dial.
► TALLIE n. 1. an Italian → 1847 Sc.
n. 2. an Italian vendor of ice-cream, fish and chips etc. → 1928 Sc. jocular or disparaging usage
n. 3. a ‘tall’ story; a lie, an exaggeration → 1930 Aust. sl.
n. 4. a tall, 750 ml bottle of beer → 2003 Aust. sl.
► TALLIED adj. cut, scored, marked → 1440 obs.
► TALLIWAP n. a stroke; a blow → 1825 Sc..
► TALLIWHACKER n. the penis → 1956 Amer. dial.
► TALLMAN n. the middle finger → 1887 Amer. dial.
► TALLMEN n. dice loaded so as to turn up high numbers → 1592 cant obs.
► TALL MONEY n. a large amount of money; substantial wealth → 1940 African-American sl.
► TALL OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW phr. a modest beginning may lead to a significant outcome → 1795
► TALLOCK n. a good-for-nothing idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman → 1889 Eng. dial.
► TALLOCKER n. a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman → 1889 Eng. dial.
► TALLOCKING adj. idle, good-for-nothing; slovenly, untidy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TALL OF HIS HANDS adj. ready, active, deft, skilful with one’s hands; dexterous, handy → 1530 obs.
► TALL OF TONGUE adj. stout or strong of speech or argument → 1607 obs.
► TALL ONE n. a large glass or drink of liquor → 1942 Amer. sl.
► TALL ORDER n. 1. an excessive demand; a difficult thing to achieve → 1893 US sl.
n. 2. an incredible story → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TALLOW n. 1. plenty, abundance → 1380 obs.
n. 2. fat → 1793 Sc. obs.
n. 3. semen → 19C sl.
n. 4. in the railroad: a locomotive fireman → 1953 Amer. dial.
► TALLOW-BREECHED adj. having a large bottom → 19C sl.
► TALLOW CATCH n. a very fat man → 1596 obs.
► TALLOW-FACE n. a pale, yellowish-white face; hence a person having such a face; a term of contempt → 1592 obs.
► TALLOW-FACED adj. having a pale, yellowish-white face → 1592
► TALLOW-GUTTED adj. pot-bellied → 18C sl.
► TALLOW-HUED adj. as pale as tallow, wan → 19C
► TALLOW-JACK n. a candle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TALLOW-LEAF n. the covering of fat which envelops the entrails of an animal → 1824 Sc.
► TALLOW POT n. in the railroad: a locomotive fireman → 1888 Amer. dial.
► TALLOW UP ONE’S POLE vb. to have sexual intercourse, esp. after a period of abstinence → 19C sl.
► TALLOW WHACKER n. the penis → 1981 Amer. dial.
► TALLOWY-FACED adj. sallow → 1887 Eng. dial.
► TALL PAPER n. a lot of money → 2009 African-American sl.
► TALL PIN n. a safety pin → 1952 Amer. dial.
► TALL POPPY n. 1. an eminent, wealthy, or successful person when viewed as needing deflation → 1902 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a person who has a high salary or is otherwise prominent → 1930 Aust. colloq.
► TALL POPPY SYNDROME n. the habit of denigrating successful people → 1983 Aust. sl.
► TALL STORY n. an extravagant, boastful story; a lie → 1846 colloq.
► TALL TALE n. an extravagant, boastful story; a lie → 1846 colloq.
► TALL TALK n. boasting, bragging, the telling of far-fetched stories and anecdotes; exaggerated, showy, or boastful speech → 1832  
► TALL-TALKER n. a braggart; a boaster → M19 sl.
► TALL TIMBER n. 1. the rural areas, the backwoods → M19 US sl.
n. 2. the gallows → 1920 US sl.
► TALL ‘UN n. a pint of coffee → L19 sl.
► TALL WALKERS n. stilts → 1969 Amer. dial.
► TALL WATER SAILOR n. one who has often crossed the ocean → 1913 Amer. navy sl. (Bk.)
► TALL WEEPING n. intense grief → L19 US sl.
► TALL WINE n. sex in which the woman below the man moves and keeps her buttocks up off the bed → 1986 Trinidad and Tobago
► TALLY adj. Italian → 1985 Sc. sl.
adv. 1. in a seemly manner; becomingly, elegantly; fairly, well; bravely → 1350 obs.
adv. 2. highly, loftily → 1611
n. 1. the record of an amount due; a score or shot, an account → 1573 obs.
n. 2. reckoning, score, account → 1614
n. 3. a mark (such as the notch of a tally) representing a unit quantity → 1719 obs.
n. 4. a plant identification label → 1822
n. 5. an Italian → 1847 Sc.
n. 6. in market-gardening: five dozen (cabbages, bunches of turnips, etc.) → 1851
n. 7. a tie-label, tab, or tag for luggage, etc. → 1909
n. 8. an Italian vendor of ice-cream, fish and chips etc. → 1928 Sc. jocular or disparaging
n. 9. Italy → 1942 Amer. sl.
n. 10. a tall, 750 ml bottle of beer → 2003 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to notch a stick so as to make it a tally → 1440 obs.
vb. 2. to deal on tally or credit; to open or have a credit account with anyone → 1596 obs.
vb. 3. to bring into comparison, to compare → 1773 obs.
vb. 4. to live as man and wife without being married → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TALLYDIDDLE n. a foolish or untrue tale; a trifling falsehood; a fib → 1865 colloq.
► TALLY-FELLOW n. a travelling draper, esp. one who gives secret credit and takes payment in small installments  → 1905 Eng. dial.
► TALLY HO n. 1. confusion, fuss → 20C Irish sl.
n. 2. a wide, covered passage between two houses → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 3. rubber cement found in prison shoes, used as an inhalant → 2000 US prison sl.
► TALLY-HUSBAND n. the man with whom a woman cohabits → 18C sl.
► TALLY-LAGGER n. one who is used by another to their advantage → 1969 Amer. dial.
► TALLYMAN n. 1. one who supplies goods on credit, to be paid for by instalments → 1654
n. 2. a man who cohabits with a man without marriage → 1890 sl.
► TALLYWACKER n. the penis → 1966 US sl.
► TALLYWAG n. the penis → L18 Eng. dial.
► TALLYWAGGER n. 1. a thread dangling from the hem of a garment or from the edge of a rug → 20C Anglo-Irish usage
n. 2. the penis → 20C sl.
► TALLYWAGS n. the testicles; the male genitals → 18C sl.
► TALLY WATER n. an intoxicant that is inhaled → 2000 US prison sl.
► TALLYWHACKER n. the penis → L19 US colloq.
► TALLY-WIFE n. a woman living with a man to whom she is not married → 1860 Eng. dial.
► TALLYWOCK n. the penis → L18 sl.
► TALLYWOMAN n. 1. a woman who sells goods on credit → 1727
n. 2. a woman who cohabits with a man without marriage → 1890
n. 3. a married man’s mistress; a concubine → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TALM n. faintness, exhaustion → 1375 obs.
vb. to become exhausted; to fail, to tire, to faint, to swoon → 1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TALON n. 1. the ‘heel’ or hinder part of the foot of certain quadrupeds, as swine and deer, or of the hoof of a horse → 1410 obs.
n. 2. the grasping fingers or hands of humans → 1588
n. 3. in cards: the remainder of the pack after the hands have been dealt → 1891
vb. to tear with the talons; to claw, to scratch → 1685 obs.
► TALPE n. a mole → 1440 obs.
► TALPICIDE n. the killing of moles → 1656 obs.
► TALRIGHT adj. upright and tall; lofty → 1582 obs.
► TALTIE n. a wig → 1808 Sc.
► TALWOOD n. wood for fuel, cut up usually to a prescribed size → 1350 obs.
► TAM adj. short; dwarf → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. a heap or small mound or hillock → 1906 Sc.
n. 2. a piece; a bite, a morsel of food → 1913 Sc.
n. 3. any form of hat → 1930 US sl.
n. 4. the large woollen hat used by Rastafarians to cover their dreadlocks → 1950 W. Indies Rasta
► TAMALE n. 1. a Mexican girl, esp. if attractive → 20C US sl., derogatory
n. 2. gaudy ceramic crockery typical of that sold to tourists in Mexico → 1960 US homosexual sl.
n. 3. the vagina → 1998 US sl.
► TAMALEVILLE n. San Jose, US → 1960 US sl., derogatory
► TAMBAROORA n. a bar game where each man of a party throws a coin into a hat; dice are then produced, and each man takes three throws; the one who throws the highest keeps the whole of the capital, and out of it pays for the drinks of the rest → 1882 Aust. sl.
► TAMBERBASE n. a tambourine → 1688
► TAMBER DE BASE n. a tambourine → 1688
► TAMBO n. the tambourine-player in a Black minstrel troupe → 1884
► TAMBOO BAMBOO n. the penis → 1980 Trinidad and Tobago
► TAMBOUR n. a drum; the bass drum → 1484
► TAMBOURBASQUE n. a tambourine → 1688
► TAMBOUR DE BASQUE n. a tambourine → 1688
► TAMBOURET n. 1. a stool → 1658 obs.
n. 2. a small drum → 1776 obs.
► TAMBOURINE MAN n. a drug dealer → 1960 US drug culture sl.
► TAMBURLAINE n. 1. a conqueror, a victor → 1579
n. 2. an oppressor, a despot → 1579
► TAME adj. 1. of a person: domestic; kept for private use → 1711 humorous usage
adj. 2. of scenery: wanting boldness; having no striking features → 1807
n. a thing with which one is familiar → 1606 poetic usage obs.
vb. 1. to begin, to enter upon an action → 1386 obs.
vb. 2. to injure, to hurt → 1430 obs.
vb. 3. to begin to cut; to cut; to prune → 1873 Eng. dial.
► TAME APE n. among loggers: a wage-earner who likes wage-earning → 1930 Amer. dial.
► TAME CAT n. 1. a person who is made a convenience by his friends; a foolish fellow, a simpleton → 1885
n. 2. a quiet youth → 1897 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TAME-FELLOW n. a person who is made a convenience by his friends; a foolish fellow, a simpleton → 1700 obs.
► TAME FLOWERS n. a child’s word for garden flowers as distinguished from wildflowers → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAME-GOOSE n. a foolish fellow; a simpleton → 1605 obs.
► TAME-GRIEF adj. that subdues grief → 1605
n. that which subdues grief → 1605
► TAMEHED n. tameness, domesticity, docility → 1250 obs.
► TAME-HORSE n. a tamer of horses → 1611
► TAME JOLLY n. a militiaman → 19C sl.
► TAMERLANE n. 1. a conqueror, a victor → 1579
n. 2. an oppressor, a despot → 1579
► TAMLIN-COD n. a young cod-fish → 1871 Eng. dial.
► TAMMACHLESS adj. 1. having no appetite, esp. of a child that fusses about its food → 1825 Sc.
adj. 2. tasteless, insipid → 1825 Sc.
► TAM MCLELLAND n. a jocular name for spirits (from the firm of McLelland, formerly distillers at Wigtown) → 1929 Sc.
► TAMMIE n. a capsule of Temazepam™, a branded sleeping pill → 1997 US sl.
► TAMMIE-FUD n. a nickname for a native of Freswick → 1972 Sc.
► TAMMIE LAMMAS n. a stupid person → 1921 Sc.
► TAMMIE NODDIE n. a child’s name for sleep, the sandman, Willie-winkie → 1972 Sc.
► TAMMIE NODDLE n. a sleepy-headed person → 1972 Sc.
► TAMMIE-NORRIE n. 1. the puffin → 1701 orig. & chiefly Sc.
n. 2. a stupid, slow-witted, doltish person → 1701 Sc.
► TAMMIE-TIT n. a prim, affected sort of person → 1924 Sc.
► TAMMIL vb. 1. to scatter or strew things about in a careless or offhand manner → 1825 Sc. obs.
vb. 2. to scatter or strew from design, as money amongst a crowd by candidates at an  election → 1905 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
► TAMMOCK n. a hillock; a little knoll in a marsh or in damp grazing land → 1789 Sc. & Ireland
► TAMMY n. 1. a Tam o’ Shanter, a soft woollen bonnet or cap with flat circular crown → 1894
n. 2. a tampon → 2001 UK sl.
► TAMMY-NID-NOD n. the chrysalis of the butterfly, from the jerking motion of its head → 1923 Sc.
► TAM-O’-NORRIE n. a stupid, slow-witted, doltish person → 1701 Sc.
► TAM O’ SHANTER n. a soft woollen bonnet with flat circular crown, the circumference of which is about twice that of the head, formerly worn  by Scottish ploughmen, etc.; introduced, in a modified form, c1887 as a headdress for girls and young women → 1840
► TAMP vb. 1. to pump, to fill → 1940 African-American sl.
vb. 2. to walk → 1953 US sl.
► TAMPA n. in shuffleboard: a hide disc on your side of the court near the apex of the ten → 1967 US sl.
► TAMPA PILOT n. in shuffleboard: a hide disc on your side of the court near the apex of the ten → 1967 US sl.
► TAMPATHERLOCK n. anyone you like → 1921 Sc.
► TAMPAX n. 1. filter-tipped cigarette(s) → 1984 UK sl.
n. 2. a term of abuse → 1990 UK juvenile sl.
► TAMP BRACES n. unattractive legs on a woman → 1930 African-American sl., derogatory
► TAMPEE n. marijuana → 1975 Jamaica sl.
► TAMPER vb. 1. to work in clay, etc., so as to mix it thoroughly → 1573 obs.
vb. 2. to beat lightly, to tap ; to continue tapping → 1606 obs.
vb. 3. to bias, affect, influence, sway a person, his mind, passions, etc.; to disaffect → 1687 obs.
► TAMPER AWAY vb. to find one’s way → 1911 Sc.
► TAMPERED-WITH adj. pert. to a non-virgin; used esp. in reference to young males who seem likely to serve as catamites → 20C sl.
► TAMPI n. marijuana → 1975 Jamaica sl.
► TAMPING n. a beating  → 1967 US sl.
► TAMPION n. a plug for stopping an aperture, e.g. a bung for a cask, etc. → 1460 obs.
► TAM-PLAIN adj. frank, candid → 1828 Sc.
► TAMPON n. 1. a fat marijuana cigarette → 1997 US sl.
n. 2. a snobbish, stuck-up, or unpleasant person → 2001 UK sl.
► TAMPON BRACES n. unattractive legs on a woman → 1930 African-American sl., derogatory
► TAMPON DICK n. a contemptible man → 1997 UK sl.
► TAMP SOMEONE UP vb. to beat someone up → 1920 US sl.
► TAMP UP vb. to beat someone physically → 1962 US sl.
► TAMPY n. marijuana → 1982 Bahamas sl.
► TAMSIN n. a little clothes-horse → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAMSON’S MARE n. shanks’ pony; walking → 1893 Sc.
► TAMTARRIE n. the state of being detained under frivolous pretenses; the state of being hindered → 1773 Sc. obs.
vb. to cause delay by frivolous pretenses → 1914 Sc.
► TAMTARY n. the state of being detained under frivolous pretenses; the state of being hindered → 1773 Sc. obs.
► TAM-TRAM vb. to play; to play fast and loose → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TA MUCHLY! int. thank you very much → 1970