• TEBBIE
n. 1. a term of endearment …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the calf of the leg …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a calf …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEBBITLESS
adj. without feeling; destitute of sensation, numb, benumbed …1768 Sc.
• TEBBITS
n. physical sensation, feelings; energy, strength …1808 Sc.
• TEC
n. a detective …1879 sl.
• TECH
int. an exclamation of disgust …c1850 Sc.
n. technical college …1906 sl., orig. US
• TECHED
adj. crazy or slightly crazy …E17
• TECHEOUS
adj. touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1842 Amer. dial.
• TECH HEAD
n. 1990s US sl. – a musician who has a huge amount of sound equipment
• TECHNICOLOUR YAWN
n. 1964 Aust. sl. – vomiting
• TECHNOKLUTZ
n. 1990s US sl. – a person ignorant or clumsy where computers are concerned
• TECHNONERD
n. 1990s US sl. – a computer expert or enthusiast
• TECHNOPOP
n. 1990s US sl. – popular music using much technical equipment
• TECHOUS
adj. 1903 Amer. dial. – touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered
• TECHY
adj. 1815 Amer. dial. – touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered, peevish, easily offended, sensitive
• TECK
n. Bk1902 sl. – a police spy; an informer
• TECKTAIL
n. 1877 Eng. dial. – a somersault
• TED
n. 1. 1887 Sc. – a tidying up, sorting out, setting to rights; the act of arranging or putting in order
n. 2. 1956 Brit. sl. – a Teddy-boy
vb. 1. 1746 Eng. dial. – to have leave or permission to do a thing; to be bound or under obligation
vb. 2. 1794 Sc. – to scatter, to strew, to spread abroad; to spill, to dissipate
vb. 3. 1871 Sc. – to spread out in an orderly manner, to arrange in order, to make tidy
vb. 4. B1900 Eng. dial. obs. – to burn wood fires
• TEDD
adj. ravelled, entangled …B1900 Sc. obs.
• TEDDER
vb. to perplex, to tease …1851 Eng. dial.
• TEDDIOUS
adj. peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless …1892 Eng. dial.
• TEDDISOME
adj. 1. tedious, wearisome …1824 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. fretful, fractious, tiresome …1869 Eng. dial.
• TEDDY
n. 1. Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a type of men’s haircut similar to a crew cut; short hair combed straight back …1943 Amer. dial.
• TEDDY BEAR
n. 1. a fur-lined high-altitude flying suit …1917 sl.
n. 2. a type of men’s haircut similar to a crew cut; short hair combed straight back …1943 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a youth or man who dresses flashily or shows off …1953 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘lair’
• TEDDY-BEAR CUT
n. a type of men’s haircut similar to a crew cut; short hair combed straight back …1943 Amer. dial.
•TEDIFY
vb. to become tedious, to weary, to bore …1613 nonce word obs.
• TEDIOUS
adj. 1. careful, scrupulous, particular …1874 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless …1892 Eng. dial.
adv. very, exceedingly …1790 Eng. dial.
• TEDIOUSNESS
n. slowness …1900 Eng. dial.
• TEDIOUSOME
adj. tedious, wearisome …1824 Sc.
• TEDS
n. socks …1878 Eng. dial.
• TEE
n. 1. a police spy; an informer …Bk1902 sl.
n. 2. a T-shirt …1970s sl., orig. US
n. 3. Tuinal …1970s US drug culture sl.
vb. of bees: to buzz …B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEECHY
adj. tetchy, peevish, irritable, short-tempered; easily offended or angered …1691 Eng. dial.
• TEEDEE
n. a lump of excrement …B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEEDER-TODDER
n. a seesaw …1966 Amer. dial.
• TEEDER-TOTTER
n. a seesaw …1966 Amer. dial.
• TEEDLE
n. 1933 Amer. dial. – a seesaw
vb. 1824 Sc. obs. – to sing a song without words; to croon
• TEE’D OFF • TEED OFF
adj. 1955 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer. – annoyed and disappointed
• TEEDUM BARREL
n. 1972 Amer. dial. – a container in which an old-time moonshiner kept his private drinking liquor
• TEED UP
adj. 1928 US sl. – drunk
• TEEDY
adj. 1790 Sc. – peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children
• TEEGLE UP
vb. B1900 Eng. dial. – to entice; to lead on from step to step
• TEE-HIND
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – the buttocks
• TEE-HINDER
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – the buttocks
• TEE-HINEY
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – the buttocks
• TEE-HINEY-HOO
n. 2009 Amer. dial. – the buttocks
• TEE-HOLE
n. the entrance to a beehive …1681 Eng. dial.
• TEEHOSS
vb. to romp vulgarly or rudely …1892 Eng. dial.
• TEEL
vb. 1. to place anything so that it may easily fall, esp. to bait or set a trap, snare, etc. …1777 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to work at, to toil …1817 Sc.
vb. 3. to bury in the earth; to bury …1854 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to be obstinately set or determined on doing anything …1873 Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to dig; to plant in the ground, esp. to set potatoes …1874 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to set up on end; to prop or lean up against a wall, etc. …1893 Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to prepare; to make ready …1895 Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to entice, to wheedle; to inveigle by flattery …B1900 Sc.
• TEELIE
adj. coaxing, enticing, encouraging, inducing …1866 Sc.
• TEELING
adj. sloping, leaning, slanting …B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEELY
vb. to entice, to coax, to wheedle by flattery; to wheedle something from or out of a person …1866 Sc.
• TEELYTOON
n. a teasing, fretful, wearisome child …B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEEM
adj. 1. full …1678 Eng. dial. obs.
adj. 2. empty …1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 3. thin …1892 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a heavy downpour or long-continued fall of rain …1793 Sc. & Ireland
n. 2. a large quantity; abundant supply …1876 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to overflow …1685 Sc.
vb. 2. to be pregnant; to bring forth; to produce in abundance …1889 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 3. to drain the water off potatoes, etc., when boiled …1890 Eng. dial.
• TEEMFUL
adj. full to the brim …B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEEMING
adj. 1. of a woman: child-bearing; apt to bear children …1703 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. pregnant …1953 Amer. dial.
• TEEMING-FULL
adj. running over; full to the brim …B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEEMING-TIME
n. the time of parturition …1790 Eng. dial.
• TEEM ON
n. a heavy beating …B1900 Sc.
vb. 1. to beat with severity …B1900 Sc.
vb. 2. to work with great energy and speed …B1900 Sc.
• TEEM UP
vb. to fill up to the brim …B1900 Sc.
• TEEN
adj. angry …B1900 Eng. dial. obs.
n. 1. wrath, anger, rage; vexation; revenge …1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. sorrow, grief …1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to close, to shut …1874 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. of the moon: to wane, to change …B1900 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to trouble, to vex; to tease, to worry …B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEENCHY
adj. very tiny or small …1858 Amer. dial.
• TEENCY-WEENCY
adj. very tiny or small …1976 Amer. dial.
• TEENFUL
adj. wrathful; troublesome, vexatious …1861 Sc.
• TEE-NINCHY
adj. very tiny or small …1931 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINCY
adj. very tiny or small …1909 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINE-CHY
adj. very tiny or small …1898 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINECY
adj. very tiny or small …1968 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINESY
adj. very tiny or small …1981 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINETY
adj. very tiny or small …1917 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINEY
adj. very tiny or small …1939 Amer. dial.
• TEENING
n. closing time; lighting-up time …1837 Eng. dial.
• TEENING-TIME
n. closing time; lighting-up time; twilight …1837 Eng. dial.
• TEE-NINSY
adj. very tiny or small …1946 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINTSY
adj. very tiny or small …1981 Amer. dial.
• TEE-NINY
adj. very tiny or small …1870 Amer. dial.
• TEENSY
adj. very tiny or small …1856 Amer. dial.
• TEENSY-TINESY
adj. very tiny or small …1965 Amer. dial.
• TEENSY-TINSEY
adj. very small, tiny …2003 Amer. dial.
• TEENSY-WEENSY
adj. very tiny or small …1872 Amer. dial.
• TEENTER
n. a seesaw …1943 Amer. dial.
• TEENTER BOARD
n. a seesaw …1943 Amer. dial.
• TEENTSY
adj. very tiny or small …1904 Amer. dial.
• TEENTSY-WEENTSY
adj. very tiny or small …1909 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY
adj. very small or tiny, minute …1812 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-TAUNTY
adj. very small or tiny …1863 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-TAWNTY
adj. very small or tiny …1851 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-TOINTY
adj. very small or tiny …1844 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-TONTY
adj. very small or tiny …1867 Amer. dial.
• TEENTY-WEENTY
adj. very small or tiny …1890 Amer. dial.
• TEENY
adj. fretful, fractious; said of a little child …B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEENY-BOPPER
n. 1966 sl. – a young teenager, typically a girl, who follows the latest fashions in clothes, pop music, etc.
• TEENY-INEY
adj. 1964 Amer. dial. – very tiny or small
• TEENY-ROCKER
n. 1966 US sl. – a teenager or preteenager, esp. one who undertakes the hippie or rock-and-roll culture and way of life
• TEENY-TINY
adj. very tiny or small …c1960 Amer. dial.
• TEENY-TONY
adj. very small or tiny …1909 Amer. dial.
• TEENY-WEENY
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – tiny, very small
• TEENZINE
n. 1970s US sl. – a magazine for teenagers
• TEE OFF
vb. 1953 US sl. – to hit someone or something very hard
• TEE OFF ON
vb. 1955 US sl. – to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize
• TEE ONE OFF
vb. 1961 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer. – to annoy or infuriate
• TEEPLE
n. B1900 Sc. – a slight touch or stroke
vb. B1900 Sc. – to touch or strike lightly
• TEER
vb. 1880 – to smear, to daub; to spread; to dirty → Eng. dial.
• TEERY
adj. 1. 1879 – soft, smooth, mellow → Eng. dial.
adj. 2. 1881 – sticky, smeary; adhesive → Eng. dial.
• TEERY-LARRY
n. 1611 – a representation of the note of the skylark, or of a similar sound uttered as an exclamation or delight or gaiety; an imitation of a musical sound
• TEERY-LEERY
n. 1611 – a representation of the note of the skylark, or of a similar sound uttered as an exclamation or delight or gaiety; an imitation of a musical sound
• TEESICKER
n. 1879 – an overpowering quantity → Eng. dial.
• TEESIE
n. 1. 1805 – a struggle, tussle, strenuous effort; a tiring or trying spell of work → Sc.
n. 2. 1808 – a fit of passion → Sc.
• TEET
adj. 1889 – nimble → Sc.
n. 1. ..19C – the smallest sound; the least word → Sc.
n. 2. 1819 – a stolen glance; a peep → Sc.
vb. 1785 – to peep; to peep or pry in a sly, clandestine manner → Sc.
• TEE-TADDLE
n. 1967 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETAIL
n. 1877 – a somersault → Eng. dial.
• TEE-TALLY
n. 1966 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEET-BO
n. 1600 – a game at peep-bo (peekaboo) → Sc. obs.
• TEETEE
n. 1. 1900 – a total abstainer; a teetotaller → Sc.
n. 2. 1968 – (as ‘tee-tee’) urination → Amer. dial.
n. 3. 2004 – (as ‘tee-tee’) the genitals → Amer. dial.
vb. 1992 – (as ‘tee-tee’) to urinate → Amer. dial.
• TEE-TEE CLOTH
n. 1968 – a diaper → Amer. dial.
• TEE-TEE POT
n. 1968 – a chamber pot → Amer. dial.
• TEETER
n. 1854 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
vb. 1809 – to play at seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETER-BOARD
n. 1855 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETER HORSE
n. 1966 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETERING
n. 1921 – the sport of skating on yielding ice → Amer. dial.
• TEETERING-BOARD
n. 1910 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETERING HORSE
n. 1948 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETERING PLANK
n. 1943 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETERPOLE
n. 1973 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETERTAMORTER
n. 19C – a seesaw → Eng. dial.
• TEETER-TAUTER
n. 1956 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TAWTER
n. 1848 – a seesaw; the act of seesawing → Amer. dial.
vb. 1916 – to play at seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOOTER
n. 1965 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOTER
n. 1965 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOTTER
n. 1941 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
vb. 1890 – to play at seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETER-TOTTER BOARD
n. 1941 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETH
n. 1. 1810 – a ship’s guns → nautical sl.
n. 2. 1905 – temper, disposition; spirit, mettle → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
• TEETHACHE
n. 1811 – a toothache → Amer. dial.
• TEETHFUL
n. 19C – a toothful, a small quantity of any liquid → Sc.
•TEETH-HALER
n. 19C – a dentist → Eng. dial.
• TEETH ORGAN
n. 1966 – a harmonica → Amer. dial.
• TEETH-RIFE
adj. 19C – palatable, toothsome → Sc.
• TEETHY
adj. 1. 1790 – ill-tempered, peevish, cross; crabbed; pugnacious → Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. 1828 – fretful, fractious, tetchy; generally applied to children or infants → Eng. dial.
adj. 3. 1835 – having many or large teeth; biting; given to biting → Sc.
• TEETIE-BO
n. 1773 – a game at peep-bo (peekaboo) → Sc.
• TEETING TOTTER
n. 1973 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEE-TINSY
adj. 1979 – very small or tiny → Amer. dial.
• TEE-TINY
adj. 1941 – very small or tiny → Amer. dial.
• TEETLEE-BENDERS
n. 1901 – an area of yielding ice made naturally or deliberately on a body of water; the sport of running or skating over such ice → Amer. dial.
• TEETLEY-BENDOES
n. 1909 – an area of yielding ice made naturally or deliberately on a body of water; the sport of running or skating over such ice → Amer. dial.
• TEETLING BOARD
n. 1933 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEE-TONCEY
adj. 1955 – very small or tiny → Amer. dial.
• TEETOTAL
adj. 1884 – perfect; complete, entire
n. 1857 – a teetotaller; a total abstainer → Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEE-TOTTER
n. 1965 – a seesaw → Amer. dial.
• TEETOTUM
vb. 1899 – to wheel or whirl about; to twist round → Eng. dial.
• TEETY
adj. 1790 – peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children → Eng. dial.
• TEEVOO
n. 1824 – a male flirt → Sc. obs.
• TEEWIGGIN
n. 1972 – a small pig → Amer. dial.
• TEEZICKER
n. 1879 – an overpowering quantity → Eng. dial.
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