• TO A BURN
adv. to perfection …1970 Amer. dial.
• TO A CAT’S WHISKER
adv. to a T, very well, exactly …1967 Amer. dial.
• TO A COCK’S HAIR
adv. to the last detail, accurately …1966 Amer. dial.
• TOAD
n. 1. something or someone hateful, loathsome, or contemptible …a1548
n. 2. an inferior person …a1568
n. 3. a term of endearment, esp. of a child or young woman …1768 Sc.
n. 4. a term of contempt for an objectionable, trouble-making person …1793 Sc.
n. 5. a servile flatterer, a toady …1831
n. 6. a small child, used affectionately …1836 Amer. dial.
n. 7. a female dog …1922 Amer. dial.
n. 8. a mushroom or toadstool …1968 Amer. dial.
vb. to act as a toady to; to toady …1802
• TOAD-CHOKER
n. a very heavy rain …1985 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-EAT
vb. to flatter, to fawn upon a person; to toady …1766 rare
• TOAD-EATER
n. 1. one who eats toads; originally, the attendant of a charlatan, employed to eat or pretend to eat toads (held to be poisonous) to enable his master to exhibit his skill in expelling poison …1629
n. 2. a fawning flatterer; a parasite, a sycophant, a toady …1742
n. 3. a humble friend or dependant; a female companion or attendant; used contemptuously …1744 rare
• TOAD-EATING
adj. sycophantic
• TOADER
n. a servile flatterer, a sycophant, a parasite, a toady …1842 rare
• TOADERY
n. a place where toads are kept or abound …1763
• TOADESS
n. a female toad …1871 nonce word
• TOAD-FLOATER
n. a very heavy rain …1950 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-FROG
n. a mushroom or toadstool …1966 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-FROG HOUSE
n. a mushroom or toadstool …1966 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-FROG STOOL
n. a mushroom or toadstool …1966 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-FROG STRANGLER
n. a very heavy rain …1965 Amer. dial.
• TOADHIDE
n. a piece of paper money, esp. a dollar bill; a dollar …1941 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-HOPPER
n. a toad …1967 Amer. dial.
• TOADISH
adj. venomous …1611 obs.
• TOADLET
n. a young or little toad …1817
• TOADLING
n. a young or little toad …c1440
• TOADMAROON
n. a toadstool …1940 Amer. dial.
• TO A DOT
adv. 1728 – exactly, precisely; to the smallest detail
• TOAD-POOL
n. a mass of corrupt poisonous matter …1607 obs.
• TOAD’S BREAD
n. a fungus, a mushroom, a toadstool …1624 obs.
• TOAD’S CAP
n. a toadstool …a1825
• TOAD’S-GUTS
n. a term of abuse …1634 obs.
• TOAD’S HAT
n. a toadstool …c1440 obs.
• TOADSHIP
n. the personality of a toad …1775 nonce word
• TOADSKIN
n. a piece of paper money, esp. a dollar bill; a dollar …1857 Amer. dial.
• TOAD’S MEAT
n. toadstools …1886 Eng. dial.
• TOAD’S MOUTH
n. the snapdragon …1839
• TOAD-SPOTTED
adj. very infamous; marked with infamy as a toad is with spots …1605
• TOAD-STABBER
n. 1. a large knife, sword, or bayonet; now esp. a large folding knife, a pocketknife …1877 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a sharp-pointed shoe or boot …1968 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-STICKER
n. a large knife, sword, or bayonet; now esp. a large folding knife, a pocketknife …1847 Amer. dial.
• TOADSTOOL
n. something of short duration …1823
• TOAD-STRANGLER
n. a very heavy rain …1906 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-STRINGER
n. a very heavy rain …1986 Amer. dial.
• TOAD’S UMBRELLA
n. a mushroom or toadstool …1941 Amer. dial.
• TOAD UMBRELLA
n. a mushroom or toadstool …1986 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-UNDER-A-HARROW
n. a person under constant oppression or persecution …1825
• TOAD-WASHER
n. a very heavy rain …1965 Amer. dial.
• TOADY
adj. 1. toad-like, repulsive …1628 rare
n. 1. a little or young toad …c1690 obs.
n. 2. a servile parasite; a sycophant, an interested flatterer; also, a humble dependant …1826
vb. to flatter or attend to with servility, to curry favour with …1827
• TOADYISM
n. the behaviour of a parasite or sycophant; mean and interested servility …1840
• TO A FARE-THEE-WELL
adv. 1. to the utmost degree, thoroughly; in abundance …1885 Amer. dial.
adv. 2. completely, entirely …1942 Amer. dial.
adv. 3. to perfection …1940 Amer. dial.
• TO A FARE-YOU-WELL
adv. 1884 US – thoroughly, completely
• TO A FRAZZLE
adv. 1865 US – completely; totally; to a ruined condition
• TO A FROG’S HAIR
adv. to the last detail, accurately …1966 Amer. dial.
• TO A GNAT’S BALLS
adv. exactly, precisely …1965 Amer. dial.
• TO A GNAT’S BRISTLE
adv. exactly, precisely …1905 Amer. dial.
• TO A GNAT’S EAR
adv. exactly, precisely …1965 Amer. dial.
• TO A GNAT’S EYE
adv. exactly, precisely …1965 Amer. dial.
• TO A GNAT’S EYEBROW
adv. exactly, precisely …c1950 Amer. dial.
• TO A GNAT’S EYELASH
adv. exactly, precisely …1965 Amer. dial.
• TO A GNAT’S HAIR
adv. to the last detail, accurately …1940 Amer. dial.
• TO A GNAT’S HEEL
adv. exactly, precisely …1840 Amer. dial.
• TO A GNAT’S TAIL
adv. exactly, precisely …1935 Amer. dial.
•TO A HAIR-LINE
phr. to a nicety …1870
• TO A MORAL
adv. perfectly …M19 sl.
• TO AN AFFYGRAPHY
adv. exactly, precisely …M19 Eng. sl.
• TO AND AGAIN
1. adv. to and fro, backwards and forwards …1627 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adv. 2. again and again, repeatedly …1659 obs.
• TO A SHAVING
adv. exactly, precisely …Eng. dial.
• TOAST
adj. 1. 1970s US teen sl. – excellent; wonderful; cool
adj. 2. 1980s US sl. – ruined; actually or occupationally destroyed
n. c1670 sl. obs. – one who drinks to excess, a boon companion; a brisk old fellow fond of his glass
vb. 1. 1577 obs. – to destroy or disintegrate with fire
vb. 2. 1701 – to redden the nose or face by drinking
• TOAST-AND-WATERED
adj. confined to a diet of toast and water …1800
• TOASTED
adj. hungover …Bk1994 sl. 21st Cen Dict Sl 1994
• TOASTER
n. a rapier or sword …1751
• TOASTIE
n. a toasted sandwich …colloq.
• TOASTING-FORK
n. a rapier or sword …1861
• TOASTING-IRON
n. a sword …1595 arch.
• TO A T
adv. precisely, exactly …1693
• TO A TAG
adv. to the minutest point, exactly …1679 obs.
• TO A TEE-WHITIE
adv. precisely, perfectly, exactly, entirely …1967 Amer. dial.
• TO A TEEWITY
adv. precisely, perfectly, exactly, entirely …1942 Amer. dial.
• TO A TEE-Y-TEE
adv. precisely, perfectly, exactly, entirely …1929 Amer. dial.
• TO A TITTLE
adv. with minute exactness; to the smallest particular; precisely, accurately …1607
• TO A T-WITEY
adv. precisely, perfectly, exactly, entirely …1941 Amer. dial.
• TO A T-WYTY
adv. precisely, perfectly, exactly, entirely …1942 Amer. dial.
• TOBACCA
n. tobacco …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOBACCANALIAN
n. one who indulges in tobacco; a smoker …1855
• TOBACCER
n. tobacco …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOBACCHIAN
adj. addicted to tobacco …1615 obs.
n. a person addicted to tobacco …1597 obs.
• TOBACCICAL
adj. addicted to or caused by tobacco …1604 obs.
• TOBACCO BARON
n. a prisoner who controls the supply of cigarettes to other prisoners, and so dominates them …1964 sl.
• TOBACCO CHEWER
n. a grasshopper …1950 Amer. dial.
• TOBACCO EATER
n. a grasshopper …1965 Amer. dial.
• TOBACCOED
adj. characterized by the use of tobacco …1893
• TOBACCO-FELLOW
n. a companion in tobacco-smoking; a fellow smoker …1616 obs.
• TOBACCOFIED
adj. characterized by the use of tobacco …1846
• TOBACCOIC
adj. addicted to or caused by tobacco …1878
• TOBACCOITE
n. an advocate of tobacco …1898
• TOBACCO-MAN
n. 1618 – a man who sells tobacco; a tobacconist (obs.)
• TOBACCONALIAN
adj. 1835 – relating to tobacco smoking
n. 1854 – a person addicted to tobacco smoking
• TOBACCONER
n. 1. 1616 – a smoker of tobacco (obs.)
n. 2. 1701 – a seller of tobacco (obs.)
• TOBACCONIAN
adj. 1835– pert. to tobacco
• TOBACCONING
adj. smoking tobacco …1647 obs.
n. tobacco-smoking …1616 obs.
• TOBACCONIST
n. a person addicted to the use of tobacco; a habitual tobacco-smoker …1599 obs.
• TOBACCONIZE
vb. 1. to smoke tobacco …1876
vb. 2. to impregnate with tobacco smoke …1884
• TOBACCOPHIL
n. a lover of tobacco …1882
• TOBACCOPHILE
n. a lover of tobacco …1882
• TOBACCO-ROOM
n. a room for smoking tobacco; a smoking-room …1656 obs.
• TOBACCOSE
adj. addicted to tobacco ….1845
• TOBACCO SPITTER
n. a grasshopper …1896 Amer. dial.
• TOBACCO-WORM
n. one who chews or smokes tobacco to excess; one who uses snuff …1906 Amer. dial.
• TOBACCOY
adj. impregnated with or smelling of tobacco smoke …1840
• TOBACCY
n. tobacco …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOBACKER
n. tobacco …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOBACKY
n. tobacco …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TO-BE
n. the future
• TOBE
n. an amulet or good-luck charm …1926 Amer. dial.
• TO-BEAR
vb. to carry in different directions; to carry off, to take away …971 obs.
• TO-BEAT
vb. 1. to beat to pieces, to destroy by beating …c893 obs.
vb. 2. to beat severely, to belabour, to thrash …a1250
• TO BEAT THE BAND
adv. to an unsurpassable degree …1897 Amer. sl.
• TO BEAT THE CARS
adv. extremely, exceedingly, very much …1968 Amer. dial.
• TO BEAT THE DUTCH
adv. 1775 sl. – in an unrestrained way; to the highest pitch; very much
• TO-BELL
vb. 1. to swell exceedingly …c1200 obs.
vb. 2. to be puffed up with pride or swollen with anger …a1225 obs.
• TO-BENT
adj. quite bent, bent low …c1401 obs.
• TO-BITE
vb. to bite severely …1382 obs.
• TO BITS
adv. of a specified emotion: extremely …1964 UK sl.
• TO-BLAST
vb. to blast utterly …1303 obs.
• TO-BLOW
vb. 1. to distend with wind, to inflate, to puff up ….c1000 obs.
vb. 2. to blow in different directions, to scatter by blowing, to blow away …a1400 obs.
• TO-BOLLEN
adj. puffed up with pride or swollen with anger …a1225 obs.
• TO-BONE
vb. to beat severely, to thrash, to thump; to pelt …a1250 obs. rare
• TO BOOT
adv. 1000 – in addition; in extra measure
• TO-BRAID
vb. to wrench apart, to pull to pieces; also, to tear or snatch away …c893 obs.
• TO-BRAIN
vb. to brain completely …c1489 obs.
• TO-BRAY
vb. to beat to atoms …1382 obs.
• TO-BREAK
vb. 1. to break to pieces; to shatter, to rupture; to break down, to destroy, to demolish …c888 obs.
vb. 2. to break a promise, commandment, etc. …a1067 obs.
vb. 3. to rend, to tear clothes or the like …c1200 obs.
vb. 4. to break into pieces; to burst asunder; to be ruptured, shattered, or fractured …c1205 obs.
• TO-BREDE
vb. to spread abroad, to extend, to make broad …c888 obs.
• TO-BRENN
vb. to burn up. to consume or destroy by burning; to burn, to be ‘burning hot’ …a1300 obs.
• TO-BRIT
vb. to break in pieces …c1000 obs. rare
• TO-BRITTEN
vb. to cut in pieces …c1200 obs.
• TO-BRUISE
vb. to crush to pieces, to smash; to bruise severely …c1000 obs.
• TO-BRYT
vb. to break in pieces …c1000 obs. rare
• TO-BUNE
vb. to beat severely, to thrash, to thump; to pelt …a1250 obs. rare
• TO-BURST
vb. to burst asunder; to be shattered …c893 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TO-BUST
vb. to beat or thrash to pieces …a1250 obs.
• TOBY
n. 1. the posteriors, the buttocks …1681 sl.
n. 2. a thin, inexpensive cigar …1862 Amer. dial.
n. 3. an amulet or good-luck charm …1926 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a cigarette …1965 Amer. dial.
vb. to rob on the highway …1812 thieves’ sl.
• THE TOBY
n. the highway as the resort of robbers; also, highway robbery …1812 thieves’ sl.
• THE TOBY CONCERN
n. highway robbery …19C thieves’ sl.
• TOBY-GILL
n. a highwayman …1812 thieves’ sl.
• THE TOBY LAY
n. highway robbery …19C thieves’ sl.
• TOBYMAN
n. a highwayman …1812 thieves’ sl.
• TOBY-STRICKEN
adj. congenitally malformed or peculiar, queer, odd …1933 Amer. dial.
• TOBY-STRUCK
adj. 1. congenitally malformed or peculiar, queer, odd …1933 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. ugly …1952 Amer. dial.
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