Dictionary: TRE – TT

• TREACLE!
int. a jibe aimed at one whose trousers are too short …1920s Aust.

• TREACLE-MINER
n. a man who boasts of his wealth or position …1910s Aust. sl.

• TREACLE PLASTER
n. a sticky piece of brown paper used by a thief to remove glass carefully …1920s UK criminals’ sl.

• TREACLE SLEEP
n. a deep, unbroken sleep; a sweet, refreshing sleep …1841

• TREACLE TART
n. the act of breaking wind; a fart …1990s rhyming sl.

• TREACLE TOWN
n. 1. Bristol, UK …L19 sl.
n. 2. Macclesfield, UK …L19 sl.

• TREACLE-TROUSERS!
int. a jibe aimed at one whose trousers are too short …1920s Aust.

• TREAD
n. the thread-like embryo in an egg …1899 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to possess carnally; to copulate …14C euphemism
vb. 2. to cohabit …1931 Amer. dial.

• TREADHEAD
n. 1970s US Army sl. – a member of a tank crew

• TREADLE
n. the thread-like embryo in an egg …1899 Amer. dial.

• TREAD ON SOMEONE’S TOES
vb. to offend someone

• TREAD ON THE TOES OF
vb. to give offense to, to vex …1868

• TREAD THE SHOE AWRY
vb. a1542 – to fall from virtue; to break the law of chastity

• TREAD UPON EGGS
vb. to walk warily, as on delicate ground …a1734

• TREASON
n. illicit sexual intercourse …17C literary usage

• TREASURE LIGHT
n. will-o’-the-wisp …1945 Amer. dial.

• TREASURY
n. the vagina …16C colloq.

• TREAT LIKE A DOORMAT
vb. 1970s US sl. – to deal with in a humiliating, haughty, or oppressive manner

• TREAT LIKE SHIT
vb. 1970s US sl. – to deal with in a humiliating, haughty, or oppressive manner

• TREE BENDER
n. a sudden heavy rain …1969 Amer. dial.

• TREED
adj. 1. in difficulties …M19 sl.
adj. 2. bewildered; perplexed; baffled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• TREE FLY
n. a cicada …1954 Amer. dial.

• TREE FROG
n. a mushroom that grows out like brackets from the sides of trees …1969 Amer. dial.

• TREE-JOBBER
n. a woodpecker …1601 obs.

• TREE JUMPER
n. 1970s US prison sl. – a sexual molester

• TREE MOLASSES
n. maple syrup …1859 Amer. dial.

• TREE MOVER
n. a sudden heavy rain …1969 Amer. dial.

• TREE OF LIFE
n. the penis …19C euphemism

• TREE OF LOVE
n. the penis …19C euphemism

• TREE-POUNDER
n. a woodpecker …1966 Amer. dial.

• TREE  SQUEAK
n. 1. an imaginary bird or animal …Bk1913 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke …1966 Amer. dial.
phr. said to a child when he asks “What are you making?” …1965 Amer. dial.

• TREE-SUGAR SWEETENING
n. maple sugar or syrup …1937 Amer. dial.

• TREE SURGEON
n. a woodpecker …1911 Amer. dial.

• TREE SWEETENING
n. maple sugar or syrup …1893 Amer. dial.

• TREE-TAPPER
n. a woodpecker …1966 Amer. dial.

• TREE TOAD
n. a mushroom or toadstool …1968 Amer. dial.

• TREE-TOP
vb. to attack any project with unusual vigour or enthusiasm …1953 Amer. dial.

• TREE TRAT
n. a tree frog …1983 Amer. dial.

• TREFF
n. a secret rendezvous, esp. for the transfer of goods or information …1963 sl., orig. US

• TREK
vb. to move away, to depart …Bk1892 S. Afr. sl.

• TREMBLER
n. an earthquake …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• TREMBLES
n. delirium tremens …1965 Amer. dial.

• TREMEBUND
adj. 1560 – inclined to tremble, fearful, trembling much; timorous, timid → Sc. obs.

• TREMEFACTION
n. 1597 – a shaking, a trembling → obs. rare

• TREMENDIOUS
adj. 1803 – tremendous → Amer. dial.

• TREMENDOUS
adj. 1952 – excellent → sl.

• TREMOPHOBIA
n. Bk1991 – an abnormal fear of trembling

• THE TREMORS
n. love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• TRENCH
n. the vagina …18C sl.

• TRENCH BROOM
n. a machine gun …World War I Amer. sl.

• TRENCH DERBY
n. 1910s – a helmet (Amer. sl.)

• TRENCH DREAMS
n. 1910s – fear; esp. the fear that one will show cowardice (Amer. sl.)

• TRENCH HORRORS
n. 1910s – fear and cowardice, or fear of same (Amer. sl.)

• TRENCH TALK
n. 1910s – military slang (Amer. sl.)

• TREPIDATE
adj. 1605 – disturbed, agitated → obs.
vb. 1. 1623 – to tremble with fear or agitation
vb. 2. 1623 – to shake, to be agitated → obs.

• TREY
n. 1. a threepenny piece …1907 Brit. sl., latterly chiefly Aust. usage
n. 2. a $3 bag of a narcotic drug …1967 US sl.

• A TREY
n. three years’ imprisonment …1887 sl.

• TREY-BIT
n. a threepenny piece …1907 Brit. sl., latterly chiefly Aust. usage

• TREY BITS
n. the breasts …20C Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘tits’

• TRIALOGUE
n. a dialogue, discussion, or conversation between three persons …1532

• TRIBBLE
adj. treble …1669 Amer. dial.
vb. to triple …1810 Amer. dial.

• TRIBE
n. a large family or group of relatives …1833 sl.

• TRICHOMANIA
n. Bk1991 – an obsession with hair

• TRICHORRHEXOMANIA
n. Bk1991 – a mania for pinching off one’s hair

• TRICHOTOMIST
n. a hair-cutter …1875 nonce-word

• TRICK
n. 1. a small child; a woman, esp. a small or attractive one …1887 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a round of cards …US Civil War usage
n. 3. a sexual act …US Civil War usage
n. 4. a turn at the helm of a ship; a spell; a watch …US Civil War usage
n. 5. a spell or act of conjuration; an object used in such an act …1893 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a casual sexual partner …1925 sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. 7. a prostitute’s client …1925 sl.
n. 8. an act of sexual intercourse, esp. a prostitute’s session with a client …1926 sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. 9. an assignation with a prostitute …1926 sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. 10. imprisonment; a prison sentence …1933 US sl.
n. 11. a term of service on a ship or in the forces …1942 US sl.
n. 12. a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
vb. to cast a spell on, to bewitch …1829 Amer. dial.

• TRICK CYCLIST
n. a psychiatrist …1930 sl.

• TRICK DOCTOR
n. a practitioner of hoodoo …1871 Amer. dial.

• TRICKERATION
n. a trick or stratagem …1940 African-American sl.

• TRICKLEDOWN
n. 1944 US sl. – the stimulation of a whole economic system by the enrichment and encouragement of those in the upper reaches

• TRICKS
n. small articles or personal belongings; toys, knickknacks, trifles …1869 Amer. dial.

• TRICKSY
adj. inclined to swindle or cheat; deceitful, underhanded …1766

• TRICK WITH
vb. to have casual sex, esp. for money …1965 US sl.

• TRIDDLER
n. a woman gossiper …1936 Amer. dial.

• TRIDECAPHOBIA
n. Bk1991 – an abnormal fear of the number 13

• TRIDUAN
adj. lasting for three days; occurring every third day …1597

• TRIFLE ON
vb. to be unfaithful to; to cheat on …1923 Amer. dial.

• TRIFLING
adj. 1. lazy, shiftless, inefficient, worthless, good-for-nothing …1832 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. of a person: tired, draggy, under the weather; of one’s health: poor …1887 Amer. dial.
adj. 3. sexually promiscuous …1924 Amer. dial. esp. Black usage

• TRIFLOUS
adj. trifling; insignificant, trivial; frivolous …1509 obs. rare

• TRIG
adj. pleasingly trim. tidy, neat …1838 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a block or a chock used to keep something from rolling or shifting; any of various contrivances used to stop or slow a vehicle …1871 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to place a stone or block of wood, etc. to prevent a wheel from running back on a descent …1815 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to adjust, to tinker with …1920 Amer. dial.

• TRIGGER
n. 1935 US criminals’ sl. – a gunman
vb. 1. 1888 Amer. dial. – to scheme, to contrive, to lay plans  
vb. 2. 1950s US sl. – to commit a robbery

• TRIGGER AROUND
vb. to putter, to tinker …1898 Amer. dial.

• TRIGGER MAN
n. a gunman or a hired thug or bodyguard …1930 sl., chiefly US

• TRIGGER OUT
vb. to dress up, to adorn …1953 Amer. dial.

• TRIGGER UP
vb. to dress up, to adorn …1938 Amer. dial.

• TRIG OUT
vb. to dress up, to adorn …1822 Amer. dial.

• TRIG UP
vb. 1. to dress up, to adorn …1868 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to adjust, to tinker with …2005 Amer. dial.

• TRIKINI
n. 1967 US sl. – a woman’s bathing suit with two top parts

• TRIM
n. 1. a woman, often with an implication of promiscuity …1955 US sl., mainly derogatory
n. 2. oral sex on a woman …1950s Amer. sl.
n. 3. sexual intercourse …1961 US sl.
vb. 1. to beat, to thrash; to defeat in a game; to scold …1888 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to possess carnally …Bk1903 sl.
vb. 3. to castrate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

• TRIMMING
n. a sharp scolding; chastisement; a drubbing, beating, or thrashing …1899 Amer. dial.

• TRIMMINGS
n. a surname …1968 Amer. dial.

• TRIM ONE’ S JACKET
vb. to thrash, to beat …Bk1896 sl.

• TRIM THE PACK
vb. to follow the trade of a peddler …1824 Sc.

• TRIM-TRAM
n. 1. 1523 – a personal ornament of little value; a pretty toy or trifle; a gewgaw; a worthless thing→ obs.
n. 2. 1533 – an absurd or silly device or practice; an absurdity; a piece of folly or nonsense → obs.
n. 3. 1583 – in rhyming jingles; sometimes referring to similarity or equal treatment of two of different position – EG Trim tram, neither good for God nor man. (B. Melbancke Philotimus ) → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 4. 1590 – a shrimp-net having a triangular wooden frame resting on the ground in front of the beam → obs.
n. 5. 1842 – a lich-gate; also a gate which opens in a V-shaped enclosure, a kissing-gate → Eng. dial.

• TRIM UP
vb. Bk1913-17 – to defeat in a game Amer. dial.)

• TRINKLE
n. 1891 – a trickle (Amer. dial.)
vb. 1835 – to trickle (Amer. dial.)

• TRINKUM-TRANKUMS
n. 1718 – trinkets, gewgaws; odd matters of finery, as ribbons, etc. (obs. exc. Eng. dial.)

• TRINTER
n. 1890 – a sheep of three years or winters (Eng. dial.)

• TRIP
n. 1. 1920s – an arrest; a prison sentence (US criminals’ sl.)
n. 2. 1959 – a hallucinatory experience induced by a drug, esp. LSD (sl., orig. US)
vb. 1. 1966 – to experience drug-induced hallucinations (sl., orig. US)
vb. 2. 1980s – to act stupidly (US teen sl.)

• TRIPE
n. 1. 1895 – contemptible material; worthless stuff (US sl.)
n. 2. Bk1942 – nonsense (US sl.)

• TRIPEDANEOUS
adj. 1656 – having a length of three feet (obs.)

• TRIPE-HOUND
n. 1923 – a contemptible person (sl.)

• TRIPES
n. 1529 – the intestines

• TRIP-HAMMER
n. 1968 – a woodpecker (Amer. dial.)

• TRIPLE-A
n. 1983 – anti-aircraft fire (sl., orig. US)

• TRIPLE BURGER WITH CHEESE
n. 1980s – a very, very, very sexy woman (US students’ sl.)

• TRIPLE-DECKER
n. 1999 – a three-story dwelling with one apartment occupying each floor (Amer. dial.)

• TRIPLE-DECKER SANDWICH
n. 1970s – a sexual threesome, involving any permutation of the sexes (sl.)

• TRIPLE WHAMMY
n. 1940s – a three-part attack, difficulty, threat, etc. (US sl.)

• TRIP OUT
vb. 1966 – to experience drug-induced hallucinations (sl., orig. US)

• TRIPPED-OUT
adj. 1973– in a drugged state, esp. said of someone under the influence of LSD (sl., orig. US)

• TRIPPER
n. 1. 1813 – an excursionist; a tourist (US sl.)
n. 2. 1966 – one who experiences hallucinatory effects of a drug (sl.)
n. 3. 1974 – one who transports illegal liquor from a still to a buyer, often in a specially modified car (Amer dial.)

• TRIPPING
n. 1974 – the transportation of illegal liquor from the still to a buyer (Amer. dial.)

• TRIPPY
adj. 1. 1960s – bizarre; surreal (sl.)
adj. 2. 1969 – having a hallucinatory experience induced by a drug, esp. LSD (sl.).

• TRIPUDIANT
adj. 1650 – dancing; fig. dancing for joy, exultant, triumphant

• TRIPUDIATE
vb. 1. 1623 – to dance, skip, or leap for joy or with excitement; to exult
vb. 2. 1888 – to trample, stamp, or jump on or upon in contempt or triumph

• TRIP-UP
n. Bk1942 – an error; a mistake; a blunder (US sl.)

• TRISH-TRASH
n. trash, rubbish, worthless stuff …1542-5 obs.

• TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
n. Bk1991 – an abnormal fear of the number 13

• TRIST
n. 1892 – a squeeze, a hug (Sc.)
vb. 1838 – to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring (Sc.)

• TRISTIMANIA
n. Bk1991 – melancholy; abnormal gloom or depression

• TRISTITIATE
vb. 1628 – to make sad or sorrowful, to sadden → obs.

• TRISTITIOUS
adj. 1694 – full of sadness, sorrowful (obs.)

• TRITCHET
n. 1944 – the female genitals (Amer. dial. rare)

• TRITICAL
adj. trite and critical …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• A TRITON OF THE MINNOWS
n. one who appears great by contrast with the insignificance of all those around him; a man who appears big because his companions are so small …1607

• TRITTLE-TRATTLES
n. 1. foolish or idle talk; nonsense …1563 Sc. rare
n. 2. trifles, gewgaws, knickknacks; children’s toys …1896 Sc. rare

• TRIZZIE; TRIZZY
n. a threepenny piece …1941 Aust. sl.

• TROBELLION
n. a1500 obs. – a whirlwind; a whirling storm

• TROG
n. a violent person; a thug; a ruffian …1956 Brit. sl.

► TROIL n. a feast → 1886 Eng. dial.
vb. to dupe, beguile, deceive → 1393 obs.

• TROKE
n. a little chore …1959 Amer. dial.

• TROLL
n. 1. 1970s US Army sl. – a stupid person; a dullard
n. 2. 1994 Amer. dial. – a person who lives in or is from Michigan’s Lower Peninsula  
vb. 1967 US sl. – to go about looking for sexual encounters

• TROLLEY BUN
n. a woman’s bun up on her head in a bunch …1967 Amer. dial.

• TROLLEYS • TROLLIES
n. 1934 – women’s underpants (Brit. sl., chiefly school girls’ usage)

• TROLLOCK
n. 1901 – trash; worthless or unwanted material (Amer. dial.)

• TROLLOP
vb. 1. 1838 – to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither (Amer. dial.)
vb. 2. 1842 – to strike, to beat, to whip; to outdo in a contest (Amer. dial.)
vb. 3. 1899 – to draggle, to hang in a wet state (Amer. dial.)

• TROLLOP ABOUT
vb. 1838 – to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither (Amer. dial.)

• TROLLOP AROUND
vb. 1838 – to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither (Amer. dial.)

• TROLLY-WAGS
n. 1890 – trousers, breeches (sl.)

• TROMBENICK • TROMBENIK
n. 1931 – a boaster or braggart (US sl.)

• TROMOMANIA
n. Bk1991 – delirium tremens

• TRONK
n. 1. Bk1892 – a jail (S. Afr. sl.)
n. 2. 1970s – an idiot; a foolish person (UK teen sl.)

• TRONK-HEAD
n. 1970s – an idiot; a foolish person (UK teen sl.)

• T-ROOM
n. 1970s – a public toilet (US homosexual sl.)

• TROPHY WIFE
n. 1984 – a woman, often a young one, chosen for decorative and prestige value (US sl.)

• TROPPO
adj. 1941 – mentally unhinged as if from exposure to a tropical climate (Aust. sl.)

• TROT
n. c1937 – a covered, open passageway between two sections of a house or cabin (Amer. dial.)
vb. 1942 – to court a woman (NZ sl.)

• TROTH
n. 1965 – the stirred-up water following a boat (Amer. dial.)

• TROTLINE
n. 1941 – in a town where there was no jailhouse, a drill cable was strung between big timbers planted in the earth, and the prisoners changed to the cable, called a ‘trotline’ (Amer. dial.)

• TROT OUT
vb. 1845 – to produce and display for admiration (US sl.)

• THE TROTS
n. 1. 1904 – diarrhoea (euphemism)
n. 2. 1965 – frequent urination (Amer. dial.)

• TROTTING HARNESS
n. 1862 – one’s good or best clothing (Amer. dial.)

• TROTTING RIGGINGS
n. 1892 – one’s good or best clothing (Amer. dial.)

• TROTTLE
n. 1547 – a small round pellet of sheep’s or goat’s dung; generally used in the plural (obs. exc. Eng. dial.)
vb. 1. 1821 – to bubble; to make a bubbling noise (Sc.)
vb. 2. 1825 – to toddle, to walk with short quick steps, as a child learning to walk (Sc.)
vb. 3. 1882 – to chatter (Sc.)
vb. 4. 1921 – to dawdle, to idle, to waste one’s time (Sc.)

• TROU
n. Bk1942 – trousers (US sl.)

• TROUBLE AND STRIFE
n. 1908 – a wife (rhyming sl.)

• TROUBLED WITH A MALT-SUCKER
adj. Bk1905 – having an insatiable craving for drink (Eng. dial.)

• TROUBLING STICK
n. 1851 – a paddle-shaped piece of wood used to beat dirt out of soiled clothes after removing them from boiling water (Amer dial.)

• TROUBLY
adj. 1. 1340 – confused, troubled, distraught, disturbed, worried, stressed; marked by disturbance or confusion; restless, unquiet → obs.
adj. 2. 1380 – of air, etc.: misty, murky, cloudy, not clear → obs.
adj. 3. 1380 – of water, wine, etc.: troubled, turbid, muddy, thick → obs.
adj. 4. 1398 – turbulent, tempestuous, stormy, violent → obs.
vb. 1886 – to grieve, to mourn → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

• TROUNCE
vb. Bk1903 – to possess carnally (sl.)

• TROUT
n. 1897 – an unattractive (old) woman (sl.)

• TROUT FLY
n. 1967 – a mayfly, or similar insect (Amer. dial.)

• TRUB-TAIL
n. 1706 – a little or short, squat woman (obs.)

• TRUCIDATION
n. 1623 – a cruel killing or murdering; humorous use: slaughter (rare)

• TRUCK
n. 1. c1770 – medicine (Amer. dial. arch.)
n. 2. 1805 – garden vegetables grown for market (Amer. dial.)
n. 3. 1827 – personal possessions, belongings, goods, things (Amer. dial.)
n. 4. 1838 – food in general (Amer. dial.)
n. 5. 1844 – worthless stuff of any sort; junk, trash (Amer. dial.)
n. 6. 1913 – nonsense, foolishness (Amer. dial.)
vb. 1. 1935 – to dance with a strolling or strutting gait (Amer. dial.)
vb. 2. 1937 – to stroll, to walk, to go (Amer. dial, chiefly African-American usage)
vb. 3. 1970 – to run fast (Amer. dial.)

• TRUCKER
n. 1856 – one who grows garden produce for sale (Amer. dial.)

• TRUCK GARDEN
n. 1851 – a vegetable garden (Amer. dial.)

• TRUCK GARDENER
n. 1844 – one who grows garden produce for sale (Amer. dial.)

• TRUCKLE
vb. 1859 – to proceed, to go, esp. in haste, to hurry, to move rapidly (Amer. dial.)

• TRUCKLE-BED TRASH
n. 1941 – small children (Amer. dial., derogatory or jocular usage)

• TRUCK PATCH
n. 1812 – a vegetable garden (Amer. dial.)

• TRUCULENT
adj. 1. c1540– characterized by or exhibiting ferocity or cruelty; fierce, cruel, savage, barbarous
adj. 2. 1665 – of a disease: destructive, deadly (obs.)
adj. 3. 1850 – of speech or writing: rude; scathing; savage; harsh

• TRUDGEON
n. 1814 – a small child (Amer. dial.)

• TRUDGET
n. 1901 – a small child (Amer. dial.)

• TRUE
n. 1927 – the truth (Amer. dial.)

• TRUE AS BARBER’S NEWS
adj. B1900 – untrustworthy

• TRUEPENNY
adj. 1523 – true, genuine (colloq. arch.)
n. 1595 – a trusty person; an honest fellow (colloq. arch.)

• TRUE TALE!
int. 1952 – an exclamation of ironic agreement (Sc.)

• TRUFFERY
n. c1429 ​ – a thing of no importance; a mockery, a trifle, a triviality (obs.)

• TRUGGING-KEN
n. Bk1902 – a brothel (sl.)

• TRUMP
n. 1. 1819 – a fine person; a ‘brick’ (colloq.)
n. 2. 1925 – the person in charge (Aust. & NZ sl.)
n. 3. Bk1942 – something excellent (US sl.)

• TRUMP CARD
n. 1815 – something that gives one person or group the advantage over another (colloq.)

• TRUMPED
adj. Bk1942 – dead (US sl.)

• TRUMPERY ROOM
n. 1856 – a storage room, esp. for unused or discarded items (Amer. dial.)

• TRUNDLE-BED TRASH
n. 1. 1850 – a low-class, shiftless person or group; very young, worthless people just married (Amer. dial.)
n. 2. 1853 – small children (Amer. dial., derogatory or jocular usage)

• TRUNDLE-TAIL
n. 1. 1486 – a dog with a curly tail; a low-bred dog, a cur; a curly tail of a dog (obs.)
n. 2. 1614 – a  term of contempt applied to a person (obs.)

• TRUNK
n. 1966 – one’s best clothes (African-American.)

• TRUNK AND TRAY
n. 1966 – one’s best clothes (African-American)

• TRUNKFUL
n. 20C – a full or abundant supply (colloq.)

• TRUNK PEDDLER
n. 1827 – an itinerant peddler who carries his stock in a trunk (Amer. dial.)

• TRUNNION
n. 17C – the penis

• THE TRUST-BUSTER
n. Bk1942 – Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President (US sl.)

• TRUSTEE
n. 1968 – a local official responsible for the upkeep of public roads (Amer. dial.)

• TRUSTEE OF ROADS
n. 1912 – a local official responsible for the upkeep of public roads (Amer. dial.)

• TRUST-GOD
n. 1982 – a small, unsteady boat; a small canoe (Amer. dial.)

• TRUST-ME-GOD
n. 1922 – a small, unsteady boat; a small canoe (Amer. dial.)

• TRUST OUT
vb. 1833 – to supply goods on credit; to give in credit; to loan out money (Amer. dial.)

• TRUSTY TROUT
n. c1661 – a confidential friend; a true friend; a trusted servant (sl. obs.)

• TRUTH-MOUTH
n. 1922 – one who speaks only the truth …(Amer. dial.)

• TRY
vb. 1863 – to be about to get sick, or rarely, to die (Amer. dial.)

• TRY IT ON
vb. 1811 – to outwit or deceive someone (sl.)

• TRY-ON
n. 1874 – an attempt to deceive (Brit. sl.)

• TRY ONESELF
vb. 1912 – to behave in an unruly or extravagant manner; to misbehave, to be naughty, to show off (Amer. dial.)

• TRYPANOPHOBIA
n. Bk1991 – an abnormal fear of vaccines and vaccination

• TRY SOMEONE’S AIR
vb. 1970 – to assault or attempt to kill someone (US prison sl.)

• TRYSTING-OUT
n. 1952 – a clandestine meeting between a married man and a married woman who are not married to each other (Amer. dial.)

• TRY THE ACID
vb. 1. 1900s – to render impoverished (sl.)
vb. 2. 1906 – to exert pressure on a person for a loan, a favour, sexual compliance, etc. (Aust. sl.)
vb. 3. 1910s – to confirm (sl.)
vb. 4. 1910s – to put a stop to (sl.)
vb. 5. 1910s – to test out a person or a statement (sl.)

• TRY TO WAKEN A DEAD HORSE
phr. 1889 – said of one who is working in vain, or receiving no pay (Eng. dial.)

• TSORIS • TSURIS
n. 1960s – troubles; tribulations; anxieties; sufferings (US sl.)

• T.T.
n. L19 – a teetotaller (sl.)

• T.T.F.N.
phr. 1948 – goodbye; ‘Ta-Ta For Now’ (Brit.)