Dictionary: WE – WEK

► WEAK AS A WET WHISTLE adj. very weak or ineffectual → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WEAK AS A WOOLLY MITTEN adj. weak, as from illness (woolly mitten = kitten) → 20C Brit. sl.
► WEAK AS BRANCH WATER adj. very weak, as coffee, etc. → 1966 Amer. dial.
► WEAK AS CATS’ PISS adj. very weak; said of an alcoholic beverage → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WEAK END n. the brain → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► WEAK ENOUGH TO FALL OFF THE TABLE adj. said of weak coffee → 1968 Amer. dial.
► WEAKIE n. a poker player who lacks courage → 1996 US sl.
► WEAK JERKS n. a feeling of faintness and shakiness or palpitations, often as a result of hunger, fear, or anxiety → 1978 Amer. dial.
► WEAK SISTER n. 1. the weakest member of a group, male or female; a weak, ineffective person → 1857 US sl.
n. 2. an unreliable person, esp. a male → 1857
► WEAK TAP n. one who has a low income → 1950 sl.
► WEAK TREMBLES n. a feeling of faintness and shakiness or palpitations, often as a result of hunger, fear, or anxiety → 1889 Amer. dial.
► WEAK-WRISTED adj. weak; effeminate; homosexual → 1950 sl.,  orig. US
► WEALSMAN n. one devoted to the public weal; a statesman, a politician → 1607 obs.
► WEALSOME adj. happy, prosperous, fraught with happiness → 1382 obs.
► WEAMISH adj. squeamish, fastidious → 1571 obs.
► WEAN n. 1. a woman; a damsel; a term of endearment for a little girl → 1703 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an immoral woman; a term of reproach for a shrewish or dirty woman → 1740 Eng. dial.
► WEANER n. a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WEANER HOUSE n. a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple → 1929 Amer. dial.
► WEANIE n. a very young or little child → 1785 Eng. dial.
► WEANING CABIN n. a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple → 1977 Amer. dial.
► WEANING HOUSE n. a small house, usually on a family farm, provided as a temporary first home for newlyweds by the parents or other relatives of one of the couple → 1973 Amer. dial.
► WEAPON n. 1. the penis → 1000 sl.
n. 2. in pool: a player’s cue stick → 1993 US sl.
► WEAPON-GRADE adj. very strong → 2002 US sl.
► WEAPONHEAD n. a foolish person → 1980 Aust. prison sl.
► WEAR n. an open-mouthed kiss → 1950 Irish sl.
vb. to tolerate, to stand, to believe → 1910 sl.
► WEAR A BARLEY-CAP vb. to be tipsy → 1679 obs.
► WEARABLES n. articles of clothing → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► WEAR A BRICK IN ONE’S HAT vb. to be under the influence of liquor, to be drunk → 1848 US
► WEAR A CRYSTAL VEIL vb. to attempt unsuccessfully to hide one’s homosexual preferences → 1940 US homosexual sl.
► WEAR A CUT-GLASS VEIL vb. to attempt unsuccessfully to hide one’s homosexual preferences → 1940 US homosexual sl.
► WEAR A FORKER vb. to be cuckolded → E17
► WEAR A GREEN BONNET vb. to be bankrupt → 19C
► WEAR A HAT vb. 1. to have a steady girlfriend; to be married; to bring one’s partner to a party → 1960 US teen sl.
vb. 2. to lead a respectable life → 1960 US teen sl.
► WEAR A HEAD vb. to be intelligent → E19 sl.
► WEAR A HEMPEN NECKTIE vb. to be hanged → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► WEAR A JACKET FOR vb. for a husband to accept a child fathered by his wife’s lover → 20C W. Indies
► WEAR BACHELOR’S BUTTONS vb. to be unmarried; to remain a bachelor → 1857
► WEAR BUTTONS vb. to be extremely gullible → 1976 US sl.
► WEAR CEMENT SHOES vb. to be killed and disposed of by the crime syndicate, esp. by being sunk in the water → 1990 sl.
► WEAR DOWN TO THE NAIL vb. to wear out, or ‘to the bone’; to be almost at an end → 1873 Sc.
► WEAR GOAT’S HORNS vb. to be responsible for a defeat or other misfortune → 1980 sl.
► WEAR HORNS vb. to be cuckolded → 20C 
► THE WEARIES n. fatigue and depression; ennui → 20C sl.
► WEARING A SMILE adj. undressed; nude → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WEARING CALLUSES ON HIS ELBOW phr. said of a person spending his time in a saloon → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► WEARING THE HACKING JACKET adj. pregnant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WEARING THE JACKET adj. pregnant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WEAR RAGS vb. to be having one’s period → 19C sl.
► WEARS n. clothes → 2007 US sl.
► WEAR THE BELLS vb. to act the fool → 1931 Amer. dial.
► WEAR THE BREECHES vb. to have the real authority; usually said of a woman or wife → 1666
► WEAR THE BRITCHES vb. to have the real authority; usually said of a woman or wife → 1909 Amer. dial.
► WEAR THE BUSTLE WRONG vb. to be pregnant → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► WEAR THE PANTS vb. to be in charge; to dominate → 1898
► WEAR THE RAG vb. to menstruate → 1965 Amer. sl.
► WEAR TWO FACES UNDER ONE HAT vb. to practise deceit → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WEARY adj. of a speaker: tedious, wearisome → 1549 obs.
► WEARY ANN n. a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► THE WEARY WILLIES n. general feelings of physical discomfort or illness, esp. delirium tremens → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WEARY WILLIE n. a person who is perpetually tired, sad and pessimistic → 1947 US sl.
► WEARY WILLY n. a nickname for a slow or lazy person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WEARY WINNY n. a prostitute who seeks customers on the street → 1951 US sl.
► WEASEL n. 1. a mean, greedy or sneaking fellow → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. an unattractive male → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to inform → 1920 criminals’ sl.
vb. 2. to evade and equivocate; to use deceptive language; to deceive → 1956 sl.
► WEASEL WORD n. a word that is used in a deliberately misleading way → 1900 sl., orig. US
► WEASEL WORDS n. language designed to deceive; empty talk → 1900 sl.
► WEASLE vb. of a person: to shrink, to shrivel → 1856 Amer. dial.
► WEASLY adj. shrivelled, stunted; sickly-looking; contemptibly small or worthless → 1856 Amer. dial.
► WEASY adj. queasy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WEATHER vb. rain, to storm → 1896 Amer. dial.
► WEATHER BIRD n. a cuckoo → 1951 Amer. dial.
► WEATHER BREEDER n. an unseasonably or unusually fine day, regarded as presaging bad weather → 1780 Amer. dial.
► WEATHERCOCKY adj. fickle, changeable, inconstant → 1886
► WEATHER FALL n. a period of rain, snow, hail, or heavy fog → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WEATHER GAGE n. an advantage → 1776 US 
► WEATHER GALL n. a halo around the sun → 1785 Amer. dial.
► WEATHER HOG n. a groundhog or woodchuck, esp. one designated to predict the weather on Groundhog Day → 1886 Amer. dial.
► WEATHER LIGHT n. a will-o’-the wisp → 1837 Amer. dial.
► WEATHER-PEG n. the nose → 19C Eng. dial., jocular usage
► WEATHER-PROPHET BIRD n. a cuckoo → 1951 Amer. dial.
► WEATHER VANE n. a cuckoo → 1951 Amer. dial.
► WEATHER WORM n. a hairy caterpillar → 1968 Amer. dial.
► WEAVE n. clothes → 1972 US sl.
► WEB n. 1. a snowshoe → 1902 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a television network → 1990 US sl.
vb. to travel, to make one’s way on snowshoes → 1959 Amer. dial.
► WEBB n. a wife → 1672 Algonquian 
► WEB-FOOT adj. devoted to and advocating preservation of the environment → 1970
n. 1. an inhabitant of Western Oregon → 1873 Amer.
n. 2. (usually as ‘webfoot’) a racehorse that performs well on a muddy track → 1951 US sl.
► WEBFOOTER n. an Oregonian, so called because much rain falls in Oregon → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► WEBSTER n. a weaver → 1703 Sc.
► WED-BREAK n. an adulterer → 1770 obs.
► WEDDING n. a one-on-one battle between fighter pilots → 1986 US sl.
► WEDDINGER n. a member of a wedding party; rarely, a bride or groom, a newlywed → 1774 Amer. dial.
► WEDDING KIT n. the genitals → 1964 US sl.
► WEDFELLOW n. a spouse, either husband or wife → 19C
► WEDGE n. 1. a large sandwich, a submarine sandwich → 1958 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a dose of LSD; LSD → 1971 US sl.
n. 3. a wad of banknotes; hence, generally, a significant amount of money → 1977 Brit. sl., orig. criminals’ sl.
► WEDGER n. a person who pushes into a line → 1994 US sl.
► WEDGER IN n. an uninvited person; a meddler → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► WEDGIE n. 1. a large sandwich, a submarine sandwich → 1968 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a sandal, the thong of which wedges between the toes → 1981 US sl.
► WEE n. urination → 1968 sl., a child’s word or euphemism
vb. to urinate → 1934 sl., a child’s word or euphemism
► THE WEE BABES adj. excellent, good, exactly as required → 1988 Sc. sl.
► WEEBLES n. an ill-defined or undefined illness → 1947 US sl.
► WEED n. 1. tobacco → 1606 sl.
n. 2. a thin and unhealthily delicate person → 1869 sl.
n. 3. marijuana → 1929 sl.
n. 4. a cigarette → 1951 US sl.
n. 5. a marijuana cigarette → 1953 US sl.
n. 6. a beginner surfer → 1990 US surfing sl.
vb. to break and enter a store and steal selectively, avoiding the impression that there was a theft → 1976 US sl.
► WEED A POKE vb. to remove all money and valuable items from a stolen wallet → 1962 US sl.
► WEED-BENDER n. 1. a rustic or countrified person → 1933 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a cowboy → 1945 US railroaders’ usage
► WEEDELY n. a young chicken → 1984 Amer. dial.
► WEEDER n. a burglar who breaks into a store and steals selectively, avoiding the impression that there was a theft → 1976 US sl.
► WEED-HEAD n. a habitual user of marijuana → 1952 sl., chiefly US
► WEED HOUND n. a regular marijuana smoker → 1949 US sl.
► WEEDILY int. a call to chickens at feeding time → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. a young chicken → 1984 Amer. dial.
► WEEDLING n. 1. a plant or tree cleared away or thinned out from a group → 1782 obs. 
n. 2. a small weed → 1820 
n. 3. a slight, weakly person → 1849 
► WEED MONKEY n. 1. a dissolute woman, a girl of easy virtue, a slut → 1938 Amer. dial. 
n. 2. a rustic or countrified person → 1955 Amer. dial. 
n. 3. an old car or truck used to haul raw materials used in the illegal production of alcohol → 1974 US sl.
► WEEDMONKEYING n. seeking the company of dissolute women → 1938 Amer. dial. 
► WEED MULE n. an old car or truck used to haul raw materials used in the illegal production of alcohol → 1974 US sl.
► WEEDO n. a marijuana user → 1958 US sl.
► WEED ONE’S OWN ROW vb. to take care of oneself; to mind one’s own business → 1856 Amer. dial. 
► WEED-SUCKER n. a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly → 2002 Amer. dial. 
► WEED TEA n. marijuana → 1920 drug culture sl.
► WEEDWACKER n. a surveillance team → 1997 US law enforcement usage
► WEEDY adj. 1. used to denote unhealthy thinness and weakness;  tall or long and slender; lanky → 1852 sl. 
adj. 2. whimsical or ridiculous → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
adj. 3. of speech: indistinct, unemphatic → 1989 UK sl.
► WEEFLY adj. feeble → 1894 Sc.
► WEEGIE n. an Australasian Teddy-girl → 1950 Aust. & NZ sl.
► WEEHAW adj. askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable → 1894 Amer. dial.
► WEE-HOO! int. a call to get the pigs in at feeding time → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WEE HOUSE n. an outdoor privy → 1981 Amer. dial.
► WEEJUNS n. moccasins; loafers → 1980 teen sl.
► WEEKENDER n. someone who indulges in occasional drug-taking, esp. at weekends → 1955 sl., orig. US
► WEEKEND HO n. a ‘weekend whore’; a prostitute who usually only works on weekends or during conventions → M20 African-American sl.
► WEEKEND WARRIOR n. 1. a member of the National Guard or a reserve unit → 1943 US sl.
n. 2. a ‘weekend’ or occasional prostitute → M20 US sl.
► WEEK OF SUNDAYS n. a long time → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► THE WEEK OF THE FOUR FRIDAYS n. an imaginary date that will never arrive → 1760 obs.
► WEEKY-DAY n. a weekday → 1837 Amer. dial.
► WEE MACWHACHLE n. a toddling infant → 1960 Sc. jocular usage
► WEE MAN n. the penis → 1990 Irish sl.
► WEEN n. 1. a boring, socially unappealing or unacceptable person → 1950 US students’ sl.
n. 2. a hard-working student → 1950 US students’ sl.
vb. to exhibit fear; to weaken → 1926 Amer. dial.
► WEEN BUCKET n. a boring, socially unappealing or unacceptable person → 1950 US students’ sl.
► WEENCHY adj. tiny, very little → 1900 US sl.
► WEENEY n. a type of smoked or pork or beef sausage → 1906 US sl.
► WEENIE adj. inferior → 1967 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. a wiener sausage → 1891 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an oaf, a jerk → 20C US sl.
n. 3. the penis, esp. if small, or that of a child → 1911 US sl.
n. 4. a boring, socially unappealing or unacceptable person → 1950 US students’ sl.
n. 5. a hard-working student → 1950 US students’ sl.
► WEENIE BIN n. a library carrel → 1987 US sl.
► WEENIEHEAD n. an ineffectual, despised person → 1960 sl.
► WEENIE WAGGER n. a male sexual exhibitionist → 1970 US sl.
► WEENIE WAVER n. a male sexual exhibitionist → 1970 US sl.
► WEENSY adj. very small, tiny; also used as a nickname → 1889 Amer. dial.
► WEENTSY adj. very small, tiny; also used as a nickname → 1958 Amer. dial.
► WEENTY adj. very small, tiny → 1861 Amer. dial.
► WEENY n. 1. a child → 1844 N. Amer. sl.
n. 2. a type of smoked or pork or beef sausage → 1906 US sl.
n. 3. the penis → 1911 sl.
n. 4. a boring, socially unappealing or unacceptable person → 1950 US students’ sl.
n. 5. a hard-working student → 1950 US students’ sl.
n. 6. an effeminate man → 1963 US sl., derogatory
n. 7. a contemptible person → 1964 US sl.
► WEENY-BOPPER n. a young teenager (sometimes a pre-teen), typically a girl, who follows the latest fashions in clothes, pop music, etc. → 1972 sl.
► WEENZY adj. very small, tiny; also used as a nickname → 1995 Amer. dial.
► WEEP AND WAIT vb. to serve a prison sentence while awaiting news on the outcome of an appeal → 1962 US sl.
► WEEPER n. a prisoner who cannot manage his incarceration and constantly complains → 1976 US sl.
► WEEPERS! int. a mild exclamation of surprise, distress, etc. → 1950 teen sl.
► WEEPING WILLIE n. a person who cries uncontrollably → 1949 US sl.
► WEEPING WILLOW n. a pillow → 1880 Brit. rhyming sl.
► WEEPS n. tears → 1946 US sl.
► WEEPY adj. depressed, denoting tearfulness; mournful, tearful → 1863
► WEEQUASHING n. the spearing of eels or fish from a canoe by torchlight → 1792 Amer. dial.
► A WEE THING adv. somewhat; just a little → 1894 Sc.
► WEEWARY adj. askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable → 1894 Amer. dial.
► WEE-WAW  adj. 1. askew; crooked; more on one side than the other;  rickety, shaky, loose, unsteady, wobbling → n. 3. an effeminate man → 1963 US sl., derogatory
Eng. & Amer. dial.
adj. 2. of a person: somewhat unwell, under the weather → 1941 Amer. dial.
adv. crookedly, unevenly → 1894 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to vacillate; to perplex, to distract → 1890 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to set askew; to proceed unsteadily; to be shaky, wobbly or rickety → 1914 Amer. dial.
► WEEWAWED adj. askew, crooked → 1890 Amer. dial.
► WEE-WAW-Y adj. of a person: somewhat unwell, under the weather → 1932 Amer. dial.
► WEE-WEE  n. 1. urine → 19C sl.
n. 2. urination → 1937 sl., a child’s word or euphemism
n. 3. the penis → 1964 sl.
n. 4. the vagina → 1998 US sl.
vb. to urinate → 1937 sl., a child’s word or euphemism
► WEE-WEE OFF vb. to annoy, to infuriate → 1960 NZ euphemism for ‘piss off’
► WEE WILLIE WINKY n. a Chinese person → 1990 sl., derogatory
► WEEWOPPY adj. askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable → 1894 Amer. dial.
► WEE-WOW vb. to be shaky, rickety, or wobbly → 1927 Amer. dial.
► WEEZER n. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WEEZLEDY adj. shrivelled, stunted; contemptibly small or worthless → 1943 Amer. dial.
► WEEZO n. an informer → 2000 US prison sl.
► WEFFILNESS n. limberness, pliability → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► WEFFLE n. the bark of a small dog; a suppressed barking → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to bark as a small dog; to yap, to yelp, to growl; to bark in a suppressed manner → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WEGGLETY adj. unsteady → 1877 Eng. dial.
► WEGRO n. a White person who takes on Black culture and style → 2000 African-American sl.
► WE HAD ONE BUT THE WHEEL CAME OFF phr. used to indicate that the speaker has not understood the subject of a conversation → 1910 
► WEIGHING adj. heavy → 1400 obs.
► WEIGH OFF vb. to sentence someone to punishment → 1925 sl., orig. services’ usage
► WEIGHT n. 1. a large amount of money → 1964 US sl.
n. 2. a measure of an illegal drug → 1971 sl.
vb. to have a specified weight, to weigh → 1938 Amer. dial.
► WEIGHTS n. loaded dice → 1977 US sl.
► WEINER n. 1. the penis → 1960 US sl.
n. 2. a person disliked by the speaker, an oaf, a jerk → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► WEINER-HEAD n. an ineffectual, despised person → 1960 sl.
► WEIRD adj. pert. to a homosexual male → 20C US sl.
► WEIRDIE n. a crazy or eccentric person → 1894 sl.
► WEIRDO adj. crazy, eccentric → 1962 sl.
n. 1. any unpleasant person, usually male; an oaf or jerk → M20 US sl.
n. 2. a homosexual male → M20 US sl.
n. 3. a crazy or eccentric person → 1955 sl.
► WEIRD OUT vb. to frighten someone; to cause someone emotional turmoil → 1993 US sl.
► WEIRDSOME adj. uncanny, mysterious → 1885 
► WEIRDY  n. 1. a crazy or eccentric person → 1894 sl.
n. 2. any unpleasant person, usually male; an oaf or jerk → M20 US sl.
n. 3. a homosexual male → M20  US sl.
► WEISENHEIMER n. a know-all → 1904 US sl., derogatory
► WEITHE vb. to look; to seem, to appear → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)