Dictionary: WEL – WG

► WELCOME AS A POLECAT AT A PICNIC adj. not welcome → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► WELCOME AS A RATTLER IN A DOGTOWN adj.  not welcome → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► WELCOME AS FROST IN HARVEST adj. very inopportune, inconvenient, or inappropriate → 1897 Sc.
► WELDER n. a male pornography performer → 1995 US sl.
► WELFARE BITCH n. a person living on welfare → 1971 US sl.
► WELFARE PIMP n. a pimp who collects the welfare cheques due to his prostitutes → 1971 US criminals’ sl.
► WELFARE STEAK n. bologna → 1975 US sl.
► WELK adj. drooping, in poor health → 1887 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. of a flower, plant, etc.: to lose freshness or greenness; to become flaccid or dry; to wilt, to wither, to fade → 1250 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to become less, to diminish, to shrink → 1390 obs.
vb. 3. to roll or knead together → 1400 obs.
vb. 4. of the moon: to wane, to lose brightness → 19C obs.
vb. 5. of the sun in the west: to fade, to grow dim → 19C obs.
vb. 6. to cause to fade or wither → 19C obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to soak, roll and macerate in a fluid → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to move → 1846 Eng. dial. obs.
► WELKEN vb. to wither; to fade → 1398 obs.
► WELL n. an inside jacket pocket → 1979 US pickpockets’ sl.
► WELL, A CAT’S HIND FOOT! int. a mild oath → 1950 Amer. dial.
► WELL ALIGHT adj. drunk → 20C Brit. sl.
► WELL ALLIED adj. of a good family → 1623 
► WELL-ALONG adj. pregnant, obviously pregnant → 20C US colloq.
► WELL AWAY adj. drunk → 1927 euphemism
vb. to sleep soundly → 1927 sl.
► WELL-BATED adj. of fish: in good condition, plump → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WELL-BESEEN adj. good-looking, well-favoured → 1374 obs.
► WELL BESPOKEN adj. courteous in speech; fair-spoken → 1473 
► WELL-BODEN adj. fully armed or equipped → 1496 Sc. obs.
► WELL-BOTTLED adj. intoxicated with alcohol → 20C Brit. & US sl.
► WELL-BREATHED adj. able to speak or recite for a long time without tiring → 1635 obs.
► WELL-BRED adj. 1. of speech, behaviour: courteous, refined → 1614 
adj. 2. lewd; frequently copulated with, thoroughly copulated with → 20C sl.
► WELL-BUILT adj. 1. pert. to a well-proportioned woman or a well-proportioned or well-muscled man → 19C colloq.
adj. 2. having large male genitals → 19C Brit. & US euphemism
► WELL-COUCHED adj. 1. of a spear or lance: properly levelled in preparation for attack → 1475 
adj. 2. of speech, an argument: skilfully framed or expressed → 1531 
► WELL-COVERED adj. plump, fleshy, fat → 1930 sl.
► WELL-DEVELOPED adj. 1. pert. to primary sexual characteristics → 20C sl.
adj. 2. pert. to a man with fully developed or large genitals, slim hips, broad shoulders, and a muscular body → 20C sl.
adj. 3. pert. to a woman with qualities such as large, well-proportioned breasts and prominent hips and buttocks; pert. to a woman who has reached sexual maturity → 20C sl.
► WELL-ENDOWED adj. 1. pert. to a man with large or very large genitals or some other significant sexual characteristic → 20C Brit. & US sl.
adj. 2. pert. to a woman with large or very large breasts or any other significantly large primary or secondary sexual characteristics → 20C Brit. & US sl.
► WELLEY vb. to pity → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► WELL, FAN MY JAWBONE! int. an exclamation → 1982 sl.
► WELL-FAVOURED BY NATURE adj. 1. of a man: having large male genitals → L19 Brit. euphemism
adj. 2. of a woman: having large breasts → L19 Brit. euphemism
► WELL-FED adj. vigorous; robust → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WELL-FENDED adj. 1. 1834 – well protected
adj. 2. well looked after, well provided for → 1865 obs.
► WELL-HAINED adj. 1. in good condition; well-preserved; esp. said of a person → 1722 Sc. obs.
adj. 2. carefully saved up or hoarded; well protected or maintained → 1786 Sc.
adj. 3. chaste → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► WELL-HANDED adj. clever at particular work → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WELL-HEELED adj. rich → 1880 sl.
► WELL-HOLED adj. pert. to a woman with satisfying sexual qualities → 20C sl.
► WELL-HUNG adj. pert. to a man with large or very large genitals → 1673
► WELL I ASK YOU phr. implies one’s distaste for what has just been said or done → M19
► WELLIE n. 1. a wellington boot → 1961 Brit. sl.
n. 2 a kick → 1977 Brit. sl.
vb. to kick → 1966 Brit. sl.
► WELL I’LL BE DAGGED! int. I’ll be damned! → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WELL, I’LL BE JOE HOOKERED! int. damn! → 1967 Amer. dial.
► WELL I NEVER DID! int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → 1848
► WELL I NEVER! int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment → 1848
► WELL, KNOCK THE LIGHTS OUT OF ME! int. an expletive → 1936 Amer. dial.
► WELL-LANGUAGED adj. of speech, writing: expressed in appropriate or effective language → 1656 
► WELL-MENDED adj. of an ill person: improved in health → 20C Ireland
► WELL-OILED adj. intoxicated with alcohol → 1737 sl.
► WELL OVER THE BAY adj. very intoxicated → 1844 Amer. dial.
► WELL PUT-ON adj. well-dressed → 1920 Sc. & Ulster
► WELL-SCRAPIT adj. well-spoken, civil → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► WELL-SHOD adj. rich → L19 US sl.
► WELL-SINKING n. making money → L18 Anglo-Indian
► WELL SITTING adj. becoming, befitting; proper, suitable; appropriate → 1366 obs.
► WELL-SPEAKING adj. using pleasing or agreeable speech or language → 1000 
n. pleasing or agreeable speech or language → 1511 hist.
► WELL-SPOKEN adj. 1. using pleasing or courteous speech → 1400 
adj. 2. of speech: spoken truly, pleasingly, or skilfully → 1539 
► WELL-SPRUNG adj. drunk → 1910 sl.
► WELL STACKED adj. large-breasted → 1942 sl., orig. US
► WELL-STOMACHED adj. 1. courageous; having a strong stomach → 1478 obs.
adj. 2. having a large or fat stomach → 1896
► WELL TAILED adj. well shaped or fashioned → 1412 obs.
► WELL-TEMPERED adj. of speech, writing: sharp, cutting → 1602 
► WELL-THEWED adj. of speech, writing: aptly composed; effective → 1583 obs.
► WELL-THOUGHT-ON adj. 1. greatly admired or respected; well-esteemed → 1533 arch.
adj. 2. carefully or thoroughly considered → 1586 obs.
► WELL-TIDED adj. well-timed, seasonable → 1801 Eng. dial.
► WELL TOGETHER adj. agreeing well; friendly → 1741 obs.
► WELL-TOILETED adj. well-dressed → 1875
► WELL TO LIVE adj. tipsy → L17
► WELL-TONGUED adj. fluent and persuasive of speech; eloquent → 1480 
► WELL-TURNED adj. of speech, writing: neatly or elegantly expressed → 1623 
► WELL UNDER adj. drunk → 1910 Aust sl.
► WELL UNDER WAY adj. drunk → M19 US sl.
► WELL UP adj. very tall → 1990 Ireland
► WELL-UPHOLSTERED adj. plump, fleshy, fat → 1930 sl.
► WELL-WALED adj. of speech: carefully selected, well-chosen → 1718 Sc. obs.
► WELL-WEIGHING adj. heavy → 1615 obs.
► WELL-WORD vb. to speak well of; to eulogize → 1547 obs.
► WELLY n. 1. a wellington boot → 1961 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a kick → 1977 Brit. sl.
n. 3. a beating → 1980 sl.
vb. 1. to kick → 1966 Brit. sl.
vb. 2. to beat up, to assault → 1980 sl.
► WELLY-BOOT n. a wellington boot → 1961 Brit. sl.
► WELSH adj. 1. nauseous; sour; having a sickly taste → 1691 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. insipid, tasteless; of cider, etc.: watery, poor → 1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 3. pinched and miserable-looking; faint from hunger → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WELSH’D adj. suffering from insipidity of food → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WELSHIE n. a Welsh person → 1951 sl.
► WELSH NIECE n. a first cousin → 1886
► WELSH UNCLE n. the first cousin of a parent → 1747
► WELSHY n. a Welsh person → 1951 sl.
► WELT n. a large penis → 20C Brit. military sl.
► WENCH n. 1. a girl, a small child of the female sex → 1290
n. 2. a woman → 1350
n. 3. a prostitute, a wanton or promiscuous woman; a mistress → 1362 obs.
n. 4. a female servant, a maidservant → 1380
n. 5. a girl of the rustic or working class → 1574
n. 6. a familiar or endearing form of address → 1581 arch.
n. 7. a Black or coloured female servant → 1765 US
n. 8. an unpleasant or unattractive woman → 1944 US students’ sl.
n. 9. a prisoner’s female partner or visitor → 2001 NZ prison sl.
vb. to chase after women; to seek prostitutes → L16
► WENCHER n. a man who seeks prostitutes → L16 sl.
► WENCH OF THE SUBURBS n. a whore → 1614 sl.
► WENT THROUGH LIKE A DOSE OF SALTS adj. departed hastily → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WENT THROUGH WITHOUT THE WATER-BAG adj. departed hastily → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WENT WEST adj. dead → 1970 Amer. dial.
► WE’RE ALL TOGETHER LIKE BROWN’S COWS phr. we’re alone → 19C Anglo-Irish
► WERE YOU BORN IN A TENT? phr. said to a person who habitually leaves doors ajar → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WERRICK n. a half-smothered laugh; a chuckle → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to tease, pester; to worry → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to give a half-smothered laugh; to chuckle → 1892 Eng. dial.
► WERT’ adj. worthless → 1982 Hawaiian youth usage
► WESSON PARTY n. a form of sexual contact where the participants cover their bodies with liquid cooking oil and then perform various sexual activities → M20 US sl.
► WEST adj. dead → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WEST-CENTRAL n. a W.C.; a bathroom or privy → 19C Brit. sl.
► WEST-COAST TURNAROUNDS n. amphetamines → 20C US drug culture sl.
► WESTERN STYLE adj. of coffee: stale and lukewarm → 1976 US sl.
► WESTLOOKER n. 1. a hare → 1300
n. 2. a person who has a squint or cast of the eye → 1425 obs.
► WEST SIDE PASSKEYS n. burglary tools → 1982 US sl.
► WEST VIRGINIE n. West Virginia → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WESTY adj. 1. desolate, waste → 950 obs.
adj. 2. dizzy, giddy; light-headed, confused → 1599 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► WET adj. 1. drunk → E18 sl.
adj. 2. permitting or advocating the sale of liquor → 1870 sl.
adj. 3. of livestock: stolen → 1888 Amer. dial.
adj. 4. angry → 1898 Aust. sl.
adj. 5. ineffectual, incompetent → 1916 Brit. sl.
adj. 6. pert. to a woman who is sufficiently sexually aroused to produce vaginal lubrication → 1940 sl.
adj. 7. unpleasant; disagreeable → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
adj. 8. bloody; gory → 1970 police sl.
adj. 9. excellent → 2000 US sl.
n. 1. a drink → 1719 sl.
n. 2. a fool, an oaf → 20C Aust. sl.
n. 3. urination → 1925 sl.
n. 4. urine → 1925 sl.
n. 5. rain; wet weather → 1945 US sl.
n. 6. an activity of intelligence organizations, esp. the KGB, involving assassination → 1972 sl.
n. 7. an illegal immigrant from Mexico to the US; hence, to any illegal immigrant → 1973 US sl.
n. 8. a Conservative politician with liberal or middle-of-the-road views (often applied to those opposed to the monetarist policies of Margaret Thatcher) → 1980 Brit. sl., derogatory
vb. 1. to urinate → 1925 sl.
vb. 2. to kill → 1997 US sl.
► WET A BOTTOM vb. of a woman: to coit → 19C Brit. sl.
► WET ARSE AND NO FISH phr. said of a fruitless errand → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WET AS THATCH adj. very wet → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WET AS WATER adj. very feeble or corny → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WETBACK n. 1. a Mexican or Mexican American; orig. an illegal Mexican who was still wet from swimming across the Rio Grande → 1920 US colloq., derogatory
n. 2. a large wave → 1957 US surfing sl.
n. 3. a member of a Baptist church that practices Baptism by total immersion → 1966 Amer. dial.
► WET BAPTIST n. a member of a Baptist church that practices Baptism by total immersion → 1852 Amer. dial.
► WET BARGAIN n. one concluded by the parties drinking together → 1805
► WET BEHIND THE EARS adj. inexperienced, raw, ignorant → 1914 Amer. sl.
► WET BLANKET n. a person who dampens and smothers all enthusiasm; a person who prevents fun; a killjoy; a pessimist → 1879 Amer. sl.
► WET DECK n. a woman, often a prostitute, who does serial sex acts → 1940 Amer. sl.
► WET DREAM n. a male’s erotic dream during which he has an orgasm → 1851 Amer. sl.
► WET DUCK n. a woman who has just finished copulating with one man and is ready for another; usually said of a prostitute → 19C sl.
► WET ENOUGH TO BOG A DUCK adj. said of extremely wet weather → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WET FART n. a strong breaking of wind containing fecal matter → 19C Brit. sl.
► WET FISH n. an ineffectual or incompetent person → 1944 sl.
► WET-FOOT BAPTIST n. a member of a Baptist sect that practices foot washing, a rite in which church members wash one another’s feet → 1966 Amer. dial.
► WET-GOOSE n. an oaf, a simpleton → 19C Brit. sl.
► WET GROCERIES n. spirituous liquors → 1888 Amer.
► WET-HAND n. a drunkard → L19 Brit. sl.
► WETHER-HEAD n. an oaf or dolt → L17 Brit. colloq.
► WET IDEA n. a wrong idea → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WET LEG n. a self-pitying person → 1922 sl.
► WET MOON n. a crescent moon (usually new) sometimes believed to prognosticate wet weather (on the basis of its orientation, that is, whether the horns appear able to ‘hold water’) → 1856 Amer. dial.
► WET NOODLE n. 1. a naysayer → 20C Amer. sl.
n. 2. a dupe; an oaf → 20C US colloq.
n. 3. an effeminate male → 20C US colloq.
► WET ONE n. 1. a strong breaking of wind containing fecal matter → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a cold beer → 20C Amer. sl.
► WET ONESELF vb. 1. to become angrily agitated or upset → 1970 sl.
vb. 2. to give way to heightened emotion; to lose one’s composure → 1970 sl.
vb. 3. to laugh so much that one urinates involuntarily → 1970 sl.
► WET ONE’S END vb. of a male: to copulate → 20C US sl.
► WET ONE’S GOOZLE vb. to have a drink, esp. of liquor → 1300 sl.
► WET ONE’S NEB vb. to take a drink → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WET ONE’S PANTS vb. 1. to urinate in one’s pants from fear or other uncontrolled emotional situations → 20C colloq.
vb. 2. to become angrily agitated or upset → 1970 sl.
vb. 3. to give way to heightened emotion; to lose one’s composure → 1970 sl.
► WET ONE’S THROPPLE vb. to drink; to quench one’s thirst → 1835 Sc.
► WET ONE’S THROTTLE vb. to quench one’s thirst, to drink → 1827 Sc.
► WET ONE’S WHISTLE vb. to drink alcohol → 1386 sl.
► WET ONE’S WICK vb. of a male: to copulate → 20C US sl.
► WET ONE’S WINKERS vb. to weep → 1897 Sc.
► WET RAG n. an oaf; a useless jerk; an unpopular, socially inept person → 1955 US sl.
► WET SHOT n. a scene in a pornographic film or photograph depicting a man ejaculating → 1991 US sl.
► WET SOCK n. an oaf; a useless jerk → M20 US sl.
► WETSTER n. a drunkard → 19C sl.
► WET-SUBJECT n. a drunkard → 19C sl.
► WET-‘UN n. 1. a drunkard → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. coition; an act of coition → 19C Brit. sl.
► WETWARE n. the human brain → 1980 Amer. computing usage
► WET-WASH BAPTIST n. a member of a Baptist church that practices Baptism by total immersion → 1966 Amer. dial.
► WET WEATHERS n. waterproof trousers → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WE WE TOWN n. Paris (French ‘oui, oui’) → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► WE WON’T EAT YOU phr. don’t worry, we won’t harm you → 1738
► WEXIOUS adj. very vexing → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WEZZEN n. the throat, the windpipe, the gullet → 1858 Amer. dial.
► W.F.s. n. wild cattle → 1840 Aust. sl.