• W.H.
n. a whore …1887 euphemism
• WHACK
adj. 1. 1980s African-American sl. – second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory
adj. 2. 1990s sl. – positive, extremely good
n. 1. 1737 sl. – a blow
n. 2. 1860 Amer. dial. – a deal; a bargain; an agreement
n. 3. 1906 Amer. dial. – a lie
n. 4. 1938 sl., orig. US – a crazy or eccentric person
vb. 1. 1721 sl. – to hit
vb. 2. 1906 Amer. dial. – to lie, to exaggerate
vb. 3. M20 US drug culture sl. – to cut or dilute a drug such as heroin or cocaine
vb. 4. 1960s sl. – to masturbate
• WHACKED
adj. 1. L19 sl. – absolutely exhausted; tired
adj. 2. 1980s African-American sl. – second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory
• WHACKED OUT
adj. 1. 1969 US sl. – insane, mad
adj. 2. 1975 US sl. – in a drugged state
• WHACKED TO THE WIDE
adj. L19 sl. – absolutely exhausted
• WHACKER
adj. 1. B1900 Eng. dial. – larger than ordinary
adj. 2. B1900 Eng. dial. – wakeful, easy to be awaked
adj. 3. 1940s Aust. sl. excellent, wonderful
n. 1. 1768 UK sl. – a term of address to a man
n. 2. 1823 – anything abnormally large of its kind; a big lie; a heavy blow
n. 3. 1827 Amer. dial. – a driver of animals; a drover; an ox or mule driver
n. 4. 1861 Eng. dial. – a shake; a shiver
n. 5. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something excellent
n. 6. 1960s Aust. sl. – a fool
n. 7. 1980s US sl. – a masturbator
n. 8. 20C US sl. – a gadget, a thing
n. 9. 20C US sl. – the penis
vb. 1703 Eng. dial. – to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc.
• WHACKING
n. M19 sl. – a blow, a beating
• WHACK IT IN
vb. M19 sl. – of a man: to have sexual intercourse
• WHACK IT OUT
vb. 1910s sl. – to defend or support successfully
• WHACK IT UP
vb. M19 sl. – of a man: to have sexual intercourse
• WHACK JOB
n. 1979 US sl. – a person who is mentally ill
• WHACKO
adj. 1977 sl, orig. & chiefly US – crazy, eccentric, insane
int. 1941 sl., chiefly Aust. – an exclamation of pleasure, delight or exultation
n. 1977 sl., orig. & chiefly US – an unstable or mentally ill person; a crazy or eccentric person
• WHACK OFF
vb. 1969 sl. – to masturbate
• WHACKO THE CHOOK
adj. 1970s Aust. sl. – excellent, first-rate, absolutely wonderful
• WHACKO THE DIDDLE-OH
adj. 1960s Aust. sl. – excellent, splendid, first-rate
int. 1960s Aust. sl. – a general excl. of pleasure, esp. on seeing an attractive woman
• WHACKO THE GOOSE
adj. 1970s Aust. sl. – excellent, first-rate, absolutely wonderful
• WHACK OUT
vb. 1950s US gambling sl. – in gambling, to lose all one’s money
• WHACK SOMEONE OUT
vb. to kill, to murder …20C sl.
• WHACK THE ONE-EYED WORM
vb. to masturbate …1960s sl.
• WHACK THE WEASEL
vb. to masturbate …1960s sl.
• WHACK UP
vb. to make a contribution, a donation …L19 US sl.
• WHACK WILLY
vb. to masturbate …20C sl.
• WHACKY
adj. crazy, eccentric …1935 sl., orig. US
n. a prostitute; a term of great contempt …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHACKY WEED
n. marijuana …1980s drug culture sl.
• WHADDYA KNOW?
int. an expression of surprise, usually ironic …20C sl.
n. a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? …1910s sl.
• WHAFFLE
n. the bark of a small dog; a suppressed barking …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to bark as a small dog; to yap, to yelp, to growl; to bark in a suppressed manner …1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to dither, to talk nonsense …L19 sl.
• WHAFFY
adj. full of news …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHAIL
vb. to do something especially well or efficiently …1940s African-American sl.
• WHAKER
vb. to tremble, to shake with cold, fear, etc. …1703 Eng. dial.
• WHALE
n. 1. an exceptionally brilliant scholar …L19 US students’ sl.
n. 2. an exceptionally large or fat person …L19 US sl.
n. 3. anchovies on toast …20C sl.
n. 4. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 5. a very large crab …1981 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to mark with a blow from a whip or cane; to thrash, to flog, to hit, to trounce …1856 Sc.
vb. 2. to do something especially well or efficiently …1940s African-American sl.
• WHALE AND WHITEWASH
n. fish in white sauce …1920s tramps’ sl.
• WHALE AWAY
vb. to attack or work at something vigorously …M19 sl.
• WHALEBACK
n. a sharply rising hill or ridge of land …1879 Amer. dial.
• WHALEBACK RIDGE
n. a sharply rising hill or ridge of land …1879 Amer. dial.
• WHALE CRAB
n. a very large crab …1965 Amer. dial.
• WHALE IN THE BAY
n. someone who has money to spend and uses it on the assembled company …1960s Aust. sl.
• WHALE INTO
vb. to attack physically …20C sl.
• A WHALE OF A TIME
n. a very enjoyable time …1913 sl., orig. US
• WHALER
n. 1. anything considered large of its kind …M19 sl.
n. 2. a horse reared in the colony and exported to India …M19 Aust. sl.
n. 3. orig. a tramp whose route followed the course of a river; a tramp, a vagrant …1878 Aust.
n. 4. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHALER’S DELIGHT
n. brown sugar mixed with cold tea to make a thick paste …1900s Aust. sl.
• WHALES
n. anchovies on toast …1890 school & university sl.
• WHALESBACK
n. a sharply rising hill or ridge of land …1946 Amer. dial.
• WHALES ON
adj. obsessed with, devoted to …L19 US sl.
• WHALE THE SHIT OUT OF
vb. to beat viciously …20C sl.
• WHALE THE TAR OUT OF
vb. to beat severely …L19 US sl.
• WHALING
adj. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHALLOPER
n. an unusually large, pleasing, or admirable person or thing; something impressively big …1966 Amer. dial.
• WHAM
adj. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adv. suddenly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
int. used to express surprise or convey the impact of a sudden violent attack or blow …1940s US sl.
n. 1. a blow …1924 sl.
n. 2. nonsense …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a large, aggressive man …1970s African-American sl.
vb. to hit or strike …1920s sl., orig. US
• WHAM, BAM, THANK YOU MA’AM
n. sexual intercourse done quickly and without tenderness …L19 US sl.
• WHAMBANG
adj. loud, large, and impressive …1920s US sl.
• WHAM, BANG, THANK YOU MA’AM
n. sexual intercourse done quickly and without tenderness …1971 sl.
• WHAMDANGLERS
n. an extremely large pair of breasts …1990s sl.
• WHAMMER
n. the penis …20C sl.
• WHAMMO!
int. used to express surprise or convey the impact of a sudden violent attack or blow …1940s US sl.
• WHAMMY
n. 1. a ‘hex’, an evil influence, the evil eye …1950s sl.
n. 2. a punchline; anything devastating and beyond a similarly powerful response …1950s sl.
n. 3. an extremely unattractive woman …1980s US students’ sl.
• WHAMPUS-JAWED
adj. askew, awry …1967 Amer. dial.
• WHANG
adv. suddenly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 1. a leather thong or lace …1824 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a reverberating blow …E19 sl.
n. 3. a large piece, a portion, share …1910s sl.
n. 4. the penis …1935 sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. 5. a thin, lanky person …20C Irish sl.
n. 6. an oaf; a contemptible person …20C US sl.
n. 7. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to hit …E19 sl.
vb. 2. to throw, drive, pull, etc., with force or with violent impact …E19 sl.
vb. 3. to shoot at …1950s sl.
• WHANGBONE
n. the penis …20C sl.
• WHANG-DILLY
n. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHANGDOODLE
n. 1. an unspecified object; something one does not know the name of …1931 sl.
n. 2. nonsense …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 3. the penis …1970s US sl.
• WHANGEE
n. a cane …L18 sl.
• WHANGER
n. the penis …1939 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• WHANG OFF
vb. of a male: to masturbate …19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• WHANGYDOODLE
n. an unnamed or unspecified thing …1931 Amer. sl.
• WHANK
vb. 1. to masturbate …19C sl.
vb. 2. to abuse someone else …1940s sl.
vb. 3. to waste time …1940s sl.
vb. 4. to be logged on to a computer for a long time …1980s sl.
• WHANKER-JAWED
adj. having a protruding lower jaw …1966 Amer. dial.
• WHANK OFF
vb. of a male: to masturbate …19C sl., chiefly Brit.
• WHANK-PIT
n. a bed; the place where a male ‘whanker’ masturbates …19C Brit. sl.
• WHAP
vb. 1. to bark …c1440 obs.
vb. 2. to hit …M19 sl.
• WHAPED
adj. bewildered, dismayed, perplexed, puzzled …c1374 obs.
• WHAP OVER
vb. to collapse, to tumble, to flop …1843 Amer. dial.
• WHAPPER
n. 1. anything or anyone unusually large of its kind …c1780
n. 2. a thumping lie …1791 colloq.
• WHAPPER-JAW
n. a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; also, a nickname for someone having such a jaw …1850 Amer. dial.
• WHAPPER-JAWED
adj. having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw …1899 Amer. dial.
• WHAPPING
adj. unusually large or great …18C
• WHAPPLE-JAWED
adj. having a protruding or misshapen lower jaw …1853 Amer. dial.
• WHAP THAT THING!
int. congratulatory remark to a passing woman, implying her supreme sexiness …1960s African-American sl.
• WHARFIE
n. a stevedore, docker, or other wharf-worker …1911 Aust. & NZ sl.
• WHARF-RAT
n. anyone who hangs about wharfs, looking out for an opportunity to steal from a cargo …M19 sl., orig. US
• WHARP
vb. to hit or beat someone …1861 Amer. dial.
• WHASSIT
n. an unnamed or unspecified thing …1931 US sl.
• WHAT
int. an expletive tacked on to the end of a sentence to give it greater emphasis, but of no actual meaning …L18 sl.
n. the penis …19C Brit. euphemism
• WHAT A BEANFEAST!
int. L19 sl. – a satirical remark intended to underline that the situation is in fact far from a ‘beanfeast’, but in fact second-rate, poor, etc.
• WHATABOUTS
n. 1827 rare – doings, occupations; what one is about; something under consideration
• WHAT A DAG!
int. 1960 NZ sl. – how amusing!
• WHAT A LIFE!
int. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – expressive of boredom
• WHAT-ALL
n. 20C sl. – anything for which one has no proper name
• WHAT A PALAVER
phr. what a fuss …20C
• WHAT A POX!
int. exclamation of annoyance, irritation …L16 sl.
• WHAT ARE YA!
int. Bk1999 Aust. sl. – a sarcastic exclamation used when someone says something foolish
• WHAT A SHAME!
int. how unfortunate! what a pity!
• WHAT A TRIP!
int. how bizarre! how strange! what an odd experience! …1960s sl.
• WHAT A TURN-UP!
int. what a surprise …1970s sl.
• WHAT ARE YOU PUSHING?
phr. what sort of car do you drive? …1970s African-American sl.
• WHAT ARE YOU WORKING OUT OF?
phr. an invitation to explain oneself, to justify one’s actions or opinions …1990s African-American sl.
• WHATCHAMACALLIT
n. anything to which one cannot give a name when required …1942 sl.
• WHATCHEEMACALLIT
n. a gadget …19C US colloq.
• WHAT CHEER MAKE YOU?
phr. a1533 obs. – how are you? how do you feel?
• WHAT COMES OVER THE DEVIL’S BACK GOES UNDER HIS BELLY
phr. said of ill-gotten gains …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• WHATDAYACALLIT
n. anything for which one has no precise name …L16 sl.
• WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
phr. hello …1970s US students’ sl.
• WHAT-DO-YOU-CALL-IT
n. the vagina …19C sl.
• WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A CRUST?
phr. Bk1999 Aust. sl. – how do you make a living?
• WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
int. an exclamation of surprise or astonishment, usually ironic …1914 chiefly US
n. a greeting, ‘hello and how are you?’, ‘what have you been doing’ …1910s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT!
int. an exclamation of surprise, pleasure, admiration, etc. …1920s Amer. sl.
• WHAT DO YOU SAY?
phr. how are you? 1920s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU THINK?
int. an expression of surprise, usually ironic …20C sl.
n. a greeting, hello, how are you, what have you been doing? …1910s sl.
• WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS – BUSH WEEK?
phr. Bk1999 Aust. sl. – shouted by a motorist to indicate disgust at another motorist’s lack of driving expertise
• WHATDYECALL
n. anything for which one has no precise name …L16 sl.
• WHAT-D’YE-CALL’EM
n. anyone or anything for whom one cannot provide the name …L16 sl.
• WHAT D’YE CALLUM
n. 1. anything for which one has no precise name …L16 sl.
n. 2. the genitals …17C sl.
• WHATD’YOUCALLHER
n. anyone for whom one cannot provide the name …L16 sl.
• WHATD’YOUCALLHIM
n. anyone for whom one cannot provide the name …L16 sl.
• WHAT-D’YOU-CALL-IT
n. anything for which one has no precise name …L16 sl.
• WHAT ELSE DID YOU GET FOR CHRISTMAS?
phr. addressed to a driver who keeps honking their horn …1960s Aust. & US sl.
• WHAT ELSE IS NEW?
phr. a deprecating comment on anything the previous speaker has said, esp. if that speaker had intended to make a big impression …1950s sl., orig. US
• WHAT-ER?
n. a form of ‘what’ used when questioning the previous speaker’s self-description, as in ‘I’m a butcher.’ ‘A what-er?’ …L19
• WHAT EVE DID WITH ADAM
n. copulation …19C Brit. euphemism
• WHATEVER!
int. a general expression of dismissal or disinterest …1970s orig. US teen & Black usage
• WHATEVER BAKES ONE’S BISCUIT
phr. whatever makes one happy or satisfied …2000s US sl.
• WHATEVER BLOWS YOUR SKIRT UP
phr. a general phrase of acquiescence; whatever you like; whatever makes you happy …1980s US sl.
• WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT
phr. an expression of acceptance, I agree, you’re right …1980s US students’ usage
• WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON
phr. whatever you like, whatever makes you happy, esp. as a sarcastic response to a revelation of a particularly bizarre or distasteful pleasure, usually sexual …1970s sl.
• WHAT-FOR
n. punishment, trouble, a fuss; a reprimand or instance of reprimanding, chastisement …1873 sl.
• WHAT GIVES?
phr. a general greeting …1940s
• WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
phr. fate determines what happens in life, esp. as regards one’s treatment – good or bad – of others …1970s sl., orig. African-American
• WHAT HARRY GAVE DOLL
n. sexual intercourse …18C sl.
• WHAT HO!
int. a general exclamation of greeting …M19 sl.
• WHAT HO, SHE BUMPS!
int. an exclamation used on seeing a special display of energy, esp. by a woman …L19 sl.
• WHAT IN BLUE BLAZES?
int. a general exclamation of extreme surprise, absolute confusion, etc. …E19 sl.
• WHAT IN MERCY!
int. an exclamation of surprise, sorrow, etc. …1882 Sc.
• WHAT IN SAM PATCH?
int. what the devil is going on here? …1906 Amer. dial.
• WHAT IN THE EARTHFUL WORLD?
int. what on earth? what in the world? …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• WHAT IN THE MISCHIEF!
int. an exclamation …1924 Amer. dial.
• WHAT IN THE NATION!
int. a term of asseveration …1921 Amer. dial.
• WHAT IN THE SAM HILL?
int. what in the hell? …E19 US colloq.
• WHAT IS IT?
phr. a greeting …1970s US students’ sl.
• WHAT IS THIS, CHRISTMAS?
int. a general exclamation of pleasurable surprise …1980s sl.
• WHAT IT IS!
phr. a friendly greeting, hello, how are you? …1980s African-American sl.
• WHAT IT TAKES
n. money …1920s sl. orig. US
• WHAT MAKES ONE TICK
n. the motives, personal characteristics, etc. that determine someone’s behaviour …1930s sl.
• WHAT MOTHER DID BEFORE ME
n. copulation …19C Brit. euphemism
• WHAT-NOSED
adj. drunk …19C sl.
• WHATNOT
n. an unnamed or unspecified thing …1964 sl.
• WHAT’S BUZZIN’ COUSIN?
phr. what’s the latest news? …1941 Amer. jocular usage
• WHAT’S EATING YOU?
phr. what’s making you nervous or anxious …1893 sl., orig. US
• WHAT’S GIVING?
phr. a general greeting …1940s
• WHAT’S HAPPENING?
phr. Hello …1950s Amer. sl.
• WHAT’S-HER-NAME
n. 1. 1816 sl. – a substitute for a woman’s name that is not known or remembered
n. 2. 19C Brit. euphemism – the female genitals
• WHAT’S-HIS-NAME
n. 1697 sl. – a substitute for a man’s name that is not known or remembered
• WHAT SIDE?
adv. 1867 Amer. dial. – where?
• WHATSIS
n. 19C US sl. – any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided
• WHATSISFACE
n. 1967 sl., orig. & chiefly US – a substitute for a man’s name that is not known or remembered
• WHATSIT
n. 1. a1882 sl. – an unnamed or unspecified thing
n. 2. 1898 sl. – someone whose name is not known or remembered
• WHAT’S-ITS-NAME?
n. 19C Brit. euphemism – the female genitals
• WHAT-SORT
n. L19 sl. – a punishment, trouble, a fuss
• WHAT’S SHAKING?
phr. 1950s Amer. sl. – Hello
• WHAT’S THE DAMAGE?
phr. L17 sl. – how much is the bill? what’s the cost?
• WHAT’S THE DANCE?
phr. 2002 UK prison sl. – what’s going on? what’s going to happen?
• WHAT’S THE LARGE IDEA!
phr. 1927 Amer. sl. – what’s the big idea? what do you mean by this action?
• WHAT’S THE ODDS?
phr. 1840 UK – what’s the difference?
• WHAT’S YOUR BAG?
phr. M20 US homosexual sl. – what do you do or require?; said among persons interested in performing nonorthogenital sex (sexual activity other than that between males and females)
• WHAT’S-YOUR-NAME
n. 1757 sl. – used in addressing a person whose name is not known or remembered
• WHAT’S YOUR POISON
phr. 1805 jocular usage – used to ask someone what they would like to drink
• WHATTA LAUGH!
int. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – don’t be ridiculous!
• WHAT THE BLAZES!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – what the hell!
• WHAT THE BLUE BLAZES!
int. 1911 Amer. dial. – used to express astonishment or disbelief
• WHAT THE CAT BROUGHT IN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – disorder
• WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something unattractive
• WHAT THE DAGGER?
int. 1775 Eng. dial. – an expression of astonishment
• WHAT THE DAGGERMENT?
int. 1775 Eng. dial. – an expression of astonishment
• WHAT THE DICKENS!
int. 1599 – an exclamation of incredulity or annoyance
• WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
n. 1873 – something needed or desired
• WHAT THE EL?
int. 1950 Amer. dial. – what the hell?
• WHAT THE HALTER!
int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an exclamation, ‘what the deuce’
• WHAT THE HANGMENT!
int. 1828 Eng. dial. – expressing surprise
• WHAT THE HARRY!
int. 1965 Amer. dial. – what the hell!
• WHAT-THE-HELL
adj. 1968 – indifferent
• WHAT THE MISCHIEF!
int. 1966 Amer. dial. – hell!
• WHAT THE RABBITS!
int. 19C Eng. dial. – an expletive
• WHAT THE SAM HILL!
int. E19 euphemism, orig. US – what the hell!
• WHAT THE TERRY?
int. Bk1905 Sc. – an oath, an expletive
• WHAT THE VENGEANCE?
int. 1883 Eng. dial. – an oath
• WHAT-Y?
phr. L19 – a form of ‘what’ used when questioning the previous speaker’s self-description, as in ‘I’m a butcher.’ ‘A what-er?’
• WHATYERMECALLEMS
n. L16 sl. – anything for which one has no precise name
• WHATYERMYCALIT
n. L16 sl. – anything for which one has no precise name
• WHAT-YOU-MAY-CALL-IT
phr. 1965 Amer. dial. – said to a child when he asks “What are you making?”
• WHATZISFACE
n. 1967 sl., orig. & chiefly US – a substitute for a man’s name that is not known or remembered
• WHATZIT
n. 19C US sl. – any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided
• WHAY!
int. 1854 Amer. dial. – used as a command to a cow, go, go on!
• WHAZOOD
adj. M20 US sl. – intoxicated with alcohol
• WHAZZIT
n. 19C US sl. – any gadget or a name used for an object or person when the correct name is forgotten or to be avoided
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