• WIT
n. a witness …1999 US sl.
• WITCH
n. 1. a dowser, one who uses a divining rod …1843 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a divining rod …1914 Amer. dial.
vb. to dowse, to search with divining rod for water, ore, buried treasure, etc …1848 Amer. dial.
• THE WITCH
n. any powdered drug: cocaine, heroin, etc. …1949 US drug culture sl.
• WITCH-CAT
n. a mischievous, high-spirited person, esp. a child; a frolicsome girl, a roguish boy …1844 Amer. dial.
• WITCHCRAFT
vb. to cast a spell on; to work magic …1898 Amer. dial.
• WITCH-DOCTOR
n. 1. a dowser, one who uses a divining rod …1850 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a dragonfly …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a psychiatrist …1966 services’ sl.
n. 4. a doctor who specializes in internal medicine …1985 US sl.
• WITCHED TOGETHER
adj. put together insecurely, cobbled up; sewn carelessly …1929 Amer. dial.
• WITCHES’ BRIDLE
n. a tangle; a tangle in a horse’s mane …1977 Amer. dial.
• WITCHES’ BUTTER
n. a deposit of pollen …1860 Amer. dial.
• WITCHES’ KNICKERS
n. plastic bags caught up in trees or shrubs …2000 Ireland sl.
• WITCHES’-STIRRUPS
n. matted locks in a horse’s mane …1883 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• WITCH HAZEL
n. heroin …1959 US drug culture sl.
• WITCHING ROD
n. a divining rod …1935 Amer. dial.
• WITCHING STICK
n. a divining rod …1869 Amer. dial.
• WITCHING SWITCH
n. a divining rod …1965 Amer. dial.
• WITCHING WAND
n. a divining rod …1965 Amer. dial.
• WITCHING WILLOW
n. a divining rod …1965 Amer. dial.
• WITCHING WIRE
n. a divining rod …1965 Amer. dial.
• WITCH KNOT
n. a tangled knot of hair …1830 Amer. dial.
• WITCH LIGHT
n. a will-o’-the-wisp …1866 Amer. dial.
• WITCH-PISS
n. inferior liquor; weak beer …E20 Brit. sl.
• WITCH-RIDDEN
adj. having a nightmare …1836 Amer. dial.
• WITCH-RIDE
vb. to disturb the sleep of, to create nightmares for …1836 Amer. dial.
• WITCH ROD
n. a divining rod …1965 Amer. dial.
• WITCH’S BREW
n. LSD enhanced with botanical drugs from plants, such as deadly nightshade or jimsonweed …1970 US drug culture sl.
• WITCH’S CACKLE
n. the male genitals …2003 UK rhyming sl. for ‘wedding tackle’
• WITCH’S KNOT
n. a tangled knot of hair …1952 Amer. dial.
• WITCH’S LIGHT
n. a will-o’-the-wisp …1965 Amer. dial.
• WITCH STICK
n. a divining rod …1891 Amer. dial.
• WITCH STIRRUP
n. a tangle; a tangle in a horse’s mane …1880 Amer. dial.
• WITCH SWITCH
n. a divining rod …1965 Amer. dial.
• WITCH WAND
n. a divining rod …1965 Amer. dial.
• WITCH WATER
n. a mirage on hot pavement; heat waves on the road …1946 Amer. dial.
• WITCH WIGGLER
n. one who uses a divining rod …1931 Amer. dial.
• WITH A BELLYFUL
adj. bored …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A GARDEN ON THE STOMACH
adj. dead and buried …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A GUTFUL
adj. bored …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH ALL SAIL SET
adv. in a quick and determined manner; hurriedly …1916 Amer. dial.
• WITH ALL THE VEINS
adv. very willingly …1841 Ireland
• WITH ALL THE VEINS OF MY HEART
adv. very willingly …1843 Ireland
• WITH ALL THE VEINS OF MY SOUL
adv. very willingly …1867 Ireland
• WITH A NEVER GIVE OVER
adj. without ceasing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WITH AN ILL WILL
adv. unwillingly …1601 obs.
• WITH AN UP AND A DERRY-DOWN
phr. up and down …1864 Eng. dial.
• WITH A POX!
int. exclamation of annoyance, irritation …L16 sl.
• WITH A SINGLE EYE
adv. sincerely, honestly, guilelessly …arch.
• WITH A SISERARY
adv. with a vengeance; suddenly, promptly …1607 obs.
• WITH A THRASH
adj. immediately; ‘at one blow’ …1870 Sc.
• WITH A TITTUP
adv. at a canter …a1764
• WITH A VACANT ATTIC
adj. inattentive; absent-minded …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A VACANT HOUSE
adj. inattentive; absent-minded …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A VENGEANCE
adv. 1. with a curse or malediction …1525 obs.
adv. 2. to a great degree, very much …1568 UK
• WITH A WET FINGER
adv. 1. easily, with little effort, without difficulty …1542 obs.
adv. 2. readily, without hesitation, promptly …1583 obs.
adv. 3. slightly, superficially …1586 obs.
• WITH A WHOOP AND A HURRAH
adv. noisily …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A YELLOW STREAK
adj. cowardly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH A YELLOW STREAK DOWN ONE’S BACK
adj. cowardly …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH BAD GRACE
adv. unwillingly …1832
• WITH EARFLAPS
adv. to an extreme degree; of an insufferable kind …1976 Amer. sl.
• WITH EARLAPS
adv. to an extreme degree; of an insufferable kind …1952 Amer. sl.
• WITH EARS
adv. to an extreme degree; of an insufferable kind …1933 Amer. sl.
• WITH EARS ON IT
adv. to an extreme degree; of an insufferable kind …1933 Amer. sl.
• WITHERLICK
n. an imaginary or mythical animal …1900 Amer. dial.
• WITH HIS MOUTH WIDE OPEN
adv. said of a racehorse that easily wins a race …1951 US sl.
• WITHIN A BEAGLE’S GOWL
phr. within hearing distance …1924 Ireland
• WITHIN AMBS-ACE OF
phr. within an ace of, very close to …L17 sl.
• WITHIN AMES-ACE OF
phr. within an ace of, very close to …L17 sl.
• WITHIN COOEE; WITHIN COOEY
adj. nearby, close …1836 Aust. sl.
• WITHIN FLUX AND REFLUX OF THE SEA
phr. 1717 US – between the flow and ebb of the sea
• WITH IT
adj. 1. aware of all that is happening; stylish; part of a subculture …1945 US sl.
adj. 2. in control of the mind, sane …1961 sl.
n. (‘with-it’) a food accessory to the principal dish of a meal; a side dish …1939 Amer. dial.
• WITH KID GLOVES
adv. delicately, gently, circumspectly, in such a manner so as to avoid upset …1888 US
• WITH MUCH ADO
adv. with much trouble or difficulty …1548
• WITH NEED
adv. with difficulty; not easily or readily …1422 obs. rare
• WITH NO ERROR
adv. E19 sl. – certainly, without any doubt
• WITH NO MORE CLOTHES THAN A FROG
adj. undressed; nude …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITH ONE’S ARSE IN THE BUTTER
phr. 2015 – in a very fortunate or advantageous situation or position
• WITH ONE’S BACK TO THE WALL
adj. hard-pressed, struggling against odds …1819 Sc.
• WITH ONE’S BUM IN THE BUTTER
phr. 1960 – in a very fortunate or advantageous situation or position
• WITH ONE’S FACE AT HALF-PAST EIGHT
adj. mournful, wry-mouthed …20C
• WITH ONE’S FEATHERS CUT
adj. discomfited …1859 Amer. dial. obs.
• WITH ONE’S HEAD UP AND TAIL OVER THE DASHBOARD
phr. in a lively, spirited manner …1876 Amer. dial.
• WITH ONE’S NOSE IN THE BUTTER
phr. 1918 – in a very fortunate or advantageous situation or position
• WITH ONE’S TONGUE HANGING OUT
adv. eagerly …colloq.
• WITH OPEN FACE
adv. with uncovered face; hence, confidently, frankly; also, brazenly …1388 obs.
• WITHOUT
adj. clueless; out of touch; out of style …1999 US sl.
• WITHOUT ABODE
adv. without delay, immediately …1314 obs.
• WITHOUT ACCIDENT
adv. 1741 – safely, without incident or misfortune
• WITHOUT A MINTIE
adj. without funds …1930s Aust. sl.
• WITHOUT A PADDLE
adj. being in a very bad situation …20C US
• WITHOUT A RAG
adj. penniless …L16
• WITHOUT A SHIRT
adj. of drinks: unmixed with water …Bk1902 colloq,
• WITHOUT DECEIT
adv. without mistake, assuredly, certainly …c1425 obs.
• WITHOUT EARS
phr. of a trucker: driving without a citizen’s band radio …1976 US sl.
• WITHOUT GAB
adv. without deception; of a surety …c1320 obs.
• WITHOUT GAINSAYING
adv. without contradiction; unquestionably …c1330
• WITHOUT NAY
adv. beyond doubt or dispute; assuredly, certainly …a1300 obs.
• WITHOUT PRICE
adj. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITHOUT TALLY
adj. innumerable …1860 Eng. dial.
• WITHOUT TIME
adv. forever, eternally …a1400 obs.
• WITH SQUIRREL
adj. pregnant …20C US dial.
• WITH THE BARK ON
adv. in a rough or unpolished form …1872 US
• WITH THE GLOVES OFF
phr. of a dispute, argument, etc.: conducted mercilessly and in earnest, with no reservations …colloq.
• WITH THE LAY
phr. Bk1902 Sc. – with ease
• WITH THE LEAST
adj. inferior …c1374 obs.
• WITH THE SKIN OF ONE’S TEETH
adv. with difficulty, narrowly, barely …1560
• WITH THE TAIL OF THE EYE
adv. with a sidelong or furtive glance …1824
• WITH TOO MUCH SAIL
adj. drunk …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITHY
adj. 1. like a withe; tough and flexible, leathery …1822 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. of a person: strong and supple; wiry, tough …1849 Amer. dial.
• WITH YOUNG
adj. pregnant; usually said of animals …20C US
• WITTER
vb. to talk ramblingly …1808 sl., orig. Sc.
• WIT-TOOTH
n. a wisdom tooth …1601 obs.
• WITTY
adj. skilful, clever, intelligent …1952 Amer. dial.
n. a fool; a mentally retarded person …1940 Amer. dial.
• WITTY-BIT
n. a small amount; a bit …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WITTY-WOO
n. an owl …1830 Eng. dial.
• WIWI
n. a French person …1998 NZ sl.
• WIX
adj. excellent …2005 UK urban youth sl.
• WIZ
n. a skilled person …1914 sl., orig. US
• WIZARD
adj. excellent, marvellous …1922 UK sl.
int. used for expressing approval …1933 UK sl.
n. 1. a skilled person …1620
n. 2. in pinball, an expert player …1977 US sl.
n. 3. in computing, a person who has specific and detailed expertise …1983 US computing sl.
• WIZARD’S SLEEVE
n. a capacious vagina …1999 UK sl.
• WIZZARD
n. an ounce of marijuana …2001 UK drug culture sl.
• WIZZARD OF OZ
n. an ounce of marijuana …2001 UK drug culture sl.
• WIZZEN
n. the throat, the windpipe, the gullet …1858 Amer. dial.
• WIZZER
n. an act of urination …19C Sc. juvenile usage
• WIZZLE
vb. to shrivel or dry up, to become wrinkled; to pucker …1834 Amer. dial.
• WIZZLE-PATED
adj. giddy, harebrained, thoughtless …B1900 Eng. dial.
• WIZZO
adj. excellent …1948 sl.
int. an exclamation of delight or exultation …1905 sl.
n. the weapons officer on a military aircraft …1998 US sl.
• WIZZY
adj. 1998 – excellent, exciting, wonderful; used for registering general approval (UK sl.)
n. 19C – an act of urination (Sc. juvenile usage)
• WIZZY-WIZZY
vb. 1965 – to whisper (Barbados)
• WLATSOME
adj. 1300 – loathsome, detestable; disgusting, abominable, hateful → obs.
• WLENCH
vb. c1200 – to make proud; to pride oneself (obs.)
• W.M.P.
phr. L19 – we accept the invitation; With Much Pleasure (Royal Navy sl.)
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