APPEAR
NOUNS – PERSON
► NO-SHOW a person who unexpectedly fails to appear → 1940 sl., orig. US
VERBS
► AWN to appear; to put before a person’s eyes; to show, to manifest → 1175 obs.
► BESEEM to appear; to seem, to look → 1225 obs.
► BLITZ to appear; to arrive or leave quickly → 1940 sl.
► BLOW IN to appear or turn up unexpectedly; to drop in → 1904 colloq., orig. US
► BULGE to appear suddenly → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► BUST INTO VIEW to appear suddenly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COME OUT OF THE CANE to appear; to come out of retirement, privacy, or inactivity → 1906 Amer. dial.
► COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK ► CRAWL OUT OF THE WOODWORK ► CREEP OUT OF THE WOODWORK to appear; to arrive on the scene; to emerge; said of an unpleasant person or thing → 1973 UK
► CROP UP to appear or occur, esp. unexpectedly → 1844 colloq.
► HEAVE IN SIGHT to appear; to become visible → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOW UP ON THE SKYLINE to appear; to become visible → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NOSE IN to appear, to arrive → 1937 US sl.
► PEAR to appear → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► POLE to appear, to arrive → 1900 Aust. sl.
► POP UP to appear suddenly and surprisingly → 1660
► SHOW to appear in person; to appear on the scene; to be present → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHOW ONE’S MUG to appear, to put in an appearance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHOW UP ON THE SKYLINE to appear, to come into view → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► SNITE to appear, or show oneself → 1867 Ireland (Bk.)
► WAITH ► WEITHE ► WYTHE to appear; to look; to seem → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
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