Reverse Dictionary: ASSAULT

ADJECTIVES
► ALL OVER assaulting; aggressively smothering or battering → 20C Amer. sl.
► SAULTABLE capable of being assaulted or attacked → 1556 obs.

NOUNS
► A AND B assault and battery → 1920 US sl.
► AFFRAY an assault, an attack → 1380 
► AFFRONT an assault, an attack; a hostile encounter → 1587 obs.
► AFFRONTURE assault, attack; the act of confronting or opposing in hostility → 1549 obs.
► ASS-KICKING an assault, a physical beating; a severe defeat, reprimand, or humiliation → 1943 US sl.
► INSULT an assault → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JAMMING physical assault; severe verbal criticism → 20C W. Indies sl.
► ONDING an assault, an attack, an onset, an outburst, of noise, talk, etc.; oppression, turmoil  → 1871 Sc.
► ONDINGING an assault, an attack, an onset, an outburst, of noise, talk, etc. → 1827 Sc.
► ONFALL an assault, on onset; an attack or access of disease, plague, or calamity → 1000 obs. exc. Sc.
► ONSETTING an assault, an attack → 1541 obs.
► ONSHOCK assault, shock → 1869 Sc.
► OPPUGNATION an assaulting or attacking; assault, attack → 1533 
► POOFTER BASHING physical assault against male homosexuals → 1976 Aust. sl.
► PULSE a stroke, a blow; an attack, an assault → 1587 obs.
► PUSH a vigorous assault, charge, or onset; an attack → 1565 obs.
► QUEER-BASHING assault on homosexuals → 1970 sl.
► RASHING an assault, violence → 1970 African-American usage
► SAILYIE ► SAILZIE assault, attack, onset  → 1827 Sc.
► SALIAUNCE an assault or sally → 1590 obs.
► SALT AND ROB assault and robbery → 1946 S. Afr. sl.
► SAULT assault, attack → 1297 obs.
► SAULTING an assaulting or attacking → 1489 obs.
► SHOWER a military assault or attack; also, an armed conflict, a battle → 1375 obs.
► SOURCE an assault or attack → 1616 obs.
► TUSSLEMENT a tussling, an assault → 1597 obs.
► VENUE an assault or attack; a coming on, in order to strike → 1330 obs.
► WORKS, THE a violent assault → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
► HARD BIRD a man prone to assaulting or attacking others → 1924 criminals’ sl.
► QUEER-BASHER a person who assaults homosexuals → 1970 sl.

VERBS
► AFFRAY to assault, to attack → 1390 obs.
► AFFRONT to assault, to attack; to engage in battle → 1579 obs.
► AGGRESS to assault, to set upon, to attack → 1596 
► BASH SOMEONE UP to assault by hitting → 1954 Brit. sl.
► BASTE to assault by hitting → 1533 
► BEAT SOMEONE’S EARS IN to assault, to do violence → 1940 World War II  Amer. sl.
► BEAT THE BEJESUS OUT OF to assault by hitting → 1908 sl.
► BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF to assault by hitting; to thrash or beat a person severely; to hit repeatedly → 1966 sl.
► BEAT THE TAR OUT OF ► KNOCK THE TAR OUT OF to assault by hitting; to do violence → 1884 sl.
► BRASH to assault, to bruise; to break bones → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BREAK SOMEONE’S ASS to assault by hitting → 1941 
► BUM-RUSH to assault, to assail, to attack with a sudden, violent rush, esp. as a group or gang → 1988 orig. African-American
► BUST A PERSON’S ASS to assault a person severely; in a weakened sense, to defeat or humiliate a person → 2005 
► CANVAS ► CANVASS  to subject to assault or attack → 1599 obs.
► CLOBBER to assault by hitting; to thrash → 1946 sl.
► COME DOWN ON to assault; to fight; to confront → 1972 African American
► CRANK TAIL to physically assault someone → 1971 Trinidad and Tobago
► CRAWL ONE’S HUMP to assault or attack someone → 1905 US West. sl.
► CRUSH to assault; to beat up → 1970 US high school sl. (Bk.)
► DO SOMEONE OVER to assault by hitting → 1866 sl.
► DUFF UP to assault someone, to beat up → 1961 UK sl.
► DUST OFF to assault by hitting → 1803 sl.
► FALL ABOARD to assault, to attack → 19C Eng. dial.
► FARE ON to assault, to rush upon → 1535 obs.
► FILL SOMEONE IN to assault by hitting → 1948 Brit. sl.
► GIVE A PERSON THE BUSINESS to assault, to beat up → 1919 orig. criminals’ usage
► GIVE GYP to assault or beat → 1887 orig. Eng. dial.
► GIVE STICK to abuse or assault → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► GO A-CRASH OF to assault a person → 1923 colloq.
► GRUNGE to assault, to attack, to terrify → 1960 sl.
► INSULT to assault → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACK UP to assault a person; to beat up, to mug → 1965 US colloq.
► KNOCK SOMEONE ABOUT to assault by hitting → 1926 sl.
► LAY INTO SOMEONE to assault by hitting → 1838 sl.
► LEAN ON to physically assault; to beat up, to strike → 1911 sl., orig. US
► LICK DOWN to physically assault; to force submission → 1994 UK sl.
► MOVE ON to assault in a group; to hit, usually with a weapon → 1970 US African-American & college usage
► MUG to assault, to strike a person in the face; to fight; to beat up → 1818 sl., orig. boxing usage
► OFFEND to assault, to attack, to assail; also, to act on the offensive → 1374 obs.
► ONSLAY to make assault, to strike on → 1205 obs.
► OPPUGN to assault, to fight against, to attack, to besiege → 1432 obs.
► PASTE to assault by hitting → 1846 sl.
► POUNCE to assault, to hit → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PUT THE ARM ON to assault from behind by yoking the forearm tightly about the victim’s throat → 1928 US criminals’ sl.
► RABBLE to assault an individual with overwhelming numbers → 1644 
► ROUGH UP to assault, to manhandle; to inflict damage → 1915 
► ROUST to assault by hitting → 1904 Amer. sl.
► SAILYIE ► SAILZIE to assault, to assail, to attack → 1827 Sc. arch.
► SAULT to assault, to attack → 1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SCRAG to assault by hitting → 1835 sl.
► SET ABOUT to assault or attack someone  → 1879 UK colloq.
► STICK IT TO SOMEONE to assault violently and definitively → 1970 US sl.
► STOMP to assault viciously; to savage → 1946 US sl.
► TAKE APART to physically assault → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► TAKE A POKE AT to assault, to aim a blow at → 1796 sl.
► TAKE A RUN AT SOMEONE to attempt to assault, capture, or seduce someone → 20C US sl.
► TOWEL to assault by hitting; to thrash; to beat; to cudgel → 1705 sl.
► TRY SOMEONE’S AIR to assault or attempt to kill someone → 1970 US prison sl.
► TUILYIE ► TULIE ► TULYIE to harass; to quarrel with, to assail contentiously; to assault → 1487 Sc. obs.
► VAMP ON  to assault; to trounce; to beat someone up → 1970 African-American sl.
► WADE INTO SOMEONE to assault by hitting → 1893 sl., orig. US
► WAX to assault and maul; to injure or kill → 1884 sl.
► WELLY to assault, to beat up → 1980 sl.
► WHIP A PERSON’S ASS to assault a person severely; in a weakened sense, to defeat or humiliate a person → 1969 
► WHIPSAW to assault; to defeat → 1970 sl.
► WORK ONE OVER ► WORK OVER to assault and batter; to beat up → 1903 colloq.