Reverse Dictionary: ATTENTION

ADJECTIVES
► ADVERTENT attentive, heedful → 1671 
► ADVERTISING attentive, attending → 1603 obs.
► ADVICEFUL attentive, considerate, thoughtful, careful → 1596 obs.
► AIDENT attentive, conscientious, watchful, careful, attentive; said of mental or moral qualities → 1812 Sc. 
► AINTY attentive, kindly → 1929 Sc.
► ALL EARS acutely attentive; very eager to hear → 1860 Amer. colloq.
► ANSABLE ► ANSIBLE attentive, heedful, obedient → 1908 Sc.
► ARRECT attentive, intent, on the alert → 1646 obs.
► ATTENT attentive → 1603 obs.
► ATTENTIONAL pert. to attention → 1901 
► BUSY attentive, careful; solicitous, concerned; anxious, uneasy, troubled → 1000 obs.
► BUZZWORTHY lively to general enthusiastic attention and interest, esp. in the popular media → 1980 US
► CURIOUS attentive, careful; studious → 1386 obs.
► EIDENT attentive to, diligent, industrious, busy; hard-working → 1591 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► EYE-TAKING attracting attention; alluring → 1635 
► HEEDY attentive, heedful, careful, cautious, wary, watchful → 1548 obs.
► HIGH-MAINTENANCE requiring a high level of attention and care; demanding → 1982 colloq.
► LAIRY ► LAREY ► LARY attention-seeking; showy, ostentatious → 1898 Aust. sl.
► OBSERVATIVE attentive, observant; pert. to observation → 1611 
► OFFICIOUS attentive, obliging, kind; doing or ready to do kind offices; eager to serve or please → 1565 obs.
► ON being the focus of attention, performing, needing to impress → 1960 US sl.
► PRICK-EARED listening attentively; attentive, alert → 1550 
► PUNCTILIOUS extremely attentive to details, ceremony, or procedure; strict or exact in the observance of formalities or amenities → 1625 
► STRAIGHT-UP attentive, focused → 1500 obs.
► TENDFUL requiring attention; esp. said of a child → 1833 Amer. dial.
► TENT attentive, watchful; keen; intent → 1789 Sc.
► TENTFUL attentive, careful → 1870 Eng. dial.
► TENTIVE attentive, careful → 1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TENTY attentive, careful, heedful; watchful, cautious → 1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THOUGHTY attentive; intelligent; thoughtful, given to reflection; intelligent → 1823 Sc.
► VERTIE attentive to business; careful, cautious, prudent; industrious, wide-awake, eager → 1804 Sc. obs.

ADVERBS
► ADVERTENTLY attentively, heedfully → 1888 (Bk.)
► ADVISEDLY attentively, carefully; with watchfulness or attention; warily → 1375  obs.
► BUSILY attentively, intently; with fixed attention; carefully, heedfully → 1225 obs.
► EIDENTLY attentively, diligently, industriously → 1838 Sc.
► GARDANTLY attentively → 1574 obs.
► MARKINGLY attentively → 1586 obs.
► TENTIFLY with attention → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► TENTY attentively, carefully; cautiously → 1785 Sc.
► WITH ALL ONE’S EYES with full attention, intently; with an intense or keen gaze → 1483 
► WITH ALL THE EYES IN ONE’S HEAD with full attention, intently; with an intense or keen gaze → 1548 

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► ALLACK! an exclamation of surprise or calling attention to anything; there look! → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► COME TO THE PARTY! pay attention! → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DIG UP! pay attention!; listen up! → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HALE! an exclamation used to attract attention → 1290 obs.
► HALLOO! an exclamation used to attract attention at a distance, to express surprise, etc. → 1700 
► HE! an exclamation used to attract attention or express emotion → 1300 obs.
► HOOEE! ► HOO-EE-AH! ► HOO-HEE! ► HOO-WEE! ► WHOO! ► WHOOEE! ► WHOO-HEE! ► WHOOIE! an exclamation used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. → 1874 Amer. dial.
► OISIE! an exclamation used to attract attention → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► ON A AY YO TRIP used of one who is forever demanding attention, making him or herself conspicuous → 1980 W. Indies & Black British teen usage
► PUT A BIT OF SWISH INTO to cause to pay attention or take heed → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► SET FIRE, YOU! pay attention! → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► THICCY! ► THIKKI! an exclamation used to attract attention → 1891 Eng. dial.
► WORD! ► WORD UP! an exclamation used to attract attention → 1980 African-American sl.
► YA HEY! ► YA HEY DERE! ► YAH HEY! an exclamation used to attract attention → 1934 Amer. dial.
► YALLACK! ► YELLOOK! ► YELLUCKS! ► YOLLOCK! an exclamation used to attract attention; look here! → 1880 Eng. dial.
► YARRAH! an exclamation used to attract attention → 1827 Ireland 

NOUNS
► ADVERSION attention, perception → 1647 obs.
► ADVERTENCE attention, observation, notice, heed, consideration; a turning the attention to → 1370 
► ADVERTENCY  attentiveness, heedfulness → 1646 
► ADVERTISEMENT attention, observation; the turning of the mind to anything → 1523 obs.
► ADVISEMENT attention, observation, notice, consideration → 1330 obs.
► ATTENSH attention → 1930 sl.
► BUSINESS attention, care, observance → 1398 obs.
► GARD attention, watchfulness; also, the object of one’s attention → 1569 obs.
► GAUM ► GAWM notice, heed, attention → 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HAND-TETHERS pursuits requiring constant attention → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAND-TIES pursuits requiring constant attention → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KEEP attention, care, heed, notice → 1250 obs.
► KEEVEE ► KEEVIE ► KEEVY attention, alertness, vigilance → 1843 Sc.
► LICK AND A PROMISE scant attention or care → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MARK attention, notice → 1377 obs.
► OBSERVE attention, notice → 1805 Sc. obs.
► OFFICIOSITY attentiveness, dutifulness; the quality of being officious → 1565 obs.
► OPEN EAR an attentive ear → 1225 
► PERADVERTENCE thorough carefulness or attention → 1529 obs.
► PUNCTILIOSITY scrupulous attentiveness to fine points of procedure, etiquette, or conduct → 1859
► RABBIT FOOT attention → L19 African-American sl.
► TENDANCE attention, care → 1902 Eng. dial.
► TENT attention, observation, notice → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YEME attention, care, heed → 893 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► NOTICE BOX a person who is keen to attract attention → 1996 Irish sl.
► SHOWBOAT an attention-seeker or show-off → 1953 sl., orig. & chiefly US

VERBS
► ADVERT to pay attention, to take heed; to turn one’s attention → 1430 
► ANSE to pay attention to; to heed, to care, to mind → 1908 Sc.
► ANT to show attention to, to respect, to obey → 1891 Sc.
► BAG ONTO to pay attention to → 1948 Amer. sl.
► BE ALL EARS to give all one’s attention, to listen → 1577 colloq.
► BEAT THE DRUM to brag, to advertise, to seek attention or appreciation → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BEHOLD to give attention or regard; to consider → 825 obs.
► BEND AN EAR to pay attention; to listen → 1935 Amer. sl.
► BESEE to be attentive, to pay attention to → 1200 obs.
► DRAW THE CRABS to attract unwelcome attention → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► GAUM ► GAWM to pay attention to, to heed; to take notice of → 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GIVE BUSINESS TO to pay attention to, to attend to diligently → 1582 obs.
► GIVE GOOD EYE to pay close attention to; to watch attentively → 1564 obs.
► HALLOW to shout to attract attention, etc. → 1420 
► HARP to pay attention; to listen to; to hearken → 1896 Eng. dial.
► MAKE MICKLE OF to show great attention to, to make much of → 1725 Sc.
► MIND to pay attention or heed to; to observe, to notice → 1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NEEF to pay attention → 1934 Sc.
► PULL ONE’S HEAD OUT to pay attention to one’s affairs; to wake up → 1960 Amer. students’ sl.
► RING ONE’S CHIMES to arouse one’s attention; to excite → 1970 Amer. sl.
► RUSH to lavish attention on a person, typically a woman, esp. with a view to a romantic or sexual relationship → 1863 US colloq.
► SNAP TO to become sharply attentive and responsive → 1940 Amer. sl.
► TAKE TENT OF to pay attention to; to notice, to observe → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TAKE THE CORN to become the centre of attention → 1839 US sl.
► TANTLE ► TONTLE to pay much attention to; to pet, to fondle, to caress; to nurse and feed with care → 1898 Eng. dial.
► TEND TO to pay attention → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TENT to pay attention to; to heed; to listen to → 1789 Sc.
► YEME to give attention or heed to, to attend to, to look after; to take heed → 897 obs.