BODY
ADJECTIVES
1600 ► QUAGGY soft, yielding, flabby; said of the body or flesh
1665 ► MASTY big-bodied, burly → obs.
1668 ► MASTIFF big-bodied, burly → obs.
1697 ► TIGHT of a neat compact build, well-made, shapely → arch. or Eng. dial.
1779 ► APPLE-SHAPED characterized by a tendency to store fat around the abdomen, rather than on the hips or thighs
19C.. ► CUT-UP WELL having a good body; looking good naked → Brit. sl.
1834 ► FUBSICAL fat and squat; said of the figure, limbs, etc.
1861 ► SLAMMOCKY → SLAWMECKY → SLOMMACHY → SLOMMACKY → SLUMMACKY → SLUMMOCKY → SLUMMUCKY soft and flabby, out of shape; said of a person’s body → colloq. & Eng. dial.
1894 ► LONG-GEARED long-bodied → Amer. dial.
1950 ► CONSTRUCTED having an attractive body; generously built → Amer. sl.
1960 ► PUT-TOGETHER well-built; usually said of a woman → Amer. sl.
1963 ► IN LUST attracted to another’s body → Amer. sl.
1967 ► JOCK having a good figure: said of females → African-American sl. (Bk.)
1997 ► SMOOTH hairless; said of a man’s body → US sl.
NOUNS
1000 ► BONES the body; the skeleton; the mortal remains
1275 ► BELLY the body → obs.
1330 ► HIDE AND HUE the visible outer part of the body; skin and complexion → obs.
1425 ► LUMP OF CLAY the human body
1500 ► JUNCTURE a joint of the body → obs.
1547 ► CASE the body
1567 ► QUARROM → QUARROME → QUARROMES → QUARREN → QUARROMS → QUARRON → QUARRONS a body → criminals’ cant obs.
1600 ► EARTH the body
1615 ► COTTON down or soft hair growing on the body → obs.
1627 ► BACKWARD the hinder part of the body → obs.
1652 ► HABIT the outer part, surface, or external appearance of the body → obs.
1655 ► MAN-CASE the body; physique → obs.
1682 ► HOUSE OF CLAY the human body, esp. considered as a vessel for the soul or spirit → obs.
1698 ► ARSE → ASS one’s body, person, or self
1699 ► SOUL-CASE the body → sl.
1754 ► SHELL the female body → UK sl.
1788 ► BOD a body → sl.
1790 ► APPLE-CART the human body → sl.
L18.. ► MUTTON one’s body, self, or flesh → US sl.
19C.. ► CARRION the human body, living or dead → Brit. sl.
1837 ► OUTWARD ADAM one’s body, exterior, appearance → Amer. dial.
1838 ► CORPOROSITY one’s body → Amer. dial.
1870 ► BONE-HOUSE the human body
1875 ► ABLACH a body not necessarily dead but maimed or reduced to a pitiable condition → Sc.
1899 ► CARCASE the body; the trunk → Amer. dial.
20C.. ► ANATOMY one’s body, esp. the parts which are not visible in public; the buttocks → US
20C.. ► FREE SHOW a peek at a woman’s breasts, thighs, or pelvic area allowed on purpose or by accidental circumstances → US colloq.
20C.. ► ODD BOD a strange body → US sl.
20C.. ► PAN a woman’s body → US sl.
20C.. ► PARK a woman’s body considered as a source of pleasure for men
20C.. ► TOM NODDY a body, i.e. a corpse → US rhyming sl.
20C.. ► WORM-FOOD a dead body; a corpse → sl.
1911 ► BOSS the front of the body from chest to loins → Sc. (Bk.)
1923 ► EAST AND WEST the upper body; the breast or the chest → UK rhyming sl.
1929 ► ARTILLERY a shapely female figure → Amer. sl.
1929 ► FIELD ARTILLERY a shapely female figure → Amer. sl.
1930 ► CHASSIS the body; the female figure → sl.
1930 ► CLASSY CHASSIS an attractive figure → sl.
1930 ► COKE FRAME a curvaceous figure → African-American sl.
1937 ► BONE WAGON one’s body → Amer. dial.
M20. ► HOT BEEF an expanse of exposed female flesh → US sl.
M20. ► HOT MEAT an expanse of exposed female flesh → US sl.
M20. ► HOT MUTTON an expanse of exposed female flesh → US sl.
1950 ► EUROPEAN ACCENTUATION a tapered body with jutting buttocks → homosexual sl.
1954 ► BUTT one’s body
1957 ► CARCASS one’s body; one’s buttocks → Amer. dial.
1964 ► BONES the body → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► BOODY the female body → Amer. dial.
1970 ► RACK the body → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1973 ► ASSHOLE one’s body, person, or self → Amer. sl.
1973 ► CAGE the body → US sl.
1990 ► BUDDY the body → W. Indies & Black British usage
1990 ► COCA-COLA a curvaceous figure → W. Indies
1991 ► LEVOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of objects on the left side of the body (Bk.)
1997 ► ARMOR a female’s figure → US sl.
2006 ► CHOAD → CHODE the flesh between the genitals region and the anus → US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1425 ► LUMP OF CLAY the human body; a person stigmatized as soulless
1805 ► MUSCLE-MAN a man with highly developed muscles; esp. a bodybuilder or a wrestler; one having an outstanding physique → sl.
20C.. ► FATTY CAKE a young woman with a plump, well-rounded figure → sl.
20C.. ► ODD BOD a person with an odd body → US sl.
1940 ► BODY a sexually attractive girl or young woman with a good figure → US sl.
1967 ► PEAR a person with a poor physique → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1980 ► HARDBODY a person with a physically toned body, typically as the result of exercise; a physically trim, muscular, sexually attractive person → colloq., orig. US
2000 ► BOBFOC a female with an attractive body but an ugly face (‘Body Off Baywatch, Face Off Crimewatch’) → UK sl.
2000 ► BUTTERFACE a female whose body is very attractive, but who has an unattractive face → African-American sl.
PHRASES
1951 ► AROUND THE WORLD the oral stimulation of all parts of a partner’s body → US sl.
VERBS
1205 ► QUETCH → QUITCH to move the body or any part of it; to stir → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1995 ► STRUT ONE’S STUFF to show off one’s body → US sl. (Bk.)
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