Reverse Dictionary: CATTLE

ADJECTIVES
► ALL HORN AND HIDE nothing but skin and bone; said of cattle → 1890 Aust.
► CHUB-HEADED of sheep or cattle: large-headed, thick-headed → 1796 
► EVIL mean, ornery; said of cattle → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GARLED spotted, checked; chiefly used of cattle → 1501 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HAWKED having white spots or streaks; spotted, streaked; said of cattle → 1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► NEATISH resembling cattle → 1200 obs.
► SNUFFY excitable, spirited, wild; said of cattle → 1955

INTERJECTIONS
► KIF! a call to a calf at feeding time → 1968 Amer. dial.
► KISH! a call to cows or calves → 1949 Amer. dial.
► SOOK! ► SOOK-CALF! ► SOOKY! ► SWOOK! ► SWOOK-CALF! ► SWOOK-CALFY! ► SWOOKY! a call to cattle at feeding time → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► ABACTION a driving away, as of cattle → 1626 obs.
► ACORN CALF  a runty calf a weakling → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► ANIMAL 1. a bull → 1912 Amer. dial. euphemism
2. a poor quality beef animal fit only to make sausage → 1912 Amer. dial. euphemism
► BAND a herd of cattle → 1903 Amer. dial.
► BANGTAIL MUSTER a roundup of cattle to be counted, each one having the hairs on its tail docked as it is counted → 1927 Aust. hist.
► BARREL the belly and loins of an ox, horse, etc. → 1703
► BARTH a warm sheltered place or shelter for cattle and sheep → 1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BASH the front of the head of a bull → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BAWLEY ► BAWLY a calf that has been taken away to be weaned; a male calf → 1954 Amer. dial.
► BEAST a bull used for breeding → 1890 Amer. euphemism
► BEEF CREATURE ► BEEF CRITTER a full grown bull, cow, or ox intended as a source of beef → 1782 Amer. dial.
► BEEFER a calf; a cow or bullock fed for the butcher → 1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BEEFING an ox for slaughter → 1466 Eng. dial.
► BELDERING the bellowing of a bull → 1841 Ireland & Eng. dial.
► BESS a cow or calf → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BESSIE a cow or calf → 1942 Amer. dial.
► BETSY a cow or calf → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BIG ANIMAL a bull → 19C US rural euphemism
► BILL a bull → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BILLATORY a restless bull → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BILL-BLO a bull → 1806 Sc.
► BILL-JOCK a bull → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BILLSEAG an old, castrated bull → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BILLY a bull → 1896 Eng. dial.
► BLAA the bleat of a calf → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BLACKJACK STEER a scrawny steer from the timbered country → 1944 Amer. dial.
► BLAT ► BLATE the cry of a calf, or occasionally a cow → 1850 Amer. dial.
► BLEAT the noise made by a calf that’s taken away from its mother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BLOCK the carcass of a bullock → 1893
► BLUE MEAT the flesh of an unweaned calf → 1944 Amer. dial.
► BOB VEAL 1. the meat of a newly born calf, the youngest salable as veal → 1855 Amer. dial.
2. the flesh of an unborn calf from a slaughtered cow, unmarketable → 1935 Amer. dial.
► BOLOGNA a poor quality beef animal fit only to make sausage → 1899 Amer. dial.
► BOLOGNA BULL a bull of low grade sold for slaughter → 1942 Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
► BONER an old or poor quality steer, slaughtered for mince or sausage → 1963 NZ sl.
► BOO a bull → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOSS a cow or calf → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOSSIE ► BOSSY a cow or calf → 1863 Amer. dial.
► BOWWOW a stunted, aged steer, unsuited for beef or fattening → 1935 Amer. dial.
► BRAWNY a brindled bull, cow, or ox → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRAY the noise made by a calf that’s taken away from its mother → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BRUSH SPLITTERS the longhorn cattle of the brush country of Texas → 1961 Amer. dial.
► BRUTE a bull → 1891 Amer. euphemism
► BUCK 1. a name for one of a pair of oxen → 1852 Amer. dial.
2. a bull or steer → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BUGLE a bull → 1724 Eng. dial. obs.
► BULCHYN a young male calf → 1899 Amer. dial.
► BULLAMACOW cattle → 1887
► BULVINE an ox → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BUNCH a herd of cattle → 1884 US
► BUNGY a bull → 1939 Amer. euphemism
► BUNTER a calf or a hornless cow → 1852 Amer. dial.
► BUTTERMILK an orphaned calf → 1940 Amer. dial.
► BUTTERMILK COW a bull → 1942 Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
► CACTUS BOOMER a nickname for wild brush cattle → 1928 US Western usage
► CALFLING a little calf → 1598
► CALF-VIEW the heart, liver, and lights of a calf → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► COMPANION COW a bull → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CONCHERS tame or quiet cattle → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► COWBRUTE a bull → 1923 Amer. dial.
► COW CRITTER a bull → 1859 Amer. dial. euphemism
► COW KINE cattle → 1970 Amer. dial.
► COW’S BROTHER a bull → 1966 Amer. dial.
► COW’S GENTLEMAN FRIEND a bull → 1966 Amer. dial.
► COW’S HUSBAND a bull → 1942 Amer. dial.
► COW’S SPOUSE a bull → L18 Brit. euphemism
► COW TOPPER a bull → 1939 Amer. dial. euphemism
► CRACKER a worn-out bullock → M20 Aust. sl.
► CRITTER a bull → 1892 Amer. dial. euphemism
► CROSS CRITTER a bull → 1892 Amer. dial. euphemism
► CUB a stall, pen, or shed for cattle → 1548 chiefly Eng. dial.
► DADDY a bull; a male animal kept for breeding purposes → 1960 Amer. dial.
► DEADHEAD an old ox → 1940 Amer. dial.
► DUKE a bull → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► END MAN a bull → 1967 Amer. dial., euphemism
► ESSEX LION a calf → 1678
► FAT a fattened cow or bull ready for market → 1888 Aust. sl.
► FEE cattle, whether large or small → 900 obs.
► FEE-HOUSE a cattle-shed → 1483 obs.
► FERDINAND a bull → 1950 Amer. euphemism
► FRESH cattle dung → 20C US euphemism
► FULYIE excrement; dropping of cattle or sheep; manure → 1480 Sc.
► GALE a bull that has been castrated after reaching maturity → 1777 Eng. dial.
► GENTLEMAN COW a bull → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GRANDPA a bull → 1977 Amer. dial., euphemism
► GROGIE a grey horse or bull → 1897 Sc.
► GROWN STUFF full-grown cattle → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► HAG ► HAGG a stall-fed ox → 1863 Sc.
► HAWKIE a bull having a white face → 1856 Eng. dial.
► HEAD OF THE FLOCK a bull → 1966 Amer. dial, euphemism.
► HEAD OF THE HERD a bull → 1931 Amer. dial., euphemism
► HE THING a bull → 1942 Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
► HIGH CALF a bull → 1969 Amer. dial.
► HORNEY ► HORNY a bullock → 1901 Aust. sl.
► HUMMY a calf → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► JAKE a bull → 1967 Amer. dial.
► JOCK a bull → 1949 Amer. dial.
► JOHNNY COW a bull → 1969 Amer. dial.
► JUMPER a bull → 1950 Amer. dial.
► JUMPER BULL a bull → 1984 Amer. dial.
► LEPPIE ► LEPPY an orphan calf → 1924 Amer. dial.
► LITTLE JOHN a calf → 1973 Amer. dial.
► MAGPIE a lean, angular Holstein steer → 1941 Amer. dial.
► MALE ► MALE BRUTE a bull → 20C US rural euphemism
► MART an ox or cow fattened for slaughter → 1307 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► MASTER a bull → 1842 Amer. dial., euphemism
► MICKEY ► MICKY a young wild bull → 1876 Aust. sl.
► MISTER a bull → 1966 Amer. dial., euphemism
► MOAKIE a fondling name for a calf → 1818 Sc.
► MODDY-CALF a young calf → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOSSBACK a wild bull or cow → 20C Amer.
► MOSSHORN old cattle → 1936 Amer. dial.
► MOSSY HORN an old steer, esp. a longhorn with scaly horns → 1880 US Western usage
► MOWER a cow → L17 criminals’ sl.
► NEAT an animal of the ox kind; an ox or bullock, a cow or heifer, horned or black cattle; cattle, collectively → 825 
► NEATERY a place for cattle → 1647 obs.
► NEAT-HOUSE a house or shed in which cattle are kept → 1440
► NUGGET a heifer or calf → 1850 Aust., chiefly rural usage
► OLD MAN a bull → 1939 Amer. dial., euphemism
► ORF cattle, livestock → 960 obs.
► PADDY a bull → 1939 Amer. dial.
► PADDY COW a bull → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PAPA a bull used for breeding → 1950 Amer., euphemism
► PAPA COW a bull → 1960 Amer. euphemism
► PARADA a herd of cattle → 1924 Amer. dial.
► PARATHA a herd of cattle → 1984 Amer. dial.
► PERATHA a herd of cattle → 1940 Amer. dial.
► PIGMEATER a bullock fit only for pig’s food → 20C Aust. sl.
► PIKER a bullock living in the wild; an old bullock, esp. one too old to be killed for meat → 1887 Aust. sl.
► PIKERS wild cattle → L19 Aust. sl., obs.
► PODDY an orphan calf; a hand-fed calf → 19C Aust.
► POP BULL a bull → 1969 Amer. dial.
► POPPA COW a bull → 1955 Amer. euphemism
► POTTY an orphan calf → 1964 Amer. dial.
► PRADA a herd of cattle → 1984 Amer. dial.
► QUAKING CHEAT a calf → M16 sl.
► QUICK cattle, livestock → 1400 obs.
► RACE the heart, liver, and lungs, esp. of a calf → 1661 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RAGER an old, fierce bullock or cow that always begins to rage in the stock-yard → 1884 Aust. colloq.
► RAGGY-BACKS long-horned Lancashire and Irish cattle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAIMY ► RAMIE a calf, esp. a small or sickly one → 1936 Amer. dial.
► REMUDA a drove of cattle → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► ROGER a nickname for a bull → 18C colloq.
► SCAB a cow or steer less than one year old → 1907 Amer. dial.
► SCALLAWAG ► SCALLYWAG undersized or ill-conditioned cattle → 1854 Amer. dial.
► SCANTERER a roving bullock → 1877 Eng. dial.
► SCOT any black cattle → 1787 Eng. dial.
► SCOTE the footmarks of cattle, horses, etc. → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOTTY-KYE Scotch cattle → 1805 Eng. dial.
► SEA LION a Texas longhorn steer from the Gulf coast region → 1890 Amer. dial.
► SHE-STOCK female cattle → 1937 Amer. dial.
► SHE-STUFF female cattle → 1920 Amer. dial.
► SHITTERS cattle → 1940 Aust. sl.
► SIRE a bull → Amer. dial. → 1996 (Bk.)
► SLEEPER a calf that is ear-marked but not branded → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SMITHFIELD a cattle market; a meat market → 1647 
► ST. LUKE’S BIRD an ox → L18 sl.
► STRUMMEL a horse or a yearling heifer → 1513 Sc., obs.
► SURLY a bull → 1942 Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
► TAUROPHOBIA an abnormal fear of bulls → 1991 (Bk.)
► TEBBIE a calf → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THE PAW a bull kept for breeding purposes → 1969 Amer. euphemism
► THINGS cattle, sheep, livestock → 1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► TIB a calf → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIBBY a calf → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOP COW a bull → 1942 Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
► TORO a bull; formerly also a full bison → 1892 Amer. dial.
► VEAL a calf, esp. as killed for food or intended for this purpose → 1422
► WAIF-AND-STRAY strayed cattle of unknown ownership → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► W.F.s. wild cattle → 1840 Aust. sl.
► WORKER a draught bullock → 1870 Aust. colloq.
► YAT a heifer → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YELLOWHAMMER a scrawny or otherwise undesirable cow or calf → 1922 Amer. dial.
► YELLOW SLIPPERS ► YELLOW PUMPS very young calves → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
► ABACTER ► ABACTOR ► a person who feloniously drives away or steals a herd or numbers of cattle at once, in distinction from one who steals a single beast or two → 1659 obs.
► ABHIR a person engaged in herding cattle and tending sheep → 1898 India usage (Bk.)
► ABIGEUS a thief who has stolen cattle; an abactor → 1775 (Bk.)
► ABIGEVUS a thief who has stolen many cattle → 1726 (Bk.)
► ANKLE-BEATER a boy who drives cattle from the market to the slaughterer → 19C 
► BAILLIE LOON a lad in charge of the cattle → 1916 Sc.
► BAISELER a person who takes care of cattle → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEASTMAN a cattleman → 1311
► BEEFEATER a cattle rustler or poacher → 1958 US sl.
► BIG SUGAR a cattleman; the owner of a ranch → 1942 Amer. sl.
► BULL-DOGGER a person who holds down cattle to be branded → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BULL-PUSHER a cattleman → 1887
► BULL-WHACKER a driver of cattle; a cowboy → 1859 US
► CACHEKOW a cow-catcher or cattle-pounder → 1513 Sc. obs.
► CATTLEDUFFER a person who steals cattle usually altering the brand → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► COW-SPANKER a dairy farmer or stockman → 1906 Aust. & NZ sl.
► DUFFER a person who steals stock, often altering their brands → 1844 Aust. sl.
► DUNAKER a cattle thief → 1668 cant obs.
► FIELD DRIVER a person who kept stray cattle from roads and highways → 1736 US
► GELDHERD a person who tends gelded cattle → 1284 obs.
► GULLYRAKER a cattle thief → 1847 Aust. sl.
► HAG ► HAGG a person who tends fat cattle → 1899 Sc.
► HAGMAN a cattleman → 1882 Sc.
► HARD a cattle-keeper; a shepherd → 1893 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HARRIER a driver of cattle, a drover → 1591 obs.
► HAYWARD an officer of a manor, township, or parish, having charge of the fences and enclosures, especially to keep cattle from breaking through from the common into enclosed fields; sometimes, the herdsman of the cattle feeding on the common → 1225
► HERD a keeper of a herd or of cattle; a herdsman; now usually with word prefixed, as cowherd, swineherd, but in Scotland and north of England still a common word for ‘shepherd’ → 725
► HERDMAN a man who herds cattle, sheep, or other animals; a herdsman → 1000 obs.
► HERDSMAIDEN a maiden who tends cattle → 1829
► HERDSMAN a keeper of cattle → 1603
► HERDSWOMAN a woman who tends cattle → 1818
► HERD-WIDDIEFOWS cattle-stealers → 1817 Sc.
► MOONLIGHTER a cattle thief who operates at night → 1883 UK criminals’ sl.
► NEATHERD a person who has the care of neat cattle; a herdsman → 1382
► NEATHERDESS a female who has the care of neat cattle → 1648
► NEATRESS a female who has the care of neat cattle → 1586 obs.
► OVERLANDER a stockman who herds cattle over vast distances → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► PLANTER a person who steals and then hides cattle → 1890  Aust. sl.
► PODDY DODGER a person who steals unbranded cattle; a cattle rustler → 1910 Aust. sl.
► RANGER the ‘boss’ of a cattle range → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SATYR a cattle thief → 1895 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► STOCK-RIDER a person who looks after cattle → 1945 Aust. (Bk.)
► SUCKLER a person who rears young calves or lambs → 1750
► TACKMAN a person who looks after cattle which are grazed on tack; a keeper or tender of cattle or horses → 1885 Eng. dial.
► TALLY HAND ► TALLY MAN a man selected to keep a record of the calves branded at the spring roundup → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► TAPSMAN the chief man in charge of a drove of cattle; the head-drover → 1825 Sc. (Bk.)
► VAQUERO a cattle-driver or herdsman; a cattle-tender → 1837
► WADDIE ► WADDY a cattle rustler → 1897 US sl.

PHRASES
► JUST A BALL OF HAIR said of a very thin calf → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)

VERBS
► BECOME FRESH to calve → 1913 Amer. dial.
► BELDER to bellow; said of cattle → 1855 Eng. dial.
► BELLAS ► BELLUS to low; said of oxen → 1881 Eng. dial.
► BELLOCK to low, to roar; said of cattle → 1866 Eng. dial.
► BELVE to roar, to bellow; said of cattle → 1867 Eng. dial.
► BLAT ► BLATE to make the cry of a calf or cow → 1850 Amer. dial.
► BO to low; said of cattle → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BULLWHACK to drive an ox team → 1869 Amer. dial.
► CALIFORNIA to throw an animal; to catch it by its neck, or by its ear, and its flank, and trip it by throwing your foot in front of its legs; the animal jumps, and tripping, goes clear over the thrower’s head; this method was used for large and unruly calves → 1966 Amer. dial.
► COME IN to calve → 1913 Amer. dial.
► COWPUNCH to herd cattle → 1881 Amer. dial.
► DUFF to steal cattle, sheep, etc., often altering their brands → 1859 Aust. sl.
► JACK to brand an unmarked yearling or maverick → 1871 Amer. sl.
► MOONLIGHT to steal cattle → 1950 Irish sl.
► NIGHTHAWK to herd or guard cattle at night → 1964 Amer. dial.
► NUGGET to appropriate unbranded calves, usually one’s neighbour’s → 1881 Aust. sl.
► POKE to herd cattle → 1940 Amer. sl.
► PUNCH to herd cattle → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RING to patrol cattle by riding around and round them → 1903 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► TAIL to follow, drive or tend cattle → 1844 Aust.