Reverse Dictionary: CHOICE (option)

ADJECTIVES
► EASY having no preference when given a choice → 1941 Aust. sl.
► OPTATIVE characterized by choice or desire; expressing desire → 1611

ADVERBS
► OF ONE’S OWN SWINGE of one’s own free choice; of one’s own accord; spontaneously → 1548 obs.

 NOUNS
► ACTION one’s choice, one’s preference → 1950s US sl.
► CURE choice → c1000
► CUST choice; the act of choosing → a1000 obs.
► HANG-CHOICE a choice between two evils; no difference, one as bad as the other → 1816
► KEACH the choice or pick of anything → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAST OF PEA PICKINGS the last choice; used to indicate the worthlessness or undesirability of a person or thing → 1909 Amer. dial.
► OFFER choice; disposal → 1787 Sc.
► OPTATION a choice or preference → 1874
► RATHERS choice, preference → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RITHERS choice, preference → 1920s African-American sl.
► WALE choice; the act of choosing; scope for choice, plurality of things to choose from → a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► WHITTLE OR CUT ► WHITTLE-EE-CUT a situation in which a choice must be made between alternatives → 1943 Amer. dial.
► WILL AND WALE free choice → 1742 Sc.

PHRASES
► IF I HAD MY RATHERS if I had my choice → 1997 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA faced with the choice between two equally unpalatable alternatives → 1798
► SYDNEY OR THE BUSH all or nothing → 1924 Aust. colloq.

VERBS
► GET THE NOD to be chosen or approved; to be chosen over others; to be singled out for a desired job or position → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)