Reverse Dictionary: CR – CRAY

CRAB, CRABBING – NOUNS
– a crab CANCER 1562
– a crab CANKER Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– a crab HEAVER 1790 Eng. dial.
– a crab PATT 1730 Eng. dial. obs.
– a crab, esp. the common crab, Cancer pagurus; the shore crab, Carcinus moenas PARTAN c1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– a crab or crayfish about to break free of its shell BUSTER 1879 US crab fishing usage
– a crab’s claw PARTAN’S-TAE 1822 Sc.
– a crab trap PARTAN-CAGE 1899 Sc.
– a hermit crab JACK-IN-THE-BOX Bk1901 US fishing usage
– a hermit crab PENNYWINKLE 1930 Amer. dial.
– a king crab DEVIL CRAB 1970 Amer. dial.
– a very large crab WHALE 1981 Amer. dial.
– a very large crab WHALE CRAB 1965 Amer. dial.
– crab soup PARTAN BREE 1909 Sc.
– the carapace of a crab CART M19
– the claw of a crab BITER 1952 Amer. dial.
– the gills or lungs of a crab, considered poisonous DEADMAN’S FINGERS 1880s African-American sl.
– the inedible gills of a crab DEAD MAN 1899 Amer. dial.
– the stomach of a crab SAND-BAG 1895

CRAB etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– an amateur who interlopes on professional crabbers CHICKEN NECKER 1976 Amer. dial., derogatory

CRAB etc. – VERBS
– to catch or dig up crabs on mud flats or marshes MUDLARK 1905 Amer. dial.

CRABBED, CRABBY – ADJECTIVES
– crabbed, bad-tempered, cross-grained CANKERSOME 1855 Sc.
– crabbed, cantankerous ILL-RUN 1880 Sc.
– crabbed, cross; obstinate; forward THAWART 1901 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– crabbed, cross-grained TAUTIE a1838 Sc.
– crabbed, cross-grained, bad-tempered, ill-natured RUBARBATIVE 1600 obs.
– crabbed, grumpy, irritable, sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured GROUTY 1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– crabbed, ill-humoured CANKEROUS 1580
– crabbed, ill-humoured CANKERY 1786 Sc.
– crabbed, ill-humoured, surly, rude CALSHIE 1790 Sc.
– crabbed, ill-natured, fierce TARN’D 1805 Eng. dial.
– crabbed, ill-natured, sour in temper: usually applied to women ZOWER-ZAPPED B1900 Eng. dial.
– crabbed, ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered CANKERED 1513
– crabbed, ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered CANKERLY 1580 obs.
– crabbed, ill-tempered, peevish, cross; crabbed TEETHY 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed CAPERNOITY 1769 Sc.
– crabbed, irritable, peevish; snappish; ill-natured, fractious CAPERNOITED 1719 Sc.
– crabbed, peevish, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk GNATTERIE;  NATTERIE 1825 Sc.
– crabbed, peevish, cantankerous, irascible, given to sharp caustic talk NITTERIE;  NITTERY 1825 Sc.
– crabbed, peevish, ill-tempered; perverse, contrarious WRAWFUL c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– crabbed, peevish, morose; ill-tempered, unamiable VINAIGROUS 1837 rare
– crabbed, peevish, perverse WRAW c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– crabbed, perverse, morose; sour in countenance; austere, severe, harsh TETRICOUS 1727 obs.
– crabbed; sour; churlish AZZLED Bk1881 Eng. dial.
– crabbed, surly KELSHIE 1833 Sc. obs.
– crabbed, surly, cross, growly, ill-humoured, bad-tempered, sour-tempered GURLIE;  GURLY 1721 Sc.
– crabbed, surly, sour, churlish HAZLED Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– crabbed, testy THRISSLY;  THRISTLY Bk1905 Sc.
– crabby, mean, miserly SNUDGE 1855 Eng. dial.
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CRABBED etc. – NOUNS
– crabbed temper; malice, spite; ill-humour CANKEREDNESS 1538
 
CRABBED etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a crabbed, cantankerous, peevish, diminutive person WIRR 1825 Sc.
– a crabbed, cross, or ill-natured person SOUR-SOP B1900 Eng. dial.
– a crabbed, disagreeable person; a bad-tempered, morose person or child CRAB-STICK 1841
– a crabbed, ill-natured person TARRANT 1703 Eng. dial.
– a crabbed, ill-tempered, crusty old man, rough, and churlish GANGREL Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– a crabbed, nagging person; a continual chatterer NATTER 1908 Sc.
– a crabbed, nagging person; a continual chatterer NATTEREL 1919 Sc.
– a crabbed or peevish person of a diminutive size URF Bk1905 Sc.
– a crabbed, peevish fellow; a vicious, ill-conditioned person TEASTRIL Bk1869 Eng. dial.
– a crabbed, peevish, ill-tempered person NIPSCART 1825 Sc.
– a crabby person CRANK 1833 colloq., orig. US

CRACK, CRACKED, CRACKING – ADJECTIVES
– cracked, split; said of an earthen vessel, piece of furniture, etc. ASLAT 1790 Eng. dial.

CRACK etc. – NOUNS
– a crack, a flaw; an unsound or damaged place FAULT 1514 obs.
– a crack, an opening OPEMENT Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– a crack, a spot, a blemish, an injury, an abrasion SCAM 1866 Sc.
– a crack; a tap; the sound of a smart stroke; a tap TACK 1821 Sc. rare
– a crack, crevice, fissure SCORE 1825 Sc.
– a cracking or snapping sound YACK 1861
– a crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound GAIG;  GEG Bk1900 Sc.
– a crack in the hands or face CHOP 1899 Amer. dial.
– a crack or chap in the skin, generally caused by exposure to cold, wet, or frost HACK 1808 Sc.
– a noise of cracking; a representation of a repeated sharp sound CRICK-CRACK 1565-73
– a small crack on the fingers caused by frost or cold KEEN 1959 Sc.

CRACK etc. – VERBS
– to crack, in consequence of heat or drought GEG 1825 Sc. obs.
– to crack or split; used esp. of wood LAG 1856 Eng. dial.
– to crack, to break into chinks in consequence of heat GAIG 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– to crack, to burst LEAP 1477 obs.
– to crack, to chap; to make or become rough; said of skin HACK c1779 Sc.
– to crack, to clatter, to make a clicking sound, to creak NICKER 1931 Sc.
– to crack, to injure; to spoil, to damage, to harm in some way SCAM 1866 Sc.
– to crack to pieces, to shatter TO-CRACK a1300 obs.
– to crack, to snap, to make a snapping sound YACK 1873
– to crack; to spill JAIL Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– to crack, to split TING Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to crack, to split, to part asunder GAPE 1577
– to cause to crack or split; to crack, to split RANE Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to make a cracking, clattering sound REESHLE 1826 Sc.
– to make a cracking sound HAPPEN Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to make a cracking sound; to make a loud noise RAIRD Bk1905 Sc.

CRACK COCAINE – see DRUGS COCAINE

CRACKER – see FIREWORKS

CRACKLE, CRACKLING – ADJECTIVES
– crackling; apt to snap or crackle HAPPERY 1886 Eng. dial.

CRACKLE etc. – ADVERBS
– with a crackling, rustling sound REESHLE Bk1904 Sc.

CRACKLE etc. – NOUNS
– crackling; a crisp piece of skin or other tissue remaining after fat (usually of a pig) has been rendered, used as food or in making soap GRATON 1967 Amer. dial.

CRACKLE etc. – VERBS
– to crackle, as ice when it gives to the tread SCRINGE;  SKRINGE 1853 Ireland
– to crackle by fire or by weight SCRAP 1885 Eng. dial.
– to crackle, to make a crackling sound CREPITATE 1853
– to crackle, to snap HAPPER 1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– to crackle; to throw off sparks NEESTER;  NEISTER Bk1905 Sc.
– to crackle with heat BIRSLE Bk1911 Sc.
– to make a crackling or rustling noise RATTLE 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– to make a crackling, scraping sound SCRAFFLE 1904 Sc.
– to make a light crackling, rattling, or tapping noise NATTLE 1825 N. Eng. dial.

CRADLE – NOUNS
– a children’s cradle or playpen BABY-TROUGH 1953 Amer. dial.
– a child’s cradle BEE-BAW Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– a cradle BEIJO 1924 Amer. dial.
– a cradle BYO 1902 Amer. dial.
– a cradle CADER 1750 Eng. dial.
– a cradle KEATHER Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– a cradle; a child’s swing REWTAUTER;  REWTRATTER 1867 Eng. dial.
– a hammock-like cradle; it consisted of a strong circular piece of cloth, securely but slackly fastened to a large, stout hoop that was suspended by three light cords to a hook in a rafter of the gallery BRANLE 1894 Amer. dial.

CRADLE – NOUNS, PERSON
– a rocker of children in a cradle BERSATRIX 17C obs.

CRAFT, CRAFTILY, CRAFTINESS,  CRAFTY – ADJECTIVES
– crafty CAPTIOUS 1590 obs.
– crafty and shrewd SLIPPERY AS A SNAKE Bk1995 US sl.
– crafty, artful, deceitful WRENCHFUL a1225 obs. rare
– crafty, artful, knowing IKEY-MO L19 sl.
– crafty, artful, sly, cunning SUBTILE c1385
– crafty, astute, subtle, cunning, shrewd ASTUCIOUS 1768 Sc.
– crafty, clever, ingenious, cunning; deceitful ENGINOUS c1325 obs.
– crafty, cunning CALLID 1656 obs. rare
– crafty, cunning, artful; cautious, wary, heedful, prudent CAUTELOUS 1574 obs. or arch.
– crafty, cunning, artful, dexterous SLEIGHTFUL 1380 obs. rare
– crafty, cunning, deceitful, knavish, artful SLIVERLY 1674 Eng. dial. rare
– crafty, cunning, given to scheming or plotting QUAINT a1225 obs.
– crafty, cunning, knowing, artful, shrewd, aware DOWNY 1803 sl., chiefly Brit.
– crafty, cunning, sly, wily YEPE c1000 obs.
– crafty, cunning, subtle, wily, sly, deceitful; gotten by long use, experienced VETERATORIAN 1656 obs.
– crafty, cunning; treacherously or wickedly cunning; insidiously sly, wily SUBTLE 1357 obs.
– crafty, cunning, wily VERSUTIOUS 1660 obs.
– crafty, foxy, cunning TODLY 1571 obs. rare
– crafty, guileful, cunning GINNOUS c1425 obs. rare
– crafty, guileful; deceitful, treacherous GINFUL c1300 obs.
– crafty, sagacious AULD-MOU’D 1768 Sc.
– crafty; sly RUTTERKIN 1594 obs.
– crafty, sly, cunning, clever OLD 1722
– crafty, sly, cunning, shifty VAFROUS a1548 obs.
– crafty, underhand, sly DERN a1000 obs.
– crafty, wary, cautious, cunning, reticent, non-committal CAGEY;  CAGY 1893 US colloq.
– crafty, wily, artful, cunning, sly VULPINARY 1721 obs.
– crafty, wily; shrewd; sarcastically clever SANSHACH 1808 Sc.
– crafty, witty, cunning or wise by experience CALLENT 1656 obs.
– somewhat crafty, sly, cunning, artful, deceitful SUBDOLOUS 1588 rare
– talking craftily or cunningly VERSUTILOQUENT 1727
 
CRAFT etc. – ADVERBS
– craftily FAKENLICHE c1000 obs.
– craftily, cunningly SUBTILELY c1385 now rare or obs.
– craftily, cunningly SUBTILLY c1385 now rare or obs.
– craftily, cunningly; shrewdly, sagaciously YEPLY a900 obs.
– craftily, knowingly; distrustfully, askance; angrily OLD 1881 Eng. dial.
– craftily, slyly, cleverly, shrewdly PAWKILY 1725 Sc.
– craftily, treacherously, deceitfully, insidiously SUBTLY c1325 obs.
 
CRAFT etc. – NOUNS
– a crafty design; a trick; a fancy, a fad ITEM 1887 Eng. dial.
– a crafty device, a plot WANLACE 1303 obs.
– a crafty or cunning device, an artifice SUBTLETY 1375 obs.
– a crafty or cunning scheme; an artifice, a dodge SUBTILITY 1390 obs.
– an instance of craft, cleverness, or cunning; a device, a stratagem, a trick QUAINTISE 1297 obs.
– craft, subtlety DEEPTH B1900 Eng. dial.
– craftiness, artfulness, greed, financial chicanery, etc. IKEYNESS L19 sl.
– craftiness, cunning CALLIDITY 1524 rare
– craftiness, cunning SUBTILITY 1375 obs.
– craftiness, cunning; a being alert, aware, or savvy DOWNINESS 1865 sl. rare, orig. & chiefly Brit.
– craftiness, cunning, deceit, guile, a meddling in all matters PANURGY 1656 obs. rare
– craftiness, cunning, guile SUBTILTY c1374 obs.
– craftiness, cunning, slyness SUBTILENESS 1474 obs.
– craftiness, slyness PAUKERY;  PAWKERY;  PAWKRIE 1823 Sc.
– craftiness, treachery, deceitfulness FELLNESS a1398 obs.
– hidden or secret craft or cunning UNDERCRAFT c1400 obs.
 
CRAFT etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a crafty, old person OLD SHOT L19 Aust. sl.
– a crafty or cunning fellow; a sly rogue WILY-PIE c1450 obs.
– a crafty or cunning person; a person who is aware, alert, or savvy DOWNY 1821 sl. obs., chiefly Brit.
– a crafty or devious person POSSUM 1846 US sl.
– a crafty or sly person OLD ONE 1847-49 Amer. sl.
– a crafty or sly person; a person likened to a fox LOWRIE 1567 obs.
– a crafty or sly person; a person likened to a fox TOD 1500-20 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– a crafty or subtle person SIM SUBTLE 1581 obs.
– a crafty person; an adventurous traveller ULYSSES 1611
– a crafty person, a schemer; one educated in deceit HEADCADAB 1823 Sc.
– a crafty, sharp person ANOINTER 1885 Eng. dial.
– a crafty, sharp person NINETER 1885 Eng. dial.
– a crafty, sharp person NOINTER 1885 Eng. dial.
– a crafty, shrewd little boy CAWDEY 1924 Ireland
– a crafty, sly old fellow; a swaggering gallant or bully RUTTERKIN 1526 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– a crafty, sly, or cunning fellow JACK Bk1797
– a crafty, sly, or cunning person SLY-BOOTS a1700 colloq.
– a crafty talker; one using words craftily VERSUTILOQUENT 1656
– a man likened for craftiness to a fox FOX c1000
 
CRAFT etc. – VERBS
– to be crafty, sly CARRY A LOT UNDER ONE’S HAT Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– to get or achieve by craftiness, trickery, or persuasion; to wangle FINAGLE 1926 colloq.

CRAFTSMAN – ADJECTIVES
– skilful, clever, expert, dexterous; said of craftsmen SUBTLE a1300 arch.

CRAFTSMAN – NOUNS, PERSON
– a crafts person; person who works with his hands: opposed variously to one who works with his head, one who employs the hands of others, or one who works with a machine HAND-WORKER 1480
– a craftsman or a skilled worker; a skilful artificer or fabricator DÆDAL c1630 obs.
– a craftsman or a skilled worker; a skilful or cunning artificer DÆDALUS c1630
– a craftsman or a skilled worker; an imitator of Dædalus DÆDALIST 1713 nonce word
– a craftsman; a handicraftsman, a person, esp. a man working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan; a person who engages in handicraft HANDICRAFTMAN a1544 now chiefly Sth. Asian
– a craftsman; a handicraftsman, a person, esp. a man working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan; a person who engages in handicraft HANDICRAFT 1547 obs.
– a craftsman; a person, esp. a man working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan; a person who engages in handicraft HANDY-CRAFTS-MAN 1530-1
– a craftsman; a person, esp. a man working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan; a person who engages in handicraft HANDICRAFTSMAN 1530-1 now chiefly Sth. Asian
– a craftsman; a person, esp. a man, working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan; a person who engages in handcraft HANDCRAFTMAN c1480
– a craftsman; a person, esp. a man, working in a skilled manual occupation; an artisan; a person who engages in handcraft HANDCRAFTSMAN 1485
– a craftsman; a worker with his hands HANDYWRIGHT 1674 obs.
– a woman who engages in handicraft; a woman working in a skilled manual occupation HANDICRAFTSWOMAN 1801

CRAG – NOUNS
– a break, gap, or chasm in a crag or cliff HAG a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
– precipitous crags or rocks BANKS Bk1898 Sc.

CRAM, CRAMMED – ADJECTIVES
– absolutely crammed RAMJAM 1879 UK sl.
– crammed, full, packed tight, stuffed PANG-FULL 1842 Sc.
– crammed, packed tight, stuffed PANG c1560 Sc.
– crammed, stuffed full RAMMED 1996 UK sl.
– crammed with; completely full CHOCKER 1956 colloq.

CRAM etc. – VERBS
– to cram full of; to pack FARCE c1386 obs.
– to cram full, to pack a receptacle tight, to stuff, to fill to the utmost PANG 1637 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– to cram, to fill, to stuff; to cram the stomach with food FARCINATE 1634 obs.
– to cram, to fill up RAM JAM 19C Eng. dial.
– to cram, to pack tightly, to stuff, to fill to the utmost PAG 1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.

CRAMP – NOUNS
– a cramp RISING DAMP 1992 UK rhyming sl.
– a cramp in the arm or leg CHARLEY-HORSE 1888 N. Amer.
– a painful cramp muscle spasm, esp. in the neck or back CRICK 15C colloq.

CRAMP – VERBS
– to cause a cramp or crick in the neck, back, etc. CRICK 15C colloq.
– to cramp; to benumb SCRIM;  SKRIM Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– to cramp, to pinch; to stint of food, money, etc. SCRAMP 1880 Sc.

CRAMPED – ADJECTIVES
– cramped, confined SCRAMMY Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– cramped, stiff; benumbed; withered SCRAM 1825 Eng. dial.

CRANBERRY – NOUNS
– cranberries MARSH WHORTS 1578 obs.

CRANE FLY – NOUNS
– the crane fly TOMMY-NODDY-HEAD 1923 Sc.
– the crane fly or daddy-long-legs ALLY-LONG-LEGS Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– the crane fly or daddy-long-legs JENNY-SPINNER 1817
– the crane fly or daddy-long-legs HARRY-LONG-LEGS 1781
– the crane fly or daddy-long-legs TAILOR-TARTAN 1896 Eng. dial.
– the crane fly; a daddy-long-legs; a long-legged spider FATHER-LONG-LEGS 1796

CRANKY – ADJECTIVES
– cranky, crazy, eccentric KOOKIE;  KOOKY 1959 sl.
– cranky, crotchety; fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous PERNICKETTY;  PERNICKETY;  PERNICKITY 1834 Amer. dial.
– cranky, disagreeable, crotchety; obstinate PERSNICKERTY;  PERSNICKETY 1905 Amer. dial.
– cranky, queer DILLY 1873 Eng. dial.

CRANKY – NOUNS, PERSON
– a cranky, crazy, or eccentric person KOOK 1960 sl.
– a cranky old man OLD BUZZARD Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cranky, quarrelsome, or unpleasant woman; a gossipy or mean old woman BAT 1886

CRAPS – ADJECTIVES
– in craps: said of a bet that is in effect until the shooter rolls his point or a seven ALL DAY 1983 US sl.
 
CRAPS – INTERJECTIONS
– an exclamation of crapshooters, suggesting that one has expenses to meet; used to summon good luck BABY NEEDS A PAIR OF SHOES! 1918 US sl.
– an exclamation used for announcing in craps that the dice or a die are off the table MAN OVERBOARD! 1985 US sl.
– an exclamation used to express dismay at the toss of a seven by a craps player trying to make his point UP JUMPED THE DEVIL! 1950 US sl. 
 
CRAPS – NOUNS
– a bet against the shooter WRONG 1974 US sl.
– a bet in craps both that the shooter will win and that the shooter will lose BOTH WAYS 1950 US sl.
– a bet on any craps and eleven CHESTER AND ESTHER 1985 US sl.
– a bet on the table that a gambler has forgotten belongs to him ORPHAN 1981 US sl.
– a bet that the shooter will make his even-numbered point in pairs GAG 1950 US sl.
– a crap game or other game of chance ACTION 20C Amer. sl.
– a first roll of three ACE-DOUCHE 1999 US sl.
– a four LITTLE DICK (FISHER) 1957 US sl.
– a game of craps in which the shooter serves as the banker ARMY CRAPS 1984 US sl.
– a losing throw of the dice in craps DANGLE ROLL 1990s African-American sl.
– an eight ANNIE FROM ARKANSAS 1993 US sl.
– a nine CAROLINA 1950 US sl.
– any combination of seven SKINNY DUGAN 1985 US sl.
– a one-roll bet on eleven and twelve E AND T 1983 US sl.
– a particular point, perhaps three AUNT JEMIMA 1909 US sl.
– a point made by a combination other than a matched pair EASY 1996 US sl.
– a roll of a one and a two ACEY-DEUCEY 1974 US sl.
– a roll of eleven YO 1999 US sl.
– a roll of eleven YOLANDA 1999 US sl.
– a roll of four in craps LITTLE JOE 1890 US sl.
– a roll of ten ZIPPER RIPPER 1999 US sl.
– a roll of ten made with a pair of fives DOUBLE NICKELS 1999 US sl.
– a roll of three; a roll of three is rarely a good thing, and is usually best face-down; if a three is face-down, an eleven is face-up; eleven is ‘yo’ with the three thus ‘down-under the yo’ AUSTRALIAN YO 1999 US sl.
– a roll of twelve THE APOSTLES 1999 US sl.
– a roll of two ACES IN BOTH PLACES 1999 US sl.
– a roll of two THE EYES 1999 US sl.
– a six SISTER HIX 1983 US sl.
– a six rolled with a pair of threes RABBIT TRACKS 1985 US sl.
– a spontaneous, loosely organized, private game of craps, rarely played in an alley ALLEY CRAPS 1977 US sl.
– a ten BIG JOE FROM BOSTON 1957 US sl.
– a ten rolled with the dice in craps BIG DICK Bk2006 US sl.
– a three COCK-EYES 1968 US sl.
– a throw of twelve on the dice BOXCARS 1909 Amer. sl.
– a twenty-five cent betting token used in craps QUAIL 1983 US sl.
– a winning combination in craps NATURAL 1912 Amer. sl.
– a winning roll of seven on the first toss NATURAL 1962 US sl.
– misspotted dice used for cheating HORSES 1894 Amer. sl.
– said of a bet that is in effect until the shooter rolls his point or a seven ALL DAY 1983 US sl.
– scored in any fashion other than a pair; said of an even-numbered point in craps EASY WAY 1974 US sl.
– the eight point ADA FROM DECATUR 1918 Amer. sl.
– the eight point ADA ROSS 1918 US sl.
– the eight point ADA ROSS THE STABLE BOSS 1940s US sl.
– the eight point ADA ROSS THE STABLE HOSS 1940s US sl.
– the game of craps ABYSSINIAN POLO 1942 Amer. jocular usage
– the game of craps AFRICAN BONES 1920s US sl.
– the game of craps AFRICAN DOMINOES 1919 Amer. dial.
– the game of craps AFRICAN GOLF 1919 Amer. dial.
– the game of craps AFRICAN PILLS 1910s US sl.
– the game of craps AFRICAN POOL 1919 Amer. jocular usage, usually offensive
– the game of craps CARPS 1901 Amer. dial.
– the game of craps INDOOR GOLF 1920s US sl.
– the game of craps MISSISSIPPI MARBLES 1920 Amer. jocular usage
– the game of craps MISSISSIPPI MULE 1920s US sl.
– the game of craps NIGGER GOLF 1910s US sl., derogatory
– the losing throw of three in craps dice BAD NEWS 1930s sl., orig. US
– the number five FIVER 1985 US sl.
– the number five FIVER, FIVER, RACETRACK DRIVER 1985 US sl.
– the number nine BASEBALL BUM 1949 US sl.
– the number nine QUININE 1950 US sl.
– the point and number six SICE 1950 US sl.
– the point of eight in craps EIGHTER FROM DECATUR 1910s US gambling sl.
– the point of eight in craps JOE COTTON 1910s US sl.
– the point of four in craps LITTLE FOUR 20C US gambling sl.
– the point of six in craps EASY SIX 20C US gambling sl.
– the point or the roll of two SNAKE EYES 1929 Amer. sl.
– the point ten BIG BEN 1962 US sl.
– the throw of 11 MANNA FROM HEAVEN 2000s US sl.
 
CRAPS – NOUNS, PERSON
– a crap-shooter AFRICAN GOLFER 1910s US sl.
– an official in a crap game who deals with making change, paying winners, etc. RACK MAN 1930s sl.
– a person who bets against the shooter WRONGLE 1974 US sl.
– the person shooting the dice in craps GUNNER 1930s US sl.
 
CRAPS – VERBS
– to shoot dice idly for no stakes HORSE 1946 US sl.
– to sustain a heavy loss ACE-DEUCE 1987 US sl.
– to take one’s bet; to cover one’s offered bet FADE 1890 Amer. sl.

CRASH, CRASHING – NOUNS
– a bad crash HORIZONTAL 20C sl., World War I usage
– a crash; a collision SAUSAGE AND MASH 1961 UK rhyming sl.
– a crash; a din; a loud, harsh noise FRAGOR;  FRAGOUR 1605 obs.
– a crash; a heavy fall DEVESHER 1850 Eng. dial.
– a crash, a heavy fall or thud VELLYE 1973 Sc.
– a crash; a loud noise; a bang DUNCH 1440 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– a crash; a rush, shock, collision; a noise, as of a shock RACK a1300 obs.
– ​a crash as of something breaking RACK 1671 obs.
– a crash; a smash PIE-UP 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage
– a crash, a smash; a heavy fall or collision; a blow PASH 1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– a crash; a thump; a violent fall; a resounding blow, a whack PARDOOS 1866 Sc.
– a crash in mountain biking INVOLUNTARY DISMOUNT Bk2009 sl.
– a crash or clash RASH c1470 Sc.

CRASH etc. – VERBS
– to come down with a crash PLAY WALLOP 1820 Sc.
– to crash EAT IT Bk1995 US sl.
– to crash a vehicle STACK 1971 Aust. sl.
– to crash a vehicle into an immovable object WRAP AROUND; WRAP ROUND 1950 UK sl.
– to crash, to fall, to fail BIFF Bk2006 US sl.
– to crash while riding a motorcycle, bicycling, or taking part in an recreational activity on the street EAT ASPHALT 2002 US sl.
– to make a crashing or strident noise; said of an inanimate thing YELL a1000 obs.
– to make a loud crashing or rattling sound BRATTLE Bk1911 Sc.

CRAVAT – see TIE

CRAVE, CRAVING – ADJECTIVES
– craving for a thing; greedy, ravenous HAINISH;  HAYNISH 1888 Eng. dial.
– craving, hankering; itching, tingling TITILLATING 1858
– desperately craving something, as a cigarette, drink, or sex GAGGING 1997 UK sl.
– having a craving or desire for HANKLING B1900 Eng. dial.

CRAVE etc. – NOUNS
– a craving after; a hankering HANKLING B1900 Eng. dial.
– a craving, a hankering, an uneasy desire; an ‘itching’ to do something TICKLING 1553
– a craving, a longing LETCH 1796
– a craving, a longing MENKIN Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– an intense craving, esp. for a drug; an addiction YEN 1876 UK sl.
– what a person craves or needs FIX 1993 US sl.

CRAVE etc. – VERBS
– to crave for the impossible; to want something that you cannot reach or have CRY FOR THE MOON Bk1903
– to crave, to desire, to long after ATTER 1929 Sc.
– to crave, to desire very mush, esp. of food GALLA 1960s S. Afr. sl.
– to crave, to long for YAM Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to crave, to long for, to yearn YAMMER 1705 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

CRAWFISH – NOUNS
– a crawfish CRAWDAD 1705 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– crawfish; freshwater crayfish DITCHBUG 1968 Amer. dial.

CRAWL, CRAWLING – ADJECTIVES
– crawling, creeping RAMPING c1440 obs. rare

CRAWL etc. – NOUNS
– a crawl, a clamber SCRAUCHLE Bk1904 Sc.
– a crawling movement, moving first an arm, then the opposite leg, then the other arm, then the other leg LIZARD 1989 Amer. military sl.

CRAWL etc. – VERBS
– to crawl YCRAUL 1594 obs.
– to crawl about feebly, as a sick man; to walk with difficulty SCRAGGLE 1898 Eng. dial.
– to crawl about on hands and knees; to scramble; to climb; to procure with difficulty SCRABBLE 1864 Eng. dial.
– to crawl on hands and knees, to scramble, to climb; to struggle SCROBBLE 1876 Eng. dial.
– to crawl, to creep SNAKE-BELLY 1933 Amer. dial.
– to crawl, to creep in a winding course SINUATE 1848 rare
– to crawl, to creep on the ground RAMP 1390 obs. rare
– to crawl, to creep; to move about feebly HARL ABOUT 1871 Sc.
– to crawl, to creep; to move slowly or with difficulty; to hobble; to scramble, to sprawl SCRAWL 1747 Eng. dial.
– to crawl, to creep, to scramble; to wriggle OAG 1892 Sc.
– to crawl, to creep, to wriggle; to move slowly; to be infected with vermin OG a1838 Sc.
– to crawl, to move slowly CAG;  KAG Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– to crawl, to scramble SCAAVLE 1921 Sc.
– to crawl, to scramble, to creep; to move with difficulty SCRAUCHLE 1885 Sc.
– to crawl, to slink, to skulk, to cringe, to look ashamed MEACH 1833 Amer. dial.

CRAYFISH – NOUNS
– a crayfish about to break free of its shell BUSTER 1879 US sl.
– an undersized crayfish SHORTIE 1980s NZ sl.
– freshwater crayfish DITCHBUG 1968 Amer. dial.
– small, freshwater crayfish SHEAR CRAB 1967 Amer. dial.