Reverse Dictionary: CUP – CUR

CUP – ADVERBS
– cup by cup; a cupful at a time • CUPMEAL 1362 obs. rare

CUP – NOUNS
– a cup • SCAULDEEN 1867 Ireland
– a cup; a dish; a goblet • SHALE c1075 obs.
– a cup, a glass; a bowl, a goblet • TAIZIE 1808 Sc.
– a cup, a glass, bowl, goblet, drinking vessel, esp. for spirits • TASS 1704 Sc.
– a cup, a glass, bowl, goblet, drinking vessel, esp. for spirits • TASSIE 1788 Sc.
– a cup; a wooden dish • SCEW • SKEW 1561 cant  obs.
– a cup or mug, a drinking vessel • BOWL 1887 Amer. dial.
– a large cup or tankard; a cup filled to the brim • FACER 1527 obs.
– a little cup • CUPLET 1885

CUPBOARD – NOUNS
– a corruption of ‘cupboard’ • CABBER 1757 Sc. obs.
– a cupboard • MOTHER HUBBARD L19 rhyming sl.
– a cupboard • PRESSER 1503
– a cupboard; an ‘aumry’ • LAMRIE 1924 Sc.
– a cupboard, a wardrobe • PRESSOUR 1444 obs.
– a cupboard for the storage of foodstuffs; a pantry • LOCKER 1899 Amer. dial.
– a cupboard or chest where food is kept, a pantry • ALMERY • AMBRY • AUMBRY • AUMRY 1768 Eng. dial.
– a cupboard or press, probably used for holding wooden vessel used at meals • CAP-AMBRY Bk1888 obs. exc. Sc.
– a cupboard or wardrobe • DARK-CLOSET 1726 obs.
– a dark cupboard or hole • SCOB • SKOB 1790 Eng. dial.
– a large cupboard, esp. one placed in a recess in the wall, for holding linen, clothes, book, etc., or food, plates, dishes, and other kitchen items • PRESS c1387
– a small cupboard • CUDDY-HOLE 1848 Amer. dial.
– a small cupboard or closet • CUDDY 1793
– a small cupboard or press in the wall • BOAL 1930 Amer. dial.
– a small open cupboard • THACKER Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– a store cupboard • WARESTALL 1508 Sc. obs.
– a ventilated cupboard for meat • GARDEVIANCE 1459 obs.

CUPFUL – NOUNS
– a cupful or glassful • THINKLE Bk1905 Eng. dial.

CURABLE, CURATIVE, CURE, CURED – ADJECTIVES
– curable, remediable • HEALABLE 1570 rare
– curable; that may be healed • SANABLE 1656 obs.
– curative; conducive to healing • SANATORY a1832
– curative; healing; having the power to heal • SANATIVE a1400
– curative; pert. to curing or healing • CURATORY 1644
– curative; that heals or is concerned with healing • SANABLE 1597 obs. rare
– good for all diseases, of the nature of a panacea • PANCRASTICAL 1698 obs.
– half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution • PALCHED 1891 Eng. dial.
– half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution • PALCHY 1897 Eng. dial.
– of a cure: superficial or temporary • PALLIATE a1625 obs.

CURABLE etc. – NOUNS
– a being curable • SANABILITY 1860
– a being curable • SANABLENESS 1727 obs.
– a cure, remedy, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases • PANACY a1690 obs. rare
– a cure, remedy, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases • PANCHREST 1727 obs.
– a cure, remedy, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases • PANCHRESTON 1632 obs.
– a curing; healing, cure • CURATION c1374 obs.
– cure, healing • HEALTH c1000 obs.
– cure, healing, recovery from sickness • HEAL c1175 obs. exc. Sc. obs.
– cure, improvement; amelioration of conduct, health, etc. • MENDS 1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– cure, remedy; health, well-being, welfare • HALE a1200 obs.

CURABLE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a female curer or healer • CURATRIX 1678 obs. nonce word
– a person who cures speedily • TACHYIATER 1898

CURABLE etc. – VERBS
– to cure a person of a sickness or trouble • WARISH c1250 obs.
– to cure a person of a wound; to heal a wound • CHEER c1540 obs.
– to cure, as a doctor; to give or inflict the complete treatment • GIVE ONE THE WORKS c1930 sl., orig. US
– to cure from sickness or trouble • UNBIND c950 obs.
– to cure, to heal • LEECH c1200 rare
– to cure, to heal • SANE c1386 obs.
– to cure, to heal; to administer medicine • LECHNE c900 obs.
– to cure, to relieve, to heal; to remedy • BOOT c1330 obs.
– to half-cure a sick person • PALCH • PALTCH 1846 Eng. dial.

CURATE – NOUNS, PERSON
– a nickname for a curate • CODS L18 sl.

CURB – VERBS
– to curb, to encumber, to restrain, to hamper, to frustrate • LANGLE 1713 Sc.
– to curb, to fetter, to restrain • HAMSHACKLE 1802
– to curb; to oppress, to keep under, to master • NEW 1768 Sc.

CURDLE, CURDLED, CURDLING – ADJECTIVES
– curdled, clotted; soured • QUARRED 1599 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

CURDLE etc. – NOUNS
– the curdling of milk • LAPPERING 1880 Sc.

CURDLE etc. – VERBS
– to curdle • BECLIP c1400 obs.
– to curdle • EARN 1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– to curdle • QUARL 1607 obs. rare
– to curdle or form flakes on the surface of coffee or tea; said of milk or cream • FEATHER 1816 Amer. dial.
– to curdle; said of milk • BREAK Bk1911 Sc.
– to curdle, to clot, to cake • ATTER Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– to curdle, to clot, to coagulate; said of milk or blood • LAPPER 1768 Sc.
– to curdle; to coagulate • CRUDDLE • CRUDLE 1579 obs.
– to curdle, to coagulate • QUAIL c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– to curdle, to coagulate • QUAR 1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– to curdle, to coagulate • YEARN 1371-3 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick; said of milk • LOBBER 1856 Amer. dial.
– to curdle, to coagulate, to sour and become thick; said of milk • LOPPER a1300
– to curdle, to turn sour; said of milk or cream • BING 1860 Eng. dial.
– to make to curdle, to cause to coagulate • SAM 1788 Eng. dial.

CURE, CURED – see CURABLE

CURFEW – NOUNS
– a curfew • KID WHISTLE Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– curfew • PUMPKIN TIME Bk1970 US sl.

CURIO – NOUNS
– a curio; something intricately or fancifully elaborated • CRINKUM-CRANKUM 1670
– a small curio or artistic trinket • BIBELOT L19

CURIOSITY, CURIOUS – ADJECTIVES
– curious • KEERIOUS • KIRIOUS • KWERIOUS 1832 Sc.
– curious • QUEEROUS 1903 Amer. dial.
– curious • QUERIOUS 1835 Sc.
– curious; eager to discover or learn; tending to search out, bent on searching out • EXQUISITIVE 1818 obs.
– curious; fanciful, fantastic • FANTASQUE 1701 rare
– curious; intrusively inquisitive, prying • POKE-NOSE 1862 Amer. sl.
– curious; intrusively inquisitive, prying • POKE-NOSED 1942 Amer. sl.
– curious; nosy, inquisitive, intrusive • NEBBY L19 Ulster & Amer. dial.
– curious; nosy, inquisitive, intrusive • NEBBY-NOSED 1968 Amer. dial.
– curious, odd, peculiar, strange • CURIOUSSOME 1957 Amer. dial.
– curious, odd, peculiar, strange • CURISOME 1884 Amer. dial.
– curious, unusual • CUMOLDICTIOUS 1944 Amer. dial.

CURIOSITY etc. – NOUNS
– a curiosity; a strange or unusual thing or tale; a novelty or piece of news; a wonder • UNCO 1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– a curiosity; something unusual • CUMOLDICTION 1944 Amer. dial.
– a curious or strange circumstance; a queer thing, an oddity • QUEERY • QUERY 1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– curiosities • WONDERMENTS Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– curiosity; an event, occurrence • INSTANCE Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– curiosity, inquisitiveness; a curious object • KEERIOSITY • KIRIOSITY • QUEERIOSITY 1706 Sc.
– curiosity; love of news or gossip • QUID-NUNC-ISM 1847 nonce word
– curiosity; love of news or gossip • QUIDNUNCKERY 1804 nonce word

CURIOSITY etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a curious or eccentric person or object • KEERIOSITY • KIRIOSITY • QUEERIOSITY 1706 Sc.
– a curious or peculiar person • THUMMART 1822 Sc. obs.
– a man devoid of curiosity • FYSIGUNKUS B1900 Sc.
– an overly curious person; a gossip or snoop • ZOOT SNOOT Bk1975 Amer. sl.
– a person who stops to look at something out of curiosity, esp. when such attention is unwelcome • LOOKY-LOO • LOOKY-LOU 1978 colloq.

CURL, CURLED, CURLING, CURL UP, CURLY – ADJECTIVES
– characterized by fantastic curls • CURLY-MURLY 1728 obs.
– curled; closely and stiffly curled; said of hair • CRISPED c1400
– curling and twisting • CURLY-WURLY 1853 colloq.
– curling, curly • CRAMPAND a1500 Sc. obs.
– curly • CRULL c1300 obs.
– curly; said of hair • CRISP c900
– curly, twisted, tangled • QUIRLICHIE 1928 Sc.
– curly, wavy • CRISPY 1398
– minutely curled or crinkled • CRAPED 1728
– tending to curl up • PIRLIE B1900 Sc.
– tightly curled; said of hair • CRINKLY 1750

CURL etc. – NOUNS
– a curl, a love-lock • HEARTBREAKER 1663
– a curl, a twirled mark or sign • TWIDDLE 1774
– a curl, a twist, a twirl • QUERL • QUIRL 1880 US
– a curled condition • CRISPATION 1626
– a curl of hair • BERGER 1690 obs. rare
– a curl of hair • SWIRL 1786
– a curl of hair; esp. a short or close curl • CRISP 1638 obs.
– a curl on the temple • MEAT-HOOK 1887 Cockney sl.
– a fantastic curl or twist • CURLY-MURLY 1756 obs.
– a little curl or ringlet • CURLET 1803 rare
– a minute curl or undulation • CRISPLE 1594 obs. rare
– an instrument for curling the hair • CRISPING-CROOK a1400
– an instrument for curling the hair • CRISPING-IRON a1640
– an instrument for curling the hair • CRISPING-PIN 1568
– an instrument for curling the hair • CRISPING-TONGS 1773
– a short crisp curl • FRIZZLE 1613
– a small curl lying flat on the forehead • CRUCHE a1685 obs.
– curledness • CRISPITUDE 1656 obs. rare
– curly flakes; anything curly and fluttering, e.g. wisps of cloth, clouds • FARLE 1900 Sc.

CURL etc. – verbs
– to curl • CREIS 1553 Sc. obs.
– to curl hair • CROOK 1340 obs. rare
– to curl hair in small crisp curls • FRIZZLE 1565-73
– to curl hair; to form into ringlets • CRAPE 1774 US
– to curl hair; to make curved; to bend • CURVIFY 1604 obs.
– to curl in short stiff curls • CRISP 1583
– to curl minutely; to ripple • CRISPLE 1594 obs. rare
– to curl or crisp the hair • FRIZZ 1660
– to curl or frizz the hair, a wig, etc. • FROUNCE a1529
– to curl or twist hair • FURL 1606 obs.
– to curl, to bend, to curve, to twist • CRALL a1475 obs.
– to curl, to form ringlets • INANULATE 1592 obs. rare
– to curl, to gnarl, to twist, to distort • RUNKLE 1722 Sc.
– to curl, to frizz • FROWZE 1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– to curl, to wrinkle, to crumple, to crinkle • CRIMPLE c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– to curl up, to bend into a curve • CRUMP 1480 obs.
– to curl up, to coil; to twist • QUEEL 1866 Eng. dial.
– to furnish or deck with minute curling or convoluted threads • PAMPINULATE 1592 obs. nonce word
– to make the hair curly and wavy; to frizzle • CRAPE 1774 obs.

CURLICUE – NOUNS (also see FLOURISH)
– a curlicue • QUIRLICUE 1885
– a curlicue; a little flourish on handwriting • CURLY 1965 Amer. dial.
– a curlicue; a little flourish on handwriting • CURVICUE 1851 Amer. dial.

CURLING (game) – ADJECTIVES
– of ice in curling: crisp, smooth • KEEN 1833 Sc.

CURLING (game) – NOUNS
– a curling rink • ICE-GROUND 1911 Sc.
– a curling rink • ROARING RINK 1804 Sc.
– a curling rink; the number of players required to play on a rink • RACK 1784 Sc.
– a curling stone • ICE-STONE a1822 Sc.
– a curling stone • QUOIT 1809 Sc.
– a curling stone • QUOITING-STONE 1827 rare
– a curling stone • ROARING-STONE 1844 Sc.
– a curling stone moving too fast • ROARER 1904 Sc.
– a cut made in the ice to keep the player’s foot from slipping when delivering the stone • HACK 1811 Sc.
– a rock curled into an open house or into the house without rubbing or knocking out another rock • COLD DRAW 1964 Can.
– a stone played forcibly which dislodges other stones blocking the tee • RIDER 1891 Sc.
– the game of curling • ROARING GAME 1877 Sc.
– the game of curling • ROARING PLAY 1786 Sc.
– the game of curling • QUITING 1811 Sc.
– the game of curling • QUOITING 1811 Sc.
– the ice at the heads or ends of a rink • HEAD-ICE 1853 Sc.
– the noise made by a curling-stone travelling with velocity up the ice • ROAR 1853 Sc.

CURLING (game) – NOUNS, PERSONS
– the first player on each side in a game • LEADER 1789 Sc.

CURLING (game) – VERBS
– to drive one’s stone with such force as to carry before it an opponent’s stone • RIDE 1805 Sc.
– to make a roaring noise as it moves on the ice with great velocity; said of a curling stone • ROAR 1805 Sc.
– to play at the game of curling; to throw curling-stones • QUOIT 1811 Sc.
– to play one stone so as to touch another very gently • BREAK AN EGG 1871 Sc.
– to strike and move forward another stone of one’s own side towards the tee • RAISE 1844 Sc.

CURLING IRON – NOUNS
– a curling iron • CRISPING PIN 1790 US

CURRENCY – NOUNS
– currency • CURRY 1760 US, shortened form
– currency (of money) • GANG 1488 obs.

CURRENT – ADJECTIVES
– of a current or stream: impetuous, violent • HEADY 1599
– of a current, tide, etc.: rushing along • DOWNLONG 1876 obs.

CURRENT – NOUNS
– a current; a streamlet or rivulet • VEIN 1600 obs.
– a current in the sea caused by a furious tide, but taking a different course from it • BIRTH 1700 Sc.
– an undercurrent flowing in a direction opposite to that of the surface water, underflow • UNDERSOOK 1904 Sc.
– a rapid current; a rapid • SWIFT 1661 obs. rare
– a small current travelling seaward from shore • BABY RIP 1990 US sl.  – a strong current, a vortex • INDRAUGHT 1795 Sc.
– a strong current in the sea or a river • RACE 1375
– a strong or rapid current • RAT 1753 obs.
– the current of the sea • RIDE 1892 Sc.

CURRY – NOUNS
– a curry RUBY (MURRAY) n. 1983 UK rhyming sl.

CURRY FAVOUR – ADJECTIVES
– currying favour, servilely flattering • ADULATORIOUS 1664 obs.
 
CURRY FAVOUR – NOUNS
– a currying favour; an instance of attempting to curry favour; an attempt to impress a superior with one’s ability or importance • BAG-PLAY Bk1975 US sl.
– a currying of favour; toadying • ASS-KISSING 1942 Amer. sl.
– an attempt to curry favour • QUILL 1918 Amer. dial.
– an effort to curry favour; a fawning or subservient action or remark • BOOT 1908 Amer. dial.
– currying favour, toadying • APPLE-POLISHING 1926 US colloq.
 
CURRY FAVOUR – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person who attempts to curry favour with a superior; a toady, a flatterer • APPLE-POLISHER 1918 US colloq.
– a person who attempts to curry favour with insincere flattery; a sycophant, a toady • HANDSHAKER 1884 US colloq.
– a person who ‘creeps’ for favours; a toady • LICKER 1970s Brit. sl.
– a person who curries favour • APPLE-KNOCKER 1965 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • APPLE-PUSHER 1965 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • APPLE-SHINER 1935 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • APPLE-WASHER 1965 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • APPROACHER 1970 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • ARSE-KISSER • ASS-KISSER 1766 US sl.
– a person who curries favour • ASS-KISS 1966 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • ASS-LICK 1977 Amer. sl.
– a person who curries favour • ASS-LICKER 1939 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • ASS-SUCKER 1943 Amer. sl.
– a person who curries favour • ASS WIPE 1952 Amer. sl.
– a person who curries favour • ASS-WIPER 1950 Amer. sl.
– a person who curries favour • A-WIPER 1968 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • BOOTLICK 1849 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • BOOTLICKER 1846 Brit. sl.
– a person who curries favour • BROWN 1965 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • BROWNIE 1965 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • BROWN-NOSE 1938 sl., orig. US military usage
– a person who curries favour • BROWN-NOSER 1950 sl., orig. US military usage
– a person who curries favour • BROWN PAPER 1968 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • BUCKER Bk1942 US sl.
– a person who curries favour • CHEESE-EATER 1970 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • CURRIER c1530
– a person who curries favour • EAR-BANGER Bk1942 US sl.
– a person who curries favour • GRAPE PICKER 1958 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • HEEL-LICKER 1960 Amer. dial.
– a person who curries favour • INK-HORN Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– a person who curries favour • SCADGE 1896 Sc.
– a person who curries favour • TAG-TAIL 1834
– a person who curries favour; one who tries to please men; an officious or servile person who courts favour • PLEASE-MAN 1588 obs. rare
– a person who curries favour with superiors or social groups in order to increase his own status • HEELER Bk1975 Amer. sl. arch.
– a person who tries too hard to gain somebody’s favour • PECKER-SUCKER 1968 Amer. dial.
– a person who tries too hard to gain somebody’s favour • NOSE BOX 1968 Amer. dial.
– a person who tries too hard to gain someone’s favour • BEGGAR 1968 Amer. dial.
– a person who tries too hard to gain someone’s favour • BIRD-DOGGER 1967 Amer. dial.
 
CURRY FAVOUR – VERBS
– to curry favour • APPLEKNOCK 1969 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour • APPLE-SHINE 1969 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour • APPLE UP 1968 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour • BAIT 1968 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour • BOOT 1946 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour • DIRTY-NOSE Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– to curry favour • EGG SUCK 1970s US sl.
– to curry favour • GET IN THE BROWN WITH Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– to curry favour • HANG A HAM Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– to curry favour • PLUCK DINGLES Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– to curry favour • SUCK ASS Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– to curry favour • SWING ON THE MEAT Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– to curry favour, as with a teacher • POLISH APPLES 1927 US sl.
– to curry favour by flattering; to ingratiate oneself • MAKE ONE’S ALLEY GOOD 1909 Aust. & NZ sl.
– to curry favour by flattering; to ingratiate oneself • MAKE ONE’S MARBLE GOOD 1909 Aust. & NZ sl.
– to curry favour by obsequious behaviour • AK 1939 US sl., (Ass-Kiss)
– to curry favour in a self-degrading manner; to toady • ASS-LICK 1937 sl., orig. US
– to curry favour successfully • ACE IN 1920s tramps’ sl.
– to curry favour through obsequious conduct • NOSE 1968 US sl.
– to curry favour; to act the sycophant • KISS-ASS M20 US sl.
– to curry favour; to act the sycophant • POLISH THE APPLE 1920s sl.
– to curry favour; to behave in sycophantic manner • BRED 2002 UK sl.
– to curry favour, to behave obsequiously • BROWN-NOSE 1935 sl.
– to curry favour; to brown-nose, to toady • CHEW 1970 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour; to fawn upon; to flatter • BAUM 1851 US sl.
– to curry favour; to flatter • BONE BOOTLICK 1940s World War II usage
– to curry favour; to flatter and cajole • SUCK ASS 1940s US sl.
– to curry favour; to ingratiate oneself with one’s superiors • PEE-HEE 1939 sl.
– to curry favour;’ to ingratiate oneself with someone by means of flattery or the like • BANG EARS 1946 US Navy & Marine Corps usage
– to curry favour, to play up to • CHEESE 1974 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour, to seek friendship for personal gain • BUDDY UP 1966 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour, to toady • APPLE POLISH 1930s sl.
– to curry favour, to toady • BUCK Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– to curry favour, to toady • GOODY UP 1967 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating • BROWN 1940s World War II Amer. sl.
– to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating • BROWNIE 1965 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating • BROWN PAPER 1968 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour; to toady; to fawn on; to pester • PENNY-DOG 1914 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour; to toady; to fawn on; to pester • PENNY-FEIST 1939 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour, to toady to, to ingratiate oneself with • EAT CHEESE 1968 sl.
– to curry favour with • ASS UP TO 1970 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour with • GRAPE UP (TO) 1967 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour with • MAKE FAIR WEATHER WITH 1598 obs.
– to curry favour with • SET UP TO 1845 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour with • POLISH UP 1965 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour with • SIT UP TO 1845 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour with • SUCK IN 1899 Sc.
– to curry favour with • TOTE MILK TO 1967 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour with in a self-degrading manner • BUTT-SUCK 1973 Amer. sl.
– to curry favour with in a self-degrading manner; to toady; to behave obsequiously to • ASS-KISS 1961 Amer. sl.
– to curry favour with someone, esp. in a blatant or degrading manner • LICK SOMEONE’S ASS • SUCK SOMEONE’S ASS 1864 Amer. sl.
– to curry favour with someone in a blatant manner • HAVE ONE’S NOSE UP SOMEONE’S ASS 1971 Amer. sl.
– to curry favour with the authorities; said of an inmate • SCAB 1970s NZ prison sl.
– to curry favour with the masses • CHASE CHEERS 1930s Aust. sl.
– to curry favour with; to behave obsequiously towards; to toady • BUM-SUCK 1918 Brit. sl., derogatory
– to curry favour with; to court, to flatter, to ingratiate oneself with; originally as part of a deception or swindle • NUT 1789 sl. obs.
– to curry favour with; to do subservient things to gain one’s favour; to toady • BOOTLICK 1845 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour with; to flatter or attend to with servility • TOADY 1827
– to curry favour with; to flatter or praise a person, esp. as a means of gaining favour or advantage • BUTTER (UP) 1700
– to curry favour with; to pamper, to spoil, to treat well • FEATHER 1939 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour with; to toady • QUILL 1918 Amer. dial.
– to curry favour with; to toady to • SUCK UP TO 1860 schoolboy sl.
– to demean oneself as a means of currying favour with someone • CREEP UP SOMEONE’S ASS 1698 sl.
– to try to gain somebody’s favour • COUSIN UP 1967 Amer. dial.
– to work frantically, particularly to curry favour • RUN THE LOOP Bk1970 US high school sl.

CURSE, CURSING – ADJECTIVES
– cursing and swearing; blasphemous; using vile reproachful language • BLASPHEMATORY 1611 obs.
– deserving of cursing; execrable • WARIABLE 1382 obs.
– of the nature of cursing or a malediction • MALEDICTORY 1822
– with a curse or malediction • WITH A VENGEANCE 1525 obs.
 
CURSE etc. – INTERJECTIONS/PHRASES
– a curse; balls to you! • ORCHIDS TO YOU! E20 Brit. sl.

– a humorous curse used by women when they quarrel • MAY YOU HAVE PERPETUAL ITCHING WITHOUT EVER SCRATCHING Bk1902 Eng. dial.

– a malediction, a curse • SORROW BE IN YOUR THROPPLE 1815 Sc.

– an Australian curse • I HOPE YOUR CHOOKS TURN INTO EMUS AND KICK YOUR DUNNY DOOR DOWN! Bk1999 Aust. sl.

– an imprecation; bad luck to you • BAD SCRAN TO YOU 1842 Ireland & Eng. dial.

– bad luck to it • BAD SCRANGE TO IT Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
CURSE etc. – NOUNS
– a curse, a spell • BADMOUTH 1960s sl., orig. African-American & W. Indies
– a curse, a spell • DOSE 1982 Bahamas sl.
– a curse; a magic spell • HEX 1909
– a curse; an evil spell • HACK 1962 Amer. dial.
– a curse; a spell • KAHUNA 1938 Hawaii
– a curse, malediction • MALISON a1300 arch. & Eng. dial.
– a curse or affliction, esp. one sent by God; a cause of ruin; a scourge, a blight • CUSS 1771 colloq.
– a curse or threatening glance; the evil eye • BAD EYE 1887 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American usage
– a muttered curse or imprecation • BACK-PATER-NOSTER a1575
– an imprecation of a curse; an execration or malediction expressing anger • BAN 1596
– a witch’s curse; an imprecation • ILL-WISH 1870 Sc.
– curses; swearing • BANNING 1678 Sc.
– cursing • MANSING c1290 obs.
– cursing and/or swearing • A LITTLE CONVERSATION 20C sl.
– the utterance of a curse; the condition of being under a ban or curse • MALEDICTION 1447
 
CURSE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person who curses • WARIER 1382 obs.
 
CURSE etc. – VERBS
– to curse • BESCROW AND BESCREW 1952 Amer. dial.
– to curse • BLESS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE MOUTH 1890 Eng. dial.
– to curse • BIN Bk1911 Sc.
– to curse • FRIT Bk1970 US students’ sl.
– to curse • MALEDIGHT a1300 obs.
– to curse • RAP L16 sl.
– to curse • SPLANG 1970s African-American sl.
– to curse and growl • GIVE A STEADY ONE 1910s World War I Amer. sl.
– to curse a person • PUT ONE’S MOUTH ON 1950 Amer. dial.
– to curse or swear at • BLACKGUARD 1902 Amer. dial.
– to curse or swear at • BLAGGARD 1902 Amer. dial.
– to curse or swear violently • BLISTER THE AIR 1941 Amer. dial.
– to curse, to cast a spell against • HEX M19 sl., orig. US
– to curse; to complain, to swear • AIR ONE’S LUNGS 1910s US sl.
– to curse; to damn • BLAST Bk1994 Amer. sl.
– to curse, to damn • MUGGER 1951 sl.
– to curse, to execrate • MALEDICT 1780
– to curse, to imprecate damnation upon • BAN a1275 arch.
– to curse; to invoke evil upon a person • IMPRECATE 1616 obs.
– to curse; to pronounce a malediction upon • MALISON 1588 Sc. obs.
– to curse; to put a spell on; to speak ill of someone; to slander • BADMOUTH 1941 Amer. dial.
– to curse; to swear; to address with angry and maledictory language • BAN 1340 Eng. dial.
– to curse; to use profanity • TALK TO THE LORD 1934 Amer. dial.
– to invoke a curse on; to curse, to blame greatly, as the cause of misfortune • BESHREW 1377 obs.
– to lay a curse on; to abuse verbally • LAY A HEARING ON 1931 Amer. dial.
– to mutter curses to oneself • NEDEUM Bk1905 Sc.
– to pronounce or imprecate a curse upon; to devote to perdition, evil, or misery • ACCURSE c1175 obs. or arch.
– to put a curse on, to bewitch • FERHEX 1935 Amer. dial.
– to put a curse or spell on • PUT THE BAD MOUTH ON 1853 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American usage

CURSED – ADJECTIVES
– cursed, accursed • MALEDIGHT a1300 obs.
– cursed, accursed • WARIED c975 obs.
– cursed, execrable • BICCHED a1400 obs.

CURSED – NOUNS
– a being cursed • MALISON c1375 obs.

CURSORY – ADJECTIVES
– cursory; passing rapidly over a thing or subject, so as to take no note of details • CURSORARY a1616 obs. rare
– cursory; passing rapidly over a thing or subject, so as to take no note of details • CURSITORY 1632 obs. rare

CURT, CURTLY – ADJECTIVES
– curt, brief, scant; abridged, curtailed • CURTAL 1579 obs.
– curt, sharp in speech • SCRAP 1885 Eng. dial.
– curt, snappish; short to rudeness • CUTTED 1530 obs.
– harshly curt in manner or speech • CRUSTY c1570

CURT etc. – ADVERBS
– curtly, concisely, abruptly • CUTTEDLY 1530 obs.

CURT etc. – NOUNS
– a curt, sharp answer; a ready answer or argument • SNAPHANCE 1598 obs.
– crabbed curtness of manner or temper • CRUSTINESS 1727

CURT etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a curt or short-tempered person • CRUST 1594 obs.

CURT etc. – VERBS
– to speak curtly and seldom THROW A WORD TO A PERSON AS IF ONE THREW A BONE TO A DOG Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to talk curtly, crossly, rudely, in a quarrelsome manner to someone SHORT TALK 1931 Amer. dial.

CURTAIL, CURTAILED, CURTAILMENT – ADJECTIVES
– curtailed, abridged, cut down, shortened • DECURTATE a1638 rare
– curtailed, abridged; brief, scant, curt • CURTAL 1579 obs.
– curtailed, cut off; suddenly broken off; cut short • ABRUPTED 1597
– curtailed, cut short, ending abruptly • CUTTED c1386 obs.
– curtailed, diminished • DEFALCATE 1531 obs.

CURTAIL etc. – NOUNS
– curtailment, decrease or reduction in quantity or amount • CASTRATION 1728 obs.
– curtailment, diminution or reduction by taking away a part • DEFALCATION 1476 obs.
– curtailment, shortening, abbreviation • ACCURTATION 1583 obs.

CURTAIL etc. – PHRASES
– uttered by one who suspects that he has been curtailed of his just share, portion, or right • THERE HAVE BEEN SLANGING-DUES CONCERNED c1810 sl.

CURTAIL etc. – VERBS
– to curtail • CURTALIZE 1622 obs.
– to curtail • CURTILATE 1665 obs.
– to curtail; to abridge • DECURTATE 1623 obs.
– to curtail, to abridge, to shorten, to reduce • CUT 1413
– to curtail; to break off, to sever; to interrupt suddenly • ABRUPT 1634
– to curtail; to deduct; to hinder; to hesitate • SCOTCH Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– to curtail; to reduce; to take or deduct a part from • DEFALCATE a1690 obs.
– to curtail; to reduce; to take or deduct a part from • DEFALCE 1651 obs.
– to curtail, to restrict • PUT ONE’S FOOT DOWN 1910s sl.

CURTAIN – NOUNS
– a curtain or awning • VEIL 1781 obs.
– a short window-curtain • VALANCE 1726 rare
– a window curtain as distinguished from a window shade, irrespective of material • LACE CURTAIN 1926 Amer. dial.
– window curtains • WINDOW-CLOTHES 1584-5 obs.
– window shades • BOBS 1916 Amer. dial.

CURTAIN – VERBS
– to open a curtain slightly or briefly in order to watch the activities of others furtively from one’s window • TWITCH 1894 chiefly UK

CURTSY, CURTSYING – NOUNS
– a curtsy, a bow • MANNERS Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– a curtsy, a bow • OBEISANCE 1899 Eng. dial.
– a curtsy, a dip • DOP 1616 obs.
– a curtsy, a nod • BECK 1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– a curtsying, bowing • BECKING 1856 Sc.
– a curtsy, obeisance, nod • BOB Bk1911 Sc.

CURTSY etc. – VERBS
– to bend the knees and lower the body to make a curtsy • DROP L17
– to curtsy • MAKE ONE’S OBEDIENCE 1828 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– to curtsy • PULL ONE’S FOOT 1930 Amer. dial.
– to curtsy like a child • SADDY 1859 Amer. dial.
– to curtsy, to bend down; to lean forward awkwardly • BINK Bk1911 Sc.
– to curtsy, to bow • MAKE A LONG LEG a1587 obs.
– to curtsy, to bow • MAKE A LOW LEG a1587 obs.
– to curtsy; to bow low • BOB Bk1911 Sc.
– to curtsy, to bow; to make a gesture of submission or deferential respect • LEG 1628 obs.
– to curtsy, to duck or suddenly drop the head or body • DOP c1557 obs.
– to curtsy, to make a bow • OBEISANCE Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to curtsy, to make obeisance • BECK 1724 Sc.

CURVE, CURVED, CURVING – ADJECTIVES
– curved • CURVACIOUS Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– curved • CURVATE a1425 rare
– curved • CURVATED 1598 rare
– curved • CURVIFEROUS Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– curved • CURVULAR Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– curved, bent, bowed • CURBED a1500 obs.
– curved, characterized by curvature • CURVAL 1730 rare
– curved, crooked • CRUMPED 1480 obs.
– curved, having curves; crooked • CURVOUS 1661 rare
– curved, hooked • UNCOUS 1658 rare
– curved like a bow • BOWSIE Bk1911 Sc.
– curved upward • ROACHED 1776 US
– curving; abounding in turns, or curves • SINUOUS 1578
– of a curve, turn, etc.: sharp • QUICK 1725
– slightly curved • CURVULATE 1887 rare

CURVE etc. – NOUNS
– a being curved or bent; curvedness; also, a curve • CURVITY a1425 rare
– a curve • BOUGHT Bk1911 Sc.
– a curve • RAMP 1892 Eng. dial.
– a curve, an arc • CURB 1601 obs. rare
– a curve, coil, spiral • RUNDLE 1565 obs.
– a curved part, a bend, a crook • BENT 1572
– a curve in the animal or human body • BIGHT 1691 Eng. dial.
– a curve or angular prominence • CRANKLE 1598
– a curve or bend, esp. one of a series; chiefly used in the plural • SINUOSITY 1720
– a curving into the shape of an arch • ARCUATION 1696 
– anything curved • BOUL Bk1911 Sc.
– a piece bent into a curve; a bow • BENT 1521 obs.
– a sharp curve • JUG-HANDLE CORNER 1948 Amer. dial.
– curving, curvature • CURBING 1601 obs.
– something that is curved or crooked • RAINBOW 1938 Amer. dial.

CURVE etc. – VERBS
– to become curved or bent • CURVIFY 1599 obs.
– to curve inward • ADUNCATE 1823
– to curve like a bow • ARCUATE 1678 rare
– to curve or bend down • DECURVE 1835 rare
– to curve; to bend into an angular form • CROOK c1175
– to curve, to bend, to twist, to curl • CRALL a1475 obs.
– to make curved; to crook, to bend • CRUMB c1490 obs. exc. Eng. dial.