DIABETES – nouns
– SUGAR-DISEASE diabetes …1847-9
DIABOLICAL – adjectives
– SATANICAL diabolical …1547
– UNRUDE † base, detestable, diabolical, vile …Bk1905 Sc.
diabolical – person
– HELLNESS * a title for a person of diabolical character …1606
– HIS HELLNESS * a title of respect given to a diabolical character …1606
– SATAN * a diabolical person …1596
DIAGNOSE – verbs
– DIAGNOSTICATE to diagnose …1846
DIAGNOSIS – nouns
– KNOWLEDGE † in medicine: diagnosis …1541
DIAGONAL – adjectives
– CATABIAS out of line, askew, awry, diagonal …1950 Amer. dial.
– CATABIASSED out of line, askew, awry, diagonal …1895 Amer. dial.
– CATACORNERED diagonal, in the opposite corner, askew, awry …1896 Amer. dial.
– CATAWAMPUS crosswise, diagonal …1911 Amer. dial.
– CATERBIAS out of line, askew, awry, diagonal …1968 Amer. dial.
– CATERING diagonal; askew …1966 Amer. dial.
– CATTER-CORNERED diagonal, in the opposite corner …1901 Amer. dial.
– CATTIBIAS out of line, askew, awry, diagonal …1950 Amer. dial.
– CATTICORNER diagonal, in the opposite corner …1949 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-BIAS out of line, askew, awry, diagonal …1968 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-BYWARD diagonal …1952 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-CORNER diagonal, in the opposite corner; askew, awry …1945 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-CORNERED diagonal, in the opposite corner; askew, awry …1838 Amer. dial.
– CATTYWAMPERED crosswise, diagonal …1911 Amer. dial.
– CATTYWAMPUS crosswise, diagonal …1911 Amer. dial.
– KATTERKORNERED-LIKE diagonal, in the opposite corner …1843 Amer. dial.
– KITTY-MACBIAS out of line, askew, awry, diagonal …c1960 Amer. dial.
– SCREW-GEED twisted, askew, diagonal …1950 Amer. dial.
– SCREWGIED twisted, askew, diagonal …1973 Amer. dial.
– SI-WADDLIN askew, lopsided, uneven, diagonal …1941 Amer. dial.
– SKEE-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal …1950 Amer. dial.
– SKEW-GEE twisted, askew, diagonal …1896 Amer. dial.
– SKEW-GEED twisted, askew, diagonal …1896 Amer. dial.
– SKEWJAW twisted, askew, diagonal …1905 Amer. dial.
– SKEW-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal …1950 Amer. dial.
– SKRUGEE twisted, askew, diagonal …1905 Amer. dial.
– SKWEE-GEED twisted, askew, diagonal …1896 Amer. dial.
– SQUEEGEE twisted, askew, diagonal …1905 Amer. dial.
– SQUEE-GEED twisted, askew, diagonal …1950 Amer. dial.
– SQUEE-JAWED twisted, askew, crooked, diagonal …1950 Amer. dial.
diagonal – verbs
– CADDY-CORNER to move diagonally …1965 Amer. dial.
– CAT-A-CORNER to move diagonally …1902 Amer. dial.
– CATAWAMPUS to move diagonally …1902 Amer. dial.
– CATER to move diagonally or obliquely …1902 Amer. dial.
– CATERCORN to move diagonally …1965 Amer. dial.
– CATERCORNER to move diagonally …1888 Amer. dial.
– CATTER to move diagonally or obliquely …1902 Amer. dial.
– CATTERWAMPUS to move diagonally …1902 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-CORNER to move diagonally …1965 Amer. dial.
– JAYHAWK to go on a diagonal course …1967 Amer. dial.
– KITTER to move diagonally …1905 Amer. dial.
– KITTERN to move diagonally …1982 Amer. dial.
– QUARTER to move diagonally …1846 Amer. dial.
DIAGONALLY – adverbs
– ANGLE-GODLIN at am angle, diagonally…1970 Amer. dial.
– ANTI-BY-GODLIN cater-cornered, diagonally, at an angle …1968 Amer. dial.
– ANTIGODLIN cater-cornered, diagonally, at an angle …1905 Amer. dial.
– ANTIGOGLIN slantwise, diagonally …1905 Amer. dial.
– ANTI-WALKUS cater-cornered, diagonally, at an angle …1970 Amer. dial.
– ASKEW crosswise, diagonally …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ASLEN slantwise, diagonally …1825 Eng. dial.
– ASLEW aslant, obliquely, awry, askew, diagonally …1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– ASWIR diagonally, aslant …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ATHURT across, crosswise, diagonally …1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BIAS diagonally, cater-cornered …1965 Amer. dial.
– BIAS-WAYS diagonally, cater-cornered …1968 Amer. dial.
– CANTERING in a diagonal manner …1935 Amer. dial.
– CAPER-CORNERED diagonally, across from …1941 Amer. dial.
– CATABIAS diagonally …1950 Amer. dial.
– CATACORNER diagonally, across from …1908 Amer. dial.
– CATACORNERED diagonally, across from …1908 Amer. dial.
– CATACORNERS diagonally, across from …1908 Amer. dial.
– CATAWAMPUS diagonally, obliquely …1908 Amer. dial.
– CAT-CORNERED diagonally, across from …1941 Amer. dial.
– CATERBIAS diagonally …1965 Amer. dial.
– CATERCAWNERED diagonally, across from …1953 Amer. dial.
– CATER-CORN diagonally, across from …1965 Amer. dial.
– CATER-CORNER diagonally, across from …1965 Amer. dial.
– CATER-CORNERED diagonally, across from …1941 Amer. dial.
– CATERING diagonally …1894 Amer. dial.
– CATERWAMPUST diagonally, obliquely …1906 Amer. dial.
– CATERWAY diagonally across an intersection of two streets …1941 Amer. dial.
– CATTACORNER diagonally, across from …1905 Amer. dial.
– CATTA-CORNERED diagonally, across from …1905 Amer. dial.
– CATTERCORNER diagonally, across from …1905 Amer. dial.
– CATTERING diagonally …1894 Amer. dial.
– CATTIBIAS diagonally …1950 Amer. dial.
– CATTICORNERED diagonally, across from …1950 Amer. dial.
– CATTIWAMPUS diagonally, obliquely …1950 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-BIAS diagonally …1965 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-BICEY diagonally …1965 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-CORNER diagonally, across from …1905 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-CORNERED diagonally, across from …1905 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-CROSS diagonally …1970 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-GODLIN diagonally …1967 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-STRANGLING diagonally across …1936 Amer. dial.
– CATTYWAMPUS diagonally, obliquely …1965 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-WAYS diagonally …1966 Amer. dial.
– CATTYWHAMPER diagonally, obliquely …1965 Amer. dial.
– CATTYWHAMPERED TO diagonally, obliquely …1965 Amer. dial.
– CATTYWHAMPUS diagonally, obliquely …1965 Amer. dial.
– CATTY-WHISTLING diagonally …1967 Amer. dial.
– CATTYWHOMPY diagonally, obliquely …c1970 Amer. dial.
– CATTYWOBBLE. diagonally, obliquely …c1970 Amer. dial.
– CATY-CORNER diagonally, across from …1941 Amer. dial.
– DIAGNUS diagonally …1970 Amer. dial.
– DIANGLING diagonally …1914 Amer. dial.
– KITRON-WAYS diagonally …1896 Amer. dial.
– KITTERING diagonally …1891 Amer. dial.
– KITTERN diagonally …1936 Amer. dial.
– ONE-SIDED diagonally, crookedly …1883 Amer. dial.
– QUARTERING diagonally, at an angle …1852 Amer. dial.
– RICK-RACK diagonally, obliquely …1986 Amer. dial.
– SCATTER-CORNER diagonally … Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SI-WADDLIN diagonally …1941 Amer. dial.
– SKEEGEE slantwise, diagonally …1916 Amer. dial.
– WHOMPER-JAWED diagonally …1956 Amer. dial.
DIAGRAM – nouns
– CARTE † a chart, map, plan, diagram …1502
DIALECT – adjectives
– BRAID having a strong dialect language or accent …Bk1911 Sc.
– VERNACULARY † of a language or dialect: that is naturally spoken by the people of a particular country or district; native, indigenous …1652
– VERNACULE †* of a language or dialect: that is naturally spoken by the people of a particular country or district; native, indigenous …1669
dialect – nouns
– CANT provincial dialect; vulgar slang …1802
– LOAMSHIRE DIALECT faulty dialect as used by ignorant writers …20C Brit. authors’ usage
– TUMMUS-AN-MEARY broad Lancashire dialect …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WALLOCH a din, noise, sound; way of speaking, distinctive accent, dialect …1898 Sc.
– YANKEE the dialect of New England; loosely, American English generally …1824
dialect – person
– BIDIALECTALIST one who uses or who is able to use two dialects of a language …1976
DIALOGUE – nouns
– DUOLOGUE a conversation between two persons; a dialogue; a dramatic piece spoken by two actors …1864
– QUADRILOGUE an account by four persons; a dialogue among four persons …a1556
– TRIALOGUE a dialogue, discussion, or conversation between three persons …1532
dialogue – verbs
– DIALOGUIZE † to take part in dialogue; to converse …1599
DIAMOND – adjectives
– ICED wearing jewellery, esp. diamonds …1950s US sl.
– ICED DOWN wearing jewellery, esp. diamonds …1950s US sl.
– ICED OUT wearing jewellery, esp. diamonds …1950s US sl.
diamond – nouns
– DAISY a diamond …M18 UK criminals sl.
– DASY a diamond …M18 UK criminals sl.
– GLASS a diamond …1918 US sl.
– ICE jewellery, esp. diamonds …L19 sl., orig. US
– ICE-CUBE a diamond …1930s sl.
– MEXICAN DIAMOND a stone cut and polished to look like a diamond …1950 US sl.
– PARAGON a perfect diamond; now applied to those weighing more than a hundred carats …1622
– PROP a diamond or valuable piece of jewellery …1914 criminals’ sl.
– ROCK a diamond or other precious stone …1908 sl., orig. US
– ROCK CANDY diamonds …1940s African-American sl.
– SCHLENTER a fake diamond sold as the real thing …1892 S. Afr. mining usage
– SHINER a diamond or other precious stone; usually used in the plural …1884 sl.
– SIMPLE SIMON a diamond, usually a diamond ring; the playing card …1910s rhyming sl.
– SPARKLER a diamond or other precious stone …1822 sl.
– SPARK-PROP a diamond pin or tie-pin …1879 criminals’ sl.
– STONE a diamond …1904 criminals’ sl.
– TERRA NOBILIS † an old name for the diamond at a time when its real nature was not known …1882
diamond – person
– ICEMAN a diamond thief …1920s US criminals’ sl.
– I.D.B. an Illicit Diamond Buyer …1884 S. Afr. colloq.
– KOPJE WALLOPER a diamond-buyer …1886 S. Afr.
– KOPPIE WALLOPER a diamond-buyer …1947 S. Afr.
DIAPER – nouns
– BABBY-CLOUTS clothing or napkins for babies …1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BREECHCLOUT a diaper …1912 Amer. dial.
– BRITCHCLOUT a diaper …1912 Amer. dial.
– BRITCHES baby’s diapers …1950 Amer. dial.
– BRITCHIN’S a baby’s diaper …1926 Amer. dial.
– CHANGEABLE SEAT COVERS diapers …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CLOUT a diaper …20C Amer. dial.
– DIDY a diaper …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– DRY-DEES diapers …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DRYPERS diapers …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DYDEES diapers …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIPPING diapers …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIPPIN’S diapers …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IRISH FLAG a diaper, a nappy …20C US sl.
– TEE-TEE CLOTH a diaper …1968 Amer. dial.
– THREE-CORNERED BRITCHES diapers, a diaper …1965Amer. dial.
– THREE-CORNERED PANTIES diapers, a diaper …1965 Amer. dial.
– THREE-CORNERED PANTS diapers, a diaper …1933 Amer. dial.
– THREE-CORNER PANTS diapers, a diaper …1951 Amer. dial.
DIAPHRAGM – see BIRTH CONTROL
DIAPHRAGM (body) – nouns
– MIDDERN the midriff or diaphragm …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MIDRED the midriff, the diaphragm …1834 Eng. dial.
DIARRHOEA – adjectives
– CACATORY †* attended with looseness of the bowels …1684
– DYSENTERIAL † of the nature of dysentery …1600
– DYSENTERIC suffering from dysentery …1796
– DYSENTERICAL † of the nature of dysentery …1601
– DYSENTERIOUS suffering from dysentery …1623
– GIPPY, GYPPY of a person: affected by nausea or diarrhoea; unwell …a1974
– LOOSE AS A GOOSE IN SCOPEBERRY TIME having diarrhoea …1969 Amer. dial.
– LOOSE-ENDED having diarrhoea …19C colloq.
– LOOSE IN THE HAFT having diarrhoea …19C Brit. sl.
– LOOSE IN THE HILT having diarrhoea …19C Brit. sl.
– ON THE BACK-DOOR TROT afflicted with diarrhoea …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
diarrhoea – nouns
– ANY-GO-FLUM-BUMS diarrhoea …1969 Amer. dial.
– APPLE-BLOSSOM TWO-STEP looseness of the bowels; diarrhoea …1969 Amer. dial.
– ARKANSAS TRAVELS diarrhoea …1965 Amer. dial. jocular
– AX-HANDLES diarrhoea …1965 Amer. dial.
– AZTEC REVENGE diarrhoea suffered by visitors to Mexico …1953 sl.
– AZTEC HOP diarrhoea suffered by visitors to Mexico …1953 sl.
– AZTEC TWO-STEP diarrhoea suffered by visitors to Mexico …1953 sl.
– BACKDOOR QUICKSTEPS diarrhoea …1965 Amer. dial.
– BACKDOOR SCOOTS diarrhoea …1965 Amer. dial.
– BACK-DOOR TROTS diarrhoea …1801 sl.
– BACKHOUSE TROT(S) diarrhoea …1899 Amer. dial.
– BARLEYCORN SPRINTS dysentery following a drunk …1858 Amer. loggers’ usage
– BARNYARD TROTS diarrhoea …1970 Amer. dial.
– BASRA BELLY diarrhoea; a case of diarrhoea …Bk2006 US sl.
– B.D.T. diarrhoea (BackDoor Trot) …1915 Amer. dial.
– BLOIT diarrhoea …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOOT HILL TWO-STEP diarrhoea …1967 Amer. dial.
– CACKEREL † dysentery …1659
– CAIRO CRUD diarrhoea …1940s sl.
- CHICKENSHITS, THE diarrhoea …1950s US sl.
– CHINESE ROT (usually offensive) diarrhoea …1942 Amer. sl.
– CHOLERA MORBUS looseness of the bowels …1844 Amer. dial.
– COLLY MOBBLES looseness of the bowels …1965 Amer. dial.
– COCK-TAILS, THE diarrhoea …c1925 Aust. sl.
– CONFEDERATE DISEASE diarrhoea …US Civil War usage
– CRAB-APPLE TWO-STEP diarrhoea …1965 Amer. dial.
– CRAPS diarrhoea; euphemism for ‘the shits’ …20C US sl.
– CURSE OF MONTEZUMA diarrhoea, esp. that caused by food or water in Mexico …1962 Amer. dial.
– DELHI BELLY diarrhoea suffered by visitors to India …1944 sl.
– DIACUMBELICUM diarrhoea; bowel trouble …1908 Amer. dial.
– DRIZZLES diarrhoea …1943 US sl.
– DRIZZLING SHITS – dysentery …1980 US sl.
– EARTHA KITTS diarrhoea …1950s rhyming sl. for ‘shits’
– EARTHAS diarrhoea …1950s rhyming sl. for ‘shits’ (Eartha Kitts)
– EDGAR BRITTS diarrhoea …1969 Aust. rhyming sl for the ‘shits’
– EVACUATION OF THE CORINTH, THE diarrhoea …US Civil War usage
– FAN DODGE dysentery …1958 Amer. dial.
– FANTOD diarrhoea …19C US sl.
– FANTODS looseness of the bowels …1968 Amer. dial.
– FAR EAST TWO-STEP diarrhoea; dysentery …1960s US sl.
– FLUXES diarrhoea, esp. bloody diarrhoea; dysentery …20C
– FLYING AX-HANDLES diarrhoea …1965 Amer. dial.
– FLYING HANDICAP diarrhoea …20C Aust. sl.
– GIPPY TUMMY stomach troubles; diarrhoea; orig., that contracted in Egypt, but now extended to any such problems that tourists experience abroad or in ethnic restaurants at home …1915
– G.I.’s diarrhoea …1946 Amer. dial.
– G.I. SICKNESS diarrhoea …1965 Amer. dial.
– G.I. TROTS diarrhoea …1965 Amer. dial.
– GOLLYWOBBLES a stomach-ache; a general feeling of discomfort or illness; diarrhoea …1942 Amer. sl.
– GO-YONDERS diarrhoea; looseness of the bowels …1967 Amer. dial.
– GREEN-APPLE DIRTIES diarrhoea …1965 Amer. dial.
– GREEN-APPLE QUICKSTEP diarrhoea …1950 Amer. dial.
– GREEN-APPLE TROT diarrhoea …1965 Amer. dial.
– GREEN-APPLE TWO-STEP diarrhoea …1950 Amer. dial.
– GREEN-APPLE WALK diarrhoea …1965 Amer. dial.
– GURR diarrhoea …E16 Brit. colloq.
– GURRIE, GURRY † diarrhoea …1523 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GYPPO GUT stomach troubles; diarrhoea; orig., that contracted in Egypt, but now extended to any such problems that tourists experience abroad or in ethnic restaurants at home …1940s sl.
– GYPPO TUMMY traveller’s diarrhoea contracted in Egypt or elsewhere …1944 Amer. military sl.
– GYPPY traveller’s diarrhoea contracted in Egypt or elsewhere …1965 Amer. military sl.
– GYPPY TUMMY upset stomach; diarrhoea; orig., that contracted in Egypt, but now extended to any such problems that tourists experience abroad or in ethnic restaurants at home …1943 sl.
– JERRY-GO-NIMBLE diarrhoea …Bk1896 sl.
– JIMJAMS looseness of the bowels …1968 Amer. dial.
– JIMMIES the shits, diarrhoea …Bk1999 Aust. rhyming sl. (Jimmy Britts)
– JIMMY BRITTS the shits, diarrhoea …Bk1999 Aust. rhyming sl.
– KING TUT’S REVENGE diarrhoea contracted in the Middle East …1970s US sl.
– LASK looseness of the bowels; diarrhoea; an attack of this …1542
– LAX † looseness of the bowels, diarrhoea …1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LURRY † looseness of the bowels …1689
– MEXICAN FOX-TROT diarrhoea …1979 US sl.
– MONTEZUMA’S REVENGE diarrhoea suffered by visitors to Mexico …1962 sl.
– MOUNTAIN TROTS diarrhoea …1968 Amer. dial.
– MOVIES diarrhoea …M20 US sl.
– MUD BUTT diarrhoea …2004 US sl.
– MULLIGRUBS pain the stomach or intestines; diarrhoea …1806 Amer. dial.
– NICKER BITS diarrhoea …20C rhyming sl. for ‘the shits’
– NORRIS MCWHIRTER diarrhoea …2002 UK rhyming sl. for ‘squirter’ (based on author Norris McWhirter)
– PALSHALLALS the diarrhoea …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PHARAOH’S REVENGE food poisoning, esp. with diarrhoea, suffered by tourists in Mexico or Egypt …1960s sl., orig. US
– QUICKSTEP diarrhoea …1776 Amer. dial.
– RADIO ONES diarrhoea …1992 UK rhyming slang for ‘the runs’
– RANGOON RUNS diarrhoea, esp. contracted on foreign holidays …1940s sl.
– RAY diarrhoea …B1900 Eng. dial.
– RUNS, THE diarrhoea …1962 euphemism
– SAIGON QUICKSTEP diarrhoea …1991 US sl.
– SAINT MORITZ diarrhoea …1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘the shits’
– SANTA ANNA’S REVENGE loose bowels, diarrhoea …1967 Amer. dial.
– SCATE diarrhoea …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCATTERS diarrhoea, particularly of animals …1949 sl.
– SCOOT diarrhoea …1889 Sc.
– SCOOTS diarrhoea …1891 Amer. dial.
– SCOOTS, THE diarrhoea …1891 Amer. dial.
– SCOUR diarrhoea; a violent purging …1784 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCOURING diarrhoea in animals …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCOURS diarrhoea …1942 Amer. dial.
– SCOURS, THE. diarrhoea …1942 Amer. dial.
– SCUTTERS skitters, diarrhoea …1966 Amer. dial.
– SCUTTERS, THE skitters, diarrhoea …1966 Amer. dial.
– SHIT FIT a bad case of diarrhoea …1975 US sl.
– SHITS, THE diarrhoea …a1387
– SHITTERS diarrhoea …19C sl.
– SKATE diarrhoea …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SKEETS diarrhoea …1966 Amer. dial.
– SKEETS, THE diarrhoea …1966 Amer. dial.
– SKIDS diarrhoea …1966 Amer. dial.
– SKIT † diarrhoea in animals, esp. sheep …c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SKITES diarrhoea …1966 Amer. dial.
– SKITS diarrhoea …1966 Amer. dial.
– SKITTER diarrhoea; looseness or laxity of the bowels …a1585 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SKITTERS diarrhoea …a1585
– SKITTERS, THE diarrhoea …a1585
– SQUITS, THE diarrhoea …1841 Brit. euphemism
– SQUITTERS diarrhoea …1664 sl.
– SUMMER COMPLAINT diarrhoea, esp. that experienced in the summer …M19 colloq.
– TENNESSEE QUICKSTEP diarrhoea …US Civil War usage
– THINS dysentery …1947 Amer. dial.
– THOROUGH-GO diarrhoea …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THOROUGH-GO-NIMBLE diarrhoea …1734 sl.
– TOURISTAS diarrhoea, esp. when it occurs in American tourists in Mexico …M20 US sl.
– TURISTAS diarrhoea, esp. when it occurs in American tourists in Mexico …M20 US sl.
– TURKEY TROT diarrhoea suffered by tourists …1960s sl.
– TROTS, THE diarrhoea …1904 euphemism
– VAVITE diarrhoea …1969 Amer. dial.
– VAVITES, THE diarrhoea …1969 Amer. dial.
– VIET SHITS diarrhoea …1991 US sl.
– WHERRY-GO-NIMBLE, WHERRY-GO-NIMBLES † looseness of the bowels; diarrhoea …1699 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– WILD AX-HANDLE diarrhoea …1965 Amer. dial.
– WILD QUIRT diarrhoea …17C colloq.
– WOG GUT diarrhoea …E20 Aust. military sl.
diarrhoea – person
– SQUITTER-BREECH † a pants fouler, i.e. one who has or suffers from diarrhoea …1611
diarrhoea – verbs
– BOWEL OFF to have diarrhoea …1953 Amer. dial.
– HAVE AN ARSE LIKE THE JAPANESE FLAG to have diarrhoea …Brit. sl.
– LOSE THE LAGGIN-GIRD to have an attack of diarrhoea or dysentery …c1850 Sc.
– SCATE to have diarrhoea; chiefly used of calves …1777 Eng. dial.
– SCOOT to void thin excrement; to suffer from diarrhoea …1825 Sc.
- SCOUR to cause or to be afflicted with diarrhoea …1866 Sc.
– SHOOT to have diarrhoea …20C sl.
– SKATE to have diarrhoea; chiefly used of calves …1777 Eng. dial.
– SKIT * to void thin excrement; to have diarrhoea …1805
– SKITTER to void thin excrement; to have diarrhoea …a1300 Sc. & Eng. dial.
diarrhoea – phrases
– I COULD SHIT THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE used by someone suffering from diarrhoea …L19 sl.
DIARY – nouns
– DAYBOOK a book in which the occurrences or transactions of the day are entered; a diary, a journal …1580
– KILBURN a diary; esp. a police diary …1992 UK rhyming sl. (Kilburn Priory)
– KILBURN PRIORY a diary; esp. a police diary …1992 UK rhyming sl.
DICE – adjectives (also see CRAPS)
– AWAY in bar dice games: counting for nothing …1976 US sl.
– CANDY of dice: transparent …L19 US criminals’ sl.
– DEAD of dice: weighted to have one face land up more often than the law of averages would predict …1993 US sl.
– FALSE of dice: loaded so as to fall unfairly …1551
– UNCOGGED of dice: not cogged or loaded …1870
dice – nouns
– ABYSSINIAN POLO a game of dice …1920s US sl.
– ACE in dice games: a rolled one; the 1-spot on a die …1960s US gambling sl.
– ACE-DEUCE 3, esp. in craps dice …1920s African-American sl.
– ACROBATS loaded or unfairly bevelled dice …1924 Amer. gambling sl.
– ADA FROM DECATUR in a game of dice: a roll of eight …1918 US sl.
– ADA ROSS, THE STABLE HOSS in a game of dice: a roll of eight …1918 US sl.
– AFRICAN DOMINOES dice; specifically the game of craps …1919 Amer. dial.
– AFRICAN GOLF BALL a die, usually in plural …1920s US sl.
– ALABAMA MARBLES dice …1910s US sl.
– ALAMEDA in bar dice games: a roll that produces no points for the player …1971 US sl.
– APARTMENT HOUSE in bar dice games: a roll from the cup in which some dice are stacked on top of others, invalidating the roll …1977 US sl.
– ARMY MARBLES dice …1963 US sl.
– ARMY ODDS in a dice game: the true odds, not approximate odds often used in street games …1962 US sl.
– ARMY ROLL a controlled roll of the dice by a skilled cheat in a game of craps …1963 US sl.
– BABIES dice …1974 US sl.
– BALE † the set of dice for any special game, formerly usually three …1481-90
– BAR † a kind of false die, on which certain numbers are prevented from turning up …1545
– BONES dice …Bk1896 sl.
– BICCHED BONES opprobriously applied to dice …c1386
– BOTTOMS dice that have been marked to have two identical faces …1962 US sl.
– BOUNCE SHOT in a dice game: a type of controlled shot by a skilled cheat …1950 US sl.
– BROWNIES dice that have had their spots altered for cheating …1950 US sl.
– BUSTERS misspotted dice …1961 US gambling sl.
– BUST-OUTS fraudulent dice …1952 US sl.
– CALIPERS dice that are true to an extremely minute tolerance, approximately 1/1000th of an inch …1950 US sl.
– CHATTS dice …M19 sl.
– CHILDREN IN THE WOOD, THE the dice in the box …c1850 gambling sl.
– COGS dice …Bk1896 sl.
– CONDOMINIUMS in bar dice games: a roll from the cup in which some dice are stacked on top of others, invalidating the roll …1976 US sl.
– CUBE a die; one of a pair of dice; usually in the plural …Bk2006 US sl.
– DALY, DAYLY † a die or a knuckle-bone used as a die; also, a cubical piece of anything, a cube …c1440
– DECATUR the point of 8 in craps dice …1910s US gambling usage
– DEE a die (dice) …1830 Eng. dial.
– DEVIL’S BONES dice …Bk1896 sl.
– DEVIL’S TEETH dice …Bk1896 sl.
– DISPATCHER(S) a form of false dice, on which the pips are arranged in wrong numbers; a ‘high dispatcher’ cannot throw less than 2, while a ‘low dispatcher’ cannot throw higher than 3 …L18 sl.
– DOG-CHANCE † the lowest or losing throw at dice …1625
– DOG’S THROW the lowest or losing throw at dice …1834
– DOG-THROW the lowest or losing throw at dice …1772
– DOWNHILLS dice that are loaded so as to roll a low number …1662 sl.
– DUPLET †* the same number turning up on both the dice at a throw …1671
– EDGE WORK the alteration of dice by rounding off the edges to affect the roll …1950 US sl.
– FARGER a false die …L16 UK criminals’ sl.
– FLOP in a dice game: a roll of the dice …1962 US sl.
– FORGERS crooked dice …L16 sl.
– FULHAMS dice …Bk1896 sl.
– GAFFS crooked dice …1940s US sl.
– GALLOPING BONES dice …1920 US sl.
– GALLOPING DOMINOES dice …1918 US sl.
– GENTLEMAN’S PALSY used allusively in reference to the shaking of the dice-box …1608 nonce use
– GOLFBALLS dice …1962 US sl.
– GOURDS dice …Bk1896 sl.
– HAZARDRY † the playing at hazard; dicing, gambling …1297
– HIGH MEN crooked dice that will always produce a high number …M16 sl.
– IVORIES dice …1723 sl.
– JACKING OFF shaking dice with a movement that might be seen as resembling masturbation …20C gambling sl.
– LITTLE ADA the point of 8 in craps dice …1910s US gambling usage
– LOW MEN dice …Bk1896 sl.
– MEMPHIS DOMINOES dice …1942 US jocular
– MISSISSIPPI MARBLES dice; a game of dice, esp. craps …1920 Amer. jocular
– MISSISSIPPI MULE dice, or the game of craps …1920s US sl.
– NICK a winning throw at dice …1721 gaming sl.
– PAD ROLL a controlled roll of the dice by a skilled cheat, best made on a blanket spread on the ground …1950 US sl.
– PERCENTAGE DICE dice that have been altered to favour a certain roll …1975 US sl.
– PHOEBE in dice games: a roll of five …1945 US sl.
– QUATRE the number four; the four in dice …a1550
– QUEER TATS false dice …L18 UK criminals’ sl.
– RAFFLE † a game of chance played with three dice, in which the winner was the person who threw the three all alike, or, if none did so, the one who threw the highest pair; also, the throwing of a doublet or triplet in this game …c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– RATS AND MICE dice; gambling …1929 rhyming sl.
– RATTLERS dice …Bk1896 sl.
– SACK OF GARBAGE in bar dice games: a roll that produces no points for the player …1971 US sl.
– SATAN’S BONES dice …E18 sl.
– SICE the number six marked upon dice; a throw in which the die turns up six …c1386
– SICE-ACE a throw with two dice turning up six and one …1592
– SICE CINQUE a throw with two dice turning up six and five …c1386
– SINES †* two sixes in dicing …c1450
– SIXTY DAYS in dice games: a roll of six …1962 US sl.
– SIZE-ACE a throw with two dice turning up six and one …1592
– SIZE-POINT † the six in dice …1648
– SNAKE EYES a throw of two ones with a pair of dice …1929 US sl.
– STABLE BOY’S FAVOURITE a controlled throw of dice onto a dirt surface …1974 US sl.
– ST. HUGH’S BONES dice …M19 sl.
– TALLMEN † dice loaded so as to turn up high numbers …1592 cant
– TATS dice …Bk1896 sl.
– TITTLE a pip on dice …1538
– TOPS doctored dice used for cheating purposes …1930s gambling sl.
– UPHILLS fixed dice that will always show high numbers …L17 UK criminals’ sl.
dice – person
– BOX-KEEPER the keeper of the dice and box at a gaming table …1680
– ELBOW-SHAKER a dice gambler …1748 sl.
– GAMBLER a cheating card-player or dice-player …1796 sl.
– HAMMER in bar dice games: the player who wins the change to play first …1971 US sl.
– HASARDOUR † a ‘hazarder; a gambler, gamester; a dice-player …c1390
– HAZARDER † a player at hazard or dice; a dicer, a gamester …c1390
– HIGH ROLLER an avid dice player …Bk1980 Amer. gambling sl.
– IVORY ROLLER a dice player …2004 US sl.
– IVORY-TURNER a skilful dice player …1825 sl.
– OLD COLE a veteran dice cheat …M16 UK criminals’ sl.
– PADROLLER a dice cheat …1919 US criminals’ sl.
– TABLE-MEN † dice-players …Bk1855
– TAME-CHEATER † a card cheat; a professional card-sharper or false-dicer…1890 criminals’ sl.
– TAT-MAN a crooked gambler who uses a tat to cheat in a dice game (tat – a crooked die, esp. one on which only the numbers four, fiver, and six appear) …1928 US gambling sl.
– TATMONGER † a crooked gambler, esp. one who cheats at dice …1688 gambling sl.
– TATOGEY a sharper or cheat using loaded dice …1688 gambling sl.
– TATSMAN a dice-player, or a sharper who cheats with dice …1825 sl.
– TATTOGEY a user of loaded dice …Bk1994 Brit. sl.
– TATTSMAN † a professional dice shooter, either honest or dishonest …1904 UK gambling sl.
– TIRLER OF SQUARE BONES – † a thrower of dice, a dicer …1609
– TOPPER – †* a cheat at dice-playing …1671
dice – verbs
– BAR THE DICE † to declare the throw void …1673
– CACKLE as part of a controlled roll of dice: to give them the appearance and sound of being shaken while actually perverting their turning …1963 US sl.
– CLACK to rattle the dice when switching altered dice in or out of a game; always inadvertent and usually disastrous to the cheat …1950 US sl.
– FADE in dice and card games: to bet against the player holding the dice, or in poker, to match the previous bet …L19 gambling sl.
– FLOP in bar dice games: to shake the dice in the dice cup and then roll them onto a surface …1971 US sl.
– GAFF to gamble with cards, dice, etc. …1812 sl.
– GATE in private dice games: to stop the dice while rolling, either as a superstition or to check for cheating …1963 US sl.
– HOCUS in gambling: to make dice crooked …1940s US gambling sl.
– KILL in bar dice games: to declare that a formerly wild point is no longer wild …1976 US sl.
– LOAD to alter dice; to weight dice to score a certain point …1922 US sl.
– MAKE A BLUE WITH A RAT to cause a die to hit an obstruction …c1920 Aust. gamblers’ sl.
– NAB to cheat, to trick; to cheat with dice …L17 sl.
– NAB A COG to cheat at dice …Bk1902 sl.
– NAP to cheat at dice …c1696
– NICK 1. to gamble with dice …1611
2. to score at dice …c1696 sl.
– PALM to conceal in the palm of the hand, as in cheating at cards or dice, or in juggling …1673
– PUT THE EARS ON to attempt a controlled roll of the dice …1963 US sl.
– RAFFLE to cast dice, draw lots, etc. for something …a1680
– RASSLE to play a game of bar dice …1971 US sl.
– RATTLE THE IVORIES to throw dice …1830 UK sl.
– SHAKE ONE’S ELBOW to gamble with dice …1623
– TOUCH IVORY to play at dice …1864 sl.
– VAP to snap your fingers, when throwing dice …1965 Barbados sl.
– WRESTLE to play a game of bar dice …1971 US sl.
dice – phrases
– ACES AWAY in bar dice games: rolls of one have no point value …1976 US sl.
DICE (cut) – verbs
– SCHNIBBLE to chop meat into small pieces; to dice …1983 Amer. dial.
DICTATE – verbs
– DICT † to put into words; to dictate …a1605
DICTATOR – nouns
– DICTATORING * an acting as dictator …1644
dictator – person
– CAESAR a tyrant or dictator; an absolute monarch …1595
– DICTATRESS a female dictator …1677
– DICTATRIX a woman commanding things to be done; a female dictator …1623
– HITLER – one who embodies the characteristics of Hitler; a dictatorial person …1934
DICTATORIAL – adjectives
– DICTATORIAN * in the manner of a dictator; arbitrary; dictatorial …1642
– DICTATORY dictatorial, dogmatical …1639
– MAGISTERIAL assuming authority; dictatorial …1632
DICTATORSHIP – nouns
– DICTATORY †* dictatorship …1533 Sc.
DICTION – nouns
– DICTAMENT †* diction; also, a dictate …a1572
diction – person
– DICTIONEER † one who makes it his business to criticize diction or style in language: contemptuous …1848
DICTIONARY – adjectives
– DICTIONARIAL * pert. to a dictionary; lexicographical …1736
– DICTIONATICAL such as the dictionary authorizes or approves …1914 Amer. dial.
dictionary – nouns
– CALEPIN † a dictionary; fig. one’s book of authority or reference; one’s notebook or memorandum book …1568
– DICK a dictionary …19C Brit. sl.
– DICTIONAR a dictionary …1773 Sc.
– ETYMOLOGICON a dictionary or work on the etymologies of the words in a language …1645
– GAZETTEER a geographical index or dictionary …1704
– IDIOTICON a dictionary confined to a particular dialect, or containing words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country …1842
– RICHARD a dictionary …Bk1903 sl.
– RICHARDANARY a dictionary …Bk1903 rhyming sl.
– RICHARD SNARY a dictionary …1796 rhyming sl.
– VERBAL †* a collection of words; a vocabulary or dictionary …1599
dictionary – person
– DICTIONARIAN †* the maker of a dictionary; a lexicographer …1797
– DICTIONARIST the maker of a dictionary …1617
– DICTIONARY-MONGER one who deals much with dictionaries …1758
– VERBOMANIAC one who is crazy about words and their study; a dictionary-maker …1923
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