DOING – see DO
DOLE – see UNEMPLOYMENT
DOLEFUL, DOLEFULLY – ADJECTIVES
– doleful, depressed, melancholy, gloomy, sorrowful, dismal DOLESOME 1899 Amer. dial.
– doleful, gloomy, dreary DULLYa1513 Sc. poetic usage, obs.
– doleful, miserable, gloomy, lonely DOWLY c1540 N. Eng. dial.
– doleful, sad, dejected RUTHFUL 1513 obs.
– doleful, sad, of heavy mood, dejected HEAVISOME 1435 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– doleful, sad, sorrowful SAIRIE; SAIRY 1838 Sc. obs.
– doleful, serious, woebegone UNLAIGHT Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
– doleful; sickly DILFA Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– doleful, sorrowful, mournful SITEFUL; SITFULL a1300 obs. rare
– doleful, woebegone DAWFUL Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DOLEFUL etc. – ADVERBS
– dolefully, dismally, piteously; in a pitiable or lamentable fashion RUTHFULLY c1225
– in a doleful manner, gloomily DOLESOMELY 1899 Amer. dial.
DOLEFUL etc. – PHRASES
– applied to a doleful and dismal pallid young man PUT A MUSTARD-PLASTER ON HIS CHEST c1880 Brit. sl.
DOLL, DOLLHOUSE – NOUNS
– a doll BESSY-BAB; BESSY-BABS 1891 Eng. dial.
– a doll DICKY CHREE 1873 Eng. dial.
– a doll MOPSY B1900 Eng. dial.
– a doll, a puppet BABAN c1230 obs.
– a doll, a puppet BABBON 1570 obs.
– a doll, a puppet BABE 1530 obs.
– a doll, a puppet BABY 1552 obs.
– a doll, a puppet; any model of the human figure BABBY Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– a doll, esp. a homemade one POPPET 1933 Amer. dial.
– a doll, esp. a homemade one POPPET-DOLL 1911 Amer. dial.
– a doll, esp. a homemade one POPPY-DOLL1944 Amer. dial.
– a doll, esp. a homemade one PUPPET 1911 Amer. dial.
– a doll made of a quantity of rags tied up together DOZZLE Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– a doll’s house BABBY-HOUSE Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– a doll’s house BABY HOUSE 1772 Amer. dial.
– a doll’s house BAB-HOUSE Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– a doll’s house; a child’s toy house; a thing easily pushed over COB-CASTLE 19C Eng.
dial.
– a little doll PARROCK 1880 Sc.
– fear or dislike of dolls PAEDOPHOBIA; PEDOPHOBIA Bk1991
DOLL – NOUNS, PERSON
– a collector of dolls PLANGANOLOGIST Bk1991
– a maker or manufacturer of dolls BABY-MAKER 1620 rare
DOLLAR – NOUNS
– $1 ACE 1898 Amer. sl.
– $1 AUSSIE 1956 Aust. sl.
– $1 BALLOON 1970s US sl.
– $1 BAT Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
– $1 BOB Bk1975 US sl.
– $1 BOFFO 1931 US sl.
– $1 BONE 1889 US sl.
– $1 BUCK 1856 US sl.
– $1 BUCKHEAD 1969 Amer. dial.
– $1 CABBAGE 1942 Amer. dial.
– $1 CAN 1859 Can. sl.
– $1 CASE 1885 Amer. dial.
– $1 CASER 1849 US sl.
– $1 CENTS 1957 Amer. jocular usage
– $1 CHARLIE 1968 Amer. dial.
– $1 CHECK 1932 Amer. dial.
– $1 CHECKER Bk1934 college sl.
– $1 CLACKER 1918 US sl.
– $1 CLAM 1886 US sl.
– $1 COCONUT 1920s US sl.
– $1 D 1910s US sl.
– $1 DEE 1990s US students’ sl.
– $1 EAGLE 1891 Amer. sl.
– $1 FAZOOL 1979 US sl.
– $1 FISH 1917 US sl.
– $1 GOURDE c1867 Amer. dial.
– $1 IRON 1906 Amer. dial.
– $1 IRON MAN 1908 Amer. dial.
– $1 IRON WHEEL 1966 Amer. dial.
– $1 KALA 1955 Hawaii
– $1 LEAF 1929 Amer. sl.
– $1 LONG ONE 1970 Amer. sl.
– $1 MAN 1910s US sl.
– $1 OXFORD (SCHOLAR) 1937 Aust. & NZ rhyming sl.
– $1 PENNY 1940s US sl.
– $1 PLUNK 1891 Amer. sl.
– $1 PLUNKER c1960 Amer. sl.
– $1 POHAKU 1938 Hawaii sl.
– $1 PORK CHOP 1940s US sl.
– $1 RHODES SCHOLAR Bk1999 Aust. rhyming sl.
– $1 ROCK 1840 US sl.
– $1 SAMBOLIO L19 US sl.
– $1 SAMOLEON; SIMOLEON; SIMOLION 1896 US sl.
– $1 SCHOLAR 1937 Aust. rhyming sl. (Oxford Scholar)
– $1 SHEET 1937 US sl.
– $1 SILVER WHEEL 1965 Amer. dial.
– $1 SIMOLEUM L19 US sl.
– $1 SIMON L19 US sl.
– $1 SKIN 1930 Amer. sl.
– $1 SKOON 1988 US sl.
– $1 SMACK 1929 Amer. dial.
– $1 SMACKER 1918 Amer. dial.
– $1 SMACKERINO 1965 Amer. dial.
– $1 SMACKEROO 1940 US sl.
– $1 SMACKOLA 1965 Amer. dial.
– $1 SMACKUM 1965 Amer. dial.
– $1 SPIZZERINKTUM M19 US sl.
– $1 TOADHIDE 1941 Amer. dial.
– $1 TOADSKIN 1857 Amer. dial.
– $1 WAGON WHEEL 1909 Amer. dial.
– $1 WHEEL 1807 Amer. dial.
– $1 YEAR 1935 criminals’ sl.
– $1; usually plural BERRY 1916 US sl.
– $1; usually plural COOKIE 1954 Amer. sl.
– $2 DEUCE 1910s US sl.
– $5 FIN; FINN 1916 US sl.
– $5 FINIF; FINNIF 1916 US sl.
– $5 HALF-A-YARD 1920s US sl.
– $5 HALF-YARD 1920s US sl.
– $5 POUND 1935 US sl.
– $5 QUARTER M18 sl.
– $5 QUID 1988 US sl.
– $10 BALLOON 1970s US sl.
– $10 DIME 1958 US sl.
– $10 SAW M19 sl.
– $10 SAWBUCK 1850 US sl.
– $10 SAWSKI; SAWSKY M19 US sl.
– $10 SAWZIE M19 US sl.
– $10 TEN-SPOT 1848 US sl.
– $20 DOUBLE SAW 1850 US sl.
– $20 DOUBLE SAWBUCK 1850 US sl.
– $20 SCORE 1929 sl.
– $25 QUARTER 1970s US sl.
– $50 FIFTY-SPOT 1868 Amer. sl.
– $50 HALF 1920s sl.
– $50 HALF-A-BILL 1940s US sl.
– $50 HALF-A-YARD 1961 US sl.
– $100 ACE 1974 Amer. gambling sl.
– $100 BIRD Bk2006 US sl.
– $100 C 1839 US sl.
– $100 CENTURY 1859 Amer. sl.
– $100 DIME 1988 US sl.
– $100 HUN 1895 US sl.
– $100 HUNDOE 2001 US sl.
– $100 LEAF 1929 Amer. sl.
– $100 SMALL 1988 US sl.
– $100 YARD 1926 US sl.
– $150 YARD-AND-A-HALF 1962 US sl.
– $500 BABY GRAND 1963 US sl.
– $500 BIG NICKEL 1961 US sl.
– $500 HALF-A-G 1930s US criminals’ sl.
– $500 HALF A NED 1930s US criminals’ sl.
– $500 HALF-G 1930s US criminals’ sl.
– $500 MONKEY 1832 sl.
– $1000 BIG BILL 1930s US criminals’ sl.
– $1000 BIG ONE 1935 US sl.
– $1000 BONE 1988 US sl.
– $1000 DIME 1974 US sl.
– $1000 G 1928 US sl.
– $1000 GEE 1936 US sl.
– $1000 GRAND 1915 sl., orig. US
– $1000 HORSE 1931 Amer. circus usage
– $1000 K 1960s sl.
– $1000 LARGE 1972 Amer. sl., orig. gambling usage
– $1000 LARGE ONE 1981 Amer. sl.
– $1000 STACK 2002 US sl.
– $1000 YARD 1926 US sl.
– £20 SCORE 1929 sl.
– £50 HALF 1920s sl.
– £500 MONKEY 1832 sl.
– £1000 GRAND 1915 sl., orig. US
– £1000 K 1960s sl.
– a $1 bill ACE NOTE 1929 US sl.
– a $1 bill ACE-SPOT 1917 US sl.
– a $1 bill BACK 1960s sl.
– a $1 bill BAT HIDE L19 US sl.
– a $1 bill BATWING L19 US sl.
– a $1 bill BEAN World War II Amer. sl.
– a $1 bill BLANKET 1967 Amer. jocular usage
– a $1 bill BUCK 1965 Amer. dial.
– a $1 bill CAT HIDE 1970 Amer. dial.
– a $1 bill DEAD MAN 1940s US sl.
– a $1 bill DEAD ONE 1940s US sl.
– a $1 bill DEAD PRESIDENT 1940s US sl.
– a $1 bill FISH-SKIN 1936 US sl.
– a $1 bill FROGSKIN 1902 US sl.
– a $1 bill GREENBACK 1862 US sl.
– a $1 bill LEAF 1929 Amer. sl.
– a $1 bill LONG ONE 1970 Amer. sl.
– a $1 bill MOSSBACK 1967 Amer. dial.
– a $1 bill ONE 1930s Aust. sl.
– a $1 bill PRESIDENT 1940s US sl.
– a $1 bill RAG 1929 Amer. sl.
– a $1 bill RAG BABY M19 sl.
– a $1 bill SADDLE BLANKET 1967 Amer. jocular usage
– a $1 bill SHEET 1937 US sl.
– a $1 bill SINGLE 1936 US sl.
– a $1 bill SKIN 1930 Amer. sl.
– a $1 bill SOLID DOLLAR 1931 Amer. dial.
– a $1 bill TOADHIDE 1941 Amer. dial.
– a $1 bill TOADSKIN 1857 Amer. dial.
– a $1 bill WILLIAM 1865 US sl.
– a $1 bill YEAR 1935 criminals’ sl.
– a $1 bill, or other piece of paper money JEW FLAG 1930 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
– a $1 bill, or other piece of paper money JEWISH FLAG 1929 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
– a $1 coin BALL 1895 US sl.
– a $1 coin BEAN World War II Amer. sl.
– a $1 coin LOONY 2002 Can.
– a $1 coin SCAD 19C Amer. arch.
– a $5 bill ABE 1930s Amer. sl.
– a $5 bill ABE LINCOLN 1954 Amer. dial.
– a $5 bill ABE’S CABE 1930s Amer. sl.
– a $5 bill ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1940s Amer. dial.
– a $5 bill EGGPLANT 1940s African-American sl.
– a $5 bill FIN; FINN 1916 US sl.
– a $5 bill FINIF; FINNIF 1916 US sl.
– a $5 bill FIVER 1843 US sl.
– a $5 bill FIVE-SPOT 1892 US sl.
– a $5 bill LAMB’S TONGUE 1950 US sl.
– a $5 bill LINCOLN 1945 US sl.
– a $5 bill NICKEL NOTE 1926 US sl.
– a $5 bill POUND 1935 US sl.
– a $5 bill V M19 US sl.
– a $5 bill V-SPOT M19 US sl.
– a $5 coin HALF A NED 1859 Amer. sl.
– a $5 gold coin BEAN 1859 US criminals’ sl., obs.
– a $5 gold US coin HALF-EAGLE a1824
– a $10 bill ALEXANDER HAMILTON 1967 Amer. dial.
– a $10 bill CALIFORNIA C-NOTE 1983 US sl.
– a $10 bill DIME NOTE 1938 US sl.
– a $10 bill EAGLE 1967 Amer. dial.
– a $10 bill EX 1942 Amer. sl.
– a $10 bill SAWBUCK 1850 US sl.
– a $10 bill TENNER 1887 Amer. sl.
– a $10 bill TEN-SPOT 1848 US sl.
– a $10 bill X 1837 US colloq.
– a $10 coin EAGLE L18 sl.
– a $10 coin NED Bk1902 Amer. sl.
– a $10 coin NEDDY Bk1902 Amer. sl.
– a $20 bill 1953 US sl.
– a $20 bill DOUBLE-EAGLE 1967 Amer. dial.
– a $20 bill DOUBLE SAW 1850 US sl.
– a $20 bill DOUBLE SAWBUCK 1850 US sl.
– a $20 bill DUB Bk2006 US sl.
– a $20 bill OLD HICKORY 1966 US sl.
– a $20 bill SALMON 1983 Aust. sl.
– a $20 bill XX 1883 US colloq.
– a $20 coin DOUBLE-EAGLE L18 sl.
– a $50 bill F 1980s US sl.
– a $50 bill FIFTY colloq.
– a $50 bill FIFTY-SPOT 1868 Amer. sl.
– a $50 bill HALF-A-BILL 1940s US sl.
– a $50 bill HALF-A-C 1930s sl. orig. US criminals’
– a $50 bill HALF-C 1930s sl. orig. US criminals’ usage
– a $50 bill L M19 US sl.
– a $100 bill APPLE BEAN 1859 US criminals’ sl., obs.
– a $100 bill BEN FRANKLIN 1990 US sl.
– a $100 bill BENJI; BENJIE 1985 US sl.
– a $100 bill BIG BOY Bk1975 US criminals’ sl.
– a $100 bill C 1839 US sl.
– a $100 bill CENTURY 1859 Amer. sl.
– a $100 bill CENTURY NOTE 1908 US sl.
– a $100 bill C-NOTE 1930 US sl.
– a $100 bill DOMINO Bk2006 US sl.
– a $100 bill FACE-CARD 1990s African-American sl.
– a $100 bill FAT ONE 1950s US sl.
– a $100 bill HUN 1895 US sl.
– a $100 bill LEAF 1929 Amer. sl.
– a $100 bill MALLARD 1985 US sl.
– a $100 bill YEAR 1997 US sl.
– a $1000 bill BIG ONE 1935 US sl.
– a $1000 bill GROVER 1984 Amer. sl.
– a $1000 bill LEAF 1920s US sl.
– a £1 bill ONE 1930s sl.
– a dollar bill of any denomination DEAD WHITEBOY 1990s African-American sl.
– a gold dollar BUZZARD 1834 Amer. sl.
– a gold dollar as opposed to a trade dollar BUZZARD DOLLAR 1889 Amer. finance usage
– a high-denomination bill SALMON BELLY 1920s US criminals’ sl.
– a quarter of a dollar CHALK 1796 US sl.
– a silver dollar BEAU DOLLAR; BO DOLLAR; BOER DOLLAR; BOW DOLLAR 1944 Amer. dial., esp. African-American
– a silver dollar BUCK 1965 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar BUZZARD 1834 Amer. sl.
– a silver dollar CARTWHEEL Bk1913-17 Amer. sl.
– a silver dollar CASE 1927 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar CASER 1932 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar CLANKER 1927 US sl.
– a silver dollar EAGLE M19 sl.
– a silver dollar HARD DOLLAR 1780 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar HARDBACK 1966 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar IRON 1906 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar IRON DOLLAR 1909 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar IRON MAN 1908 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar IRON WHEEL 1966 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar LEAD PIECE 1968 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar LEAD WASHER 1950 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar PLUNK 1891 Amer. sl.
– a silver dollar PLUNKER c1960 Amer. sl.
– a silver dollar RAG BABY M19 sl.
– a silver dollar SAUCER 1959 US sl.
– a silver dollar SHINER 1921 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar SILVER WHEEL 1965 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar SINKER 1894 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar WAGON WHEEL 1909 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar WHEEL 1807 Amer. dial.
– a silver dollar as opposed to a trade dollar BUZZARD DOLLAR 1889 Amer. finance usage
– dollar bills BILLIES 1980s US sl.
– dollars POTATOES 1932 US sl.
– only a few dollars HOGS 1940s US sl.
– silver dollars HARD TACK 1895 Amer. dial. arch.
– the dollar viewed as a symbol of power or greed THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR 1837 Amer. sl.
DOLLAR – VERBS
– to obtain $2 worth of something COP A DEUCEWAYS 1940s African-American
DOLPHIN – NOUNS
– a dolphin or porpoise MERESWINE c725 obs.
DOLT, DOLTISH – ADJECTIVES
– doltish, blockheaded; stupid JUGHEADED 1939 Amer. sl.
– doltish, clumsy, awkward, stupid LOOBY 1953 Amer. dial.
– doltish, dull; stupid; with brains made of clay CLAY-BRAINED 1596
– doltish, gauche, uncouth RAW AS ROPES 1880 Sc.
– doltish, like a dunce or blockhead; stupid, dull-witted DUNCICAL 1588 rare
– doltish, stupid CLAY-BRAINED 1570
– doltish, stupid DAUK 1866 obs.
– doltish, stupid LAME-BRAINED 1922 US sl.
– doltish, stupid NAIL-HEADED 1936
– doltish, stupid PUTTISH 1738 obs.
– doltish, stupid, dull; stubborn LOGGEREDY-HEADED 1964 Amer. dial.
– doltish, stupid, dull; stubbornly at odds LOGGERHEADED 1806 Amer. dial.
– doltish, stupid, dull; stubbornly at odds LOG-HEADED 1889 Amer. dial.
– doltish, stupid; having the qualities characteristic of an ass ASINARY 1731 obs.
– doltish, stupid, silly, bewildered DAUSEY; DAWSIE; DAWSY 1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– doltish, stupid, thick-headed ADDLE-PATED 1630
– doltish, thick-headed, stupid, dull in wits BEEF-WITTED 1606
DOLT etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a dolt AIRHEAD 1971 sl.
– a dolt ARAB 1985 Bermuda sl.
– a dolt DOSE 1969 US sl.
– a dolt DUMB SOCK 1932 US sl.
– a dolt DUMBBUTT 1973 US sl.
– a dolt GAZUMP 1919 US sl.
– a dolt HORSE-MACKEREL 1823 US nautical usage
– a dolt MALARKEY; MALARKY; MELARKEY 1946 Amer. sl.
– a dolt MUDDLE-HEAD Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– a dolt; a blockhead HALF-WIT 1755
– a dolt; a blockhead MOLE-HEAD 1868 Sc.
– a dolt; a blockhead; a clumsy, awkward person CLOD 1607 now. colloq.
– a dolt; a blockhead; a person who has nothing to say or who takes no active part in affairs DUMMY 1796
– a dolt; a blockhead; a stupid person LAMEBRAIN 1919 US sl.
– a dolt; a blockhead; a stupid person LAMEHEAD 1978 US sl.
– a dolt; a born fool CUDDEN 1673 obs.
– a dolt; a clown, a fool, an idiot HOBALL a1553 obs.
– a dolt; a clumsy person, a stupid person BAGGER Bk1989 US college sl.
– a dolt, a dullard, a stupid person MARBLE DOME 1919 Amer. sl.
– a dolt, a dullard, a stupid person MARBLEHEAD 1919 Amer. sl.
– a dolt, a dull person HUMP 1963 US sl.
– a dolt; a dull, stupid fellow MALT-HORSE 1590 obs.
– a dolt; a dull, stupid person ZEKE 1970 Amer. dial.
– a dolt; a dumb person, a dummy, a blockhead DUMMERELL 1592 obs. rare
– a dolt; a dunce; the boy at the bottom of a class or form DULT 1825 Sc.
– a dolt; a fool DUDHEAD 1963 US sl.
– a dolt; a fool GAABY Bk1869 Eng. dial.
– a dolt; a fool NUMPY 1941 Amer. dial.
– a dolt, a fool YO 1991 US sl.
– a dolt; a fool ZOKE Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– a dolt; a fool; a blockhead; a dull-witted person; a dunce; a stupid fellow NUMBSKULL; NUMPSKULL; NUMSKULL 1697
– a dolt; a fool, a blockhead, an oaf, a stupid person LEATHER-HEAD a1700
– a dolt; a fool; a blockhead; a person of low intelligence BEETLE-BRAIN 1593 derogatory
– a dolt, a fool; a large and stupid oaf DUMBO 1932 US sl.
– a dolt; a fool, an idiot EGGHEAD 1941 US sl.
– a dolt; a fool; an idiot MAGHNOON L19 among troops in Egypt
– a dolt; a fool; an idiot ZONK Bk1988 Aust. & NZ
– a dolt; a fool; an idiot; a dull, stupid person; a greenhorn LABRICK 1889 Amer. sl.
– a dolt; a fool; an idiot; a dull, stupid person; a greenhorn LAVERICK 1895 Amer. dial.
– a dolt; a fool; an idiot, a stupid person; an obnoxious person YOYO 1959 US sl.
– a dolt; a fool, an idiot; a worthless person, a good-for-nothing GIT 1858
– a dolt, a fool, a ninny HEATHER-GOOSE c1870 Sc.
– a dolt; a fool, an oaf DUFFUS 1978 US sl.
– a dolt; a fool; an oaf; a dullard MOPE E17
– a dolt, a fool; a simpleton, a silly fellow PEAGOOSE 1606 obs.
– a dolt; a fool; a soft-head; gullible person; a dupe JUGGINS 1682
– a dolt; a fool, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton GAWNICUS 1867 Amer. dial.
– a dolt; a fool, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton GONUS 1842 Amer. dial.
– a dolt; a fool, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton GOONUS 1959 Amer. dial.
– a dolt; a fool, a stupid or silly person; a blockhead, a simpleton MOME 1550 obs. rare
– a dolt; a fool; a stupid person TARD Bk1994 US teen & college sl.
– a dolt; a foolish or stupid person; a blockhead, dunce, simpleton TOM-NODDY 1828
– a dolt; a foolish or stupid person; an idiot JACKASS 1756
– a dolt; a foolish person GUMPUS 1825 Sc.
– a dolt; a half-wit; a simpleton; a fool; a stupid fellow; a blockhead; an idiot OAF 1638
– a dolt, an idiot GAPER 1966 US sl.
– a dolt, an idiot GAPING ASSHOLE 1966 US sl.
– a dolt, an idiot MOTORHEAD 1973 Amer. sl.
– a dolt; a lubberly or clumsy fool HORSE MARINE 1823 US nautical & military usage
– a dolt; a madman; an idiot POGGLE Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
– a dolt; a madman; an idiot PORGLY Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
– a dolt; a madman; an idiot PUGGLY Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
– a dolt; a mawkishly sentimental person MUSHBALL 1980s US sl.
– a dolt; an idiot; a fool YASHA Bk1972 homosexual sl.
– a dolt; an ignoramus; a weakling CALF 1553 sl.
– a dolt; an oaf CLOD-HEAD 1644 Brit. & US
– a dolt; an oaf CLOD-POLE; CLOD-POLL a1616 Brit. & US
– a dolt; an oaf DIM BULB E20 Can sl.
– a dolt; an oaf WETHER-HEAD L17 Brit. colloq.
– a dolt; an oaf; a fool SCHLUB; SHLUB; ZHLOB; ZHLUB M20 US sl.
– a dolt; an oaf; a silly or stupid person; a fool; a blockhead NUMP 17C Brit.
– a dolt; an oaf; a stupid person NONG-NONG M20 Aust. sl.
– a dolt; an oaf; a stupid person; a fool; an idiot NONG M20 Aust. sl.
– a dolt; a scholastical pedant; a dull-witted person DORBEL 1593 obs.
– a dolt; a silly or stupid person; a fool, a blockhead NUMPS 1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– a dolt, a simpleton RAMAGIECHAN 1825 Sc.
– a dolt; a simpleton, a fool, a lout, an oaf GAUBY Bk1869 Eng. dial.
– a dolt, a simpleton; hence, the fool’s head CHUCKLEHEAD 1731
– a dolt; a stupid, dull-witted, inactive person; a silly person CABBAGE 1870. sl., derogatory
– a dolt; a stupid fellow CALF-LOLLY 1708 obs.
– a dolt; a stupid fellow MOON-CALF 1627 colloq.
– a dolt; a stupid fellow, a blockhead DUMBLEDORE 1777 Eng. dial.
– a dolt; a stupid fellow; a blockhead, a fool, a simpleton DOBBIE 1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– a dolt; a stupid fellow, a blockhead; a foolish fellow MOAK; MOKE 1855 Eng. dial. & colloq.
– a dolt; a stupid fellow, a blockhead, an oaf CLODPATE 1636
– a dolt; a stupid, foolish, or awkward person; an idiot GUMP 1825 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– a dolt; a stupid, foolish, or awkward person; an idiot GUMP-HEAD 1916 Amer. dial.
– a dolt; a stupid, foolish, or awkward person; an idiot GUMPY 1892 Amer. dial.
– a dolt; a stupid, lazy, sleepy person; a fool; a simpleton YAWNEY; YAWNY 1876 Eng. dial.
– a dolt; a stupid person MUSHBRAIN 1980s US sl.
– a dolt, a stupid person SLACK JAW 1994 US sl.
– a dolt; a stupid person WOODHEAD Bk1903 US sl.
– a dolt; a stupid person, a blockhead BEAST 1594
– a dolt; a stupid person, a blockhead BOODLE 1862 sl.
– a dolt; a stupid person, a blockhead CHOLTER-HEAD 1897 Eng. dial.
– a dolt; a stupid person, a blockhead CHOWTER-HEAD 1897 Eng. dial.
– a dolt; a stupid person; a blockhead LACK-WIT 1667
– a dolt; a stupid person, a blockhead SKIT-BRAINS 1553
– a dolt; a stupid person, a blockhead; a silly or childish person BOOB 1909 sl.
– a dolt; a stupid person, a blockhead, a simpleton, an idiot NAFFHEAD 1796 Eng. dial.
– a dolt; a stupid person; a fool, a blockhead WANT-WIT 1448-9
– a dolt; a stupid person; an oaf PUNKIN-HEAD 19C Amer. dial.
– a dolt; a stupid person; an oaf, simpleton or fool CABBAGEHEAD 1682 sl.
– a dolt; a stupid, thick-headed person BEEF-HEAD 1775
– a dolt; a stupid, thick-headed person HAZZIE 1825 Sc.
– a dolt; a stupid, thick-headed person; a blockhead, a fool, a dunce JOBBERNOWL 1592 colloq.
– a dolt; a stupid, worthless, or good-for-nothing person; a senseless person MOLDWARP, MOULDWARP 1928 Amer. dial.
– a dolt; a stupid, worthless, or good-for-nothing person; a senseless person MORTWORP c1938 Amer. dial.
– a dolt; a worthless fellow DEADEYE 1849 US nautical usage
– a doltish old man DUFFER 1730 UK sl.
– a doltish old man DUFFY 2002 UK sl.
– a doltish person MISSING LINK 1901 US jocular usage
– a doltish person; a buffoon; a blockhead MACAROON a1631
– a doltish, naive person; a foolish or stupid person; a dupe, a gullible person UM-CHAW 1910 Pig Latin for ‘chump’
– a doltish, naive person; a foolish or stupid person; a dupe, a gullible person UMPCHAY 1910 Pig Latin for ‘chump’
– a doltish, stupid, slow-witted person TAMMIE NORRIE 1701 Sc.
– a doltish, stupid, slow-witted person TAM-O’-NORRIE 1701 Sc.
– a dolt; one inert or dull of wit; a dullard; a sot DASTARD c1440 obs.
– a stupid dolt; a senseless fellow; one whose brain is composed of fat and is therefore useless FAT-HEAD 1842
DOMESTIC, DOMESTICITY – ADJECTIVES
– domestic; belonging to home; home-grown, homemade; homely, vernacular HAMALD a1400 Sc.
– domestic; belonging to home; home-grown, homemade; homely, vernacular HAMEL a1400 Sc.
– domestic; belonging to home; home-grown, homemade; homely, vernacular HAMELT a1400 Sc.
– domestic; homely, household HAMMAL 1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– domestic; kept for private use TAME 1711 humorous usage
– domestic; pert. to a family FAMILIC 1660 obs.
– domestic; pert. to the control of a family FAMILIARY 1643 obs. rare
– domestic; relating to a family FAMILOUS 19C Eng. dial.
– domestic; suggestive of home HAMIE 1798 Sc. obs.
DOMESTIC etc. – NOUNS
– anything tending to interfere with domestic comfort or peace, as a scolding wife, a smoking chimney, etc.; domestic trouble or discomfort JOBLIJOCK Bk1868 Eng. dial.
– domesticity, tameness, docility TAMEHED c1250 obs. rare
DOMESTICATE – VERBS
– to domesticate HAMALD Bk1905 Sc.
– to domesticate; to tame an animal FAMILIARISE 1634 obs.
DOMINANT – ADJECTIVES
– dominant, ruling, sovereign; exercising a commanding influence; majestic, stately IMPERIOUS 1592 obs.
DOMINANT – NOUNS, PERSON
– a dominant, aggressive, or quick-tempered person, usually a woman BLUE HEN’S CHICK 1951 Amer. dial.
– a dominant, aggressive, or quick-tempered person, usually a woman BLUE HEN’S CHICKEN c1960 Amer. dial.
– a dominant, important, influential, or powerful person; a business or media magnate MOGUL 1653
– a dominant or powerful person HEGEMON 1829
– a man in a position of dominance or authority KING BEE 1875 Amer. dial.
– a man tending to assume a dominant or domineering role in social or professional situations ALPHA MALE 1938
– a person, usually a woman, in a position of dominance or authority or dominance QUEEN BEE 1930 Amer. dial.
– a person who exercises dominance BIGFOOT 1980 journalism sl.
– a person who is in a dominant position; one who has all the advantages TALL HOG AT THE TROUGH 1958 Amer. dial.
– the dominant person, winner, or leader TOP DOG 1900 colloq.
– the most dominant or pre-eminent person in a place, situation, etc.; a person who overvalues having pre-eminent status in a context viewed as inconsequential or unappealing COCK OF THE DUNGHILL a1586 obs.
DOMINANT – VERBS
– to be the dominant member of a household, relationship, partnership, etc. WEAR THE PANTS 1898 colloq.
– to be the dominant partner in a relationship BEAR THE BREECHES c1525
DOMINATE, DOMINATED, DOMINATING – ADJECTIVES
– acting as a dominating woman BALL-BUSTING 1940s sl., orig. US
– dominating; aggressive, demanding; said of a woman BALL-BREAKING 1959 US sl.
– dominating; unpleasantly assertive; dominating; said of a woman BUTCH 1971 sl.
– not “wearing the breeches” but being dominated by a woman; henpecked BREECHLESS 1952 Amer. dial.
– not “wearing the breeches” but being dominated by a woman; henpecked BRITCHLESS 1952 Amer. dial.
DOMINATE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a dominating or nagging woman BALLBREAKER 1942 US sl.
– a dominating or nagging woman BALL-BUSTER; BALLS-BUSTER 1975 sl., orig. US
– a dominating woman; one who destroys the self-confidence of a man BALL-LOPPER 1979 sl., orig. US
– a dominating woman who emasculates her partner, usually a husband BALL-CRUSHER 1962 sl.
– a man who is completely dominated by his wife AUNTIE MAN 2003 Trinidad and Tobago
– a weak-willed person who is frequently dominated by others DISHRAG 1976 US sl.
DOMINATE etc. – VERBS
– to be in a position of domination over someone; to have someone at one’s mercy HAVE SOMEONE ON TOAST 1889 colloq.
– to dominate and crush SNOWBALL 1850 Amer. sl.
– to dominate completely; to have at one’s mercy; to dominate completely HAVE SOMEONE DEAD 1900s Aust. & NZ sl.
– to dominate, esp. in sports LIGHT UP 1980s African-American sl.
– to dominate or control a man; to henpeck PUSSY-WHIP 1968 sl., orig. US
– to dominate or humiliate someone; usually said of a male BEND ONE OVER E20 US criminals’ sl.
– to dominate over something or someone RAGE 1984 US sl.
– to dominate; to be in charge WEAR THE PANTS Aust. sl.
– to have complete dominance over; to have at one’s mercy HAVE BY THE SHORT AND CURLIES 1948 sl., orig. military usage
– to have complete dominance over; to have at one’s mercy HAVE BY THE BALLS 1910s sl., orig. US
DOMINEER, DOMINEERING – ADJECTIVES
– domineering, aggressive, demanding BALL-BUSTING 1944 US sl.
– domineering, arrogant, masterful BOUNCEFUL Bk1893 Eng. dial.
– domineering, assuming, authoritative MISSISSING Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– domineering, assuming, authoritative MISSUSY Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– domineering, autocratic BOSSY 1880s Amer. colloq.
– domineering, overbearing, imperious; characteristic of a master or lord MASTERLY 1531-2 obs.
– domineering, proud, haughty MANDY Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DOMINEER etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a domineering, aggressive male AGGIE 1968 US sl.
– a domineering, aggressive person; a bully ARSE-KICKER; ASS-KICKER 1967 sl.
– a domineering and powerful woman BATTLESHIP 1931 US sl.
– a domineering, argumentative person BARRACUDA 1950s US sl.
– a domineering, arrogant man BASHAW 1593
– a domineering, blustering, swaggering fellow BUCKO 1899 nautical sl.
– a domineering, brawling woman SCOURGE 1868 Sc.
– a domineering, formidable, quarrelsome, or unattractive woman BATTLE-AX(E) 1896 colloq., orig. US
– a domineering or formidable woman BATTLER 1900 sl.
– a domineering or nagging woman ASS-BREAKER 1961 Amer. sl.
– a domineering or nagging woman BALLBREAKER 1942 US sl.
– a domineering or nagging woman BALLBUSTER c1944 US sl.
– a domineering or nagging woman BALL-CUTTER 1962 US sl.
– a domineering or nagging woman BALL-WRACKER M20 US sl.
– a domineering person GOSTER Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– a domineering person GOSTERER Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– a domineering, powerful, quarrelsome woman BATTLEWAGON 1943 US sl.
– a domineering, quarrelsome, unattractive, or old person BATTERING RAM 1930 US sl.
– a domineering, violent, quarrelsome person, esp. a scolding woman, a shrew, a termagant TADGER 1888 Sc.
– a domineering, violent, quarrelsome person, esp. a scolding woman, a shrew, a termagant TARGER 1822 Sc.
– a domineering woman BULLDOSER; BULLDOZER 1950s US sl.
– a domineering woman occupying a position of authority HER INDOORS 1979 Brit. colloq.
– a domineering woman or wife QUEEN BEE 1930 Amer. dial.
– a man tending to assume a domineering role in social or professional situations ALPHA MALE 1938
– a person with domineering tendencies; one who embodies the characteristics of Mussolini; a dictator; a tyrant MUSSOLINI 1926
DOMINEER etc. – VERBS
– to domineer MASTER Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to domineer over, to bully MAJOR 1829 Eng. dial.
– to domineer over, to push about BAMBOOZE Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– to domineer over; to tease; to taunt; to worry, to annoy PECK Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to domineer someone, by virtue of supposed greater knowledge COME THE OLD SOLDIER 1984 UK sl.
– to domineer; to bluster; to be defiant FACE AND BRACE 16C colloq.
– to domineer, to lead RULE THE ROAST c1380 sl.
– to domineer; to play the bully; to brag, to bluster HECTOR M17
– to domineer, to use one’s authority SHOW ONE’S MAN Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to talk in a domineering or overbearing style PARRAGOAD Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DOMINOES – INTERJECTIONS
– in dominoes: used for announcing the fact that a player is forced to draw a piece MAN OVERBOARD! 1959 US sl.
DOMINOES – NOUNS
– a domino not in use at a given moment SLEEPER 20C sl.
– a domino piece that does not contribute to the value of your hand OFF 1959 US sl.
– a domino with a blank REPEATER 20C sl.
– dominoes BONES 1959 US sl.
– dominoes IVORIES 20C sl.
– dominoes ROCKS 20C sl.
– dominoes STONES 20C sl.
– dominoes TILES 20C sl.
– dominoes not in use at a given moment BONEYARD 1897 sl.
– dominoes whose pips add up to five or ten COUNT DOMINOES 20C sl.
– in a bidding game, any domino which has not been played and is the highest in its suits WALKER 20C sl.
– in bidding games, the dominoes left after the players have drawn their hands WIDOWS 20C sl.
– in dominoes: a double played by a player who has no matching pieces LIGHTHOUSE 1964 US sl.
– in dominoes: a good hand SWEET COUNT 20C sl.
– in dominoes: 5 points NICK 20C sl.
– in dominoes: 10 points DIME 20C sl.
– in dominoes: 10 points TENNIS SHOES 20C sl.
– in dominoes: 10 points TENSION 20C sl.
– in dominoes: 15 points FIDENE 20C sl.
– in dominoes: 15 points NADINE 20C sl.
– in dominoes: 20 points TWIMPS 20C sl.
– in dominoes: 25 points HOES AND SOME 20C sl.
– in dominoes: 25 points QUARTER 20C sl.
– in dominoes: the 3-3 piece SPANISH CURSE 1959 US sl.
– in dominoes: the 4-4 piece SCORPION 1959 US sl.
– in dominoes: the 5-5 piece GOLD NUGGETS 1959 US sl.
– in dominoes: the 6-4 piece FARMER’S SET 1964 US sl.
– in dominoes: the 6-6 piece HAIRY BELLY 1959 US sl.
– in dominoes: the double blank BAR OF SOAP 1959 US sl.
– in dominoes: the seven tiles with a five; a five in any combination DANCING GIRLS 1959 US sl.
– in dominoes; 0-0 BLANKS 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 0-0 IVORY SOAP 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 0-0 PALES 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 0-0 SATURDAY NIGHT 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 0-0 WHITES 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 0-0 ZEROES 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 1-1 DOUBLE ACE 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 1-1 GRANDMA’S PEEPERS 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 1-1 SNAKE EYES 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 2-2 DOUBLE DEUCE 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 3-2 BANKER’S SET 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 3-3 POISON IVY 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 5-0 IDIOT’S DELIGHT 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 6-1 KICKER 20C sl.
– in dominoes; 6-6 JAWS 20C sl.
– in dominoes; a 5 in any combination KICKER 20C sl.
– the first domino played in a hand DOWN 20C sl.
– the first domino played in a hand LEAD 20C sl.
– the first domino player in a hand SET 20C sl.
– the matched dominoes in play CHAIN 20C sl.
– the matched dominoes in play LEG 20C sl.
DOMINOES – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person who forces another player overboard STINKER 20C sl.
DOMINOES – VERBS
– to mix up dominoes GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY 20C sl.
– to mix up dominoes WASH THE BONES 20C sl.
– to play dominoes KILL BIG SIX 1990 US sl.
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