Reverse Dictionary: END, ENDING

ADJECTIVES
► DESINENT forming the end, ending, closing, terminating → 1605 obs.
► LATTER pert. to the end of life, of a period, the world → 1513 obs.
► MORIBUND on the point of coming to an end → 1837
► NAPOO ► NA POOH ► NARPOO finished, ended, dead, no more → 1915 sl.
► NAPOO FINI finished, ended, dead, no more → 1917 sl.
► PRETERLAPSED past, bygone; ended, over with → 1599
► TAPER at an end, nearly exhausted → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
► ENDWAY to the end or finish; at the end → 1795 Eng. dial.
► IN THE LAST in the end, finally → 1607 obs.
► JUSQU’AU BOUT to the end, to completion; to the bittern end, until a victory has been gained → 1877
► UNTIL THE LAST DOG DIES until the bitter end → 1990 US sl.

NOUNS
► A-END the end; the final part → 1942 Brit. sl.
► AFTWARD the back, the rear part; the end, the latter part → 1000 obs.
► ARSE END the end; the final part → 1942 Brit. sl.
► ARSEHOLD ► ARSEHOLE the end, the back of anything → 1940s sl.
► BUTT the place or part where something terminates; a limit, a boundary; an end point → 1425
► CASH-IN, THE the end; death → 1926 US sl.
► CHICKEN SWITCH a switch that will abort a mission; a notional switch that will end a project → 1960 US sl.
► CHUMP the thick blunt end of anything  → 1861
► CHURCH the end → 1978 US sl.
► DEAD FINISH the end → 1881 Aust. sl.
► DECLINE the end → 1821 Sc.  
► DOG-END the very end of something; the last or worst part → 1941 
► DOUP the end or last part of anything, as a candle → E18 Sc.
► EFFLUX the lapse, passing away of time, or of a particular period; hence, expiry, end → 1647
► END-DAY a termination, end → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► END OF THE BALL GAME the end of everything → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FAG the last part or remnant of anything, after the best has been used; the extreme end → c1580
► FAG-END the last part or remnant of anything after the best has been used; the extreme end, as of a portion of time, a collection of persons, a written composition, etc. → 1613
► FINISHMENT an end, conclusion → 1872 Amer. dial.
► HEEL the remains or end part of anything, as a crust of a loaf, the rind of a cheese, etc. → LME
► HEEL-TAP the last or end of anything → 1890 Eng. dial.
► HURDIES the end or ‘tail’ of anything → 19C Sc.
► JUSQU’AUBOUTISME a carrying on a conflict to the bitter end, or until a conclusive victory has been gained or all one’s aims achieved → 1917
► KIBOSH ► KYBOSH an end, a finish → 1836 UK sl.
► LAPPING-UP the end, conclusion, finish → 1890 Eng. dial.
► LAST CAST the last, the end → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAST RUN OF SHAD, THE the end of a project → 1985 Amer. dial.
► OMEGA the last of a series; the last word; the end or final development → 1651
► ORD AND END the beginning and end → c1000 obs.
► RATHENESS premature ending → 1883
► STICKY END an unhappy end → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SUM the ultimate end or goal; the highest attainable point → 1340 obs.
► TAIL-ENDER someone or something coming at the end → colloq.
► TAILING the end or latter part → 1646
► TAWSTOCK-GRACE the end → 19C Eng. dial. obs.
► WRAP the end of a session → 1972 sl., orig. entertainment usage
► WRAP-UP the end, conclusion → 1960 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► TAIL-END CHARLIE the person or vehicle that comes last in a queue one who comes at the end → 1940s sl.
► TAIL-ENDER someone or something coming at the end → 1885 colloq.
► JUSQU’AUBOUTISTE a person who advocates carrying on a conflict to the bitter end, or until a conclusive victory has been gained, or all of one’s aims achieved → 1916

PHRASES
► AT THE DEATH in the end, in conclusion → 20C sl.
► EGG AND BIRD in youth and maturity, from beginning to end, first and last → 1711 obs.
► FULL STOP ► FULL STOP – END OF STORY used as a firm signal that a matter is at an end → 1976 UK
► HERE OR THERE THE HARE GOES AWAY here or there the matter ended → 1600
► THAT’S ALL SHE WROTE that is the sum and end of it; that is the bitter end → 1948 Amer. sl.
► THAT’S THE BALLGAME ► THERE GOES THE BALLGAME that finishes it; that is the end, esp. of one’s chances → 1948 US sl.
► TILL ALL IS BLUE to the absolute end, for an indefinite period → 1838
► TILL THE GROUND LOOKS BLUE to the absolute end, for an indefinite period → a1606 obs.
► UNTIL THE LAST CAT IS HUNG until the very last, to the end → 1985 Amer. dial.
► UNTIL THE LAST DOG IS DEAD until the very last, to the end → 1943 Amer. dial.
► UNTIL THE LAST DOG IS HUNG until the very last, to the end → 1902 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► ABROGATE to do away with; to put an end to → 1588
► ACHIEVE 1. to bring to an end or termination; to finish, to terminate → c1385 obs.
2. to come to a natural end or conclusion; to end, to result, to turn out → 1393 obs.
► ADETERMINE to bring to an end, to terminate → 1413 obs.
► BAG to quit, to end, to discontinue → 1994 sl. \(Bk.)
► BATE 1. to beat down or away; to put an end to → c1300 obs.
2. to come to an end, to cease → c1325 obs.
► BE IN THE SHORT ROWS to be near the end or the climax of something → 1894 Amer. dial.
► BREAK THE NECK OF to destroy, to finish, to bring to an end → 1576 obs.
► BURST to cease, to come to an end → 1100 obs.
► CALL IT GEORGE to agree that a matter it concluded; to bring something to an end, such as a day’s work → 20C W. Indies sl.
► CALL IT WALLY to agree that a matter it concluded; to bring something to an end, such as a day’s work → 20C W. Indies sl.
► COME OUT to end; to eventuate → 1896 Amer. sl.
► CUT OUT to finish; to come to an end; to cease → 1919 Aust. & NZ
► DAMPER to stop; to bring to an end → 1970s African-American sl.
► DECORRE to run or flow away; to pass or haste away; to end, to cease to exist → 1377 obs.
► DIE ON ONE’S ARSE to fail badly; to suffer an irreversible decline, to come to a sudden or premature end → 1984
► DING OUT THE BOTTOM of anything: to make an end of anything → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► END OFF to come to an end, to terminate → 1934 Amer. dial.
► EXTERMINE to exterminate; to destroy utterly; to put an end to; to abolish → 1539 obs.
► FAIL of a period of time or anything that has a finite duration: to come to an end; to expire → 1399 obs.
► FOLD to go out of business owing to lack of funds; to come to an end → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FULLEND to bring to an end, to a conclusion, or to fruition; to complete, to accomplish; to fulfil → 1000 obs.
► HEARKEN TO THE HINDER END to hear the end of the story, to wait and see what the end will be → 1790 Eng. dial.
► KIBOSH ► KYBOSH to put an end to → 1884 UK sl.
► LAP UP to finish, to make an end of, to bring to a conclusion → 1895 Eng. dial.
► LOW to put an end to a condition or state of affairs; also, to stop work or activity; to cease → 1790 Sc. obs.
► NAIL to put an end to → 1915 sl.
► PETER OUT to cease gradually; to come to an end → 1854 US colloq.
► PIN UP THE BASKET to end, to finish → 1776 US
► PULL THE CHAIN to make a decisive end, to end all negotiations; hence, to take decisive action, esp. against a person → 1935 US sl.
► QUAIL to overpower, to destroy, to put an end to → 1551 obs.
► QUENCH to come to an end, to perish, to disappear → c1305 obs.
► RAP IT UP ► RAP UP to bring to an end, to conclude, to stop doing something → 1930 sl.
► SETTLE A PERSON’S HASH to reduce to order; to silence, to subdue; to make an end of → a1825 colloq.
► SHATTER to ruin, to put an end to, to utterly destroy → L17
► SHUT UP to bring to an end, to reduce to a state of incapacity → E19 sl.
► SNUFF OUT to suppress, put an end to → colloq.
► SOPITE vb. to put an end to; to settle a dispute, question, etc., in some way → 1628
► TANG OUT to abandon; to put an end to → 1970s US students’ sl.
► TERMINE to put and end to, to cause to cease; to bring to a conclusion, to complete; to terminate → c1390 obs.
► TIRE to fail, to cease (as a supply, etc.); to diminish; to give out, to come to an end → c725 obs.
► TOLL THE BELL ON to put an end to; to forbid → 1900s sl.
► TOP UP to end up, to conclude → M19 sl.
► WORK OUT to end, to eventuate → 1885 Amer. sl.
► YEN to end → 1886 Eng. dial.
► YEND to end → c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.