Reverse Dictionary: ENTERTAIN

ADJECTIVES
1366 — LIGHTSOME enlivening, entertaining
1645 — DIVERTISSANT diverting, entertaining, amusing, pleasing → obs.
1787 — QUEER amusing, funny, humorous, entertaining → Sc. obs.
1827 — FUN enjoyable; pleasant; entertaining
1827 — GOOD AS A PLAY very interesting; exceedingly entertaining or amusing
1905 — RICH entertaining → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1958 — FUNSY providing amusement or diversion; entertaining, light-hearted → colloq.

NOUNS
1200 — SKENTING entertainment → obs.
1300 — WAITING entertainment, feasting → obs.
1651 — GAUDY → GAWDY a grand feast or entertainment; an annual dinner in commemoration of some event in the history of a college
1820 — HANDLING an entertainment, party, meeting, gathering → Sc.
1821 — BLOW-OUT a feast, entertainment; a large meal → sl.
1836 — LET OUT an entertainment on a large or lavish scale → Anglo-Irish
1840 — KAILIE → KALEY → KEALIE a social evening, esp. among neighbours; an evening’s informal entertainment, generally including singing and the telling of stories; a friendly visit → Sc.
1888 — BEANO a festive entertainment frequently terminating in a noisy frolic or spree; a large meal → sl.
1889 — CAMP-STOOL BRIGADE the people who wait outside a place of entertainment to secure the best seats, and bring camp-stools with them to rest themselves → sl.
..E20 — HIDEAWAY a small quiet restaurant, etc.; a secluded place of entertainment
1905 — SHINDIG any public or social entertainment → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TICERY entertainments of all kinds → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — BALLY HOO a free entertainment used for a decoy to attract customers → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1938 — JOOK a night on the town → Amer. dial.
1942 — HAPPY entertainment, enjoyment → Amer. dial.
1950 — FUNSIES diversion, entertainment, fun → colloq.
1950 — JAUL → JAWL → JOL a good time, merry-marking, enjoyment, entertainment → S. Afr.
1968 — BRAIN CANDY broadly appealing, undemanding entertainment which is not intellectually stimulating → colloq.
1992 — CONCERT a play; a show; any theatrical entertainment → UK sl.
2006 — CORKER something good, funny, or entertaining US sl. → (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
..897 — GLEEMAN a professional entertainer at social gatherings; especially, a singer, musician, or minstrel → obs.
1175 — JUGGLER one who entertains or amuses people by stories, songs, buffoonery, tricks, etc.; a jester, a buffoon → obs.
1340 — GAMEMAN a jester, a joker, an entertainer → obs.
1425 — FEASTER the giver of a feast, a host, an entertainer → obs.
1702 — HAS-BEEN an aging entertainer or athlete who is no longer in the public’s favour
1890 — NOBBER a person who collects money for a street entertainer → Brit. sl.
1901 — TOP-LINER an entertainer who is important enough to be the star of a show → Brit. theatre, colloq.
1938 — ABIE a radio personality or entertainer who is a sure money maker → US sl.
1944 — GASSER a first-rate, delightful, amusing, or entertaining person; a highly admired person considered to be the best → sl., orig. jazz usage
1957 — GAS one who pleases or delights; a first-rate, amusing, or entertaining person → orig. US
1959 — FLY-BY-NIGHTER a person who goes out at night to places of entertainment
1960 — JOLLER one who frequents ‘unsavoury’ bars, dance-halls and similar places of low-life entertainment → S. Afr.
1975 — PAGE-ONER an entertainer, celebrity, or other person with always newsworthy name or doings → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
2006 — BANKABLE a star whose presence in a film virtually guarantees investors and audiences → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
2006 — CORKER a good, funny, or entertaining person → US sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1250 — SKENT to entertain, to amuse → obs.
1377 — JUGGLE to amuse or entertain people with jesting, buffoonery, tricks, etc. → obs.
1530 — KEEP OPEN HOUSE to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally
1548 — KEEP OPEN HOUSEHOLD to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally → obs.
1642 — JUNKET to provide a feast for; to entertain with food and drink → obs.
1720 — KEEP OPEN TABLE to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally
1841 — KEEP OPEN DOORS to provide hospitality or entertainment for visitors generally
,M19 — DO ONESELF (or SOMEONE) PROUD to entertain, to provide food or other material comforts to one’s own satisfaction → sl.
1861 — SEE THE MONKEY SHOW to see novel and entertaining things → Amer. sl.
1863 — SEE THE MONKEY DANCE to see novel and entertaining things → Amer. sl.
..L19 — DO IT WELL to entertain, to provide food or other material comforts to one’s own satisfaction → sl.
..L19 — DO ONESELF WELL to entertain, to provide food or other material comforts to one’s own satisfaction → sl.
1930 — LUBE to keep happy, to entertain → sl.
1940 — JOL to stroll, to run, to depart; to look for some fun or entertainment → S. Afr.
2003 — PHONE (IT IN) of an entertainer: to go through the motions; to produce a half-hearted performance → UK sl.