Reverse Dictionary: ER – ES

ERASE – person
– RASOR †* one who erases …1586
erase – verbs 
– DASH to erase, to strike out …1721 Sc.
– OUTEN to take out, to remove something, to erase …1928 Amer. dial.
– RACE † to scrape out, to erase …c1403
– RAISE † to erase or raze …1530-1
– RASE † to erase or obliterate writing, orig. by scraping with a knife …1390 rare or obs.
– RASH † to scrape out, to erase …1650
– SCRAB to erase …1890 Eng. dial.
 
ERASER – nouns
– BUNGIE an eraser, a rubber …1910s usually school use
– BUNGY an eraser, a rubber …1910s usually school use
 
ERECT – verbs
– ADDRESS † to straighten up, to erect; to raise, to set up; to raise oneself, to stand erect; to assume an upright position …c1375
 
ERECTED – adjectives
– ADDRESSED † erected, raised …1595
 
ERECTION – adjectives
– AMOROUS pert. to a person who is sexually aroused; occasionally a euphemism for ‘having an erection’ …14C
– PISS-PROUD having an erection attributed to a full bladder …1788 sl.
erection – nouns 
– ANGLE OF DANGLE the degree of an erection depending on how sexually stimulated a man is by any given women …Brit. sl.
– ARM an erection, sexual stimulation …1970s sl.
– BLUE STEELER a particularly virile erection …Bk1998 sl.
– BLUE VEIN an erection …1970s sl.
– BLUE-VEINED ROOT-ON an erection …1990s sl.
– BLUE VEINER an erection …1970s sl.
– BONE an erection …1954 Amer. sl.
– BONE-ON an erection …1927 US sl.
– BONER an erection of the penis …1961 sl., orig. US
– CHARGE an erection of the penis …20C US sl.
– CHUB an erection …Bk2006 US sl.
– CHUBBY an erection …Bk2006 US sl.
– COACHMAN’S KNOB an erection of the penis caused by the vibrations whilst travelling on public transport …2003 UK sl.
– FAKE an erection …2002 UK sl.
– FAT an erection …1941 Aust. sl.
– HAIL SMILING MORN the erect penis; an erection …1980 UK rhyming sl. for ‘horn’
– IRISH TOOTHACHE an erection …19C Brit. colloq.
– JACK an erection …L19 sl.
– LOB a partial erection of the penis …18C Brit. colloq.
– MARQUIS an erection …1960s rhyming sl. for ‘horn’ (Marquis of Lorne)
– MARQUIS OF LORNE an erection …1960s rhyming sl. for ‘horn’
– MATUTINAL ERECTION a morning erection …20C
– MORNING PRIDE a morning erection …19C Brit. sl.
– MOUNTAIN an erection …1990s US college sl.
– PISS HARD-ON a morning erection; a urinary erection …20C colloq.
– RAIL an erection of the penis …M20 sl.
– RAJAH an erection …1940s NZ sl.
– RISE an erection …1998 US sl.
– SILLY an erection …1974 NZ schoolboys’ euphemism
– TOOTHACHE an erection of the penis …19C Brit. sl.
– WOODIE an erection …1985 US sl.
– WOODY an erect penis; an erection …1985 US sl.
– YASSER an erection …1990s US sl.
erection – verbs
– HAVE A BAR (ON) to have an erection of the penis …20C Brit. sl.
– HAVE A BEAT ON to have an erection of the penis …20C Brit. sl.
– HAVE A BONE ON to have an erection …1954 Amer. sl.
– HAVE A HARD-ON to have an erection of the penis …20C sl.
– HAVE A HARD-UP to have an erection of the penis …20C sl.
– HAVE IT ON to have an erection …M20 US sl.
– HAVE LEAD IN ONE’S PENCIL to have an erection …20C colloq.
– HAVE THE HORN to be sexually aroused; to have an erection …18C Brit. colloq.
– LIFT UP to get an erection …20C euphemism
– PACK CHITLINS of a man: to be unable to maintain an erection during intercourse (chitlins – pigs intestines) …1990s US Black sl.
– PUT LEAD IN ONE’S PENCIL to enable one to have an erection …1941 sl.
– RAISE of a male: to achieve an erection …1971 Bahamas
– RISE to achieve an erection when the moment requires …1984 sl.
– RISE TO THE OCCASION to achieve an erection when the moment requires …1984 sl.
– SPORT A WOODY to have an erection …1980s US teen sl.
erection – phrases
– PARDON MY HARD-ON a phrase used simply to be rude or in reference to a sexually stimulating situation, person, or object; refers to an erection at an inappropriate time or place …20C US sl.
 
ERMINE – nouns
– LASSET † the ermine or miniver …1591
– LASSET-MOUSE † the ermine or miniver …1607
– LASSET-WEASEL † the ermine or miniver …1607
 
EROTIC – adjectives
– ADULT pornographic; erotic …1958 euphemism
– FEELTHY pornographic; erotic …1933 sl.
– HORNY provoking sexual desire; lewd, erotic …1930 Amer. sl.
– JERK-OFF pornographic; erotic …c1957 sl.
– NAUGHTY pornographic; erotic; obscene; loose …1882 euphemism
– SEXATIONAL pornographic; erotic …1928 sl., orig. US
– SEXSATIONAL pornographic; erotic …1928 sl., orig. US
– STEAMY pornographic; erotic …1970 sl.
erotic – nouns
– PSYCHO-KICK a deeply satisfying erotic response …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
 
ERR – adjectives
– ERRABUND * erratic, random, prone to err …1835 
​- FALLIBLE of persons or their faculties: liable to be deceived or mistaken; liable to err …1430
– LAPSABLE liable to err or fall; liable to pass or change …1678
– LAPSIBLE liable to err or fall; liable to pass or change …1678
err – nouns
– FALLIBILITY liability to err or to mislead …1634
– LAPSABILITY liability to err or fall …1661
– LAPSIBILITY liability to err or fall …1661
err – verbs
– DWELE † to wander, to go astray; to err, to be deluded …c900
– ERROR to err …1953 Amer. dial.
– GANG AGLEY to err, to go wrong; used in a moral sense …1788 Sc.
– MAR † to err; to go astray; to be or become bewildered or confused …c950
– MISS THE CUSHION † to miss the mark; to make a mistake; to err; to fail in an attempt …c1525
– PLAY THUNDER to wreak havoc; to err, to blunder, to commit an error …1849 Amer. dial.
– PULL A COOLIE to err, to blunder …1970s US gay sl.
 
ERRAND – nouns
– LEG WORK work characterized by running of errands, going from place to place in search of information, etc. …1891 sl.
– YARRAN † an errand …1880 Sc.
– YEARN an errand …1878 Sc.
errand – person
– AIREDALE one who runs errands for bootleggers or drug sellers …1940s US criminals’ sl.
– BIRD DOG one who seeks, scouts, or spies for another; esp. a carrier of tales; one who runs errands or performs similar tasks; one paid to direct potential customers to a business …1929 US sl.
– BUTT-GIRL a young woman who run errands, as for a fashion model …1983 Amer. sl.
– CAD a messenger or errand boy …1835 sl.
– CADDIE, CADDY, CADEE, CADIE, CAWDY a lad or man who waits about on the lookout for chance employment as a messenger, errand-boy, etc.; esp. a golf-attendant …1730 Sc.
– CHASER one who runs errands …1900s sl.
– FAG a drudge; an errand boy or clerk …1813
– GALLOPIN, GALOPIN † a turnspit; a scullion or under-cook; an errand-boy; a page …1567
– GOFER, GOPHER someone who runs errands, esp. on a film set or in an office …1967 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– LACKEY, LACQUEY a messenger; an errand-boy …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LOBBY-GOW an errand-boy, messenger, or hanger-on …1906 US sl.
– SCHLEPPER, SHLEPPER an errand boy …Brit. sl.
errand – verbs
– SHAG to chase, to fetch; to retrieve stray balls; to run an errand …1910 Amer. dial.
– VAMP ABOUT to follow or hang about; to waste time on small errands …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
ERRATIC – adjectives
– ACROSTIC crossed, folded across; moving crosswise, erratic, zigzag …1602
– ERRABUND * erratic, random, prone to err …1835 
– HAIRY crude, clumsy, rough, erratic; frightening, hair-raising …1848
– KICKSEY-WINSEY † fantastic, whimsical, erratic …c1650
– LOONY extremely erratic; mildly crazy …1841 US sl.
– RAGGLISH erratic, subject to sudden unpredictable change; of weather: boisterous, uncertain, gusty with rain …1804 Sc.
– TANGENT ‘flying off at a tangent’; divergent, irrelevant, erratic …1787
– TANGENTIAL erratic; divergent; digressive …1867
– VAGANT †* devious, erratic…1382
– VAGARIOUS full of vagaries, erratic, capricious, whimsical …1827
– VAGROM eccentric, erratic …882
erratic – verbs
– ANTIGOGLE to move in an erratic fashion …1949 Amer. dial.
– BAT ABOUT to move or go about erratically …1931 Amer. dial.
– BAT ALONG to move or go about erratically …1911 Amer. dial.
– BAT ROUND to move or go about erratically …1907 Amer. dial.
– BE A NUT ON to be erratic about …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BE BUGS ABOUT to be erratic about …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BE CRACKED ON to be erratic about …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FITIFIED eccentric, peculiar; hysterical, nervous; erratic, fastidious …1912 Amer. dial.
– RAGGLISH erratic, subject to sudden unpredictable change; of weather: boisterous, uncertain, gusty with rain …1804 Sc.
– TANGENT ‘flying off at a tangent’; divergent, irrelevant, erratic …1787
– TANGENTIAL erratic; divergent; digressive …1867
 
ERRATICALLY – adverbs
– LIKE A TWO-BOB WATCH in an erratic or crazy manner …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
ERRING – adjectives
– SINISTER †* erring; erroneous; astray from the right path …1526
 
ERRONEOUS – adjectives
– FALLIBLE of rules, opinions, arguments, etc.: liable to be erroneous, unreliable …a1420
– SINISTER †* erring; erroneous; astray from the right path …1526
– SINISTROUS † erroneous, perverse, heretical …1560
erroneous – nouns
– BOSH something absurdly erroneous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUGHOUSE FABLES something absurdly erroneous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUM HUNCH an erroneous idea or expectation …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUNCOMBE something absurdly erroneous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUNCOME something absurdly erroneous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUNK something absurdly erroneous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUNKUM something absurdly erroneous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HOKE something absurdly erroneous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HOKUM something absurdly erroneous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ILL, THE † that which is faulty or erroneous; the wrong side in an argument …c1330
erroneous – verbs 
– MALVERSE † to do wrong; to give an erroneous judgement …1709-31 Sc.
 
ERRONEOUSLY – adverbs
– ADWOLE † in error, erroneously, mistakenly …a1250
– SINISTROUSLY in an erroneous manner; incorrectly, wrongly, perversely; awkwardly …1581
 
ERROR – adjectives
– IN THE WRONG BOX out of one’s element; in a false position, in error …M16 colloq.
– LUBRIC † slippery, shifty, deceitful; wavering, unsteady, uncertain; prone to danger or error …1631
– OFFBEAT mistaken, wrong, in error …1958 US sl.
– OFF ONE’S EGGS straying; hence, wide of the mark, incorrect, inaccurate, mistaken, in error …1792 Sc.
– WRONGO prone to error; inept …20C Amer. sl.
error – adverbs 
– ADWOLE † in error, erroneously, mistakenly …a1250
– OFF THE BEAM distant from the truth or accuracy; in error …1940s US sl.
error – nouns 
– AMISS † an error; a fault; a misdeed …L15
– APPLE-KNOCKER an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BAD BREAK an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BARNABY an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BARNEY an error, a mistake, a blunder; a piece of bad workmanship …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BEEF an error; a blunder …Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
– BLAZER an error or lie …1906 Amer. dial.
– BLOB a mistake, an error, a blunder …1900 Amer. dial.
– BLOOMER a very great mistake; an error; a failure …1889 sl.
– BLOOPER an embarrassing verbal error, often delivered by a public or authority figure to their own detriment …1940s sl., orig. US
– BLUE a mistake or error, a blunder …1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
– BLUNDERHEAD an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BOBBLE a mistake, an error, a blunder …1887 Eng. dial.
– BONE an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BONEHEAD an error; a mistake; a blunder …1918 Amer. dial.
– BONEHEAD BUTCH an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BONEHEADER an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BONEHEAD MOVE an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BONEHEAD PLAY an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BONER an error; a blunder …1912 sl. orig. US
– BOOB an error, a blunder, a foolish mistake …1959 sl.
– BOOB STUNT an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BREAK an error, blunder or mistake, often in a social situation; an inappropriate act or word, a faux pas …1884 Amer. dial.
– BREAKER an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BRODIE an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BULL an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUST an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUTCH a mistake, a blunder, an error; in radio & TV: an error made in delivering lines …1942 US sl.
– CLUCK an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– COOLIE a blunder; an error …1970s US gay sl.
– CROPPER an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DEFAULT † a failure in what is attempted; an error, mistake …c1386
– DUMB PLAY an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DUMB TRICK an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DUMMY an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DWALE † error, delusion; deceit, fraud …c950
– DWELE † a going astray; error, delusion, deceit …c1225
– EGG an error …World War II Amer. Navy sl.
– FLUB an error; a blunder …Bk2006 US sl.
– FLUB-UP an error; a blunder …Bk2006 US sl.
– FOOL ACT an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FOOL MISTAKE an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FOOL MOVE an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FOOZLE an error; a messed up task …Bk2006 US sl.
– FOUL an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FOUL-UP a blunder; an error …Bk2006 US sl.
– GRANNY a mistake, an error …1975 Amer. dial.
– JEOFAIL † a mistake or error generally …1546
– LEFT-TURN an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MAXIE a ‘maximus’ error; a great error …1868 Sc.
– MESSY BOBBLE an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MISBOBBLE a mistake, an error, a blunder …1912  Amer. dial.
– MISCOBOBBLE a mistake, an error, a blunder …1968 Amer. dial.
– MISCUE an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MISCUEBOBBLE an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MISFIRE an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MISKUBOBBLE a mistake, an error, a blunder …1911 Amer. dial.
– MISLICK a poorly delivered or badly aimed stroke or blow; hence a mistake, or error …1859 Amer. dial.
– MISS an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MISSMENT an error; a mistake; a blunder …a1863 Eng. dial.
– MOUSETAKE an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MUFF an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ODD NUMBER a mistake, an error of judgement, a disadvantage …1897 Eng. dial.
– SCREWY MOVE an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCREWY PLAY an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SKEW a slip, an error …1869
– SKEWGEE an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLIP-UP an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TRIP-UP an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– VENIAL † a venial sin or offense; a light fault or error …c1380
– WRONGER an error; a mistake; a blunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WRONGGO a mistake, error, or lie …1930s sl., orig. US
– WRONGO something wrong or improper; an error, a lie, a misstatement, etc. …1937 Amer. sl.
error – verbs
– ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORN to admit an error …1846 orig. US
– ACKNOWLEDGE THE MALT to admit an error …1846 orig. US
– BUNDLE to make an error in judgement …1969 Amer. dial.
– FALL DOWN (ON) to make a bad mistake or error; to blunder …c1935 colloq.
– FAULT † to make a mistake, to be in error, to blunder …1530
– FLUFF to make an error; to do something incorrectly …Bk2006 US sl.
– GET ONE’S FOOT IN to make an error …L18 sl.
– LAPSE † to fall into error, heresy, or sin …1611
– MAKE A BLUE to make a mistake or error; to blunder …1961 Aust. & NZ sl.
– MAKE A BUST to make an error in judgement; to be wrong or mistaken …1965 Amer. dial.
– MESS UP to make an error; to do something wrong …Bk1990 Amer. sl.
– NICK THE BELL to be at fault, to commit an error …1818 Sc. 
– OWN THE CORN to admit an error …E19, orig. US
– PLAY THUNDER to wreak havoc; to err, to blunder, to commit an error …1849 Amer. dial.
– PULL A BONEHEAD to make a stupid error …1918 Amer. dial.
– PULL A BONEHEAD PLAY to blunder; to commit an error, esp. an egregious one …1913 Amer. sl.
– PULL A BONER to blunder; to commit an error, esp. an egregious one …1913 Amer. sl.
– PULL A BUST to make an error in judgement; to be wrong or mistaken …1965 Amer. dial.
– PUT ONE’S FOOT IN IT to make an error …L18 sl.
– PUT ONE’S HOOF IN IT to make an error …L18 sl.
– SHELL DOWN THE CORN to acknowledge one’s error …1869 Amer. dial.
– STICK ONE’S FOOT IN IT to make an error …L18 sl.
– TAKE YOUR BACK TRACKS to recant, to retract, to acknowledge error …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
ESCAPADE – nouns
– MALADVENTURE † a lawless proceeding; an escapade; an unlucky undertaking; a misadventure …c1470
– RORT a wild party; an escapade …1941 Aust. sl.
 
ESCAPE, ESCAPING – adjectives
– ON THE LAM trying to escape, running away …1928 US sl.
escape, escaping – nouns
– BOLT-HOLE an avenue of escape …1877
– DASH an escape from custody …1952 US sl.
– E AND E evasion and escape …1982 US Korean war usage
– FADE a disappearance, departure or escape …1942 Amer. sl.
– FADEAWAY a departure or escape …1900 Amer. sl.
– FADE-OUT a disappearance, departure, or escape …1918 Amer. sl.
– GALLAGHER a run; a get-away, an escape …1925 US sl.
– GANG-BY an escape, an evasion …1819 Sc.  
– JACKRABBIT PAROLE escape from prison …1992 US sl.
– LAM 1. an act of running or flight, esp. a dash to escape from custody; escape; a hasty or unceremonious departure …1914 US sl.
2. an escape from work or duty …1990s sl.
– LEG-BAIL an escape; desertion; the act of fleeing …1759 sl.
– MOPE a stealthy escape …1926 US sl.
– NARROW SQUEAK a narrow escape …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NEAR-RUN THING a close shave; a narrow escape …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEAR SQUEAK n. a narrow escape …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NIBBY-GIBBY a narrow escape; a touch and go …1888 Eng. dial.
– OFFMANS the advanced preparation of a means of escape …1990s UK criminals’ sl.
– OUTSCAPE † escape, release from restraint, a way or opportunity to escape …1555
– RABBIT FEVER the compulsion to attempt escapes from any form of imprisonment …1920s US criminals’ sl.
– READ AND WRITE a flight; an escape …M19 rhyming sl.
– SCAPE an escape …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCARPER an escape; an act of running away …L19 sl.
– SKEDADDLE a rush, a hurry, an act of running away or escaping …M19 sl.
– TAKE-OFF an escape …1940s US prison sl.
– TIG AND TIE a close shave, ‘touch and go’, a narrow escape …Bk1905 Sc.
escape, escaping – person
– ABSCONDER one who absconds or leaves quickly; a runaway from justice; a fugitive; an escapee  …1702
– HEEL-AND-TOE BOY one who walks speedily, runs away, or escapes …1955 sl.
– HEEL-AND-TOE MAN one who walks speedily, runs away, or escapes …1900 sl.
– HEEL-AND-TOE WALKER one who walks speedily, runs away, or escapes …1943 sl.
– MIZZLER a person who is accomplished at escape, or getting out of a difficulty …1864 criminals’ sl. 
– RABBIT one who makes or who wishes to make an escape …1928 sl.
– RABBIT BLOOD one who makes or who wishes to make an escape …1928 sl.
escape, escaping – verbs 
– ACHAPE † to escape …1250
– AIR OUT to flee, to escape, to leave …1942 Amer. dial.
– BEAT to escape from prison …1902 Amer. sl.
– BEFLY † to fly from, to shun, to avoid, to escape …c1175
– BEGLIDE † to slip away from, to escape …c1300
– BUNK to escape, to run off …18C sl.
– BUST LOOSE to escape from an institution …1920s US sl.
– COP A HEEL to run off, to escape …20C US criminal sl.
– COP A MOKE to escape …20C criminal sl.
– COP A MOPE to escape, esp. from prison …1920s US sl.
– COP AND HEEL to run off, to escape …20C US criminal sl.
– CRACK to break jail; to escape from prison …1791 Amer. prison sl.
– CRACK THE QUA to break out of jail …1807 Amer. sl.
– CREEP to escape …1967 US sl.
– DO A BUNK to make an escape; to depart hurriedly …c1870 sl.
– DO A DUTCH to desert, to escape, to run away …1909 sl.
– DO A FADE-OUT to vanish, to escape, to depart; to disappear …1910s US sl.
– DO A LAM to escape from prison …L19 US sl.
– DO AN ARTHUR DUFFY to run away, to escape …1905 Amer. sl.
– DO A POWDER to escape, to run away …1910s sl.
– DUFF to escape …1963 US sl.
– ELUCTATE †* to struggle out; to escape by struggling …a1670
– EVAPORATE to leave, to vanish, to escape …M19 sl.
– EVITATE †* to shun, to avoid, to escape …1588
– FAKE ONE’S SLANGS to cut off one’s chains or irons to make an escape from prison …19C sl.
– FAN to move around quickly; to run; to escape …L19 US sl.
– FIGURE CLOSE to have a narrow escape …1951 Amer. dial.
– FLY THE COOP to run off, to depart abruptly; to escape, to get away …1901 US colloq.
– GIVE A SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape …1875 US
– GIVE LEG BAIL to be beholden to one’s own legs for escape, to run away, esp. from a debt or a responsibility; to escape  …1759 jocular
– GIVE SOMEONE THE RASPBERRY to deride or dismiss; to escape from …1910s sl.
– GIVE THE COLD SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape …1883 US
– GO OVER THE WALL to escape from prison …1935 sl.
– GUY to run away, to leave quickly, to escape …1874 sl.
– GUY OFF to run away., to escape …L19 sl.
– HAVE IT AWAY to escape from prison or impending arrest …1950s sl.
– HAVE IT AWAY ON ONE’S TOES to escape from prison or impending arrest …1950s sl.
– HIT THE LAM to run away; to flee; esp. from authorities; to escape …1986 US sl.
– LAM to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly …1886 US sl., esp. criminals’ & police usage
– LAM OFF to escape, to run away …2003 UK sl.
– LAM THE JOINT to escape from prison …1932 US sl.
– MAKE A LAM to escape from prison …1928 US sl.
– MAKE A LOOSE to make one’s escape …E18 sl.
– MAKE ONE to plan and effect an escape …1970s UK prison sl.
– MAKE ONE OUT to plan and effect an escape …1970s UK prison sl.
– MIZZLE to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away, to escape …1845 Amer. dial.
– MOPE to desert or escape …L19 sl.
– OFSCAPE † to escape …1297
– OUTSCAPE †* to escape …1562
– PULL A FADE-OUT to disappear, to depart, to escape, to vanish …1910s Amer. sl.
– QUEER THE QUOD to break out of jail …L18 US criminals’ sl.
– RAISE to escape, to get out of, to be released from prison …1960s US sl.
– SAVE ONE’S BACON to have a narrow escape, to escape safely from a place or situation …B1691 Eng. sl.
– SAVE ONE’S BEEF to escape safely from a place or situation …L17 sl.
– SCAM to escape …1980s US criminals’ sl.
– SCAPALI to escape, to run off …M19 sl.
– SCAPE to escape …1813 arch. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCARP to escape; to run off …1910s Aust. sl.
– SCARPA to escape, to run off …M19 sl.
– SCARPER to escape, to run off …M19 sl.
– SCARPY to escape, to run off …M19 sl.
– SCRIP to escape …1865 Eng. dial.
– SHOOT † to avoid, to escape …1543 Sc.
– SHOOT THROUGH to escape, to abscond; to depart, to leave …1947 Aust. & NZ sl.
– SHOW A LEG * to run off, to escape; to move at speed …1821
– SKEDOO to rush off, to scamper, to escape …M19 sl., orig. US
– SKEW † to escape, to slip away …a1400
– SKIDADDLE to rush off, to scamper, to escape …M19 sl., orig. US
– SKIDOODLE to rush off, to scamper, to escape …M19 sl., orig. US
– SKIFT † to escape, to get away from …c1440
– SUBTERFUGE †* to escape, to evade; to get out of …1641
– TAIL OUT to run away, to depart hurriedly, to make one’s escape …L19 US sl.
– TAKE A FLIER 1. to escape from prison …20C US prison sl.
2. to escape, to run away from …1950s sl.
– TAKE A FLYER 1. to escape from prison …20C US prison sl.
2. to escape, to run away from …1950s sl.
– TAKE A MOPE to escape, esp. from prison …1920s US sl.
– TAKE AN IMMEDIATE DUCK to escape from prison …1934 US prison sl.
– TAKE A POWDER to escape, to run away …1910s sl.
– TAKE A RUN-OUT POWDER to escape, to run away …20C sl.
– TAKE A RUN-OUT to escape, to run away …20C sl.
– TAKE FRENCH LEAVE to escape while on trust outside the prison walls …1935 US prison sl.
– TAKE IT ON ONE’S TOES to escape from prison or impending arrest …1950s sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR DUFFY to run away; to escape from prison …c1915 US prison sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR K. DUFFY to run away, to escape …1936 Amer. sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE DAN O’LEARY to run, to run off, to escape …1900s US sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE HEEL AND TOE to depart, esp. swiftly and quietly to evade justice; to escape from prison …c1915 US prison sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE JESSE OWENS to run, to run off, to escape …1900s US sl.
– TAKE IT ON THE LAM to run away; to flee, esp. from authorities; to escape; to depart hurriedly …1904 US sl., orig. criminals’ usage
– TAKE LEG-BAIL to run away, esp. from a debt or a responsibility; to escape …1774 Sc.
– TAKE STOPPO to escape …1956 UK sl.
– TAKE THE AIR to leave, to escape, to get out …1918 Amer. sl.
– TAKE THE BREEZE to leave, to escape …1910s sl.
– TIB to slip out; to escape unobserved from school or house; to break bounds …1840 school sl.
– TIBBLE to slip out; to escape unobserved from school or house; to break bounds …1840 school sl.
– TURN ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly; to run away; to escape …1935 Amer. sl., esp. prison usage
– TURN THE CORNER OF BOLT STREET to run away; to escape …L19 colloq.
– WADE OUT OF † to escape from …c1386
– WAIVE † to shun, to avoid; to elude, to escape, to dodge a blow …1303
– WALK 1. to escape legal custody as a result of being released from suspicion or from a charge …1958 US sl.
2. to escape unpunished …1979 US sl.
 
ESCAPED – adjectives
– DEVITABLE † easy to be shunned, avoided, or escaped …1727
– NIBBY-GIBBY narrowly escaped or missed …1854 Eng. dial.
escaped – person
– TAKE-OFF ARTIST an escaped prisoner …1996 UK sl.
 
ESCORT – person
– CABALLERO a woman’s escort or admirer …US
– HANDBAG a male escort …Bk2004 Brit. sl.
 
ESCHEW – verbs
– SCREED to shun, to eschew, to avoid …1851 Eng. dial.
 
ESCORT – person
– CABALLERO a woman’s escort or admirer …20C US
– HANDBAG a woman’s male escort …1967 Aust. sl.
escort, verbs
– BEAU to escort; to act as suitor to; to date …1859 Amer. dial.
– CARRY to escort, to accompany …1861 Amer. dial.
– RESKORT to escort …Bk1904 Ireland
– SCORCH to escort …1934 Amer. dial.
 
ESKIMO – person
– ESKY (derogatory) an Inuit; an Eskimo person; an Eskimo dog …1910s US sl.
– YACK an Eskimo …1866 Sc.
– YACKIE an Eskimo …1866 Sc.
 
ESPECIALLY – adverbs
– EAGER especially …1942 Amer. dial.
– MOST-WISE especially, most of all …1943 Amer. dial.
– NAMELY † particularly, especially, above all; usually with preceding ‘and’ …c1175
– PARTICULAR especially, very, very much …M19 sl.
– SUNDERLEPES † especially, particularly …c1175
 
ESPIONAGE – nouns
– DEAD DROP in espionage or a sophisticated criminal venture: a location where a message can be left by one party and retrieved by another …1986 US sl.
 
ESSENCE – adjectives
– QUIDDITATIVE † pert. to the essence of a thing …1650
essence – nouns 
– DAYLIGHTS the insides; the essence …M19 sl.
– FUNK anything basic, elemental, earthy; the essence of being …1930s sl., orig. US Black
– GUTS the essentials; the most important part; the inner and real meaning; the essence of a matter …1663 UK
– OMNI-ESSENCE universal essence or being …1624
– QUIDDITY the real nature or essence of a thing; that which makes a thing what it is …1569
essence – verbs
– QUINTESSENTIATE * to extract the quintessence of …1606
 
ESSENTIAL – adjectives
– GUT basic; essential; most immediate …1964 Amer. sl.
– MUST-HAVE essential, mandatory; usually used in the context of material objects …1990s sl.
– SINE QUA NON indispensable, absolutely necessary or essential …1615
essential – nouns 
– GUTS the essentials; the most important part; the inner and real meaning; the essence of a matter …1663 UK
– IMPLEMENT †* something necessary to make a thing complete; an essential or important constituent part …1632
– MAIN OF ALL, THE † the important or essential point …1595
– MARROW the centre, the essential part, the best of anything; the main point, or the full meaning …1863 Ireland & Eng. dial.
– PITH AND MARROW the essential or important part …1635
– TONGUE OF THE TRUMP n. the most important person or thing; the principal person in any undertaking; the leader; that which is essential to the success of anything …1820 Sc.
essential – verbs
– THROW AWAY THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER to reject what is essential or valuable along with the inessential or useless
 
ESTABLISH – verbs
– EDIFY † to build up, to establish, to organize a system, institution, or law, a moral quality, etc.; to establish or strengthen a person …a1340
– FASTEN † to make firm or stable; to establish, to settle, to confirm …a1175
– ONSTELL †* to institute, to establish, to impose …971
– ORDINATE † to institute, to establish, to predestine …1610 rare or obs.
– RAMPIRE †* to fix or establish firmly …1555
– STATUMINATE † to support; to establish …a1628 obs.
– TO-ESTABLISH † to establish perfectly or entirely …a1562
 
ESTABLISHED – adjectives
– BACK well-established, traditional, tried and tested …1930s US Black sl.
– RADICATE † rooted, deep-seated, firmly established …1656
established – verbs
– RADICATE † to take root, to become established …1656
 
ESTATE – adjectives
– LATIFUNDIAN possessing large estates …a1734
estate – nouns 
– LATIFUNDIA large estates …1630
– MANOR † a mansion, habitation; a country residence; the principal house of an estate …c1290
estate – person
– FACTOR † one who has the charge and manages the affairs of an estate – the manager of a landed estate who collects the rents, lets the lands, etc. – a bailiff – a land-agent or land-steward …1561 obs. exc. Sc.
estate – verbs 
– WARD † to rule, to govern a land or people; to administer an estate; to act as guardian to a child …a1000
 
ESTEEM – nouns
– ACE the best one; a thing which is held in high esteem; something of merit …1840 Amer. sl.
– DAINTY † estimation, honour, favour (in which anything is held); esteem, regard; affection, love …a1225
– EYE-SERVICE †* respect or esteem shown through admiring looks …1869
– VANDA value, worth; esteem, respect …1929 Sc.
esteem – person 
– ACE a person held in high esteem …M19 sl., orig. US
– VALUER one who esteems …1638
esteem – verbs 
– ACE to hold in high esteem …1990s US sl.
– MAGNIPEND † to hold something in very high esteem …1623
– RATE to be highly esteemed …20C Amer. sl.
– STAND ACE (WITH) to be held in the highest esteem with someone …L19 US sl.
– THINK MICKLE OF to esteem, to think well of …1856 Sc.
 
ESTEEMED – adjectives
– ACE high in esteem …1903 Amer. sl.
– ACE-HIGH valued or esteemed highly …L19 US sl.
– ACES esteemed, well respected , favoured ,,,20C US sl.
– ACES-HIGH valued or esteemed highly …1885 US sl.
– ACES UP esteemed, well respected , favoured …20C US sl.
– BAD good, excellent, worthy of esteem or value …1958 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
– DEARWORTH of persons: dearly esteemed, worthy of being loved, dear, beloved …a1225
– DEARWORTHY † of persons: dearly esteemed, dear, beloved …a1300
– DERWORTH † of persons: dearly esteemed, dear, beloved …a1225
– DERWORTHY † of persons: dearly esteemed, dear, beloved …a1300
 
ESTIMATE – adjectives
– CALCULATORY † pert. to calculation or estimate …1611
estimate – nouns 
– CALCUL † calculation; estimate …1754 Sc.
– SCANCE a rough idea or estimate …1920 Sc.
estimate – verbs 
– CALL to consider, to estimate, to think …1888 Eng. dial.
– CAST † to reckon, to calculate, to estimate …a1300
– EYEBALL to make a visual inspection or assessment of; to measure by sight alone; to estimate by eye …1958 orig. US
– VALURE † to value, to estimate the value of goods, property, etc.; to appraise in respect of value …1487
– VENTILATE † to estimate the value of; to appraise …1682
 
ESTIMATION – nouns
– EYEBALLING scrutiny, investigation; visual inspection or assessment; estimation or measurement by sight alone …1959
– RATE † estimation, consideration …1610
 
ESTRANGEMENT – nouns
– QUEERNESS an estrangement …1896 Eng. dial.
 
ESTUARY – nouns
– YENLADE † an estuary; the mouth of a river …1656 Eng. dial.
– YENLET † an estuary; the mouth of a river …1656 Eng. dial.