Reverse Dictionary: ESCAPE

ADJECTIVES
1727 — DEVITABLE easy to be shunned, avoided, or escaped → obs.
1854 — NIBBY-GIBBY narrowly escaped or missed → Eng. dial.
..L19 — AWAY escaped from prison or police cells → sl.
1928 — ON THE LAM trying to escape, running away → US sl.

NOUNS
1000 — AGAIN-CHARING a turning back, a return; evasion, escape → obs.
1555 — OUTSCAPE escape, release from restraint, a way or opportunity to escape → obs.
1664 — LOOPHOLE an outlet or means of escape; often applied to an omission in a statute, etc., which gives opportunity for evading its intention
1759 — LEG-BAIL an escape; desertion; the act of fleeing → sl.
1819 — GANG-BY an escape, an evasion → Sc.  
.M19 — BEAT an escape, usually from prison → US sl.
.M19 — READ AND WRITE a flight; an escape → rhyming sl.
.M19 — SKEDADDLE a rush, a hurry, an act of running away or escaping → sl.
1877 — BOLT-HOLE an avenue of escape
1888 — NIBBY-GIBBY a narrow escape; a touch and go → Eng. dial.
1897 — HOG-HOLE a means of evasion or escape → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
..L19 — SCARPER an escape; an act of running away → sl.
1900 — FADEAWAY a departure or escape → Amer. sl.
1904 — SCAPE an escape → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — NEAR-RUN THING a close shave; a narrow escape → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TIG AND TIE a close shave, ‘touch and go’, a narrow escape → Sc. (Bk.)
1914 — LAM an act of running or flight, esp. a dash to escape from custody; escape; a hasty or unceremonious departure → US sl.
1918 — FADE-OUT a disappearance, departure, or escape → Amer. sl.
1920 — RABBIT FEVER the compulsion to attempt escapes from any form of imprisonment → US criminals’ sl.
1925 — GALLAGHER a run; a get-away, an escape → US sl.
1926 — MOPE a stealthy escape → US sl.
1928 — RUN-OUT a running out, fleeing, or escaping; a hasty or unceremonious departure → US
1940 — TAKE-OFF an escape → US prison sl.
1942 — FADE a disappearance, departure or escape → Amer. sl.
1942 — NARROW SQUEAK a narrow escape → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — NEAR SQUEAK a narrow escape → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1952 — DASH an escape from custody → US sl.
1956 — NIP an escape from prison → sl.
1982 — E AND E evasion and escape → US Korean war usage
1990 — BAIL-OUT an evasion, an escape → US sl.
1990 — LAM an escape from work or duty → sl.
1990 — OFFMANS the advanced preparation of a means of escape → UK criminals’ sl.
1992 — JACKRABBIT PAROLE escape from prison → US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
1702 — ABSCONDER one who absconds or leaves quickly; a runaway from justice; a fugitive; an escapee  
1864 — MIZZLER a person who is accomplished at escape, or getting out of a difficulty → criminals’ sl. 
1900 — HEEL-AND-TOE MAN one who walks speedily, runs away, or escapes → sl.
1928 — RABBIT — RABBIT BLOOD one who makes or who wishes to make an escape → sl.
1943 — HEEL-AND-TOE WALKER one who walks speedily, runs away, or escapes → sl.
1955 — HEEL-AND-TOE BOY one who walks speedily, runs away, or escapes → sl.
1996 — TAKE-OFF ARTIST an escaped prisoner → UK sl.

VERBS
1175 — BEFLY to fly from, to shun, to avoid, to escape → obs.
1225 — SWIP to move with haste or violence; to make a dash; to escape, to slip away → obs.
1250 — ACHAPE to escape → obs.
1297 — OFSCAPE to escape → obs.
1300 — BEGLIDE to slip away from, to escape → obs.
1303 — WAIVE to shun, to avoid; to elude, to escape, to dodge a blow → obs.
1386 — TWIN to depart, to go away; to escape, to get free → obs.
1386 — WADE OUT OF to escape from → obs.
1400 — SKEW to escape, to slip away → obs.
1400 — SMOLT to make off, to go, to escape → obs.
1440 — SKIFT to escape, to get away from → obs.
1543 — SHOOT to avoid, to escape → Sc. obs.
1562 — OUTSCAPE to escape → obs.
1588 — EVITATE to shun, to avoid, to escape → obs.
1641 — SUBTERFUGE to escape, to evade; to get out of → obs.
1670 — ELUCTATE to struggle out; to escape by struggling → obs.
1691 — SAVE ONE’S BACON to have a narrow escape, to escape safely from a place or situation → Eng. sl.
..L17 — SAVE ONE’S BEEF to escape safely from a place or situation → sl.
..18C — BUNK to escape, to run off → sl.
..E18 — MAKE A LOOSE to make one’s escape → sl.
1759 — 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  → jocular usage
1774 — TAKE LEG-BAIL to run away, esp. from a debt or a responsibility; to escape → Sc.
1791 — CRACK to break jail; to escape from prison → Amer. prison sl.
..L18 — QUEER THE QUOD to break out of jail → US criminals’ sl.
..19C — FAKE ONE’S SLANGS to cut off one’s chains or irons to make an escape from prison → sl.
1807 — CRACK THE QUA to break out of jail → Amer. sl.
1813 — SCAPE to escape → arch. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1821 — MAKE ONE’S LUCKY to get away, to escape; to decamp → sl.
1821 — SHOW A LEG to run off, to escape; to move at speed
1834 — CUT ONE’S LUCKY to get away, to escape; to decamp → sl.
1840 — TIB to slip out; to escape unobserved from school or house; to break bounds → school sl.
1840 — TIBBLE to slip out; to escape unobserved from school or house; to break bounds → school sl.
1845 — MIZZLE to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away, to escape → Amer. dial.
.M19 — EVAPORATE to leave, to vanish, to escape → sl.
.M19 — SCAPALI to escape, to run off → sl.
.M19 — SCARPA — SCARPER to escape, to run off → sl.
.M19 — SCARPY to escape, to run off → sl.
.M19 — SKEDOO to rush off, to scamper, to escape → sl., orig. US
.M19 — SKIDADDLE — SKIDOODLE to rush off, to scamper, to escape → sl., orig. US
1865 — SCRIP to escape → Eng. dial.
1870 — DO A BUNK to make an escape; to depart hurriedly → sl.
1874 — GUY to run away, to leave quickly, to escape → sl.
1875 — GIVE A SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape → US
1883 — GIVE THE COLD SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape → US
1885 — NIT to escape, to decamp, to hurry away → Sc. & Aust. sl.
1886 — LAM to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly → US sl., esp. criminals’ & police usage
..L19 — DO A LAM to escape from prison → US sl.
..L19 — FAN to move around quickly; to run; to escape → US sl.
..L19 — GUY OFF to run away., to escape → sl.
..L19 — MOPE to desert or escape → sl.
..L19 — TAIL OUT to run away, to depart hurriedly, to make one’s escape → US sl.
..L19 — TURN THE CORNER OF BOLT STREET to run away; to escape → colloq.
..20C — COP A HEEL — COP AND HEEL to run off, to escape → US criminals’ sl.
..20C — COP A MOKE to escape → criminals’ sl.
..20C — TAKE A FLIER — TAKE A FLYER to escape from prison → US prison sl.
..20C — TAKE A RUN-OUT to escape, to run away → sl.
..20C — TAKE A RUN-OUT POWDER to escape, to run away → sl.
1900 — TAKE IT ON THE DAN O’LEARY to run, to run off, to escape → US sl.
1900 — TAKE IT ON THE JESSE OWENS to run, to run off, to escape → US sl.
1901 — FLY THE COOP to run off, to depart abruptly; to escape, to get away → US colloq.
1902 — BEAT to escape from prison → Amer. sl.
1904 — TAKE IT ON THE LAM to run away; to flee, esp. from authorities; to escape; to depart hurriedly → US sl., orig. criminals’ usage
1905 — DO AN ARTHUR DUFFY to run away, to escape → Amer. sl.
1909 — DO A DUTCH to desert, to escape, to run away → sl.
1910 — DO A FADE-OUT to vanish, to escape, to depart; to disappear → US sl.
1910 — DO A POWDER to escape, to run away → sl.
1910 — GIVE SOMEONE THE RASPBERRY to deride or dismiss; to escape from → sl.
1910 — PULL A FADE-OUT to disappear, to depart, to escape, to vanish → Amer. sl.
1910 — SCARP to escape; to run off → Aust. sl.
1910 — TAKE A POWDER to escape, to run away → sl.
1910 — TAKE THE BREEZE to leave, to escape → sl.
1915 — TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR DUFFY to run away; to escape from prison → US prison sl.
1915 — TAKE IT ON THE HEEL AND TOE to depart, esp. swiftly and quietly to evade justice; to escape from prison → US prison sl.
1918 — TAKE THE AIR to leave, to escape, to get out → Amer. sl.
1920 — BUST LOOSE to escape from an institution → US sl.
1920 — COP A MOPE to escape, esp. from prison → US sl.
1920 — TAKE A MOPE to escape, esp. from prison → US sl.
1928 — MAKE A LAM to escape from prison → US sl.
1932 — LAM THE JOINT to escape from prison → US sl.
1934 — TAKE AN IMMEDIATE DUCK to escape from prison → US prison sl.
1935 — GO OVER THE WALL to escape from prison → sl.
1935 — TAKE FRENCH LEAVE to escape while on trust outside the prison walls → US prison sl.
1935 — TURN ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly; to run away; to escape → Amer. sl., esp. prison usage
1936 — TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR K. DUFFY to run away, to escape → Amer. sl.
1942 — AIR OUT to flee, to escape, to leave → Amer. dial.
1947 — SHOOT THROUGH to escape, to abscond; to depart, to leave → Aust. & NZ sl.
1950 — BUY OUT to escape, to avoid a predicament  → US sl.
1950 — HAVE IT AWAY to escape from prison or impending arrest → sl.
1950 — HAVE IT AWAY ON ONE’S TOES to escape from prison or impending arrest → sl.
1950 — TAKE A FLIER — TAKE A FLYER to escape, to run away from → sl.
1950 — TAKE IT ON ONE’S TOES to escape from prison or impending arrest → sl.
1951 — FIGURE CLOSE to have a narrow escape → Amer. dial.
1956 — TAKE STOPPO to escape → UK sl.
1957 — TAKE ONE’S LUCKY to get away, to escape; to decamp → sl.
1958 — WALK to escape legal custody as a result of being released from suspicion or from a charge → US sl.
1960 — RAISE to escape, to get out of, to be released from prison → US sl.
1963 — DUFF to escape → US sl.
1965 — VOTE WITH ONE’S FEET to escape; to become a refugee or emigrant → sl.
1967 — CREEP to escape → US sl.
1970 — MAKE ONE — MAKE ONE OUT to plan and effect an escape → UK prison sl.
1979 — WALK to escape unpunished → US sl.
1980 — SCAM to escape → US criminals’ sl.
1986 — HIT THE LAM to run away; to flee; esp. from authorities; to escape → US sl.
2003 — LAM OFF to escape, to run away → UK sl.