Reverse Dictionary: EXAM – EXCEL

EXAMINATION (inspection) – nouns
– DOUBLE-O an intense look; a close examination ..1913 US sl.
– MUG † an examination …1853 sl.
– ONCE-OVER a quick or superficial examination, inspection, treatment, etc., esp. of a person viewed as a sexual object …sl.
– OPPOSAL † the putting of posing questions; examination, interrogation; a posing question; a puzzle, enigma, riddle …1426
– OPPOSITION † inquisition, inquiry, examination …c1540
– THROUGH-GOING a severe examination; a thorough reprimand …1817 Sc.
– THROUGH-PUTTING a severe examination; a thorough reprimand …1899 Sc.
 
EXAMINATION (test) – nouns
– ANCHOR an examination that has been postponed …1955 US sl.
– GYP SHEET a sheet of paper on which examination answers are written, used by a student to cheat on a test …1971 Amer. college sl.
– HOOKER a difficult question on an examination …1971 Amer. sl.
– QUERY a test or examination …1976 US sl.
– ZOT zero in an examination …1960s US college sl.
– ZOTZ zero in an examination …1960s US college sl.
examination (test) – person
– FLUNKEE, FLUNKEY, FLUNKY 1. one who fails an examination …19C US campus sl.
2. one who is expelled, due to failing examinations …1920s sl.
– FLUNKER one who regularly fails their examinations or recitations …L19 US campus sl.
examination (test) – verbs
– ACE to achieve the top grade in an examination …M20 Amer. sl.
– ACE IT to make a perfect score on a school or college test; to score an ‘A’ on an exam …1950s US sl.
– ACE OUT to do well, to succeed, as in an examination …1950s sl., orig. US campus
– CRACK UP to fail in an examination …US Civil War usage
– FAN to make a perfect recitation or do well in an examination …1834 Amer. students’ sl.
– FAN OUT to make a perfect recitation or do well in an examination …1859 Amer. students’ sl.
– FLAIL to do poorly on or fail a test; to mess up …20C teen & high school sl.
– FLUNK to fail in an examination …1837 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– FLUNK OUT to fail an examination; to give a fail mark …E19 sl., orig. US campus
– HIT THE CEILING to fail in examination …1900 Amer. sl.
– INVIGILATE to keep watch; to watch carefully; to watch over students at an examination …M16
– JACK to use a translation or hidden notes to pass an examination …1900s US college sl.
– PILL to fail in an examination …1908 sl.
– PLOUGH to fail in an examination …1853 Brit. sl.
– PLUCK to fail in an examination …1713 Brit. university sl.
– SKIN to copy or to cheat in an exam …1849 US sl.
– WALK to take an examination without using any form of cheating aid …L19 US college sl.
– XEROX to cheat on a test …1960s US college sl.
– ZAP to fail in an examination …1961 US sl.
– ZOO to fail an exam …1970s US college sl.
 
EXAMINE – verbs
– APPOSE † to confront with objections or hard questions; to examine; to interrogate …ME
– BACK-SPEIR to re-examine, to cross-examine …a1689 Sc.
– CATECHIZE to question or interrogate systematically or at length; esp. to question or examine with a view to reproof or condemnation; to take to task …1604
– DACKER to search, examine …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EXPISCATE to ‘fish out’; to find out by scrutiny or inquiry; to search out; to discover by laborious investigation or strict examination …c1611
– FOOL AROUND to handle an object idly, as if examining or repairing it …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– FOND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track …c1225
– GUN to look over; to examine …1812 
– HAUL †* to search or examine thoroughly …1666
– INQUISITE † to inquire into; to investigate, examine; to make inquiry …1674
– LAIT † to search or look through; to examine …1300s
– LAMP to look; to see; to examine …1907 US sl.
– LAMP OVER to look; to see; to examine …1914 US sl.
– MATCH †* to compare in respect of similarity; to examine the likeness or difference of …a1649
– OGLE to examine, to appraise, to look over …18C UK criminals’ sl.
– OPPOSE † to confront with objections or hard questions; to examine, to interrogate, to question …c1386
– POKE AROUND to examine or search, esp. in a dilatory way …1809 Amer. sl.
– POKE ONE’S NOSE INTO SOMETHING to pry and meddle; to examine …1860s Amer. sl.
– PROSPECT to make preliminary examinations or investigations …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– QUIZZET to question; to inquire into, to examine …1930 Amer. dial.
– QUIZZIT to question; to inquire into, to examine; to ask prying questions …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SCANCE to look at, to examine, to analyze metrically; to give a critical or appraising look at; to scrutinize …1825 Sc.
– SCRUTINATE †* to scrutinize, to examine, to investigate …a1734
– SIFT to examine closely into; to scrutinize narrowly so as to find out the truth …1573
– SKIN to glance over, to examine …1895
– SQUIZZIT to question; to inquire into, to examine …1922 Amer. dial.
– TEW IN to examine; to look into a matter …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TOMMY (TRIPE) to examine, to survey, to keep watch …M19 rhyming sl. for ‘pipe’
– VISITATE † to visit for the purpose of inspecting or examining …1731 Sc.
– VIZZY to look at closely, to view closely; to inspect, to examine, to scrutinize …1724 Sc.
 
EXAMINED – adjectives
– EXPLORATE †* thoroughly examined; carefully prepared …1655
 
EXAMINING – adjectives
– EMISSITIOUS †* prying, inquisitive, narrowly examining …1620
 
EXAMPLE – nouns
– ABE the last of anything; the only example …1900s Aust. criminals’ sl.
– ACE a single example …1910s US sl.
– CHANCE a specimen, an example …1830 Amer. dial.
– EXCEPTION a noteworthy example …1906 Amer. dial.
– PARABLE something that may be pointed to as an example or illustration to follow or to avoid …c1880 Eng. dial.
– PARADIGM a pattern, exemplar, example …1483
– PATTERN-CARD a good example …1843 Eng. dial.  
– SAMPLER † example to be imitated; a model, a pattern; the original from which a copy is or may be taken …a1300
– WOPCACKER a superlative example of something …1941 Aust. sl.
example – verbs 
– PARADIGMATIZE † to set forth as a model, to make an example of …1647
 
EXASPERATE – verbs
– ACERBATE to sour or embitter; fig. to exasperate …1731
– EFFERATE † to render fierce or harsh, to exasperate …1658
– EXASPER † to exasperate, provoke …1545
– EXULCERATE to exasperate, to irritate; to aggravate a disease or sorrow …1593
– GET ONE’S ANGORA to irk, to annoy, to anger or exasperate someone; to discomfit or rattle one …1915 Amer. sl.
– GET ONE’S ANIMAL to exasperate or annoy someone …1922 Amer. sl.
– GIVE ONE THE WORMS to exasperate, to irritate, to annoy …20C Aust. sl.
– HAWK to jeer with intent to provoke; to exasperate; to discomfit, to daunt; to annoy, to tease; to embarrass …1928 Amer. dial.
– HOLD ONE IN TAMTARY to keep one in suspense; to tease or exasperate by delay; to vex or disquiet one …1710 Sc.
– INASPERATE †* to provoke to cruelty or bitterness; to exasperate, to embitter …1599
– MAD to exasperate, to drive mad, as with jealousy, worry, etc. …L16 UK, US & W. Indies sl.
– NARK to annoy, to vex, to irritate, to exasperate; to infuriate; to become annoyed …1860 Eng. dial. & sl.
– RAZZOR to vex, to exasperate, to enrage …1895 Eng. dial.
 
EXASPERATED – adjectives
– ACERBATE embittered; exasperated; severe …1869
– EXULCERATED irritated, embittered, exasperated …1640
– NARGIT vexed, chagrined, exasperated …1923 Sc.
– OUTDONE put out, perplexed, exasperated, displeased; disappointed, overcome, beaten, humiliated, embarrassed …1816 Amer. dial.
– RASPARATED exasperated …1895 Eng. dial.
– RASPY easily exasperated, irritable, short-tempered …1877
– RAW annoyed, angry, exasperated …1811 Eng. dial.
exasperated – verbs
– EAGER † to excite, to irritate, to provoke; to become exasperated …c1374
– HAVE HAD IT UP TO HERE to be exasperated; to have lost
all one’s patience …1940s sl.
exasperated – phrases
– DEAR GUSSIE! an exclamation of exasperation …1984 Amer. dial.
– GUSSIE PETE! an exclamation of exasperation …1984 Amer. dial.
 
EXASPERATING – adjectives
– NETTLESOME ill-humoured, peevish, quarrelsome, exasperating …1895 Eng. dial.
– NETTLIE ill-humoured, peevish, quarrelsome, exasperating …Bk1905 Sc.
– TANTERSOME exasperating, annoying, vexatious …1921 Sc.
exasperating – nouns 
– BALL-BREAKER a difficult, boring or exasperating job, problem, or situation …1950s sl., orig. US
exasperating – person 
– GAWDELPUS a helpless, irritating, or exasperating person …1912 jocular
– GAWD-HELP-US a helpless, irritating, or exasperating person …1912 jocular
– RASPER one who speaks in a harsh, grating manner; an exasperating person …1895 Eng. dial.
– TARRAN a passionate, brawling child; a peevish, cantankerous, ill-humoured person; one who tries to get his own way by persistent nagging or fractiousness; an exasperating person …1802 Sc.
exasperating – verbs
– BEATS A HEN A-FLYING to be surprising or astonishing; to be exasperating …1966 Amer. dial.
– BEATS A HEN A-ROUTING to be surprising or astonishing; to be exasperating …1966 Amer. dial.
– BEAT A MONKEY SHOW to be remarkably amusing, exasperating or the like …1858 Amer. sl.
– BEAT THE DUTCH to be surprising or astonishing; to be exasperating …1775 Amer. dial.
 
EXASPERATINGLY – adverbs
– ZASPEROUS exasperatingly …1892 Eng. dial.
 
EXASPERATION – interjections/phrases
– AG! an exclamation of pleasure, irritation, or exasperation …1930s S. Afr. sl.
– AW SHUCKS! expressing surprise, exasperation, genial self-deprecation, or gratified embarrassment …1888 colloq.
– BAGODBAGEE! an exclamation of impatience and exasperation …1970 Amer. dial.
– BAGODBAJEES! an exclamation of impatience and exasperation …1970 Amer. dial.
– BAGODBEJINGOES! an exclamation of impatience and exasperation …1970 Amer. dial.
– BLOW MY BUTTONS! expresses surprise, astonishment, exasperation, dismay, etc. …1907 colloq.
– BUGGER ME! expresses astonishment or exasperation …1936
– BUGSARN IT! expresses annoyance or exasperation …1911 Amer. dial.
– DASH MY BUTTONS! expresses surprise, astonishment, exasperation, dismay, etc. …1756 colloq.
– DINGBLASTIT! an expression of annoyance or exasperation …1911 Amer. dial.
– GREAT SCOTT! expressing surprise, exasperation, etc.
– MOTHER OF SHIT! an exclamation of surprise, rage or exasperation …1940s US
– SOD THIS FOR A GAME OF SOLDIERS expresses exasperation at a situation of course of action, typically implying that one intends to leave or give up …1975 sl.
– STICK THIS FOR A GAME OF SOLDIERS expresses exasperation at a situation of course of action, typically implying that one intends to leave or give up …1959 sl.
– TA! an exclamation of impatience or exasperation …1837 Sc.
– WOULDN’T IT GIVE YOU THE PIP expression of disgust or exasperation …20C
– WOULDN’T IT GIVE YOU THE SHITS expression of disgust or exasperation …20C
– WOULDN’T IT GIVE YOU THE TOM-TITS expression of disgust or exasperation …20C
– WOULDN’T IT RIP THE HARNESS OFF A NIGHTMARE expression of disgust or exasperation …20C
– WOULDN’T IT RIP YOU? used to express disgust or exasperation …1941 Aust. sl.
– WOULDN’T IT ROOT YOU! an exclamation of disgust, exasperation, or annoyance …1940 Aust. & NZ
– YE GODS! a mild oath, esp. used to express exasperation or indignation …1807
 
EXCAVATION – nouns
– ESCAVATION excavation …1970 Amer. dial.
– GOPHER HOLE a small mine or mine opening; a shallow or haphazardly dug excavation …1889 Amer. dial.
 
EXCEED – verbs
– BEAT THE BAND to exceed, to surpass, to beat everything …1900
– CAP THE CLIMAX to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way; to be the ‘last straw’ …1894 Amer. dial.
– CAP THE STACK to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way …1859 Amer. dial.
– CAP THE VORTEX to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way; to be the ‘last straw’ …1907 Amer. dial.
– CRACK to surpass or exceed a limit, record, or benchmark number …1953 Amer. sl.
– EXSUPERATE † to overtop, to surmount, to surpass, to exceed, to excel; to overcome …1559
– EXTRAVAGATE to go beyond bounds; to exceed what is proper or reasonable …1829
– PALL to exceed, to surpass, to go beyond …1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PASSIVERE to exceed …1825 Sc.
– TIP to excel, to exceed; to overcome …1825 Sc.
 
EXCEEDING – adjectives
– EVERLASTING exceeding, excessive, very …M19 US sl.
– MIGHTY large in quantity or size, great, exceeding, considerable …1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
EXCEEDINGLY – adverbs
– ABOVE-A-BIT more than a little, exceedingly, to a great degree …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ALARMING extensively, very, exceedingly …1874 Eng. dial.
– AUDACIOUS exceedingly, uncommonly, very …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– AWESOME very, exceedingly, extremely …1895 Sc.
– AWFUL exceedingly; very …1818 colloq.
– AWFULLY very, exceedingly, extremely …1830 sl.
– BALLY exceedingly, very …20C sl.
– BEASTLY exceedingly …1844 sl.
– CLINKING exceedingly …M17 sl.
– DAMNABLY very. exceedingly …19C colloq.
– DANGEROUS extremely, exceedingly …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DEAD very, exceedingly, completely …1807
– DEADLY excessively, exceedingly, extremely, very …1688
– DEARLY very; exceedingly; extremely …1896 Eng. dial.  
– EARDLY very, exceedingly …1790 Eng. dial.
– ENORMOUS very, exceedingly …1817 Amer. dial.
– FARRANTLY adv. fairly; very, exceedingly …1819 Eng. dial.
– GALLOWS extremely, very much, exceedingly …a1823 Eng. dial. & sl.
– HEEDLY very, exceedingly …1790 Eng. dial.
– HUMMING exceedingly, very …18C sl.
– IMPENSELY † exceedingly, greatly …1657
– IMPENSIVELY † exceedingly, greatly, immensely …1620
– IMPORTUNATELY † gravely, exceedingly …1660
– MAIN very, exceedingly …1803 Amer. dial.
– MAIN BIG very, exceedingly …1895 Amer. dial.
– MARVELLOUS exceedingly, terribly …1953 Amer. dial.
– MASTER exceedingly, a great deal …1913 Amer. dial.
– MAZINLY very, exceedingly, extremely …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MEAN very, exceedingly …1940 Amer. dial.
– MIGHTY very, exceedingly …1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MISERABLE very, extremely, exceedingly …1889 Eng. dial.  
– MONDO very, exceedingly …1968 Amer. sl.
– MONSTROUS exceedingly, very …1590
– MUCHO exceedingly …1940s sl., orig. US
– NATION very, exceedingly, extremely …1785 Eng. dial.
– ODIOUS very, exceedingly …1877 Sc.
– OUDACIOUS exceedingly, uncommonly, very …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– QUEINT very, exceedingly …1773 Eng. dial.
– RARE very; exceedingly …1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RASPING very, exceedingly …1877 Eng. dial.
– RATTLING exceedingly, extremely …20C Amer. sl.
– SCANDALOUS very, exceedingly, excessively …1884 Eng. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– TARNATIONALLY very, exceedingly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TEDIOUS very, exceedingly …1790 Eng. dial.
– VAST exceedingly, very …1809 Eng. dial.
– VENAMOUS exceedingly, very …1924 Sc.
– VENGEABLE † exceedingly, greatly, very, extremely; excessively …1542
– VENGEABLY exceedingly, greatly, very …c1550 arch.
– VENGEANCELY † extremely, exceedingly, very much …1622
– VILE very, exceedingly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YEARDLY very, exceedingly …1790 Eng. dial.
 
EXCEL, EXCELLING – adjectives
– BEFORE-PASSING † excelling …1382
– KICKIN’ HARD excelling …1960s Amer. sl.
– NAWPY clever, intelligent, shrewd; excelling …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PRECELLENT † that excels or surpasses; conspicuously superior; excellent …1382
excel, excelling – nouns 
– ACADEMY AWARD recognition of excelling in a field …1958 US sl.
excel, excelling – person
– ACE a person who stands out, excels, or represents perfection in any field, activity, or occupation; an expert; an adept …a1796
– BEAT one who excels or surpasses another, a superior …1855 US sl.
– BEAT’EM the conqueror; the one who excels all others …Bk1828 Eng. dial. 
– BEATER a person who beats or excels others …1845 US dial.
– CAPTAIN one who excels; a leader …1917 Amer. dial.
– DABSTER one skilled at anything; an expert or adept; a clever or versatile person; one who excels greatly; a proficient …1708
– EAR MAN a person expressing a natural ability to excel at an endeavour; a virtuoso …1970s US Black sl.
– FAIR HELL anyone who excels at something; an impressive person …1934 US Black student sl.
– GONER a person who excels …1949 US sl.
– HELL anyone who excels at something; an impressive person …1934 US Black student sl.
– NATURAL a person having a natural talent; one especially well suited for or likely to succeed in a particular endeavour; one who excels in something because of unusual ability …1749 Amer. sl.
– RAPPER a person who excels in anything …1881 Eng. dial.
– SPANKER a person who takes long steps with agility; one who walks quickly; a tall and active young person; a superior person; one who excels …1751 colloq. & Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TOPPER a person who excels at anything …1709 colloq.
– TOP-SAWYER a first-rate hand at something; a distinguished person; one who excels at something …1823 
excel, excelling – verbs
– BANG to defeat, to worst; to surpass, to excel, to outdo; to overcome, to overpower; to overwhelm…1604
– BEAR THE BELL to take the first place; to have foremost rank or position, to be the best; to excel, to be pre-eminent …c1374
– BEAT THE DEVIL AND DR. FOSTER to excel, to surpass …1848 Ireland
– CAP to surpass, to outdo, to excel …1848 Amer. dial.
– COOK to do very well, to excel …1930s Amer. jazz musicians’ usage
– CRANK to excel …1988 US sl.
– CUT to outdo, to excel …1884
– DING to overcome, to subdue; to excel, to surpass …1795 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– EXSUPERATE † to overtop, to surmount, to surpass, to exceed, to excel; to overcome …1559
– EXUPERATE † to surpass, to excel; to overcome, to surmount …1559
– FALL to beat, to excel …1845 Sc.
– HAVE THE HEELS OF to excel, to surpass, to have the best of …1894 Sc.
– HEAD to surpass, to outdo, to excel; to outwit, to get the better of …1711
– KILL to excel …1900 US sl.
– LAY IT ALL OVER to surpass, to outdo; to excel …1911 Amer. dial.
– LAY OVER to surpass, to outdo; to excel …1853
– LAY UP † to surpass, to excel …1601
– MAKE BY to excel; to walk or run past …Bk1905 Sc.
– PARAGON † to excel, to surpass …1604
– TAKE THE RAG OFF to beat, to surpass; to excel; to outshine …1833 Amer. dial.
– TAKE THE SHINE OFF OF to excel …Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– TIP to excel, to exceed; to overcome …1825 Sc.
– VANQUISH † to excel or surpass …1533
– WAR to ‘worse’, to defeat in a contest or competition; to surpass, to excel …1483 Sc.