Reverse Dictionary: EXCEM – EXCLAL

EXCEPT – prepositions
– ABIES except …1928 Sc.
– BATING abating, leaving out of account, excepting, except …1568
– BESEPS except, with the exception of …1853 Eng. dial.
– BESEPTS except, with the exception of …1853 Eng. dial.
– BIDING excepting, except; in spite of …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– LESSEN except …1905 Amer. dial.
– ONCEST except …1884 Eng. dial.
– UNLESSEN except …1997 Amer. dial.
except – conjunctions 
– BESEPS except, unless …1890 Eng. dial.
– BESEPTS except, unless …1890 Eng. dial.
 
EXCEPTING – adverbs
– OUTSIDE other than, excepting, beyond the number of …M19 orig. US
 
EXCEPTION – nouns
– BALK † an omission; an exception …1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BAULK † an omission; an exception …1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– EXCEPTIONS exception, offense …1869 Amer. dial.
 
EXCEPTIONAL – adjectives
– AND A HALF remarkable, exceptional …1832 sl.
– BEATENEST finest; very exceptional …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– BODACIOUS remarkable, exceptional, outstanding …1843 sl.
– COLD-BLOODED striking; exceptional; splendid; very cool  …1969 US Black sl.
– ECCENTRICAL exceptional, irregular …a1652
– HELLACIOUS remarkable, exceptional …1929 US sl.
– KILLER exceptional, extraordinary …Bk1995 US sl.
– ONE-IN-A-MILLION exceptional …Bk1995 US sl.
– RED HOT exceptional …Bk1995 US sl.
– STUNNING remarkable, exceptional, excellent, very good, stylish …1849 sl.
exceptional – nouns
– BENDER a big or good specimen of its kind; a ‘whopper’; anything exceptional or outstanding …1842 Eng. dial.
– CAT’S MEOW, CAT’S MIAOU, CAT’S MIAOW anything exceptional or superlative …1920s Aust. &  US sl.
– CAT’S MITTS anything exceptional or superlative …1910s US sl.
– CAT’S TONSILLITIS anything exceptional or superlative …1920s Aust. &  US sl.
– CRACKERJACK someone or something exceptional; a person or thing of highest excellence; a person of marked ability …1895 sl., orig. US
– DILLY remarkable or exceptionable person or thing …1908 sl., orig. US
– DINGER anything of a superlative character; something exceptional or striking; someone or something remarkable or superior; something splendid or stylish …1809
– DOOZER something that is extraordinary or outstanding of its kind; a remarkable or exceptional thing …1925 Amer. colloq.
– DOOZIE something that is extraordinary or outstanding of its kind; a remarkable or exceptional thing; often used ironically …1916 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
– DOOZY a remarkable or exceptional thing; often used ironically …1916 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
– DYNAMITE a remarkable or exceptional person or thing …1904 sl., orig. US
– GASSER something wonderful, very exceptional, extraordinarily successful …1944 US sl.
– HOT STUFF a remarkable or exceptional person or thing …1900 sl., orig. US
– LULU a remarkable, excellent, or exceptional person or thing; often used ironically …1886 sl., orig. US
– PANIC someone or something outstanding, exceptional, or excellent …1920s US Black sl.
– QUITE SOMETHING a remarkable or exceptional thing …1958 sl.
– REALLY SOMETHING a remarkable or exceptional thing …1958 sl.
– RIP-SNORTER a remarkable person; an exceptional thing …1842 US sl.
– SALTY DOG something or someone very exceptional …L19 US Black sl.
– SNORTER a remarkable, excellent, or exceptional thing; applied esp. to something remarkable for its size, power, severity etc. …1859 sl.
– SOMETHING a remarkable or exceptional thing …1958 sl.
– SOMETHING ELSE a remarkable or exceptional thing …1909 sl., orig. Amer.
– STORMER something of exceptional size, vigour, or excellence …1978 Brit. sl.
– STRAMMER anything very large, great or exceptional …1856 Eng. dial.
– STUNNER a remarkable or exceptional thing …1855 sl., chiefly Brit.
exceptional – person
– A-1-ER an exceptional person; an aristocrat …L19 sl.
– BAG OF OATS an exceptional person …1937 US sl.
– BALL TEARER an admirable or exceptional person, for good or bad qualities …1973 Aust. sl.
– BELTER an admirable, exciting, or exceptional person …1980 sl.
– CRACKERJACK someone or something exceptional; a person or thing of highest excellence; a person of marked ability …1895 sl., orig. US
– DILLY remarkable or exceptional person or thing …1908 sl., orig. US
– DYNAMITE a remarkable or exceptional person or thing …1904 sl., orig. US
– EXTRAVAGANT † one who does not keep within ordinary or reasonable limits; an exceptional or eccentric person; a fanatic …1627
– HOT STUFF a remarkable or exceptional person or thing …1900 sl., orig. US
– LULU a remarkable, excellent, or exceptional person or thing; often used ironically …1886 sl., orig. US
– MAN, THE the holder of power, in a non-institutional context; anyone deemed exceptional in ability …1920s sl.
– PANIC someone or something outstanding, exceptional, or excellent …1920s US Black sl.
– RIP-SNORTER a remarkable or exceptional person …1842 colloq. orig. US
– SALTY DOG someone who is very exceptional …1892 US Black sl.
– STUNNER a remarkable or exceptional person or thing …1855 sl., chiefly Brit.
exceptional – verbs
– TAKE THE BELT to be exceptional; to ‘take the biscuit’ …L19 US teen sl.
 
EXCEPTIONALLY – adverbs
– ABOUT HALF very, quite, exceptionally …1962 Amer. sl.
– LAMMING very, exceptionally …1956 Amer. dial.
– NAILING exceptionally; usually with ‘good’ …1868 sl.
– RARELY in an unusual degree; exceptionally …1606
– WALLOPING exceptionally, extremely …1922 Amer. dial.
 
EXCESS – adverbs
– ALL ENDS AND SIDES in excess, too great abundance …1866 Eng. dial.
excess – nouns 
– ACRASY † irregularity, disorder, intemperance, excess …1596
– ADVANTAGE † greater quantity or number; ‘more-ness’; amount or quantity over, additional amount, overplus, excess …1340
– DEBORDING † going beyond bounds, excess …1635
– DEBORDMENT † going beyond bounds, excess …1603
– DEBOSH excessive indulgence, a debauch; extravagance, waste …1828 Sc.  
– IMMODERACY †* immoderateness, want of moderation, excess …1682
– IMMODERANCY †* immoderateness, want of moderation, excess …1646
– IMMODERATIONS † excesses; immoderate or intemperate acts …1614
excess – person
– CHAMP one who does things to excess …1990s US campus
– DEBOSH a person who indulges in anything to excess; a debauchee …1866 Sc.  
excess – verbs
– ADVANCE † to be over in amount; to be in excess …1557
– DEBORD † to go out of bounds, to deviate; to go beyond bounds, to go to excess …c1620
– DEBOSH to indulge oneself in the use of anything to excess …1731 Sc.  
– OD ON to have or consume to excess; to have a surfeit of …Aust. sl.
– RADDLE to do anything to excess …Bk19C Eng. dial.
 
EXCESSIVE – adjectives
– ALAN BORDER of events, behaviour, or people: unacceptable, excessive, in bad taste …2000s rhyming sl. for ‘out of order’
– ALL-TO-PIECES thoroughgoing; excessive …1856 Amer. dial.
– BOUNCING exaggerated; excessive, big …1899 Amer. dial.
– DEADLY excessive, terrible, awful …1660 colloq.
– DESPERATE great, excessive …1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– EGREGIOUS remarkable in a bad sense; gross, flagrant, outrageous, extravagant, excessive …1573
– EVERLASTING exceeding, excessive, very …M19 US sl.
– FLARING excessive …Bk1893 colloq.
– FURIOUS * excessive, extravagant …1671
– IMMORTAL † superhuman, inhuman, excessive …c1540
– LUXURIOUS † outrageous, extravagant, excessive; also, passionately desirous after something …c1374
– NIMIOUS † extravagant, excessive, over-much …c1485
– ODIOUS very big, great, excessive, intense, out of the ordinary; strange, wonderful …1825 Sc.
– OFF ONE’S ROCK acting excessively, although not necessarily madly …1950s sl.
– OFF ONE’S ROCKER acting excessively, although not necessarily madly …1950s sl.
– OVERITIOUS excessive, intolerable …B1900 Sc.
– OVER THE SCORE excessive; unfair …colloq.
– RAD-O a general intensifier; extreme, excessive, very much, excellent, best …1980s sl., orig. US teen
– RAMPING of persons, their actions, etc.: violent, extravagant, unrestrained, excessive …1483
– SIBYLLINE excessive, exorbitant …1859
– TEARING very great, excessive …1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TRABOCCANT †* superabundant; excessive, superfluous …1651
– UNACCOUNTABLE remarkable, unusual; excessive …1884 Eng. dial.
– UNHINE † excessive, immense; generally used in a bad sense …Bk1905 Sc.
– UNHYNE † excessive, immense; generally used in a bad sense …Bk1905 Sc.
– UNMERCIFUL excessive, extreme …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YETERIE severe, excessive, tormenting …Bk1905 Sc.
– YETRIE severe, excessive, tormenting …Bk1905 Sc.
excessive – nouns
– BALLYHOO excessive noise, fuss, publicity, etc. …1928 sl., orig. US
– EGG IN YOUR BEER too much of a good thing …World War II Amer. sl.
– LICKER anything excessive in size, degree, quality …18C Brit. sl.
– TALL ORDER an excessive demand; a difficult thing to achieve …1893 US sl.
excessive – verbs
– O.D. to act excessively, without restraint, to be greedy …1970s sl.
– OH-DEE to act excessively, without restraint, to be greedy …1970s sl.
– PLAY OFFSIDE to act excessively …1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
 
EXCESSIVELY – adverbs
– AD NAUSEAM to a tiresomely excessive degree; to a sickening or nauseating extent …1565 
– ALL-FIREDLY * excessively, thoroughly …1833 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– BLAMED confoundedly, excessively …1845
– DEADLILY * in a deadly manner; mortally, fatally; excessively …1621
– DEADLY excessively, exceedingly, extremely, very …1688
– EVERLASTINGLY very, extremely, immeasurably, excessively; damned …1889 Amer. dial.
– MIRACULOUS excessively, very …1881 Sc.  
– OFF THE BOARDS excessively, to a great extent …L19 US sl.
– OFF THE HOOKS excessively …L17 sl.
– OUT THE ASS in excessive quantity; to an excessive degree; also, no good, reprehensible …1969 Amer. sl.
– OUT THE ASSHOLE in excessive quantity; to an excessive degree …1970 Amer. sl.
– OVER AND ABOVE excessively …1905 Amer. dial.
– SCANDALOUS very, exceedingly, excessively …1884 Eng. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– UNACCOUNTABLY excessively …1874 Eng. dial.
– UNDEEMOUSLY excessively …1844 Sc.
– UP THE ASS in excess; in great number or amount …1963 Amer. sl.
– VENGEABLE † exceedingly, greatly, very, extremely; excessively …1542
 
EXCHANGE – adjectives
– CAMBIAL relating to exchange in commerce …1864
– CATALLACTIC pert. to exchange …1862
exchange – adverbs 
– CATALLACTICALLY by way of exchange …1862
– HACKUM-PLACKUM in equal shares; in exchange or barter …Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
exchange – nouns 
– BARTERY 1. † traffic by exchange, barter …1570
2. † wares for barter or exchange …a1638
– BLIND BOGIE an exchange of things unseen; a blind trade …1968 Amer. dial.
– BLOCK † a bargain, bartering, exchange …1568 Sc.
– CAMBIO † a bill of exchange; a place of exchange …1645
– CAMBISM * the theory and practice of exchanges …1837
– CAMBISTRY the science or operations of the ‘cambist’ (see nouns, person) …Bk1888
– CAMBIUM † exchange, barter; a place of exchange …1708
– GAFFIN what is given in exchange, a piece of barter …1832-46 Sc.
– NIFFER an exchange, barter …1787 Sc. 
– NIFFERMENT exchange, barter …1856 Sc. 
– PIG IN A BAG something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange …1942 Amer. sl.
– PIG IN A BLANKET something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange …1967 Amer. sl.
– PIG IN A POKE something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange …1788 Amer. sl.
– PIG IN A SACK something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange …1965 Amer. sl.
– PIG IN THE BAG something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange …1965 Amer. sl.
– RAP † an exchange, esp. of horses …1755 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SWITCHEROO a swapping; an exchange …1933 US sl.
exchange – person 
– CAMBIST one who is skilled in the science or practice of exchanges; one who deals in bills of exchange …1809
exchange – verbs
– BLOCK to bargain; to exchange …Bk1911 Sc.
– CHANGE UP to exchange; to shift positions …1905 Amer. dial.
– NIFFER to exchange, to barter, to trade …1719 Sc. 
– PLAY TAIL-TYNT to make a fair exchange …1825 Sc.
– QUOSS † to barter, to exchange …1515
– RAP to exchange, to barter, to swap …a1700 Eng. dial. & sl.
– RING * to change or exchange fraudulently to gain a more valuable item …1786 sl.
– SCOAST to exchange, to barter …1746 Eng. dial.
– SCOOSE to exchange, to barter …1746 Eng. dial.
– SCORSE to exchange, to barter …1746 Eng. dial.
– SHIFT to swap, to exchange …1904 Amer. dial.
– SWOP EVEN-HANDED to exchange without profit …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WRIXLE † to exchange …c1400
 
EXCHANGED – adjectives
– UNCOMMUTED not exchanged …1870
 
EXCISEMAN – person
– GAGE † an exciseman …1728 UK sl.
 
EXCITABILITY – nouns
– HEAT † passionateness, excitability, ardour of temperament …1689
 
EXCITABLE – adjectives
– ALL FIRE AND TOW irascible, excitable, hot-tempered …1838 Amer. dial. 
– BEE-HEADED harebrained, flighty, excitable; light-headed, unsettled …1879
– BEE-HEADIT harebrained; flighty; eccentric; excitable …Bk1911 Sc.
– BISSY cross, ill-tempered, angry; easily provoked to anger, excitable …1887 Sc.
– CAMSTAIRY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable …1769 Sc.
– CAMSTEERY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable …1769 Sc.
– CAMSTERRY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable …1769 Sc.
– CAMSTRARIE perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable …1769 Sc.
– EASY ON THE TRIGGER quick-tempered, excitable, quick to anger …1968 Amer. sl.
– EASY ON TRIGGER quick-tempered, excitable, quick to anger …1912 Amer. dial.
– HAIZY hasty, excitable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HYPER hyperactive, excitable, highly-strung; extraordinarily energetic …1942 sl.
– NERVISH nervous, excitable, easily agitated …1825 Sc. 
– OPLOPIN uplifted, excitable; jumping at hasty conclusions; easily angered …1897 Sc.
– SHORT-PATIENCED quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient …1922 Amer. dial.
– SHORT-PATIENT quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient …1922 Amer. dial.
– TUTTLE excitable, short-tempered …B1900 Eng. dial.
– UNCOOL unpleasant, aggressive, dangerous; excitable; tending to show your feelings more than is prudent or advisable …1953 US sl.
– WARM-HEADED having a heated fancy or excitable temperament …1690
excitable – nouns
– TINDER-BOX a person or thing that is highly excitable, explosive, etc.; a potential source of widespread violence; a source of heated strife …1598
excitable – person 
– ARAB any wild-looking person; an excitable or passionate person …c1850 Amer. sl.
– CALEERY a giddy, hysterical person; a mischievous, scatterbrained, overexcitable person …20C Ireland
– HITZKOP a hothead, an excitable person …Bk1982 Jewish 
– TINDER-BOX a person that is highly excitable, explosive, etc. …1598
– WARM HEAD † a warm-headed, excitable, impetuous person …1684
– WIRE an overstimulated person; an anxious, excitable person …20C Amer. sl.
 
EXCITE – verbs
– ABAIT † to excite, to stimulate …1303
– ACCITE † to arouse, to excite …1597
– ACTUATE † to render active, to stir into activity; to stir up, to arouse, to excite …1603
– ALACRIATE †* to make cheerful and lively; to excite; to rouse to action; to encourage; to embolden …1657
– ALACRIFY * to make cheerful; to rouse to action; to excite …1864
– BITE to excite, to worry …1911 US sl.
– CONCITATE †* to provoke, excite, rouse, stir up …1574
– EAGER † to excite, to irritate, to provoke; to become exasperated …c1374
– EAGER UP to make eager, to excite …1967 Amer. sl.
– EFFERVESCE * to stir up, to excite, to exhilarate, to make cheerful and lively …1866
– EXCITATE † to excite, to rouse, to stir up …1548
– FLUTTER to throw a person into confusion, agitation, or tremulous excitement …1664
– FRAB to harass, worry, fret, fidget; to irritate, excite …1848 Eng. dial.
– FREAK to excite; to cause to lose composure; to overwhelm emotionally …1964 sl., orig. US
– FREAK OUT to excite; to cause to lose composure; to overwhelm emotionally …1964 sl., orig. US
– FUNK to excite or thrill a person, esp. with music; also, to inspire with energy or enthusiasm …1973
– FUNK UP to excite or thrill a person, esp. with music; to inspire with energy or enthusiasm …1979
– GEEK UP to excite or stimulate a person; to make a person nervous or jittery …1984 US sl.
– HEAD UP to excite, to elevate …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– IMPASSIONATE to fill or inflame with passion; to excite deeply or strongly …a1641
– JACK UP to excite or exhilarate a person with, or as if with, a recreational drug; to stimulate mentally or physically …1966 colloq. orig. US
– JAZZ to thrill or excite …1921 Amer. sl.
– KILL to excite, to please, to thrill …1844 US sl.
– RAAS to stir up, to excite …1950s W. Indies sl.
– RAISE to excite, to agitate, to provoke, to rouse to excitement or anger; to madden, to vex …1768 chiefly Sc.
– RASS to stir up, to excite …1950s W. Indies sl.
– RING ONE’S CHIMES to arouse one’s attention; to excite …1970 Amer. sl.
– STOKE to excite; to cause to lose composure; to overwhelm emotionally …1963 sl., chiefly surfing usage
– TICKLE THE FANCY to excite amusement in …a1774
– TIFF to excite; to irritate …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIND † to enflame, to excite, to arouse, to inspire …c1175 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TITILLATE to excite or stimulate as by tickling; esp. to excite agreeably, to gratify the sense of taste, smell, or touch, the imagination …1620
– TITULATE to excite or stimulate as by tickling; esp. to excite agreeably, to gratify the sense of taste, smell, or touch, the imagination …1620
– UPSTIR † to excite, to rouse; to thrown into confusion …1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– WOW to excite; to cause to lose composure; to overwhelm emotionally …1924 sl., chiefly US
– YARK † to stir up, to excite …1593 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YERK † vb. to stir up, to excite …1593 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ZAP to excite; to cause to lose composure; to overwhelm emotionally …1967  sl., orig. US
 
EXCITED – adjectives
– ABLAZE in the full glow of excitement …c1840
– AERATED very lively, highly animated; overexcited; angry, irate …1912 colloq., chiefly Brit.
– AERIATED of a person: overexcited; angry, irate …1974 colloq.
– AGIG giggling, excited …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– AIRYATED of a person: overexcited; angry, irate …1974 Eng. dial.
– ALL OF A BIVER excited …1914 Amer. dial.
– ALL OF A DO-DA in a state of agitated or dithering excitement; excited …1951 sl.
– ALL OF A DOODA in a state of agitated or dithering excitement; excited …1951 sl.
– ALL OF A DOODAH in a state of agitated or dithering excitement; excited …1951 sl.
– ALL OF A TISWAS in a state of panic or excited confusion …1984 UK sl.
– ALL OF A TIZWAS in a state of panic or excited confusion …1984 UK sl.
– ALL OF A TIZZY in a state of panic or excited confusion …1984 UK sl.
– ALL SHOOK UP excited; disturbed; upset …Bk2006 US sl.
– ALL TORE OUT in an emotionally aroused state; angry, excited, annoyed, upset, troubled …1941 Amer. dial.
– AMPED under the influence of amphetamines or another stimulant; very excited or energetic; also, agitated, on edge …1967 US sl.
– AMPED OUT very excited, anxious or active; frenetically active; ready for anything; psyched up…1972 Amer. sl.
– AMPED-UP under the influence of amphetamines or another stimulant; very excited or energetic; also, agitated, on edge …1967 US sl.
– ANXIOUSED UP made anxious, excited …1905 Amer. dial.
– APESHIT crazed, infuriated, excited; mad, insane …1955 sl.
– AT NESTLE restless, fidgety, in a state of excitement or uneasiness …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– BERKO crazy; furious, angry, excited …1961 Aust. & NZ sl.
– BETRAYNTED †* over-excited, borne or carried away …1583
– BETWITTERED excited, frightened, overcome with pleasing excitement …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BLUE IN THE FACE livid with anger, excitement, etc. …1792
– BUZZED excited, thrilled, stimulated …1996 sl.
– BUZZY of a person: excited, euphoric, experiencing a buzz; active, lively, over-stimulated …1978
– CADGY cheerful, merry; glad; friendly and hospitable; in good spirits; lively, excited, spry …1725 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
– CAGY lively; excited; spry …1897 Amer. dial.
– CHARGED excited …Bk2006 US sl.
– CHARGED UP excited …Bk2006 US sl.
– CRANKED excited …1957 US sl.
– CRANKED OUT excited …1957 US sl.
– CRANKED UP excited …1957 US sl.
– CRUNK excited, exciting …1990s US college & teen sl.
– CRUNKED excited …1990s US college & teen sl.
– EAGERLESS headstrong; eager; excited …1886 Eng. dial.
– EFFERVESCIBLE ready to effervesce, excited …1866
– EGGY irritated, excited …20C UK sl.
– EXCITED AS A CAT AT A MOUSE-SHOW highly excited …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– FESSED UP angry, excited …1955 Amer. dial.
– FIERCE eager, excited, agitated …1894 Amer. dial.
– FIRED UP excited; enthusiastic …20C teen & high school sl.
– FLAMBUSTERED excited, agitated …19C Eng. dial.
– FUNKED UP of a person: excited, thrilled, esp. by music …1976
– GESTIENT † restlessly excited, nervously agitated …1644
– GUNPOWDERED † readily inflamed or excited …1604
– HAIRY excited, angry, out of temper …1914
– HANTY wanton, unruly; full of spirit, mettlesome; excited, frisky (generally used of horses) …1721 Eng. dial.
– HAUNTY full of spirit, mettlesome; excited, frisky (generally used of horses) …1721 Eng. dial.
– HEATED impassioned, angry; inflamed, excited …1593
– HEATED UP tense, nervous, angry, excited …L19 sl.
– HET UP tense, nervous, angry, excited …L19 sl.
– HOPPED (UP) excited, impatient …1920s US sl.
– HUBBER-BUBBER in a state of excitement or rage …1869
– HYPED UP over-excited or highly strung …1946 sl., orig. US
– HYPHIE, HYPHY extremely rowdy, excited or energetic …2002 US sl.
– IN A BIG WAY excited, agitated, vociferous …1903 Amer. dial.
– IN A TIZZ in a state of confused excitement …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– JACK ASHORE larky, excited, tipsy …L19 sl.
– JACKED excited, exhilarated …1930s sl.
– JACKED UP excited, exhilarated …1930s sl.
– JAZZED excited or enthusiastic …1918 Amer. sl.
– JAZZED UP excited or enthusiastic …1918 Amer. sl.
– JEEPED UP excited …1979 Amer. sl.
– JUNKED-UP excited …2001 US sl.
– JUST IN ONE’S REASON greatly excited; almost out of one’s senses …1901 Sc.
– KAGY lively; excited; spry …1902 Amer. dial.
– KEYED excited …1968 Amer. sl.
– LIKE A FLY IN A GLUE-POT nervously excited …1854 colloq.
– LIKE A FLY IN A TAR-BOX nervously excited …1659 colloq.
– MAD AS MAY-BUTTER, AS exceedingly eccentric; mad; excited …1626
– MARKET-FRESH lively and excited with drink; somewhat intoxicated …1894 Eng. dial.
– MARKET-FUDDLED lively and excited with drink; somewhat intoxicated …1896 Eng. dial.
– MARKET-MERRY lively and excited with drink; somewhat intoxicated …1889 Eng. dial.
– MARKET-PEART lively and excited with drink; somewhat intoxicated …1895 Eng. dial.
– OBFUSTICATED bewildered, confused, excited …1834 US sl.
– OFF THE HOOKS in a state of madness or intense excitement; crazy, angry, or vexed; in an ill mood or out of humour …1612 sl.
– ON NETTLES fidgety, uneasy, excited; in a restless, impatient condition; anxious, in suspense …1892
– ON THE CEILING unduly excited …1932 Amer. sl.
– ON THE NESTLE restless, fidgety, in a state of excitement or uneasiness …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ON THE TITTUP in a state of excitement; mentally upset …1906 Eng. dial.
– PANICKY extremely elated; ecstatically happy; highly excited …1940s US Black sl.
– RADGE mad, violently excited, furious, wild, obstreperous, insane …1923 Sc.
– RADGIE mad, violently excited, furious, wild, obstreperous …1923 Sc.
– RADGY ill-tempered, angry, excited, violent, mad …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAISED infuriated, irascible, wild, frenzied, over-excited …1704 Sc.
– RAISED-LIKE excited, maddened; startled, having the appearance of mental derangement …Bk1905 Sc.
– RAMISHED confused or excited with drink …1791 Sc.
– RAMMAGE of persons: wild, excited, unruly,  unmanageable …1714 Sc.
– RAMSASSPATORIOUS excited, anxious, impatient …1916 Amer. dial.
– RANTY lively, riotous, eager; wildly excited with passion, pain, anger, etc.; almost mad …1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– REAL CHUFFED excited …1950s sl.
– REARING excited; talking loudly and boastingly; mocking …1746 Eng. dial.
– REDE fierce, impetuous, wild; excited; drunk …1843 Sc.
– SHOOK UP excited; disturbed; upset …Amer. sl.
– STOKED excited, enthusiastic …1960s Amer. sl.
– SUBLATED † exalted, excited …1647
– SUBLIMARY †* elevated, excited …a1652
– SWITCHED ON excited by music; aroused by a sexual opportunity …1977 UK sl.
– TABASCO excited, dramatic, spirited …1920s sl.
– TAVUS easily excited and flustered …1860 Eng. dial.
– TICKLE † pleasantly stirred or excited …c1330
– TORE OUT in an emotionally aroused state; angry, excited, annoyed, upset, troubled …1903 Amer. dial.
– TORE-UP adj. in an emotionally aroused state; angry, excited, annoyed, upset, troubled …1867 Amer. dial.
– TORN OUT in an emotionally aroused state; angry, excited, annoyed, upset, troubled …1903 Amer. dial.
– TORN-UP in an emotionally aroused state; angry, excited, annoyed, upset, troubled …1855 Amer. dial.
– UP mentally stimulated, excited, hopeful, happy, elated …1942 sl., orig. US
– UP IN THE AIR * displaying heightened emotions; excited, angry, anxious …1873 colloq.
– VIBED UP excited; in the mood …1983 UK sl.
– WACKED excited …1959 US sl.
– WAKEN ON to become animated, earnest, or excited; to become violent in language …Bk1905 Sc.
– WIRED eagerly excited; overstimulated …1970s Amer. sl.
– WIRED UP eagerly excited; overstimulated …1970s Amer. sl.
– WORKED UP angry; excited; distraught …1883 Amer. sl.
– WRUNG-UP over-excited, out of control …1980s US college sl.
– ZONKED enthusiastic or excited …1970s US sl.
– ZONKERS enthusiastic or excited …1970s US sl.
excited – nouns 
– UP an excited mood, a feeling of stimulation, intoxication …M18 sl.
excited – verbs
– AMP (UP) to make a person very excited, agitated, or energetic through (or as if through) the consumption of amphetamines or another stimulant …1992 US sl.
– BE IN A FLAP to get all excited about nothing …World War II Amer. sl.
– BE ON THE MERRY-PIN to be excited or merry …1790 Eng. dial.
– BLOW ONE’S SHOES to lose one’s composure; to become over-excited …1969 Amer. dial.
– BLOW ONE’S STACK to get excited and make a series of mistakes …Bk1944 service sl.
– BUST A GUSSET to become over-excited and lose control …1950 Amer. dial.
– BUZZ of a person: to be in a state of stimulation or excitement; to be intoxicated or ‘high’, esp. on drugs …1927 sl.
– CATCH FIRE to become excited …Bk1999 
– COOK to be full of activity and excitement …sl.
– CRUNK to get excited or hyped up …Bk2006 US sl.
– DO IN THE BLOCK to become flustered, excited or angry; to lose confidence …1916 sl.
– DO ONE’S PEGS to become angry, excited, or anxious …1940s Aust. sl.
– DO YOUR BLOCK to lose your temper, to become angry, excited or anxious …1916 Aust. sl.
– FLAME to show great emotion; to become angry or excited
– FLIP ONE’S LID to be or become wildly excited or enthusiastic; to go wild; to lose one’s head; to become excessively angry …1950 sl., orig. US
– FLIP ONE’S WIG to be or become wildly excited or enthusiastic; to go wild; to lose one’s head; to become excessively angry …1952 sl., orig. US
– FLY OFF THE HANDLE to become excited; to fly into a passion
– GET A BANG OUT OF to experience a thrill or excitement from …US & Can. sl.
– GET ONE’S ASS ON ONE’S SHOULDERS to become unduly haughty, angry, or excited …1954 Amer. sl.
– GET ONE’S ASS OVER THE DASHBOARD to become excited, impatient or angry …1967 Amer. dial.
– GET ONE’S BALLS IN AN UPROAR to become unduly angry, excited, frightened, etc. …1947 US sl.
– GET ONE’S FACE IN A KNOT to become angry, agitated, bewilderingly excited, or over-emotional …20C Aust. sl.
– GET ONE’S TAIL IN A KNOT to get excited …1967 Amer. dial.
– GET ONE’S TAIL OVER THE DASH to become excited, impatient or angry …1995 Amer. dial.
– GET ONE’S TAIL OVER THE DASHBOARD to become excited, impatient or angry …1946 Amer. dial.
– GO APE to become excited, violent, sexually aggressive, etc.; to display strong enthusiasm or appreciation; also, to malfunction …1955 sl., orig. US
– HAVE KITTENS to be in a state of great excitement, anxiety, or anger; to behave frenziedly …1900 sl., orig. US
– LEAP OUT OF ONE’S SKIN FOR JOY to be extremely delighted, excited, or surprised …1584
– LOSE ONE’S BLOCK to lose your temper, to become angry, excited or anxious …1916 sl.
– LOSE ONE’S COOL to lose one’s self-possession; to become nervous, (over-)excited, very angry …c1955 sl.
– POP ONE’S DRAWERS to get very excited …1970s sl.
– POP ONE’S ROCKS to become excited; to lose emotional control; lit. to ejaculate …1960s US sl.
– POPPLE to boil with rage or indignation; to seethe with anger; to be extremely excited …1897 Sc.
– RACE ONE’S MOTOR to become over-excited …1940s US sl.
– REAR to rouse up, to disturb; also, to behave violently or excitedly …1876 Eng. dial.
– REV ONE’S MOTOR to become over-excited …1940s US sl.
– SKIP OUT OF ONE’S SKIN FOR JOY to be extremely delighted, excited, or surprised …1668
– TAKE FIRE to become ‘enflamed’ with some emotion or the like; to become excited, esp. with anger; to become enraged …1607
– TAKE ON to get excited …1876 Sc.
– THROW A SHOE to lose one’s temper; to become over-excited; to make a big fuss …1967 Amer. dial.
– TIE ONE’S FACE IN A KNOT to become angry, agitated, or bewilderingly excited …20C Aust. sl.
– TOP COTTON to be very excited or agitated; to go very fast …1942 Amer. dial.
– TOP THE COTTON to be very excited or agitated; to go very fast …1954  Amer. dial.
– VIRMISH to be excited or worked up, to long anxiously for …1963 Sc.
– WIG OUT to make or become wildly excited or enthusiastic; to lose control of one’s emotions; to be or get angry …1955 sl.
– YERK to think hard; to beat one’s brains; of the mind: to be busy, worked up, or excited …1737 Sc.
excited – interjections & phrases
– DON’T GET YOUR BOWELS IN AN UPROAR! calm down! don’t get so excited! …Bk2006 US sl.
– DON’T HAVE A COW! calm down! don’t get so excited! …Bk2006 US sl.
 
EXCITEDLY – adverbs
– FAINLY * gladly, eagerly, excitedly …1535
– HELL-BENT AND CROOKED in a swift, disorderly, excited manner …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION in a hurried, excited, or reckless manner; rapidly, furiously … 1905 Amer. dial.
– LIKE BUSTER’S GANG with great excitement and speed …1941 US jocular
– LIKE THE MILL TAIL O’ THUNDER in a swift, disorderly, and excited manner …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– RAISEDLY † in an elevated or excited manner …1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
EXCITEMENT – adjectives
– ALL OF A DOODAH in a state of excitement; dithering …1915 sl.
– FOR KICKS for the sake of excitement or pleasure …1928 sl.
– JOLLIES pleasurable excitement, esp. from or as if from something forbidden or improper; enjoyment; fun; thrills; kicks …1930 colloq.
– JOLLY a thrill of delight, pleasure or excitement …1905 colloq.
– RACKETY 1. noisy, gay, fond of excitement …1773
2. characterized by noise, excitement, dissipation, or disturbance …1827
excitement – nouns
– ACTION excitement, activity in general; whatever is happening …Bk2000 Amer. sl.
– BEARM excitement; agitation …1928 Amer. dial.
– BOIL-UP a sudden excitement or conflict …Aust. sl.
– BUST-UP an explosion; a flare-up; excitement …1899
– BUTTERFLY STOMACH a fluttering sensation felt in the stomach as a result of nervousness or apprehensive excitement …1943
– BUTTERFLY TUMMY a fluttering sensation felt in the stomach as a result of nervousness or apprehensive excitement …1941
– BUZZ a feeling of excitement or euphoria, esp. one induced by a stimulant; a thrill, a ‘kick’ …1942 sl., orig. US
– CARRY-ON a fuss; an uproar; an outbreak of excited behaviour …1890 UK sl.
– CHICKEN-FLUTTER undue excitement …1905 Amer. dial.
– CRUNK a state of excitement; a good time …1990s US Black sl.
– DRIVE a state or feeling of excitement; a thrill; exhilaration rising from the use of narcotics …1921 US sl.
– DUCK-FIT a state or fit of excitement, impatience, or uneasiness; a tantrum …1903 Amer. dial.
– EBRIETY excitement, an excited condition …1751
– EBRIOSITY * exhilaration; physical excitement …1859
– EFFERVESCENCE excitement …1748
– EFFERVESCENCY excitement …1767
– EXUBERATION * exuberance of spirits; excitement …1889
– FALARIE disturbance, excitement, commotion …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FANTEAG a state of anxiety or excitement; an instance of this; a fit of ill-humour …1825 Eng. dial.
– FANTEAGUE a state of anxiety or excitement; an instance of this; a fit of ill-humour …1825 Eng. dial.
– FANTIGUE a state of anxiety or excitement; an instance of this; a fit of ill-humour …1825 Eng. dial.
– FANTIQUE a state of anxiety or excitement; an instance of this; a fit of ill-humour …1825 Eng. dial.
– FANTOD a feeling of excitement …19C US sl.
– FANTODS a feeling of excitement, of high spirits …1942 Amer. dial.
– FANT-TODS a feeling of excitement …19C US sl.
– FEASE a state of excitement or anxiety; a fit of fretfulness …1647 Amer. dial.
– FEAZE a state of excitement or anxiety; a fit of fretfulness …1647 Amer. dial.
– FEERY-FARRY † a bustle, a tumult; a state of excitement, disorder, confusion …1535 Sc.
– FEEZE a state of excitement or anxiety; a fit of fretfulness; a state of alarm …1647 Amer. dial.
– FIREWORKS excitement …Bk2006 US sl.
– FLUMMER a state of agitation, excitement, or confusion …1873 Eng. dial.
– FLUSTRATION confusion; bustle; excitement; flurry …c1740
– FUROR great enthusiasm or excitement; a craze which takes everyone by storm …1704
– GAG an event or activity contrived to provide amusement or excitement …1996 UK sl.
– GALE a state of excitement or hilarity; a good time …a1800 US
– GLIFF † a sudden fright or shock; a scare; a state of excitement …1732 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GROUND LOOP a state of excitement or confusion …1943 Amer. aviation sl.
– HARL a state of great excitement …1833 Eng. dial.
– HUBBISTEW a hubbub, stir, tumult; a flurry, excitement …1898 Sc.
– JAZZ spirit, vigour, energy; excitement …1913 Amer. sl.
– JIMINY FIT an outburst of excitement, agitation, or nervousness …1906 Amer. dial.
– JOLLIES pleasurable excitement, esp. from or as if from something forbidden or improper; thrills; kicks …colloq.
– JOLLY a thrill of pleasure or excitement …L19 sl.
– JUMPS, THE excitement, the ‘fidgets’ …1920s sl.
– LAG a humour, mood, temper; a state of excitement or high spirits …1899 Sc.
– LARGE CHARGE big excitement …1960s Amer. sl.
– LARRY confusion, excitement …1876 Eng. dial.
– LATHER a state of agitation, excitement, or restlessness …1839 sl.
– LILLYDEW a perspiration, sweat; an excitement …1854 Eng. dial.
– MEZZLE excitement …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MIST a state of high excitement, drug induced or otherwise …2000s UK sl.
– MOMMIX a state of excitement or confusion …1953 Amer. dial.
– NINNY-WATCH a disturbance, a state of confusion, excitement or a longing expectation or desire; a vain hope; a quandary … 1746 Eng. dial.
– ONTAKING great excitement or anxiety, a rush …1914 Sc.
– ORGASM immoderate or violent excitement of feeling; rage, fury; a paroxysm of excitement or rage …a1763
– ORGIASM * the celebration of orgies, extravagant or rapturous excitement …1840
– PALAVER nervous excitement …1892 colloq.
– PANDAIRY a state of excitement; fluster; a fit of temper, rage, a tantrum …1924 Sc.
– PANDIRT a state of excitement, fluster …1898 Sc.
– PANSH a state of excitement or fluster …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PANSHEET a state of excitement, confusion, sudden passion, etc. …1895 Eng. dial.
– PANSHINE a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle …a1838 Sc.
– PANSHIT a flurry, a to-do, a state of excitement, a panic or muddle …a1838 Sc.
– PAVIE a fuss, bustle, commotion, a great to-do about nothing; a great state of excitement, either from pleasurable anticipation, or rage …1806 Sc.
– PHEESE a state of excitement or anxiety; a fit of fretfulness …1647 Amer. dial.
– PHEEZE a state of excitement or anxiety; a fit of fretfulness …1647 Amer. dial.
– RAKERY * rakish conduct; debauchery, dissoluteness, profligacy; social excitement …1728
– RAPTURE * a state of passionate excitement; a paroxysm, a fit …1607 now Eng. dial.
– RAPTUS * a state of rapture or excitement …1844
– REE excitement, frenzy …1825 Sc.
– SKEDADDLE a fuss, an excitement; a disturbance …1990s sl.
– TAKE a state of excitement, grief, fluster, etc. …1896 Sc.
– TAKING a state of excitement, grief, or perplexity; a fit of petulance or temper; a dilemma; a sorry plight or condition …1899 Eng. dial.
– TAPTEE † a state of excitement, eagerness, desire, rage, etc. …1825 Sc.
– TAPTIRE a state of excitement or agitation …1972 Sc.
– TAPTOO † a state of excitement, eagerness, desire, rage, etc. …1825 Sc.
– TEW a struggle, difficulty; a laboured effort; fatigue, trouble; an annoyance, a worry or fretting; a state of anxiety, nervous excitement, confusion, or impatience; a disturbed state …1864 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– THRILLS AND SPILLS excitement; a thrill …1983 sl.
– THRONG-DEED excitement; bustle and confusion; any incident of an exciting or busy character …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TILT a hasty temper; excitement, rage …1884 Eng. dial.
– TIRRIVEE a commotion, disturbance; a state of excitement; a stir, bustle …1885 Sc.
– TITILLATION pleasing excitement, gratification …c1425
– TORY-RORY a state of hurry or excitement …B1900 Eng. dial.
– UNCO wonder, excitement …1823 Sc.
– VEEM † a state of ecstasy, excitement, exultation …1824 Sc.
– WARMTH * excitement, exhilaration …1749
– WILD OATS excitement and energy in youth; usually considered to be sexual in the male …16C sl.
– WOMB-TREMBLER something that causes great excitement …2001 UK sl.
– YAGGERMENT a state of excitement, a flurry, a pother, agitation …1830 Sc.
– YAGIMENT a state of excitement, a flurry, a pother, agitation …1830 Sc.
excitement – person
– SENDER one who arouses emotionally; one who inspires excitement …1920s US Black sl.
– SOLID SENDER one who arouses emotionally; one who inspires excitement …1920s US Black sl.
excitement – verbs
– FLUTTER THE DOVECOTES to disturb the equanimity of a society; to cause a stir or excitement in a conservative community …1840
– HOT UP to increase in vigour, liveliness, or excitement …1936 Brit. sl.
– JUMP to be full of liveliness and excitement …c1938 sl., orig. US
– NINNY-WATCH to get into a state of confusion or excitement …1866 Eng. dial.
– SET THE HEATHER ON FIRE to create uproar and excitement; to make a disturbance; to excite a tumult …1843
– TEAR IT UP to perform, behave, etc. with unrestrained excitement …1932 US sl., chiefly jazz usage
– TEAR THINGS UP to perform, behave, etc. with unrestrained excitement …1932 US sl., chiefly jazz usage
– TRIPUDIATE to dance, skip, or leap for joy or with excitement; to exult …1623
excitement – interjections/phrases 
– ARRAH! an expletive of excitement …L17Anglo-Irish
– GAME ON! an exclamation of excitement or anticipation, usually about a possible sexual conquest or when a night out or drinking session is arranged …1980s sl.
– JOINT IS JUMPING, THE it’s full of liveliness and excitement …c1938 sl.
– OH BOY! exclamation of surprise, excitement, amazement …1910s sl., orig. US
– OH MAMMA! an exclamation of wonder, surprise, excitement …1891 US sl.
– SHAZAM! an exclamation of excitement …1940 sl.
– TOO MUCH! an exclamation of pleasure, satisfaction, excitement …1930s sl.
– WALKING MOSES! an exclamation of surprise, excitement, alarm, etc. …1910s sl.
– WHOOPEE! an exclamation of excitement …1862
– YAHOO! an exclamation of excitement, joy or delight …1976
– YAR! used as a general-purpose interjection, usually conveying excitement about something …1989 US sl.
 
EXCITING – adjectives
– ALL THE WAY LIVE very exciting; excellent …Bk2006 US sl.
– ASS-KICKING terribly exciting; sensational, very good …1977 Amer. sl.
– BANGING good, exciting …Bk2006 US sl.
– BLOCKBUSTER exciting and successful …Bk2006 US sl.
– BUZZING lively, exciting; busy, popular …1882 colloq.
– CRANKING exciting; excellent …Bk2006 US sl.
– CRUNK excited, exciting …1990s US college & teen sl.
– FUNKY-ASS excellent, exciting …1960s US Black sl.
– FUNKY-BUTT excellent, exciting …1960s US Black sl.
– GALLIARDIZING † tending to revelry; enlivening, exciting to levity …1697
– GANGSTA good, exciting …2002 US hip-hop usage
– HAIRY difficult; frightening; exciting …1966 US sl.
– HELL’S-A-POPPIN’; HELLZAPOPPIN‘ adj. hectic, chaotic; extremely eventful, action-packed, exciting; ostentatious, flashy …1945 colloq., orig. US
​- JAMMING exciting, pleasing, excellent, best …1980s sl., orig. US Black usage 
– JAZZY exciting; lively; snappy …1917 Amer. sl.
– LARGE of an activity or period of time: fine, very enjoyable, exciting; very active …1895 Amer. sl.
– LARGE-SIZED † of an activity or period of time: fine, very enjoyable, exciting; very active …1874 Amer. sl.
– MAD remarkable, appealing, exciting; excellent, cool …1941 sl.
– R AND I extremely exciting or enjoyable …1980s US college sl. (Radical and Intense)
– RAGING very good, very exciting …1995 US sl.
– SOLID trustworthy, dependable, exciting, outstanding …L19 orig. jazz usage
– TITILLATING pleasantly exciting, exhilarating, stimulating …1712-14
– TITILLATORY pleasurably exciting …1762
– WAILING exciting …1965 US sl.
– WILD intensely eager or enthusiastic; exciting …1955 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
– WIZZY excellent, exciting, wonderful; used for registering general approval …1998 UK sl.
– WOW exciting …1921 Amer. sl.
– ZOOLY fine, good, exciting …1960s US teen sl.
exciting – nouns
– ACTION what is going on or happening; thus a situation or state of affairs, anything exciting, current, interesting, depending on the context, e.g. the chance for sex, a musical performance, a night’s gambling …1920s sl., orig. US Black
– ASS-KICKER a person or thing considered to be remarkably exciting, amusing, successful, etc. …1971 Amer. sl.
– BAWL-OUT something visually exciting …1990s W. Indies sl.
– BLAST-OFF an exciting time …1969 Amer. sl.
– COOKER that which is exciting or attractive, as a young woman, jazz tune, or the like …1943 Amer. jazz usage
– FREAK-OUT a wild party of any type; any exciting happening …Bk2006 US sl.
– GUT-THUMPER an exciting and suspenseful occasion …1980s Amer. sl.
– HIGH-HEELED TIME an exciting or enjoyable time …20C US sl.
– HUMDINGER a remarkable, excellent, or outstanding person or thing; something exciting or thrilling; something or someone very fine or splendid; a stylish person …1905 sl., orig. US
– MOST, THE the best, the most exciting, the finest, the ultimate in something …1953 sl., orig. US
– MOST ON TOAST, THE. the best, the most exciting, the finest …1950s sl., orig. US
– NADS something great or exciting …1980s US college sl.
– ROUSER something very exciting or very great …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– SCREAMER an extraordinary person, animal or thing; something very great, excellent or exciting …1818 Amer. dial.
– STREAK a wild party; a wild and exciting time …US sl.
– VA VA VOOM style; a powerful or seductive style; the quality of being interesting, exciting, or sexually appealing …1996 US sl.
– WOW something very exciting and successful; a sensation …1920 Amer. sl.
exciting – person 
– ASS-KICKER a person or thing considered to be remarkably exciting, amusing, successful, etc. …1971 Amer. sl.
– BARNBURNER an exciting or excellent person; a fast and lively person …1951 US sl.
– BELTER an admirable, exciting, or exceptional person …1980 sl.
– BUZZ to be lively, busy, or exciting …1906 colloq.
– FUNK OUT to make more interesting, exciting, or vibrant; to enliven …1995
– FUNK UP to make more interesting, exciting, or vibrant; to enliven …1972
– GANGBUSTER an exciting and successful person …1946 US sl.
– HARD DOER an amusing, exciting, eccentric and/or resolute person; a ‘character’; typically one who is tough and adventurous; a joker, a wag, a comedian; one who never gives up despite any circumstances; a person who struggles valiantly against difficulties …1894 Aust. & NZ
– HARD SHOT an amusing, exciting, eccentric and/or resolute person; a ‘character’; typically one who is tough and adventurous, and a daredevil …1918 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– HARD THING an amusing, exciting, eccentric, and/or resolute person; a ‘character’; typically one who is tough and adventurous …1918 NZ colloq.
– HELLER a difficult, formidable, extraordinary, exciting, unmanageable, or troublesome person …1895 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
– WARM BABY a fashionable, exciting individual …1898 sl.
exciting – verbs
– BALL to have a good or exciting time; to have riotous fun …1942 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
– BALL THE JACK to have a good or exciting time; to have riotous fun …1968 Amer. dial.
– JUICE (UP) to make exciting or powerful …1964 US sl.
– SAUCE to make piquantly exciting …1555
 
EXCITINGLY – adverbs
– SOLID trustworthily, dependably, excitingly, outstandingly …L19 orig. US Black usage
 
EXCLAIM – verbs
– BAWL to exclaim from shock, disbelief, or surprise …20C UK Black sl.
– BAWZE †* to exclaim, to shout …1677 obs. rare
– BESPEAK † to speak up or out, to exclaim, orig. with some notion of objection or remonstrance; in later times, to raise one’s voice, to speak …c1314 obs. or arch.
– GALE † to make an outcry; to exclaim against something …c1386
– YALP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird …a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
– YAUP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird …a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
– YAWP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird …a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
– YOLP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird …a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
– YOPE to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird …a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.