EXPERT
ADJECTIVES
1300 ► GAIN handy, expert, skilful, deft, dexterous; workmanlike → Eng. dial.
1300 ► SUBTLE of craftsmen, etc.: skilful, clever, expert, dexterous → arch.
1669 ► TIGHT cunning, clever; dexterous, skilled, expert → Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
1691 ► GAINY expert, handy → Eng. dial.
18C.. ► DAB clever, skilful or skilled; expert; very conversant → colloq.
1819 ► FLASH knowing; expert; showy → thieves’ sl.
1820 ► GUV expert → Oxford usage
1825 ► NACKETY deft, expert → Sc.
1840 ► AKAMAI smart, clever, skilful, learned, expert, ingenious → Hawaii
1848 ► EXTRA excellent, unusually good; skilled, expert → Amer. dial.
M19. ► UP IN versed in, expert at → sl.
1881 ► NAP expert, clever; particularly good at one’s trade, or at any game of skill → Sc. & Eng. dial.
L19.. ► DAISY pleasant; expert → US sl.
1900 ► GAINSOME expert, handy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 ► UP TO THE RIGS expert; wide-awake, knowing → sl. (Bk.)
1904 ► RIDSOME ready, expert; expeditious, quickly dispatched → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1916 ► GUN expert, pre-eminent → Aust. & NZ
1926 ► SCIENCE skilful, proficient, expert → Amer. dial.
1926 ► SCIENCED skilful, proficient, expert → Amer. dial.
1930 ► ACE expert; hence, outstanding, great → Amer. sl.
1930 ► ACEY best, excellent, expert, wonderful → sl., orig. US
1936 ► HAIR expert at something; determined → Amer. dial.
1942 ► CRACK excellent; first-rate; expert → Amer. colloq. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1950 ► GAME expert ability at a particular skill; knowledge; power or influence in a particular industry or environment → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1527 ► DECLARER one who explains or interprets → obs.
1594 ► ARTIST a person skilled or proficient at a particular task or occupation; an expert → obs.
L16.. ► OLD DOG an expert in a given field → sl.
17C.. ► PUNDIT a learned person, expert, or authority
1691 ► DAB a clever or dexterous person; a skilful person; an expert; a proficient; an adept
1708 ► DABSTER a clever workman; an expert in any business; one skilled at anything; an adept; a versatile person → colloq.
1785 ► OLD HAND one who has been long employed or has experience in any business; one who is skilful in doing something; an expert, a veteran
1785 ► TARTAR one hard to beat or surpass in skill; an adept, a champion, an expert → sl.
1796 ► ACE a person who stands out, excels, or represents perfection in any field, activity, or occupation; an expert; an adept
19C.. ► DEAD HAND an expert → sl.
1828 ► DAB HAND an expert; a skilled person; an adept → colloq.
1840 ► ONE-ER → ONER a person or thing of a unique or very remarkable kind; a person preeminently addicted to or expert at something; an outstanding or excellent person or thing → colloq.
1848 ► RINGER an expert → Aust. & NZ sl.
1851 ► FEW an expert; someone to be reckoned with → Amer. dial.
1859 ► BEGGAR a person who is remarkably adept at or keen on a particular pursuit, subject, etc.; an expert, a specialist, an authority
1880 ► SKULL a leader or chief; an expert → US & Aust. sl.
1885 ► FLY FLAT a would-be expert → turf sl.
1887 ► DABS a dabster; an expert → Brit. sl.
1887 ► NAP-HAND a clever workman; one expert at any business or at a game of skill → Eng. dial.
L19.. ► ACE OF CLUBS an expert → sl., orig. US
L19.. ► COOLER an expert; an outstanding individual → US students’ sl.
20C.. ► WAJAN → WAJANG → WAJANK an expert → W. Indies sl.
1905 ► BEAR an expert; an adept an excellent, admirable person → US sl.
1905 ► NATTLER one who is active with hands, feet, or tongue; an expert → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 ► MIVVY a person who is adept at something; an expert → sl.
1912 ► CAT an expert → Amer. dial.
1930 ► ROTTER an expert → Aust. sl.
1934 ► HELL a person who excels; an expert; an admirable or impressive person → African-American & jive sl.
1934 ► SHARK an expert → students’ sl. (Bk.)
1939 ► DABACH an expert → Sc.
1946 ► MAN OF SKILL an expert in some particular subject, generally one called in by a Court to report on some technical matter in question → Sc.
1960 ► GURU a leader, expert, or authority in some field, esp. a charismatic or spiritual figure who attracts a devoted following → Amer. sl.
1966 ► JIM-DANDY a very skilled or expert person → Amer. dial.
1971 ► BARNBURNER an expert, a highly competent person → 1971 US sl.
1972 ► POINTY-HEAD an intellectual or expert; used disparagingly → US sl.
1975 ► PISS-CUTTER a remarkable or capable person; a clever person; an expert → Amer. dial.
1980 ► HEAVY HITTER a person of achievement; an expert → US sl.
1983 ► HACKER an expert in any field → US sl.
1987 ► BRAIN SURGEON a person with a high level of intelligence or expertise; often used in a negative context → humorous usage
1993 ► BLADE an expert; a connoisseur; a wise man or one posing as such → US sl.
1993 ► MACK DADDY a clever, proficient or influential man; an expert; the best → Amer. sl.
2012 ► BEAST an expert; one who is exceptionally good at something; an outstanding person → US students’ sl.
VERBS
1890 ► BE A DAG AT to be extremely good or expert at → Aust. sl.
1896 ► HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS → KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS to be knowledgeable or expert in everything; to be worldly-wise or experienced → colloq.
1904 ► TEACH ONE’S GRANDMA TO SUCK EGGS to instruct an expert; to talk old to one’s elders → sl. (Bk.)
1904 ► TEACH ONE’S GRANNIE TO GROPE HER DUCKS to instruct an expert → sl. (Bk.)
1904 ► TEACH ONE’S GRANNIE TO SPIN to instruct an expert → sl. (Bk.)
1904 ► TEACH ONE’S GRANNIE TO SUP SOUR MILK to instruct an expert → sl. (Bk.)
1980 ► WRITE THE BOOK to be very authoritative or seasoned; to be an expert → Amer. sl.
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