FIRST – adjectives
– ACE-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute …1885 US sl.
– ACES-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute …1885 US sl.
– EARLY-BIRD first of the day, as an early-bird matinee …20C sl.
– ELDEST earliest, first produced; first, most ancient …c897 arch.
– ERST first in order …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FIRSTEST first …1905 Amer. dial.
– FURTHERMOST † foremost, first …a1400
– FURTHEST † earliest, first …1653
first – adverbs
– UP FRONT first, at the start …1970s sl., orig. US Black
first – nouns
– HANDSEL, HANSEL the first use, experience, trial, proof, or specimen of anything; first taste, foretaste, first fruits; often with the notion of its being auspicious of what is to follow …1573
– HEADHOOD †* the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy …c1449
– HEADSHIP the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy …1582
– VERNALITY † the ‘spring-time’ of something; the first part, the beginning …1639
first – person
– BEGINNER † he who or that which goes or comes first, or takes the lead …c1613
first – verbs
– 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
– HANDSEL, HANSEL to use for the first time; to be the first to test, try, prove, taste …1605
– LEAD THE RING † to take the lead; to be foremost or first …a1450
– RULE THE RING † to take the lead; to be foremost or first …a1529
– TAKE THE CAKE to carry off the honours, to rank first …1886
first – phrases
– EGG AND BIRD † in youth and maturity, from beginning to end, first and last …1711
– FIRST CATCH YOUR HARE as the first step to do anything
FIRST-AID – person
– HEALER a first-aid man …Bk1962 Amer. steel workers’ sl.
– IODINE in logging: a first aid man …1958 Amer. dial.
– ZAMBUC, ZAMBUCK, ZAMBUK a first-aider; a St. John Ambulance man or woman, esp. at a sporting event …1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
FIRST-CLASS, FIRST-RATE – adjectives
– A1 first-class; excellent; of the best …c1834 Eng. sl.
– A-1-1 excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– A1 AND NO MISTAKE prime; first-class; of the best …1900 sl.
– A1 COPPER-BOTTOMED prime; first-class; of the best …1876 sl.
– ABFAB first-rate, very attractive …1950s sl., orig. Aust. teen usage
– ABOUT PAR excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ABOVE PAR excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ACE first-class, excellent …M20 colloq.
– ACE-DEUCE first-rate, excellent …1927 Amer. sl.
– ACE-FLAT first-rate, faultless …1941 Amer. sl.
– ACE-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute …1885 US sl.
– ACES first-rate; quite satisfactory; fine; tops …1901 US. sl.
– ACES AND EIGHTS first-rate, quite satisfactory; fine, tops …1920 US sl.
– ACES-HIGH preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute …1885 US sl.
– ACES UP excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ACEY-DEUCEY first-rate, excellent …1954 Amer. sl.
– ADORABLE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– A DOUBLE ONE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ALAGAZAM excellent; first-rate …1914 Amer. dial.
– ALAMONAGORGEOUS excellent; first-rate …1914 Amer. sl.
– ALL-A-HUNKY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ALL DAT first-rate, perfect …1991 Amer. rap music usage
– ALL O’ DAT first-rate, perfect …1991 Amer. rap music usage
– ALL-ROUND excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ALL THAT first-rate, perfect …1991 Amer. rap music usage
– ALL THE ACES first-rate; excellent …World War II Amer. sl.
– ALL THERE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ALL-TIME memorably good; absolutely first-rate; great, fantastic, wonderful…1945 Amer. sl., esp. surfing usage
– ALL TO THE GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ALL-WOOL first-class …1864 Amer. sl.
– ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE first-class; genuine …1882 Amer. dial.
– ALPHA MINUS nearly excellent or first-rate …1914
– ALPHA PLUS superlatively excellent or first-rate …1898
– ALRIGHTY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– AMUSING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ANGELIFEROUS angelic; splendid; excellent; first-rate; pleasant; delightful …1840 Amer. dial.
– ANNIE OAKLEY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– A NUMBER ONE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– A-ONE excellent, first-class; orig. used of ships, then of persons and things …1846 US
– AWFUL used to emphasize something enjoyable or positive; excellent, first-rate, tremendous …1843 colloq.
– AWFUL GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BAD-DOING first-rate; superior …1965 Amer. dial.
– BAKGAT splendid, first-rate …1960s S. Afr.
– BALLY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BANG OUT first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish …E19 sl.
– BANG-UP very good, first-rate, splendid, excellent …1834 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– BANG-UP TO DICK first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish …E19 sl.
– BANG-UP TO THE MARK first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish …E19 sl.
– BANGY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BARDACIOUS thorough, marvellous, remarkable, excellent, first-rate …1926 Amer. dial.
– BEANER excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BEAUTIFUL excellent; first-rate …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– BERRIES, THE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BETTER THAN A KICK IN THE HIND-END excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BETTER THAN A KICK IN THE PANTS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BIEN good; excellent; first-rate …16C sl.
– BIGGER AND BETTER excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BIG-TIME excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BLAME GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BON excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BONA excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BONE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BONNY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BONZER excellent, extremely good, first-rate; great, impressive; remarkable …1901 Aust. sl.
– BOSS excellent, first-rate; wonderful …1836 Amer. dial.
– BOURBON excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BOWMAN excellent, first-rate …L17 sl.
– BRAG prime, first-rate, surpassingly good …1836 US
– BRICKY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BRIGHT AS A NEW PIN first-class …1893 sl.
– BUENO excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BULLY capital, first-rate …1847 orig. US
– BULLY GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUMPER excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BUNCOMBE excellent, first-rate, esp. of food; strong; healthy …1859 Amer. dial.
– BUNK excellent, first-rate, esp. of food; strong; healthy …1941 Amer. dial.
– BUNKUM excellent, fine, first-rate, esp. of food; strong; healthy …1834 Amer. dial.
– BUNKUMSQUINT fine, excellent, first-rate, esp. of food; strong; healthy …1911 Amer. dial.
– BUTTERY first-rate, the best …2000s US Black sl.
– BY-JOE excellent; first-rate (French ‘bijou’)…Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CASMALA fine, excellent, first-rate, splendid …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– CHAMP first-rate …1930s US sl.
– CHAMPION first-rate, excellent …L19
– CHEESY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CHERRY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CHIC excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CIVIL excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CLASS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CLASSY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CLEVER excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CLINKING excellent, admirable, first-rate; esp. used of racehorses …M19 sl.
– CLIPPING first-rate, excellent …M19 sl.
– COOL first-rate; fine …20C teen & high school sl.
– COOL BREEZE first-rate, wonderful …1960s sl., orig. US
– COPA excellent, first-rate, satisfactory …1910s US sl.
– COPASETIC excellent, first-rate, satisfactory …1910s US sl.
– COPASETTY excellent, first-rate, satisfactory …1910s US sl.
– COPESETTE excellent, first-rate, satisfactory …1910s US sl.
– COPUS excellent, first-rate, satisfactory …1910s US sl.
– CORKING excellent; first-rate …1895 sl.
– CRACK excellent; first-rate; expert …Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
– CRACKAJACK excellent, first-class, superlative …19C sl.
– CRACKERJACK excellent; first-class, superlative …1899 sl., orig. US
– CRACKING excellent, first-rate …E19 sl., orig. US
– CRASH-HOT first-rate, extra good …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– CREAMY excellent; first-rate …1889 sl.
– CUNNING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– D excellent, wonderful, first-rate …E19 sl.
– DAG first-rate; excellent …c1905 Aust. sl.
– DAISY remarkable, extraordinary; excellent; first-rate; superior; fine …1757 sl.
– DAMN GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DAND excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DANDEROO excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DANDY fancy; fashionable; hence, splendid, first-rate, excellent, fine; very good of its kind …1792 colloq., orig. US
– DANK excellent, first-rate, brilliant …1989 sl., orig. US campus
– DARBS, THE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DARBY excellent; wonderful, first-rate; great; good; fine …1918 US sl.
– DARLING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DARLINGEST excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DARN GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DEADLY excellent, first-rate …1940s sl., orig. US Black & college usage
– DEE-LICIOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DEE-VINE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DEF perfect, excellent, first-rate …1970s sl., orig. US Black usage
– DELICIOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DELISH excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DET, DETT first-rate, excellent, wonderful …1990s sl.
– DEUCEDLY GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DEVASTATING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DIGGITY DANK excellent, first-rate …1980s sl., orig. US campus
– DINDY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DING-DONG of top quality, great, terrific, startling, extraordinary; excellent, first-rate …Bk1900
– DINGERY splendid, just the thing; excellent, first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– DITZY admirable, fine, first-class …1975 Amer. dial.
– DIVINE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DOGGY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DOO-DOO excellent, first-rate …2000s US Black sl.
– DOOZY excellent; first-rate …1903 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
– DOUBLE-DISTILLED excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DOUBLE-RIVETED excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DREADFULLY GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DUCKO excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DUCKY delightful, pleasing; excellent, first-rate …1897 Brit. sl.
– DYED IN THE WOOL excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– EIGHTEEN CARAT excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ELAGAZAM excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ELEGANT excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– EUJIFFEROUS grand, splendid, excellent , first-rate, great …1911 Amer. dial.
– EX superlative, first-rate …20C sl.
– FAMOUS excellent; first-rate: used as an emphatic expression of approval …1798 colloq.
– FAT excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FINE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FINE AND DANDY excellent; first-rate …1794 orig. & chiefly US
– FINO excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FIRST-RATE-AND-A-HALF excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FIT TO KILL excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FIZZING excellent, very good, first-rate, splendid …1885 Eng. dial. sl.
– FLASH excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FLASHY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FLOSSY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FOUR STAR excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FOXY excellent; first-rate; splendid, good …1900s US Black sl.
– FROM WAY BACK excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FRONT-PAGE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FRUITY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FUNKED-UP excellent, splendid, first-rate …1990s US Black sl.
– GALLOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate … Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– GALLOUS excellent, first-rate, with criminal overtones …19C sl.
– GALLOWS very great, excellent, fine, first-rate …1789 Eng. dial. & sl.
– GALOPSHUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GALOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GALUPTIOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GAMEBALL excellent, first-rate …1910s Irish sl.
– GAMEY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GANZ GUT excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GLEAMING first-rate, excellent …1990s US college sl.
– GLOBSLOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate … Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– GOBERSLOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate … Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– GOBSLOPTIOUS excellent; first-rate … Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– GOLUPTIOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS ALL GET OUT excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS ANYTHING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS BLAZES excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS CASH, AS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS EVERYTHING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS GOLD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS HECK excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS HELL excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS I DON’T KNOW WHAT excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS NOBODY’S BUSINESS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS PIE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS THE DEUCE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS THE DEVIL excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS THEY MAKE ‘EM, AS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS YOU KNOW WHAT excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOOD AS YOU WOULD DESIRE TO PISS ON, AS excellent, good, first-rate …L17 sl.
– GRANDO excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GRANDY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GREAT excellent; first-rate …E19 colloq.
– GROUSE first-class, excellent …c1920 Aust. sl.
– GUMPTIOUS splendid, fine, excellent, first-rate …1916 Amer. dial.
– HAIRY excellent, first-rate …L19 sl.
– HEAVENLY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HELL-CLINKING excellent, admirable, first-rate; esp. used of racehorses …M19 sl.
– HELLISHLY GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIGH excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIGH-CLASS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIGH-GRADE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIGHLY TOUTED excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIGH-TEST excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HIGH-TONE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HINKY-DINK excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HINKY-DINKY excellent, first-rate …1914 Amer. dial.
– HONKEY-DOOLEY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HONKY-DORI excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HOT absolute first-rate, splendid; good or well; fashionably attractive …1866 Amer. sl.
– HOT-STUFF excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HOTSY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HOTSY-TOTSY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HOWLING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HUMDINGER excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HUMGUMPTIOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– HUNK excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HUNKIDORY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HUNKUM-BUNKUM excellent; first-rate …Bk1908 Amer. dial.
– HUNKY excellent; first-rate …1861 sl.
– HUNKY AND DORY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HUNKYDORE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HUNKY-DORUM excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HUNKYDORY excellent; first-rate …1861 US sl.
– ILL wonderful, first-rate …1980s US Black & teen sl.
– IN A CLASS BY ITSELF excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– INTRIGUING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JAKE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JAM excellent, first-rate, good, satisfactory …1832 Amer. dial.
– JAMMY first-rate, good, excellent; very lucky or profitable …1853
– JAM UP excellent, first-rate, good, satisfactory …1847 Amer. dial.
– JERRY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JIM-DANDY excellent; first-rate …1888 Amer. sl.
– JOLLY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JOLLY GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JUICY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– KAYO excellent; first-rate; satisfactory …1923 sl.
– KEEN excellent; first-rate …1914 sl., orig. US
– KEENO excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– KILLING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– KIPPY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– K.M. AND X. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– KOPASETIC excellent, first-rate, satisfactory …1910s US sl.
– KOPASETTE excellent, first-rate, satisfactory …1910s US sl.
– KOSHER excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– K.S.O., THE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LARRUPING GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LAST WORD, THE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LETTER A prime; first-class; of the best …1833 sl.
– LICKING † first-rate, splendid, excellent …c1680 sl.
– LITTLE BIT OF ALL RIGHT, A excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LOBDOCIOUS excellent; first-rate …1914 Amer. dial.
– LOOLOO excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LULY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LUMMY first-rate; clever; jolly …1838 sl.
– MAGIC excellent, first-rate; used for showing approval and enthusiasm …1956 sl.
– MCCOY, THE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MEAN excellent; first-rate …1920 sl., orig. US
– MEATY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MESSY good, first-rate …1930s US Black sl.
– MIGHTY GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MIGHTY PRIME excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MINT excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MINTY excellent, first-rate …1990s US college sl.
– MONSTROUS GOOD. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NAILING excellent; first-rate …1889 Eng. dial.
– NASTY wickedly good, excellent, first-class, esp. in the respect of attractiveness or effectiveness; gorgeous, sexually attractive …1834 Amer. sl.
– NATE first-rate, excellent …1899 Ireland
– NATTERLY first-rate; ‘rattling’ …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NATTLY first-rate; ‘rattling’ …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEAT first-rate, excellent …1899 Ireland
– NEAT AS A NEW PIN first-class …1893 sl.
– NICE AND GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NICE AS A NEW PIN first-class …1893 sl.
– NICKEL-PLATED first-class, thorough …L19 US sl.
– NIFTIC excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NIFTY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NO END OF excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NO FLIES ON excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NOT A COUGH IN A CARLOAD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NOT HARD TO TAKE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NOT TO BE SNEEZED AT excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NOT TO BE SNIFFED AT excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NUTS, THE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NUTSY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OFF THE MEAT RACK superlative, first-rate, astonishing, excellent …2000s US Black sl.
– OFF THE WALL excellent, first-rate …1950s US college sl.
– O.K. FOR ONE’S DOUGH excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ONE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OO-LA-LA excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OUT-AND-OUT excellent, first-rate …M19
– PATSY excellent; first-rate; satisfactory …1930 US sl.
– PEACHAROONEY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PERFECTLY KILLING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PERSKWEE splendid, fine, excellent, first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– PIOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PLENTY GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PLENTY GOOD ENOUGH excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PLUMMY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PRETTY HOT excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PRETTY NIFTY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PRETTY SWELL excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PRICELESS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PURE MERINO first-class, well-bred, elite …1827 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– PUTRID excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– QUIDS IN first-class, excellent …1950s UK prison & criminals’ sl.
– QUITE THE BERRIES excellent; first-rate …1922 Amer. sl.
– RANK excellent, first-rate, admirable …1970s UK Black sl.
– RARE a general term of approval: splendid, excellent, fine, great, grand, first-rate; also in ironic negative use …1596 colloq.
– RATTLING good, splendid, excellent, great; first-rate; of good quality …1851 Eng. dial.
– RATTLING GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– RAVING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– READY excellent, first-rate, mature, fully competent; esp. used of musicians …1938 US sl.
– REAL FINE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– REAL GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– REAL JAM excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– REAL MCCOY, THE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– REAMING excellent, first-rate, capital …1861 Eng. dial.
– REEMING excellent, first-rate, capital …1861 Eng. dial.
– REG excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– REG’LAR excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– REGULAR excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RICH excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RIGHT excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RIGHT GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RIGHT GOOD AND PROPER excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RIGHT PROPER excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RIGHT SLICK excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RIGHT SMOOTH excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RIP-HUMMING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RIPPING excellent; first-rate, splendid, great …1858 Amer. sl.
– RIPPING GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RIP-ROARING excellent, first-rate …M19 colloq. orig. US
– RIPSNIPTIOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RIP-SNORTING excellent, first-rate …M19 colloq. orig. US
– ROUSING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ROYAL excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RUM excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SA-WELL excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCALLYWAMPUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCANDALOUS excellent, first-rate …1980s sl., orig. US Black
– SCHNOZZY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCORCHING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCREAMING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCREAMY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ֳ– SCRONCHOUS first-rate, excellent …M19 sl., orig. US
– SCRUM fine, excellent, first-rate, splendid …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SCRUMBOTIOUS first-class, wonderful, excellent, fine, delightful; often but not always used of food …1910s sl.
– SCRUMDIDDLIUMPTIOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRUMDIFFEROUS very fine, splendid. excellent, first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SCRUMDOODLE very fine, splendid, excellent, first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SCRUMDUMPISH fine, splendid, excellent, first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SCRUMPTEDIDLEOUS excellent, fine, first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SCRUMPTIOUS first-rate, excellent, delightful, fine; …M19 sl., orig. US
– SICK excellent, first-rate, wonderful …1980s Aust. & US sl.
– SIMPLY DELISH excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SIMPLY KILLING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SIMPLY SLAYING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SIMPLY STUNNING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SKILL adj. first-rate, very good …1990s UK teen sl.
– SKOOKUM excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SKWUZZY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLAP excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLAP-UP excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLAYING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLEEK excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLICK excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLOBBERGULLIOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLOPERGOBTIOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SMACK excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SMACKING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SMACKING GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SMACKO excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SMART excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SMART AS A NEW PIN first-class …1893 sl.
– SMOOTH excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SNATCHING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SNATCHY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SNAZZY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SNIFTER excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SNIFTY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SNIPTIOUS fine, attractive, splendid, excellent, first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SNITCHER first-rate, excellent, attractive …1930s Aust. & NZ sl.
– SNODGER excellent, first-rate, very good …20C Aust. & NZ sl.
– SNORTY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SNOTTY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SO GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SOCKING GOOD excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPANGLORIOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPANKING outstanding fine, excellent, first-rate, large, smart, jolly. …Bk1913 colloq.
– SPIFF excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPIFFING excellent, first-rate, wonderful, pretty damn good …1872 sl.
– SPIFFY very fine, attractive, splendid. wonderful, good, excellent, first-rate …Bk1913-17 sl.
– SPLASHING fine, excellent, first-rate …L19 sl.
– SPLASH-UP first-rate, excellent …L19 sl.
– SPLASHY fine, excellent, first-rate …L19 sl.
– SPLENDACEOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDACIOUS splendid, excellent, first-rate …M19 sl.
– SPLENDATIOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDICULAR excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDICULOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDIDIOUS † splendid, magnificent, brilliant, excellent, first-rate …1432-50
– SPLENDIDOUS splendid, excellent, first-rate …M19 sl.
– SPLENDIDROUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDIFEROUS wonderful, excellent, first-rate, perfect, splendid, fine, brilliant …M19 sl.
– SPONDICULOUS excellent, first-rate, splendid, glorious, enjoyable …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SPUZZY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STAR excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STAVING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STELLAR excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STETSON excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– STRAIGHT FROM THE FRIDGE excellent, first-rate …1960s US teen & Black sl.
– STUNNING remarkable, exceptional, excellent, first-rate, very good, stylish …1849 sl.
– SUPERBO excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SUPERLOBGOSHIOUS delicious, first-class, excellent, fine …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SWEET excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWEETO excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWELEGANT excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWELL elegant, stylish, first-rate, excellent, of the best quality …1897 orig. & chiefly US
– SWELLAGAZAM excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWELLDIFFEROUS swell, elegant, fine; excellent, first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SWELLDOODLE stylish, splendid, excellent, first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SWELLELLEGOUS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWELLEROO excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWELLISH elegant, stylish, first-rate …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SWELLO excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWILL excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWINGEING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWINGING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWUZZY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKES THE CAKE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TALL excellent, good, first-class …1835-40 US sl.
– TEARING impressive, splendid, first-rate …M17 sl.
– THERE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– THREE BEANS very good; excellent, first-rate (French ‘tres bien’) …World War I Amer. sl.
– THUMPING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TIPPING first-rate, excellent …1887 Eng. dial. & sl.
– TIPPY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TIPPY-BOB first-rate, excellent …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIPPY-TOP first-rate, excellent …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIP-TOPPING of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class …1827
– TIPTOPPISH of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class …1855
– TIPTOPSOME of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent, superlatively good; of persons: belonging to the highest rank or class …1819
– TONEY, TONY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TOO PRECIOUS FOR WORDS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TOO SWEET FOR WORDS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TOO-TOO DIVINE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TOP-DRAWER very excellent, first-rate …1920
– TOP-HOLE first-rate, excellent, splendid …1905 sl.
– TOP-NOTCH excellent; first-rate; superb; surpassing all others …1900 sl.
– TOP OF THE BOTTLE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TOPPING excellent; first-rate, splendid …1822 Brit. sl.
– TOPPY excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TOPS excellent; first-rate, best …1935 colloq.
– TOPS FOR MY DOUGH excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TOP-SHELF first-rate, excellent, the best …1882
– TO RIGHTS excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TORRID excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TRACE BEANS very good; excellent, first-rate (French ‘tres bien’) …World War I Amer. sl.
– TRAY BONE excellent; first-rate (French ‘tres bon’) …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– UNDENIABLE excellent, first-rate…1799 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– UP TO THE HAMMER up to the standard, first-rate, excellent …1884 colloq.
– WHACKO THE CHOOK excellent, first-rate, absolutely wonderful …1970s Aust. sl.
– WHACKO THE DIDDLE-OH excellent, splendid, first-rate …1960s Aust. sl.
– WHACKO THE GOOSE excellent, first-rate, absolutely wonderful …1970s Aust. sl.
– WHALING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WHAM excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WHOOPING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WHOPPING excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WICKED really good, fantastic, excellent, first-rate, wonderful; great; deeply satisfying …1920 sl., orig. US
– WITHOUT PRICE excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WOW excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– YUM-YUM first-rate, excellent …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
first-class, first-rate – adverbs
– JAM UP in a first-rate manner; excellently …1845 Amer. dial.
first-class, first-rate – nouns
– BEAUT a first-rate or excellent person or thing; something fine or splendid …1896 sl.
– CHEESE, THE the fashion; the best; the correct thing; anything first-rate or highly becoming …1818 sl.
– CLINKER an excellent specimen; a thing, animal, or person of the first quality …M19 sl.
– DAISY a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior …1757 Amer. sl.
– DANDY anything first-rate or excellent …1784 UK sl.
– DANDY, THE one that is most attractive, neat, skilful, or stylish; now a stylish or first-class example of anything; precisely the thing needed, esp. if fashionable …1784 colloq.
– DARB a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, first-rate or attractive …1915 US sl.
– DITZ something first-class or admirable …1975 Amer. dial.
– FIZZER anything excellent or first-rate …1866 sl.
– GAMMON RASHER a superlative, first-rate, or excellent thing …1974 UK rhyming sl. for ‘smasher’
– HOME COOKING anything outstanding, wonderful or first-rate …1930s US Black sl.
– NUTS, THE an excellent or first-rate thing …1917 US sl.
– TIPPER anything first-rate or excellent; anything great of its kind …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIP-TOPPER a first-class or excellent person or thing …1837
– TOP-NOTCHER a first-rate or excellent person or thing …1902
first-class, first-rate – person
– A1 a first-class person; the best; the favourite …M19 sl.
– ACE OF TRUMPS a first-class person …Brit. sl.
– BEAR a remarkable first-rate person …1916 jazz usage
– BEAUT any outstanding or admirable person, whether physically attractive or not; a first-rate or excellent person; an adept person …1891 sl.
– CHAMP an excellent, first-rate person; often used as a form of address …1910s sl.
– CLINKER a person of the first quality …M19 sl.
– CLIPPER a first-rate person …M19 sl.
– DAISY a person or thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior …1757 Amer. sl.
– DANDY a person or thing that is admirable, remarkable, excellent, wonderful, first-rate, superior, etc.; a skilful person …1784 colloq.
– DARB a person or thing that is superior, remarkable, first-rate or attractive …1915 US sl.
– GAS one who pleases or delights; a first-rate, amusing, or entertaining person …1957 orig. US
– GASSER a first-rate, delightful, amusing, or entertaining person; a highly admired person considered to be the best …1944 sl., orig. jazz usage
– HIGH-FLIER a first-rate person …Bk1887 sl.
– MACKADELIC a first-rate person …1990s US Black sl.
– NUTS, THE an excellent or first-rate person …1984 US sl.
– RIPSTAVER a first-rate or excellent person …Bk1912 Amer. dial.
– TIP-TOPPER a first-class or excellent person or thing …1837
– TOP-NOTCHER a first-rate or excellent person or thing …1902
– TOP-SAWYER a first-rate hand at something; a distinguished person; one who excels at something …1823
first-class, first-rate – interjections/phrases
– COOL BREEZE! exclamation: excellent; wonderful; first-rate …1960s sl.
– IT’S A PEG it’s first-class …c1930 Aust. sl.
– ULTRA! excellent! first-rate! wonderful! …1980s sl.
FIRSTLY – adverbs
– FIRST ALONG at first …1895 Amer. dial.
– FIRST OF IT firstly …1966 Amer. dial.
– ONCE † firstly, in the first place …1523
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