Reverse Dictionary: FRA – FRD

FRACAS – nouns
– JOLLY a ruckus, a fracas …M19 sl.
– SCRAWM a scramble; a fracas; …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
FRACTION – nouns
– DEAL † a part or division of a whole; a portion, fraction, section …a800 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– PARTS fractions, whether of number or quantity …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
FRACTIOUS – adjectives
– CAMSTAIRY obstinately perverse, unruly, or wilful; fractious …1776 Sc.
– CAPERNOITED crabbed, irritable, peevish; snappish; ill-natured, fractious …1719 Sc.
– FASHIOUS fractious, peevish, fretting, esp. of children; fussy, fastidious …1736 Sc.
– FASHOUS fractious, peevish, fretting, esp. of children; fussy, fastidious …1736 Sc.
– FRAB cross, ill-tempered, fractious, peevish …19C Eng. dial.
– FRABBY cross, ill-tempered, fractious, peevish …19C Eng. dial.
– FRAMPOLD † ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, peevish, fretful, fractious, quarrelsome …1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MAGGOTY queer-tempered, fractious, cross, ill-tempered, irritable …1890 Eng. dial.
– PENSY † of children: fretful, peevish, fractious, complaining …a1812 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PETULCOUS †* wanton; frisky; lustful; fractious; wantonly aggressive, butting …1661
– TADIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless …1892 Eng. dial.
– TAGEOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless …1892 Eng. dial.
– TAISEY fretful, fractious; ill-tempered …1866 Eng. dial.
– TANKERSOME † fractious, fretful, cross, ill-humoured, ill-natured, peevish; unreasonably quarrelsome …B1900 Eng. dial.
– TEASY fretful, fractious; ill-tempered …1866 Eng. dial.
– TEATY peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TEAZY fretful, fractious; ill-tempered …1866 Eng. dial.
– TEDDIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless …1892 Eng. dial.
– TEDDISOME fretful, fractious, tiresome …1869 Eng. dial.
– TEDIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless …1892 Eng. dial.
– TEEDY peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children …1790 Sc.
– TEENY fretful, fractious; said of a little child …B1900 Eng. dial.
– TEETHY fretful, fractious, tetchy; generally applied to children or infants …1828 Eng. dial.
– TEETY peevish, fretful, fractious, cross; used esp. of children …1790 Eng. dial.
– TESSY angry, fractious, cross, testy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
fractious – person
– KAE IN THE KIRK-RIGGIN’ a noisy, fractious child …1923 Sc.
– 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.
 
FRACTURED – verbs
– TO-BREAK † to break into pieces; to burst asunder; to be ruptured, shattered, or fractured …c1205
 
FRAGILE – adjectives
– BRICKLE † liable to break, easily broken; fragile, brittle …1468 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– NESH soft, tender, as a healing wound; fragile, delicate in health, sensitive …1887 Sc. 
– NESHY fragile, tender …1854 Eng. dial.
– PORCELAIN fragile, delicate, fine …a1643
– TINGLE flimsy, fragile …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
fragile – nouns 
– LATH anything slender or fragile …1633
fragile – person
– MOTH a person who is insignificant or fragile, or who hovers around temptation and is liable to be drawn to destruction, as a moth to a flame …1600
– WINTLING a young, fragile, undergrown child …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
FRAGILITY – nouns
– EGG-SHELL used as a type of worthlessness or of fragility …1562
 
FRAGMENT – adverbs
– IN ACKER in fragments, bits, ruins …1898 Sc.
fragment – nouns 
– ABLACH a particle, a bit, a fragment …1825 Sc.
– BAT a fragment, a remnant …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BLAD a large portion of anything; a fragment …Bk1911 Sc. 
– BLAUD a large piece or fragment …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLET a large fragment …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRAAL a fragment …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRASH broken bits, fragments, pieces …Bk1911 Sc.
– CANDLE-ENDS things of short duration or of little value; trifles, fragments, scraps …a1626
– CANTLET a small cantle, a fragment …a1700
– EKES AND ENS odds and ends; fragments …Bk1900 N. Ireland
– GABBER a fragment, a broken piece …Bk1900 Sc.
– GABBIT a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything …1724 Sc.
– GABBOCK † a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything …1706 Sc.
– GABBOT a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything …1724 Sc.
– GABER a fragment, a broken piece …Bk1900 Sc.
– GAIBLOCH a mouthful, a morsel; a fragment, a bit of anything …Bk1900 Sc.
– GOBBET a piece, portion, a fragment …ME
– HALFPENNY † a small fragment, bit, or piece …1599
– INCH-PIECES very small fragments …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– JACK-END a fragment or small remainder …1894 Eng. dial.
– JAG † a shred of cloth; also, a scrap, a fragment …1555 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LAB a lump or large piece of anything; a portion, a fragment, a bit; a shred or piece, as of skin or cloth torn away and hanging loose …1808 Sc.
– LAGGERMENTS fragments; odds and ends of pieces left from work …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LEVETS †* leavings, fragments …1528
– MAMMOCK a fragment; a scrap …1520 Eng. dial.
– MIDGAN a small fragment; a scrap, a shred …1846 Eng. dial.
– MIDGET a very small piece of anything; a scrap, a fragment …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MOMMOCK a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice …1816 Eng. dial.
– MUMMICK a fragment, a scrap; a broken piece, esp. of food; a slice …1816 Eng. dial.
– NATLIN a morsel, a fragment, a small quantity …1908 Sc.
– NICK a broken-off fragment; a small piece; a scrap …1880 Sc. 
– NIRT a fragment, a morsel, a particle …1866 Sc. 
– NIMMIE a little bit, a morsel, a fragment …1808 Sc. 
– NIMP a little bit, a morsel, a fragment …1808 Sc. 
– NIMPIE a little bit, a morsel, a fragment …1915 Sc. 
– NIMSH a very small piece, the slightest bit, a fragment …1910 Sc. 
– NIMSHIE a very small piece, the slightest bit, a fragment …1919 Sc. 
– NIPPERKIN a morsel, a fragment …1825 Sc. 
– NIRL a small knot or lump; a broken-off fragment, a morsel, a crumb, a small shrivelled-looking object …1808 Sc. 
– ODD-COME-SHORT-LUMS small miscellaneous articles; odd fragments …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ODD-COME-SHORTS small miscellaneous articles; odd fragments …1738
– ODDMENT a scrap, a fragment, a remnant; a trifle …1825 Eng. dial.
– OFFALS † fragments that fall off in breaking or using anything; crumbs, leavings; relics, remnants …1563-87 obs.
– PARCEL † one of several parts into which a thing is broken or divided; a fragment, a piece …1686
– PASH a great many, a great number; the fragments produced by a smash …1790 Eng. dial.
– PIGS AND WHISTLES fragments; odds and ends; pieces; knickknacks; trivial things …1681
– RAFLOCK a fragment …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– SCORRICK a fragment; the least particle …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCOW a fragment, a bit, pieces, smithereens, shattered particles …1882 Sc. 
– SCREED a shred, a fragment, a crumb; a long thin strip of material, paper, land, etc.; a narrow plantation or belt of wood …1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRIBBET a scrap, a fragment …1968 Amer. dial.
– SCRIM a small piece of anything edible; a fragment, a crumb …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCROG a fragment …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCURRICK, SKERRICK, SKOURICK, SKURRICK a small quantity; a small fragment; the slightest bit …1825 colloq.
– SIPPET a small piece of something; a mere fragment …1613
– SKORRICK a fragment; the least particle …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SMITHER a bit, a fragment …1864 Amer. dial.
– TOOTHPICKS splinters, small elongated fragments …1839
– VANNOCK a considerable portion; a large fragment …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
fragment – verbs
– MAMMOCK to break, tear, or cut into fragments; to shred …1520 Eng, dial.
 
FRAGRANCE – nouns
– FRAGOR, FRAGOUR †* fragrance; a strong sweet scent …1638 
​- SUAVEOLENCE † fragrance …1657
 
FRAGRANT – adjectives
– BALMY delicately and deliciously fragrant …c1500
– DAINTY fragrant, implying delicacy …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FRAGROUS fragrant …1869
– NECTARED delicious, sweet or fragrant …c1595
– NECTAREL †* like nectar; fragrant …1648
– ODIFERANT † that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …a1529
– ODIFEROUS † that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …a1400
– ODORAMINOUS †* smelling sweet; fragrant; pertaining to odour …1656
– ODORATE * scented, fragrant …1626
– ODORAUNT sweet-smelling …a1465
– ODORIFERANT * that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …1549
– ODORIFERE †* that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …1527
– ODORIFEROUS fragrant, perfumed, giving odour or scent …c1487
– ODORIFIC †* that bears scent or smell; odorous; fragrant …1685
– ODOURFUL odorous, fragrant …1889 nonce word
fragrant – nouns
– ODORATE * a scented or fragrant substance ..a1682
– SUFFITION † a fragrant substance, perfume …1656
fragrant – verbs 
– ESSENCIFICATE † to imbue with an essence, to make fragrant …1657
– SUFFITE †* to make fragrant …1657
 
FRAIL – adjectives
– BRICKLE † frail, weak …c1460
– CASUAL † subject to chance or accident; frail, uncertain, precarious …1529
– FAIL † delicate, in a frail state of health …1825 Sc.
– PALCH broken down in health; very frail and delicate in constitution; palsied …1897 Eng. dial.
– PALCHED half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health …1891 Eng. dial.
– PALCHY half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health …1897 Eng. dial.
– PINDLING puny, sickly, ailing, delicate, weak, frail …1862 Amer. dial.
– PINDLY puny, sickly, ailing, delicate, weak, frail …1959 Amer. dial.
– SILLY † of persons or animals: weak, feeble, frail …1567
– TEARY weak, frail, delicate; faint …1825 Eng. dial.
– TEMPERY slight, insecure, weak, frail …1877 Eng. dial.
– TEMPORARY slight, insecure, weak, frail …1877 Eng. dial.
– TEMPORY slight, insecure, weak, frail …1877 Eng. dial.
– UNFREELIE frail, feeble …Bk1905 Sc.
frail – person
– BEVAR one who is worn out with age; a frail old person, one who trembles or totters …1825 Sc.
– BIT OF SOAP a charming girl, though frail …1883 sl.
– FEEBLE † a feeble person; a weak, frail, or ineffectual person …1340
– HECKAPURDES a poor, frail person …1929 Sc.
– PAPIYOT a weakling; a frail person; a useless opponent in a game …20C W. Indies sl. 
– PAWCHLE a frail old person; also, a person of low stature, rather silly …1824 Sc.  
 
FRAMED – adjectives
– BUM-BEEFED framed by the police as in the case when drugs are planted in one’s pocket by the arresting officer …1960s US Black sl.
 
FRANCE, FRENCH – adjectives
– FROGGY  (derogatory) French …1872 sl.
– GALLIAN † Gallic, French …1591
– GALLO-AMERICAN of combined French and American character …1797
– GALLOMANIAC having an unreasoning attachment to France or French customs …1897
– GAULISH French …1659 poetic and humorous
– LUTETIAN belonging to Lutetia or Paris; Parisian …1740
– LYONNAIS pert. to Lyons or its inhabitants …1801
– PARLEYVOO French; foreign …1828 Sc.
France, French – nouns
– FRENCHYVILLE Paris …Amer. World War I sl.
– FROG (derogatory) the French language …1955 sl.
– FROGLAND (derogatory) France …jocular
– FROG’S PARADISE Paris …Amer. World War I sl.
– FROGTOWN Paris …Amer. World War I sl.
– GALLICISM 1. an idiom or mode of expression belonging to the French language, esp. one used by a speaker or writer in some other language; also, free use of French idiom …1656
2. a French characteristic, custom, mode of thought, etc. …1715
– GALLOMANIA an unreasoning attachment to France or French customs …1877
– GALLOPHILISM fondness for France, friendliness towards it …1894
– GALLOPHOBIA a morbid dread of the French, or abhorrence of what is French …1803
– JOHNNY CRAPAUD the French nation personified …colloq. arch.
– JOHNNY CRAPEAU the French nation personified …colloq. arch.
– MUDDY TRENCH the French …1992 Brit. rhyming sl.
– PAREE Paris, France …1848 UK sl.
– PARLAY-VOO the French language …M18 sl.
– PARLEY to speak French; to talk unintelligibly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PARLEYVOO the French language …M18 sl.
– SAMMY HEAVEN Paris …Amer. World War I sl.
– WE WE TOWN Paris (French ‘oui, oui’) …World War I Amer. sl.
– YANKEE HEAVEN Paris …L19 sl.
– YANKEE PARADISE Paris …L19 sl.
France, French – person
– ABBEVILLIAN † a native or inhabitant of Abbeville, a commune in the Somme department of northern France …1863
– ADJOINT an official assistant or deputy to someone holding a civil or military position; a French civil officer who assists the maire; also, an assistant professor in a French college …1645
– BISCAN an inhabitant or native of Biscay, France …1634
– BISCAYAN an inhabitant or native of Biscay, France …1634
– BISCAYNER a native of Biscay …1664
– CARMAGNOLE a nickname for a soldier in the French revolutionary army …1823
– DIDONK a French soldier …Amer. World War I sl.
– DIRTY PUSS a young Frenchwoman …Amer. World War I sl.
– FRANKIES the French …Amer. World War I sl.
– FRENCHER (not necessarily derogatory) a Frenchman …M19 sl.
– FRENCHIE, FRENCHY (derogatory) a French person, or French Canadian …1860 sl.
– FROG (derogatory) a French person …1772
– FROG-EATER (derogatory) a nickname for a Frenchman …1812 US sl.
– FROGGEE (derogatory) a French person …1872 sl.
– FROGGY (derogatory) a French person …1865 sl.
– GALLIC * a Frenchman …1755
– GALLICAN 1. * one who favours friendly relations with France …1876
2. a member of the Gallican party in the French Church …1882
– GALLICIZER one who Gallicizes, or adapts oneself to French habits, speech, etc. …1859
– GALLO-BRITON one partly French and partly British, either in birth or sympathies …1819
– GALLOMAN one who has an unreasoning attachment to France or French customs …1787
– GALLOMANIAC one who has an unreasoning attachment to France or French customs …1819
– GALLOPHIL a friend of France and its interests …1889
– GALLOPHOBE one having a morbid dread of the French, or who abhors what is French …1883
– GARDE MOBILE a member of the French military force, now chiefly engaged in police activity …1848
– GARLIC (derogatory) a French, Portuguese, or Italian person …1971 US sl.
– GARLIC DESTROYER (derogatory) a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person …1915 US sl.
– GARLIC-EATER (derogatory) a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person …1865 US sl.
– GARLIC-MOUTH (derogatory) a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person …1957 US sl.
– GASCON a native or inhabitant of Gascony, a region and former province in south-west France …a1387
– GAUL a Frenchman …1630 poetic and humorous
– GENDARME 1. † in the older French army: a horseman in full armour, having several others under his command; later, a mounted trooper, esp. of the royal companies …c1565
2. a soldier, either mounted or on foot, who is employed in police duties, esp. in France …1796
– GENERAL CRAPAUD a sailor’s name for a Frenchman, one whom he thinks would be a better sailor if he would but talk English instead of French …Bk1867 nautical usage
– GISCARDIAN a follower or supporter of Valery Giscard d’Estaing, President of France, and its Minister of Finance in the 1960s and early 1970s …1977
– GISCARDIST a follower or supporter of Valery Giscard d’Estaing, President of France, and its Minister of Finance in the 1960s and early 1970s …1976 Dict 
– HABITANT a yeoman farmer of French origin; hence, a person of French origin, esp. one who is poor or lower-class …1856 Amer. dial. 
– HEN-EATER a French person …1969 Amer. dial.
– HIS GALLIC MAJESTY † the king of France …1712
– JOHNNY CRAPAUD a Frenchman; a French Canadian …colloq. arch.
– JOHNNY CRAPEAU a Frenchman; a French Canadian …colloq. arch.
– JOHNNY CRAPO, JOHNNY CRAPPO a Frenchman …19C sl.
– JOHNNY CRAPOSE a Frenchman …19C sl.
– KESKYDEE a French person (“Qu’est-ce qu’il dit?”) …1971 Amer. dial.
– KISKEEDEE a French person (“Qu’est-ce qu’il dit?”) …1971 Amer. dial.
– LYONNAIS a native or inhabitant of the city of Lyons …1653
– MADAME † a French married woman; a Frenchman’s wife …1599
– MAMSELL an unmarried French woman …1819 colloq.
– MONSIEUR 1. * a person usually addressed as ‘Monsieur’, a Frenchman; spec., in early use, a Frenchman of rank …a1513 colloq.
2. the second son or the next younger brother of the King of France …1552-3 hist.
– MONSIEUR PARIS the public executioner of Paris …1859
– MONTAGNARD a member of the ‘Mountain’, an extreme democratic party of the French Revolution …1794
– MOSSOO monsieur; a Frenchman; also used humorously as a form of address or courtesy …1809 Brit. colloq.
– MOUNSEAR, MOUNSEER * a Frenchman; chiefly depreciative …1755 sl.
– MOUNTAINEER † a member of the ‘Mountain’, and extreme democratic party of the first French Revolution …1801 French Hist.
– MOUNTAINER †* a graduate or disciple of the school of medicine at Montpellier in southern France …a1425
– MOUSQUETAIRE a French soldier armed with a musket; a French musketeer; in French history, a member of either of bodies (called respectively the Grey or White and the Black Mousquetaires, from the colour of their horses’ caparisons) which formed part of the French king’s household troops in the 17th and 18th centuries …1706
– OG-FRAY a Frenchman …20C US Pig Latin for ‘frog’
– OU-LA-LA GIRL a French girl …Amer. World War I sl.
– PARLEYVOO a nickname for a Frenchman …19C Brit. & US sl.
– PARLY a French person …E19 sl.
– PEA-EATER a French person …1966 Amer. dial.
– PEA SOUPER (derogatory) a person of French background or heritage, esp. a French Canadian …1930 Amer. dial.
– POLLY-BOO a person of French background …1967 Amer. dial.
– SAVOYAN † a native or inhabitant of Savoy, a region of S.E. France, south of the Lake of Geneva …1601
– SAVOYARD a native or inhabitant of Savoy, a region of S.E. France, south of the Lake of Geneva …1756-7
– TADPOLE a small French child … World War I Amer. sl.
– ULTRAMONTANE a member of a group of troubadours in the most northerly districts of Provence …1875
– VENDEAN an inhabitant of La Vendée (west-central France), especially one who took part in the insurrection of 1793 against the Republic …1796
– WIWI a French person …1998 NZ sl.
– ZOZO a metropolitan Frenchman …L19 sl.
France, French – verbs
– GALLICIZE to become French; to adapt oneself to French habits, speech, etc. …1775
– PARLEYVOO to speak a foreign language, esp. to speak French …M18 sl.
– PARLEY-VOUS to speak a foreign language, esp. to speak French …M18 sl.
 
FRANK – adjectives
– ABOVE-BOARD frank, open, undisguised …E17 Eng. sl.
– FAIR-SPOKEN frank, friendly; suave …1880 Sc.
– NEAR THE BONE embarrassingly frank …1941 sl.
– NEAR THE KNUCKLE embarrassingly frank …1909 sl.
– OPEN-BREASTED † not concealing thoughts or feelings, frank …a1616
– OPEN-HEARTED not reserved, frank …1611
– OPEN-VISAGED † having a frank or ingenuous face …1494
– TAM-PLAIN frank, candid …1828 Sc.
– UNCLOSE * unreserved, straightforward, frank …1605
frank – person
– HIP-SHOOTER a person who makes snap decisions or acts impulsively; someone who talks without thinking; someone who speaks very frankly …1964 orig. & chiefly US
frank – verbs
– FACT to speak frankly and truthfully …1942 US Black sl.
– GIVE THE STRAIGHT TIP to speak out frankly and decisively; to give a final answer; to speak one’s mind …1899 Eng. dial.
– HAVE ONE’S HEART AT ONE’S TONGUE’S END † to be always ready to speak what is in one’s mind …1592
– MEALYMOUTH to avoid frank speech …1934 Amer. dial.
– OPEN UP to speak openly or frankly, ceasing to be secretive …1921 sl.,
– TALK COLD TURKEY to speak frankly …1903 sl., orig. Amer.
– TALK TURKEY to speak frankly …1903 sl., orig. Amer.
– TURKEY to speak frankly and without reserve; to talk hard facts, to get down to business …E19 sl., orig. US
 
FRANKFURTER – see HOT DOG
 
FRANKLY – adverbs
– FAIR † plainly, easily, clearly, distinctly; frankly, downright …1393 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SINGLE-MINDEDLY sincerely, frankly …1579
– WITH OPEN FACE † with uncovered face; hence, confidently, frankly; also, brazenly …1388
 
FRANTIC – adjectives
– FRENZICAL † affected with frenzy; crazy, mad; frenzied, raging; wildly enthusiastic; frantic …a1586
– LUNATIC madly foolish, frantic, idiotic …1571
– RAGEFUL †* mad, frantic, frenzied …1580
– RAMMIST * mad, crazy, frantic …1456 Sc.
– RAUNCHY wild; frantic; distraught …1954 Amer. dial.
frantic – person
– HEADLESS CHICKEN a person engaged in frantic but purposeless activity; one acting without rhyme or reason; one who has lost composure …1924
frantic – verbs 
– BUSY AS A BLUE-ARSED FLY to be engaged in constant, frantic activity or movement, to be busy …1987 colloq
– DANCE ABOUT LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY to be engaged in constant, frantic activity or movement, to be busy …1936 colloq.
– FLAP AROUND LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY to be engaged in constant, frantic activity or movement, to be busy …1949 colloq.
– MANG to become confused or distressed to the point of losing control of oneself; to become frantic or crazed with emotion, love, rage, etc. …1766 Sc.
– RAMMIS to behave frantically; to rush wildly about …a1585 Sc.
– RAMMISH to behave frantically; to rush wildly about; to go about in a state approaching frenzy …a1585 Sc.
– RUN AROUND LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY to be engaged in constant, frantic activity or movement, to be busy …1970 colloq.
 
FRANTICALLY – adverbs
– LIKE A BLUE-ARSED FLY in a frantic manner …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
FRATERNITY – nouns
– FRAT a college fraternity …1895 US college sl.
– GAMMA DELTA IOTA a notional fraternity or sorority comprised of students who don’t belong to fraternities or sororities …2000 US sl.
– RUSH the process by which fraternities and sororities entertain new students in order to assess suitability for membership …1885 US college sl.
– SWEAT-BOX an effort to convince one to join a fraternity …Bk1934 college sl.
– TONG a fraternity house …Bk1934 college sl.
fraternity – person 
– BAG a stereotypical fraternity member …1982 US college sl.
– BAGGER a stereotypical fraternity member …1977 US college sl.
– BARB 1. a student who is not a member of a Greek-letter fraternity …1900 US college sl.
2. a student or officer of instruction opposed to Greek-letter fraternities …1914 US college sl.
– FIJI a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity; also, the fraternity itself …1963 Amer. students’ sl.
– FRAT a member of a college fraternity; a college fraternity …1895 US college sl.
– FRAT-RAT (derogatory) a college fraternity member …Bk2006 US sl.
– FROG a freshman; hence, a prospective member of a Greek-letter fraternity …1942 US college sl.
– GAMMA DELTA IOTA a college student who is not a fraternity or sorority member …2000 US sl.
– GEEK a Greek, a sorority or fraternity member …Bk1989 US college sl.
– HAT a fraternity member …1991 US college sl.
– RUSHEE someone ‘rushed’ or entertained to assess their suitability for membership of a fraternity or sorority …1916 US college sl.
fraternity – verbs 
– RUSH of fraternity or sorority members: to entertain a student in order to assess his or her suitability for membership; to attempt to recruit a student or a group of students to a particular fraternity or sorority …1879 US college sl.
– TAP to select for a college fraternity or society …1920s US sl.
 
FRAUD, FRAUDULENT – adjectives
– COVINOUS † fraudulent, deceitful, collusive, dishonest …1570
– CRONK obtained by fraud; dishonest, corrupt …1889 Aust. sl.
– EDUCATED fraudulent …1949 Amer. dial.
– FAKE fraudulent; spurious; counterfeit; false; pretended …1775
– FAKE-ASS fraudulent …1990s US sl.
– FAKEN † deceitful, fraudulent …c1000
– GOOD AS CAZ, AS signifies that any projected fraud or robbery may be easily and certainly accomplished …1812 Amer. sl.
– IMPOSTORIOUS †* having the character of an impostor or imposture; fraudulent; deceitful …1623 
​- JIM CROW incompetent; small-time; fraudulent …1838 Amer. dial.
– SHYSTER crooked, corrupt; fraudulent …M19 US sl.
fraud, fraudulent – nouns 
– ABET † fraud, cunning, wiles …c1315
– BARRAT † deception, fraud, fraudulent dealing …1340
– BOONDOGGLE a dishonest undertaking, a fraud …M20 N. Amer. sl.
– BUNCO deceit, deception, swindling, fraud …1904 US sl.
– BUNKO deception, swindling, fraud …1904 US sl.
– CARVE-UP deception, swindling, fraud, often implying an unfair distribution …1935 Brit. sl.
– CON deception, swindling, fraud …1901 sl., orig. US
– CON GAME deception, swindling, fraud …1899 sl., orig. US
– CON JOB deception, swindling, fraud …1942 sl., orig. US
– CROSS, THE dishonest or fraudulent practices, criminal activities; a fraud or swindle …E19 sl.
– DAISY CHAIN in finance: a collaborative fraudulent scheme for the evasion of corporate or other taxes …1985 US sl.
– DEADBEAT a fraudulent or worthless item; also, a deception or disappointment …1866 Amer. sl.
– DECEPTURE † fraud, deceit …1855
– DEREGLES loose habits, irregularities; deceptions, fraudulent information …B1900 Sc.
– DWALE † error, delusion; deceit, fraud …c950
– FAITERY † fraud, deception, hypocrisy …1377
– FAKE a dodge, a sham, a swindle, some form of fraudulent money-making scheme; a dishonest stratagem or action …1829 sl.
– FAKEN † fraud, guile; wickedness, crime …c924
– FALSE † fraud, falsehood, treachery; in early use, counterfeiting of coin; forgery …c1000
– FALSET falsehood, treachery, fraud …1375 obs., chiefly Sc.
– FALSITY † false or treacherous conduct; treachery, fraud …c1330
– FAUSONRY † fraud, in the legal sense; falsification of deeds or measures, coining false money, etc. …1647
– FAUXONRY † fraud, in the legal sense; falsification of deeds or measures, coining false money, etc. …1647
– FAWNEY-DROPPING a common fraud: a fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposed of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value …1796 sl.
– FAWNEY RIG a common fraud: “a fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposed of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value …1796 sl.
– FIDDLE deception, swindling, fraud …1874 sl., orig. US
– F.P. false pretenses, thus fraud …20C UK criminals’ sl.
– FUNNY corrupt; fraudulent; of playing cards: tampered with …20C sl.
– GAFF a fraud, a racket …1930s US criminals’ sl.
– GAG cheating, fraud, deception, a hoax …1805 sl.
– GASUMPH deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GAZOOMPH deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GAZUMP deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GAZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GEZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GUZZLE a fraud …1852 Amer. sl.
– GYP an act or method of swindling; a swindle or fraud; an act of deception; a hoax; a purchase made at an exorbitant price or the item so purchased; broadly, an unfair action; a bitter disappointment …1914 Amer. sl.
– GYP RACKET swindling, fraud …20C US sl.
– HOAX a deception, a fraud …L18 sl.
– HUSTLE a swindle, a racket; a means of deception or fraud; a source of income; a paid job …1963 sl., orig. US
– INSOOK a bad bargain; a ‘suck in’ fraud …Bk1902 Sc.
– INTAKE a cheat, deception, fraud, swindle …1865 Sc.
– JACK-UP a fraudulent or dishonest practice or arrangement; a trick, a hoax, a swindle …1945 NZ sl.
– JAPE †* something used to deceive; a means of deception; a deception, fraud …c1400
– LEMON a disappointment, anything worthless or fraudulent, esp. a poor quality drug purchase …1910s sl.
– LURK a form of fraud in which one pretends some form of distress in order to raise money from the credulous …E19 UK criminals’ sl.
– MAG-STAKE money obtained by trickery or fraud …M19 sl.
– MALENGIN † evil machination; ill-intent; fraud, deceit, guile …1390
– MARLOCK a fraudulent contrivance or trick …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NICKEL PLATE a fraud, a deception …L19 US sl.
– OLD MOODY a cunning trick, a fraud …1930s sl.
– PROP GAME a fraud racket by which householders are coaxed into paying heavily for unnecessary repairs …1966 Brit. sl.
– PUT-ON a deception, fraud, cheat …sl.
– RAMP any form of swindle or fraud; a swindle or racket involving charging exorbitant prices …1812 sl.
– RAMPING a defrauding, or swindling; cheating, fraud …1830
– READY-UP a swindle, conspiracy, or fraud …1924 Aust. sl.
– RIP-OFF deception, swindling, fraud …1970 sl.
– RORT a fraudulent or dishonest practice; a trick, a dodge …1926 Aust. sl.
– SCAM a con-trick, swindle or racket, often specifically a fraudulent bankruptcy …1963 sl., orig. US
– SCONCING cheating, fraud …1774 Sc.
– SKANK a confidence trick; a fraudulent scheme …1980s W. Indies & UK Black teen sl.
– SKIN GAME deception, swindling, fraud …1868 US sl.
– STING a burglary or other act of theft, fraud, etc., esp. a complex and meticulously planned one carried out quickly …1930 sl., chiefly US
– SWITCH a fraudulent substitution …1938 sl.
– TAKE money acquired by theft or fraud …1888 sl., chiefly US
– TAKE-IN a cheat, swindle, deception; a hoax, a fraud …1778 colloq.
fraud, fraudulent – person  (includes FRAUDSTER)
– BESTER * one who gets the better of others by dishonest or fraudulent means; a swindler, a sharper, a cheater …1856 sl.
– BLINDFOLDER a deceiver, a fraud, a cheat …1966 Amer. dial.
– DEADBEAT an impostor or pretender; a fraud; a cheat …1873 Amer. sl.
– FAKER a confidence trickster; a fraudster …M19 sl.
– FAWNEY one who practices the fraud involving bogus jewellery …1781 sl.
– FAWNEY-DROPPER one who practices the ‘fawney-rig’ …M19 UK criminals’ sl.
– FAWNEY-MAN a seller of bogus jewellery …L18 sl.
– GAFFER – the ‘straight’ front man for any form of fraud or marginal business …1973 sl.
– GAGGER a confidence trickster, a cheat, esp. when telling ‘sob stories’ or posing as a deaf mute; a charlatan, a fraudster …1781 sl.
– HIGHBINDER (derogatory) a fraudulent or unscrupulous person; orig. and esp. a politician …1890
– JOCKEY * a fraudulent bargainer; a cheat …L17
– MASON † one who acquires goods fraudulently by giving a bill which he does not intend to honour …1753 sl.
– MASONER † one who acquires goods fraudulently by giving a bill which he does not intend to honour …1753 sl.
– NIBBING-CULL a petty thief or fraudulent dealer …1775 sl.
– NIBBLER a petty thief or fraudulent dealer …1823 sl.
– OPERATOR † a quack manufacturer of drugs, etc.; one who lives by fraudulent operations …1674
– PACKER † a confederate in a fraudulent design; a conspirator; a plotter  …1771 
– PAPER-HANGER a criminal whose expertise is the use of fraudulent securities …1954 US sl.
– POCATELLO YARDMASTER a fraud; a blowhard, a boastful or pompous person …1947 Amer. dial.
– PROP MAN a fraudster operating the prop game …1966 Brit. sl.
– QUACK one who professes a knowledge or skill concerning subjects of which he is ignorant; a charlatan; a fraudster; a cheat …1638
– QUACKSALVER one who professes a knowledge or skill concerning subjects of which he is ignorant; a charlatan; a fraudster; a cheat …1611
– SALTIMBANCO – a mountebank; a quack; a charlatan; a fraudster …1646 
– SCALER a fraudster or cheat; a swindler; someone who ‘scales’ a train or tram (avoids paying one’s fare) …1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
– SCAMMER a person who earns his living dishonestly, esp. by his wits, as a confidence man, swindler, smuggler, fraudster, etc. …1972 sl., orig. US
– SCANDAROON † a swindler, a fraudulent dealer, a defrauder …1631
– SNIFFER a claims investigator of unemployment and other benefit fraud …1982 UK sl. 
fraud, fraudulent – verbs
– BEND to pervert; to corrupt. to commit some form of fraudulent manoeuvre, esp. as in losing a race deliberately, bribing a policeman or a sporting competitor …19C sl.
– DO SOMEONE OUT OF SOMETHING to deprive someone of something by fraud or unfair means …1825 sl.
– FAKE to counterfeit or forge; hence, to make or shape for a fraudulent or deceptive purpose …1812 sl., orig. criminals’ usage
– GAG to cheat, to act fraudulently, to deceive …1781 sl.
– MAKE to acquire by fraud or artifice; to decoy; to steal …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PAD A BILL to fraudulently add items to a bill or to an expense account statement in order to obtain money that one is not actually owed …1930s sl.
– PULL A FAST ONE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle …1933 Amer. sl.
– PULL A SWIFTIE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle; to play a deceptive trick …1945 Aust. sl.
– PULL A SWIFTY to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle …1960s Amer. & Aust. sl.
– QUACK to promote one’s business through fraudulent claims …M19 sl.
– RORT to engage in fraudulent or dishonest manipulation of a system, records, an election, etc.; chiefly Australian political  usage …1982 
– SEND SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to fraudulently deprive someone of all or most of their money …1907 sl.
– SHAVE to strip a person of money or possessions by fraud, extortion, etc.; to swindle …LME now colloq.
– SKANK to work a confidence trick; to operate a fraud; to work behind someone’s back …2000 UK sl.
– SPANK to fraudulently amend financial accounts …1999 US sl.
– TAKE SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to fraudulently deprive someone of all or most of their money …1907 sl.
– VERSE † to practise fraud or imposition …1591 cant
 
FRAUDULENTLY – adverbs
– DECEIVABLY † deceitfully, fraudulently, falsely …1387
 
FRAY – nouns
– BRATTLE a loud, clattering noise; the crash of thunder or of a storm; a noisy fray …Bk1911 Sc.
– PLISKY a fray, a scrimmage …1887 Sc.
fray – verbs
– FASEL †* to ravel, to fray …c1440
– TASH to stain, to soil, to tarnish, to dirty, to deface; to fray, to batter, to dishevel, to knock about, to treat roughly or carelessly so as to spoil …1808 Sc.
– VAZ OUT to fray …1896 Eng. dial.