Reverse Dictionary: FREE

ADJECTIVES
► ACQUIT acquitted, cleared, set free → 1393 arch.
► AT ONE’S LARGE at liberty → c1384 obs.
► BACKSHEE free → M18 sl.
► BUCKSHEE free of charge → 1916 Brit. sl.
► FREEBEE free of charge → 1942 US sl.
► FREEBIE free of charge → 1942 US sl.
► FREEBY free of charge → 1942 US sl.
► HAND-LOOSE free from restraint → 1596 obs.
► LARGE 1. having few or no restrictions or limitations; allowing considerable freedom → c1510 obs.
2. liberated, free → 1600 obs.
► OFF THE CHAIN free, unrestrained or unrestricted → 20C sl., orig. Aust.
► OFF THE STRING free, unrestrained or unrestricted → 20C sl., orig. Aust.
► ON THE ARM free of charge→  1926 US sl., esp. police usage
► SCART-FREE free of expense → 1877 Sc.

ADVERBS
► BAKSHEESH for free →  1910s Aust. sl.
► BUCKSHEE for free, gratuitously → 1921 Army sl.
► DEADHEAD for free → M19 sl.
► ON A ZOOM for free → 1930s African-American sl.
► ON ONE’S FACE on credit, for free → L19 US sl.
► ON THE NOD for free → 1912

NOUNS
► BAKSHEESH something free, a ‘perk’ →  1910s sl.
► FREEBEE ► FREEBIE ► FREEBY something free → 1928 sl., orig. US
► RABBITS perquisites; anything ‘buckshee’ (free of charge) → c1920 Royal Navy usage
► SWAG free merchandise or tickets to concerts handed out by music recording companies → 1997 US sl.

PHRASES
► ON THE TIN ROOF provided free of charge by the management →  1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► YOUR MONEY IS NO GOOD HERE you are our guest; you get everything free → 1900

VERBS
► BUST LOOSE to break free from constraints → 1920s US sl.
► LEESE to set free, to release → a900 obs.
► MANUMISE ► MANUMISS to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free → 1523 obs.
► MANUMIT to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free → 1432-50
► QUIT to set free, to release, to redeem (usually a person) → a1300 obs.
► REIGN to be at liberty → 1903 Aust. thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
► UNBAY to free from barrier or restraint → 1687 obs.
► UNBIND to make free, to release from some legal restraint of obligation → 1297 obs.
► ZOOM to get something without paying for it, as a ticket to a show → 1930s African-American sl.