GOOD-FOR-NOTHING – adjectives
– BADOUS weakly, good-for-nothing …1908 Sc.
– BAGGAGE † of persons: morally worthless, good-for-nothing, vile …1580
– GAMMY good-for-nothing, idle, blundering …1884 Eng. dial.
– GOOD TO NOUGHT good for nothing …Bk1875 Amer. dial.
– HALF-NABS good-for-nothing; neither one thing nor another …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HALFPENNY-WORTH a good-for-nothing or clownish fellow …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HAND-ME-DOWN LOOKING worthless, good-for-nothing in appearance …1895 Eng. dial.
– ILL-GOTTEN illegitimate; good-for-nothing …1880 Sc.
– LEWD † of persons, their actions, etc.: bad, vile, evil, wicked, base; unprincipled, ill-conditioned; good-for-nothing; worthless …c1386
– LOREL † good-for-nothing …1590
– MEACHING skulking, cringing; self-deprecating, obsequious; contemptible, useless, good-for-nothing …1792 Amer. dial.
– MEECHING skulking, sneaking, creeping softly; cringing; self-deprecating, obsequious; contemptible, useless, good-for-nothing …1792 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– MICHING skulking, cringing; self-deprecating, obsequious; contemptible, useless, good-for-nothing …1792 Amer. dial.
– NAUGHTY valueless, good-for-nothing, insignificant, trifling; small and contemptible in appearance …1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NE’ER-DO-WELL good-for-nothing, worthless; incorrigible …a1773
– NO-ACCOUNT worthless; useless; good-for-nothing; insignificant; undependable, untrustworthy, criminal …1845 Amer. dial.
– NO-COUNT worthless, lazy, shiftless; useless, good-for-nothing; insignificant, trivial …1853 Amer. dial.
– NOT WORTH A PEWTER DAMN worthless or good for nothing …1965 Amer. dial.
– NOT WORTH A PEWTER QUARTER worthless or good for nothing …1965 Amer. dial.
– NOT WORTH A PEWTER’S BUTTON worthless or good for nothing …1939 Amer. dial.
– NOT WORTH A TINKER’S DURN good for nothing …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– RAGABASH contemptible, mean, paltry; good-for-nothing …1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RAGAMUFF †* rough, beggarly, good-for-nothing, disorderly …1591
– TAG-RAGLY good-for-nothing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TALLOCKING idle, good-for-nothing; slovenly, untidy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TRIFLING lazy, shiftless, inefficient, worthless, good-for-nothing …1832 Amer. dial.
– WAFF of persons: vagabond-like, disreputable, worthless in character, good-for-nothing …1788 Sc.
good-for-nothing – person
– BAD EGG a worthless person; a ne’er-do-well; a good-for-nothing …1847 sl.
– BADLING * a worthless person; a good-for-nothing; a rascal; a scamp; a naughty child …c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– BAD-NAUGHT a worthless, good-for-nothing person …1857 Eng. dial.
– BAD PENNY an unpleasant, untrustworthy person; a ne’er-do-well; a good-for-nothing …c1367
– BAGGAGE a woman of bad character; a worthless, good-for-nothing woman; a woman of disreputable or immoral life, a strumpet; a prostitute; an opprobrious epithet applied to women and children …1603
– BATLAN a lazy person, a loafer, a good-for-nothing; a jobless person; an idler or someone unsuitable for any employment …Bk1982 Yiddish
– BEDYOW a lazy, good-for-nothing woman …1929 Sc.
– BLACK-TAN a good-for-nothing person …Bk1888 Eng. dial.
– BREEL †* a worthless, good-for-nothing fellow …c1485
– BRETHEL † a worthless fellow; a good-for-nothing wretch; a miserable wretch …c1440
– BROTHEL orig. a good-for-nothing man …14C
– BUM a vagrant; a good-for-nothing …1882
– CUMBER-GROUND anything utterly worthless and in people’s way; one that is good-for-nothing …1657
– DAW a lazy, good-for-nothing person; a sluggard …c1460
– DHIRL a good-for-nothing person …Bk1900 N. Ireland
– DIRTRIE a collective term expressive of contempt, denoting despicable, good-for-nothing persons …Bk1900 Sc.
– DRUTTLE a useless, good-for-nothing person …19C Sc.
– FEISTER a good-for-nothing …1958 Amer. dial.
– FIZZLE a good-for-nothing person …1896
– GALLOWS-ROGUE a jailbird, a rascal; a good-for-nothing …1894 Eng. dial.
– GALLOWS-TAG a jailbird, a rascal; a good-for-nothing …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GALLOWS-TANG a jailbird, a rascal; a good-for-nothing …1887 Eng. dial.
– GALLUS TAG a good-for-nothing; a rascal …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– GIT a fool, an idiot, a dolt; a worthless person, a good-for-nothing …1858
– GLAIK (derogatory) a silly, light-headed, frivolous, or thoughtless person, esp. a girl or woman; an idle, good-for-nothing person …1814 Sc.
– HACKSLAVER a dirty, slovenly fellow; an idle, dissolute, good-for-nothing man; a disgusting and silly fellow …1790 Eng. dial.
– HAINGLE an idle, loutish fellow; a lazy, slovenly good-for-nothing …1791 Sc.
– HALLION a term of contempt; a low or scurvy fellow; a coarse, idle, worthless fellow; a blackguard; a contemptible person; a good-for-nothing idler; a rascal, a clown, a clumsy fellow …1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– HALLOCKIT a noisy, restless person; a romp, a hoyden; a fool, a good-for-nothing, a worthless person …1787 Sc.
– HANGEREL, HANGRELL a lazy, idle, good-for-nothing person; a hanger-on …1805 Eng. dial.
– HANG-GALLOWS a gallows-bird, one ripe for the gallows; a lazy, good-for-nothing or worthless fellow; a villain …1790
– HANGY-BANGY a big, lazy fellow; a good-for-nothing …Bk1893 Eng. dial.
– HANIEL, HANNIEL a lout; a lazy, awkward, good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless, mischievous person; a general term of abuse …1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HANZIEL an idle, loutish fellow; a lazy, slovenly good-for-nothing …1791 Sc.
– HARLIWALLET a slattern, a good-for-nothing woman …1827 Sc.
– HARLWALLET a slattern, a good-for-nothing woman …1827 Sc.
– HARRIGOAD a wild, wanton girl or child; a run-about, flighty or good-for-nothing person …1721 Eng. dial.
– HARRY-GAUD a wild, wanton girl or child; a run-about, flighty or good-for-nothing person …1721 Eng. dial.
– HILDING a contemptible, worthless person of either sex; a good-for-nothing …1601 arch.
– HIPEL, HIPPLE – a term of contempt for anyone; a good-for-nothing fellow …1824 Sc.
– HULLION a clown; a clumsy fellow; a good-for-nothing idle scamp; a sloven; a rascal …1789 Sc. & Ireland
– JACK SHIT a worthless good-for-nothing …20C sl.
– KEESO a lazy, good-for-nothing sort of person …1929 Sc.
– LALLYGAG a wastrel, a wasteful or good-for-nothing person; an irresponsible person …1940s sl.
– LOLLYGAG a wastrel, a wasteful or good-for-nothing person; an irresponsible person …1940s sl.
– LUSK † an idle, lazy, slothful, good-for-nothing fellow; a sluggard …c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MOCCA an uncouth person; a good-for-nothing …2003 Aust. sl.
– MOLDWARP, MOULDWARP a stupid, worthless, or good-for-nothing person; a senseless person; a dolt …1928 Amer. dial.
– MORTWORP a stupid, worthless, or good-for-nothing person; a senseless person; a dolt …c1938 Amer. dial.
– NE’ER-BE-GOOD a ne’er-do-well; a good-for-nothing, disreputable, or worthless person …1675
– NE’ER-DO-GOOD, NEVER-DO-GOOD a ne’er-do-well; a good-for-nothing, disreputable, or worthless person …1814
– NE’ER-DO-WELL one who never does, and is never likely to do, well; a good-for-nothing, worthless, disreputable person …1737
– NE’ER-THRIFT † a good-for-nothing or worthless person …c1440
– OIL CAN a worthless person or thing; a good-for-nothing …1920 Amer. sl.
– OMADAUN a stupid person; a simpleton, a fool; a lazy, good-for-nothing fellow …1843 Ireland
– ONDOCHT a poor, weakly, emaciated person or animal; a good-for-nothing …a1838 Sc.
– PIDDELER, PIDDLER a trifler; an idle, worthless person; a good-for-nothing …1779 Amer. dial.
– PIKE a poor White person; a good-for-nothing …1856 Amer. dial.
– PIKER (derogatory) a vagrant, a tramp, a good-for-nothing …1838 sl.
– PUKER a good-for-nothing …19C Shrewsbury School colloq.
– RACAPELT a good-for-nothing; a disreputable fellow; an idle rascal …Bk1852 Eng. dial.
– RAGABASH a good-for-nothing; a ragamuffin …1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– RAGABRASH a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a good-for-nothing; a ragamuffin …1718 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RAGABUS a good-for-nothing; a ragamuffin …1718 Sc.
– RAGABUSH a good-for-nothing; a ragamuffin …1718 Sc.
– RAGAPELT a ragged person; an idle, good-for-nothing person …1866 Sc.
– RAGBELT a ragged person; an idle, good-for-nothing person …1866 Sc.
– RAGBILD a ragged person; an idle, good-for-nothing person …1866 Sc.
– RALLACK a roving character; an idle good-for-nothing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAMSHACK a good-for-nothing fellow …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RANNAGANT a wild, loose-living person; a good-for-nothing …1832 Sc.
– RAP-A-TAG a dissipated, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne’er-do-well …1887 Eng. dial.
– SART-POLL a foolish, weak person; one easily imposed upon; a good-for-nothing fellow …1867 Eng dial.
– SATE-POLL a foolish, weak person; one easily imposed upon; a good-for-nothing fellow …1867 Eng dial.
– SCALAWAG, SCALLAWAG, SCALLOWAG a rogue; a rascal; a scamp; a good-for-nothing; a deceiver …1848 Amer. dial.
– SCALLYWAG a rogue; a rascal; a scamp; a good-for-nothing; a deceiver …1848 Amer. dial.
– SCALLYWAMPUS a humorous good-for-nothing …Bk1933 US sl.
– SCAMP – a good-for-nothing, worthless person, a ne’er-do-well, a rascal …1808
– SCANT O’ GRACE a wild, disorderly, graceless fellow; a good-for-nothing; a scapegrace; a reprobate …1718 Sc.
– SCAPEGRACE a man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; a careless, idle, harebrained fellow; a graceless, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne’er-do-well; a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; a scamp (rarely applied to a female) …1809
– SCART a contemptible, good-for-nothing, scurvy fellow; a mean, niggardly person …1825 Sc.
– SHABAROON † a mean-spirited person; a disreputable person; a good-for-nothing; a ragamuffin; a ragged person …a1700 sl.
– SHACK a tramp; a bum; a vagabond; a good-for-nothing; a shiftless fellow …1828 Amer. dial.
– SKALAWAG, SKALLAWAG a rogue; a rascal; a scamp; a good-for-nothing; a deceiver …1848 Amer. dial.
– SKEESICK a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child …1858 Amer. dial.
– SKEESUCKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child …1891 Amer. dial.
– SKEEZACKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child …1875 Amer. dial.
– SKEEZECKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child …1850 Amer. dial.
– SKEEZICKS, SKEEZIX a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child …1890 Amer. dial.
– SKUNK an unpleasant or despicable person; a vile or good-for-nothing fellow …1841 sl.
– SOONER a weak idler; a lazy good-for-nothing …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– SPALPEEN a disagreeable, miserable, or contemptible person; a low, mean, or good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless person; a rogue, a rascal, a scamp …1815 Irish
– STRACKLE-BRAIN a giddy, thoughtless person; a simpleton, a fool; a good-for-nothing …1877 Eng. dial.
– TAGGELT a ragged, dirty person; a vagabond; an idle good-for-nothing or disreputable person; a rascal, scamp …Bk1878 Eng. dial.
– TAGIT a ragged, dirty person; a vagabond; an idle good-for-nothing or disreputable person; a rascal, scamp …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TAISTREL, TAYSTREL a rascal; a scoundrel; a good-for-nothing; a worthless or disorderly person; a peevish character; a contemptible person; a term of great contempt …Bk1873 Eng. dial.
– TALLACK, TALLOCK a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman …1889 Eng. dial.
– TALLOCKER a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman …1889 Eng. dial.
– TASHEL a good-for-nothing man or woman; a drunkard; a slovenly woman; a troublesome child …1790 Eng. dial.
– TASSEL, TASSIL a good-for-nothing man or woman; a drunkard; a slovenly woman; a troublesome child …1790 Eng. dial.
– TASSOCK a good-for-nothing person …Bk1887 Eng. dial.
– UNTHRIFT a good-for-nothing person; a thriftless squanderer …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VAGABOND a disreputable or worthless person; an idle, good-for-nothing fellow; a rascal or rogue …1686
– VAGGOT a ‘faggot’; a term of contempt applied to women and children; a slattern, a worthless or good-for-nothing woman …Bk1888 Eng. dial.
– VAGRANT a disreputable or worthless person; an idle, good-for-nothing fellow; a rascal or rogue …1452
– VAUNEANT † a good-for-nothing person …1621
– VAURIEN a worthless, good-for-nothing fellow; a scamp …1825-9
– VAUT RIEN a worthless, good-for-nothing fellow; a scamp …1868
– WAFER a wastrel, a good-for-nothing …1894 Sc.
– WAFFINGER a vagabond, a worthless, good-for-nothing person; a ne’er-do-well …1825 Sc.
– WAFFIPOKE a vagabond; a worthless, good-for-nothing person …Bk1905 Sc.
– WAFFLES a loafer; an idle, sauntering person; a good-for-nothing; one who hesitates or vacillates; a weak, undecided person …Bk1855
– WALLIDRAG, WALLYDRAG a worthless person, a wretch, a wastrel, a good-for-nothing; a slovenly, untidy, dishevelled person …1754 Sc.
– WALLIDRAGGLE, WALLYDRAGGLE a worthless person, a wretch, a wastrel, a good-for-nothing; a slovenly, untidy, dishevelled person …1754 Sc.
– WANGWARD a good-for-nothing; a worthless person …1893 Eng. dial.
– WANWAIRD a good-for-nothing; a worthless person …Bk1893 Eng. dial.
– WANWAY a good-for-nothing, profligate, worthless person …Bk1893 Eng. dial.
– WANWEARD a good-for-nothing, profligate, worthless person …Bk1855 Eng. dial.
– YELDIN a good-for-nothing woman …Bk1888 Eng. dial.
– ZEPHYR a good-for-nothing person …1949 Sc.
– ZOB a good-for-nothing; a contemptible person; a weak person …1911 US sl.
GOOD FRIDAY – nouns
– BLACK FRIDAY Good Friday …1967 Amer. dial.
GOOD-HEARTED – person
– ACE an estimable or solidly dependable person; a good-hearted person …1848 Amer. sl.
GOOD-HUMOURED – adjectives
– BOUZY of a jolly and good-humoured appearance …Bk1911 Sc.
– QUIRKY playful, witty, merry, good-humoured …1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
good-humoured – person
– BIG DUBS a large and good-humoured man …1996 W. Indies
GOOD-LOOKING – adjectives
– BANGING good-looking, attractive …Bk2006 US sl.
– BERRY good-looking …Bk1904 Amer. college
– BLAZING really good; really good-looking; really hot …Bk2006 US sl.
– DAP dapper; well-dressed; stylish; good-looking; attractive …1970 Amer. sl.
– DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS very good-looking …Bk2006 US sl.
– EASY ON THE EYE beautiful, pleasing to look at; good-looking; esp. of women …1936 UK sl.
– FAIRLY LOOKING good-looking …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FARRANDLY of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy …1790 Eng. dial.
– FARRANTLY of a person: comely, handsome, good-looking …1674 N. Eng. dial.
– FARRINKLY comely, good-looking; decent, clean, orderly …1860 Eng. dial.
– FASHIONABLE † of a good appearance; good-looking, stylish …1630
– FLY attractive, good-looking; hence, excellent, fabulous …1980 sl.
– GAINLY proper, becoming, suitable; comely, good-looking …a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GAINLY-LOOKING comely, good-looking; neatly dressed; said chiefly of females …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GALLANT † of women: fine-looking, handsome …1552
– GOODLIKE good-looking, handsome …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– MACKLY seemly, comely, good-looking …1721 Eng. dial.
– PROPER good-looking or handsome …colloq.
– SCANSING of a young woman: good-looking, striking-looking, well-favoured …1825 Sc.
– SNOUT-FAIR † having a fair countenance; fair-faced, comely, pretty, handsome, good-looking; in frequent use in the 16th and early 17th century, usually with some disparaging suggestion …1530
– VIEWLY sightly, good to look at, handsome, comely …1868 Eng. dial.
– WELL-BESEEN † good-looking, well-favoured …c1374
good-looking – person
– ALL JELLY a buxom, good-looking girl …Bk1896 sl.
– BABALONIAN a good-looking woman …1990s US college sl.
– BABE-A-LONIAN a good-looking woman …1990s US college sl.
– BALDWIN a good-looking male …Bk2006 US sl.
– BARNEY a good-looking guy …Bk2006 US sl.
– BEAUHUNK a good-looking male; a sexy-looking boy …Bk1989 Amer. sl.
– BETTY a good-looking girl or woman …Bk2006 US sl.
– BOB the best-dressed or best-looking lad or lass in a company …Bk1911 Sc.
– BROOD a good-looking young woman – a sexually attractive female …M20 US sl.
– CACK a good-looking woman …1960s US campus sl.
– CHEESECAKE a good-looking woman …Bk2006 US sl.
– CHICKEY-BABE, CHICKY-BABE a young woman, esp. a good-looking one …1991 Aust. sl.
– CHICKSTER a cool and good-looking woman …Bk2006 US sl.
– CLYDESDALE a good-looking guy …20C teen & high school sl.
– DISH a good-looking woman …Bk2006 US sl.
– EYE-POPPER a very good-looking woman or girl …Bk2006 US sl.
– FACE MAN a good-looking man with an exceptionally handsome face, but no personality …1958 Amer. sl.
– FREAK MOMMY a good-looking female …Bk2006 US sl.
– HEAD-TURNER a strikingly attractive or good-looking person …1935 colloq., orig. US
– HUNK a good-looking, muscular boy or man …1945 US sl.
– JELLY a buxom, good-looking girl …1889 sl.
– NICE CAR a good-looking man or woman …1980s US college sl.
– PARTRIDGE a good-looking girl or woman …1947 US sl.
– POT O’ BLISS † a fine tall woman; a handsome good-looking woman …Bk1909 sl.
– QUEANIE a very good-looking man or boy …E20 army sl.
– SIGHT DELIGHT a good-looking man…1980s US campus sl.
– SPUNK a sexy, good-looking person …1978 Aust. sl.
– TABLE PUSSY a woman with good looks and manners …1970 US sl.
– THRODDY MAY a plump, good-looking girl …1939 Amer. dial.
– WUKKA a very good-looking man or woman …1980s US college sl.
– YOUNG SPUNK a sexy, good-looking person …1978 Aust. sl.
good-looking – verbs
– HAVE A LEG † of a man: to be good-looking or physically attractive …1879
good-looking – phrases
– ALL SHOW AND NO GO equipped with good looks, but lacking action or energy …Bk2006 US sl.
GOODLY – adjectives
– WALE † chosen; choice, select; excellent, noble, goodly …c1250
GOOD-NATURED – adjectives
– CHANCY lucky, fortunate; good-natured …1928 Amer. dial.
– LIKELY handsome, attractive; good-natured; pleasing, agreeable …1809 Amer. dial.
– NATERFUL good-natured …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUIDDISH good-natured …M18 sl.
good-natured – person
– JACK-A-DROGNES a lazy, good-natured fellow …Bk1922
– JACK-A-DROYNES a good-natured, lazy fool …Bk1903
– MOILEY a mild, good-natured person …1824 Sc.
– MOOLEY a mild, good-natured person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MOYLIE a mild, good-natured person …Bk1876 Sc.
– SAWNEY a simpleton, a fool, a stupid fellow; a soft, good-natured fellow …a1700 colloq.
GOODNESS – nouns
– BONITY † the quality of being good, goodness …1585
– EESKYIE goodness, sense, decency …1929 Sc.
– HEART-GRACE goodness of disposition …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– OF-FALLING a falling off in health, excellence, or goodness …1825 Sc.
– SINGULARITY † distinction due to or involving some superior quality; special excellence or goodness …c1450
GOOD NIGHT – interjections
– BENE DARKMANS! good night …M16 sl.
•. NIGHT-NIGHT good night …1896 Brit., orig. children’s vocabulary
– NIGHTY-NIGHT good night …1896 Brit., orig. children’s vocabulary
– SAHA! good night! …L19 Royal Navy sl.
GOODS – nouns
– FEE † movable property in general; goods, possessions, wealth …c888
– ROBIN HOODS merchandise, goods …1992 UK rhyming sl.
– TRAPS belongings, personal property; things; goods, furniture …1813
GOOD-TEMPERED – adjectives
– FAIR-CONDITIONED * pleasant-natured, good-tempered …1473
– GAIN tractable, docile, easy to manage; good-tempered, willing, obliging …1809 Eng. dial.
GOODWILL – verbs
– FIND FAVOUR IN THE EYES OF to gain the goodwill of …1700
GOOSE – adjectives
– GANDEROUS pert. to a gander …1630 nonce word
goose – nouns
– A-LAG a sporting term for a flight of geese …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CAGMAG a tough old goose, not fit for eating; an inferior breed of sheep …1771 Eng. dial.
– CANADA HONKER a Canada goose …1929 Amer. dial.
– CANADA HONKY a Canada goose …1929 Amer. dial.
– CANADA TRUMPETER a Canada goose …1967 Amer. dial.
– CANADIAN HONKER a Canada goose …1929 Amer. dial.
– CANADIAN SNOW GOOSE a Canada goose …1968 Amer. dial.
– CANK, KANK the cry of a goose …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– GABBLE RACKET the honking sound made by wild geese flying at night …1950 Amer. dial.
– GAD the wild goose …1930 Amer. dial.
– GAGGLER a goose …1624
– GAINER a gander …1798 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GALE OF GEESE, A † a flock of geese …1825 Sc.
– GANNER a gander …1734 Sc.
– GOBBLE RATCHET the honking sound made by wild geese flying at night …1950 Amer. dial.
– GOOSE HAIR goose feathers or down; a bed or pillow filled with these …1887 Amer. dial.
– HONKER a goose …1835 Amer.
– JEW-BUTTER goose grease …Bk1896 Amer. sl.
– KAYK the cry of a goose …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– KENNEDY a Canada goose …1929 Amer. dial.
– LAG a goose …1824 Sc.
– LAGGIE a goose …1824 Sc.
– LAG OF GULLS a young goose and gander …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MAIDEN a gosling …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OLD STEG a gander …1800 Eng. dial.
– QUEKE †* an imitation of the note of a goose …c1381
– ROGER † a goose …M16 sl.
– TIB † a goose …1622 sl.
– TIB OF THE BUTTERY † a goose …1622 sl.
goose – person
– GISSARD †* a keeper of geese …1584
– GOZZARD a gooseherd, one who tends to a flock of geese …a1400
goose – verbs
– CAKE to cackle as a goose, or as a hen wanting to sit …1788 Eng. dial.
– CANK to cackle, as geese …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– GABBLE of geese, etc.: to utter with rapidity inarticulate sounds …1697
goose – interjections
– GAG! a call to geese …1896 Eng. dial.
– GANDY GANDY! a call to geese …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– HAIL! a cry used to drive away geese …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HALE! a cry used to drive away geese …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– LAG! a call to a goose to be fed …1824 Sc.
– LAGGIE! a call to a goose to be fed …1824 Sc.
– OB-EE! a call for geese …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GOOSEBERRY – nouns
– BERRY the gooseberry …1787 N. Ireland, Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BERRY-SLUFFS the skins of gooseberries …1891 Eng. dial.
– BLOB a large gooseberry …Bk1911 Sc.
– DAY-BERRIES the wild gooseberry …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DEWBERRY the gooseberry …1656 Eng. dial.
– FEABERRY a gooseberry …1597 Eng. dial.
– GALLIGASKIN a gooseberry …1864 Sc.
– GANDER a gooseberry …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GOOSEGOG a gooseberry …1823 sl.
– GOOZIE a gooseberry …L19 Aust. sl.
– GOZZIE a gooseberry …L19 Aust. sl.
– NOSE the eye of an apple, gooseberry, etc. …1718 Eng. dial.
– THAPE-PIE gooseberry pie …1869 Eng. dial.
– THAPES the fruit of the gooseberry, Ribes Grossularia …1682 Sc. & Eng. dial.
gooseberry – verbs
– NESP to pick off the heads and tails of gooseberries …1781 Eng. dial.
GOOSE BUMPS, GOOSEFLESH – adjectives
– GOOSE-SKINNED covered in gooseflesh …1926 Amer. dial.
– GOOSEY having gooseflesh …1950 Amer. dial.
– GOOSIFIED affected with goose-flesh …1837 nonce word
– QUILLED of the flesh: roughed by cold; having goose-flesh …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
goose bumps, gooseflesh – nouns
– AGER BUMPS gooseflesh …1954 Amer. dial.
– ASH-SPOTS goose-bumps …1970 Amer. dial.
– BLUE PIMPLES gooseflesh …1968 Amer. dial.
– CHICKEN-FLESH gooseflesh …1950 Amer. dial.
– CHICKEN SKIN gooseflesh …1967 Amer. dial.
– CHILL BUGS goose bumps …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHILL BUMPS goose bumps …1960 Amer. dial.
– CHILLY BUMPS goose bumps …1965 Amer. dial.
– COLD-CHILL BUMPS goose bumps …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHILBLAINS goose bumps …1968 Amer. dial.
– GOOSEBERRIES gooseflesh …1969 Amer. dial.
– GOOSEBERRY PIMPLES gooseflesh …1969 Amer. dial.
– GOOSE BUMPS gooseflesh …1867 Amer. dial.
– GOOSE LUMPS gooseflesh …1965 Amer. dial.
– GOOSE MEAT gooseflesh …1965 Amer. dial.
– GOOSE PIMPLES gooseflesh …1889 Amer. dial.
– GOOSE-SKIN gooseflesh …1889 Amer. dial.
– HENFLESH gooseflesh …Bk1890 Eng. dial.
– QUILLY a roughness of the skin caused by cold; goose-flesh …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
goose bumps, gooseflesh – verbs
– CATERPILLAR to have goose-flesh …1891 Amer. dial.
GO OUT – verbs
– JAUL to go out …1940s S. Afr.
– JAWL to go out …1940s S. Afr.
– JOL to go out …1940s S. Afr.
GOPHER – nouns
– MEADOW MOLE a gopher …1967 Amer. dial.
– SALAMANDER a gopher …1859 Amer. dial.
GORE – verbs
– OFSTING † to kill by a thrust; to pierce, to gore, to stab to death …c893
GORGE – nouns
– SHUT-IN a gorge, a canyon …1913 Amer. dial.
– THRUTCH a narrow passage or gorge; a thick, dense growth of underwood, etc. through which it is difficult to push a way …1872 Eng. dial.
gorge – verbs
– WAD to stuff with food; to gorge …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
GORGEOUS – adjectives
– ALAMONAGORGEOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BEE-YOO-TIFUL resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BE-U-TIFUL resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DASHY showy, gorgeous …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– DAZZLING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DEVASTATING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DIVINE resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ELEGAZAM resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FIT TO KILL resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GORGE gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GORGIS gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GUDJUS gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JUST TOO KILLING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NASTY wickedly good, excellent, first-class, esp. in the respect of attractiveness or effectiveness; gorgeous, sexually attractive …1834 Amer. sl.
– PERFECTLY KILLING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PUTRID resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RAVING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RED-HOT resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RIPPING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RIPSNIPTIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRUM resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRUMBOTIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRUMDIDLIUMPTOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRUMDIFFEROUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRUMDOODLE resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRUMDUMPISH resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRUMPTEDIDLEOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRUMPTIOUS stylish, resplendently beautiful, gorgeous; handsome …1881 sl., orig. US
– SENSATIONAL resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SIMPLY KILLING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SIMPLY STUNNING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPANGLORIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPANKING resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDACEOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDACIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDATIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDESCENT splendid, gorgeous …1848
– SPLENDICULAR resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDICULOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDIDIOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDIDOUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDIDROUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPLENDIFEROUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWELLAGAZAM resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWELLDIFFEROUS resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWELLDOODLE resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TOO-TOO DIVINE resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
GORMANDIZE – verbs
– GUT to cram the guts; to eat greedily, to gormandize …c1616
– GUTS to eat greedily; to gormandize …1903 colloq.
– GUTTLE to eat voraciously; to gormandize …1654
GORMANDIZER – person
– GABIATOR a gormandizer, one who takes great pleasure in eating and drinking …1831 Sc.
– GLUBBER † a glutton; a gormandizer; one who eats or drinks gluttonously …c1400
– GLUTTON one who eats to excess or who takes pleasure in immoderate eating; a gormandizer … c1225
– GULIST † one who pampers his appetite; a glutton, a gormandizer …1632
– GUTTLER a greedy or gluttonous eater; a glutton; a gormandizer …1732
– HELLUO † a glutton, a gormandizer; a greedy devourer …1583
GORMANDIZING – nouns
– BELLY-RACK an act of gormandizing …Bk1898 Sc.
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