GUESS, GUESSWORK
ADJECTIVES
1628 — GUESSIVE of the nature of a guess; conjectural → obs.
NOUNS
1845 — BAD SHOT a wrong guess
1877 — HALSEN a guess → Eng. dial.
1895 — SHOT IN THE DARK a wild guess; a very general attempt
1898 — A LIKE AIM a shrewd guess → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — AIMATION guesswork → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1969 — BLINDSIGHT guesswork → Amer. dial.
PHRASES
1883 — YOU PAYS YOUR MONEY AND YOU TAKES YOUR CHOICE the proposition is very uncertain; take a good guess
VERBS
1580 — LEVEL to guess at → obs.
1611 — HARP AT to guess at → obs.
1637 — NICK IT to guess correctly → obs.
..19C — RACK to guess; to judge of → Eng. dial.
1816 — JALOOSE • JALOUSE to guess, to imagine, to suppose → Sc.
1833 — HARIOLE to guess; to divine → obs.
1850 — MAKE A HAZARD to make a guess or venture
1878 — HAVE A SHOT AT to guess; to make an attempt → sl.
1889 — ETTLE to guess; to suppose, to conjecture, to imagine → Sc.
1891 — VIEW to guess; to consider, to be of the opinion → Sc.
1895 — MAKE A STAB AT to guess; to make an attempt → sl., orig. US
1900 — DITHER to guess → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ..20C — PSYCH OUT to guess correctly the intentions of another; to outguess → colloq.
1902 — INKLE to form guesses, notions, or projects → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1916 — LUMP OFF to divide something by rough estimate; to guess at the measure or value of something
1935 — TIP A WRONG ‘UN to make a bad guess; to prophesy wrongly → sl.
1942 — GO IT BLIND to guess → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — JUMP AT to guess → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — MAKE A BLIND STAB to make a wild guess → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — STAB to guess → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE A JUMP AT to guess → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE A POTSHOT to make a wild guess → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE A SHOT AT to guess → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
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