HAS-BEEN – person
– BACK NUMBER an irrelevant person, a has-been; a person or thing that is behind the times, out-of-date, or useless …1882 colloq.
– BACK NUMBER an irrelevant person, a has-been; a person or thing that is behind the times, out-of-date, or useless …1882 colloq.
– BEEN a has-been …Bk1975 Amer. sl.
– HAS-BEEN one that has been but is no longer; a person whose best days are over; a person who was one famous, important, or successful, and is no longer; an aging entertainer or athlete who is no longer in the public’s favour; an out-of-date person …1702
– HAVE-BEEN a person whose best days are over; a has-been …1737
– YESTERDAY’S NEWS a person who is no longer of interest …Bk2004
HASTE – adjectives
– HASTEFUL * full of haste; hurrying, hurried …1610
– HASTING that makes haste, speeding …1632
haste – nouns
– BAISE haste, expedition …Bk1898 Sc.
– BRAINGE bustling, angry haste …Bk1911 Sc.
– BROOFLE impetuous haste, hurry …19C Sc.
– DIRT-HASTE extreme haste …Bk1900 Sc.
– FLUCKADRIFT † a haste, hurry, speed …Bk1866 Sc.
– HASTIHEDE †* hastiness, haste …1390
– HASTING making haste, speeding …a1350
– HASTITY †* hastiness, haste …c1340
– RAPE † haste, speed, hurry …a1300
– SCAD a hurry, flurry, fluster, haste, a bustling crowd …1897 Sc.
– STROTHER haste, bustle, hurry and stir, fuss …Bk1868 Eng. dial.
– TANTIVY quick speed; great haste …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TANTWIVVY quick speed; great haste …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TEARANSY rage, passion; violence; outrageous haste …1896 Sc.
– TIFT sudden flight; great haste, precipitation …1841 Sc.
– TIMOTHY haste, bustle; a state of agitation or anger …Bk1905 Sc.
haste – verbs (includes HASTEN)
– ACHE to hurry, to hasten …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– APPROPERATE † to make haste, to hasten …1623
– BALL THE JACK to move rapidly or swiftly; to make haste; to go fast (said esp. of a railroad train); to work swiftly or energetically …1913 Amer. sl.
– BEHIE † to make haste …c1340
– BLENTER to rush, to make haste …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLINTER to rush, to make haste …1804 Sc.
– CATCH † to chase, to run, to hasten; to press on …c1325
– CHULL to make haste …Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl.
– DUST IT to ride or go quickly; to hasten, to hurry, to make off …1650 colloq.
– FUSE † to hasten, to set out hastily …c1275
– GO BALD-HEADED to dash or charge forward, to go in great haste without heeding danger or obstacles …1846-48 colloq.
– GO OFF HALF-COCK to act hastily …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– HURRY UP THE CAKES to hasten …1848 US sl.
– HYAK in British Columbia: to hasten …1959 Can. Chinook jargon
– IMPROPERATE †* to hasten in …1656
– LOOK ALIVE to make haste …1858 colloq.
– LOOK YARK to look sharp, to make haste …1887 Eng. dial.
– MAKE IT SHORT † to lose no time, to hasten …1490
– OIL UP to hasten …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PEARTEN to become lively, active, or cheerful; to hasten …1851 Amer. dial.
- PIKE to hasten off, go away quickly …LME obs. slang
– PROPERATE † to hasten or press forward; to go quickly …1623
– QUETCH † to stir or move from one place to another; to go, to run. to hasten …c1205
– QUICK to hurry, to cause to hasten …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUITCH † to stir or move from one place to another; to go, to run. to hasten …c1205
– RABBLE to do anything in a confused, hasty manner …Bk19C Sc.
– RACK to move rapidly, to make haste …1953 Amer. dial.
– RADDLE to do anything hastily or perfunctorily …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAP † to move with speed; to hasten, to rush …a1300
– RAPE † to hasten, to hurry, to make haste …c1330
– SCAMP to do or perform in a hasty or careless manner
– SCAMPER to run or go hastily or quickly
– SCOOCH to hasten, to run …1897 Amer. dial.
– SHUCKLE to run fast, to hurry, to bustle about, to make haste …1933 Amer. dial.
- SKELT † to hasten; to be diligent …a1300
– SKIND † to hasten …c1250
– SKIP to hasten, to hurry, to move lightly and rapidly; to make off, to abscond …1338
– STIVVER to go, to run, to hasten …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– TEAR ASS to hasten or rush around …1942 sl.
– TEAR-ASS AROUND to hasten or rush around …1942 Amer. sl.
– THRING † to press or push forward, as against obstacles; to push or force one’s way hastily or eagerly; to press, rush, hasten, push on …c893 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TIGHTEN to hasten …1886 Eng. dial.
– YARK to move quickly or hastily; to push on; to do anything energetically; to work hard …1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YERK to move quickly or hastily; to push on; to do anything energetically; to work hard …1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ZOON to hasten, to hurry, to bustle …1884 Amer. dial.
haste – phrases
– ALL LANT AND PUFF in hot, breathless haste
HASTENED – adjectives
– ACCELERATE †* quickened, hastened …1527
– QUICKED-UP hurriedly arranged; sudden, hastened …1893 Amer. dial.
HASTENING – adjectives
– BAITAND † hastening, in haste …1330
– BATAND † hastening, in haste …1330
– BETTANT † in a hurry, hastening eagerly …c1400
hastening – nouns
– BATTERING a hastening …1895 Eng. dial.
HASTILY – adverbs
– AT A WHIP suddenly, hastily, briskly …1550
– BALD-HEADEDLY heedlessly; hastily …1920 colloq.
– BATAUNTLY † hastily, pressingly, eagerly …1393
– BELIVE † speedily, hastily, quickly, eagerly …c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BELLY-FLAUGHT headlong; hastily; face-down; flat-forward …Bk1911 Sc.
– BILIVE † speedily, hastily, quickly, eagerly …c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BLIVE † speedily, hastily, quickly, eagerly …c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BROTHELY † quickly, hastily; violently, furiously …c1340
– HAM-SAM irregularly, confusedly; hastily; in confusion or disorder …1851 Eng. dial.
– HAM-SCRAM irregularly, confusedly; hastily; in confusion or disorder …1851 Eng. dial.
– HAND OVER HEAD † precipitately, hastily, rashly, recklessly; indiscriminately …c1440 now rare or obs.
– HASTELY † hastily …c1290
– HASTIFLY † hastily, quickly, speedily …a1327
– HASTIS hurriedly, hastily; impatiently …1842 Eng. dial.
– HASTIVELY † hastily, quickly, speedily …a1327
– HASTLY † hastily …c1290
– HASTY † hastily; quickly, rapidly, soon …c1450
– HASTYFULLY † corrupt form of ‘hastively’; hastily, quickly, speedily …c1500
– HEADILY headlong, precipitately, hastily, rashly; violently, impetuously …c1450
– HEAD-STOOP headlong, hastily …1892 Sc.
– HELITYWHOOP at full speed, in great haste …1895 Amer. dial.
– HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER very fast, at top speed, in great haste …1919 Amer. dial.
– HELLETY-SPLIT at full speed, in great haste …1867 Amer. dial.
– HELL-FOR-LEATHER very fast, at top speed, in great haste …1939 Amer. dial.
– HELLITY-HOOP at full speed, in great haste …1959 Amer. dial.
– HELLITY-LARRUP at full speed, in great haste …1940 Amer. dial.
– HELLITY-SPLIT at full speed, in great haste …1935 Amer. dial.
– HELL-THRASHING RATS very fast, at top speed, in great haste …1989 Amer. dial.
– HELL-TO-SPLIT FOR BOSTON very fast, in great haste, rapidly; energetically …1871 Amer. dial.
– HELL-TO-SPLIT very fast, in great haste, rapidly; energetically …1871 Amer. dial.
– HELL-TO-TOOT very fast, in great haste, rapidly; energetically …1917 Amer. dial.
– HELTER-SKELTER in disordered haste; confusedly, tumultuously, pell-mell …L16 sl.
– HILTER-SKILTER in disordered haste; confusedly, tumultuously, pell-mell …L16 sl.
– HIM-SAM irregularly, confusedly; hastily; in confusion or disorder …1851 Eng. dial.
– IN A BANG suddenly, hastily …1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– KEENLY † sharply, quickly, in haste …a1300
– LICK-SPLITTING in haste, very rapidly …1931 Amer. dial.
– ON HEAD † headlong, precipitately, hastily, rashly, inconsiderately …1565-73
– OODEL-DOODEL helter-skelter, in disorderly haste or confusion; hastily …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUICK-FOOT in haste, swiftly …1891
– QUICK-STICKS immediately, hastily …1877
– RAPE †* hastily, quickly …c1400
– RAPELIKE † hastily, in haste, quickly …c1220
– RAPELY † hastily, in haste, quickly …a1352
– RAPLY † hastily, hurriedly …c1325
– RASHLY † quickly, rapidly, hastily …a1547 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– RIFTY TUFTY † with disorderly haste or confusion; helter-skelter …1592
– SKEET † quickly, hastily, immediately …c1200
– SKIMPER-SCAMPER in hurry and confusion, with disorderly haste …1778
– SKITTER-SKATTER helter-skelter, in disorderly haste or confusion …1967 Amer. dial.
– SKITTY-WAMPUS helter-skelter; in disorderly haste or confusion …1968 Amer. dial.
– TANTIVY † at full gallop; swiftly, quickly, hastily; headlong …1641 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– UPON A HEAD † headlong, precipitately, hastily, rashly, inconsiderately …1579-80
– UPON HEAD † headlong, precipitately, hastily, rashly, inconsiderately …1555
– WIKIWIKI quickly, hastily, right away …1917 Hawaii
HASTINESS – nouns
– HASTENESS † hastiness …1413
– HASTIFNESSE † hastiness, rashness, passion …c1330
– HASTIHEDE †* hastiness, haste …1390
– HASTITY †* hastiness, haste …c1340
– HASTIVENESS † hastiness, rashness, passion …c1330
– HASTIVESS † hastiness, rashness, passion …c1325
– HASTIVITY † hastiness, rashness, passion …c1450
– RACKLENESS † rashness, hastiness …c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SUDDENNESS * hastiness, precipitancy …1580
HASTY – adjectives
– CUTTY testy, hasty, short of temper …1825 Sc.
– DASHY characterized by hastiness of execution …1844
– FAST hasty in temper, irascible …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FAST-GATED reckless, thoughtless, hasty; presumptuous, immodest …1874 Eng. dial.
– FIRSTLY hasty …1888 Amer. dial.
– HAIZY hasty, excitable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HASTIS hasty, hurried …1846 Eng. dial.
– HIEFUL † speedy, hasty, hurried, quick, prompt …a1225
– HURRY-COME done with haste and without care …1987 Trinidad and Tobago
– PREPROPEROUS † too hasty, precipitate …1555
– QUICK † hasty, impatient, hot-tempered …1549
– RACKLE † hasty, rash, reckless, impetuous, headstrong; rough or coarse in action; violent …a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– RAD † quick, hasty, speedy; active, prompt, ready, dexterous; eager, elated …a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– RAM-STAM precipitate, headstrong, hasty, impetuous, reckless …1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– RAPE †* quick, hasty …c1400
– RAPLY †* hasty, hurried …a1400
– RASHFUL * rash, hasty, impetuous, reckless …1567
– SCAMBLING hasty, careless; makeshift; untidy …1790 Eng. dial.
– SCHOOSLICH hasty, clumsy, sloppy, untidy …1939 Amer. dial.
– SHORT-METTLED short-tempered, irritable, hasty …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SKIT † precipitate, over-hasty …a1529
– SUBITANEOUS * sudden, hasty, unexpected; hastily produced or constructed …1651
– SUBITANY † sudden, hasty, unexpected; hastily produced or constructed …1603
– SUBITARY †* suddenly or hastily done, made, etc. …1600
– SUBITE † sudden, hasty …1483
– SUDDEN † of persons: acting without forethought or deliberation; hasty, impetuous, rash …c1374 obs. or arch.
– THRUSTY hasty, impetuous …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
hasty – person
– HALLOP a hasty, precipitate person …1824 Sc.
– HASTELING † a person who acts with excessively speed or insufficient consideration; a hasty person …1577
– HASTLING †* a hasty person …1619
– SCHUSSLE a hasty, clumsy person; one who in hurrying falls over his own feet …1914 Amer. dial.
hasty – verbs
– LEAP † to run, to go hastily or with violence; to rush …a1100
– RABBLE to work in a hurried slovenly manner; to do anything in a confused, hasty manner…1862 Eng. dial.
– SCRATCH to hurry; to do anything in a hurried, hasty, scrambling way …1831 Eng. dial.
hasty – phrases
– LICK AND A PROMISE a hasty and perfunctory performance in doing something
HASTY-TEMPERED – verbs
– BE OVER SHARP METTLE to be too hasty-tempered …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HAT – adjectives
– BROAD-LEAFED of a hat: having a broad rim …1841
– CASTORIAL pert. to a hat …1864 nonce word jocose
– TILED hatted; wearing a hat …1792 sl.
– UNCOCKED of a hat: not cocked or turned up …1721
– VENTILATORY * of a hat: provided with ventilation …1850
hat – nouns
– APPLEJACK a large-brimmed, oversized hat in a 1930s-40s style …1970s US Black sl.
– BABY PAPS caps …M19 rhyming sl.
– BABY’S PAP a cap …M19 rhyming sl.
– BALL AND BAT a hat …20C Eng. rhyming sl.
– BARBIQUEJO the chin strap of a cowboy hat …1945 Amer. dial.
– BARBOQUEJO the chin strap of a cowboy hat …1945 Amer. dial.
– BARREL OF FAT a hat …20C Aust. rhyming sl.
– BEAK the brim or peak of a hat or cap; also, the hat itself …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BEAVER 1. a top-hat …1824 Eng. sl.
2. a hat …Bk1890 sl.
3. a man’s silk hat …1870 Amer. dial.
– BEAVERKIN a little beaver (hat) …1867
– BEE GUM a man’s hat with a high crown …1880 Amer. dial.
– BELL BONNET a cloth bonnet worn by women for protection from the sun …1970 Amer. dial.
– BELL-JESSY a top-hat …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BENJY a straw hat; generally one with a very broad brim …1883 Eng. dial.
– BENNY a straw hat …M19 sl., orig. nautical
– BILLYCOCK HAT a Derby hat …1906 Amer. dial.
– BLOCKER a bowler hat …1934 Brit. sl.
– BLUE-BONNET a man’s blue cap …Bk1911 Sc.
– BONGRACE a broad-brimmed hat …L16 arch. & Eng. dial.
– BORD of a woman’s cap: the border or the band in front …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOXER a bowler or billycock hat …1897 Aust.
– BOX-HAT a tall hat …1888 colloq.
– BREAK the angle between the brim and crown of a hat …1881
– BROAD-BRIMMER a hat with a broad brim …1860 colloq.
– BUGLE-WARMER a head covering; a hat …1921 Amer. dial.
– BULL’S BREAKFAST. a straw hat …1927 Amer. dial.
– BUN HAT a bowler hat …20C NZ sl.
– BUTTER FLAP a cap …M19 rhyming sl.
– CABBAGE-TREE HAT a broad-brimmed hat made from the leaves of the cabbage tree …Aust.
– CADDIE a hat; orig. a bush name for a slouch hat …1898 Aust. sl.
– CADDY a hat …1869 Sc. & Eng. sl.
– CADEY a hat …1869 Sc. & Eng. sl.
– CADI 1. a hat …M19 sl.
2. a straw hat …1920s NZ sl.
– CADIE a hat …1869 Sc. sl.
– CADY 1. a hat …1846 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
2. a straw hat …1920s NZ sl.
– CAGE a hat or cap …1900s US sl.
– CALABASH COVER a hat …1886 US sl.
– CALP a hat …Bk1891 sl.
– CANISTER a hat …1887 sl.
– CAPKIN a little cap …1844 nonce word
– CASTOR a hat, orig. either of beaver’s fur, or intended to be taken as such; at the end of the 17th century and beginning of the 18th century said to be of rabbit’s fur, and usually spelt ‘caster’ …1640 colloq.
– CHARLEY BRADY a hat …L19 rhyming sl. for ‘cady’
– CHEESE-CUTTER a cap with a square peak in front …L19 sl.
– CHUMMY a low-crowned hat …M19 sl.
– CUNNAMULLA CARTWHEEL a big broad-rimmed hat …c1920 Aust. sl.
– CUNT HAT a trilby, or other felt hat …1923 sl.
– DASH a cant term for a hat, cap, etc. …Bk1900 Sc.
– DIP a hat; a derby or stiff hat …1912 Amer. dial.
– DOME a hat …1900s US sl.
– DOMEPIECE a hat …1990s US Black sl.
– EARFLOPPER. the earflap of a cap or hat …1966 Amer. dial.
– EARLAP the earflap of a cap or hat …1937 Amer. dial.
– EARLAPPER the earflap of a cap or hat …1907 Amer. dial.
– EARLAPPET the earflap of a cap or hat …1863 Amer. dial.
– EAR LUG the earflap of a cap or hat …1937 Amer. dial.
– EGG-BOILER a bowler hat …1930s Aust. sl.
– FANNER * a large, wide-brimmed hat …1881 Sc.
– FANNY HAT a trilby hat …1930s sl.
– FANTAIL a coal-heaver’s or dustman’s hat, resembling a sou’wester …19C sl.
– FIFTY-MISSION CAP 1. the service cap when worn without the front spring stiffener and grommet …1956 Amer. military aviation sl.
2. a trucker’s hat that usually has several safety badges fastened to it …1971 Amer. jocular
– FLYER WITH A ROOF HIGHER a western hat …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– FLY JERKS small pieces of cork suspended from the brim of a tramp’s hat to ward off flies …1942 Aust. sl.
– GABBY HAYES HAT the field hat worn by US soldiers in Vietnam …1977 US sl.
– GAME OF NAP a cap …1976 UK rhyming sl.
– GAWBLIME a soft service cap …1919 Brit. sl.
– GAWBLIMEY a soft service cap …1919 Brit. sl.
– GAWBLIMY a soft service cap …1919 Brit. sl.
– GAWD FORBID a hat …1936 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘lid’ (hat)
– GOD FORBID a hat …1936 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘lid’ (hat)
– GONDOLA HAT a derby …1967 Amer. dial.
– GORBLIME a soft service cap …1919 Brit. sl.
– GORBLIMEY a soft service cap …1919 Brit. sl.
– GORBLIMY a soft service cap …1919 Brit. sl.
– GRANDMAMMA’S BONNET a sunbonnet …1970 Amer. dial.
– GRANNY BONNET a sunbonnet …1970 Amer. dial.
– HADICK a hat …Bk1905 Sc.
– HARD-BOILED HAT a derby …1903 Amer. dial.
– HAT-BIRRET the brim or edge of a hat or cap …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HAT-BRINKS the brim or edge of a hat or cap …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HAT-BRUARTS the brim or edge of a hat or cap … Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HAT-FLIPE the brim or edge of a hat or cap … Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HAT-SHAKER † a standing piece of furniture for hats to be hung on; a hat-stand …1698
– HATTERY hats collectively; a hat manufactory …1823
– HATTOCK † a little hat …1501 Sc.
– HEAD-PIECE any covering for the head; a cap, a kerchief …1552
– JERRY a hat; a hard, round hat …1841 sl.
– KADEY a hat …1869 Sc. & Eng. sl.
– KADI a hat …L19 sl.
– KADIE a hat …L19 sl.
– KADY a hat …L19 sl.
– KANGOL a beret …1990s US Black & teen sl.
– KATY a hat or cap …1947 Amer. dial.
– KELLY a man’s hat …1908 Amer. dial.
– KELP a hat …Bk1891 sl. 068
– KIDDY a hat fashionable among small-time but dandified thieves; it featured a broad ribbon passing through a large buckle at its front …M19 sl.
– KISSING-STRINGS cap or bonnet strings tied under the chin
– KOPPEL a skullcap worn by Jewish men during prayer and other religious services and rituals, and by strictly Orthodox Jewish men at all times; a yarmulke, a kippah …1892
– LEAF the brim of a hat …1767 chiefly Anglo-Irish
– LEAN AND FAT a hat …1857 US rhyming sl.
– LEANING FAT a hat …1928 US rhyming sl.
– LEMON-SQUEEZER a peaked hat worn by NZ soldiers …World War II NZ army sl.
– LID a hat; often applied to a soldier’s steel helmet or a motorcyclist’s crash helmet …1896 sl.
– LUNATIC HAT a wide-brimmed hat …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– MARABAS BONNET † a large flat cap …1538 Sc.
– MOAB a hat; esp. the turban-shaped hat in feminine vogue …1858 Brit. university sl.
– MUDGE a hat …2002 Brit. sl.
– NAB † a hat …1673 sl.
– NAB-CHEAT † a hat or cap …c1530 cant
– NAB CHETE † a hat; a cap …16C UK criminals’ sl.
– NABCHETT † a hat; a cap …16C UK criminals’ sl.
– NABE a hat …E17 UK criminals’ sl.
– NAIL-BOX a top-hat …Bk1903 Eng. dial.
– NAIL CAN a top hat …L19 Aust. sl.
– NAIL KEG a top hat …1866 Amer. sl.
– NAN NAN a straw hat …L19 Aust. sl.
– NAPPER a hat; a cap …Bk1902 sl.
– NEB the tip or point of anything; the peak of a cap or bonnet; the toe of a shoe; the extremity of anything ending in a point or narrowed part …1611
– NEBBIN the peak of a cap …1869 Eng. dial.
– NIGHTCAP a small skull-cap worn by many Black men …1970s US Black usage
– PAC a cap …M19 back-slang
– PACK a cap …Brit. back-slang
– PANASH † a plume worn in the hat …1681 Sc.
– PANTILE a hat …M19 sl.
– PARACHUTE † a broad-brimmed hat worn by women in the late 18th century …1885
– PENNY-A-MILE a hat …c1870 rhyming sl. for ’tile’
– PORK-PIE (HAT) 1. a fashionable ‘toreador’-style hat …M19
2. a style of fashionable women’s hat …M19
3. a style of men’s hat …L19
– QUEER NAB a cheap, shabby hat; hence, one that is not worth stealing …L17 UK criminals’ sl.
– QUOIF † a cap …1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RUSKIE a coarse straw hat worn by peasant girls and others …B1900 Sc.
– REHOBOAM a shovel-hat …1849 sl.
– SCOOP † 1. a lady’s bonnet …Bk1904 Sc.
2. the visor or peak of a cap …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCOOPIE † a lady’s bonnet …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCOUL an old hat or bonnet …1837 Sc.
– SCRAPER a hat; generally used contemptuously …1828 Sc.
– SILKER a silk top hat …L19 US sl.
– SKIMMER a broad-brimmed boater …1830 sl., chiefly US
– SKULLIE a skullcap …1993 US sl.
– SKY PIECE a hat, cap, or bonnet; a hairpiece …1898 Amer. dial.
– SMOKEY BEAR a wide-brimmed hat …1969 US sl.
– SMOKY BEAR a wide-brimmed hat …1969 US sl.
– STEAMROLLER a bowler hat …1992 UK rhyming sl. = bowler
– STRAW a straw hat …Bk1904 sl.
– STRAW BASHER a straw hat …sl.
– STRAWER a straw hat …Bk1904 school sl.
– STRAWYARD a straw hat …Bk1904 sl.
– SUGAR-LOAF a high-crowned hat …Bk1904 sl.
– SUNDOWN a hat with a wide brim …1888 US
– TACH a hat …M19 back-slang
– TALL HAT a silk hat with high cylindrical crown …1890
– TAM 1. any form of hat …1930s US sl.
2. TAM the large woollen hat used by Rastafarians to cover their dreadlocks …1950s W. Indies Rasta
– TAMMY a Tam o’ Shanter, a soft woollen bonnet or cap with flat circular crown …1894
– TAM O’ SHANTER a soft woollen bonnet with flat circular crown, the circumference of which is about twice that of the head, formerly worn by Scottish ploughmen, etc.; introduced, in a modified form, c1887 as a headdress for girls and young women …1840-50
– TAPPIE-TOORIE a knot of ribbons, wool, or the like, on the top of a cap, a tassel or pompom, a bonnet so adorned …1867 Sc.
– TAPPIETOURIE a knot of ribbons, wool, or the like, on the top of a cap, a tassel or pompom, a bonnet so adorned …1867 Sc.
– TARF † the turn or facing of a cap …1545
– TARGAT † a tassel; an ornament for the hat …1802 Sc.
– TA-TA a hat …1923 theatrical sl.
– TIBBET the peak in front of a bonnet …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TILE a hat …1813 sl.
– TILT a sun-bonnet …1874 Eng. dial.
– TILT-BONNET a sun-bonnet …1874 Eng. dial.
– TIPPY the brim of a hat or cap; the peak of a cap …1790 Eng. dial.
– TITFA, TITFER, TITFOR a hat …1930 Brit. rhyming sl. (Tit for Tat)
– TOPPER a top hat …1820 sl.
– TOPPING the woollen knot or pompon on the crown of a bonnet …1808 Sc.
– UGLY a shade for a bonnet …M19 UK society usage
– UMBRELLA a broad-brimmed hat …a1803
– WING-DING a girl’s hat …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
hat – person
– HABERDASHER † formerly, a dealer in a variety of articles now dealt with by other trades, including caps, and probably hats; a dealer of hats and caps, a hatter …1566
– HARD HAT one who wears a derby hat; Eastern businessmen during the 1880s and later crooks, gamblers, and detectives …Bk1975 Amer. sl.
– HAT-CHECK BOY a person employed in a cloakroom to take charge of hats or (now usually) other items, and often also issue receipts of this type for them …1910
– HAT-CHECK GIRL a person employed in a cloakroom to take charge of hats or (now usually) other items, and often also issue receipts of this type for them …1913
– HAT-TREE a person who is wearing any form of headgear …1980 S. Afr. gang sl.
– VAILER †* one who doffs the hat in salutation …a1613
hat – verbs
– DIP to take the hat off …1900 Amer. college sl.
– DIP YOUR LID to raise one’s hat as a polite gesture …1915 Aust. sl.
– DOUSE to take off a hat …L18
– FLY A TILE to knock off a man’s hat …1825 Stock Exchange sl.
– GOFFER to ‘bonnet’ a man; to knock his hat over his eyes …1899 London sl.
– NAIL A GOSS to steal a hat …L19 UK criminals’ sl.
– OFF-CAP † to take off or doff the cap, in reverence or respect to a person …1604 nonce word
– PRIG A CASTOR to steal a hat …Bk1890 sl.
– RAISE to make a signal by raising one’s hat …1940s US criminals’ sl.
– RING CASTORS to exchange hats …Bk1903 sl.
– UNSHINGLE to knock off someone’s hat …E19 Aust. sl.
– VAIL to doff or take off a hat, etc., esp. out of respect or as a sign of submission …c1460 now arch.
HATCH – verbs
– UNCLOSE † to hatch …1486
HATCHET – nouns
– HACHE † an axe, a hatchet …a1300
– HACK-CHIP † a hatchet …c1440
– HATCH † a hatchet …1704
– HATCHEL a hatchet …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
HATE – adjectives (also see HATRED)
– HATELY bad-tempered, hateful; showing hate …1854 Eng. dial.
hate – nouns
– ADDER-HATE virulent, deadly hate …1880 poetic
– HARD KNOT hate …1976 Amer. dial.
– MANSON LAMPS a look full of hate; a murderous look …1999 US sl.
hate – person
– ABHORRER one who abhors or hates …1611
– ABOMINATOR one who abominates or thoroughly detests; an abhorrer or extreme hater …1671
– HATER a person who hates a particular person, group, thing, etc.; an enemy …a1382
– HATRESS † a woman who hates …1666
hate – verbs
– H8 in text messaging: to hate …2002 UK sl.
– I-VEE † to hate; to make an enemy, to put at enmity; to render hateful or hostile …c975
HATED – adjectives
– HATESUM unkind, hateful, hated …1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
hated – person
– ARSE-FACE an unattractive or hated person …1929
– HATE an object of hatred; a hated person …a1393 orig. poetic usage
– HATE FIGURE a person regarded with contempt, hostility, or hatred, esp. by the general public …1963
HATEFUL – adjectives
– HATEABLE hateful, odious …1899 Sc.
– HATELICH † malignant, hostile; hateful …c893
– HATELY bad-tempered, hateful; showing hate …1854 Eng. dial.
– HATESOME † hateful …1382
– HATESUM unkind, hateful, hated …1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ODIBLE † worthy to be hated, hateful, odious …1412-20
– ODIOSE †* deserving of hatred, hateful; causing or exciting hatred or repugnance; disagreeable, offensive, repulsive, odious …1560
– POISON mean, hateful, vicious; extreme; treacherous …1834 Amer. dial.
– WLATSOME † loathsome, detestable; disgusting, abominable, hateful …a1300
hateful – nouns
– ABORTION a hateful or ludicrous undertaking or enterprise; fiasco …1949 Amer. sl.
– ASS-END OF CREATION the most remote or hateful place or position …1972 Amer. sl.
– ASS-END OF THE WORLD the most remote or hateful place or position …1960 Amer. sl.
hateful – person
– ACCURSED an accursed person; a detestable or hateful person …1340
– HAND JOB an obnoxious or hateful person …1986 US sl.
– HARPY a hateful, vulture-like woman …Bk1921
– HARRIDAN a worn-out, wanton woman; a decayed strumpet, an old vixen; a trollop; a disagreeable, odious, or hateful old woman; a vicious old woman, a scold; a haggard old woman …1699
– HATEFUL a hateful person; an obnoxious or vexatious person …1797
– NASTY an unpleasant or dangerous person or thing; a villain; a hateful, offensive person ..1968 Amer. sl.
– TOAD something or someone hateful, loathsome, or contemptible …a1548
hateful – verbs
– INODIATE † to make odious or hateful …1657
HATEFULLY – adverbs
– HATELY † fiercely, bitterly; scornfully, hatefully …c1000
HATLESS – adjectives
– THACKLESS uncovered; hatless …1804 Sc.
HATRED – adjectives (also see HATE)
– HATEL † full of hatred; malignant, hostile; severe, cruel; fierce, bitter …a850
– VATINIAN † of hatred: bitter, intense, violent …1607
hatred – nouns
– ABHORRENCY † the state of being abhorrent, or of holding a thing in hatred and disgust; extreme repugnance or dislike …1605
– AMBITION malice; vindictiveness; grudge; hatred; irascibility; a quick temper …1826 Amer. dial.
– AVERSATION a great dislike for or turning away from anything; abhorrence, hatred, aversion …1613 arch.
– HAIN hatred, malice …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HAINE † hatred …1387-8
– HATEL † anger; outburst of hatred …a1300
– HATURE †* hatred …1538
– LETH † hatred, ill-will, malevolence …971
– RANCOUR inveterate and bitter ill-feeling, grudge, or animosity; malignant hatred or spitefulness; bitterness …a1300
hatred – person
– HATEMONGER a person who spreads hatred; esp. one who promotes hostility and prejudice toward a particular group, faith, etc. …1916
– HATE PREACHER a person, esp. a spiritual leader, who preaches or advocates hatred or hostility against a particular group, faith, etc. …1916 orig. US
hatred – verbs
– ABOMINE † to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe …1683
– BEHATE † to hold in hatred, to hate greatly, to detest …c1340
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