INTIMIDATE, INTIMIDATED, INTIMIDATING, INTIMIDATION
ADJECTIVES
► BADASS intimidating or belligerent; tough; bad; nasty → M20 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► BURLY intimidating → 1993 US sl.
► DUM-COWED intimidated or threatened; browbeaten → 1825 Anglo-Indian obs.
INTERJECTIONS
► SAY MY NAME! exclamation used to intimidate or used for celebration → 1990s US teen sl.
► WHAT’S MY NAME! used to intimidate or used for celebration → 1993 US teen sl.
NOUNS
► FEAR intimidation → 1426 obs.
► WOLF TICKET an act of intimidation used to coerce → 1974 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ASS-KICKER an intimidating or physically aggressive, or violent person → 1962 US sl.
► BABY an intimidating or mean man; a tough guy → 1939 Amer. sl.
► BAD-ASS an intimidating, unpleasant, aggressive, or uncompromising person; a dangerous, browbeating individual → 1956 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► BULLDOZER a person who intimidates → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CRYBULLY a person who intimidates, harasses, or abuses others, yet, esp. following resistance or disagreement, claims to be a victim of ill-treatment → 1999 sl., derogatory
► CYBERBULLY a person who uses electronic communication to intimidate, hurt, or persecute people → 1994
► FRIGHTENER a member of a criminal gang who intimidates the victims of its activities → 1962 sl.
► HATCHET MAN a person who carries out controversial or unpopular tasks in a company, such as the intimidation dismissal of others → 1948
► HEAVY a strongly built man employed to intimidate others with violence, or threats of violence → 1936 sl.
► HERB an easily intimidated, unassertive person → 1993 street sl. (Bk.)
► MILIQUANT TOAST an easily intimidated, meek person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MILKY-TOAST an easily intimidated, meek person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MILQUETOAST ► MR. MILQUETOAST an easily intimidated, meek person → 1938 Amer. dial.
► MUSCLE BOY a male who uses violence or threats to intimidate people, esp. on behalf of another → 1940 US sl.
VERBS
► ACCOWARD to intimidate, to cow, to make faint-hearted → 1530 obs.
► BUFFALO to intimidate or frighten someone, esp. by bluff → 1891 US sl.
► BULLDOSE ► BULLDOZE to intimidate, to coerce, to force through violence → L19 sl.
► BULLRAG to intimidate; to domineer over; to tease → 1880s US sl.
► BULLYRAG to intimidate; to domineer over; to tease → 1820s US sl.
► BUY A WOLF TICKET ► BUY A WOOF TICKET to capitulate to verbal intimidation → 1980s African-American sl.
► COW to dispirit, to overawe, to intimidate → 1616
► DANTON ► DAUNTON to intimidate, to subdue, to overcome, to vanquish; to tame → 1535 Sc.
► DARE to intimidate, to keep under, to abash → 1805 Sc.
► GET AT to intimidate → 1871
► HECTOR to intimidate by bluster or threats; to domineer over, to bully → M17
► HIGH-PRESSURE to intimidate, to pressurize → 1920s sl.
► MAU-MAU to intimidate → 1970 US sl.
► PSYCH OUT to intimidate or frighten → 1973 colloq.
► PUSH UP ON to intimidate, to frighten → 1990s African-American sl.
► PUT THE FRIGHTENERS ON SOMEONE to intimidate, to menace, to threaten → 1958 Brit. police & criminals’ sl.
► PUT THE NUTS ON to threaten or intimidate, physically and/or verbally → 1950 US prison sl.
► RAUNCH to intimidate, to swagger, to bully → c1939 Amer. dial.
► SANDBAG to intimidate → 1920s US sl.
► SELL A WOLF TICKET ► SELL A WOOF TICKET to intimidate, to threaten → 1960s African-American sl.
► VIBE OUT to intimidate someone → 1983 UK sl.
► WOLF to intimidate, to frighten → 1970 Amer. dial.
► WOOF to intimidate, to engage in behaviour, esp. speech, intended to impress, to boast, esp. menacingly → 1931 Amer. dial.