Reverse Dictionary: KA – KIK

KANGAROO – adjectives
– MACROPINE pert. to the kangaroo …1888
kangaroo – nouns
– BLUE-FLIER a fast kangaroo …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– BOOMER a large male kangaroo …1830 Aust.
– FLIER a swiftly moving kangaroo, usually female …1826 Aust. colloq.
– KANGA a kangaroo …c1890 Aust. colloq.
– OLD MAN a full-grown male kangaroo …1828 Aust.
– ROO a kangaro…1898 Aust. sl.
kangaroo – person
– KANGAROOER a kangaroo hunter …B1943 Aust. colloq.
– MACROPICIDE a slayer of kangaroos …1866 nonce word
 
KANSAS – person
– JAY-HAWKER 1. a name given to members of the bands who carried on irregular warfare in and around eastern Kansas, in the free soil conflict, and the early part of the American civil war, and who combined pillage with guerilla fighting; hence, generally, a raiding guerilla or irregular soldier …1865 US
2. a Kansan …1875 Amer. sl.
– SAND CUTTER a native of Kansas …Bk1945 US Western sl. 
 
KARAOKE – person
– BARBER in karaoke: someone who joins in on every tune …Bk1997
 
KARATE – person
– BLACK BELT in judo or karate: one who has earned certification of highest proficiency …1954
 
KARMA – adjectives
– KARMIC of the nature of karma …1885
 
KAZOO – nouns
– TOMMY TALKER a kazoo …1930s sl.
 
KEEN –  adjectives
– BATELESS † that cannot be ‘bated’ or blunted; unalterably keen …1593
– BRAIN-MAD determined; keenly bent on; hurried on with the greatest impetuosity …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRICKLE eager, keen, industrious, ambitious …1902 Amer. dial.
– BRIGHT-EYED AND BUSHY-TAILED keen, confident, and alert …colloq.
– DEAR keen, ardent …1955 Amer. dial.
– EDGY eager, anxious, desirous, keen …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EDYAN eager, keen …1929 Sc.
– EGG ON keen, eager …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FRUNTY free in manner; spirited, implying the idea of forwardness; keen, eager; passionate …19C Sc.
– GOOFY obsessed; keen on …1910s US sl.
– IN A SWEAT keen …L19 sl.
– HETER, HETTER † rough; fierce, violent, cruel; severe; keen, eager …a1400-50
– JACKED OFF enthusiastic, very keen …1980s US sl.
– LAAGER eager, keen …1866 Sc.
– MUSTARD very keen …1925 Brit. sl.
– MUSTARD KEEN very keen …1979 Brit. sl.
– REITHE † keen, ardent …1838 Sc.
– SAVAGE keen, eager …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHARP-SET very keen on or eager for
– TENT watchful, attentive; keen; intent …1789 Sc.
– UP FOR keen on, willing to do …M19 sl.
– VOGEROUS boastful; elated; keen …1892 Sc.
– YAP † quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen; desirous …c1450 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YAPE eager, keen, ready, active …1739 Sc.
– YAUP † quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen, desirous …c1450 obs.  exc. Sc.
– YAWP quick, apt, ready; eager, keen; desirous; forward …1685 Sc.
keen – person
– BEGGAR one who is over-keen or zealous …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
keen – verbs
– BE MUSTARD ON to be very eager or keen on …c1950 colloq.
 
KEENLY – adverbs
– DEARLY † deeply, keenly …1590
– EAGERLY † sharply, pungently, keenly; violently, harshly, severely …1377
– LIKE TAR very keenly, very quickly …1900s sl.
– NARROW † closely, carefully, keenly …a900
 
KEENNESS – nouns
– ACRITY †* sharpness, keenness, shrewdness …1619
– EDGE † of persons: ardour, keenness in pursuit of an object; in weaker sense, inclination, liking …1581
– QUICKNESS † sharpness, keenness; pungency or acidity of taste; sharpness of speech …1611
– ZOWIE keenness, enthusiasm, energy …1910s sl.
 
KEEN-SIGHTED – adjectives
– EAGLE-EYED keen-sighted …1601
 
KEEP AWAY – verbs
– FORFEND to avert, to keep away or off, to fend off, to prevent …1382 arch.
 
KEEPER – person
– GETER † a keeper, a guardian …c1400
– HERD † a keeper, a guardian …971
– WARD † a watchman, a guard, a keeper, a warden …a680
– WARDEN † one who has the care of something specified; a keeper; a guardian …a1290 obs. exc. poetic
– YEMAR a keeper; one who has any object in charge …Bk1845 Sc.
– YEMER † a keeper, a guardian; a ruler …c1330 
 
KEEPING – nouns
– YEMING † care, keeping, protection …c1250
– YEMSEL † keeping, care, charge, custody …c1200 chiefly Sc.
 
KEEPSAKE – nouns
– DRUERY † a love-token, a keepsake, a gift, a present …a1225
 
KEG – nouns
– BARRICO a keg, a small cask or barrel …1607
– CAG † a small cask; a keg …LME obs. exc. Sc. and Amer. dial.
– KAG a small cask, a keg …1818 Eng. dial.
– KEMPKIN †* a small barrel, a keg …1580 Sc.
– MONKEY a keg, cask or other container for liquor …1839-40 Amer. sl.
– TASTRIL a small keg or barrel …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
keg – verbs 
– SPEAR THE KEG to broach a keg of beer …1994 Aust. sl.
 
KENO – nouns
– AROUND THE WORLD in Keno: a bet made on the numbers found in the eight corners of a Keno ticket (1, 10, 31, 40, 41, 50, 71 and 80) …1969 US sl.
 
KENTUCKY – nouns
– DARK AND BLOODY GROUND the state of Kentucky …1832 US
– KENTUCK Kentucky …1826 Amer. dial.
– L’VILLE Louisville, Kentucky …1981 US sl.
Kentucky – person
– CORNCRACKER a native of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, or Virginia …M19 US sl.
– HARDBOOT a person from Kentucky …1923 US sl.
– HARDHEAD a White native of rural Tennessee or Kentucky …1845 US sl.
– KENTUCK (often derogatory) a Kentuckian; one who is or is assumed to be of Kentucky origin …1826 Amer. dial.
– MALUNGEON one of a race of people in southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky and Tennessee said  to have partly Indian blood …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– RED-HORSE a native of Kentucky …Bk1903 sl.
 
KEPT – person
– APPLE-SQUIRE a kept man …16C Brit. sl.
– APRON-SQUIRE a kept man …16C Brit. sl.
– CUNT-PENSIONER a kept man; a pimp; a man living on a woman’s harlotry or concubinage …19C colloq.
– DADDIO, DADDY-O a pimp or kept man …1961 US sl.
– EASEMAN a kept man; one who lives on money earned by a woman; a parasitical man who is supported by a woman or women; a pimp …1934 US Black sl. 
– EASTMAN a kept man, one who lives on money earned by a woman; a pimp …1911 US sl.
– EASY RIDER a kept man; a pimp …1914 US sl.
– FAIR LADY a kept woman …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FANCY WOMAN a kept woman; a harlot; a prostitute …1907 Amer. dial.
– KEEP-MISS a woman supported as a paramour; a kept mistress …1923 Sc.
– LADY OF THE LAKE † a prostitute; a kept mistress …1625
– PAL JOEY a kept man; a pimp …1940 sl., orig. US
– SHAKE a prostitute or kept woman …M19 sl.
– SOILED-DOVE a kept mistress or prostitute …1865 sl.
– ST. JOHN’S WOOD DONA an up-market prostitute or kept woman …L19 sl.
– VALENTINO a handsome young man maintained by an older woman; a gigolo; a kept man …1927 US sl.
 
KERCHIEF (also see BANDANNA) – nouns
– HEADCLOTH a kerchief …1747 Amer. dial.
– HEAD HANDKERCHIEF a kerchief …1852 Amer. dial.
– HEAD-HANKCHER a kerchief …1908 Amer. dial.
– HEAD-HANKERCHER a kerchief …1908 Amer. dial.
– HEADKERCHER * a kerchief for the head …1577
– HEADKERCHIEF * a kerchief for the head …1540
– HEAD-PIECE any covering for the head; a cap, a kerchief …1552
– HEAD RAG a kerchief …1908 Amer. dial.
– HEAD-RAIL † the kerchief or head-dress of women in Old English times …1834 obs. exc. Hist.
– HEAD SQUARE a kerchief …1950 Amer. dial.
– HEAD WRAP a kerchief …1896 Amer. dial.
– KERCH † a kerchief …c1430
– KERCHER † a kerchief …c1380 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– NAPKIN a kerchief used to cover the head, or to tie round the neck …1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NECK-ABOUT a woman’s neckerchief; a collar …1691 Eng. dial.
– NECKATEE †* a lady’s neckerchief …1758
– NECK-CLOUT a kerchief …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NECKERCHER † a kerchief worn about the neck …1467 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– NECKERCHIEF a kerchief worn about the neck …1382
– NECK-HANKERCHER a kerchief …1865 Eng. dial.
– NECKING a kerchief; a necktie …1816 Eng. dial.
– NECKINGER † a kerchief worn about the neck …1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– RAIL † a piece of linen or other cloth formerly worn about the neck by women; a neckerchief …1482
– RAMBO RAG handkerchief worn on the head …1991 US sl.
– TIGNON a brightly coloured handkerchief worn as a head covering by women …1884 Amer. dial.
– VALLEAT a kerchief for the head …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VOLLEAT a kerchief for the head …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ZEPHYR a light scarf or kerchief …1821 Amer. dial.
kerchief – person
– KERCHIEF † a woman who wears a kerchief …1700 nonce use
 
KEROSENE – nouns
– BUCKET OF LIGHT a gallon of kerosene …1939 Amer. dial.
– CARBON OIL kerosene …1904 Amer. dial.
– COAL OIL kerosene …1980 US sl.
– FIRE OIL kerosene …1949 Amer. dial.
– HEADLIGHT kerosene …1940 Amer. dial.
– HEADLIGHT OIL kerosene …1940 Amer. dial.
– INSURANCE OIL kerosene …1916 Amer. dial.
– LIGHTNING OIL kerosene …1949 Amer. dial.
– LIGHT OIL kerosene …1949 Amer. dial.
– PETROL kerosene …1968 Amer. dial.
– PETROLEUM kerosene …1968 Amer. dial.
– PETROLEUM OIL kerosene …1889 Amer. dial.
 
KETCHUP – nouns
– BLOOD ketchup; tomato sauce …1910s US sl.
– CAT-SOUP ketchup …Bk2006 US sl.
– GROWLY ketchup …1900 US Military Academy usage
– PAINT ketchup/catsup …1940s US sl.
– RED EYE catsup; ketchup …World War I sl.
– RED LEAD tomato ketchup …1918 naval sl.
 
KETTLE – nouns
– BATTRY a tea-kettle …Bk1898
– BERLIN KETTLE a large kettle used to boil foods …1968 Amer. dial.
– BETTY a nickname for the kettle …1879 Eng. dial.
– BILLIKIN a small ‘billy’ or tin can used as a kettle …1926 colloq.
– BOWLER a kettle, a boiler …Bk1911 Sc.
– DIDDIKY a gypsy’s kettle …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– NERRY a tea-kettle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SUKEY a kettle …Bk1904 sl.
– TANKER a tea-kettle …1821 Sc.
kettle – verbs
 
KEY – adjectives
– CLAVICULARIOUS † pertaining to a key …1656
key – nouns
– BOW the handle of scissors, or of a key …1899 Amer. dial.
– CLICKET † a latch-key …c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– FALSE KEY a skeleton key, a picklock …1701
– JIGGER a key …1823 sl.
– KATE a skeleton key …M17 sl.
– SLUG a key …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SPANNER in prison: a key …1996 UK sl.
– TWISTER a key …1940 US sl.
– TWISTER TO THE TURNER a key …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
key – verbs
– FAKE A SCREW to shape a skeleton or false key …1812 thieves’ sl.
– THROW to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
KEYHOLE – nouns
– CLINKET a keyhole …1708 error for ‘clink’, a keyhole
 
KICK – nouns
– BOOT a kick …1942 colloq.
– DRIVE a blow, a punch; a kick …1839 colloq.
– FLANKER a blow; a retort; a kick …Bk1893 sl.
– FUNK * a blow delivered with the hand or foot; a punch or kick …1790 Sc.
– JILLPOKE a kick …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– PADDY QUICK a kick …1960s rhyming sl.
– PAUSE, PAWSE a kick …1888 Eng. dial.  
– PILE-DRIVER a forceful punch or kick …colloq.
– ROOT a kick …1900 sl., chiefly schools’ usage
– SKOP a kick …1920s S. Afr. sl.
– SPANG a strong kick …1863 Eng. dial.
– TANK a blow, a knock; a kick from a horse …1686 Eng. dial.
– TIMBER-KISS a kick with clogs …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WALLOCH a Highland dance; a fling; a kick …1871 Sc.
– WELLIE, WELLY a kick …1977 Brit. sl.
– WOOLLOOMOOLOO UPPERCUT a kick in the groin …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– YARK † the act of lashing out with the heels, as a horse; a kick; a sudden or abrupt movement, a jerk, a twitch …1581 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YERK † the act of lashing out with the heels, as a horse; a kick; a sudden or abrupt movement, a jerk, a twitch …1581 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
kick – verbs
– ARSE to kick upon the seat …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BOOT to kick …1877 colloq.
– CALCITRATE to kick; to spurn …1623
– DANCE to kick and stomp …1821 US sl.
– DANCE ON to kick and stomp …1821 US sl.
– DANCE ON SOMEONE’S FACE to hit or kick in the face …1980s US Black sl.
– DANCE ON SOMEONE’S LIPS to hit or kick in the face …1980s US Black sl.
– DO A DANCE ON to kick and stomp …1974 US sl.
– HOCK to kick …1970s US sl.
– PAUSE, PAWSE to kick …1841 Eng. dial.  
– PAUT, PAWT to push with the foot; to kick lightly …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
– PUT IN THE BOOT to kick in a brutal manner …1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
– PUT THE BOOT IN to kick brutally, to take decisive action …1916 sl.
– RACK to kick in the testicles …1980s UK juvenile sl.
– RASEN to take off the skin of a person’s legs by striking or kicking them …B1900 Eng. dial.
– ROOT to kick …1890 sl., chiefly schools’ usage
– SCAUT to scramble; to slip; to kick, to scratch, to scrape with the feet; to trample the ground …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRIMP to kick violently; to do anything with energy …1889 Sc.
– SINK IN THE BOOT to kick in a brutal manner …1942 Aust. & NZ sl.
– SINK THE BOOT IN  to kick; to kick in a brutal manner …1942 Aust. & NZ sl.
– SINK THE SLIPPER to kick viciously; to attack verbally …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– SKELP to slap, to beat, to kick …a1825 Eng. dial.
– SKOP to kick somebody or something …1960s S. Afr. sl.
– TAVE to sprawl with the arms and legs; to kick or fidget with the feet …1781 Eng. dial.
– TIP to kick, as in football …Bk1905 Sc.
– WALLOP to flounder; to tumble over; to kick about; to move heavily; to waddle or bend in walking; to be slatternly …1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– WELLIE, WELLY to kick …1966 Brit. sl.
– YARK † to lash or strike out with the heels; to kick …1565 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YERK † to lash or strike out with the heels; to kick …1565 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
KICKER – person
– YERKER a kicker; a flogger …1664
 
KICKING – adjectives
– FUNKY †* prone to kicking; irritable, easily angered or enraged …1855 Sc.
kicking – nouns
– BOOT a kick; an act of kicking …1942 colloq.
– CALCITRATION kicking, lit. and fig. …1652
– SPLITSEY a kicking a person in the testicles while two people hold each leg akimbo …c1955 UK playground sl.
kicking – phrases
– SPLIT THE KIPPER a kicking a person in the testicles while two people hold each leg akimbo …c1955 UK playground sl.
 
KIDNAP – person
– CHICKEN a victim of a robbery, kidnapping, confidence game, etc. …20C Amer. sl.
– NAPPERKIDS kidnappers …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– PACKAGE a kidnap victim …1933 sl., chiefly US
– PRIZE PACKAGE a kidnap victim …1920s US criminals’ sl.
– SILVER-COOPER † a kidnapper …1796
– SNATCHER a kidnapper …1932 Amer. sl.
kidnap – verbs
– HAIK † to kidnap, to carry off by force …1825 Sc.
– HAKE to kidnap; to carry off by force …1802 Sc.
– NAB to kidnap …1917 Amer. sl.
– SNATCH to kidnap …1932 Amer. sl.
 
KIDNAPPED – adjectives
– SNEEZED arrested; kidnapped …1996 UK sl.
 
KIDNAPPING – nouns
– SNATCH a kidnapping …1931 sl.
 
KIDNEY – nouns
– EAR a kidney …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– INEAR a kidney …1790 Eng. dial.
– INNEAR a kidney …1790 Eng. dial.
– LULLIES † the kidneys …B1900 Eng. dial.
– NEAR a kidney; the fat surrounding the kidneys …1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NEER † a kidney …a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– REINS kidneys …1387