Reverse Dictionary: KIP – KNN

KIPPER – nouns
– NEW YORK NIPPERS kippers …1930s rhyming sl.
– REISTER a salted and dried salmon; a kipper …1811 Sc.
– SPITHEAD PHEASANT a kipper or bloater …1948 Brit. nautical sl.
 
KISS – adjectives
– PECKY of a kiss: like a bird’s peck …1886 colloq.
– SAPPIE of a kiss: soft, tender, long-drawn-out …1772 Sc.
– SAPPY pleasing; sweet; esp. of kisses …1773 Sc.
– SUGARED † of kisses: full of sweetness …a1586
kiss – nouns
– B a kiss …L19 sl.
– BAISEMAIN a kiss of the hands …1656
– BAISIER † a kiss; a kissing …c1450
– BANGER a violent kiss …1898 sl.
– BAS † a kiss …c1450
– BASS † a kiss …c1450
– BASSE † a kiss …c1450
– BUS a kiss …1935 Amer. dial.
– BUSK a loud or vigorous kiss …1968 Amer. dial.
– BUSS a kiss …c1770 Amer. dial.
– BUSSER a kiss …1965 Amer. dial.
– BUSSING kissing; a kiss …1962 Amer. dial.
– BUTTERFLY KISS 1. a light kiss in which the lips only brush the skin …1849
2. a ‘kiss’ made by fluttering one’s eyelashes against one’s partner’s skin to caress it …1923
– BUZZ a kiss …1950 Amer. dial.
– BUZZER a kiss …1965 Amer. dial.
– CATAGLOTTISM † a kissing with the tongue; a lascivious kiss …1656
– CHEP a kiss, intimate or otherwise; kissing …2001 Irish sl.
– CHIPPER a kiss …1950 Amer. dial.
– CHOOMER a kiss …1857 gypsy
– FISH-KISS a kiss made with puckered up lips …Bk2006 US college sl.
– FRENCH KISS a kiss where the tongue is used …20C sl.
– GABEROSIE † a kiss …1825 Sc.
– HONEY COOLER a kiss …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– LABIAL CONTACT a kiss; a kissing …1947 US sl.
– LAMOR a kiss …2002 UK sl.
– LIP-FAVOUR a kiss …1592
– LIP-LICK † a kiss …1582
– MACK a French kiss …1978 Amer. sl.
– MISPRINT a kiss that goes astray …20C Brit. sl.
– MOOCH a kiss …1965 Amer. dial.
– NEP a kiss …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PECK a brief or perfunctory kiss …1893 sl.
– QUAKER FIP a kiss …1846 Amer. dial.
– QUAKER NICKEL a kiss …1957 Amer. dial.
– SCOTCH KISS a kiss with the cheeks drawn between the jaws (teeth) …1916 Amer. dial.
– SLOBBERATION a kiss; a messy kiss; kissing in general …E20 sl.
– SMACK a loud kiss …1604 sl.
– SMACKER a loud kiss …1775 sl.
– SMACKEROONIE a kiss …1982 UK sl.
– SMACK-MADAM a loud or vigorous kiss …1969 Amer. dial.
– SMEERIKIN † a hearty kiss; a stolen kiss …1824 Sc.
– SMOOCH a kiss …19C colloq.
– SMOODGE a kiss …19C colloq.
– SMOOGE a kiss …19C colloq.
– SMOUCH a kiss …19C colloq.
– SMOUCHER a kiss …19C colloq.
– SMOUGE a kiss …19C colloq.
– SMOUSH a kiss …1963 Aust. sl.
– SNOG a passionate kiss; a short but intense period of kissing and cuddling …1959 UK sl.
– SOUL KISS a sustained , open-mouthed kiss …1948 US sl.
– S.W.A.K. sealed with a kiss …1960s Amer. sl.
– WEAR an open-mouthed kiss …1950s Irish sl.
– YANKEE DIME a kiss, esp. one offered as a reward; hence, something of little or no value …1846 Amer. dial.
– YANKEE NICKEL a kiss, esp. one offered as a reward; hence, something of little or no value …1965 Amer. dial.
– ZOOM-IN a sudden, unexpected, and sometimes unwanted, kiss …1990s US sl.
kiss – person
– BASSER † a kisser …1552
– HOT-LIPS a nickname for a person with a reputation for passionate kissing …1920s US sl.
– MUSHER one who kisses and cuddles …1940s US sl.
– SMACKER one who kisses loudly …1611
– SNOGGER someone who kisses with passion …2000 UK sl.
kiss – verbs
– BA † to kiss, as a child …c1386
– BASIATE † to kiss …1623
– BASS † to kiss …c1500
– BASSE † to kiss …c1500
– BAUSE †* to kiss …1607
– BEAK to kiss …Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BEBASS † to kiss all over, to cover with kisses …1583
– BESLOBBER to kiss like a drivelling child …1828
– BILL AND COO to kiss and cuddle …Bk2006 US sl.
– BUS to kiss …1889 Amer. dial.
– BUSK to kiss …1941 Amer. dial.
– BUSS to kiss …1851 Amer. dial.
– BUZZ to kiss …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– CALOOP to go courting; to kiss and cuddle …1942 US sl.
– CANOODLE to kiss and cuddle …1859 sl., orig. US
– CHEW FACE to kiss …Bk2006 US sl.
– DAB NEBS WITH ANYONE to kiss, to ‘bill and coo’ …1883 Eng. dial.
– DEOSCULATE †* to kiss eagerly or affectionately …1623
– EAT FACE to engage in passionate kissing of the mouth and face; to neck  …1968 US students’ sl.
– EXCHANGE SPIT(S) to kiss …19C Brit. sl.
– EXOSCULATE † to kiss heartily or repeatedly and fondly …1570
– FACE RAPE to kiss passionately …1980s US campus sl.
– FAKE THE SWEETENER(S) to kiss …c1840 criminals’ sl.
– FASTEN † to deliver effectively a blow; to imprint a kiss …c1500
– FISH-KISS to kiss with puckered up lips …Bk2006 US college sl.
– FRENCH to kiss sensuously using the tongue to explore the mouth of the partner …20C sl.
– GAM to kiss …1980s US college sl.
– GAM AROUND to kiss …1980s US college sl.
– GO AROUND THE WORLD to kiss another’s body comprehensively …c1940 US prostitutes usage
– GRAUNCH to kiss and cuddle someone passionately …S. Afr.
– GROUSE to neck; to pet and kiss; to engage in lovemaking …1958 US sl.
– GRUB to kiss; to neck and pet; to ‘make out’ …1966 Amer. student sl.
– GUMSUCK to kiss …c1873 Amer. dial.
– HACK to engage in amorous play or sexual activity; to neck, pet, or spoon; to kiss …1943 Amer. sl.
– HANG A GOOBER to kiss …Bk1934 college sl.
– HOOK to engage in kissing, petting, or sexual intercourse; to kiss passionately …1989 Amer. students’ sl.
– I-CUSSE † to kiss (mutually) …c1205
– LALLIGAG to fool around; to kiss and cuddle …M19 US sl.
– LALLYGAG to make a public show of affection, to kiss, to neck, to flirt; to make love; to court …1869 Amer. dial.
– LAY ON THE LIPS † to kiss …1599
– LIP to kiss intimately …1605 poetic usage
– LOLLIGAG to fool around; to kiss and cuddle …M19 US sl.
– LOLLYGAG to make a public show of affection, to kiss, to neck, to flirt; to make love; to court …1868 Amer. dial.
– MACK to French kiss; to kiss passionately …1978 Amer. sl.
– MAKE OUT to kiss in a sustained and passionate manner …1960s Amer. sl.
– MOOCH to kiss …1965 Amer. dial.
– MOW to kiss …20C US sl.
– MUG to kiss, to fondle, to embrace …1822 Aust. & NZ sl.
– MUG UP to engage in kissing and fondling …1932 Amer. dial.
– MUNCH OUT to kiss passionately …1980s US college sl.
– MUSH to kiss and caress …1926 sl.
– MUSH IT UP to kiss and cuddle …1920s US sl.
– MUZZLE to kiss …Bk1934 college sl.
– NEB to kiss; to caress …1609
– NECK to kiss and caress …1825 sl.
– NEP to kiss …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NOSH to kiss in a sustained fashion …1994 US sl.
– PECK to kiss briefly …1969 sl.
– QUILT to kiss …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ROLL IN ONE’S IVORIES to kiss …1780 sl.
– SANDWICH to kiss …1950s W. Indies sl.
– SCHMUTZ to kiss; to caress …1939 Amer. dial.
– SMACKER † to kiss; to smack the lips …1598
– SMASH to kiss …1986 Amer. dial.
– SMOOCH to kiss; to kiss and cuddle …1932 colloq.
– SMOODGE, SMOOGE to kiss and cuddle …1915 Aust. sl.
– SMOUCH to kiss; to kiss and cuddle …19C colloq.
– SMOUGE to kiss; to kiss and cuddle …19C colloq.
– SMUTZ to kiss; to caress …1968 Amer. dial.
– SNOG to kiss and cuddle …1945 UK sl.
– SNOGGLE to cuddle; to snuggle; to kiss and caress …M20 US sl.
– SNOOGLE to cuddle; to snuggle; to kiss and caress …M20 US sl.
– SOUL KISS to give someone a deep and intimate kiss, usually involving tongue or tongues …1951 US sl.
– SUAVIATE †* to kiss …1643
– SUCK FACE to kiss or exchange kisses in a passionate manner …1980 Amer. sl.
– WAFT to ‘blow’ a kiss; to send a sound, fragrance, etc. through the air …1718
kiss – phrases
– KNOCK ME A KISS kiss me …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– MAKE WITH THE OSCULATION kiss me …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– PLANT ME A BURNER kiss me …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
 
KISSABLE – adjectives
– SCHMOOZABLE kissable …Bk1942 US sl.
– SNOGTASTIC sexually attractive; kissable …1998 UK sl.
 
KISSED – adjectives
– OSCULABLE capable of being kissed …1893 nonce word
 
KISSING – adjectives
– AT IT kissing and cuddling …19C sl.
– BASIAL pert. to kissing …Bk1888
– MOOCHY making a show of affection in a public place, kissing …1967 Amer. dial.
kissing – nouns 
– BAISEMENT † a kissing …c1654
– BAISIER † a kiss; a kissing …c1450
– BASIATION kissing …1879
– BASSING † kissing …1552
– BIT OF SLAP AND TICKLE kissing and cuddling; sexual petting which may be considered as foreplay by one participant …1984 UK sl.
– BUSSING kissing; a kiss …1962 Amer. dial.
– CATAGLOTTISM * a kissing with the tongue; a thrusting out the tongue in kissing …1656
– COW-KISSING kissing with much movement of the tongues and lips …M20 US sl.
– GUZZLING kissing and cuddling …1930s sl.
– HEAVY-NECKING kissing and caressing sexually, involving anything up to copulation …20C US colloq.
– HEAVY-PETTING kissing and caressing sexually, involving anything up to copulation …20C US colloq.
– LABIAL CONTACT a kiss; a kissing …1947 US sl.
– MAKE a session of romantic kissing or petting; necking; hence, an attempted seduction; sexual aggression …1968 Amer. sl.
– SLAP AND TICKLE light-hearted kissing, caressing, etc. …1928 Brit. sl.
– SMACKY LIPS prolonged kissing …1965 US sl.
– SPIT SWAPPING kissing …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SUAVIATION †* a kissing …1656
– TARGET PRACTICE kissing …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– TONSIL HOCKEY passionate kissing, esp. French kissing …sl.
– TONSIL-SWABBING kissing and necking …sl.
– TONSIL TENNIS passionate kissing, esp. French kissing …sl.
– WALL FRUIT kissing up against a wall …M19 sl.
 
KITCHEN – adjectives
– CULINARIAN pert. to a kitchen …1615 rare
kitchen – nouns
– ALABAMA KLEENEX toilet paper or absorbent kitchen paper …1960s US sl.
– CABOOSE a kitchen …M19 sl.
– ELL a kitchen …1941 Amer. dial.
– INSEAT the kitchen in a farmhouse …1877 Sc.
– JARBOX the kitchen sink …20C Sc. sl.
– JAWBOX the kitchen sink …20C Sc. sl.
– SIDE-BOX KITCHEN a kitchen forming an addition to a house …1971 Amer. dial.
– SINK-ROOM a scullery …1869 US
kitchen – person
– ASHYPET a ‘Cinderella’ engaged in dirty kitchen work …1822 Sc.
– BARMAN a kitchen-porter …Bk1862
– CUSTRON an assistant to a chef or cook; a kitchen servant, a scullion; also, a term of abuse, a man of low birth or status; a knave, a rogue, a scoundrel …c1400 arch.
– HASTELER, HASTLER † a person employed in a kitchen who attended to the roasting of meat; one whose job is to turn the spit …1440
– KITCHEN BIDDY a female kitchen work, as in a restaurant …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– KITCHENEER a kitchen manager, as in a restaurant …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– KITCHENIST † one who works in a kitchen; a cook …a1618 nonce word
– KITCHEN MECHANIC a kitchen worker in a restaurant …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MARMITON a kitchen scullion …1754
– POT-WALLOPER a cook, esp. on a ship; a kitchen worker, one who cleans pots, a scullion, a person engaged in menial work …1859 US sl.
– POT-WRESTLER a scullion or dishwasher; a kitchen-hand …1817 US sl.
– SCODGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm …1782 Sc.
– SCODGY a boy or girl who cleans boots, or does the dirty work of the kitchen; a drudge …1820 Sc.
– SCOGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm …1782 Sc.
– SCOUGIE a boy or girl who cleans boots, or does the dirty work of the kitchen; a drudge …1820 Sc.
– SCUDGIE one who does light rough or dirty work; a drudge, a menial, as a kitchen-boy or girl; one who does odd jobs about a farm …1782 Sc.
– SERJEANT GARBAGER † an officer of the royal kitchen, who had charge of the poultry …1601
– SKUDGY a boy or girl who cleans boots, or does the dirty work of the kitchen; a drudge …1820 Sc.
– SLUSHEY, SLUSHIE, SLUSHY a ship’s cook, esp. as a nickname; any cook; any unskilled kitchen or domestic help …1859 sl.
– WHOOPER-DOOPER a kitchen worker in a restaurant …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
KITE – nouns
– CADDY-OLD-PUNCH an improvised, brown-paper kite …1996 Guyana
– PAPER-DRAGON a paper kite …1851 Eng. dial.
 
KITTEN – see CAT
 
KNACK – nouns
– QUIFF a dodge, a trick; a knack; a verbal catch …1881 Eng. dial.
– QUIVVY a knack …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VAND a skill, knack, or aptitude for doing something …1893 Sc.
 
KNAPSACK – nouns
– GO-POKE a travelling bag or knapsack …1952 Amer. dial.
– WALLET a bag for holding provisions, clothing, books, etc., esp. on a journey either on foot or on horseback; a knapsack, a peddler’s pack, etc. …c1386
 
KNAVE – person
– BALATRON, BALLATRON †* a babbling, prating fellow; a vain talking fellow; a jester, a buffoon; a rascally base knave, a thief; a  contemptible fellow …1623
– BALATROON a buffoon; a contemptible fellow; a rascally, base knave …1623
– BESONIAN, BEZONIAN † as a term of contempt: a needy beggar, a poor wretch; a base fellow, a mean, low person; a knave,  a rascal, a scoundrel …1592
– BISOGNIO † a term of contempt; a needy beggar, a base fellow, a knave, a rascal …1612
– BISOGNO † a term of contempt; a needy beggar, a base fellow, a knave, a rascal …1612
– CATAIAN † a rogue, a scoundrel, a rascal, a knave, a blackguard; a sharper …1598
– COISTRIL, CUSTREL * a worthless or contemptible person; a knave, a rogue; later, a cowardly or timorous person; a foolish or inexperienced youth …1570 arch.
– CUSTRON an assistant to a chef or cook; a kitchen servant, a scullion; also, a term of abuse, a man of low birth or status; a knave, a rogue, a scoundrel …c1400 arch.
– GETLING * a child, a brat; also, a fellow, somewhat depreciative, as a knave, a vagabond  …c1700 Sc.
– GLUTTON † a general term of reproach or contempt; a vile wretch; a knave, rascal, filthy fellow …c1300
– HALLAN-SHAKER a beggar who stands shaking the ‘hallan’; a vagabond, a sturdy beggar; a knave, a rascal …1508 Sc. 
– HARLOT † a vagabond, a vagrant; a beggar, a rogue, a rascal, a villain, a low fellow, a knave …a1225
– HELLENSHAKER a ragged fellow; a vagabond or beggar; a knave, a rascal …1742 Sc.
– JACK † a man of the common people; a lad, a fellow; a chap; a low-bred or ill-mannered fellow; a knave …1548
– LADRONE a vague term of reproach; a rogue, rascal, blackguard; a lazy knave …a1557 Sc.
– LIMMER † a rogue, a rascal, a knave, a scoundrel …1456 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– OBLOQUIUM a malapert or impudent knave …Bk1869
– PALLART † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee …1484
– PALLIARD, PALLYARD † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee …1484
– RABSCALLION a rascal, a knave, a rogue; a vagabond, a scamp; a worthless wretch …1699
– RAMPALLION † 1. a ruffian, a villain, a scoundrel, a rogue, a knave, a rascal …1593
† 2. a female rampallion, knave, rogue, rascal …1602
– RASCALLION * a low, mean or worthless wretch or rascal; a rogue, a knave …1649
– RASCOT, RASKOT a rascal, a knave …1790 Eng. dial.
– RASKELT a rascal, a knave …1790 Eng. dial.
– SCANDERBEG † a rogue, a rascal, a knave …a1635
– TITIVIL † a term of reproach; a bad or vile character; a scoundrel, villain; a worthless knave …c1420
– TITIVILLER †* a bad or vile character, a scoundrel, a rogue, a rascal, a knave, a villain …1500
– VARLET a person of a low, mean, or knavish disposition; a have, a rogue, a rascal …1555
– WAGHALTER † one who is likely to swing in a halter; a ‘gallows-bird’ ; a rogue, knave, or rascal worthy of hanging…1570
– WAG-WITH † one who is likely to swing in a halter; a ‘gallows-bird’; a rogue, knave, or rascal worthy of hanging  …1611 
knave – verbs
– PLAY THE JACK † to play the rogue or knave; to do a mean trick …1609
 
KNAVERY – nouns
– PALLIARDRY † roguery, knavery; lechery, fornication …1513
– PALLIARDY † roguery, knavery; lechery, fornication …c1560
– RASCALMENT roguery, knavery, rascalry …1832 nonce word
– RASCALRY roguery, knavery …1868
 
KNAVISH – adjectives
– ILL-CONTRICKED knavish …Bk1905 Sc.
– LIMMER knavish, scoundrelly, roguish, rascally …1500-20 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– NICKERY knavish …1890 Sc.
– PALLIARD † knavish, dissolute …1484
– PALLYARD † knavish, dissolute …1484
– RAPSCALLION roguish, rascally, knavish …1711
– RAPSCALLIONLY rascally, roguish, knavish …1832
– RASCOTLY rascally, knavish …1857 Eng. dial.
– SLIVERLY * cunning, crafty, deceitful, knavish, artful …1674 Eng. dial.
knavish – nouns 
– KNAVIGATION † n. a knavish invention or relation …1613 jocular
 
KNEAD, KNEADING – nouns
– SUBACTION † the act of working up, reducing, or kneading …1626
knead, kneading – verbs
– ELT to knead dough …1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MING to mix, to mingle; to knead or mix the ingredients of bread …1840 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
– SAM to compress or knead together …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SUBACT † to work up, as in cultivating the ground, kneading, the process or digestion, or the like ..1614
– SUBIGATE † to knead or work up …1657
– TEW to stir up; to mix, to blend; to pound; to knead …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
KNEE – adjectives
– BAKER-KNEED knock-kneed …1652
– BAKER-LEGGED knock-kneed …18C sl.
– BUCK-KNEED having the knees turned inward; knock-kneed …1967 Amer. dial.
– CAMEL-KNEED having hard or callous knees like those of a camel, caused by much kneeling …1801
– DISH-WHEELED adj. knock-kneed; said of a man or an animal …1968 Amer. dial.
– IN-KNEED knock-kneed, having the knees bent inwards …1795 Sc.
– KNUCKLE-KNEED having prominent or bulging knees …1865
– KNULE-KNEED having enlarged or protuberant knee joints, knock-kneed …1760 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NAP-KNEED knock-kneed …B1900 Eng. dial.
– TAILOR-LEGGED having the knees bent by sitting cross-legged …1767
knee – nouns
– BENDER the knee …1925 sl., orig.
– BISCUITS knees …20C rhyming sl. (Biscuits and Cheese)
– BISCUITS AND CHEESE knees …20C rhyming sl.
– CHART AND EVANS knees …20C Royal Navy sl.
– DALLY-BONES the knees …1867 Eng. dial.
– DOLLY-BONES the knees …1867 Eng. dial.
– HAMBONE the knee or thigh …1908 Amer. dial.
– KNEE-BOARD † the part of the leg at the back of the knee; the back of the thigh or hough …c1425
– MARROWBONES the knees …1532 jocular
– MARROWS the knees …1531 jocular
– MOUSE a sharp pain in one’s knee …1959 Amer. dial.
– PAN † the patella or knee-pan …1657
– PRAYER-HANDLES knees …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– ROBERT E. (LEE) the knee …1992 rhyming sl.
knee – verbs
– DEADLEG to knee someone in the thigh, thus causing a numb feeling in the leg …Bk1990 Brit. sl.
– KNOCK ANTHONY to walk knock-kneed …18C Eng. sl.
– KNUCKLE in golf: to bend the knee inward …1909
 
KNEEL – verbs
– SIT 1. † to rest the body on the knees; to be in a kneeling posture …c893 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. † to go down on one’s knees …c1290
– SIT DOWN † to go down on one’s knees …c1290
 
KNEELING – nouns
– ADGENICULATION † a kneeling to or towards …1659
 
KNICKKNACK – nouns  (also see THING)
– BITS AND BATS odds and ends, broken pieces; knickknacks …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CRINKUM-CRANKUMS odds and ends; knick-knacks; useless ornamental trifles …1846 Eng. dial.
– DILLYALLS the ‘appointments’ of a house, more elegant than useful; knickknacks …19C Eng. dial.
– GALLANTRIES † pretty things, knickknacks …1687
– JIGGAMBOB a knickknack; a trinket; anything particular, strange or unknown …1647 sl.
– JIGGUMBOB a knickknack; a trinket; anything particular, strange or unknown …1640 sl.
– KNACKATORY †* a shop for knick-knacks …1709
– KNIPPERTY-KNAPS odds and ends, knick-knacks …1899 Sc.
– NACKET a knickknack, a small ornament …1928 Sc.
– NANNICK a valueless trifle; a knickknack …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NIDGERY †* a small or worthless object; a trifle; a knickknack; a piece of foolery …1611 
​- NIFF-NAFF a trifling or unimportant thing or matter; something of little value; a knick-knack, a trifle, a bauble; anything very small …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– NIGNAY a knickknack, a trinket, a trifle; a trifling, useless thing or proceeding; an unnecessary ornament or frill, a gewgaw …a1689 Sc.
– ODD-COME-SHORT-LUMS small miscellaneous articles; odd fragments …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ODD-COME-SHORTS small miscellaneous articles; odd fragments …1738
– PARAPHERNALS gewgaws, knickknacks, odds and ends, trifling possessions …1962 Sc.
– PIGS AND WHISTLES fragments; odds and ends; pieces; knickknacks; trivial things …1681
– THINGEMTY-THANGEMTY a useless, trifling article; a knickknack; something the name of which is forgotten or unknown …1877 Eng. dial.
– THINGUMDAIRIE a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten …Bk1905 Sc..
– THINGUMMAGEE a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten …1889 Eng. dial.
– THINGUMSTICK a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THINGUMTIBOB a knickknack; a useless, trifling article; something the name of which is unknown or forgotten …1881 Eng. dial.
– TRICKS small articles or personal belongings; toys, knickknacks, trifles …1869 Amer. dial.
– TRITTLE-TRATTLES * trifles, gewgaws, knickknacks; children’s toys …1896 Sc.
– WALLIE an ornament, a trinket, a knickknack, a toy …1722 Sc.
– WALLY an ornament, a gewgaw, a trinket, a knickknack, a toy …1772 Sc.
– WALLY-DYE a toy, a knickknack, a trifle, a piece of ornamentation or finery …1802 Sc.
 
KNIFE – adjectives  (also see POCKETKNIFE)
– PACKING carrying a gun or knife …L19 sl., orig. US
knife – nouns 
– APPLE-PEELER a knife …M19 sl.
– ARKANSAS TOOTHPICK any hunting knife when used for fighting, esp. a Bowie knife; a bayonet …1837 Amer. sl.
– AX a straight razor or knife …1896 Amer. sl.
– AXE a straight razor or knife …1896 Amer. sl.
– BARLOW KNIFE a single-bladed pocket knife …1779 Amer. dial.
– BILLY BARLOW a pocket knife …1916 Amer. dial.
– BILLY KNIFE a pocket knife …1916 Amer. dial.
– BUTCH a butcher knife …1859 US sl.
– BUTCHER a butcher knife …1834 US sl.
– CALIFORNIA TOOTHPICK a large knife …M19 US sl.
– CARVER 1. a carving knife …1840
2. a knife used as a weapon …1907 US sl.
– CHARMING WIFE a knife …1914 rhyming sl.
– CHIV, CHIVE, SHIV, SHIVE a knife …1673 sl.
– CUTTLE † a knife …1551
– DALLAS SPECIAL a pocketknife with a blade longer than the legal limit …1949 Amer. dial.
– DARLING WIFE a knife …World War I Brit. rhyming sl.
– DIRK a knife or improvised cutting weapon …1950 US sl.
– EDGE a knife, used or intended for use as a weapon …1972 US sl.
– EVENER a weapon; a club, knife, or other aid a small man claims as an equalizer in a fight with a large opponent …1949 Amer. dial.
– FACE the edge of a knife or sharp instrument …Bk1900 Sc.
– GUT-RIPPER a knife used as a weapon …1941 Amer. sl.
– HAFT a handle, esp. of a knife or small tool …1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HEAN the handle of a knife …1863 Eng. dial.
– HOOK a straight razor or knife used as a weapon …1918 Amer. prison sl.
– HUSBAND AND WIFE a knife …1992 UK rhyming sl.
– JABBLE a large, blunt needle; a knife …1788 Sc.
– JACKALEGS a pocketknife; a large clasp knife …1790 Eng. dial.
– JACKILEGS a pocketknife; a large clasp knife …1790 Eng. dial.
– JACK-LAG-KNIFE a clasp knife …1777 Eng. dial.
– JACK-OF-LEGS a large clasp knife …Bk1896 sl.
– JACKYLEGS a pocketknife; a large clasp knife …1790 Eng. dial.
– JOCKALEGS a pocketknife; a large clasp knife …1790 Eng. dial.
– KANSAS NECK-BLISTER a Bowie knife …L19 US sl.
– KINIFEE a knife …1950s Aust. teen sl.
– LAMPREY the hilt of a knife; a knife …1802 Ireland & Eng. dial.
– MAHOSKA, THE anything illicit or necessarily secret; anything conferring power; a weapon or an item of contraband; a pistol or revolver; a knife …1943 Amer. sl.
– MAHOSKER, THE anything illicit or necessarily secret; anything conferring power; a weapon or an item of contraband; a pistol or revolver; a knife …1943 Amer. sl.
– MAN AND WIFE a knife …1910s rhyming sl.
– MISSOURI TOOTHPICK a large knife, similar to a bowie knife …M19 US sl.
– NEB the blade of a knife …1808 Sc.
– NEEDLE a knife …1910s sl.
– NIGGER FLICKER (derogatory) a weapon, usually a small knife or a razor blade with one side heavily taped to preserve the user’s fingers …1950s US Black sl.
– OCHIVE a bone-handled knife …E18 UK criminals’ sl.
– PIG-STICKER a bayonet, a knife, esp. a large folding knife; a pocketknife …1870 Amer. dial.
– RAGGER † a sea-taboo word for a knife …1890 Sc.
– RUSSELL BARLOW KNIFE a single-bladed pocket knife …1779 Amer. dial.
– SAX a knife …1884 Eng. dial.
– SCALE the ivory, horn, or other covering of the handle of a knife …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHANK a knife …1960s Amer. sl.
– SIR SYDNEY a clasp knife …1812 sl.
– SWITCH a switchblade knife that opens with a button-operated spring …1949 US sl.
– TANG anything ending in a point; a knife; a piece of iron used for fencing …1784 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THWITTLE a large knife, esp. a butcher’s knife; a carving-knife …1740 Eng. dial.
– TOAD-STABBER a large knife, sword, or bayonet; now esp. a large folding knife, a pocketknife …1877 Amer. dial.
– TOAD-STICKER a large knife, sword, or bayonet; now esp. a large folding knife, a pocketknife …1847 Amer. dial.
– TOOL † the cutting part of a knife, the blade …1653 obs.
– TOOTHPICK a large bowie knife; a sword …1843 Amer. dial.
– VINEGAR STICK a thin, stiletto-like knife …1930s US criminals’ sl.
knife – person 
– AXE MAN, AXMAN one who carries or wields a knife …L19 sl., orig. US Black
– HACKUM one who uses a knife …1881 US sl.
– RIPPER one who has a reputation for cutting others with a knife …1940s US Black sl.
knife – verbs
– PACK to carry a weapon, usually a gun or knife …L19 sl., orig. US
 
KNIGHT – person
– BACCALAUR †* a young knight, not old enough, or having too few vassals, to display his own banner, and who therefore followed the banner of another; a novice in arms …1661
– BACCALAUREATE a young knight, not old enough, or having too few vassals, to display his own banner, and who therefore followed the banner of another; a novice in arms …1696
– BACCALOR †* a young knight, not old enough, or having too few vassals, to display his own banner, and who therefore followed the banner of another; a novice in arms …1661
– BACHELOR a young knight, not old enough, or having too few vassals, to display his own banner, and who therefore followed the banner of another; a novice in arms …1297
– BANNERER † a knight conferred for valiant deeds …1484
– BANNERET orig. a knight able and entitled to bring a company of vassals into the field under his own banner, and who ranked next to a baron and above other knights; commonly used as a title or rank of dignity, and contrasted with ‘knight’, though sometimes with ‘bachelor’ …1297
– BAS CHEVALIERS ‘low or inferior knights, by tenure of a bare military fee, as distinguished from bannerets and baronets’ …Bk1706
– BERN † a man; a knight; a noble …Bk1825
– CARPET-KNIGHT a knight whose achievements belong to ‘the carpet’ (the lady’s boudoir, or carpeted chamber) instead of to the field of battle; a stay-at-home soldier; one devoted to idleness and pleasure …1576
– PAGE a boy or youth, ranking next below a squire, in training for knighthood and in the personal service of a knight, whom he accompanied on foot …c1400 arch.
– PALADIN a knight renowned for heroism and chivalry; an eminent champion; spec. a Knight of the Round Table …1592
– TABLE-KNIGHT a knight who sits at someone’s table, esp. at the Round Table …1675
– VER † a man, a knight …Bk1855
– WANDERING KNIGHT a knight-errant …1596
knight – verbs 
– ADUB † to invest with the insignia of knighthood; to knight; to dub …c1450
 
KNIGHTHOOD – nouns
– K a knighthood …20C sl.
knighthood – person 
– PAGE a boy or lad in training for knighthood, and attached to the personal service of a knight, whom he followed on foot, being not yet advanced to the rank of squire …1480
 
KNITTING – nouns
– CANOODLE a knitting needle …1944 Amer. dial.
– JACOB’S LADDER the hole or gap made by a dropped stitch having run down in knitting …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LADDER-LOOSE a dropped stitch in a stocking, etc. …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LADDER-LOWSE a dropped stitch in a stocking, etc. …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LOUSE-LADDER the hole or gap made by a dropped stitch having run down in knitting …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– NEEDLE-WIRE a knitting needle …1899 Amer. dial. 
– PEAKY a steel knitting-pin …1825 Sc.  
knitting – person
– NATTER a woman who works constantly at something which makes a slight noise, such as knitting …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PEAKY a knitter …1825 Sc.  
– PEAKY-WORKER a knitter …1825 Sc.  
– WABSTER a knitter of stockings …1825 Sc.
knitting -verbs
– BATE in knitting: to decrease the number of stitches, to narrow …1887 Eng. dial.
– GABBLE to do something clumsily; to make a poor job of something, esp. of sewing or knitting …1953 Sc.
– GARBLE to knit loosely or carelessly …1924 Sc.
– WAFFLE to knit in a loose clumsy manner …1904 Sc.