Reverse Dictionary: LIM – LIS

LIMB – nouns
– SCRAB a thin, shrivelled limb or finger …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCRABBLE a thin, shrivelled limb …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCROG a long, crooked, scraggy limb …Bk1904 Sc.
 
LIMBER – adjectives
– BAIN † flexible, lithe, supple, limber, pliant …c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BENDY said of something that bends or yields easily; pliable, limber …1965 Amer. dial.
– LIMBERY limber, flexible …1930 Amer. dial.
– WAFFLE supple, flexible, pliant, limber …1808 Sc.
 
LIMBERNESS – nouns
– WEFFILNESS limberness, pliability …Bk1905 Sc.
 
LIMIT – adjectives
– LIMITAL * pert. to a limit or boundary …1847 
limit – nouns
– BERRIES, THE the limit, the last straw …1960 Amer. sl.
– BOURN, BOURNE † a boundary or limit …1523 
– BOUNDAL † bounds, limits …a1670
– BOUNDER † a boundary, limit, landmark …1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
– BOUNDURE † a bounding or limiting; limitation; limit or bound …1634
– CANCELS † prison bars, limits, bounds, confines …1596
– LAST DROP the last straw, the limit; the end of one’s patience …1966 Amer. dial.
– LAST DROP IN THE BUCKET the last straw, the limit; the end of one’s patience …1966 Amer. dial.
– LAST PEA IN THE DISH the last one, the last thing, esp. the last piece of food left on a place; the last straw, the limit, the end of one’s patience …1909 Amer. dial.
– LAST PEA IN THE POT the last one, the last thing, esp. the last piece of food left on a place; the last straw, the limit, the end of one’s patience …1965 Amer. dial.
– MARK † a boundary, frontier, limit …701 obs. exc. arch.
– MEAR † a boundary, limit; a landmark …c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– PALE a limit, boundary; a restriction; a defense, safeguard …c1400
– SIZE † a proper manner or method; a standard of action or conduct; a limit …c1420
limit – verbs
– ADMEASURE † to assign a measure or limit to a thing; to moderate, to limit, to control …1340
– BOUNDER † to limit, bound …1636 
– BOURN * to bound, to check; to set a limit or bounds to …1807 
– CONTERMINATE † to have a common boundary or limit …1637 
– DO YOUR DASH to reach your limit, to do all one can …1916 Aust. sl.
– LIMITATE † to put limits or bounds to …1563 
– LOSE ONE’S DASH to reach one’s limit; to exhaust one’s energies and abilities; to lose one’s opportunity, and suffer accordingly …c1880 sl.
– LOSE ONE’S PUNCH vb. to reach one’s limit; to exhaust one’s energies and abilities; to lose one’s opportunity, and suffer accordingly …1910s sl.
– MAX to reach a limit …1977 US sl.
– MAX OUT to reach a limit …1977 US sl.
– PASS IN ONE’S CHECKS to come to one’s limit …1900s sl.
– STRAIN A POINT to exceed a limit …Bk1904 sl.
– STRETCH A POINT to exceed a limit …Bk1904 sl.
– TERMINE † to restrict, to confine, to limit in specified bounds …1634
 
LIMITED – adjectives
– SCANTISH deficient; limited …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCANTLY deficient, limited …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
LIMOUSINE – nouns
– LEMONZINE a limousine …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SELDOM SEEN a limousine …Bk1942 Amer. rhyming sl.
 
LIMP (wanting in firmness) – adjectives
– DAFFLING flimsy of texture, limp …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FLAGGY drooping; limp
– LENNOW † flabby, flaccid, limp …1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LIMBER AS A DISHRAG limp, weak, exhausted …1909 Amer. dial.
– LIMBER AS A GREASY RAG limp, weak, exhausted …1866 Amer. dial.
– LIMBER AS A RAG limp, weak, exhausted …1818 Amer. dial.
– LIMPSY limp, flimsy …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SAD damp; soggy and limp with moisture …1922 Sc.
– TANGLE long and limp; tall and loose-jointed …c1817 Sc.
– TANGLY long and limp, or flaccid; feeble, flabby …1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– WAFFLE inert, limp, feeble, weak, sluggish …1847 Sc.
 
LIMP (lame) – adjectives
– HIRPLE lame, limp, tender-footed …B1900 Eng. dial.
limp (lame) – nouns
– BILT a limp …Bk1898 Sc.
– HAINCH a halt or limp in one’s walk; lameness …1887 Sc.
– HALT a halting or limping; a limp …1599 arch.
– HAMP a halt or limp in walking …Bk1905 Sc.
– HIRPLE a crawling or limping gait; a limp …1793 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
limp (lame)  – person 
– BILCHER one who limps …Bk1898 Sc.
– HALTER one who halts or limps, as a cripple …c1440
– HENKIE a person who limps in walking …Bk1866 Sc.
– HIMP-HALT † one who walks with a limp …1533
– HINKI a person who limps in walking …Bk1866 Sc.
– HIP-AT-THE-CLINCH a person with a limp …Bk1997 Ulster sl.
– HIPPLE one who walks badly or with a limp …1818 Sc.
– HIRPLE-DICK a limping person …1894 Sc.
– HIRPLE-DIRD a limping person …c1928 Sc.
– HIRPLE DODDIE a limping person …1957 Sc.
– HOPPING-GILES one who limps; a lame person …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HOPPING JESUS a limping person …M19 sl.
– LIMPARD † a contemptuous name for a person who limps, a cripple …1653 
– MR. HOPKINS a lame or limping man …L18 sl.
limp (lame) – verbs 
– BILCH to limp, to halt …Bk1898 Sc.
– BILT to go lame; to walk with crutches …Bk1898 Sc.
– CLAUDICATE †* to limp, to be lame, to halt …1623
– CRIMPLE † to be incurved, or drawn together; hence, to stand or walk lame from this or similar cause; to hobble, to limp; to move with pain or stiffness …1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GIMP to limp, to hobble …1925 sl., orig. US
– HABBLE to move unsteadily, to hobble, to limp about …1788 Sc.
– HAINCH to walk with a limp, to hobble …1825 Sc.
– HALT to be lame, to walk lame, to limp …c825 arch.
– HAMBLE to walk feebly or awkwardly; to walk lame; to limp; to stumble …1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HAMEL to walk lame …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– HAMP to halt in walking; to limp …1858 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HIMPLE † to limp, to hobble, to go lame …1656 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– HIRPLE to limp, to walk lamely or in a hobbling manner …c1450 chiefly Scot & N. Eng. dial.
– HAUP † to limp …1827 Sc.
– HAUT to limp; to hop …Bk1902 Sc.
– QUADDLE, QUODDLE to dry, to shrivel up; to make limp or flabby …1777 Eng. dial.
– WAFFLE to make or become soft, limp, or flabby …1784 Sc.
 
LIMPET – nouns
– PAP-SHELL the limpet …1842
 
LIMPING – adjectives
– CLAUDICANT † lame, limping, halting …1624
– HALF-GAITED limping, weak of gait …1873 Eng. dial.
– HALT lame; crippled; limping …c893 arch. & literary
– HAUCHLIN hobbling, limping, shambling …Bk1902 Sc.
limping – adverbs 
– LIPPITTY-LOP limping …1892 Eng. dial.
limping – nouns 
– HAUT the act of limping; a hop …Bk1902 Sc.
 
LINE – nouns
– CROCODILE a line of people, esp. schoolchildren, walking two by two …colloq.
– ONE AND NINE a line …1980s rhyming sl.
– RAIL † a line or row …Bk1905 Sc.
– RANGE * a row, line, file or rank of persons or animals …a1300
– RANK * a row or line of persons …1571
line – verbs 
– RANDOM to be in a straight line …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RATCH to mark with lines or stripes …1841 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TICHEL to join hands; to make a line or string …Bk1905 Sc.
 
LINEAGE – nouns
– BACK FAMILY a line of descent; ancestors; one’s parents or relatives of an earlier generation …1966 Amer. dial.
– BACK STOCK a line of descent; ancestors; one’s parents or relatives of an earlier generation     …1966 Amer. dial.
– ETION † kindred, lineage; descent, genealogy …1742 Sc.
– FATHERKIN † descent by the father’s side …c1440
– HAVAGE race, lineage, family stock, parentage …1846 Eng. dial.
– MAKE race, family, lineage, species, kind …1856 Eng. dial.
– PARAGE † lineage, descent, rank; esp. noble or high lineage …a1300
– REEK stock, family, lineage; always used in a bad sense. as ‘a bad reek’ …1865 Eng. dial.
 
LINED – adjectives
– LINDED lined …1972 Amer. dial.
– LINEDED lined …1883 Amer. dial.
 
LINEMAN – person
– GROUNDHOG a telephone line repairer’s assistant who remains on the ground; a lineman who does ground work only …1919 Amer. sl.
– GRUNT among telephone-line and power-line repairers: a line repairer’s assistant; also, a mechanic or an electrician’s helper …1926 Amer. sl.
– HIKER a lineman …Bk1962 Amer. linemen’s sl.
– MOLE in electric line work: a lineman or cable-splicer who works underground …1980 US sl. 
 
LINEN – nouns
– CHATTERY one or more linen articles …E19 UK criminals’ sl.
– LAKE † fine linen …c1386
– MANCHESTER household linen …20C Aust. & NZ sl.
– NAPERIE household or other linen …1721 Sc.
– NAPERY household or other linen …1721 Sc.
– SNOW wet linen …E19 criminal sl.
– SNOWY linen …L19 sl.
– WHITEWEAR household linen …1895
 
LINGER, LINGERER, LINGERING – adjectives
– CUNCTATORY * disposed to delay or linger; procrastinating …1824
– LAG * belated, lingering behind, tardy, lagging …1568
– TARRYSOME †* characterized by tarrying; slow, lingering; wearisome …1513 Sc.
linger, lingerer, lingering – person 
– LAG a laggard, a loiterer, one who lingers or falls behind …1866 Sc.
– LAGGARD one who lags behind; a lingerer, a loiterer …1808
– LAGGY a loiterer, a lingerer; the last to arrive …Bk1902 & Eng. dial.
– LAG-LAST one who lags or lingers to the very last …1830
– TARRIER one who tarries or delays; a lingerer, a procrastinator; one who stays or remains …1382 arch.
linger, lingerer, lingering – verbs
– DRANGLE to loiter behind others on a road; to dawdle, to linger …1801 Sc.
– DRINGLE † to waste time in a lazy, lingering manner; to be slow, dilatory; to dawdle; to trickle sluggishly …c1680 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DWINGLE to linger, loiter, tarry …1805 Sc.
– GELE †* to delay, to retard; to tarry, to linger …a900
– HANKER to loiter, to linger about; to dally, to tarry, to stop …1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HANKLE to loiter, to linger, to wait about …1866 Eng. dial.
– LAGGER † to lag, to linger, to loiter …c1620
– LENG † to linger, to tarry, to remain, to abide, to dwell …a1300
– TAIGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter …a1700 Sc.
– TARROW to tarry, to delay, to linger, to hesitate, to show reluctance …c1375 Sc.
– TEAGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter …a1700 Sc.
 
LINGERIE – nouns
– SCANTIES women’s (brief) lingerie …1920s sl., orig. US
 
LINGUISTIC – adjectives
– LINGUACIOUS †* linguistic (bad use) …1814
 
LINGUISTICS – nouns
– TONGUE-WORK linguistics …1598
 
LINIMENT – nouns
– OIL a lotion or liniment of any description; generally in plural …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OPODELDOC a soap liniment; hence, any medicine; alcohol …1733
liniment – verbs 
– BATH to rub liniment or lotion upon the body …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
LINK – verbs
– DAISY CHAIN to connect; to link; to chain …1990s Amer. sl.
 
LINT – nouns
– CADDIS shreds, rags of any material; cotton wool, lint …1708 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PISS FUZZ balls or rolls of dust and lint that gather under beds and other furniture …1967 Amer. dial.
 
LION – adjectives
– LEONELL †* of or resembling that of a lion …1625-6
– LEONINE resembling a lion; lion-like …c1386
lion – nouns 
– KENNEL a pack or troop of animals, as wolves, leopards, and lions …1641
– LAKE † a pit; a den of lions; also, occasionally, a grave …c1320
– PUNK any young animal, esp. a baby lion …Bk1942 Amer. circus sl.
lion – verbs
– FURL † of a lion: to ruffle its mane …1682
 
LIP – adjectives
– BABBER-LIPPED † having thick projecting lips …1377
– BLOBBER-LIPPED thick-lipped …1946 Amer. dial.
– BLUBBEROUS swollen, protruding: especially said of the lips …1863
– BUTTONED UP of the mouth, lips, or eyes: firmly closed …1753
– GAIBIE-LIPPED having a projecting under-lip, and hence a stupid expression …1923 Sc.
– HANG-LIPPED † having hanging or drooping lips …1574
– HARE-SCALED having a cleft or hare-lip …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HARE-SHAWN having a cleft or hare-lip …1886 Eng. dial.
– HARE-SHORN having a cleft or hare-lip …1886 Eng. dial.
– HARE-SHOTTEN having a cleft or hare-lip …1883 Eng. dial.
– HAY-SCALED hare-lipped …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– KIDNEY-LIPPED † hare-lipped …1648
– LABIAL pert. to the lips …1650
– LABROSE having large lips …1727
– LABROUS †* having large lips …1656
– POUCH-MOUTH † having a mouth like a pouch, i.e. with thick or protruding lips …1565
– SCASH-MOUTH’D having the mouth or lips twisted sideways …1927 Sc.
– SHAD-MOUTHED having a projecting upper lip …1942 Amer. dial.
– TUT-MOUTHED * having protruding lips; also, having a projecting under jaw …1500-20 rare, now Sc.
lip – nouns
– BABOUNES lips …1969 Amer. dial.
– BEVER the quivering of the under-lip, which precedes crying …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CHOPS the lips …1946 Amer. dial.
– FAIPLE of men or animals: a loose drooping underlip …1805 Sc.
– FANGS the lips …1950s jazz & Black sl.
– FIRPLE the under-lip …19C Sc.
– GAGGER the under-lip …1825 Sc.
– GAGGER LIP a large, protruding lip …1820 Sc.
– GAM the lips, jaw …1843 Sc.
– GAN † the mouth; the throat; the lips …1536 UK sl.
– GANS † the lips …1665 UK sl.
– GEGGER the under-lip …1825 Sc.
– HAIR-SHARD a cleft lip; a harelip …1846 Sc. dial.
– HAIR-SHAW a cleft lip; a harelip …1846 Sc. dial.
– HAIR-SHORN-LIP a cleft lip; a harelip …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HARE-SCART a hare-lip …1892 N. Ireland
– HARE-SHA a hare-lip …1896 Eng. dial.
– HARE-SHARD a hare-lip …Bk1905 Sc.
– HARE-SHAW † a harelip …1597 obs. exc. Sc.
– HARE-SHED a hare-lip …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HARE-SHIE a hare-lip …1876 Sc.
– HARE-SHORE a hare-lip …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HARE-SKART a hare-lip …Bk1905 Sc.
– JIB the face, nose, lip, or mouth …1938 Amer. dial.
– LABIES † lips …1541
– LABIOMANCY lip-reading …1686
– LABRET an ornament consisting of a piece of stone, bone, shell, etc., inserted in the lip …1857
– LISPERS the lips …18C Brit. sl.
– NECTAR moisture on the lips …1592
– POUCH-MOUTH † a mouth with protruding lips; a person with protruding lips …c1570
– RUBIES the lips …1592 chiefly poetic usage
– SMACKERS the lips …1999 UK sl.
– SUBLABE †* the under lip …1577
lip – person
– LABEON, LABION †* one who has large lips …1650
– LIVER-CHOPS a person having very thick and dark lips; a Black person (derisive) …1839 US sl.
– POUCH-MOUTH † a mouth with protruding lips; a person with protruding lips …c1570
– SHAD-MOUTH (derogatory) a person having a projecting upper lip …1934 Amer. dial.
– THRIBBLE-LIP a person with thick lips …1936 Amer. dial.
– VASELINE LIPS one wearing lip gloss …Bk1972 homosexual sl. 
lip – verbs
– BEVER of the lips or chin; to quiver, to tremble …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BIVER of the lips or chin; to quiver, to tremble …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– SHOOT OUT THE LIP to show scorn by protruding one’s lip; to treat with derision or contempt …1826
 
LIPSTICK – nouns (also see COSMETICS, MAKE-UP)
– LIPPIE lipstick …1940 Aust. sl.
– LIPPY lipstick …1940 Aust. sl.
– PUCKER PAINT lipstick …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
lipstick – verbs
– BLEED to be showing lipstick on your face or clothes …1968 US sl.
 
LIQUEFY – verbs
– ILLIQUEFACT † to liquefy; to melt …1599
 
LIQUID – adjectives
– FAUCHIE of liquids: pale, colourless …1950 Sc.
– QUITCHIE of liquids: very hot, scalding hot …1825 Sc.
liquid – nouns 
– GALLON † a vessel for holding liquids …1382
– GLOX the sound of liquids when shaken in a barrel or vessel that is not quite full; the sound of falling, gurgling water …B1900 Eng. dial.
– GOOD SUP, A a fair amount; a considerable quantity of liquid …1601 Eng. dial.
– GUNK a thick liquid …1999 UK sl.
– HAIL a small quantity of any liquid …1909 Sc.
– LAIGAN a large quantity of any liquid …1825 Sc.
– LAITE a small quantity of any liquid …Bk1902 Sc.
– LAP any weak beverage or thin liquid food …1567 sl.
– REAMING a vessel or container full to overflowing with liquid …1892 Sc.
– STIRABOUT † a semi-liquid mess …1819 Eng. dial.
– TEETHFUL a toothful, a small quantity of any liquid …B1900 Sc.
liquid – verbs
– BOOF to top up a container of liquid …L20 Aust. sl.
– CHILL to warm a liquid …c1820 colloq.
– EGELIDATE †* to render fluid what is congealed, to make liquid …1609
– GLOX of liquids: to roll about, make a gurgling sound when shaken inside a vessel …1825 Eng. dial.
– JABBLE to shake up or agitate a liquid …1760 Sc. & Amer. dial.
– JUTTLE to shake liquids; to spill over by shaking …1824 Sc.
– WALLOW of a liquid: to spout, to gush; to spring or well up …c1386
 
LIQUOR – see ALCOHOL
 
LISPING – adjectives
– GAVELLOUS drawling in speech; mumbling, lisping, indistinct …1903 Sc.
– SHORT-TONGUED having a short tongue; hence, inarticulate, stammering, lisping, tongue-tied; also, taciturn, unready in speech …c1575  
– TIP-TONGUED inarticulate, indistinct in utterance, lisping …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
LIST – nouns
– BEAD-ROLL † a list or string of names; a catalogue; a long line, a pedigree; a long series …1529 obs. or arch.
– BEAD-ROW † a list or string of names; a catalogue; a long line, a pedigree; a long series …1576
– CATALOGUE a list, register, or complete enumeration …1460 arch.
– DANCE CARD a putative list of priorities, engagements, etc. …1980s Amer. sl.
– HIT LIST 1. a list of persons, projects, or the like, singled out for special attention, esp. for opposition or elimination …1972 Amer. sl.
2. a list of persons to be murdered or assassinated …1976 Amer. sl.
– LEGEND † a roll, list, record …1377
– RAGMAN † a roll, a list, a catalogue …c1394
– RAGMAN ROLL † a list, catalogue, etc. …1523
– RAGMAN’S ROLL † a list, catalogue, etc. …1532
– ROLL OF RAGMAN † a roll, a list, a catalogue …c1460
– SCREED a dissertation; a long harangue; a document, a letter; a poetical effusion; a long list or catalogue; a lie, a fabrication …1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TABLEMENT †* a tabulation, list, catalogue …1551
– TALE †* an enumeration, a list …c1050
list – verbs
– UPTAKE † to make an inventory or list …1792 Sc.
 
LISTEN – person  (includes LISTENER)
– CHILDREN listeners …1981 Amer. dial.
– CLOTH EARS an inattentive listener …1912 sl.
– DARKING DOG a man who listens attentively to everything said with great eagerness, but at the same time as if it were a subject of little interest to him, whilst in reality he is slyly storing up in his mind the whole of the conversation, without joining in it himself …1896 Eng. dial.
– EARBALLS listeners to commercial broadcasting …1999 US sl.
– HARKENER one who listens or gives ear; a listener …1340
– HARKER a listener …1825 Sc.
– HEARER one who hears; a listener …a1340
– HEARKENER one who listens or gives ear; a listener …1340
– PASSIVE BUCKET a quiescent listener …1920s sl.
listen – verbs
– AUNT NELL to listen …1992 UK sl.
– AURALIZE to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BE ALL EARS to give all one’s attention; to listen intently …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
– BEND AN EAR to pay attention; to listen …1935 Amer. sl.
– BE ONE BIG EAR to listen intently …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
– BE ON THE BIG EAR to listen intently …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
– BE ON THE ERIE to listen intently …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
– BE ON THE LONG EAR to listen intently …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
– BIG-EAR to listen intently …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
– CATCH A LISTEN to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CLEAN YOUR EARS to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– COP A LISTEN to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DARK to listen eagerly or take mental notes of what is said with the object of making use of the information obtained …1781 Eng. dial.
– DARKEN to listen, to hearken …BK1900 Eng. dial.
– DERN to listen, to hearken …1864 Sc.
– DO A COLUMNIST to listen intently …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– EARHOLE to listen, to eavesdrop …1958 sl.
– EAR-WAG to listen intently …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– EARWIG to listen …1927 sl.
– EAVESDRIP to listen intently …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
– ERIE to overhear; to listen …1940s US criminals’ sl.
– GET A CARGO OF to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GET A LOAD OF to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GIVE A LISTEN to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GET AN EARFUL to listen, to hear …1917 sl.
– GIVE AN EARING to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GIVE THE EAR to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOBBLE UP to listen greedily …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HARK to listen to; to hear with active attention …ME now arch. & poetic
– HARKEN 1. to apply the ears to hear; to listen, to give ear …a1000
2. to apply the mind to what is said; to attend, to have regard; to listen with sympathy or docility …c1230
– HARP to listen to; to hearken, to pay attention …1896 Eng. dial.
– HEARKEN 1. to apply the ears to hear; to listen, to give ear …a1000
2. to apply the mind to what is said; to attend, to have regard; to listen with sympathy or docility …c1230
– HERKEN to listen, esp. to listen by stealth …1863 Eng. dial.
– LEND A DEAF EAR † to refuse to listen …c1375
– LISSEN to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LISTEN AT to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LISTEN IN to listen intently …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LONG-EAR to listen intently … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OPEN ONE’S EARS † to listen willingly or attentively …c1200
– PUT THE LISTEN ON to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RABBIT-EAR to listen intently …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
– RIDE THE ERIE to listen intently …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
– SIT IN ON to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SNOOP to pry, to interfere, to listen in …1920s sl., orig. US
– SPREAD A RABBIT EAR TO THE BREEZE to listen intently …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
– TAKE A LISTEN to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKE ON A CARGO to listen …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TAKE TELLING to listen to advice or warning; generally used with negative …1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TENT to pay attention to; to heed; to listen to …1789 Sc.
– TIN-EAR to listen intently …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
– TO-HEAR † to hearken to, to listen to …a1225
– TUNE IN ON to listen intently …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
– UNBUTTON THE EARS to listen …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WINCHELL-IN to listen intently …Bk1892 Amer. sl.
listen – interjections
– BEND AN EAR! int. listen! …1970 Amer. sl.
– DIG UP! listen up! pay attention! …Bk2006 US sl.
– HARKEE! listen! be quiet! …1847 Amer. dial.
– HARKY! listen! hark! …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HARK YE! listen! be quiet! …1827 Amer. dial.
– HATHA! hark, listen! …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– I AIN’T EVEN TRYING TO HEAR YOU! I am not listening! …1993 US sl.
– SAY! listen! wait a minute! excuse me! …M19 chiefly US
– WORD! an exhortation to listen, to pay attention …1980s US Black sl.
– WORD UP! an exhortation to listen, to pay attention …1980s US Black sl.
 
LISTENING – nouns
– EARHOLE an act of listening, of eavesdropping …1960s sl.
– EARWIGGING a listening, eavesdropping …1927 US sl.
– HARKENING listening, giving attention …c1000
– HEARKENING listening, giving attention …c1000
– HEARKEN-OUT a listening; a watch, look-out …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– OPEN EAR a listening or attentive ear …a1225
 
LISTLESS – adjectives
– ABLELESS incompetent, careless, listless, awkward …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– DAWKIN dull, listless …1854 Eng. dial.
– DEAD-ASS lacking energy, lifeless, listless …1961 US sl.
– DEAD-BUTT lacking energy, lifeless, listless …1958 US sl.
– GAPY inclined to yawn, sleepy, listless …Bk1900 Eng. dial.  
– LACKADAISICAL dreamily idle, listless, unconcerned, unenthusiastic …M18
– LACKADAISY dreamily idle, listless, unconcerned, unenthusiastic …L18
– LALDERISH lounging, listless, lazy …1894 Eng. dial.
– LETHARGEAN †* lethargic, listless …1659
– LUSTLESS † without vigour or energy; listless …c1325
– MAUNDERING listless; idle; helpless …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MOONY absent-minded; dreamy; listless …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OLD-KILLED listless, squeamish …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PAALIE-MAALIE thin, emaciated, having a pallid, sickly appearance, listless …Bk1905 Sc.
– PALIE thin, emaciated, having a pallid, sickly appearance, listless …1825 Sc.
– PALLEY-WALLEY thin, emaciated, having a pallid, sickly appearance, listless …1923 Sc.
– PEAKED AND PINED listless; sickly …1872 Amer. dial.
– PEAKED AND PINEY listless; sickly …1957 Amer. dial.
– RAMISED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child …a1838 Sc.
– RAMISHED dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child …a1838 Sc.
– RATY dull, listless, sleepy …1897 Eng. dial.
– SAVOURLESS spiritless, listless, indifferent, wanting in wit or pluck …1804 Sc.
– THAVELESS listless, spiritless, wanting in energy or force; aimless, ineffectual, bootless …1835 Ireland
– THIEVELESS listless, spiritless, wanting in energy or force; aimless, ineffectual, bootless …1835 Sc.
– THOWLIE † listless, sluggish …1791 Sc.
– TONELESS void of energy; listless, dull …1854
– TORPULENT †* torpid; disinclined to act, listless; lacking emotional sensibility …1657 obs. rare
– UNLISTY † listless …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UP-SITTEN callous, indifferent, listless …1827 Sc.
listless – person
– DEAD ASS a listless, de-energized person …1959 US sl.
– HEEPIE, HEEPY a hypochondriac; a listless or melancholy person …1721 Sc.
– JACK POKE a listless or slow person …1942 Amer. sl.
– JILL POKE a slow, listless, or awkward person …1942 Amer. dial.
– MOONER someone who goes about listlessly; an idler; one who seems to be staring at the moon …1848 sl.
– MOPE a person who mopes; someone given to prolonged spells of gloom or dejection; a low-spirited, listless, melancholy person …1693
– MOPY a dull, listless, dreamy fellow; one not over-bright in intellect …1870 Sc.
– SAD SACK a sad person; a listless or depressed person …1943 Amer. sl. 
listless – verbs 
– MAUNGE ABOUT to go about listlessly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MOON to behave or move about listlessly and unproductively …1848 sl.
– PEAK AND PINE to go about dispiritedly or listlessly …1851 Amer. dial.
 
LISTLESSLY – adverbs
– DAIVERTLIKE listlessly, languidly …1887 Sc.
– DAIVERTLY listlessly, languidly …1887 Sc.
– DAIVILIE listlessly, spiritlessly …1788 Sc.
– DAVIELY listlessly, spiritlessly …1788 Sc.
– DEAD-ASS lifelessly, listlessly …1970s US sl.
 
LISTLESSNESS – nouns
– UP-SITTING † indifference, callousness, listlessness …1709 Sc.