Reverse Dictionary: LON – LOO

LONDON – see ENGLAND
 
LONELINESS – nouns
– DEAVELINESS loneliness, want of company …1611 Eng. dial.
– ELENGENESSE † loneliness, dreariness, misery, gloom …c1320
– LONESOME loneliness …1942 Amer. dial.
– MOKUS loneliness …1928 Amer. sl.
– UNKEDNESS loneliness, strangeness …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YANLINESS – loneliness …Bk1905 Eng. dial. 
 
LONELY – adjectives
– ALONE of a person, place, etc.: isolated, lonely, solitary …1921 colloq.
– BACK-ABOOT lonely, remote …1886 Sc.
– DALY † lonely, solitary …1781 Eng. dial.
– DEAFLY lonely, solitary and silent …1611 Eng. dial.
– DEAVELY lonely, solitary, unfrequented, retired, remote …1611 Eng. dial.
– DERN dark, dreary, dismal, lonely, solitary …1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DOLLY † dull and lonely; dreary; dismal …E16
– DOWIE dull and lonely; dreary; dismal …E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– DOWLY doleful, miserable, gloomy, lonely …LME N. Eng. dial.
– ELENGE † remote, lonely, solitary; dreary, miserable …c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ELLINGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny …1691 Eng. dial.
– HELANGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny …1691 Eng. dial.
– LANERLY lonely, alone, reserved in manner …1823 Sc.
– LENNERLIE lonely, alone, reserved in manner …1948 Sc.
– LIKE A LILY ON A DUSTBIN lonely, neglected …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– LIKE A SHAG ON A ROCK forlorn, lonely …1929 Aust. colloq.
– LONELY AS A BANDICOOT ON A BURNT RIDGE very lonely …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– ONELY lonely, solitary …1864 Eng. dial.
– ONERLY lonely, retired …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ONLY † one, without companions or society; solitary, lonely …a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– OWNLY lonely, solitary …1864 Eng. dial.
– RAT-SHIT depressed and lonely …1980 Aust. & NZ sl.
– UNKED of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts …1777 Eng. dial.
– UNKID of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts …1777 Eng. dial.
– UNKIND strange, lonely …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNKY of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts …1777 Eng. dial.
lonely – adverbs
– ANERLY alone, lonely, solitary …1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YANNERLY alone, lonely, solitary …1844 Eng. dial.
 
LONER – person
– HATTER a person who lives or works alone; esp. in an isolated rural location; hence, a loner, a solitary eccentric …1864 Aust. & NZ
– LOBO a solitary person, a loner; an outcast …1939 Amer. dial.
– LOBO WOLF n. a solitary person, a loner; an outcast …1907 Amer. dial.
 
LONESOME – adjectives
– UVART unfrequented, lonesome; clumsy …Bk1905 Sc.
 
LONG – adjectives
– BEANPOLISH tall or long and slender; lanky …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BROOMSTICKY tall or long and slender; lanky …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful …1805 Eng. dial.
– ELENGE † very long, tedious, weary, irksome …c897
– GANGLING of straggling growth; loosely built, awkwardly long in stature, tall and slender, lanky …1808
– GANGLY tall or long and slender; lanky …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GREAT LONG very long …1912 Amer. dial.
– LANKITY long and slender, lanky …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LENGTHFUL * of great length, long …c1611 poetic usage
– LONG AS ONE’S ARM very long; of indeterminate length …1765
– LONGER THAN THE MORAL LAW very long …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– LONGFUL long …1927 Amer. dial.
– LONGINQUOUS † long …1666
– LONGSOME † long, lengthy, tediously long, wearisome by its length; long-lasting …c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial
– MORTAL long and wearisome; boring …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OF LENGTH † long …1593
– PROCEROUS † tall, lofty, high; long …1599
– PULLED THROUGH A KNOT-HOLE tall or long and slender; lanky …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin …1897 Eng. dial.
– SCREELY long, lanky; pinched, miserable-looking …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SLABSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLANGRELL †* long and narrow …1643
– SLAPSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLINKY tall or long and slender; lanky …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin …1827 Amer. sl.
– TANGLE long and limp; tall and loose-jointed …c1817 Sc.
– TANGLEWISE long and slender …1825 Sc.
– TANGLIE long and slender …1812 Sc.
– TANGLY long and slender …1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
long – nouns
– LANGLE anything long and loose in movement …1931 Ireland & Sc.
– LENGTHING † making long or longer …c1450
– TANGLE anything long and dangling, as a tress of hair, a long root-fibre, a torn loosely-pendent strip of cloth, etc. …1864 Eng. dial.
 
LONG-DRAWN-OUT – adjectives
– LONG-JAWED long-drawn-out, long-winded; tiresome …1911 Amer. dial.
long-drawn-out – adverbs 
– LANGLINS in a slow, long-drawn-out manner …1835 Sc.
 
LONGED FOR – adjectives
– DESIDERATE † desired, longed for, wanted; desirable …1640 
 
LONGER – adjectives
– LENGER † longer …c900
longer – adverbs 
– LENG † longer …c1000
– LENGE † longer …c1000
– LENGER † longer …c1200
 
LONG FOR – person
– GAPER † one who longs for a thing …1559
– OPSOMANIAC one having a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food …1842 
long for – verbs 
– DAG to desire eagerly; to long to do a thing …1873 Eng. dial.
– DESIDERATE † to desire with a sense of want or regret; to feel a desire or longing for; to feel the want of; to desire, to want, to miss …1646
​- GAPE AFTER to be eager to obtain; to have a longing for something …c1340
– HANK to long for, to desire earnestly …1671 Eng. dial.
– HONE to yearn, to long for …Amer. dial.
– ICKLE to long for …B1900 Eng. dial.
– LANG to long for, to desire …1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MANG to be extremely eager or anxious; to long, to be consumed with desire …1866 Sc.
– MANK † to want, to long for …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MENK to have an inclination or longing for anything …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SIGH † to desire or long for something …1650
– SPELL FOR to long for …M19 sl.
– THINK LONG to long, to yearn …1872 Amer. dial.
– VIRMISH to be excited or worked up, to long anxiously for …1963 Sc.
– YAM to crave, to long for…Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YAMMER † to long for, to yearn, to crave …1705 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– YAWN AFTER † to be eager to obtain, to long for …a1250 obs.
– YERE † to desire, to long or yearn for; to express a desire for, to request …c1205
 
LONGING – adjectives
– CONCUPITIVE †* vehemently desirous; characterized by desire or longing; of the nature of concupiscence …1651 
– DESIREFUL filled with desire or longing …1969 Amer. dial.
– EARNSTFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning …1857 Eng. dial.
– FAINING † longing, wistful …c1400
– LANGSOME longing, desirous, wistful …1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– OFLIST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing …c888
– OFLONGED † seized or overcome with longing …c1000
– OFLUST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing …c888
– ON THE LANG desirous, longing …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– YAWNING † longing after something …1634
– YEARNSFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning …1857 Eng. dial.
– YERNSFUL † earnest; with great longing or yearning …1878 Eng. dial.
– YERNSTFUL † earnest; with great longing or yearning …1878 Eng. dial.
longing – nouns 
– ANSINE † a looking for, longing, desire, want …a1200 
– CALF-EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing …1949 Amer. dial.
– CALF’S EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing …1966 Amer. dial. online
– DESIDERATE † a thing that is desired; something for which a desire or longing is felt …1640 
​- EISNING a strong desire or longing of any kind …1773 Sc.
– LANG a longing, desire …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LETCH a craving, a longing …1796
– LUS a yearning; a longing …1970s S. Afr. sl.
– MENKIN a longing, a craving …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ONDE † strong desire, longing …c1320
– OPSOMANIA a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food …1857
– OREXIS a desire or longing …1619
– RAMPING a crazy longing …Bk1905 Sc.
– YERING † desire, longing; request …a1300
longing – person
– OPSOMANIAC one having a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food …1842
 
LONGINGLY – adverbs
– EARN †* earnestly, longingly …1230
– SITHINGLY † with a sigh; longingly, yearningly …1570
 
LONG JOHNS – nouns
– GUERNSEY the top part of men’s long johns …1936 Amer. dial.
 
LONG-LASTING – adjectives
– ENDURABLE durable, long-lasting, dependable …1887 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– LASTY durable, long-lasting, enduring …1882 Amer. dial.
– LONGSOME † long, lengthy, tediously long, wearisome by its length; long-lasting …c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial
– WADY long-lasting; tedious; interminable …1691 Eng. dial.
 
LONG-LIVED – adjectives
– GRANDEVOUS †* of great age; aged, old, long-lived …1682
– LONG-LIFED long-lived …1909 Amer. dial.
– MACROBIAN long-lived, having a long life …1727
long-lived – person 
– MACROBIAN one who has a long life …Bk1910
– MACROBIOTE * one that lives long; a long lived person or animal …1882
 
LONGSHOREMAN – person
– DOCK-WALLOPER – a labourer who works on docks or wharves, esp. a longshoreman …1838 US sl.
 
LONG-SUFFERING – adjectives
– PATIENTFU’ long-suffering, very patient, submissive …1773 Sc.
 
LONG-WINDED – adjectives
– AEOLISTIC long-winded …1882
– ENDLESS pertinacious, long-winded, talkative …1822 Sc.
– LONG-JAWED long-drawn-out, long-winded; tiresome …1911 Amer. dial.
– VERBOSIOUS † verbose, long-winded …1676
– VERBOUS †* verbose, long-winded …1657
long-winded – person 
– BAGPIPE an inflated and senseless talker; a windbag; a long-winded monotonous speaker; a tedious chatterbox…1603
 
LONG-WINDEDNESS – nouns
– LONGILOQUENCE * a speaking at great or excessive length; long-windedness, verbosity …1836
 
LOOK – adjectives
– OLD-FASHIONED of a look or glance: disapproving …20C sl.
– SCOUKIN furtive, sullen; of a look: having a skulking, furtive, or hangdog look; of a person: scary …1825 Sc.
– SKANCE of a look, glance, etc.: oblique, sidelong …1866
look – nouns 
– ACTION a look, a smile, a verbal response …1970s US Black sl.
– BELGARD † a kind or loving look …1590
– BESEEMING † appearance, look …1611
– BO-PEEP a look; a glance …1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
– BUTCHER’S a look, a glance …1936 Brit. sl., short for ‘butcher’s hook’
– BUTCHER’S HOOK a look, a glance …1936 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘look’
– BY-VIEW a side glance, a glimpse; a look directed to an object, not immediately before the eye …1753
– CALF-EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing …1949 Amer. dial.
– CALF’S EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing …1966 Amer. dial. online
– CAPTAIN COOK a look, a glance …1932 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘look’
– COKE STARE the ‘evil eye’; a deliberately aggressive and unpleasant look …1970s US Black sl.
– DARRY a look …1940s UK prison sl.
– DECK a look, a glance …1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
– DECKER a look …1951 Aust. sl.
– DECKO a look, a glance …1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
– DEKH a look, a glance …1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
– DEKK a look, a glance …M19 sl.
– DEKKO a look, a glance …1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
– DOUBLE O an intense look …1913 US sl.
– EYE-CAST * an act or manner of casting the eye; a glance, a look …a1669
– EYEFUL a good look at something …1899
– EYESHOT * a look, a glance; esp. one that is sudden or piercing …1615
– EYEWINK † a look or glance, esp. one expressing command or invitation …1591
– GANDER a look, a glance …1914 sl., orig. US
– GANSEL † an ill-natured, angry or sullen look; a scowl …1825 Sc.
– GAZEMENT * stare, look, observation …1596
– GEEK a look, a glance …1919 Aust sl.
– GIG a look, a glance …1924 Aust. sl.
– GINK a look, a glance …1945 Aust. sl.
– GLAIK a glance, a quick look …1930s Irish sl.
– GLEEK a glance, a quick look …1930s Irish sl.
– GLIM a look, a glimpse, a glance …1899 Amer. dial.
– GOO a look …1991 Ireland sl.
– HAIRY EYEBALL a look given with narrowed eyes; esp. one indicating hostility or disapproval …1961 US sl.
– LAMP a look …1926 US sl.
– LECH † a look, glance …c1205
– LOOK-SEE a look, a glance …1883 sl.
– MANSON LAMPS a look full of hate; a murderous look …1999 US sl.
– NOSE (AROUND) a look, esp. out of curiosity …1976 colloq.
– ONE an unpleasant look …1900s sl.
– PEEKO a glance; a quick look-about …c1910 sl.
– PERV, PERVE an act of watching lecherously; a lustful look …1963 colloq.
– QUEER a look on one’s face; a look at something …L19 sl.
– QUIZ a look …19C sl.
– SCANCE a glance, a quick appraising look, a brief scrutiny, a cursory survey or review of persons or affairs …1787 Sc.
– SCOUK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a scowl; a sour, gloomy aspect; an evil look …c1715 Sc.
– SHOOFTI a quick look …1943 UK sl.
– SHUFTI(E) a look, a peep …1943 Brit. sl., orig. army
– SHUFTY a look, a peep …1943 Brit. sl., orig. army
– SKELLY a glance, a look …20C Irish
– SKELLYING looking …20C Irish
– SKETCH a look at, a view of …2000s Sc.
– SKLENT a side look, etc. …1768 Sc.
– SKOOK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a sour, gloomy aspect …c1715 Sc.
– SLOO a look; a visual examination …1989 Aust. sl.
– SQUINNY a squint, a sly glance, a look; a person who squints …1881
– SQUINT a look, a glance …1673 sl.
– SQUIZ(Z) a look, a glance …1913 Aust. & NZ sl.
– STICKYBEAK a furtive or prying look or investigation; an act of looking around …1928 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– TENT a look; observation, notice, attention …1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
– UNDERLOOK a covert look or glance …1821
– UP-AND-DOWN, THE a look, scrutiny …1910s sl.
– VARDA a look …1996 UK sl.
– VARDER a look …1996 UK sl.
– VEESY a look, view; a scrutinizing gaze …1819 Sc.
– VIZY a look, view; a scrutinizing gaze …1819 Sc.
– VIZZY a look, a sight, a glimpse, a scrutinizing gaze; scrutiny, survey …1700 Sc.
look – person
– BEHOLDER one who beholds, a watcher, a looker on, a spectator …c1374
– GANDERNECKER one who looks or stares …1970s US sl.
– GAZER one who gazes or looks steadily, esp. from motives of curiosity …1548
look – verbs 
– ADVISE † to look at, to view, to observe, to consider, to watch; also, to watch for …1297
– AUGER to look or investigate surreptitiously …1923 Amer. dial.
– AUGER AROUND to look or investigate surreptitiously …1923 Amer. dial.
– BEAM to look at, to stare …1940s US Black sl.
– BEAM ON to look at, to stare …1940s US Black sl.
– BEHOLD † to look …c1175
– BELOOK † to look; to look at, consider; to look about one, cast one’s eyes about …c1175
– BESEE † to look about; to look in any direction; to see …c1000
– BESEEM † to seem, to appear, to look …a1225
– BLINTER to blink; to look at with weak eyes …1804 Sc.
– BLIX to look at something; to glance at something …Bk2006 US sl.
– CAST AN OPTIC to look at …L19 sl.
– CASTELL to look, to see …L16 sl.
– CASTLE to see or look …16C sl.
– CAST SHEEP’S EYES to look amorously or lovingly upon …1854 Amer. dial.
– CLOCK to look at, watch, observe, notice …1929 sl., orig. US
– COP to notice; to look at …M19 sl., orig. Aust.
– COP A GANDER to look at someone or something, esp. with discretion …1950 US sl. 
– DECK to see, to look at …20C sl.
– DEKK to see, to look at …20C sl.
– EYEBALL to look or stare at; to watch; later, to stare at from a short distance away in an intimidating or disapproving manner …1901 orig. US
– EYE-GAME to exchange flirtatious looks …2003 Trinidad and Tobago
– EYE UP to look someone or something over, esp. to appraise someone as sexually desirable …1957 US sl.
– GAAN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently …1866 Sc.
– GANDER to look at …1887 US sl.
– GANDERNECK to look at …1970s US sl.
– GAW † to gape, to stare; to look intently …c1200
– GAWN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently …1866 Sc.
– GET A LOAD OF to look at …1922 sl., orig. US
– GET AN EYEFUL to look at …1899 sl.
– GET ON TO to look at; to notice; to observe appreciatively or critically …1882 US sl.
– GIVE A PERSON THE EYEBALL to look or stare at, esp. in a hostile, disapproving, or amorous manner …1923 colloq.
– GIVE THE DAGGERS to look angrily at someone …2002 UK sl.
– GLIFF † to look in a quick, hurried manner, to glance …c1330 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GLOPPEN † to stare in astonishment; to look with a sullen or malicious countenance …c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GLOTE to look askance, to look furtively …1576
– GOGGLE to look at …1938 sl.
– GROAK to look at one watchfully and suspiciously …B1900 Sc.
– GUN to look at closely, to examine …1819
– KAIN to look, to peer; to look shyly or askance; to squint …1847 Eng. dial.
– KEEK † to peep; to look privily, as through a narrow aperture, or round a corner …c1440 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– KEEP ONE’S EYES PEELED to keep a sharp look out …c1905 sl.
– KEN to descry, to see; to catch sight of, to discover by sight; to look at, to scan …c1205 arch.
– LAIT to look for, to seek, to search for; to seek and bring with one, to fetch …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– LAMP to look; to see; to examine …1907 US sl.
– LAMP OVER to look; to see; to examine …1914 US sl.
– MAKE SHEEP’S EYES to look amorously or lovingly upon …1984 Amer. dial.
– NARK †* to watch, to look at …1859 sl.
– OAGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer …1682 sl.
– OGALE to look longingly or amorously at a man …1682 UK homosexual sl.
– OGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer …L17 sl.
– PAUK, PAWK to search, to look about with outstretched neck, to pry …1893 Eng. dial.  
– PERV, PERVE to act as or like a sexual pervert; to look at someone or stare lustfully; to look at something or someone with excessive interest …1941 colloq.
– PIPE to look at …1846 sl.
– SCAN to look with disgust or disdain …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCANCE to look at, to examine, to analyze metrically; to give a critical or appraising look at; to scrutinize …1825 Sc.
– SCAN ON to watch closely, to look closely, esp. at something one intends stealing …1960s US Black sl.
– SCLENT to give a side look, etc. …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SCREW to look at …1917 sl., orig. Aust.
– SHUFTI to look at …1943 Brit. sl.
– SHUFTY to look at …1943 Brit. sl.
– SIGHT to look at …1991 Amer. dial.
– SKEN to squint; to give a side look; to glance …1611 Eng. dial.
– SKLENT to give a side look, etc. …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SMOKE OVER to look over, to observe critically …1928 Amer. dial.
– SNEAK A PEAK to take a look at something or someone …1999 US sl.
– SNILCH † to eye or see someone or something; to look at anything attentively; to watch closely …1676 cant
– SQUINNY to squint, to look askance; to peer with partly closed eyes, to peep …1605
– SQUIZ(Z) to look at …1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
– TAKE A GANDER to look at, to glance at …1930s sl., orig. US
– TAKE A HINGE AT to look at …1930s US sl.
– TAKE A LAMP AT to have a look at …1926 US sl.
– TAKE A LUNAR to look at …1906 sl.
– TOOT † to peep, to peer, to look out; to gaze …a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TWIG to look at …1764 sl.
– UMBEHOLD † to look about …a1400-50
– UMBELOOK † to look about …a1300
– UMBLOOK † to look round …c1375 
– UMHEED † to look about …a1400-50
– VADA to see; to look; to observe …1859 UK sl.
– VARDA to see; to look; to observe …1859 UK sl.
– VARDI to see; to look; to observe …1859 UK sl.
– VARDO to see; to look; to observe …1859 UK sl.
– VARDY to see; to look; to observe …1859 UK sl.
– VIZZY to look at closely, to view closely; to inspect, to examine, to scrutinize …1724 Sc.
– WAIT † to keep watch, to look intently …1338
– WAITH † to look; to seem, to appear …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WEITHE † to look; to seem, to appear …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WYTHE † to look; to seem, to appear …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– X-RAY to look at something or someone closely; to watch closely, to stare at …1950s US Black sl.  
– YOAK to look …Bk1905 Sc.
look – phrases
– EYES ON, HANDS OFF an admonition that it’s all right to look, but don’t touch …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– LIKE AN OWL IN AN IVY-BUSH having a vacant look, as some persons have when in their cups; having a stupid, vacant stare …1738
 
LOOK AFTER – verbs
– AINT to heed, to care for something, to tend, to look after someone …1908 Sc.
– NOTICE to watch over; to look after …1944 Amer. dial.
– OIL SOMEONE’S WHEELS to take care of; to be responsible for; to look after …1990s sl.
– YEME † to give heed or attention to, to attend to, to look after; to take heed …c897
 
LOOK FOR – verbs
– FAND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track …c1225
– FOND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track …c1225
– FOSSICK AROUND to look for something; to poke around, to forage, to scavenge …1853
– LAIT † to look or search for; to seek, to try to find …a1300
 
LOOKING – adjectives
– OMNISPECTIVE looking into or beholding all things …1743
looking – nouns 
– TOOTING † spying, peeping, looking …1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
LOOK OUT – adjectives
– ON THE HARK on the watch or look out …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
lookout – nouns 
– HEARKEN-OUT a listening; a watch, look-out …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– OBBO surveillance; observation; a lookout …1933 UK sl.
– OBBS surveillance; observation; a lookout …1933 UK sl.
– OBO surveillance; observation; a lookout …1933 UK sl.
– OBS surveillance; observation; a lookout …1933 UK sl.
– TOOT 1. an isolated, conspicuous hill suitable as a place of observation; a lookout hill …1387
† 2. an elevated structure, or part of one, used as a lookout …1770
– TOOT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill …1382
– TOOTING-HILL † a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill …c1460
– TOTE 1. an isolated, conspicuous hill suitable as a place of observation; a lookout hill …1387
† 2. an elevated structure, or part of one, used as a lookout …1770
– TOUT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill …1535
​lookout – person 
– CHICKIE, CHICKY a lookout or decoy …1934 US sl.
– DOG * a lookout; a watchdog …1870 school sl.
– EAGLE-EYE an observer or lookout …1945 Amer. jocular
– EARWIG a lookout, one who listens for approaching steps, then checks the owner before admitting them …1940s sl.
– GANDER a criminal’s lookout …1927 criminals’ sl.
– GAY CAT a person, typically a boy, who scouts, acts as lookout, or runs errands for a gang of tramps or criminals …1902 US criminals’ sl.
– GAY CAT SPOTTER a small-time criminal, usually a vagrant or the lookout in a robbery …1916 criminals’ sl.
– GIG a lookout; an informer …1949 Aust. sl.
– HAWK one who looks out for the arrival of authorities, e.g. a prison inmate, a carnival worker …1950 US prison sl.
– NITKEEPER a person who stands guard as lookout …Bk1945 Aust.
– OUTSIDE MAN a lookout …M19 UK criminals’ sl.
– OUTSIDER a lookout …M19 UK criminals’ sl.
– POINT a forward reconnaissance man; a lookout man; a scout who warns his associates of danger and may get the shock of attack …1940s Amer. Armed forces and criminals sl.
– RAISER a lookout who warns confederates of approaching police …1992 US sl.
– WAIT † a military watchman, sentinel, or lookout; also, a scout, spy; a watchman in a camp, castle, or fortified place who was furnished with a born to trumpet to sound an alarm or to make a signal …a1300
– WAITER † one who watches or observes closely; one who is on the lookout …1382
– ZEX-MAN a lookout …Bk1992 criminals’ sl. 
look out – verbs
– HEARKEN to be on the watch, to look out, to listen for …1868 Eng. dial.
– KEEP OBS to keep a lookout …1940s sl.
– KEEP ONE’S TOP EYE OPEN to keep a sharp lookout …1828 Amer. dial.
– KEEP TOUT to spy on, to keep a look-out …E19 sl.
– KEEP YOW to keep a look-out, esp. in a criminal context …1940s Aust. sl.
– SKIN ONE’S EYES to be vigilant, on the lookout …1860 Amer. dial.
 
LOOK OVER – verbs
– GIVE THE ONCE-OVER to look over, to assess …1910s sl., orig. US
– GUN to look over; to examine …1812 UK sl.
 
LOOP – nouns
– LATCHET † a loop; a narrow strip of anything; a thong …c1350
 
LOOSE (not rigidly fastened) – adjectives
– ADDLE tumbledown, loose, rickety, shaky …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ADRIFT loose, unfastened …1916 Amer. dial
– ALOOSE loose …1884 Amer. dial.
– DASHIKI loose …1950s US Black sl.
– FLAPPY loose; flapping
– FLOBBER loose, flabby …Bk1892 Eng. dial.
​- RAFFY of loose texture …1867
– RICKLEY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated …1865 Sc.
– RICKLY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated …1865 Sc.
– WAGGLE shaky, loose …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WEE-WAW  askew; crooked; more on one side than the other;  rickety, shaky, loose, unsteady, wobbling …1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
loose (not rigidly fastened) – nouns
– FAG † something that hangs loose; a flap …1486 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– FLOBBER anything loose and flabby; e.g. the flesh under a cow’s neck  …Bk1868 Eng. dial.
​- IRISH PENDANT a loose or frayed end; something that hangs loose or flaps untidily; ragged edges …1840 Amer. dial.
– IRISH PENNANT a loose or frayed end; something that hangs loose or flaps untidily; ragged edges …1942 Amer. dial.
– LAPPET a part of anything that hangs loose …1677
loose (not rigidly fastened) – verbs
– HANG BY THE EYELIDS to be loosely attached; to be loosened; to be ready to fall, to have a very slight hold …1877
– UNLOASE to loose …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WANGLE of a thing: to move loosely or shakily on its base or in its place of attachment; of a person; to go unsteadily …1820 Eng. dial.
 
LOOSE (lacking moral restraint) – adjectives
– DEAD EASY said of any woman (other than a prostitute), who is ready to go home and sleep with a man …20C Cockneys’ colloq.
– DIKE-LOUPING loose, immoral …Bk1900 Sc.
– FUCKISH pert. to a sexually loose woman …19C Brit. sl.
– GAY of loose or immoral life; sexually loose, dissipated, licentious …1637
– GAY IN THE ARSE pert. to a sexually loose woman …19C Brit. sl.
– GAY IN THE GROIN pert. to a sexually loose woman …19C Brit. sl.
– GAY IN THE LEGS pert. to a sexually loose woman …19C Brit. sl.
– KINKY given to loose or immoral behaviour …1889 Amer. sl.
– LACHES † loose, lewd, wanton …c1425
– LAVISH † of conduct or disposition: unrestrained, impetuous; loose, wild, licentious …1597
– LIGHT-HEELED wanton; pert. to a sexually loose woman …E17
– MEAN immoral, loose …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– NAUGHTY pornographic; erotic; obscene; loose …1882 euphemism
– RAFFLE-PACK low, disorderly, of loose habits …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RANDY-LIKE having the appearance of a scold, or of a woman of loose habits …1822 Sc.
– RANDY-LOOKING having the appearance of a scold, or of a woman of loose habits …1895 Sc.
– RATCH loose in morals; unsteady …1861 Sc.
– SHAKE-TAIL of a woman: loose …1782
– SMICKER † wanton, loose, amorous …1606
– TAWDRY immodest; loose in conduct …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNBANDONED † not kept under control; loose …1375 Sc.
– WAGGISH † wanton, loose …1607
– WHISKERS pert. to sexually loose woman …20C US criminals’ sl.
loose (lacking moral restraint) – person
– ALLEY CAT any person who is loose in sexual matters …M20 US sl.
– APRON WITH ROUND HEELS a woman of loose morals …World War II Amer. sl.
– AUNTY a loose woman; a bawd …Bk1898 Sc.
– BALONEY a woman of loose morals …E20 US sl.
– BANBURY a promiscuous or loose woman …1894 sl.
– BAND a woman of easy morals; a prostitute …E20 sl.
– BANGEISTER, BANGISTER a loose woman …1825 Sc.
– BANGSTER a sexually loose woman; a prostitute …1825
– BART † a girl, generally applied to those of loose character …c1882 Aust. sl.
– BAT a prostitute, esp. one who walks the streets at night; hence, a loose, dissolute or promiscuous woman …1607 colloq.
– BAT OF VENUS a prostitute, esp. one who walks the streets at night; a loose or promiscuous woman …1607 colloq.
– BEAST a lewd woman; one of loose morals; a prostitute …1950 US sl.
– BEESOM a woman of loose habits …Bk1888 Eng. dial.
– BEETLE a woman of easy morals; a loose girl or woman …Bk1945 criminals’ sl. 
– BESOM, BEZOM a term of reproach or contempt applied to a woman, esp. a woman of loose or slovenly habits …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BESOMER a person, of either sex, of loose and slovenly habits …1891 Eng. dial.
– BEST BUY a loose woman …Bk2006 US sl.
– BEWER a woman, esp. one seen as sexually appealing and/or of loose character …1886 sl., orig. tramp usage
– BIFFER a sexually loose woman …1929-32 US sl., chiefly Black usage
– BIM a woman of loose morals or a prostitute …E20 Amer. sl.
– BIMBO a woman of loose morals or a prostitute …1929 sl.
– BISSOM, BIZZOM, BIZZUM a term of contempt applied to a person, generally a woman; sometimes to a woman of loose character, and sometimes jocularly to a woman or young girl; an ill-natured woman; a mischievous girl or young woman …1808 Sc. 
– BIT OF SKIN a sexually loose young woman; a woman considered sexually …1962 Brit. sl.
– BOLOGNA a woman of loose morals …E20 US sl.
– BOLONEY a woman of loose morals …E20 US sl.
– BROAD a female confederate; a female companion; a woman of loose morals …Bk1914 criminals’ sl. 
– BROAD WITH ROUND HEELS a woman of loose morals …World War II Amer. sl.
– BUER, BUOR, BURE a woman, esp. one seen as sexually appealing and/or of loose character …E19 orig. tramp sl.
– BUNTER a low, loose woman …Bk1890 sl.
– CAGMAG a term of opprobrium applied to persons; a loose character; a disreputable old woman; a simpleton, a noodle …19C Eng. dial.
– CALICO QUEEN a fast woman of the saloons and honky-tonks …19C US sl.
– CANVASBACK a harlot; a sexually loose woman; a woman who spends considerable time with her back on a canvas-covered floor, presumably copulating …20C sl.
– CHEEK a sexually loose female …1955 US sl.
– CHIPPIE, CHIPPY a woman, esp. a sexually loose woman …1886 sl.
– CHIPPY-CHASER a male who chases sexually loose women and girls; a lecher …20C US sl.
– CLAPTRAP a sexually loose woman presumed to be infected with gonorrhea …19C sl.
– CLEAVE a wanton or sexually loose woman; a woman who copulates readily …L18 Brit. sl.
– CLEAVER a sexually loose woman …L18 Brit. sl.
– DANT † a sexually loose woman; a profligate woman; a promiscuous woman; a harlot, a prostitute …a1529
– DIRTY-LEG a woman of loose virtue; a lascivious or promiscuous woman; a prostitute …1962-68 US sl.
– DIRTY-NECK a woman of loose virtue; a promiscuous woman …1918 US sl.
– EASY MAKE a woman who can be easily seduced; a loose woman; a woman considered only as a sexual object …1942 Amer. sl.
– FALOOSIE a woman of loose morals …1936 Amer. dial.
– FIE-FIE a ‘fallen’ woman …19C sl.
– FISH a prostitute; a sexually loose woman …M20 US sl.
– FLESH-POT a harlot; a sexually loose woman …sl.
– FLOOSEY, FLOOSIE, FLOOSY, FLOOZIE, FLUZIE a wanton or promiscuous woman, a sexually loose woman …1902 sl.
– FLOSSIE a wanton or promiscuous woman, a sexually loose woman …E20 sl.
– FRANION † a gay reckless fellow; an idle, dissolute fellow; a loose, licentious person; a gallant, a paramour, a boon companion …1571
– GAD † an idle or slovenly woman; a loose woman; a slattern …Bk1859
– GADDER † an idle or slovenly woman; a loose woman; a slattern …1632
– GAMMERSTAGS a rude, wanton girl; an idle, loose girl; a foolish girl …1788 Eng. dial.
– GAMMERSTANG a rude, wanton girl; an idle, loose girl; a foolish girl …1788 Eng. dial.
– GAMMERSTEL a rude, wanton girl; an idle, loose girl; a foolish girl …1788 Sc.
– GASH a sexually loose woman; women considered sexually …1914 sl.
– GAY GREEK * a merry, boisterous or dissolute person; a roisterer; a person of loose habits …1536
– GAY-MAN a whoremonger; a man who seeks sexually loose woman …19C Brit. sl.
​- GAY WENCH a prostitute; a sexually loose woman …Bk1981 US sl. 
– GIGGLE † a wanton wench; a loose woman …Bk1886
– GIGLET, GIGLOT † originally, a lewd, wanton woman; a loose woman; a strumpet …a1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GILLET † a loose or wanton woman …Bk1903
– GILL-FLIRT a thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt, a tease, a wanton; a light or loose woman; a prostitute …1611
– GILLIE † a fickle, giddy, flirtatious, loose, or wanton young woman …a1529 obs. exc. Sc.
– GILLIVER * a term of reproach to a woman; a promiscuous, loose, or wanton woman …1757 Eng. dial.
– GILLOT † a loose or wanton woman …1557
– HANNIEL a loose, disorderly, idle, or perverse fellow, one not to be trusted; a bad fellow …1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HARD PLAYING CHICK a loose girl …Bk1945 jive usage
– HARLOT † a man of loose life; a fornicator; a lecher; also, a term or opprobrium or insult …a1475
– HAT a sexually loose woman; an old prostitute; a prostitute of long standing …1820s sl. 
– HOT LAY a sexually loose woman …E20 US sl.
– HUCKLE-DUCKLE a loose woman …1795
– HUMP a prostitute; a sexually loose woman; women considered sexually …M20 US sl.
– JAY an unchaste or loose woman …1598
– JAZZ BABY a woman of easy sexual morals …20C US sl.
– KATE a harlot; a prostitute; a nickname for a loose woman …16C sl.
– KITTOCK a familiar or disrespectful term for a girl or young woman; esp. a woman of loose character; a wanton, an unchaste woman; a mistress, a concubine …c1470 Sc.
– KNOCK a sexually loose young woman …20C sl.
– LACED MUTTON † a strumpet; a harlot; a prostitute; a courtesan; an unchaste or loose woman …1578 sl. 
– LADY OF EASY VIRTUE a sexually loose woman; a prostitute …1785 euphemism
– LETCHING-PIECE a sexually loose woman; a woman considered sexually …20C Brit. sl.
– LEWD WOMAN a sexually loose woman; a prostitute …20C US euphemism
– LIGHT-FRIGATE a woman of loose morals; a wanton; a whore …c1690 Brit. sl.
– LIMMER an unchaste, loose, or immoral woman; a mistress, a prostitute …1566 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LOOSE-KIRTLE a woman of loose or bad character; a wanton woman; a prostitute (kirtle = woman’s gown) …1855 archaic)
– MAB † a harlot, a prostitute, a woman of loose character; a slattern  …1557-8 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MADAMOIZOOK a sexually loose French girl …US World War I usage
– MARIAN † an unchaste or loose woman …1567
– MISS HORNER a sexually loose woman …19C Brit. sl.
– MORT † a sexually loose woman; a promiscuous woman or girl; a harlot, a prostitute …1567
– NAG † a term of abuse for a person; a promiscuous woman; a woman of loose character; a prostitute  …1598 
– NAUGHTY-PACK † a woman of bad character; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute; a wanton; also, a term of contempt for either sex …1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– NIT a sexually loose woman, a prostitute …Scot colloq.
– OPEN-TAIL †* a loose, indelicate, or unchaste woman …a1618
– ORGAN-GRINDER a prostitute; a sexually loose woman …20C sl.
– PACK †* a ‘naughty pack’; a promiscuous or licentious woman; a loose, lewd, or worthless person; a prostitute …1725
– PANEL a priest’s mistress; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute …14C Brit. sl.
– PARNEL † a priest’s concubine or mistress; a harlot; a wanton young woman; an immodest girl; an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute …1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– PASTRY women, esp. sexually loose women; tarts …19C colloq.
– PERNEL(E) a priest’s mistress; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute …14C Brit. sl.
– PIG-MEAT a sexually loose woman; a prostitute …M20 US sl.
– PUNCK, PUNCKE, PUNK, PUNQUE a prostitute; a sexually loose woman …16C Brit. sl.
– QUAEDAM †* in a disparaging sense: a woman, a female; a loose woman, a harlot …a1670
– QUAIL a sexually loose woman …20C US sl.
– QUEAN a sexually loose woman; a prostitute …c1000
– RACER a nickname given to a loose woman …1785 Sc.
– RADGE a loose-living woman …1923 Sc.
– RAFFLE-CAP a loose, disorderly person …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAFFLE-COPPIN a loose, disorderly person …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAFFLE-PACK a loose, disorderly person …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAKE 1. a man of loose habits and immoral character; an idle dissipated man of  fashion; a dissolute man …1653
2. a woman of loose habits and immoral character …1712
– RAKESHAME * a man of loose character; a base, rascally fellow; a lewd, debauched fellow; a vile, dissolute wretch; an uncouth and wicked boy …1599
– RAMP a whore or sexually loose woman …M16
– RANNAGANT a wild, loose-living person; a good-for-nothing …1832 Sc.
– RAT a loose woman …20C Amer. sl.
– ROMP a whore or sexually loose woman …M16
– SCOOT a loose or shameless female …1825 Sc. 
– SCOOTCH a loose or shameless female …1825 Sc. 
– SCRINGE a loose woman …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCUPPER a sexually loose woman …1970 US sl.
– SMUT-SLUT a low slut; a sexually loose woman …M20 US sl.
– SPANKER a cant term applied to a showy woman of loose character, or who is largely made in the hips …Bk1883 Eng. dial.
– STROLLOP a woman of loose sexual morals …20C
– SUBURB SINNER a loose woman, a prostitute; a whore …1598
– TART (derogatory) an unchaste or loose woman; a promiscuous woman …1887 sl.
– TARTLET an unchaste or loose woman …a1890
– TIB † a mistress; a young woman of loose character; a strumpet, a prostitute …1582
– TICKLE-TAIL † a loose or wanton woman …c1430 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TIT a woman of loose character; a licentious woman; a hussy, a minx …1599
– TOWN BIKE a sexually loose woman or prostitute …sl.
– TOWN PUMP a sexually loose woman a woman who is known to copulate with anyone without much persuasion …20C colloq.
– TOWN PUNCH a sexually loose woman who permits copulation with any males who ask …1975 US sl.
– WAGTAIL † a lewd or promiscuous female; an unchaste or loose woman …1592
– WOMAN OF ACCOMMODATING MORALS a sexually loose woman; a prostitute …19C Brit. sl.
– WOMAN OF EASY VIRTUE a sexually loose woman; a prostitute …19C euphemism
– WOMAN OF LOOSE MORALS a sexually loose woman; a harlot …20C US sl.
– WOMAN OF PLEASURE a sexually loose woman; a prostitute …19C Brit. sl.
– YAUD † a strumpet; a whore; an unchaste or loose woman …a1400
loose (lacking moral restraint) – verbs
– DEVIL AROUND to seek mischief; to try to annoy; to lead a loose life …1902 Amer. dial.
– FAGGOT to womanize; to consort with sexually loose woman …19C Brit. sl.
– FAGOT to womanize; to consort with sexually loose woman …19C Brit. sl.
– RAMP † to behave licentiously; to go about in a loose, immodest way; to act in a promiscuous manner; to work as a prostitute …1530
 
LOOSE-JOINTED, LOOSE-LIMBED – adjectives
– GAMMOCKING awkward, loose-jointed, shambling in walk …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– LAMMOCKING ungainly, clumsy; slouching, loose-limbed …1863 Eng. dial.
– RACKERGAITED loose-jointed …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– TANGLE long and limp; tall and loose-jointed …c1817 Sc.
– WALLOPY loose-limbed …1880 Sc,
loose-jointed, loose-limbed – person
– GANGERELL, GANGREL a tall, lanky, loose-jointed person …1585 arch. & Eng. dial.
– LIMBER JACK a loose-jointed, flexible person; a contortionist …1909 Amer. dial.
– LIMBER JIM a loose-jointed, flexible person; a contortionist …c1930 Amer. dial.
– WALLOP a gangling, supple, loose-limbed person …1887 Sc. 
 
LOOSELY – adverbs
– DAWDERLY slovenly, loosely, out of shape …1873 Eng. dial.
 
LOOSEN – verbs
– ABSTRINGE † to unbind or loosen …Bk1731
– ELAXATE † to loosen; to widen …1656
– HEMO to loosen, to remove, to separate …1938 Hawaii
– LAXATE † to loosen, to relax …1623
– LEESE † to loosen, to unloose; to unfasten, to open; to relax the body …c1250
– UNBRACE to undo, to loosen or untie …c1475
– UNGIVE to relax, to give way, to loosen; to melt, to thaw …1889 Eng. dial.
– WALLOW OUT to loosen something from the ground by working it back and forth …2005 Amer. dial.
 
LOOSENED – adjectives
– ABSTRICTED † loosened, unbound …Bk1731
 
LOOSENING – nouns
– ABSTRICTION †* a loosening or unbinding …1650
– LAXATION the act of loosening or relaxing; the state of being loosened or relaxed …1398
 
LOOTER – person
– HAM SNATCHER a looter, breaking into stores during urban riots …1994 US Black sl.