Reverse Dictionary: LOV – LOVZ

LOVABLE – adjectives 
– GAININ’ winning, winsome, lovable; ingratiating …1731 Sc.
– LEESOME † lovable; pleasing; pleasant …c1200 obs. exc. Sc.
– SWEET AS SUGAR very lovable …Bk1995 US sl.
lovable – person 
– BIG BOY a loveable idiot …1920s US Black sl.
– SWEETIE-PIE a lovable and attractive person …1928 sl.
 
LOVE – adjectives 
– AMATORIOUS inclined to love; wanton …1746
– BETWATTLED infatuated; so in love as to be unable to use good judgement …1927 Amer. dial.
– CLOSE AS FIVE MINUTES TO ELEVEN, AS in love …World War II Amer. sl.
– CLOSE AS TWENTY MINUTES TO EIGHT, AS in love …World War II Amer. sl.
– COOKING WITH STARDUST in love …World War II Amer. sl.
– DAFFY ABOUT madly in love with …L19 sl.
– DAFFY ON madly in love with …L19 sl.
– DAME-DAZED girl-crazy …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– DEAD NUTS ON fond of; in love with …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– DEAD SET ON fascinated by, obsessed with, in love with, determined …L19 sl.
– DESPERATELY MASHED over head and ears in love …Bk1903 sl.
– DIMPLE-DIZZY girl-crazy …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– DIPPY foolish, simple-minded, idiotic, shallow-minded; infatuated, deeply in love; peculiar, mildly insane, crazy …1899 US sl.
– DOLL-DIZZY girl-crazy …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– FAIN fond, affectionate; in love …1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– FAIR-ENAMOURED † charmed by or in love with a beautiful woman …1622
– FANCY-FREE free from the power of love …1590
– FANTASTICAL †* pert. to the passion of love …1594
– FAR GONE madly in love …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– FAST-FANCIED † bound by love …a1592
– FELLOW-FOND in love, love-smitten …1876 Eng. dial.
– FLYING HIGH in love; infatuated …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– GONE ON in love with …1885
– GUY-GOONY boy-crazy …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– HEART-GONE fallen in love …Bk1902 Eng. dial. 
– HEART-WHOLE having the affections free, with the heart unengaged; free from the power of love …1600
– HEART-WOUNDED filled with passion of grief or love …1607
– HOOKED filled with love for; captivated …1927 Amer. sl.
– IN A DRIFT in love; infatuated …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– INAMORATE enamoured, in love …1605
– LACK-LOVE indifferent to love …1871
– LAP-HAPPY boy-crazy …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– LIGHT OF LOVE inconstant in love …1529
– LOVE-NETTLED † deeply in love …1586
– MAN-CRAZED of a woman: love-smitten …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAN-FOND of a woman: love-smitten …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAN-KEEN of a woman: love-smitten …1684 Eng. dial.
– MASHED love-struck; amorous …L19 Brit. sl.
– ON in love with, having a (sexual) relationship …1930s sl.
– ON THE BEAM in love; infatuated …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– POISONED ON smitten by, in love with …1893 Amer. dial.
– QUEAN-FOND of a man: love-stricken …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUEAN-STRUCKEN of a man: love-stricken …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SKIRT-NERTS girl-crazy …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– SKIRTY-FLIRTY girl-crazy …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– SLACK-HAPPY boy-crazy …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– SNOWED OVER obsessively in love, infatuated …1970s US college sl.
– SOFT ON in love with …1840
– SPOONEY besotted with a member of the opposite sex …M19 sl.
– SPOONS ON sentimentally in love with …M19 sl.
– SPOONY besotted with a member of the opposite sex …M19 sl.
– STUCK ON in love with, pleased with …L19 orig. US
– TORCHY suffering unrequited love …1940s US sl.
– TWITTERPATED in love; infatuated …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– YAR in love …1960s US sl.
– WITCH-WACKY girl-crazy …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
love – adverbs
– PARAMOUR † 1. through or by way of love; out of love, for love’s sake …a1300
† 2. for or by way of sexual love …c1386
love – nouns 
– AMOR passion; love, esp. sexual love
– AMORET † 1. a love sonnet or love song …L16
2. a love affair
– AMOUR passion; love, esp. sexual love
– BARREL OF TREACLE love, esp. the outward signs of being in love …L19 sl.
– BELAMOUR † love; a glance or look of love …1610
– BELLE PASSION the tender passion, love …1711
– BIG L love …1987 US sl.
– CALF-LOVE a youthful, romantic fancy; puppy love …1823 sl.
– CALF-RASH a foolish fancy; boy’s love …1882 Eng. dial.
– CAUSE OF CAUSES love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– COW-EYE-TIS love, romantic urge …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– CUPID’S GOLDEN ARROW virtuous love …Bk1922
– CUPID’S LEADEN ARROW sensual love …Bk1922
– DAINTY † estimation, honour, favour (in which anything is held); esteem, regard; affection, love …a1225
– DAWTIE love; kindness; endearment …Bk1852 Sc.
– DILECTION † love; choice …1388
– DRUERY † love, especially sexual love; love-making, courtship; affection; often, illicit love …a1225
– ENTANGLEMENT an illicit love affair …20C US euphemism
– ETERNAL WOUND, THE love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– EYE LOVE * love deriving from visual attractiveness; also, love or attraction expressed through eye contact, glances, etc. …1857
– FAINNESS liking, love, affection, fondness …c1779 Sc.
– FANCY † amorous inclination, love …1559
– FAVOUR-RIBBON † a ribbon worn as a love token …1762
– FEELING THAT YOU FEEL WHEN YOU FEEL YOU HAVE A FEELING YOU NEVER FELT BEFORE love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FLING a love affair …20C US sl.
– FUNNY FEELING love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GA-GA love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GAME, (THE) * lovemaking; amorous sport or dalliance; later, often denoting sexual intercourse …c1225
– GOONA love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GOONA-GOONA love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GRAND PASSION, THE love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HEART ATTACK love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HEARTBURN love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HEART INTEREST love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HEART STROKE love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HEART THROBS love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LADY-LOVE love for ladies …1818
– LA GRANDE PASSION love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LEMANRY illicit love …1483 arch.
– LOLLYGAGS airs, affectations; love-making …1914 Amer. dial.
– LOVE-BLINK a glance of love …1508 Sc.
– LOVE-IN a communal gathering for a hands-on celebration of interpersonal love …1967 US sl.
– LOVE STUFF love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LOVE-TOOTH † an inclination for love …1580
– LURVE romantic infatuation; sex; love …1936 chiefly UK, colloq. & humorous usage
– MASH a crush, a love affair …20C US sl.
– MISERIES, THE love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MOLLY-HUGGING love-making; petting …1944 Amer. dial.
– MOOEY-MOOEY love; lovemaking; courting …1942 US sl.
– OLD CHILLS AND FEVER STUFF, THE love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OOLY-DROOLY puppy love …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– PARAMOUR † love, esp. sexual love; an amour …c1350
– PERPETUAL EMOTION love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– REDAMANCY †* the act of loving in return …1656
– REDAMATION †* the act of loving in return; reciprocal or mutual love…1658
– ROSES AND RAPTURES love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCORN a snub, a brusque rejection, esp. of an offer of marriage; a slight in love …c1746 Sc.
– SECRET SORROW love for someone who is unaware of one’s affections …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SOFTENING OF THE HEARTERS love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SQUIRREL FEVER love, romantic urge …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– TENTH WORD IN A TELEGRAM love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– THAT CERTAIN GLEAM IN ONE’S EYES love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– THING an infatuation; a love affair of limited duration …1967 sl.
– TREMORS, THE love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– UH-HUH love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– VARDA D’AMOUR the look of love …1992 UK sl.
– VENUS † a quality or characteristic that excites love; a charm, grace, or attractive feature …1540
– WALK OF SHAME a woman’s public appearance after spending the night with a new lover …1990s sl., orig. US college
– WINTER-LOVE cold, conventional, or insincere love …1636
– WOO-POO love …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
love – nouns, lover
– KEEPING † the maintaining of a mistress or lover; the fact of condition of being so maintained …1675
love –  person  (includes LOVER) 
– ACE LANE a husband or male lover …c1935 Amer. sl., orig. Black 
– ACE-LOVER one’s most important lover; the most important member of the opposite sex one knows, as a husband, a pimp, or a boyfriend …1996 US Black sl., chiefly Southern/Midwest
– ACQUAINTANCE a sweetheart; a lover; a fiancée …Bk1879 Eng. dial. 
– ADONIS in ironic use: a male admirer; a lover …L19 Aust. sl.
– AFFAIR one’s current lover …1970s gay sl.
– AFFECTATOR †* one who feels affection for, a lover…1610
– AFFECTER † one who has an affection for, a lover …1568
– AMORET † a sweetheart; a lover …LME
– AMORETTO † a sweetheart; a lover …L16
– AMORIST 1. a person who avows love, esp. sexual love …L16
2. a person who writes about love …M17
– AMOROSA a female lover or sweetheart …E17
– AMOROSO † a lover; a gallant …E17
– BABE a lover, a sweetheart; often used as a term of endearment …1890 colloq., orig. US
– BABY a lover; also a spouse; a term of endearment, a darling, a sweetheart or girlfriend; orig. only applied to women  …1684 colloq.
– BABY-FARMER an older person, usually a woman, who prefers affairs with people much younger than themselves …20C sl.
– BABY STEALER a male or female lover of a much younger or very young person; an older person who prefers such relationships …1937 UK sl.
– BACK-DOOR MAN an adulterer; a lover; someone who sneaks in through the back door when the husband is away …1925 sl., orig. US Black 
– BACK-NUMBER a former lover, now discarded …1884 colloq.
– BAD SHAG an unsatisfactory lover …1754 sl.
– BANTAM a lover; a womanizer …1883 Aust. & US sl.
– BEAU the attendant or suitor of a lady; a lover, a sweetheart …1720
– BEAU-LOVER a suitor, a lover …Bk1926 Amer. sl. 
– BELAMOUR † a loved one of either sex; a lady love; a sweetheart; a mistress …1590
– BELOVER †* a lover …1491
– BEST a girlfriend or female lover …1904 sl., orig. US
– BEST-BELOVED a most beloved person; spec. a lover, a sweetheart; often used as a term of endearment …1459
– BEST GIRL a female sweetheart; a girlfriend; a lover; a wife …1691
– BIG DADDY a husband; a sweetheart, a male lover …1909 Amer. dial.
– BIG MOMENT one who the chief object of affection; the person with whom one is infatuated; one’s sweetheart or lover …1929 Irish & US sl.
– BILLIE, BILLY a lover, actual or potential …1768 Sc.
– BISCUIT BROWN a lover …1959 US Black sl.
– BISCUIT ROLLER a lover, usually female …1928 US Black sl.
– BIT OF ROUGH a lover, orig. female, but from the mid-20th century male, from a lower class and tougher background than their partner …1977 UK sl.
– BIT ON THE SIDE the person with whom one is unfaithful to one’s spouse or partner; a lover other than one’s regular partner  …1973 colloq.
– BLACK FOOT * a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker …1808 Sc.
– BLACK-LEG †* a blackfoot; a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker …Bk1825 Sc.
– BLACK MAN a go-between in love-making …1867 Eng. dial.
– BLACK-SOLE † a “Blackfoot”, a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker …1725 Sc.
– BLOKE a male person, a fellow; a boyfriend or male lover …1851 sl., now chiefly Brit.
– BOOKIE-SUG a sweetheart, a lover …1970 Amer. dial.
– BRATCHART a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRATCHET a pert, mischievous child; a silly person; a true lover …Bk1911 Sc.
– BREEK-BROTHER a rival in love …Bk1911 Sc.
– CANDYMAN a woman’s male partner or (illicit) lover …1920s US Black sl.
– CANOODLERS a pair of lovers …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CLINAH, CLINER a girlfriend or female lover …1895 Aust. sl.
– CUDDLE BUNNY a female lover …Bk2006 US sl.
– DADDIO, DADDY-O, DADIO a boyfriend; a male lover; a husband …1944 US sl.
– DADDY a husband; a sweetheart; an older male lover …1909 Amer. sl.
– DADDY ONE a lover or any man who provides for a woman …1960s US Black sl.
– DINAH a girlfriend or female lover …1898 Brit. sl.
– DOWSABEL † a sweetheart; a lady-love …1590
– DRUERY † one who is an object of love; a beloved person; a sweetheart; a mistress …c1315
– DULCINEA the name given by Don Quixote to his mistress in Cervantes’ romance; hence, a lady of one’s devotion, a lady-love, a sweetheart …1748
– EASY RIDER a sexually satisfying lover …1914 Amer. dial., orig. Black usage
– FAIR one of the fair sex;’ a woman; a beloved woman …1423 now arch. or poetic
– FAIR LADY a woman who is the object of one’s love or devotion; a man’s wife or partner …a1470
– FANCY a male lover, not always adulterous, but the relationship usually refers to a married or older woman …E19 sl.
– FANCY BLOKE a male lover, not always adulterous, but the relationship usually refers to a married or older woman …L19 sl.
– FANCY-MAN the lover of a woman, esp. a man who lives on the earnings of a woman, usually a prostitute; broadly, a pimp …1811 sl.
– FANCY WOMAN a kept mistress; a female lover …1812 UK sl.
– FANTASER †* a fancier; one who is in love with someone …a1547
– FILLY AND FOAL a young couple of lovers sauntering apart from the world …1909 sl.
– FLAME a lover or sweetheart …colloq.
– FLAMER an admirer, a lover, a promiscuous woman …L17 sl.
– FRIEND euphemism for lover
– FUCKER a male lover …19C colloq.
– GADGIE a man; a fellow; a husband; a lover …1906
– GADJIE, GADJY a husband; a lover …20C tramps’ sl.
– GALLANT * one who pays court to ladies, a ladies’ man; also, a lover, in a bad sense, a paramour …a1450
– GIRLFRIEND a female with whom a person has a romantic or sexual relationship; a female partner or lover; a female sweetheart; a fiancée …1892
– GUY a woman’s boyfriend, fiancé, husband, lover etc. …1940s Amer. sl.
– HEAD CHICK a female lover; a favourite girlfriend; a sweetheart; one’s wife, esp. an expert fellatrix …1944 US Black sl.
– HEART-ROOT † the object of one’s deepest love; a sweetheart …c1460
– HEART-THROB someone of either sex who thrills the heart; a lover, esp. used of film stars and other entertainers; a sexually attractive male entertainer  …1910s sl.
– HEAVER 1. † a person in love …1859 sl.
2. a self-styled great lover, esp. of the more earthy, animalistic type …1983 US Black sl.
– HONEY a person for whom one feels loves or deep affection; sweetheart, darling …colloq.
– HONEY BUN a person for whom one feels loves or deep affection; sweetheart, darling …1895 colloq.
– HONEY BUNCH a person for whom one feels loves or deep affection; sweetheart, darling …1900 colloq.
– INAMORATA a female lover, mistress, sweetheart …1651 
– INAMORATE † one in love, a lover …1602
– INAMORATO a lover …1592
– INAMORETTA † a female lover, mistress, sweetheart …1709 
– ITEM a pair of lovers regarded as a couple …1970 sl.
– JAM-TART one’s girlfriend or lover; a mistress …19C Brit. sl.
– JELLY a lover; the vagina; sexual intercourse …1927 Amer. dial.
– JELLY ROLL a lover; the vagina; sexual intercourse …1914 Amer. dial.
– JEMMY AND JESSAMY a pair of lovers …Bk1896 Amer. sl.
– LACK-LOVE one who is indifferent to love …1590
– LAD a male lover, a sweetheart …1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– LADDIE a male lover, a sweetheart …1813 Sc.
– LADY-LOVE a lady who is loved; a sweetheart …1733
– LADY OF PLEASURE a prostitute; a mistress or female lover …M17 euphemism
– LAP-FULL a lover or a husband …19C Brit. sl.
– LASS a lady-love, a sweetheart …1596
– LEMAN 1. a person beloved by one of the opposite sex; a lover or sweetheart …c1205 arch.
2. one who is loved unlawfully; an unlawful lover or mistress; in later use, chiefly applied to the female sex …c1275 arch.
– LIGHT OF LOVE a woman capricious or inconstant in love …1599
– LOTEBY † a companion of love; a lover, a paramour; a bedfellow, a concubine …1303
– LOVER BOY a would-be Romeo or Casanova type; an attractive seducer or lover …1952 colloq.
– MAIN BITCH a male’s mate, lover, or girlfriend …1967 Amer. sl.
– MAIN GUY a favourite male friend; a male sweetheart or lover …1986 Amer. sl., chiefly Black
– MAIN HO a male’s mate, lover, or girlfriend …1967 Amer. sl.
– MAIN MAN a male sweetheart or lover …1967 Amer. sl., chiefly Black
– MAIN MELLOW one’s most favoured person, usually a lover or most intimate same-sex friend …1920s sl., orig. US
– MAIN NIGGER a favourite male friend; a male sweetheart or lover …1986 Amer. sl., chiefly Black
– MAIN PIECE one’s most favoured person, usually a lover or most intimate same-sex friend …1920s sl., orig. US
– MAIN SQUEEZE one’s most favoured person, usually a lover or most intimate same-sex friend; a close friend; a sweetheart; a favourite sexual partner …1920s sl., orig. US
– MAIN STUFF a male’s mate, lover, or girlfriend …1967 Amer. sl.
– MAIN WHORE a female sweetheart or lover …1970 Amer. sl., chiefly Black
– MAKE † a husband or wife; a lover or mistress …a1240 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MAMA, MAMMA a girlfriend or female lover …1926 US sl.
– MAMA-SAN an East Asian woman who is a prostitute or the lover of a US serviceman …1982 Amer. sl.
– MAN a husband; an accepted lover …1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MARROW a spouse, a husband or wife; a lover, a wooer; of animals or birds: a mate …1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MASH a lover …20C US sl.
– MATCH † a husband or wife; a mate, a consort, a lover; also, said of animals …a831
– MECHANIC an accomplished, skilled lover …1985 US sl.
– MINK a female friend or lover …1899 US sl.
– MISSIONARY MAN an uninspired lover …1989 US college sl. 
– MONKEY an additional love interest in one’s life …Bk1994 US teen & college sl. 
– NUMBER-ONE SQUEEZE one’s most favoured person, usually a lover or most intimate same-sex friend …1920s sl., orig. US
– OLD FLAME an old lover; a sweetheart; a cast-off mistress …1846 sl.
– OLD MAN a boyfriend or lover, regardless of age …1966 US sl.
– OLD ROOSTER a lover or philanderer of advanced years …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OUTSIDE MAN a woman’s lover …L19 W. Indies
– OUTSIDE WOMAN a man’s lover; a mistress …L19 W. Indies
– PAIR OF SPOONS lovers …Bk1895 Aust. criminals’ sl.
– PANORAMA a lover, a paramour …L19 sl.
– PANTOPHILE † a lover of all …1898
– PAP an affection name used by a woman to her husband, lover, or pimp …L19 US sl.
– PAPA a woman’s lover …L19 US sl.
– PAPPY a male lover …1920s US Black sl.
– PARAMOUR 1. a person loved by one of the opposite sex; a lover, a sweetheart; also of animals …c1350 
2. an illicit or clandestine lover or mistress taking the place, but without the rights, of a husband or wife; the illicit partner of a married man or woman …c1386
– PATOOTIE a girlfriend or female lover …1921 US sl.
– PEACH-ORCHARD BEAU a clandestine sweetheart or lover …1949 Amer. dial.
– PRECIOUS a dearly beloved person; a darling
– QUEEN a beautiful young woman; a man’s wife; a companion; a sweetheart; a girlfriend; a lover …1900s sl. US Black sl.
– RED-HOT MAMMA a girlfriend or female lover …1936 US sl.
– ROOSTER a lover or philanderer of advanced years …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SKINSMAN a prolific lover …1965 Barbados
– SPARE a married man’s mistress; a wife’s lover …c1935 sl.
– SPARK a beau, a lover, a suitor, a sweetheart …1706-7
– SPARROW a young woman who moves from one lover to the next …1949 US criminals’ sl.
– SPOON a foolish, sentimental lover …M19 sl.
– SPOONEY, SPOONY one who is in sentimental love …M19 sl.
– SPRUNNY † a lover, a sweetheart …1762 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SQUEEZE a girlfriend or lover …1980 sl., chiefly US
– STUCKY a faithful lover …1930s W. Indies sl.
– SUBMARINE RACES lover’s lane …1960s Amer. sl.
– SWAIN a country admirer or lover
– SWEETBACK a woman’s lover; a lady’s man …1929 US sl.
– SWEETBACK MAN a woman’s lover; a lady’s man …1929 US sl.
– SWEET DADDY a lover or any man who provides for a woman; a pimp …1950s US Black sl.
– SWEET MAN a woman’s lover; a lady’s man …1942 US sl.
– SWING DADDY a male lover …1970s US Black sl.
– THROB someone of either sex who thrills the heart; a lover, esp. used of film stars and other entertainers …1910s sl.
– TOYBOY an older woman’s young male partner …1981 colloq.
– TURKEY GOBBLER a lover or philanderer of advanced years …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– UMBRELLA a fellow, usually a husband, boyfriend, or lover …1998 rhyming sl.
– USED-TO-BE an ex-lover …1924 US Black sl.
– WALKING-STICK a person with whom to walk out as a lover …1897 Eng. dial.
– WINDING BOY a man sexually popular with men; an adroit male lover …1950 Amer. sl.
– WINING BOY a man sexually popular with women; an adroit male lover …1950 Amer. sl. 
– YINK a lover; a sweetheart …Bk1905 Sc.
– YOBO a lover, male or female, but generally used to mean a girlfriend …Bk1984 US military
– YOUNG LADY a female lover or sweetheart; a girlfriend; a (young) wife or fiancée …1584
– YOUNG MAN a lover, a male sweetheart; a boyfriend, a fiancé …1589
– YOUNG WOMAN a female lover or sweetheart; a girlfriend; a fiancée …1822
love – person, other
– BLACKFIT a lovers’ go-between …Bk1911 Sc. 
– BLACKLEG a match-maker; a lovers’ go-between …Bk1911 Sc. 
– BLACK-SOLE a lovers’ go-between …Bk1911 Sc. 
– WILLIE JACK, WILLY JACK † a go-between in a love affair …1790 Sc.
love – verbs 
– ADAMATE † to love dearly …1612
– BEET to rouse or feed a passion, esp. love; to kindle …1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BE LAD AND LASS to be lovers …1834 Sc.
– BELOVE † to love …1377
– CARRY A TORCH to yearn for an unrequited love or a love affair that is over; to be devoted to someone without having your devotion reciprocated …1927 US sl.
– CURDOW to make love …1825 Sc.
– DELOVE to love someone …1959 Amer. dial.
– DISAPPOINT to reject in love or marriage …1857 Amer. dial.
– DO IN ONE’S BLOCK to fall in love …20C Aust. sl.
– DO ONE’S BALLS ON of a man: to fall obsessively in love with …L19 sl.
– DO ONE’S BLOCK to fall in love …20C Aust. sl.
– DO ONE’S DASH to become infatuated; to fall in love …1910s Aust. sl.
– DROOL FOR to be in love with …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– EAT CHEESE to be in love …1970s US Black sl.
– ELSK † to love …1866 Sc.
– ENAMOUR to inflame with love …1303
– FALL to become enamoured; to become a lover …1906 Amer. sl.
– FALL FOR to be greatly attracted by, esp. a member of the opposite sex; to become charmed or captivated by; to fall in love with …1903 colloq.
– FANK to indulge fancies in love …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FANTASY † to take a fancy or liking to; to be favourably inclined to; to fall in love with …1548
– GET A FALL to fall in love …1920s US sl.
– GET ONE’S NOSE OPEN to be infatuated or in love …1970 Amer. dial.
– HAVE A CRUSH ON SOMEONE to be infatuated or in love with someone; esp. applied to children and early teenagers …Bk1974 Amer. colloq.
– HAVE ONE’S NOSE WIDE OPEN to be infatuated or in love …1963 Amer. dial.
– HAWK ONE’S MUTTON of a woman: to seek a lover; used disparagingly …1937 sl.
– INAMORATE †* to inspire with love, to enamour …1624
– LALLYGAG to make a public show of affection, to kiss, to neck, to flirt; to make love; to court …1869 Amer. dial.
– LOSE ONE’S BLOCK to fall in love …20C Aust. sl.
– LURVE to love, to be infatuated with …1908 chiefly UK, colloq. & humorous usage
– MADDLE AFTER to be fond of, to dote, to be madly in love with …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PAL to take a sweetheart or a lover …1870 UK sl.
– PUT THE HURT ON to reject in love …1960s Amer. sl.
– SEND YOU SOUTH to end a romance or friendship …1960s Amer. sl.
– TAKE A DROP to fall in love …1920s US sl.
– TAKE A FALL to fall in love …1920s US sl.
– TAKE A TOSS to be attracted to a person; to fall in love with …1930s sl.
– TAKE IT BIG to fall in love …1960s sl.
– TAKE IT HARD to fall in love …1960s sl.
– TORCH FOR to mourn a dead love affair; to offer unrequited love …1940s sl., orig. US
– WARM UP OLD PORRIDGE to renew old love …1864 Eng. dial.
love – phrases
– AT SPOONS WITH sentimentally in love with …M19 sl.
– HOLLAND written on an envelope, or at the foot of a lover’s letter as lovers’ code for ‘Here Our Love Lies And Never Dies, or Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies …1984 UK sl.
– IT’S A CASE OF SPOONS WITH THEM used of a couple who are obviously in love …M19 sl.
– NORWICH written on a letter, or at the foot of a lover’s letters as lovers’ code for ‘Knickers Off Ready When I Come Home’ …1960 UK usage (well used by servicemen)
– PULL DOWN THE BLIND! a catchphrase to couples lovemaking …c1880 Brit. sl.
 
LOVEBITE – nouns
– HICKEY a pimple; a mark left by a lovebite …M20 colloq.
– HICKIE a love-bite …1956 US sl.
– MONKEY-BITE a mark left, often on the shoulder, by amorous biting …c1930 Can. sl.
– SPAMMIE a lovebite …Eng. dial.
– ZIT a skin blemish left by a lovebite …1970s sl.
 
LOVED – adjectives 
– AFFECTED † loved, beloved …1600
– BELIKED loved, beloved, liked …1889 Amer. dial.
– BOOLIE † beloved, much-loved …1769
– DEARWORTH of persons: dearly esteemed, worthy of being loved, dear, beloved …a1225
loved – person (also see LOVE, LOVER)
– APPLE OF THE EYE a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BELLAMOUR † a loved one of either sex; a lady love, a fair lady …1596
– CAPTIVE a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CASE a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CHICKABIDDY a loved one, esp. a child; a term of endearment to a child …1848
– CHICKADEE a loved one; a sweetheart; a child; a term of endearment …1860 Amer. dial.
– CREAM IN ONE’S COFFEE a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CRUSH a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CRUSHEE a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DARL’ a loved one; a sweetheart … 1930 sl.
– DARLINK a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DATE a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DEARIE a loved one; a sweetheart …1681 sl.
– DOLLINK a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ENTHUSIASM a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FLAME a loved one; a sweetheart …E18 sl.
– FLARE a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FRIEND a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GAY † a gay lady; one who is loved, a sweetheart; a noble or beautiful lady; also, of a man: a gallant …c1390
– HEADACHE one’s husband or wife; a boyfriend or girlfriend; a loved one; a sweetheart …1933 US sl.
– HEART a term of endearment; a loved one; one’s beloved, one’s darling; a sweetheart; often used as a form of address …c1300
– HEARTBEAT a person with whom one is infatuated; a loved one; a sweetheart  …1935 US college sl.
– HEART FLUTTER a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HEART INTEREST a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HEART RAVE a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HEART-ROOT † a sweetheart; a darling; a beloved or loved one; also, a term of endearment …c1460
– HEART THROB a loved one; a sweetheart …1926 colloq., orig. US
– HEIFER DUST a loved one; a term of affection …1982 Amer. dial.
– HON a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HONEY a loved one; a sweetheart …c1350 colloq.
– HONEY-BUNCH a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HONEY-BUNNY a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HUN a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IDOL a person who is the object of excessive or supreme devotion; an adored person; a person loved or respected to adoration …1591
– INSOMNIA a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JEWEL a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LEEFKYN †* a loved one …1540
– LIGHT O’ LOVE a harmless term of endearment for a girlfriend; a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.  
– LIGHT-OF-ONE’S-EYES a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LIGHT-OF-ONE’S-LIFE a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LITTLE CHICKABIDDY a loved one, esp. a child; a term of endearment to a child …1848
– LOVE a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LOVEE a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LOVE INTEREST a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LOVE-JOY a dearly loved person …1876 Eng. dial.
– LOVEY a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LOVEY-DOVEY a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MASH a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ONE’S WEAKNESS a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PASH a loved one; a sweetheart …1914 sl.
– PASHTIME a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PASSION a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl. 
– PET a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PLAYMATE a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PRECIOUS a dearly beloved or loved one; a sweetheart; a darling … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PRECIOUS HEART a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.  
– PRECIOUS LAMB a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PROSPECT a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PULSE ACCELERATOR a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PULSE UPPERER a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.  
– PURPLE PASSION a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SECRET SORROW a loved one who is unaware of one’s affections … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SOFT SPOT a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWEETHEART-DARLIN’ a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SWEETIE, SWEETY a term of endearment; a loved one, a sweetheart …1932 sl.
– SWEETY a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– THAT CERTAIN PARTY a loved one; a sweetheart … Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TOOTSY-WOOTSY an attractive girl; a loved one; a sweetheart; a term of endearment to one’s sweetheart …1952 Amer. sl. 
– VOOM-VOOM a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– YOO-HOO a loved one; a sweetheart …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
LOVE LETTER – nouns
– BEHAVIOUR REPORT a love letter …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– CAPON † a ‘billet-doux’; a love letter …1588
– SUGAR REPORT a love letter …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– YUM-YUM a love-letter …1943 naval sl.
 
LOVELY – adjectives 
– AMOROUS † lovable; lovely …LME
– FABEL very good, excellent, lovely …2002 UK sl.
– HENDY † of a person: courteous, civil, gracious; lovely, agreeable; noble, valiant …a1250 
– LUPTIOUS delicious, luscious, lovely …M19 sl.
lovely – person
– HENDY † a lovely or agreeable person …a1350 
 
LOVEMAKING – adjectives  (also see SEX)
– LOVERTINE † addicted to or fond of making love …1603 nonce word
lovemaking – nouns
– AFTERGLOW the winding down period following lovemaking; often the bit before getting up to go home …Brit. sl.
– DRUERY † love, especially sexual love; love-making, courtship; affection; often, illicit love …a1225
– LALLYGAG flirting, love-making …20C sl.
– LOLLYGAG(S) airs, affectations, love-making …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– LOLLYGOG flirting, love-making …20C sl.
– MOOEY-MOOEY love; lovemaking; courting …1942 US sl.
– OOTCHIMAGOOTCHI love-making …1940s US sl.
– OUCHIMAGOOGA love-making …1940s US sl.
– PASH SHOW enthusiastic love-making …1950s Aust. sl.
– ROMP a little light-hearted love-making … c1945 colloq.
lovemaking – verbs
– BOOGIE to make love …1979 sl.
– COME THE SPOON to make love, esp. if sentimental …c1865 sl.
– DANGLE to loiter, to hang about; to make love to …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GROUSE to engage in lovemaking …1958 Amer. sl.
– GROVEL to engage in lovemaking, esp. petting …1987 Amer. student sl.
– LALLY-GAG to flirt, to court, to make love …1868 US colloq.
– LOLLY-GAG to flirt, to court, to make love …1868  US colloq.
– MAKE UP to make love to a person …c1820 colloq.
– MAKE UP TO to make love to a person …c1820 colloq.
– VALENTINO to make love …1960s sl.
 
LOVER’S LANE – nouns
– TAIL LIGHT ALLEY a Lover’s Lane, used by ‘parking’ couples …1940s Aust. sl.
 
LOVESICK – adjectives 
– FANCY-SICK subject to disordered fancy; lovesick …1590
 
LOVE-SICKNESS – nouns
– MELANCHOLY love-sickness …Bk1905 Sc.
– TABANKA love-sickness; sexual obsession …20C W. Indies sl.
– TABANKCA love-sickness; sexual obsession …20C W. Indies sl.
 
LOVE-STRUCK – adjectives
– MASHED infatuated; smitten; love-struck; amorous; usually constructed with ‘on’ …1880 sl.
 
LOVING – adjectives
– AFFECTING † loving, affectionate, solicitous …1616
– AFFECTIONATED † having warm regard or love, loving, fond, tenderly-disposed …1580
– AFFECTIONED † loving, fond; affectionate …1578
– AFFECTIOUS † affectionate, loving, cordial, earnest …1581
– AFFECTIVE †* affectionate, loving …1656
– AFFECTUOUS † favourably or kindly disposed; loving, affectionate, tender …c1441
– AMOREVOLOUS †* loving; affectionate; kind; charitable …a1670
– BELOVING † loving …1606
– LOVINGEST extremely loving and affectionate …colloq.
– TICK loving, fond …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
loving – verbs
– CAST SHEEP’S EYES to look amorously or lovingly upon …1854 Amer. dial.
– MAKE ONE’S LOVE COME DOWN to cause one to feel loving or amorous; to arouse one sexually …1928 Amer. dial.
 
LOVINGLY – adverbs
– AFFECTIOUSLY † affectionately, lovingly …1430
– AFFECTUALLY † lovingly, fondly; affectionately …1447
– AFFECTUOUSLY † affectionately; kindly, lovingly, tenderly …1447