MASTURBATE – verbs
– ABUSE to masturbate …L16 sl.
– ABUSE ONESELF to masturbate …euphemism
– ACCOST THE OSCAR MEYER to masturbate …1980s sl.
– AUDITION THE FINGER PUPPETS to masturbate …1990s sl.
– AUDITION THE HAND PUPPET to masturbate …1990s sl.
– BALL OFF of a male: to masturbate …20C sl.
– BANG THE BANJO to masturbate …1970s US sl.
– BANG THE BISHOP to masturbate …L19 sl.
– BASH THE BISHOP to masturbate …L19 sl.
– BASH THE CANDLE to masturbate …1990s sl.
– BASH THE PRIEST to masturbate …L19 sl.
– BASH THE STICK to masturbate …1950s Aust. sl.
– BAT to masturbate …L19 Amer. dial.
– BATTER THE BISHOP. to masturbate …L19 sl.
– BEAT OFF of a male: to masturbate …M20 US sl.
– BEAT ONE’S MEAT to masturbate …1967 sl., orig. US
– BEAT THE BISHOP to masturbate …L19 sl.
– BEAT THE DAISY to masturbate …1971 US sl.
– BEAT THE DUMMY to masturbate …Bk2006 US sl.
– BEAT THE MEAT to masturbate …1967 sl., orig. US
– BEAT THE PUP of a male: to masturbate …1956 Amer. sl.
– BOX THE JESUIT to masturbate …1785 sl.
– BUFF THE BANANA of a male: to masturbate …2001 US sl.
– CABARET to lie in bed masturbating …1950 US sl.
– CHOKE ONE’S LIZARD to masturbate …1960s sl.
– CHOKE THE CHICKEN to masturbate …M20 US sl.
– CHOKE THE MONKEY to masturbate …1978 US sl.
– CHUFF to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– CHUFFER to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– CIRCLE-JERK of boys or men: to indulge in group masturbation …1950s US sl.
– CLEAN THE CARPET of a female: to masturbate …2001 US sl.
– COME YOUR MUTTON of a male: to masturbate …1961 UK sl.
– COME YOUR TURKEY of a male: to masturbate …1961 UK sl.
– DANCE WITH JOHNNY ONE-EYE to masturbate …1980s sl.
– DASH ONE’S DOODLE of men: to masturbate …20C sl.
– DIDDLE to masturbate …1934 sl.
– DIGITATE of a woman: to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– DISOBEY THE POPE to masturbate …1980s sl.
– DO ONESELF OFF to masturbate …1960s sl.
– DO ONESELF to masturbate …1960s sl.
– DO THE PORK SWORD JIGGLE to masturbate (pork sword = the penis) …1940s sl.
– DUST THE END-TABLE to masturbate …1990s sl.
– DUST THE FAMILY JEWELS to masturbate …1990s sl.
– EXPRESS A SECRET VICE to masturbate …19C Brit. euphemism
– FIST-FUCK of a male: to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– FIST IT to grasp a penis for masturbation or as a guide for intromission, performed by a man or a woman …19C Brit. sl.
– FLOG to masturbate …20C Aust. sl.
– FLOG ONE’S DONKEY to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– FLOG ONE’S MEAT to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– FLOG ONE’S SAUSAGE to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– FLOG THE BISHOP to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– FLOG THE DAISY to masturbate …1956 US sl.
– FLONG ONE’S DONG to masturbate …M20 US sl.
– FONDLE ONE’S FIG to masturbate …M20 sl.
– FRIG to masturbate …1680 sl.
– FRIGGLE to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– FRIG OFF to masturbate, oneself or another …20C sl.
– FRIG ONESELF to masturbate oneself …16C
– FUCK OFF to masturbate …M20 US sl.
– FUCK ONE’S FIST of a male: to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– FUDGE to masturbate someone to orgasm …20C US sl.
– GALLOP ONE’S ANTELOPE of males: to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– GALLOP ONE’S MAGGOT of males: to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– GALLOP THE ANTELOPE to masturbate …20C sl.
– GALLOP THE LIZARD to masturbate …1960s sl.
– GALLOP THE MAGGOT to masturbate …20C sl.
– GALLOP THE OLD LIZARD to masturbate …1960s sl.
– GARETH GATE to masturbate …2003 UK rhyming sl.
– GEECH to copulate with a woman; to masturbate a woman …L19 Amer. dial.
– GLAZE THE DONUT of a woman: to masturbate …1990s sl.
– GO TO WORK WITHOUT A STAFF of a female: to masturbate …2001 US sl.
– GUN DOWN of a male: to masturbate while looking directly at somebody else …2002 US sl.
– HACK ONE’S MACK to masturbate …20C sl.
– HACK THE HOG to masturbate …1960s sl.
– HANDLE to masturbate …19C Brit. & US euphemism
– HAVE AN EMPTY to masturbate …1980s Aust. sl.
– HIT THE SLIT of a woman: to masturbate …20C sl.
– HOT-ROD to masturbate …M20 US sl.
– INDORSE to masturbate …L18 Brit. sl.
– JACK to masturbate …1940s sl.
– JACKAL to masturbate …1990s US sl.
– JACK ‘N’ THE BEANSTALK to masturbate …1990s sl.
– JACK OFF 1. to masturbate …1910s sl.
2. to masturbate someone else …1930s sl.
– JAG OFF to masturbate …20C sl.
– JACK ONESELF OFF to masturbate …1910s sl.
– JERK to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– JERK OFF to masturbate …19C Brit. & US sl.
– JERK ONE’S GERKIN to masturbate …20C US sl.
– JERK ONE’S GHERKIN to masturbate …20C US sl.
– JERK ONE’S MUTTON to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– KEEP THE CENSUS DOWN to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– KILL SOME BABIES to masturbate …1990s US sl.
– KNOB to masturbate …M20 US sl.
– KNUCKLE-SHUFFLE to masturbate …1999 UK sl.
– LARK to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– LEVY to masturbate …L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘wank’ (Levy and Frank)
– LEVY AND FRANK to masturbate …L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘wank’
– LIGHT THE CANDLE of a woman: to masturbate …1990s sl.
– MAKE A RENDEZVOUS WITH MRS. HAND to masturbate …1980s sl.
– MAKE A SIX-FIST to masturbate …1990s sl.
– MANIPULATE ONE’S MANGO to masturbate …M20 sl.
– MASTUPRATE † to masturbate …1623
– MOUNT A CORPORAL AND FOUR to masturbate …L18 Brit. sl.
– NOB to masturbate …M20 US sl.
– PADDLE ONE’S PICKLE of men: to masturbate …20C colloq.
– PADDLE THE PICKLE of a male: to masturbate …1967 US sl.
– PADDLE THE PINK CANOE a female: to masturbate …2004 UK sl.
– PARLOO to masturbate …1992 Norfolk Island
– PART THE RED SEA to masturbate a woman …1990s sl.
– PEDDLE AND CRANK to masturbate …2003 UK rhyming sl. for ‘wank’
– PEEL YOUR BANANA to pull back the foreskin of the penis for inspection or as part of masturbating …1999 US sl.
– PLAY A LUTE SOLO to masturbate …17C sl.
– POLLUTE to masturbate …17C sl.
– POP ONE’S CORK to masturbate …1960s sl. sl.
– POP ONE’S PETER to masturbate …1990s US sl.
– POUND ONE’S MEAT to masturbate …Bk2006 US sl.
– POUND ONE’S POMEGRANATE to masturbate …M20 sl.
– PULL ABOUT to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– PULL OFF of a male: to masturbate …1922 Irish sl.
– PULL ONE’S DICK to masturbate …1980s Aust. & US sl.
– PULL ONE’S PETER of a male: to masturbate …19C sl.
– PULL ONE’S PUD of a male: to masturbate …M20 sl.
– PULL ONE’S PUDDING of a male: to masturbate …19C sl.
– PULL ONE’S WIRE of a male: to masturbate …19C sl.
– PULL ONESELF ABOUT to masturbate …19C sl.
– PULL ONESELF OFF to masturbate…20C sl.
– PULL ON THE ROPE to masturbate …1972 US sl.
– PULL PUD of a male: to masturbate …1994 UK sl.
– PULL RANK to masturbate …Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘wank’
– PULL THE HEAD OFF IT of a male: to masturbate …2002 UK sl.
– PULL WIRE of a male: to masturbate …20C sl.
– PULL YOUR PUD of male: to masturbate …1944 UK sl.
– PULL YOUR PUDDEN of male: to masturbate …1944 UK sl.
– PULL YOUR PUDDING of male: to masturbate …1944 UK sl.
– PULL YOUR WIRE of a male: to masturbate …1937 UK sl.
– PUMP to masturbate …19C sl., chiefly Brit.
– PUMP OFF to masturbate …19C sl.
– PUMP ONE’S PICKLE of a male: to masturbate …20C sl.
– PUMP ONE’S PYTHON of a male: to masturbate …20C sl.
– PUMP ONESELF OFF to masturbate …19C sl., chiefly Brit.
– PUNISH PERCY IN THE PALM of a male: to masturbate …20C sl.
– PUNISH THE POPE to masturbate …1980s sl.
– RUB to masturbate …16C
– RUB OFF to masturbate …17C Brit. colloq.
– RUB UP to masturbate …1656 sl.
– SHOWER-SPANK of a male: to masturbate in the shower …1989 US sl.
– SLAP THE MONKEY to masturbate …1994 US sl.
– SMAGE to masturbate …1992 Norfolk Island
– SNAP THE RUBBER to masturbate …M20 US sl.
– SNAP THE WHIP to masturbate …M20 US sl.
– SPANK of a male: to masturbate …1994 US sl.
– SPANK OFF of a male: to masturbate …1999 UK sl.
– SPANK THE MONKEY of a man or boy: to masturbate …1978 Amer. sl.
– SPANK THE PLANK of a male: to masturbate …1998 UK sl.
– SPERM THE WORM to masturbate …1990s sl.
– SPLASH to masturbate …1930s sl.
– STROKE ONE’S OAR of a male: to masturbate …1971 Amer. sl.
– STROKE THE LIZARD of a male: to masturbate …1970 Amer. sl.
– TAKE AN OUTING WITH TOM THUMB AND HIS FOUR BROTHERS to masturbate …20C sl.
– TAKE MATTERS INTO ONE’S OWN HANDS to masturbate …20C sl.
– TAKE OFF A PIECE OF WORK to masturbate …2002 US sl.
– TAKE ONE OFF THE WRIST to masturbate …1960s sl.
– TAKE ONESELF IN HAND to masturbate …1950s sl., orig. nautical
– TAKE ONE’S HANK to masturbate …1960s US prison sl.
– TAKE ONE’S SNAKE FOR A GALLOP to masturbate …1940s sl.
– TAKE YOURSELF IN HAND of a male: to masturbate …1953 UK sl.
– TAPDANCE to masturbate …1940s US homosexual sl.
– TOSS OFF to masturbate …18C sl.
– TUG to masturbate …1950s sl., orig. Aust.
– TWANG ONE’S WIRE to masturbate …1950s sl.
– TWANG THE WIRE to masturbate …1950s sl.
– VARNISH ONE’S POLE to masturbate …1980s sl.
– VARNISH THE FLAGPOLE to masturbate …1980s sl.
– WACK IT to masturbate …1960s sl.
– WACK OFF, WHACK OFF to masturbate …1969 sl.
– WACK THE ONE-EYED WORM to masturbate …1960s sl.
– WACK THE WEASEL to masturbate …1960s sl.
– WACK WILLY to masturbate …20C sl.
– WAKE THE DEAD to masturbate …1990s sl.
– WALK ONE’S FERRET to masturbate …1940s NZ sl.
– WANK, WHANK of a male: to masturbate …19C sl., chiefly Brit.
– WANK OFF, WHANK OFF of a male: to masturbate …19C sl., chiefly Brit.
– WHACK to masturbate …1960s sl.
– WHACK THE ONE-EYED WORM to masturbate …1960s sl.
– WHACK THE WEASEL to masturbate …1960s sl.
– WHACK WILLY to masturbate …20C sl.
– WHANG OFF of a male: to masturbate …19C sl., chiefly Brit.
– WHIP to masturbate …1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘strop’ (Whip and Top)
– WHIP AND TOP to masturbate …1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘strop’
– WHIP OFF to masturbate …M20 US sl.
– WHIP ONE’S WIRE to masturbate …20C US sl.
– WHIP THE DUMMY to masturbate …20C sl.
– WHIP THE LIZARD of a male: to masturbate …1971 Amer. sl.
– WHIP UP ON SKIPPY of a male: to masturbate …2001 sl.
– WHIP YOUR WANG of a male: to masturbate …1969 US sl.
– WORK OFF to masturbate …19C Brit. sl.
– WRAP THE MONKEY to masturbate …1989 US sl.
– WRENCH OFF to masturbate …20C sl.
– WRIGGLE to masturbate …19C Brit. euphemism
– YANK to masturbate …M20 sl.
– YANK OFF to masturbate …1990s sl.
– YANK ONE’S CRANK to masturbate …20C US sl.
– YANK ONE’S MEAT to masturbate …1970s sl.
– YANK ONE’S STRAP to masturbate …M20 sl.
– YANK ONE’S WANK to masturbate …20C sl.
– YANK ONE’S YAM to masturbate …M20 sl.
– YANK THE PLANK to masturbate …1990s rhyming sl. for ‘wank’ sl.
MASTURBATION – adjectives
– FRIGGED OUT exhausted by excessive masturbation and thus incapable of ejaculation …L19 sl.
– JACK-OFF pert. to the act of masturbation …1930s sl.
– MASTURBATIC caused by masturbation …1874
– ONANISTIC relating to onanism …1892
masturbation – nouns
– ABUSE masturbation …L16 sl.
– ALLIED IRISH masturbation …1994 Irish rhyming sl. for ‘wank’ (Allied Irish Bank)
– ALLIED IRISH BANK masturbation …1994 Irish rhyming sl. for ‘wank’
– ARMBREAKER energetic masturbation …1990s sl.
– CHAIN-JERK real or imagined mutual masturbation in which several males lie adjacent to each other; each individual grasps another’s penis …1938 US sl.
– CHOPSTICKS mutual, simultaneous masturbation …1941 sl.
– CIRCLE JERK joint masturbation, often in competition, by a group of boys or men, usually sitting in a circle …1940s sl., orig. US
– CODE 21 masturbation …2000s US prison sl.
– CRANK an act of masturbation …1985 Aust. sl.
– DANGER WANK an act of masturbation with the threat of being discovered as an added stimulus …2003 UK sl.
– DATE WITH DIPALMA of a male: an act of masturbation (DiPalma = the hand) …2001 US sl.
– DIGITAL MANIPULATION of a woman: masturbation …2001 US sl.
– DISHONOURABLE DISCHARGE ejaculation achieved through masturbation …1964 US sl.
– DUSTING THE DUVET masturbation …1990s euphemism
– FIVE AGAINST ONE masturbation …20C jocular
– FIVE-KNUCKLE SHUFFLE masturbation …1972 US sl.
– FRIGGER the finger or hand with which one masturbates …L17 sl.
– FRIGGING an act of masturbation …L16 sl.
– HAM SHANK an act of masturbation …1999 UK rhyming sl. for ‘wank’
– HAND-JOB masturbation …1969 sl.
– HIGHLAND FLING. masturbation …1980s Aust. prison sl.
– JACK an act of masturbation …1980s sl.
– JACK BUMPS acne, allegedly caused by masturbation …1960s US sl.
– JACK-OFF an act of masturbation; hence, fig. something worthless or pointless …1930s US sl.
– JACK-OFF PARTY a male gathering for mutual masturbation …2003 UK sl.
– JACK PICTURE a photograph used while masturbating …1972 US sl.
– KNUCKLE SHUFFLE an act of male masturbation …2000 US sl.
– LADY FIVE FINGERS a boy’s or man’s hand in the context of masturbation; masturbation …1969 US sl.
– LEVY masturbation …L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for’ wank’ (Levy and Frank)
– LEVY AND FRANK masturbation …L19 Brit. rhyming sl. for’ wank’
– MANUAL EXERCISES masturbation …20C military sl.
– MANUAL LABOUR masturbation …1990s sl.
– MANUSTUPRATION * masturbation …1832
– MASTUPRATION † masturbation …1621
– MISS FIST the hand, in the context of masturbation …20C sl.
– MRS. PALM AND HER FIVE LOVELY DAUGHTERS the hand, in the context of male masturbation …1955 Aust. sl.
– MRS. PALMER AND HER FIVE DAUGHTERS the hand, in the context of male masturbation …1955 Aust. sl.
– MRS. PALMER AND HER FIVE LOVELY DAUGHTERS a metaphor for the hand used in male masturbation …1955 Aust. sl.
– MUCH GOO ABOUT NOTHING masturbation …1990s sl.
– OK CORRAL a group of men masturbating while watching a female …2002 US sl.
– OLD LADY FIVE FINGERS masturbation …1960s sl.
– OLD ONE-TWO, THE masturbation …L19 sl.
– ONANISM self-abuse, masturbation …1727-41
– ONAN’S OLYMPICS masturbation …19C sl.
– ONE-EYE TARGET PRACTICE masturbation …1990s sl.
– ONE-LEGGED RACE masturbation …1970s sl.
– ONE OFF THE WRIST the act of masturbation …1960s sl.
– PALMING masturbation …1982 Bahamas sl.
– PAM AND HER FIVE SISTERS the hand as an agency of masturbation …1990s sl.
– POLLUTION masturbation …16C sl.
– PORTUGUESE PUMP masturbation; an act of masturbation …L19 Brit. nautical sl.
– PUD-PULLING masturbation …1939 Amer. sl.
– PULL AND PUSH an act of masturbation based on the action of masturbating …Brit. sl.
– QUICK ONE a brief act of masturbation …1940s sl.
– RING JERK joint masturbation, often in competition, by a group of boys or men, usually sitting in a circle …1940s sl., orig. US
– ROUND-POUND a type of mutual masturbation …M20 US sl.
– RUB-OFF masturbation …19C Brit. sl.
– RUB-UP masturbation …17C Brit. colloq.
– SECRET VICE masturbation …19C euphemism
– SHERMAN masturbation …1940s rhyming sl. for ‘wank’ (Sherman Tank)
– SHERMAN TANK masturbation …1940s rhyming sl. for ‘wank’
– SHORT STROKES masturbation …20C colloq.
– SIMPLE INFANTICIDE masturbation …19C Brit. sl.
– TOUCH-UP masturbation …19C Brit. sl.
– UNLOADING masturbation …1990s sl.
- WANK an act of male masturbation …1948 sl.
– WRIST AEROBICS masturbation …1990s sl.
– WRIST JOB an act of masturbation …1969 UK sl.
– WRIST MARATHON masturbation …1990s sl.
– YANK an act of masturbation …2000s sl.
– YANKEE masturbation; a masturbator …1970s homosexual sl.
MASTURBATOR – adjectives
– WRISTY having the characteristics of a masturbator; hence, inferior or unpleasant …2000 UK sl.
masturbator – person
– ABUSER one who masturbates …1611
– BATMAN an onanist; a man who masturbates; a man who uses coitus interruptus as a means of birth control …1990 Aust. prison sl.
– BATTER one who masturbates …Bk1971 Boonville California jargon
– BEAT-NUTS an obsessive masturbator …1975 US sl.
– CANDLE-BASHER a spinster; a female masturbator …E20 Brit. sl.
ׇ– CIRCLE-JERKER one who joins a group of masturbators …1950s US sl.
– DASHER a masturbator …20C sl.
– DOODLE-DASHER a male masturbator …19C Brit. sl.
– FACE-MAN – one who masturbates while looking in a mirror …Bk1972 homosexual sl.
– F.O. a masturbator …20C US sl.
– FRICATRIX a woman who masturbates herself …19C Brit. sl.
– FRIGGER a masturbator …L19 sl.
– FRIGSTER a male who masturbates himself …19C Brit.
– FRIGSTRESS a female who masturbates herself …19C Brit.
– FUCK-FINGER a female masturbator …19C Brit. sl.
– FUCK-FIST a male masturbator …19C Brit. sl.
– GUNSLINGER a chronic masturbator …2002 US sl.
– JACKER a male who masturbates frequently …20C sl.
– JACKER-OFF a general insult; literally, a masturbator …1930s US sl.
– JACKIE a chronic masturbator …1960s homosexual sl.
– JACK-OFF a general insult; literally, a masturbator …1930s US sl.
– JACK-OFF ARTIST a masturbator …1991 US sl.
– JACK-OFF FREAK 1. a chronic masturbator – one who plays with himself frequently …Bk1972 homosexual sl.
2. a homosexual who enjoys masturbating his partners …Bk1972 homosexual sl.
– JERK a masturbator …19C US sl.
– JERKER a male masturbator …19C Brit. sl.
– JERK-OFF a chronic masturbator; an incompetent do-nothing …20C US & Brit. sl.
– LOG-FLOGGER a male masturbator …2003 UK sl.
– MASTUPRATOR a masturbator …1855
– MONK a chronic masturbator …1960s homosexual sl.
– MONKEY SPANKER a masturbator; a term of abuse …1995 rhyming sl. for ‘wanker’
– ONANIST one who practices onanism; a masturbator …1891
– PORK PULLER one who masturbates …1970s sl.
– ROD WALLOPER a masturbator …1960s sl., orig. Aust.
– SALAMI SLAPPER a masturbator …1997 sl.
– SWITCH HITTER a person who masturbates with first one hand and then the other …2002 US sl.
– TAFFY-TUGGER a masturbator …1999 sl.
– TAPDANCER a masturbator …1940s US homosexual sl.
– VIRTUOSO OF THE SKIN FLUTE a masturbator …20C sl.
– WACKER, WHACKER a masturbator …1965 sl.
– WALLOPER a male masturbator …Bk1998 NZ sl.
– WANDA WANDWAVER a chronic masturbator …Bk1972 homosexual sl.
– WANKER a masturbator …1950 sl.
– YANKEE a chronic masturbator …Bk1972 homosexual sl.
– YANKER a masturbator …1934 US sl.
masturbator – person, other
– MOP-UP BOY a worker performing janitorial work at an arcade where men masturbate while watching videos …1997 US sl.
MAT (rug) – nouns
– BEAR a door-mat …1825 Eng. dial.
– NAT † a mat; a straw mattress …1361-2 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
MAT (tangle) – verbs
– TAT to mat; to entangle; to run into tufts, as hair, wool, etc. …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TAUT to mat, to tangle, to make matted or tangled …1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MATCH (flammable item) – nouns
– ANARCHISTS non-safety matches …1910s Aust. sl.
– ASQUITH a French lucifer match …WWI Eng.
– BARN BURNER a kitchen match; a wooden match which can be struck on any surface …1965 Amer. dial.
– BOX OF LIGHTS a box of matches …Brit. sl.
– CHAS, CHEZ matches …Bk2006 US college sl.
– ENVELOPE a matchbook …1967 Amer. dial.
– FARMER MATCH a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface …1965 Amer. dial.
– FARMER’S MATCH a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface …1965 Amer. dial.
– FARM MATCH a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface …1965 Amer. dial.
– FENCE POST a household match …1943 Amer. dial.
– FIRE STICK a large wooden match …1967 Amer. dial.
– FLAMERS safety-matches giving a bright flame …c1885 sl.
– FRICTION a match …1953 Trinidad and Tobago
– HELL-STICK a match …1900 Amer. dial.
– MARRIED-MAN MATCH a kitchen match, frequently mounted in a holder on the wall in a kitchen …1967 Amer. dial.
– ONE-MAN MATCH a safety match; it strikes on its own box …1950 Amer. dial.
– PARLOR MATCH a match that contains no sulphur …1864 Amer. dial.
– PLANTATION MATCH a wooden match that can be struck on any rough surface …1970 Amer. dial.
– POST-AND-RAILS wooden matches …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– RAT BURNER a match you can strike anywhere …1967 Amer. dial.
– RAT MATCH a match you can strike anywhere …1967 Amer. dial.
– SMALL TIMBER lucifer matches …20C sl.
– SNAPPER a wooden match …1970 US sl.
– SPLIT a safety match …20C Aust. sl.
– TIMBER MATCH a wooden match …1967 Amer. dial.
match (flammable item) – person
– GLIMMER a match-seller in the street …20C police sl.
– SPUNK FAKERS match sellers …Bk1895 Aust. criminals’ sl.
– SPUNK-FENCER a match-seller …1839 sl.
– SPUNK-LADDIE a boy match-seller …1866 Sc.
– SPUNK-MAKER a maker of matches …1828 Sc.
– SPUNKMAN † a maker of matches …1901 Sc.
– SPUNK-SELLER a match-seller …1872 Sc.
– SPUNK-SPLITTER a maker of matches …1843 Sc.
– SPUNK-WIFE † a woman who sells matches …1825 Sc.
match (flammable item) – verbs
– SCART to scratch; to strike a match …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MATCH (equal) – nouns
– MARROW a match, an equal; an exact counterpart or likeness …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MATTLER the match to anything; the fellow, the equal …1841 Eng. dial.
– MEET an equal or match …1969 Amer. dial.
– NEIGHBOUR a match, an equal; the corresponding one of a pair …1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PAR † something that is equal or a match to another …1711
– PARALLEL a thing or person agreeing with another in essential particulars; something precisely analogous, comparable, or of equal worth or force; a counterpart, equal, or match …1599
– PARRYMYAK a match, equal …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
match (equal) – verbs
– AROPO to match, to resemble …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BESORT † to assort, to match, to agree with; to befit …1605
– EVEN to match, to equal …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– HOLD TACK WITH † to hold one’s own with; to keep up with; to be even with or equal to; to match …1412-20
– MAKE † to mate, pair, match …1463
– MARROW † 1. to join, to associate; to match, to pair …1488
2. to resemble; to be equal to; also, to produce something equal to; to match …a1586 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– MATE to match, to equal …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MATTLE to match, to mate …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MEET UP WITH to be the equal of or match for …1968 Amer. dial.
– MELL to match, to equal …1878 Sc.
– PAIR † to be a match for; to match, to equal …1603
– PAIR WITH to match with, to agree with …1892 Sc.
– PARAGON to match, to mate …c1615 arch.
– PARAGONIZE † to match, to equal …1606
– PARALLELIZE * to be a match for, to match …1634
– RANGE ALONG OF A THING to match or correspond …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– READ to match, to correspond …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SAMMER † to agree, to assort, to match …Bk1904 Sc.
– SIDE to rival, equal, match …1603
– SIZE to be on an equality with; to match with …1639
– SUIT †* to find a parallel to, to match …1589
– TIP to match, to equal …1825 Sc.
– YOKE to join; to match; to marry …1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MATCHED – adjectives
– ILL-MARROWED badly matched; awkwardly arranged …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ILL-PAIRED badly matched …Bk1905 Sc.
– UP AND UP evenly matched …1900s Aust. sl.
MATCHING – adjectives
– SUIT-LIKE † corresponding, matching …1570
MATCHLESS – adjectives
– IMPARALLELED † matchless, unparalleled …1604
– MAKELESS † matchless, without equal …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MARROWLESS matchless, incomparable, without an equal …1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PARAGONLESS * matchless, peerless …1590
MATCHMAKER – person
– BLACK FOOT * a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker …1808 Sc.
– BLACK MAN a go-between in love-making; the man who accompanies a suitor to the house of the intended father-in-law, to help to make the match …1867 Eng. dial.
– BLACK-LEG †* a blackfoot; a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker …Bk1825 Sc.
– BLACK-SOLE † a “Blackfoot”, a go-between in a courtship or love affair; a matchmaker …1725 Sc.
MATE – see FRIEND
MATERIAL – adjectives
– TAIFFLIE of material: thin, shoddy …1972 Sc.
material – nouns
– RAIL a cheap, flimsy dress; a thin, flimsy, worthless piece of material …1866 Sc.
– ROPE (derogatory) a length of worthless material or a long dowdy dress …1866 Sc.
MATERIALIST, MATERIALISTIC – person
– BABBITT a self-opinionated, self-satisfied small-town bourgeois, with all the prejudices of such a figure – a narrow-minded, middle-class materialist …1959
– BABYLON anyone perceived as putting material gains before spiritual ones …1970s sl.
– DADDY an older man who is willing to provide the various material desires of his younger mistress or, if homosexual, male lover …1920s sl., orig. US
– FANCY GIRL a materialistic woman …1990s W. Indies sl.
– GIMME GIRL a greedy, materialistic young woman …1992 US sl.
– SANTA CLAUS an older man who is willing to provide the various material wants of a younger mistress, or, if gay, a younger male lover …1960s sl.
MATERNITY – nouns
– SPIKE a maternity hospital …1960s Irish sl.
MATERNITY CLOTHES – nouns
– HATCHING DRESS a maternity dress …1965 Amer. dial.
– HATCHING JACKET a maternity blouse or dress …1965 Amer. dial.
MATHEMATICS – nouns
– MOUNT EUCLID mathematics …c1810 Oxford University usage
mathematics – person
– CALCULIST one skilled in a mathematical calculus; a mathematician …1829
– DIGITHEAD a person whose enthusiasm for mathematics or computers is never hidden …1994 US sl.
MATING – nouns
– ADMISSURE †* pairing of animals, mating …c1420
MATRIMONIAL – see MARRIAGE
MATTED, MATTING – adjectives
– BALTERED tangled, clogged, matted together …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– MATTY matted, twisted, interwoven …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TAGGED of hair or wool: hanging in matted locks …1757
– TATTED of hair, wool, etc.: matted, entangled, rough, shaggy, unkempt …1721 Sc.
– TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged …1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TAUTED matted, esp. of the hair; shaggy; ragged …1786 Sc.
– TAUTIE shaggy, matted, tangled, unkempt; of persons or animals: having a rough, shaggy head or coat …1790 Sc.
– TAUTY shaggy, matted, tangled, unkempt; of persons or animals: having a rough, shaggy head or coat …1790 Sc.
– TAWTIE shaggy, matted, tangled, unkempt; of persons or animals: having a rough, shaggy head or coat …1790 Sc.
matted, matting – nouns
– HASSOCK anything growing in a thick, matted state; a thick, wooded shaw or little wood …1886 Eng. dial.
– TAT a tuft of hair, wool, etc.; a matted mass; a small quantity …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TAUT a tangled matted tuft or lock of wool, hair, etc. …1887 Sc.
matted, matting – verbs
– BERK † to clot, to make matted …a1550
– TAUT to mat, to tangle, to make matted or tangled …1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MATTER – nouns
– GEAR † a matter, affair, business …1545
– MEANING matter, consequence …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SCORE matter, affair …1790 Sc.
matter – verbs
– BOTHER ONE’S TIME to matter, to be of importance …1933 Amer. dial.
– CUT CAKE to make a difference, to matter …1964 US sl.
– DIFFER to matter, to make a difference …1893 Amer. dial.
– FROST CAKE to make a difference, to matter …1902 US sl.
– MAGNIFY to signify, to matter …1733 Ireland & Eng. dial.
– NOT TO MATTER A FARTHING to matter very little …1647
matter – phrases
– IT MAKES NO NEVER MIND it makes no difference; it is not an influencing factor …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
MATTERS – verbs
– HEAR HOW THE HARROWS ARE GOING to see how matters are progressing …1889 Sc.
MATTRESS – nouns
– BISCUIT a square brown palliasse or mattress …1917 military sl.
– HAYPILE a bed or mattress …1904 Amer. sl.
– MARSH FEATHER(S) among loggers: hay used as a mattress or cushion …1959 Amer. dial.
– MISSOURI FEATHERBED a mattress stuffed with ‘prairie feathers’ (straw) …1961 Amer. dial.
– MOT-CART a mattress …L19 sl.
– NAT † a mat; a straw mattress …1361-2 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
MATURE – adjectives
– DRY BACK OF THE EARS experienced, mature …1914 Amer. sl.
– DRY BEHIND THE EARS experienced; mature …1911 Amer. sl.
– HAIRY-ARSED veteran, mature …1960s sl.
– HAIRY-ASSED veteran, mature …1960s sl.
– MAN-GROWN mature, grown-up, adult …1883 Sc.
– MAN-LENGTH having reached the age of manhood, adult, mature …1896 Sc.
– MANLY † ‘grown up’; adult, mature …1579
– RANK †* full-grown; mature …c1000
mature – person
– BIG GIRL a girl who is relatively old or mature; also, a girl who is old enough to look after herself or to cope with adult experiences …1662
– FUDDY-DUDDY a mature man lacking masculinity …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– OLD BIRD a mature, older or old woman …2003 UK sl.
mature – verbs
– SORT OUT THE MEN FROM THE BOYS distinguish which people in a group are truly mature, manly or competent …colloq.
MATURED – adjectives
– ADULTED †* grown to maturity; matured …1645
MATURITY – nouns
– MANOEUVRETY age of maturity …1900 Ireland
– NATURE maturity; perfection …1895 Eng. dial.
maturity – verbs
– SHED ONE’S BABY TEETH to reach (or have reached) the age by which maturity, experience, or shrewdness should have been gained …1894 Amer. dial.
MAUDLIN – adjectives
– GUMMY sentimental; maudlin …1940 Amer. sl.
– MAUDLING-DRUNK in a maudlin condition from drink …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SUCKEY †* drunkish, maudlin …a1700 sl.
MAUL – verbs
– BEMANG to hurt; to injure; to maul …Bk1911 Sc.
– BEMAUL to maul; to bruise or soil by fighting or rough play …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– DEVEL to strike, to beat, to fell with a blow; to maul; to fall heavily …1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MAGGLE † to mangle, to maul, to damage …1456 Sc.
– MAMMOCK to tear into pieces; to mangle; to beat severely, to maul …1828 Amer. dial.
– MOMOX to tear into pieces; to mangle; to beat severely, to maul …1867 Amer. dial.
– MUX to handle, to paw over, to maul …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– NEW to oppress, to keep under, to master; to curb; to maul …1768 Sc.
– PALM to lay hands on; to finger; to handle awkwardly; to maul …1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PAUM to lay hands on; to finger; to handle awkwardly; to maul …1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PICK AND MELL to maul; to beat …Bk1905 Sc.
– SCLOMB to scratch as a cat; to maul …1854 Eng. dial.
– SCLUM to scratch as a cat; to maul …1854 Eng. dial.
– SCRAM to pull down violently; to tear off; to maul about …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCRAMB to pull down violently; to tear off; to maul about …1892 Eng. dial.
– SKLUM to scratch as a cat; to maul …1854 Eng. dial.
– SNAKE-POLE to maul viciously …1838 US
– TINKER to batter, to maul …1826 boxing sl.
– WALLOPSE to thrash, to beat, to maul, to handle …1904 Amer. dial.
– WOPSE to maul, to handle …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
MAULING – nouns
– YOKING † a contest, a fight, a tussle; a mauling …1660 Sc.
MAWKISH – adjectives
– GOOEY sentimental, mawkish …1910s sl.
– SAPPY sentimental and mawkish …L19 US sl.
– SCHMALTZY excessively sentimental; mawkish …1935 sl., orig. US
MAXIMUM – adjectives
– FULL-ON maximum, complete, absolute, very …1970 US
MAY – nouns
– MITCHELL DAY the first day of May …1968 Amer. miners’ usage
May – person
– JACK-IN-THE-GREEN a chimney sweep enclosed in a portable framework of boughs for the processions on the first of May …Bk1896 sl.
– MAY-BIRD a person born in May …1841 Sc.
– MAY-CAT a child born in May …1879 Eng. dial.
– MAY-FOOL a person befooled on the 1st of May; an ‘April fool’; a silly person, a dupe, a blockhead …1869 Eng. dial.
– MAY-GOSLING a person befooled on the 1st of May; an ‘April fool’; a silly person, a dupe, a blockhead …1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
MAYBE – adverbs
– AVES perhaps, maybe, but …Bk1898 Ireland
– AVIS perhaps, maybe, but …Bk1898 Ireland
– BELIKE perhaps, probably, maybe; surely …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BELIKES perhaps, probably, maybe; surely …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HAPLY by chance or accident; perhaps; maybe …1362 now arch.
– HAPPEN perhaps, possibly, maybe …1790 N. Eng. dial.
– HAPPENS perhaps, possibly, maybe …1845 Eng. dial.
– HAPPILY by chance; perhaps; maybe …1377 arch.
– HAPS † perhaps, maybe …1589
– MEBBE maybe …1825 Eng. dial.
– YEABLES possibly, maybe, perhaps …1868 Sc.
– YIBBLES possibly, maybe, perhaps …1868 Sc.
MAYFLY – nouns
– CANADIAN SOLDIER a mayfly …1926 Amer. dial.
– EEL-FLY a mayfly …1889 Eng. dial.
– MORMON FLY a mayfly …1845 Amer. dial.
– SCOBBLOTCHER a mayfly …1968 Amer. dial.
– SCOBOLOTCH a mayfly …c1942 Amer. dial.
– SKOPLOTCH a mayfly …1950 Amer. dial.
– TROUT FLY a mayfly, or similar insect …1967 Amer. dial.
– TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR BUG a mayfly …1960 Amer. dial.
– WILLOW BUG a mayfly …1888 Amer. dial.
MAYHEM – nouns
– LARRY DOOLEY mayhem …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
MAYONNAISE – nouns
– MAYO mayonnaise …1954 colloq.
MAYOR – person
– HIZZONER the mayor …Bk1998 US sl.
– MOR † a mayor …Bk1852
MAZE – adjectives
– DAEDALIAN † curiously or artfully wrought; maze-like; resembling a labyrinth …1607
maze – nouns
– BOSWELLGANG a maze; a perplexity …Bk1905 Eng. dial.(082 EDD Wright)
– DAEDAL † a maze or labyrinth …1699
– MASE † a wild fancy; a maze …c1430
– MIZZ-MAZZ * a maze, labyrinth …Bk1898
– TROY TOWN a maze; a labyrinth of streets …1678
maze – verbs
– DAEDALIZE † to make intricate or maze-like …a1618
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