Reverse Dictionary: PERFORM

ADJECTIVES
1905 — PUNKY of a public performance: poor → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1977 — PERFORMANT performing or operating well; functioning at a high or sophisticated level; effective
1922 — PERFORMATIVE characterized by performance

NOUNS
1386 — OPERATION action, performance, work, deed → obs.
1500 — AFFAIR doing, action, performance → obs.
1527 — PERFORMENT a performance → obs.
1608 — PERFORMANCY a performance
1617 — PRETEREROGATION performance outside or beyond what is demanded or required → obs.
1850 — DAGS a feat; an achievement; a performance → colloq.
.M19 — DOMENT a performance; a show → sl.
..L19 — ACT a routine, a way of behaving, a performance → sl., orig. US
1909 — MUD SHOW an exhibition, carnival, performance, etc. held in the open air → sl.
1910 — ONE-NIGHTER of a musician, band or show: a single performance in one place only → US sl.
1990 — TEAR-IT-DOWN a fantastic performance → W. Indies sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
1563 — FACTOR one who makes or does anything; a doer, maker, performer, perpetrator; an author of a literary work → obs.
1621 — PERFORMANCER a performer
1809 — PERFORMANT a person who performs a duty, ceremony, etc.; a performer → obs.
1896 — HEADLINER the main or chief performer → US show business usage
..L19 — HAM-FATTER a third-rate actor or variety performer → Amer. sl.
1915 — WHIZBANG a very successful performer; an outstanding expert → sl.
1946 — ABLE GRABLE an accomplished performer → US sl.
1991 — THE TALENT in the entertainment industry: the actors, the performers → US sl.
2004 — HITTER an impressive performer; a successful person → sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
1960 — HO-DAD — HO-DADDY a nonparticipant who seeks the company of athletes and performers; a hanger-on → US surfers’ usage

VERBS
1300 — GAR to do, to perform; to make → obs.
1325 — PERFURNISH to perform, to carry out, to execute, to accomplish → obs. exc. Sc.
1596 — ACTUATE to reduce to a action; to carry out in practice, to perform a command, proposition, etc. → obs.
.M17 — DO ONE’ S STUFF to perform as one is expected → sl.
1658 — MAKE BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW to perform a task without provision of the necessary materials or means      
1886 — DO THE SMALLS to give performances in small towns → theatre usage
..L19 — OBLIGE to perform in public, as in to ‘oblige’ with a song → sl.
1916 — PULL to do; to perform, effect, esp. a trick or shady act → Amer. sl.
1940 — TEAR OFF to play or perform → US sl.
1950 — BLOW to perform → Amer. sl.
1955 — WAIL in jazz: to perform excellently → US jazz sl.
1960 — DO ONE’S OWN THING — DO ONE’S THING to perform an action → US sl.
1981 — DUCK A DATE to fail to perform as scheduled → US circus and carnival usage
1983 — MOTOR to perform a task very well → UK sl.