Reverse Dictionary: PIANO

NOUNS
► AGONY BOX a piano → 1900s US sl.
► BOX a piano → 1908 US sl.
► COFFIN a piano → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► EIGHTY-EIGHT, THE a piano (pianos have eighty-eight keys) → 1947 US sl. (Bk.)
► GOANNA a piano → 1999 Aust. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► GOOLA a piano → 1947 African-American sl. (Bk.)
► GROAN a piano → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IVORIES, THE 1. the keys of a piano or similar instrument → 1818 colloq.
2. a piano → M19 sl.
► MUSIC BOX a piano → 1850 humorous usage
► TINKLING-BOX a pianoforte → 1905 Eng. dial. sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► BOX-BEATER a piano player → 1915 Amer. sl.
► EIGHTY-EIGHTER a pianist → 1911 US sl.
► FINGERS a jazz pianist → 1930s African-American sl.
► IVORY-BENDER a piano player → a1924 US sl.
► IVORY-HAMMERER a pianist → c1860 sl.
► IVORY-HOUND a piano player → 1935 US sl.
► IVORY-POUNDER a piano player → 1887 US sl.
► IVORY-SPANKER a pianist → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► IVORY-THUMPER a pianist → c1860 sl.
► IVORY-TICKLER a piano player → 1905 US sl.
► PIANO KID in jazz: any teenage pianist working the rundown joints; teenage piano players were common in the brothels and cabarets in the 1900s-1930s → 1900s African-American sl.

VERBS
► BANG THE BOX to play the piano → 1910 US sl.
► BANG THE IVORIES to play the piano → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► BEAT THE BOX to play dance music on a piano → 1915 Amer. sl.
► BLOW A BOX to eagerly play the piano → 1965 Amer. sl.
► POUND THE BOX to eagerly play the piano → 1920 Amer. sl.
► RATTLE THE IVORIES to play a piano → 1895 sl.
► SPANK THE IVORIES to play a piano → 1943 African-American sl.
► TICKLE THE IVORIES to play the piano, esp. to play it well → 1906 sl.