Reverse Dictionary: POTATO

ADJECTIVES
► EYEY of a potato: covered with eyes → 1854 Eng. dial.
► FEATHERED of potatoes: having the outer skin partly rubbed off → 1937 Amer. dial.
► HAND-FRIED of potatoes: cut up, sliced thin, and cooked raw in fat or oil → 1969 Amer. dial.
► PALKY ► POLKY of potatoes: diseased → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WALLASHY of potatoes: breaking and becoming moist in cooking → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► ALOO  the potato → 1886 Anglo-Indian  (Bk.)
► BAKEY ► BAKIE a baked potato → L19 sl.
► BARK any outer layer, as a potato peel, or pie crust → 1925 Amer. logging usage
► BEATTOCKS mashed potatoes → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEETIT PRATIES mashed potatoes → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOARDINGHOUSE POTATOES fried potatoes, but not in deep fat → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CABIN-FASHION POTATOES potatoes cup up raw and fried in bacon grease → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CADS the small potatoes of a crop → 1876 Eng. dial.
► CAPTAIN BLOODS potatoes → 20C Aust. rhyming for ‘spud’
► CAROLINA ► CAROLINA POTATO the sweet potato → 1819 Amer. dial.
► CHAMPIES mashed potatoes → 1888 Sc.
► CHATS ► CHATTS potato peelings → 1959 Amer. dial.
► CHUNKY CHIPS very thick cut French fries → 2012 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
► COBBLER a white potato → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CREAMED POTATOES mashed potatoes → 1930 Amer. dial.
► CROKERS potatoes → 19C
► CUNNEL a potato → 18C sl.
► DEMRY a baked sweet potato → 1950 Amer. dial.
► FADDERLESS-STEW potatoes stewed without meat → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FRIT a French fried potato → 1986 Quebec usage
► GOOBER a potato → c1950 Amer. dial.
► GORPHIN a potato → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROUND APPLE a potato → 1967 Amer. dial.
► HAUCHEE-PAUCHEE potatoes when boiled to a mash → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEEL-TAPS fried slices of potatoes → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ICE POTATO a white potato → 1965 Amer. dial.
► IRISH-APPLE a potato → L18 sl.
► IRISH APPLESAUCE mashed potatoes → 1960s US sl.
► IRISH APRICOTS potatoes → L18 sl.
► IRISH FOOTBALL a potato → 1970s US sl.
► IRISH GRAPE a potato → 1940s US sl.
► IRISH LEMONS potatoes → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► IRISHMAN a white potato → 1930 Amer. dial.
► IRISHMAN’S POTATO a white potato → 1908 Amer. dial.
► IRISH POTATO a white potato → 1685 Amer. dial.
► JACK-BOLTS potatoes → 1875 Eng. dial.
► JACKS potato peelings → 1968 Amer. dial.
► JACKUTTY-TATERS potatoes boiled with their skins on → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAUGHING POTATO a new, dry potato → 1998 Can. sl.
► LONG POTATO a sweet potato → 1808 Amer. dial.
► MEALOM a very dry potato when boiled → 1824 Sc.
► MICK a potato → 1930s US sl.
► MICKEY ► MICKIE ► MICKY 1. a potato, esp. a roasted sweet potato → 1930s US sl.
2. a white potato → 1943 Amer. dial.
► MIDDLINGS potatoes of an intermediate size → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MUNSTER PLUMS potatoes → c1850 Anglo-Irish
► MURPHY a potato → 1811 Brit. sl.
► NAV ► NAVIGATOR a potato → 1864 rhyming sl.
► NAVIGATOR SCOT a hot baked potato → 1859 rhyming sl.
► OFFENSIVE POTATOES canned potatoes → 2003 Antarctica usage
► OOLER an undersized potato → 1930 Sc.
► OORACK a small potato → 1825 Sc.
► PADDY’S APPLE the potato → 1922 NZ sl.
► PARATER a potato → L18 Anglo-Irish
► PARATIE a potato → L18 Anglo-Irish
► PICK-AND-DAB a meal of potatoes and salt → 19C Sc. colloq.
► PIG POTATO ► PIGS ► PIG’S POTATO an undersized white potato → 1966 Amer. dial.
► POMME DE TERRE a potato → 1776
► POMMES ALLUMETTES thin fried potatoes in the shape of matchsticks → 1962
► POMMES FRITES potato chips → 1879
► POOR CREATURES potatoes → 1820 UK sl.
► POOR MAN’S APPLE a potato → 1999 Amer. dial.
► POPPY a potato → 1990s Irish sl.
► POREENS very small potatoes → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► POTATO THUMP mashed potatoes → 1914 Amer. dial.
► POTATO TUNK mashed potatoes → 1966 Amer. dial.
► POTS potatoes → 1870 greengrocers’ colloq.
► PRAITIE ► PRATE ► PRATEE ► PRATIE ► PRATY a potato → L18 Anglo-Irish & Amer. dial.
► PUMFRITS fried potatoes; (French ‘pommes frites’) → Amer. World War I sl.
► RAMBLER a potato left by chance in the ground which comes up again the next year → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RATTOCKS very small potatoes → 1879 Eng. dial.
► RONNY a potato → 1821 sl.
► RUSTY-COAT any variety of potato having a russet skin → 1846 chiefly US, obs.
► SCADYIN a very small potato → 1898 Ireland
► SCAFF mashed potatoes → 1921 Sc.
► SCAFFOLD POLE a chipped potato → L19 sl.
► SCATYUNS small potatoes → 1911 Sc.
► SCOTCH-COLLOPS potatoes sliced and fried in fat → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRADYINS small potatoes → 1904 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► SCRAGGINS small potatoes → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRAJACK a small potato → 1882 Sc. 
► SHADOW POTATES potato chips → 1909 Amer. dial.
► SHANTY FRIED POTATOES potatoes sliced and fried → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SKEEDEEN a small potato → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► SKIRRET OF PERU the potato → 1597 obs.
► SPANISH WAITER a potato → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► SPUD a potato → 1845 sl.
► SPUD-BASHING peeling potatoes; a lengthy spell of peeling potatoes → 1940 Brit. sl., orig. services’
► SPUD SQUASHER a potato masher → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TATER potato → 1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
► TATER AND POINT a meal made up almost entirely of potatoes → M19
► TATER TUNK mashed potatoes → 1966 Amer. dial.
► TATIE potato → 1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
► TATIE-APPLE the round seed-bulb of the potato → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATIE-BALL the round seed-bulb of the potato → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATIE-BEETLE a potato-masher → 1890 Sc.
► TATIE-BING a heap of potatoes → 1892 Sc.
► TATIE-BLOTS water in which potatoes have been boiled → 1897 Sc.
► TATIE-BROO potato soup → 1892 Sc.
► TATIE-BROTH potato soup → 1901 Sc.
► TATIE-BURY a heap of potatoes partially buried and entirely covered with earth, for protection from the frost → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► TATIE-CHAMPER a potato-masher → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATIE-CHAPPER a potato-masher → 1873 Sc.
► TATIE-CHOPPER a potato-masher → 1873 Sc.
► TATIE-CRAB the fruit of a potato; a potato-top → 1867 Eng. dial.
► TATIE-DOOLIE a scarecrow in a potato field → 1833 Sc. Eng. dial.
► TATIE-FIELD a potato field or plot → 1891 Sc.
► TATIE-GARTH a potato field or plot → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATIE-GETTEN potato-gathering → 1895 Eng. dial.
► TATIE-GRAVE a heap of potatoes partially buried and entirely covered with earth, for protection from the frost → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATIE-GROUND a potato field or plot → 1892 Sc.
► TATIE-HASH potato soup → 1870 Eng. dial.
► TATIE-HOCK a heap of potatoes partially buried and entirely covered with earth, for protection from the frost → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TATIE-KAIL potato soup → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATIE-PATCH a potato field or plot → 1900 Eng. dial.
► TATIE-PIE a heap of potatoes → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATIE-PIT a potato field or plot → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATIE-POKE a sack for holding potatoes → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TATIE-POURINGS water in which potatoes have been boiled → 1873 Sc.
► TATIES-AND-DAB potatoes boiled in their skins and eaten with salt → 1883 Sc.
► TATIE-TUMP a heap of potatoes partially buried and entirely covered with earth, for protection from the frost → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATO ► TATOR ► TATUR potato → 1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
► TATTIE ► TATY potato → 1759 sl., orig. Eng. dial.
► TATTIE-BLOTS water in which potatoes have been boiled → 1897 Sc.
► TATTIE-CHAMPER a potato masher → 1840 Sc.
► TATTIE-PEEL potato peelings → 1863 Sc.
► TAWTIE a potato → 1793 Sc.
► THUMP mashed potatoes and beans → 1905 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► TUNKUP mashed potato → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► UIRS small particles or remnants, frequently used of small potatoes → 1929 Sc.
► YAM a potato → 1715 Sc.
► ZEPPELINS IN A CLOUD sausage and mashed potatoes → World War I Amer. sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► SPUD BARBER a potato peeler → 1935 jocular usage
► SPUDDY a seller of bad potatoes → 19C sl.
► TAATIE-HANDS women and children employed in planting, picking, or sorting potatoes → 1884 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAATIE-WOMEN women who act as ‘taatie-hands’ → 1884 Eng. dial (Bk.)
► TATEY-PIKERS ► TATIE-PIKERS the gatherers of the potatoes after they are turned up on the ground → 1873 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATIE-HOWKER a potato-digger → 1885 Sc.
► TATIE-PAIRER a peeler of potatoes → 1898 Sc.

VERBS
► GRABBLE to dig, esp. with the hands; to dig up potatoes, or rarely peanuts so as to leave the plant intact → c1770 Amer. dial.
► GRAVEL to dig, esp. with the hands; to dig up potatoes, or rarely peanuts so as to leave the plant intact → 1909 Amer. dial.
► TEAL ► TEEL to dig; to plant in the ground, esp. to set potatoes → 1874 Eng. dial.
► TEEM to drain the water off potatoes, etc., when boiled → 1890 Eng. dial.