Reverse Dictionary: PUBLIC

ADJECTIVES
► OPENLY open to sight, manifest, public → c1050 obs.
► UNBEWRAYED not made public → 1605

ADVERBS
► ABROAD in public, so as to be widely known, believed, etc.; openly, publicly; at large → 1300
► OPENLY by people generally, commonly, publicly → 1154 obs.

NOUNS
► BIG NOISE an important, sensational, or highly publicized statement or deed → 1956 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BILLY (BUNTER) a member of the public, a customer → 2000 UK rhyming sl. for ‘punter’ 
► JOHN Q. PUBLIC a member of the general public → N. Amer. colloq.

VERBS
► AFFICHE to parade, to flaunt; to make known of, to give notice of; to advertise, to publicize; to display, to show → 1817
► BALLYHOO to publicize to excess, often when the product cannot live up to the manufactured image → 20C sl.
► IMPUBLIC to make public; to publish → 1628 obs.
► SPROOK ► SPRUIK to discourse on in a public forum; to promote or publicize → 1901 Aust. & NZ sl.
► TAKE IT TO THE STREET to take a private conflict or issue into the public arena → 20C US sl.
► TOUT to advocate aggressively; to publicize → 1920 US sl.
► VENTILATE to publish abroad; to make public → 1530