QUANTITY
ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
► BY THE BOXCAR in great quantity, numerous → 1960s Amer. sl.
► BY THE CARLOAD in great quantity, numerous → 1960s Amer. sl.
► BY THE TRUCKFUL in great quantity, numerous → 1960s Amer. sl.
► DEAD ample; great in number or quantity → 1866 Amer. sl.
► FEARFUL enormous in quantity → 1877 Eng. dial.
► GAY ► GEY of quantity or amount: pretty good, middling → 1796 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► GIGANTINE very great in quantity or amount → 1605 obs.
► HEAP-MEAL in heaps; in large quantities or numbers→ c897 obs.
► MAIN of quantity or amount: large → 1609 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MICKLE much in quantity, abundant → 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MIGHTY large in quantity or size, great, exceeding, considerable → 1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► OVERLY of an amount or quantity: large → 1969 Amer. dial.
► SUBSTANTIOUS considerable in amount or number → 1569 chiefly Sc. obs.
► SUBSTANTIVE of considerable amount or quantity → 1821
► TALL large, esp. in quantity, as of money → M19 sl., orig. US
► THICK AND THREEFOLD in great numbers or quantity → 1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THICKER AND FASTER in great numbers or quantity → 1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► UP THE SHIT in large quantities → 1980s US students’ sl.
NOUNS
► ADVANTAGE greater quantity or number; ‘more-ness’; amount or quantity over, additional amount, overplus, excess → 1340 obs.
► BAFT a quantity or large number of something → 1896 Amer. dial.
► BAIT a sufficient or excessive quantity or amount → 1851 Amer. dial.
► BARGAIN an indefinite number or quantity of anything → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BOILING everyone, the whole lot; a crowd; the whole quantity, party, etc.; rabble → 1833 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► CANTLE an indefinite number or quantity → 1695 Eng. dial.
► COURTESY a moderate quantity of something → 1528 obs.
► DAFFER a quantity of things → 1810 Eng. dial.
► DEAL a quantity, a number; a great deal → 1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► EVENT amount, quantity → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FACK a quantity, a load → 1900 Ireland (Bk.)
► FADGE a bundle, a burden; a part of a horse’s load; a heap, a quantity of anything → 1777 Eng. dial.
► FARDEL a quantity, a lot → 1847 Sc.
► FECK amount, quantity → c1470 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► JAG a portion or quantity; a ‘lot’ → 1834 US
► MASK a quantity, a mass → 1889 Eng. dial.
► MATTER a number, quantity; a quantity of food → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PAUCHLE a quantity of anything → 1927 Sc.
► RATE the total computed or estimated quantity, amount, or sum of anything, usually as forming a basis for calculating other quantities or sums → 1472-3 obs.
► SANK a quantity; a collection of things, as of potatoes → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOPOLOT quantity → 1818 Eng. dial. obs.
► SLAP a large amount, a quantity → 20C Irish sl.
► SNAG an indefinite but usually large quantity or amount; a lot, a bunch → 1895 Amer. dial.
► TANTUM a fixed quantity; a due proportion; a stint of work, etc. → 1901 Eng. dial.
► TEW a quantity or crowd → 1809 Eng. dial.
► TURN the quantity of anything that can be carried or brought in a single trip → 1800 Amer. dial.
► UMBLEMENT average quantity; a quantity only just sufficient → 1887 Eng. dial.
► VIEW a quantity, number → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WALLET a mass; a quantity → 1816 Eng. dial.
► XYZ an unknown quantity; something or somebody unknown or undetermined → 1808
► YADDER an indefinite quantity → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► YINK an indefinite quantity → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS – LARGE QUANTITY
► ABUNDATION abundance, plenty, a large quantity → 19C Eng. dial.
► ACRES large quantities, a wide expanse → 1830
► ARMFUL a large quantity, a lot, a great deal → 1579
► BARM a large quantity → 1924 Amer. dial.
► BATCH a number; a quantity; a lot; a great many → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BAZILLION a very large number or quantity → 1994 US sl.
► BENJEL ► BENZEL a heap, a considerable quantity → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BINDER a large quantity, esp. of food → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOCO ► BOCOO a large quantity; of fish: a good haul → 1874 Eng. dial.
► BOKOO a large quantity or number of items → 1990s US sl.
► BUSHEL a large quantity or number → c1374
► BUTTLOAD a large quantity → 1988 US sl.
► CARTLOAD ► CARTLOADS many; a great quantity, esp. of a desired commodity → L16
► CAWDRIN ► CAWDRUN a large quantity → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CLUDDER ► CLUTHER a cluster, a close group; a large quantity or mass of anything, gathered together → 1801 Eng. dial.
► DAFFY a large number or quantity → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DEAD LOAD ► DEAD LOADS a great quantity of anything → 1869 Amer. sl.
► DEAD OODLES a great quantity → 1869 Amer. sl.
► DEAD OODLINS a very great quantity → 1895 Amer. dial.
► DEAD OOGENS ► OOGENS a large quantity → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DEAD OOGENS a great quantity → 1905 Amer. dial.
► DEMPTION a great quantity → 1887 Sc.
► DUNT a large quantity of helping of something → 1813 Sc.
► EARTH, THE everything; a large amount or quantity → L19 sl.
► FAGGALD a large or excessive amount, quantity, or number → 1824
► FERKISHIN a crowd, multitude; a large quantity → 1857 Sc.
► GAD-GIN a large quantity or number → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GOODLES a large amount or quantity → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GOWPENS a great quantity; a large store, an indefinite amount → 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GRIST a large number or quantity → 1832 Amer. dial.
► GUSH an abundance; a large quantity → 1849 Amer. dial.
► HANKLE a handful, a great deal, a considerable quantity or amount → 1694 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HANTLE a considerable amount or quantity; a good many, a good deal → 1692 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► HATFUL a considerable quantity → 1686
► HATTEREL ► HATTREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble → 1823 Sc. & N. Ireland
► HAUL a large quantity or amount → 1896 Sc.
► HEIGHT the greater quantity → 1952 Amer. dial.
► INDER a great number or quantity of persons or things, esp. of money → 1790 Eng. dial.
► JAG a large quantity of something → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LAC ► LACK ► LAKH a large number of quantity; very many → c1885 Anglo-Indian
► LAIGISHIN a large, cumbersome quantity → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAIR a considerable quantity → 1944 Amer. dial.
► LAMMOCK a large quantity → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LASH a large or abundant quantity of things or persons → 1880 Sc.
► LASHINGS AND LAVINS a great quantity; plenty → 1927 Amer. dial.
► LITTLE MILLION a lot, a great quantity → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LOB a lump, a large quantity → 1941 Amer. dial.
► MAIN a large quantity → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MASH a large quantity; a considerable number → 1846 Eng. dial.
► MELDER a heap; a large quantity → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MESS an indefinite quantity, amount or number, usually a large one; a crowd → 1809 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► MICKLE a quantity, a large amount, a great deal → 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MIDDEN a heap or large quantity → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MIDDLING a moderate quantity, a good deal, a good many → 1886 Eng. dial.
► MIGHT a considerable amount or quantity → 1834 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► MINT a very large quantity or amount → 1749 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MIRACLE a large quantity → 1821 Sc.
► MORT a large quantity or number; an abundance → 1899 Amer. dial.
► MUCKLE a quantity, a large amount, a great deal → 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NEDDY a good deal, a considerable amount; a large quantity; plenty → M19 Irish sl.
► OCEAN ► OCEANS a very great or indefinite quantity; a large amount → 1590
► OODLINS a great or large quantity; plenty, many → 1886 Amer. dial.
► OOGENS a large quantity; plenty, many → 1905 Amer. dial.
► OOGLES a great or large quantity; plenty, many → 1969 Amer. dial.
► OOZLES a great or large quantity; plenty, many → 1969 Amer. dial.
► PASSEL a group of people, animal, or things; an indefinite, usually large, number or quantity → 1835 Amer. dial.
► PUCK large quantity, ample sufficiency → 1965 Irish sl.
► QUEER LOT a large amount, a considerable quantity → 1921 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► RAFT a large number or quantity → 19C Eng. dial.
► RAKE a load, as much as can be carried on one journey; a large quantity → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► REGIMENT a large number or quantity → 1953 Amer. dial.
► SCADOODLES ► SKADOODLES great quantities; a very large number or amount → 1869 Amer. dial.
► SCADS ► SKADS a large quantity of anything → 1869 US sl.
► SIGHT a large quantity; a great many; a multitude → 1390 UK
► SLUMP a large quantity or number → L17 Sc.
► SLUMPS great quantities → 1893 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SMART CHANCE a large quantity → 1827 Amer. dial.
► SNAG an indefinite but usually large quantity or amount; a lot, a bunch → 1895 Amer. dial.
► SPRINGTIDE a great quantity or amount of something; a surge or sudden increase of something, such as an emotion or political feeling → 1592
► TEAR a great quantity, a large amount; generally used with adj. of bigness, as ‘a big tear’ → 1921 Sc.
► TEEM a large quantity; abundant supply → 1876 Eng. dial.
► TEESICKER ► TEEZICKER an overpowering quantity → 1879 Eng. dial.
► THRAVE ► THREAVE ► TRAVE a considerable number or quantity; a crowd, a throng → 1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THRONG a large quantity → 1901 Sc.
► VAST a large number; a quantity or amount, a great deal → a1779 Sc.
► VASTING a large quantity → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VELLUM a large quantity → 1892 Eng. dial.
► VERMIN a large quantity or number; a swarm, a crowd, multitude → 1745 Sc.
► VERY DEAL, A n. a considerable quantity → 1865 Eng. dial.
► VOLUME a large quantity → 1892 Eng. dial.
► WAD a large quantity; a mass, heap → 1828 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► WALLAGE an untidy bundle; a mass; a large quantity → 1867 Eng. dial.
► WOUNDED DEAL, A a considerable quantity → 1740 Eng. dial.
NOUNS – SMALL QUANTITY
► ACKER a small quantity → 1929 Sc.
► AIR a small quantity of anything; a taste → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ALMOUS a small portion; a definite quantity → 1882 Eng. dial.
► AS MUCH AS WOULD GREASE THE GIMLET a very small quantity → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► AUMLACH a small quantity → 1898 Ireland (Bk.)
► BEGGING a very small quantity → 1881 Eng. dial.
► BITTOCK a small portion, a little bit → 1688 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BONNY a small quantity of anything → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CRACK a small quantity of something; a bit; something very small → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CURN a small number or quantity; a few → 1785 Eng. dial.
► CURTSY a ‘mannerly’ or moderate quantity, a small quantity → 1528 obs.
► DAB a small quantity, either liquid or solid → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DABBIT a small quantity → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DIMICK a small quantity, esp. of food → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DIMICKING a small quantity → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DINYAN anything very small; a little corner; a small quantity → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOZZLE a shapeless lump; a hunk; a small quantity → 1867 Eng. dial.
► EACHER ► EYCHER a small quantity; a drop; a very small piece → 1916 Sc.
► ECHNIE a small quantity; a small piece → 1911 Sc.
► ERC a small quantity → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GAGE a small quantity → M19 sl.
► GREASESPOT an infinitesimally tiny quantity → M19 US sl.
► HAIR a very small portion or quantity of anything; a trifle; the smallest possible amount → 1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HALFPENNY-WORTH a very small quantity → 1864 Eng. dial.
► HARL ► HARLE a small quantity of anything; anything obtained with difficulty and on rare occasions → 1821 Sc.
► HEN’S-NOSE-FULL a very small quantity of anything → 19C Eng. dial.
► JERP a small quantity; often used with reference to sweets → 1927 Amer. dial.
► JOD the least particle or quantity; the least amount; a very little or small part; an iota → 1596
► KENNING a recognizable portion; just enough to be perceived; a little; a small amount or quantity → 1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► LARRUP a small quantity → 1893 Eng. dial.
► LEAK a drop; a small quantity → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LITTLE FECK a small quantity → 1825 Sc.
► LITTLE-WHAT a small portion or quantity of → c1380 obs.
► MOD a small quantity → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► NATLIN a morsel, a fragment, a small quantity → 1908 Sc.
► NEFFOW a handful; a small quantity → 1874 Sc.
► NEIVEFUL a handful; a small quantity → 1874 Sc.
► NICKET a small amount or quantity → 1946 Amer. dial.
► NIVVIL a handful; a small quantity → 1874 Sc.
► OFFERING a small quantity → 1903 Sc.
► PARCEL a small or moderate quantity or amount; a lot → 1413 obs.
► PEAK a very small quantity → 1893 Sc.
► PENNYWORTH a small quantity
► POP a minute quantity of a substance; a speck, a dot, a particle, a drop → 1868 Sc.
► PRICK a minute part, particle, or quantity of something; a jot → a1000 obs.
► PUCKLE a small quantity of anything; an indefinite amount, a few → 19C Sc.
► SACRACH a small quantity → 1921 Sc.
► SARNICK a small quantity → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCANTLING a small quantity or amount
► SCARR a small quantity; a morsel; a particle → 1896 Sc.
► SCART the smallest quantity of anything; a small portion → 1848 Sc.
► SCENT a small quantity; a drop or pinch of anything; a little → 1839 Sc.
► SCIMPTION ► SCRIMPTION ► SCRIMPTOM ► SCRIMSHUN ► SCRIPTION ► SCRUMPTION ► SKIMPTION a very small piece, amount, or quantity; a bit, a scrap → 1867 Amer. dial.
► SHADE a minute quantity → M19 sl.
► SHELLFUL a small quantity → 1649
► SKERRICK a minimal quantity → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► SKETCH a very small quantity; a single drop → 1894 sl.
► SKIMPTUM a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap → 1904 Amer. dial.
► SKINCH a small number or quantity → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SMADDEREEN a small quantity, as of food, etc. → 1867 Ireland (Bk.)
► SMALLUMS small quantities → 1828 Eng. dial. obs.
► SNOUL a small quantity → 1886 (Bk.)
► SOUPҪON n. a suspicion, a suggestion, a very small quantity or slight trace of something → 1766
► SPOT a small quantity of anything → colloq., chiefly Brit.
► SPRINKLE a small quantity or number → 1754
► SPRINKLING a small quantity or amount → 1594
► SPRITZ a small quantity or amount of something, esp. when this provides variety or zest → 1957 orig. US
► TAD a very small quantity → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TADDICK a small quantity or amount of anything; a measure, etc., partly filled → 19C Eng. dial.
► TADDLE a small quantity, a dab → 1913 Amer. dial.
► TAIT a small amount or portion of anything → 1824 Sc.
► TAT a small quantity → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TEETHFUL a toothful, a small quantity of any liquid → 19C Sc.
► THOUGHT a small quantity of anything; a short distance; a short time → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TICKET a minute quantity or part → 1634 Eng. dial.
► TINT a taste, touch; a foretaste; a scrap; a very small quantity → 1878 Sc.
► TODDICK a small quantity; a small measure or measuring vessel → 1913 Amer. dial.
► UMIK a very small quantity of something; a handful → a1838 Sc.
► YALE a small quantity → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
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