Reverse Dictionary: ROAD

ADJECTIVES
► BAIN of a road: convenient, direct, near → 1805 Eng. dial.
► CHUCKY of a road: having potholes → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CHUGGY of an unpaved road: very rough → 1961 Amer. dial.
► DEEP of ground or roads: covered with a depth of mud, sand, or loose soil → c1386 obs.
► DITCHY of roads: rough, uneven → 1970 Amer. dial.
► EVENLY of grounds, roads, etc.: smooth, even, level, without inequalities → 1733 Sc. & Ireland
► GAIN of roads or directions: near, straight → a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GAMMY of a road: dirty, muddy → B1900 Eng. dial.
► HOTTERY of a road or journey: rough, bumpy → 1796 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► HUBBLY said of rough, uneven dirt roads with frozen ruts → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HUBBY said of a frozen road → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► INVIOUS having no roads or ways; pathless; trackless → E17 obs.
► JAGGIE ► JAGGY having a jerking motion; of a road: bumpy → 1842 Sc.
► KEECHY of roads after rain: greasy → Bk1901 Eng. dial.
► LABBERY of roads: miry, muddy → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► MULTIVIOUS having many ways or roads; going or leading in many directions; manifold → 1656
► POTTED ► POTTED OUT of a road: full of potholes → 1969 Amer. dial.
► RAMMAGE of a road: rough-set → 1809 Sc. obs.
► TENDER of roads: soft, muddy → 1882 Eng. dial.
► UNBAIN ► UNBANE of a road: distant, lonely → 1899 Eng. dial.

NOUNS
► ACNE a rough road surface → 1976 US sl.
► ALA a path, a road → 1951 Amer. dial. (Hawaii)
► ANDREWS angles in roads → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► APRON the shoulder of a road → 1966 Amer. dial.
► ARKANSAS ASPHALT logs laid side by side to form a ‘corduroy’ road → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BACK-GATE a way or road that leads behind; a back road → Bk1898 Sc.
► BACKSIDE the side of a road next to rising ground → 1949 Amer. dial.
► BAD STEPS awkward bits of the road → 1827 Sc.
► BAJA a steep descent, road, or trail → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BAJADA a steep descent, road, or trail → 1866 Amer. dial.
► BANK the road up a steep hillside → 1891 Eng. dial.
► BARREL the curve of the surface of a road → 1800 Eng. dial.
► BELLY TICKLER an abrupt dip or bump in a road or path, either naturally occurring, esp. in ice or snow, or deliberately made. esp. to divert runoff, or to slow automobile traffic → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BENDY-BOW a sudden short dip in a road → 1903 Amer. dial.
► BERM the shoulder of a road → 1910 Amer. dial.
► BIAS ROAD a road leading off at an acute angle from the main road → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BIG ROAD a main road or highway → 1818 Amer. dial.
► BLACK-BOTTOM ROAD a road paved with blacktop → c1970 Amer. dial.
► BLIND LANE a cul-de-sac → c1386
► BLOW-UP a hole or depression in a street or road → 1973 Amer. dial.
► BONNY-THROW the highway → L18 US criminals’ sl.
► BOREEN a narrow road → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► BOW a sudden short dip in a road → 1903 Amer. dial.
► BRAE a declivity, hillside, steep road; a knoll, a hill; the bank of a river → Bk1911 Sc.
► BREAK 1. the turning-point of a road or hill → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
2. a sudden short dip in the road → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BREAKER a sudden short dip in the road → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BREAK-OFF the turning-point of a road or hill → Bk1911 Sc.
► BUCKET ROAD a badly kept road with bucket-like holes in the surface → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BUGGY ROAD ► BUGGY TRAIL an unpaved road (as in ‘horse and buggy’ days) → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BURR the unpaved part of a graded road along the edge of the pavement → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CAHOO a depression in a road, often snow-covered, which causes vehicles to lurch → 1874 Amer. dial.
► CAHOO-HOLE a pothole in the road → 1992 Can. sl.
► CAHOT a depression in a road, often snow-covered, which causes vehicles to lurch → 1874 Amer. dial.
► CANDY STRIPE a secondary road on a map → 1970 US Army sl.
► CAREER the course over which any person or thing passes; a road, a path, a way → 1642 obs.
► CARFAX ► CARFOX a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet → 1357
► CARFOUR ► CARREFOUR a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet → 1477 obs.
► CAT-ROAD a poor narrow dirt road → 1901 Amer. dial.
► CAT’S EYES reflectors located on the road in the centre line → 2012 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
► CAUSEY-CROWN the middle of the road or pavement → 1827 Sc.
► CAUSEY-EDGE the edge of the road or pavement → 1898 Eng. dial.
► CAUTION STRIP the separating area in the middle of a four lane road → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CENTER PARK the divider that separates opposing lanes of traffic on a four-lane, or larger, road; a median strip → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CHATTER-BUMP a bump or hole in a road that makes a vehicle rattle → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CHICKEN NEST a pothole → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CHUBHOLE a hole, usually filled with water, in a roadway → 1954 Amer. dial.
► CHUG a ‘chughole’; a depression or hole in a road; a pothole → 1927 Amer. dial.
► CHUGHOLE a depression or hole in a road → 1905 Amer. dial.
► CLIMBING LANE on a highway: the outer lane for slow traffic → 1977 Amer. dial.
► COLLECTOR HIGHWAY a ‘road that collects traffic and feeds it on to a main road’ → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CRADLE HOLE a large hole or rut in a road → 1854 Amer. dial.
► CROSS-SECTION n intersection → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CROTCH a fork in a road → 1752 Amer. dial.
► CUT a sudden short dip in a road → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CUTOFF a sudden short dip in a road → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DIPPITY-DO a dip in the road → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DIPSYDOODLE a dip in the road → 1946 Amer. dial.
► DIPTY-DIP a dip in the road → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DIVE HOLE a sudden short dip in a road → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DIVIDANCE the separating area in the middle of a four-lane road → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DOUBLE-BARREL a four-lane highway → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DRUNK BUMPS small bumps delineating lanes on motorways and roads → 1992 US sl.
► EASY GREASY an icy road → 1976 US Citizens Band sl.
► ELBOW a sharp bend in the course of a river, stream, road, etc. → 1591
► ELEET ► ELITE the point at which four roads meet → 1863 Eng. dial.
► EXCUSE-ME-MA’AM a bump in the road → 1933 Amer. dial.
► FAGGOT ROAD a road topped with sapling bundles → 1956 Can.
► FARE a road, a track → 1509 obs.
► FARMERS’ RAILROAD a road made of planks laid crosswise on longitudinal timbers; popular between 1849 and 1860 → 1939 Amer. dial.
► FEATHER BED an unpaved road that gets very rough → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FEATHERBED-LANE any bad road → a1700 sl.
► FIELD ROAD a dirt road → 1900 Amer. dial.
► FOUR-CROSS-ROAD the place of intersection of roads → 1826 Eng. dial.
► FOUR-THROWS a point where four roads meet → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► FOUR-WAY LEET a meeting of four ways → 1656 obs.
► FURTHER WAY a further-continued road → 1667 obs.
► GANG a way, road, or passage → c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GANGWAY a road, thoroughfare, or passage of any kind → c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GOIT a way or road → 1897 Sc.
► GOOD FEELING PLACE a dip in the road → 1954 Amer. dial.
► GUMBO ROAD a dirt road that becomes sticky when wet → 1941 Amer. dial.
► HEATER the fork of a road → 1893 Eng. dial.  
► HIGH PAD the highway → M16 UK criminals’ sl.
► HIGH SPICE TOBY the highway as the resort of robbers → 1876 thieves’ sl.
► INLET an entrance; a road leading into → 1877 Sc.
► JAG a sharp, violent shake; a rut in a road causing a jolt → 1866 Sc.
► JOHNNY-COME-LATELY an abrupt dip or bump in a road or path → 1967 Amer. dial.
► JUMBLE-GUT-LANE any very bad or rough road → B1900 sl.
► KISS-ME-QUICK a sudden dip or rise in the road; a sudden jolt to a vehicle → a1877 Amer. dial.
► LANE a roadway → 1796 Eng. dial.
► LANE-ENDS crossroads → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LATE ROAD a road dangerous to travel on at night → 1895 Eng. dial.
► MAIN TOBY a main road → 1800 sl.
► MALFUNCTION JUNCTION an area characterized by exasperating and confused activity; a bewildering or heavily congested highway intersection; a traffic jam → 1975 Amer. sl.
► MALL a highway median strip → 1947 Amer. dial.
► MANIGATE a straight road over bog or moss land → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► MARCH-WAY a boundary road → 1892 Sc.
► MEOW a bend or snarl in a line; a crook in a road; anything out of line → 1958 Amer. logging usage
► MUD PIKE a dirt track; an unpaved road → 1851 Amer. dial.
► NECK a back road → 1968 Amer. dial.
► NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD a by-way, distinguished from a public road → Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
► NYLON ROAD a good smooth road, better than the average island road → 1950 W. Indies sl.
► OCCUPATION ROAD a private road for the use of the occupiers of the land; a by-road or lane → 1895 Eng. dial.
► OUTLET an access road or driveway → 1940 Amer. dial.
► PAD the road → M16 UK criminals’ sl.
► PALE ROAD ► PALED ROAD a paved road → 1970 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American usage
► PALEMENT a paved road; a sidewalk → 1892 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American usage
► PALING a paved road; a sidewalk → 1892 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American usage
► PANNEY ► PANNY the highway → M18 sl.
► PARK the divider that separates opposing lanes of traffic on a four-lane, or larger, road; a median strip → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PARKWAY the divider that separates opposing lanes of traffic on a four-lane, or larger, road; a median strip → 1903 Amer. dial.
► PIG TRAIL a small side road → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► PINCH a steep portion of a road → 1754 US
► PRONG a branch of a road → 1863 Amer. dial.
► QUARFOXE a carfax; crossroads → 1483 obs.
► QUARREFOUR a place where four roads, streets, or ways meet → 1477 obs.
► QUARTERING road surface → 1796 Eng. dial. obs.
► RADAR ALLEY any stretch of a motorway heavily patrolled by radar; esp., Interstate 90 between Cleveland and the New York state line → 1971 US sl.
► RAISE a rising passage or road → 1877
► RAMPART a high road → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► RAMPER a raised road through a marsh or bog; a raised footway; a high road → 1890 Eng. dial.
► RAMPIRE a raised road or way; the highway → 1848 Eng. dial.
► REAN a footpath or roadway → 1711 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RELEET a place where different roads meet; a crossroads → 1839 Eng. dial.
► RIB ROAD a rough road; a road having an irregular or corrugated surface → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RIBBED ROAD a rough road; a road having an irregular or corrugated surface → 1950 Amer. dial.
► RIGGING STONE the crown of a road → 1599 Sc., obs.
► RODDEN a narrow road → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► RUBBOARD a rough, unpaved road → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RUMBLE STRIPS roughened areas in a road designed to make high-pitched rumbling noise to warn drivers to slow down → Bk1998 sl.
► RUM-PAD the road, the highway → 1665 obs.
► SAG a low point on a roadway; the bottom of a down-grade → 1911 Amer. dial.
► SANDWICH LANE the middle land of a 3-lane highway → 1970s US sl.
► SETTLEMENT ROAD a local rural road → 1843 Amer. dial.
► SHUNPIKE a road used to avoid the payment of tolls on a toll road; a back road → 1853 Amer. dial.
► SILENT COP a yellow ‘sleeping policeman’ placed in the centre of road intersections (sleeping policeman = speed bump) → 1930s Aust. sl.
► SILENT POLICEMAN a raise concrete mound or other construction in the centre of a road to control traffic flow and speed → 1965 NZ sl.
► SINUOSITY a curve, bend, or winding in a road, river, valley, etc. → a1774
► SKUNK ROAD a less important road running back from a main road; a side road → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SNOOZE BREAKER a sudden short dip in the road → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SOLID the road → 20C UK tramps’ sl.
► SPAGHETTI JUNCTION. a complete of motorways forming a multi-levelled interchange; esp. used of the Gravelly Hill interchange between the M1 and M6 outside Birmingham, UK → 1960s UK sl.
► SPEED BREAKER a sudden short dip in the road → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SPINE ROAD a major road linking other important routes or points → 1961
► SPLICE-TOBY the highway, the main road → M19 sl.
► SPRING BREAKER a sudden short dip in the road → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SPUR ROAD a connecting road that branches off from a main highway → 1883
► SUPER SLAB a superhighway; an interstate highway → 1970 US truckers’ sl.
► THANK-YOU-MA’AM ► THANK-YOU-MARM 1. an abrupt dip or bump in a road or path, either naturally occurring, esp. in ice or snow, or deliberately made, esp. to divert runoff, or later, to slow automobile traffic → 1849 Amer. dial.
2. a level stretch on a steep road where a team or vehicle can pause → 1985 Amer. dial.
► THE ARFY-DARFY the road, in the context of a tramp, as ‘on the arfy-darfy’ → 1960 US tramps’ sl.
► THE CANTLE O’ THE CAUSEY the best part of the road or footpath → 1818 Sc.
► THE FROG AND TOAD the road → 1859 rhyming sl.
► THE I an interstate highway → 2003 US sl.
► THE HIGH TOBY highway robbery by a mounted thief; also, the highway itself → 1812 thieves’ sl.
► THE MAIN TOBY highway robbery by a mounted thief; also, the highway itself → 1812 thieves’ sl.
► THE TOBY the highway as the resort of robbers; also, highway robbery → 1812 thieves’ sl.
► THREE-CROSS-WAY the meeting of two roads without intersecting → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► THREE-ROAD END the meeting of two roads without intersecting → 1867 Eng. dial.
► THREE-TO-LEET the meeting of two roads without intersecting → 1863 Eng. dial.
► THREE-WANT-WAY the meeting of two roads without intersecting → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► THROUGH-GANG a way or road through; a passage → 1463 Sc. obs
► TICKLE BUMP an abrupt dip or bump in a road or path, either naturally occurring, esp. in ice or snow, or deliberately made, esp. to divert runoff or, more recently, to slow automobile traffic → 1969 Amer. dial.
► TRACE a path, a trail, a country road → 1783 Amer. dial.
► TRACK the open road as used by itinerant travellers → 1873 Aust. sl.
► TURN-AGAIN LANE a cul-de-sac → 1531 obs.
► TWITCHEL a narrow lane or alley; a narrow passage between walls or hedges; also, a place where a road forks → 1196 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TWITCHEN a narrow lane or alley; a narrow passage; in early use also, a place where two or more roads meet or where a road forks → 1000
► WAFFEL-WAY a road for horses but not for wheeled traffic → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► WAY-WAY a highway → 2005 African-American sl.
► WHOOP-DE-DO a series of ruts or bumps in a road → 1980 motorcyclists’ sl.
► WHOOPDIEDO ► WHOOP-DO-DOO ► WHOOP-TE-DOO an abrupt dip or bump in a road or path, either naturally occurring, esp. in ice or snow, or deliberately made, esp. to divert runoff or to slow automobile traffic → 1972 Amer. dial.
► YANKEE BUMP. a bump or a depression in a road, esp. a snow-covered road → 1940 Amer. dial.
► YES-MA’AM an abrupt dip or bump in a road or path, either naturally occurring, esp. in ice or snow, or deliberately made, esp. to divert runoff or to slow automobile traffic → 1966 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CARETAKER a man whose job it is to take care of roads in a certain locality → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DITCH RUNNER a man whose job is to take care of roads in a certain locality → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GANDY DANCER a member of a road construction crew → 1942 US sl.
► HIGHWAY SURVEYOR a local official responsible for the upkeep of public roads → 1859 Amer. dial.
► MAINTAINER one who keeps roads in good repair → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SHUNPIKER one who drives free roads; a tourist who drives back roads → 1951 Amer. dial.
► TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE a local official responsible for the upkeep of public roads → 1968 Amer. dial.
► TRUSTEE a local official responsible for the upkeep of public roads → 1968 Amer. dial.
► TRUSTEE OF ROADS a local official responsible for the upkeep of public roads → 1912 Amer. dial. 

PHRASES
► THE DEVIL BROKE HIS APRON STRING said of a very rocky road → 1939 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► SHUNPIKE to use an alternate route in order to avoid the payment of tolls; to drive back roads for pleasure → 1952 Amer. dial.