SIN, SINFUL, SINFULNESS, SINNING – ADJECTIVES
– BACKSLIDDEN that has relapsed into sin …1871
– LABILE liable or prone to lapse; prone to fall into error or sin …1447 obs.
– OBDURATE hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence …c1440
– OBDURATIOUS hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence …1672 obs. rare
– OBDURE hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence …1608 obs.
– OFFENCEFUL causing offence or displeasure; wrong; sinful; criminal …1603 rare or obs.
– PECCAMINOUS full of sins, sinful; later: bawdy; indecent, lewd …1656 obs. rare
– PIACULOUS requiring expiation; sinful, wicked, blameworthy …1646 obs.
– SINNABLE capable of sinning …1662 rare
– SINNY sinful, wicked …c950 obs. rare
– SIN-SICK sick with sin …1609
– SIN-SOILED blemished, stained, or soiled by sin …1593
– SIN-WOOD mad with sin …c1250 obs.
– VICEY sinful; depraved …1993 Trinidad and Tobago
SIN etc. – NOUNS
– AULD NAIL, THE original sin …Bk1902 Sc.
– CULP; CULPE blameworthiness; guilt, sin, fault, blame …1377 obs.
– LAHTER a vice, sin, crime …c900 obs.
– LAST a fault, vice, sin; blame; also, a physical blemish …c1175 obs.
– MISAMEANNESS misdeeds, sins …1969 Amer. dial.
– OBDURATION a hardening in sin or wickedness; a making or becoming stubborn, obstinate, or insensible or moral influence …1494
– OFFENDICLE a stumbling-block; a cause of offence; an occasion of sin or spiritual difficulty …1545 obs.
– PECCADILLIE a minor fault or sin; a trivial offense, a petty crime …1660 obs. rare
– SINFULHEAD sinfulness …c1250 obs.
– SINNOGRAPHY the description of the kinds and differences of sin …1654 nonce word
– VENIALIA venial sins or offences …1654 obs.
SIN etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– SIN-EATER one hired to take upon himself the sins of a deceased person by means of food eaten beside the dead body …1686-7
– SINNERESS a female sinner …1382 obs. rare
– SUNEGILD a female sinner …c1230 obs. rare
SIN etc. – PHRASES
– GOD DON’T LOVE UGLY refers to sin or wickedness …1899 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
SIN etc. – VERBS
– BESIN to stigmatize as sinful …1622 obs.
– FAULT to commit a fault; to do or go wrong; hence, to sin …c1400 arch.
– LAPSE to fall into error, heresy, or sin …1611 obs.
SINCE – ADJECTIVES
– SINSYNE since then, from that time, thereafter …a1657 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SINCE – ADVERBS
– ABACK since, ago …1768 Sc.
– SINETH since …1543 obs.
– SITH at some or any time since; since …c1300 obs.
– SITHEN since …a1000 obs.
– SITHENCE since …1529 obs.
SINCE – PREPOSITIONS
– SITH continuously or ever from a time, etc.; till now; since …a1325 obs.
SINCERE, SINCERELY, SINCERITY – ADJECTIVES
– AEFAULD free from duplicity; sincere, honest, faithful; plain, straightforward …a1000
– AFALD simple, sincere, without duplicity; honest …c960 obs.
– AFFECTIOUS earnest, sincere; cordial …1581 obs.
– ARTICAL bona fide, genuine, sincere, respected …1950s Black British teen sl.
– EVEN-DOWN downright, honest, straightforward, sincere …1885 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GUTSY utterly sincere; deeply felt, esp. used of songs, music …c1965 sl.
– HEARTLY proceeding from or seated in the heart; expressive of real feeling; earnest, genuine, sincere …1340-70 obs.
– HEART-WHOLE whole-hearted; free from hypocrisy or affectation; sincere, genuine …1684
– HEARTY heartfelt, genuine, sincere …1479
– INTEGRITIVE marked by integrity; upright, sincere …1784 obs. rare
– LEAL loyal, faithful, honest, true, upright, sincere …a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SIMPLE sincere, unassuming …1949 Amer. dial.
– SIMPLE-HEARTED ingenuous, sincere, unsophisticated …1711
– SINGLE simple, honest, sincere, single-minded; free from duplicity or deceit …1519
– SINGLE-EYED sincere, honest, straightforward …1705
– SINGLE-HEARTED possessed of a ‘single’ or sincere heart; straight-forward, honest, sincere …1577
– SINGLE-MINDED sincere in mind or spirit; honest, straightforward; simple-minded, ingenuous …1577
– THROUGH-OPEN transparently honest and sincere …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THRUFFABLE transparently honest and sincere …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SINCERE etc. – ADVERBS
– AEFAULDLY in a truthful and sincere manner; without duplicity; honestly, faithfully …1472 Sc.
– AFALDLY with single-heartedness, sincerely, truly …1533 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– AFFECTEDLY with aim or desire; with true intent; intentionally, sincerely, earnestly …1596 obs.
– AFFECTIOUSLY earnestly, sincerely, cordially, kindly …1430 obs.
– ON THE DEAD in earnest; sincerely; straightforwardly; honestly, truthfully …1888 sl.
– SINGLE-MINDEDLY sincerely, frankly …1579
– SINGLY sincerely, truly, honestly …1526 obs.
– UNCASUISTLY sincerely, straightforwardly …1649 obs.
SINCERE etc. – NOUNS
– AEFALDNESS uprightness; sincerity …1911 Sc.
– HEARTLINESS cordiality, heartiness, sincerity, friendly feeling …1435 obs. rare
– SINCERITIES sincere feelings or actions …1840
– SINGLENESS sincerity, straightforwardness, honesty, integrity; freedom from deceit, duplicity, or guile …1526
– VERITY truthfulness, veracity, sincerity …c1555
SINCERE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– DUDLEY DOGOODER the epitome of a sincere, moral, upstanding citizen, despised by those who live on the fringes of the law …1990 US sl.
– DUDLEY DO-RIGHT the epitome of a sincere, moral, upstanding citizen, despised by those who live on the fringes of the law …1990 US sl.
– HONEST JOHN an honest, sincere man …1930 colloq.
– REAL PEOPLE an honest, sincere, candid person …1960s Amer. sl.
SINCERE etc. – PHRASES
– ARE YOU FOR REAL? used for humorously questioning a person’s sincerity …1949 US sl.
– I KID YOU NOT expresses sincerity; implies that the speaker is being absolutely serious …1914 sl., orig. US
– O STUFF no fooling, no lies, absolutely honest and sincere …1920s African-American sl.
SINCERE etc. – VERBS
– HEART to utter with the heart or sincerely …1642 obs.
– RAP ON THE REAL to speak sincerely or honestly …1980s African-American sl.
SINEW – NOUNS
– a sinew SINE c725 obs.
– a sinew, a tendon, a ligament LEADER 1899 Amer. dial.
SINFUL – see SIN
SING, SINGER, SINGING – ADJECTIVES
– CANTATORY pert. to a singer or his singing …1836 rare
– CANOROUS singing, melodious, musical; resonant, ringing …1646
– LUSTY of singing, music, festivities: merry, cheerful …1430-40 arch.
– LYRIC given to song; singing …1814 poetic usage
– SIRENIC of persons: singing sweetly …1797 rare
– SIRENICAL of persons: singing sweetly …1604 obs.
SING etc. – NOUNS
– CANT singing, musical sound …1501 obs.
– CANTATION singing …1623 obs.
– DIDDLAN the act of singing in a low key …Bk1900 Sc.
– GALE singing, a song; merriment; mirth …c1200 obs.
– LALL loud, lively, or spirited singing; ranting psalmody …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– PALINODY singing over again, repetition …1599 obs.
– STREET-CHANTING the practice of singing in the streets for a living …1887 cant
SING etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– ADENOID a vocalist with a ‘tight’ voice; a radio tenor who sings in a forced, strained voice …1930s US sl.
– ALLIGATOR a singer who opens his mouth wide …E19 sl.
– BALLAD-BASKET a street singer …1749 UK sl.
– BALLADIER a street ballad-singer …1637 obs.
– BALLADINE a ballad-maker or singer …1604 obs.
– BALLADIST a maker or singer of ballads …1811
– BALLAD SINGER one who strolls about singing ballads …1592
– BARBERSHOPPER a person who performs barbershop or close harmony singing …1930 orig. US
– BEEF-STEW SINGER a very bad soloist …Bk1945 criminals’ sl.
– BELT a violent singer …1954
– BELTER a singer with a loud, powerful penetrating voice; in depreciative sense, one whose performances are thought to lack restraint, finesse, or subtlety …1953 colloq., orig. US
– BLACKBIRD a sweet singer; a songster …1634 obs.
– CANARY a young woman or girl; esp. a female vocalist; a songster …1862 US
– CANTABANK a singer on a stage or platform; hence, a common ballad-singer; used contemptuously …1834 rare
– CANTATOR a male singer …1866 rare
– CANTATRICE a female professional singer …1866
– CANTOR a singer …1609 obs.
– CASTRATO a male singer castrated in boyhood so as to retain a soprano or alto voice …1763
– CHANTOOSE; CHANTOOSIE; CHANTOOZIE a female singer of popular songs …1940 US colloq.
– CHIRP a female vocalist …1944 Amer. jazz sl.
– CHIRPER a singer, esp. a female vocalist …1891 Amer. jazz sl.
– GABERLILTIE a ballad-singer …Bk1880 Eng. dial.
– GESTER; GESTOUR a professional reciter or singer of romances or tales …c1380 obs.
– GLEEMAN a professional entertainer at social gatherings; especially, a singer, musician, or minstrel … c897 obs.
– MOANER a singer of mournful songs; spec. a blues singer …1927 orig. US
– MONODIST a person who writes or sings a monody (a lyric ode sung by a single voice) …1751
– MONSTER a singer or musician of very broad public appeal; a musical superstar …1975 sl., esp. US
– PEAK a person, esp. a small person, who speaks or sings in a thin, weak voice …Bk1903 Sc.
– QUARESTER a chorister …1436 obs.
– RANDY a beggar; wandering ballad-singer …1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RANTER a lively singer or player …a1700 Sc.
– SANGSTER a songster, a singer …1532 Sc.
– SING-ALONE a solo singer …1691 nonce word obs.
– SINGERESS a female singer …1382 obs. rare
– SING-MAN a singing man …1691 nonce word obs.
– SINGSTER a singer …1388 obs. rare
– SINGSTRESS a songstress …1873 rare
– SIREN one who, or that which, sings sweetly, charms, allures, or deceives …1590
– WARBLER one who warbles or sings; a singer, a songster …1611
– WARBLER one who sings for money or drink …Bk1823 sl.
– WOOFER a breathy singer; a singer whose breathing can he heard through a microphone …Bk1975 Amer. radio sl.
– YOWPER a yelper; a street-crier; a ballad-singer …Bk1873 Eng. dial.
SING etc. – PHRASES
– ALL IN A CHARM all singing or talking at once …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– HE SINGS MORE LIKE A WHORE’S BIRD THAN A CANARY the singer has a strong manly voice …L18
SING etc. – VERBS
– BOOL to weep in childish fashion; to drawl in singing …Bk1911 Sc.
– BYSS to sing or hum children to sleep …1440 obs.
– CANARY to work as a band vocalist; to sing …1930s US sl.
– CANT to chant, to sing; to repeat in a sing-song manner; to intone …1652 obs.
– CANTITATE to sing as a bird …1830 nonce word
– CARP to sing or recite, as a minstrel; to sing, as a bird …c1425 obs.
– CHIRP to sing; said esp. of women …1935 Amer. jazz sl.
– DECANTATE to sing or speak often …1659 obs.
– DEEDLE to sing in a low key; to croon over an air without the words of the song …1870 Sc.
– DIDDLE to sing in a low key, without distinct utterance of words …1846 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GALE to sing; also, to deliver an oracular response …a1000 obs.
– LALDER to sing in a loud, noisy manner; to hum …1856 Eng. dial.
– LALDRUM to sing in a foolish or childish manner …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LALL to sing or shout loudly; to cry out; to quarrel …1884 Eng. dial.
– LYRICIZE to sing lyrics …1832 raree
– MOAN to sing; to sing a blues song …1927 Amer. dial.
– MOUTH-MAUL to sing out of tune …1876 Eng. dial.
– NOSE to utter or sing nasally …a1643 obs.
– PEAK to speak or sing in a thin, weak voice; to squeak like a mouse …1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RAISE to sing; also, to begin to sing, to strike up …1653
– RANT to frolic, to romp; to be jovial, boisterous, uproariously gay or merry; to lead a gay or dissolute life; also, to sing or talk loudly …1598
– RAP to sing or chant a rap song …1970s sl., orig. African-American
– SING LIKE A BIRD CALLED THE SWINE to sing execrably …c1675 colloq.
– SKIRL to sing, utter, play, etc. in loud and shrill tones …1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SPREAD ONE’S JENK to have a good time; to sing or enjoy music ..1920s African-American sl.
– TEEDLE to sing a song without words; to croon …1824 Sc. obs.
– WAIL to sing …1970s sl., orig. African-American
– YARK to start a tune; to commence singing, playing, etc. …1873 Sc.
– YED to sing, to recite, to talk, to discourse …c888 obs.
– YELL to sing loudly, to chant …1387 obs.
– YELP to lift up one’s voice; to cry aloud; to sing loud or on a high note …c1450 obs.
– YERK; YIRK to start a tune; to commence singing, playing, etc. …1873 Sc.
– YOAN to slide the notes into each other in singing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SINGAPORE – NOUNS
– a Singaporean adaptation of the English language; a variety of English used in Sri Lanka SINGLISH 2001 Singapore
SINGE, SINGED – ADJECTIVES
– SWINGED singed …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
SINGE etc. – NOUNS
– SCAM a burn, singe, scorch, or the mark of such …1808 Sc.
– SCAUM a burn, scorch; a mark caused by burning or singeing …1813 Sc.
– SCOUDER a burn, scorch, singe; a hasty toasting …1773 Sc.
– SCOUGE a sharp singe or touch of burning …1880 Sc. obs.
– SCOUTHER; SCOWTHER a burn, scorch, singe; a hasty toasting …1773 Sc.
– SCOWDER a burn, scorch, singe; a hasty toasting …1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SINGE etc. – VERBS
– SCAM of cloth, skin, cakes, etc.: to burn slightly; to scorch, to singe with dry heat …1746 Sc.
– SCAUM to burn, to scorch, to singe …1838 Sc.
– SCOODER; SCOUDER to burn, to scorch, to singe …1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCOUTHER; SCOWTHER to burn, to scorch, to singe …1810 Sc.
– SCOWDER to burn, to scorch, to singe, to over-roast or over-toast bread or the like …1746 Sc.
– SCRENT to burn; to scorch; to singe …1825 Eng. dial.
– SCRINT to burn; to scorch; to singe …1825 Eng. dial.
– SING to singe …1543-5 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SKOODER to burn, to scorch, to singe …1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SKRENT; SKRINT to burn; to scorch; to singe …1825 Eng. dial.
SINGLE, SINGLENESS, SINGLY – ADJECTIVES
– AFALD single, singular, sole, only …c1000 obs.
– LEPI single, one …a1300 obs.
– OFOLD single …c1200 obs.
– ONLEPY only, sole, single …c900 obs.
– SIMPLAR single …1610 obs.
– SIMPLE single …1340 obs.
– SINGULAR separate, individual, single …c1340 obs.
– UNAL single; that is one only; based on unity …1883
– VARSAL single, individual …1765 rare
– VERSAL single; individual …1709 obs.
SINGLE etc. – ADVERBS
– AFALDLY singly, simply …c1175 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ODDLY singly, solely, alone …a1300 obs.
– ONE BY ONE LIKE JACKY LINGO’S SHEEP one after another, in single file …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– SUNDERLY separately, apart; individually; singly …c888 obs.
SINGLE etc. – NOUNS
– SIMPLE a single thing …1483 obs.
– SINGLERTY singleness …a1300 obs.
– SINGLETON a single thing, as distinct from a pair …1892
– SINGLURE singleness, uniqueness …a1300 obs.
– SINGULARITY a single or separate thing or entity; a unit …c1374 obs.
– SINGULARITY the quality or fact of being one in number or kind; singleness, oneness …1583 rare
SINGLE-HANDED – ADJECTIVES
– single-handed, unaided AT SINGLE HAND 1607 obs.
SINGLE-MINDED – ADJECTIVES
– single-minded, simple-hearted, honest, faithful AEFALD 1796 Sc.
SINGULAR, SINGULARITY, SINGULARLY – ADJECTIVES
– AFALD single, singular, sole, only …c1000 obs.
– SINGLER singular …c1374 obs.
SINGULAR etc. – ADVERBS
– ONLY singularly, uniquely, specially, pre-eminently …c1000 obs.
– SINGLERLY singularly …c1400 obs.
– SUNDERLY singularly, specially …c900 obs. rare
SINGULAR etc. – NOUNS
– ONLEPIHEDE singleness, singularity …1340 obs.
– ONLINESS the fact or character of being the only one of its kind; singleness, singularity, uniqueness …1633 rare
– SINGULARNESS the quality of being singular; singularity …1530 rare
– SINGULERTY singularity …1414 obs.
SINGULAR etc. – VERBS
– SINGULARIZE to make singular or one; to individualize; to convert into the singular number …1663 rare
SINISTER, SINISTERLY – ADJECTIVES
– LEFT-HANDED ill-omened, inauspicious, sinister …1609
SINISTER etc. – ADVERBS
– AWKLY in the wrong direction, backhanded or left-handed wise; hence, sinisterly, unluckily …c1440 obs.
– SINISTRALLY in a sinister manner; perversely; wrongly …1548 obs.
SINISTER etc. – NOUNS
– BAD MEDICINE something or someone sinister or ill-fated … 1844 US West usage
– SINISTERITY sinister character; perversity; dishonesty …1647 obs.
SINISTER etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BAD MEDICINE someone sinister or ill-fated … 1844 US West usage
SINK – NOUNS
– JARBOX the kitchen sink …20C Sc. sl.
– JAW-BOX a kitchen sink with sides …1880 Sc.
– JAW-HOLE a kitchen sink with sides …1880 Sc.
– JAW-TUB a kitchen sink with sides …1880 Sc.
– LAVATRINE a square stone in a kitchen, with a hole to void water; a sink …1623 obs. rare
SINK, SINKING – ADJECTIVES
– DECIDUOUS sinking, declining …1791 obs. rare
SINK etc. – NOUNS
– IMMERGENCE the act of plunging or sinking into anything …1859
SINK etc. – VERBS
– BESENCH to cause to sink, to submerge, to plunge down, to overwhelm …971 obs.
– BESINK to sink, to fall down through any substance …c893 obs.
– BOG DOWN to sink in or as in a bog …Aust. sl.
– DECLINE to come down, to fall, to descend, to sink …a1400-50 obs.
– IMMERGE to plunge or dip oneself in a liquid; to sink …1706 rare
– LAGGER to sink in soft, miry or muddy ground; to be encumbered by walking through mire, snow, or the like …1710 Sc.
– LAIR to stick or sink in mire or bog; to become bogged; to stick fast in soft ground, mud, snow, or the like …a1572
– LARE to stick or sink in mire or bog …a1572
– QUAT to sink, to subside …a1722 obs. rare
– SAB to subside or sink; to sag …18C Sc. obs.
– SAD to make dense and compact; to compress, to press down, to solidify by hammering; to cause to sink or settle down …1736 Sc.
– SILE to fall or sink down …a1400-50 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
– SUBSIDATE to sink in …1653 obs. rare
SINKHOLE – NOUNS
– a sinkhole GOOSE NEST 1904 Amer. dial.
SINLESS, SINLESSNESS – ADJECTIVES
– sinless; unerring IMPECCANT a1763
SINLESS etc. – NOUNS
– sinlessness, inerrancy IMPECCANCE 1677 obs.
– sinlessness; inerrancy IMPECCANCY 1614
SINNER – see SIN
SINUOUS – ADJECTIVES
– sinuous, full of bends or windings SINUOSE 1829
– sinuous, winding SINUATED 1858
SINUOUS – NOUNS
– a being sinuous or winding in and out SINUOSITY 1598
SINUOUS – VERBS
– to move about in a sinuous manner RANGLE B1900 Eng. dial.
SIP – NOUNS
– BIB a small drink; a sip; a small quantity of food …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– SIPE a sip …1993 Amer. dial.
– SIPPET a little sip …a1529 obs. rare
– SUP a small quantity of liquid such as can be taken into the mouth at one tip; a sip, a mouthful …1570
– TIFF a sip or little drink of punch or other diluted liquor …1727 colloq. or sl.
SIP – VERBS
– APPLE AND PIP to sip …1972 UK rhyming sl.
– BAIBLE to sip often, to tipple; to drink carelessly, with spilling …Bk1898 Sc.
– BLEB to sip, to tipple …Bk1911 Sc.
– DELIBATE to take a little of; to taste, to sip …1623 obs.
– SABLE to take frequent sips …1848 Eng. dial. obs.
– SIPPLE to drink liquor, etc. slowly or by small sips; to sip up …1566
– SUP to take liquid into the mouth in small quantities, as opposed to a draught, to sip …c1000 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– TIFF to drink; esp. to drink slowly or in small portions; to sip …1769 colloq. or sl.
– VAMP to fill up a glass, teapot, etc. when partially empty; to sip slowly …1893 Eng. dial.
SIREN – NOUNS
– a factory siren BUMMER 1929 Sc.
– a siren GROWLER 1961 Amer. sl.
SISSIFIED, SISSY – ADJECTIVES
– GUMDROP sissy …1902 Amer. dial.
– PANTYWAIST timid; weak; effeminate; sissified …1930s sl.
SISSIFIED etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BIRDIE an effeminate male; a sissy …1921-25 US sl.
– GINK a sissy …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– GIRL an effeminate man; a sissy …1862
– GIRL-BOY an effeminate or homosexual boy or man; a sissy; also used as a general insult …1589
– GIRLIE-MAN a weak or effeminate man; a sissy, a wimp …1940 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
– KEEK-A-BESSY an effeminate man; a sissy …c1850 Sc.
– MOTHER’S BOY a boy or man who is excessively influenced by, or attached to, his mother; a sissy; a man who is effeminate, weak of character, lacking in courage or conviction; also, a boy or man who resembles his mother …1862
– NANNY a weak-willed, priggish, or effeminate fellow; a sissy …1947 Amer. sl.
– NELLY an effeminate or homosexual man; generally, a silly, ineffectual, or fussy person; a sissy …1931 colloq., derogatory
– NO BULL-FIGHTER an effeminate male; a sissy …E20 US sl.
– PANTYWAIST a timid, weak, or effeminate boy or man; a sissy; a cowardly person …1936 US sl.
– SISSY-BREECHES a sissy; an effeminate boy or man …c1960 Amer. dial.
– SISSY-BRITCHES a sissy; an effeminate boy or man …1946 Amer. dial.
– SISSY-PANTS a sissy; an effeminate boy or man …1947 Amer. dial.
– TEA-HOUND a sissy …Bk1975 Amer. college sl.
SISSIFIED etc. – PHRASES
– HE’S NO BULL-FIGHTER he’s effeminate, or a sissy … E20 US sl.
SISTER – NOUNS
– SISTERHEAD the state or condition of being a sister; sisterly status or relationship …1390 obs. rare
– SISTERNITY sisterhood …1603 rare
SISTER – NOUNS, PERSON
– AAPA an older sister; also used as a term of respect or familiarity to an older woman …1998 S. Asian
– ANCHOR a younger brother or sister …2003 UK sl.
– BLACK MAN KISSED HER a sister …1960 UK rhyming sl.
– CADETTE a younger daughter or sister …1679
– GERMANE a close relative, a full brother or sister …1502 rare
– GERMANE SISTER a sister through both parents; a full sister …1711
– LITTLE BITS a nickname or affectionate term for a sister …1970 Amer. dial.
– MOOSE a little sister or young girl …1941 US sl.
– MOTHER BAIRN a maternal half-brother or half-sister …1563 Sc. obs.
– SIS a sister …1656 sl.
– SISS sister …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– SISTER-GERMAN a sister through both parents; a full sister …1382
– SISTER-WIFE a wife who is also the sister of her husband …1743
– SKIN AND BLISTER a sister …1925 rhyming sl.
– TER a sister; also, a term or term of address for a woman …1883 Amer. dial.
– TIDDY a sister; also, a term or term of address for a woman …1864 Amer. dial.
– TITA a sister …1967 Hawaii
– TITTA a sister; also, a term or term of address for a woman …1883 Amer. dial.
– TITTER a sister; also, a term or term of address for a woman …1897 Amer. dial.
– TITTIE; TITTY a sister; a young woman or girl …1725 Sc.
– TITTIE AND BILLIE sister and brother …18C Sc.
SISTER – NOUNS, PERSON, OTHER
– WALLY a nickname for someone seen as acting like a big brother or sister …1980s US college sl.
SISTER – VERBS
– ELDER IT to play the elder brother or sister …1855 nonce word
– SISTERIZE to be provided with a sister or sisters …1752 rare
SISTER-IN-LAW – NOUNS, PERSON
– an in-law; a relation you get in marriage BEDSTEAD RELATION 1967 Amer. dial.
– a sister-in-law BAYAO; BAYAW 1972 Amer. dial.
– a sister-in-law MOW Bk1855 obs.
– a sister-in-law ZISTER LAA Bk1888 Eng. dial.
– a sister-in-law; a female relative; a kinswoman, esp. by marriage MOWE c1200 obs.
SIT, SITTING – ADJECTIVES
– ASTRIDDLING sitting astride …1875 Eng. dial.
– SEDENT sitting …L17 rare
SIT etc. – NOUNS
– BAKER a cushion to sit or kneel upon; anything placed on a form to sit upon …1859 Eng. dial. sl.
– BOTTOM-ROOM as much room as a person requires in sitting …Bk1911 Sc.
– DOWN-SITTING the act of sitting down; a resting, repose …1535
– FLUMP the act of sitting down in a casual manner …1990s US teen sl.
– SITTING-PLACE a place to sit in, a seat …1382 rare
SIT etc. – PHRASES
– BRING YOUR ARSE TO AN ANCHOR sit down …1788 sl.
– PARK YOURSELF IN A PEW an invitation to sit down …L19 sl.
– PUT YOURSELF LEVEL ON A CHAIR an hospitable invitation to be seated …1902 Amer. dial.
– SIT ON THE PARLIAMENTARY SIDE OF YOUR ARSE sit down and be quiet …1900s Irish
– SITTING BIRD AND JOE sitting cheek by jowl, denoting intimacy …Bk1898 Sc.
– TAKE A PEW an invitation to sit down …L19 sl.
SIT etc. – VERBS
– ANCHOR to sit down …18C Eng. colloq.
– ARSLE to move when in a sitting posture; hence, to shuffle, to sit unquietly, to fidget …Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– BANG-A-BONK to sit lazily on a bank …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BESIT to sit upon; to lie heavy upon; to weigh upon …1362 obs.
– BURN THE PLANKS to remain long sitting …1843
– BUTTOCK DOWN to sit down …1972 Amer. dial.
– CAMP DOWN to sit or lie down …1848 Amer. dial.
– CANK to sit down …1866 Eng. dial.
– COLLAPSE to sit down …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– COME TO AN ANCHOR to sit down …18C Eng. colloq.
– COP A SQUAT to sit down …1940s African-American sl.
– CRONK to perch, to sit …19C Eng. dial.
– DIP to sit down …Bk1900 Sc.
– DRAPE THE SHAPE to sit down …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– KIP to sit, to lie …1900s sl.
– LOP DOWN to flop down; to lie down and rest; to sit down …1822 Amer. dial.
– NEST to sit down to ease oneself …1670 obs. rare
– PARK to sit …1910s sl.
– PARK ONE’S ARSE to sit down, esp. at an invitation …1940s sl., orig. US
– PARK ONE’S BISCUIT to sit down, esp. at an invitation …1940s sl., orig. US
– PARK ONE’S CAN to sit down, esp. at an invitation …1940s sl., orig. US
– PARK ONE’S CARCASS to sit down, esp. at an invitation …1940s sl., orig. US
– PARK ONE’S FANNY to sit down, esp. at an invitation …1940s sl., orig. US
– PARK ONE’S FRAME to sit down, esp. at an invitation …1940s sl., orig. US
– PARK ONE’S STERN to sit down, esp. at an invitation …1940s sl., orig. US
– PLONK to sit oneself down heavily or unceremoniously …1974 colloq.
– QUATTY to squat, to sit; to crouch down, esp. of game; to hide …1816 Eng. dial.
– QUOT to squat, to sit; to crouch down, esp. of game; to hide …1816 Eng. dial.
– REULL to sit in strange postures …1856 Eng. dial.
– SCONCE to seat oneself; to crouch, resting on the limbs …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SPREAD THE FIGURE to sit down …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– SWOON to sit down …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– TAILORIZE to sit cross-legged like a tailor …1829
– TAKE A LOAD OFF to sit down …1922 US sl.
– TAKE A LOAD OFF ONE’S FEET to sit down and rest, esp. used as an invitation …20C sl.
– UNASS to knock someone out of a sitting position …1991 US sl.
SITE – NOUNS
– the site of a building, etc. SITUATION 1542-3 obs.
– the site of a building or habitation LARACH 1705 Sc.
SITUATED – ADJECTIVES
– inconveniently situated; not near at hand; indirect; roundabout; difficult of access; generally used of a direction or road UNGAIN Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– situated FIXED 1958 US sl.
– situated, placed, located BESTEAD; BESTED a1300 obs.
SITUATING – NOUNS
– the act of situating SITUATION 1589 obs.
SITUATION – ADJECTIVES
– pert. to situation or position; positional SITUAL 1856 rare
SITUATION – NOUNS
– BALLGAME a state of affairs, a situation …1930s sl., orig. US
– DEAL the situation, the state of affairs …L19 sl., orig. US
– END place, position, situation …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– HAMPDEN ROAR the state of affairs, the current situation …1985 Sc. rhyming sl. for ‘the score’
– LAYOUT a situation, the facts …L19 sl.
– POPSICLE STAND wherever one is currently situated …1970s US students’ sl.
– RAP a situation …1930s sl.
– SCENE a situation; a happening …1945 US sl.
– SCORE, THE the current situation, the state of affairs …1938 US sl.
– SITUS situation, position …1701 rare
SITUATION – PHRASES
– OVER THE WALL past a bad situation and moving on …1960s Amer. sl.
SIT UP – VERBS
– to sit up without leaning on another LEAN ON ONE’S OWN BREAKFAST 1910 Amer. dial.
SIX – ADJECTIVES
– six SA c1850 sl., chiefly showmen’s
SIX – NOUNS
– six DOUBLE TRE 1998 UK sl.
– six in all; six together SIXSOME 1375 rare
– the number six CHOPSTICKS 1980 UK rhyming sl.
– the number six SAY; SEI; SEY M19 sl.
SIXFOLD – ADJECTIVES
– sixfold SIX-DOUBLE 1552 obs.
SIXPENCE – NOUNS
– BANDY sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– BENDER a sixpence …1836 sl.
– CRIPPLE sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– CROAKER sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– CROOK sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– CROOKBACK sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– DEANER sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– DOWNER sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– FIDDLE sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– FIDDLER sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– FYEBUCK sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– GODDESS DIANA sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– GRIFF-METOL sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– GRUNTER sixpence (2.5p) …M19 sl.
– HALF-A-BORDE a sixpence …L16 UK criminals’ sl.
– HALF A CHIP sixpence; a sixpenny bit …1950 UK sl.
– HALF-A-HOG sixpence …L17 sl.
– HALF-BORDE a sixpence …L16 UK criminals’ sl.
– HALF-HOG sixpence …L17 sl.
– HOG sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– KICK a sixpence; mainly used to denote sixpence as an element in a sum of money, as ‘two and a kick’ – two shillings and sixpence …c1700 Brit. rhyming sl.? – should probably be plural ‘kicks’
– KYE sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– LORD-OF-THE-MANOR sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– NORTHEASTER sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– PIG a sixpence …a1640 sl. obs.
– POT sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– SAX a sixpence …1920s Aust. & NZ sl.
– SCALE a sixpence …a1900 Sc. sl.
– SHACK-STONER a sixpence …L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
– SICE sixpence …1660 sl.
– SIMON a sixpence …a1700 sl.
– SNIDE sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– SOW’S-BABY sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– SPRASER; SPRAZER sixpence or a sixpenny piece …1931 Brit. sl.
– SPRASY; SPRAZEY sixpence or a sixpenny piece …1931 Brit. sl.
– SPRAT sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– SPROUSE sixpence or a sixpenny piece …1931 Brit. sl.
– SPROWSER sixpence or a sixpenny piece …1931 Brit. sl.
– SPROWSIE sixpence or a sixpenny piece …1931 Brit. sl.
– SYEBUCK sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– TANNER sixpence or a sixpenny piece …1811 Brit. sl.
– TESTER sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
– TILBURY a sixpenny piece; sixpence …1796 sl. obs.
– TISSEY; TIZZEY; TIZZY a sixpenny piece …1804 Brit. sl.
– ZAC; ZACK; ZAK a sixpence …1898 Aust. sl.
SIXTY-THREE – NOUNS
– sixty-three; 63rd Street SIX-TREY 1972 US sl.
SIZE – ADJECTIVES
– BELSIZE bulky, of good size …Bk1898 Eng. dial. obs.
– QUITE of considerable size or importance …1917 Amer. dial.
– STONKING of exceptional size or quality …Brit. sl.
SIZE – NOUNS
– AVER something of unusual size …1931 Sc.
– LARGE extent, size …c1470 obs.
– LEASTNESS minimal size …1674 obs. rare
– MICKLE size, measure, bulk, height; frequently in plural …1864 Eng. dial.
– MICKLEDOM size, bulk, largeness …1737 Sc. obs.
– MICKLENESS size, bulk, largeness …Bk1905 Sc.
– MICKLETH size, bulk, largeness …1868 Eng. dial.
– MUCHITY great bulk or size…1621 obs. rare
– POOMER anything very large or of an extraordinary size; a big lie …B1900 Eng. dial.
SIZE – NOUNS, PERSON
– GIANT one distinguished by the possession of intellect, strength, valour, etc. in extraordinary amount or degree …1535
– GIANTESS a woman of abnormal bulk and height, one of uncommon size …c1380
SIZE – VERBS
– MENSURATE to measure; to take the dimensions of; to ascertain the size, extent or quantity of …1653 rare
SIZZLE – VERBS
– to sizzle; to give out a hissing sound; to hiss SIZZ 1788
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