Reverse Dictionary: SIT

ADJECTIVES
► ASTRIDDLING sitting astride → 1875 Eng. dial.
► SEDENT sitting → L17

ADVERBS
► CRISS-CROSS APPLESAUCE in a cross-legged position; sitting cross-legged → 1987 US

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 → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CATHISOPHOBIA an abnormal fear or dislike of sitting down → 1991 (Bk.)
► 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.
► KATHISOMANIA a mania for sitting → 1991 (Bk.)
► SITTING-PLACE a place to sit in, a seat → 1382

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 → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► TAKE A PEW sit down; take a seat → 1898 US sl.

VERBS
► ANCHOR to sit down → 18C Eng. colloq.
► ARSLE to move when in a sitting posture; hence, to shuffle, to sit unquietly, to fidget → 1898 Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BANG-A-BONK to sit lazily on a bank → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► 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 → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COME TO AN ANCHOR to sit down → 18C Eng. colloq.
► COP A SQUAT to sit down → 1940s African-American sl.
► COZE to sit or recline comfortably and snugly → 1808 obs.
► CRONK to perch, to sit → 19C Eng. dial.
► DIP to sit down → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DRAPE THE SHAPE to sit down → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► 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.
► 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
► PERSIDE to sit by; to continue sitting → 1656 obs.
► PITCH to sit down; to take a seat, and a rest → L18 colloq. obs.
► 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 → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SOSS to sit down heavily → 1790 Eng. dial.
► SPREAD THE FIGURE to sit down → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SWOON to sit down → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► 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.
► TAKE A PERCH to sit down → 1871
► UNASS to knock someone out of a sitting position → 1991 US sl.