Reverse Dictionary: SPR – SPZ

SPRAIN – NOUNS
– DINDLE a slight sprain …Bk1900 Sc.
– KECK a twist to one side; a sprain; an injury to the spine causing deformity …Bk1901 Eng. dial.
– RACK a sprain, wrench, dislocation …1761 Sc.
– RAMP a severe wrench; a sprain …1783 Eng. dial.
– RANCH a sprain (dialect form of ‘wrench’) …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAX a strain; a sprain; a wrench of a limb or a muscle …1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RICK a sprain, strain, wrench …1852 Eng. dial.
– THROW a twist, a wrench, a sprain; the act of twisting or wriggling; a turn of the hand …1785 Sc.
– WRAMP a severe wrench; a sprain …1783 Eng. dial.

SPRAIN – VERBS
– RACK to wrench, to sprain, to dislocate, to twist …1761 Sc.
– RAMP to sprain; to tear violently …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RANCH to sprain (dialect form of ‘wrench’) …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– REIST to strain or sprain the wrist …Bk1904 Sc.
– RICK to sprain, to strain, to twist, to wrench …1809 Eng. dial.
– THROW to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– WRAMP to sprain; to tear violently …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

SPRAY – VERBS
– to reduce to a spray or mist NEBULIZE 1872 rare
– to spray a liquid SKEET 1898 Amer. dial.

SPREAD, SPREADING – ADJECTIVES
– SPRANGLY spreading, sprawling …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPREADACEOUS spreading, sprawling …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

SPREAD etc. – VERBS
– SKAIL to scatter, to spread about; to waste, to lavish …1776 Sc.
– SKALE to scatter, to spread about; to waste, to lavish …1776 Sc.
– TED to scatter, to spread abroad; to spill …1813 Sc.
– TEER to smear, to daub; to spread; to dirty …1880 Eng. dial.
– TO-BREDE to spread abroad, to extend, to make broad …c888 obs.
– UMBESPREAD to spread about …c1400 obs.

SPREE – ADJECTIVES
– ON A BEND on a drinking spree …1887 sl.
– ON A BENDER on a drinking spree …1845 sl., orig. US
– ON A BLIND on a drinking spree …1917 Brit. sl.
– ON A BRANNIGAN on a drinking spree …1927 Amer. dial.
– ON A LOOP on a drinking spree …1920s US sl.
– ON A TEAR on a drinking spree …1869 sl.
– ON A WHIZZER on a drinking spree …1910 Amer. sl.
– ON THE BASH on a drinking spree …1919 Sc. & NZ sl.
– ON THE BATTER on a drinking spree …1839 sl.
– ON THE BEND on a drinking spree …1887 sl.
– ON THE BOOZE on a drinking spree …1850 sl.
– ON THE LARK playing about; on a spree …1862 Amer. sl.
– ON THE MUDDLE on a spree …1910s sl.
– ON THE PISS out drinking, usually with friends; on a drinking spree …1910s sl.
– ON THE RACKET on a spree …20C Aust. sl.
– ON THE RANDAN on the spree; on a carouse; drunk …1764
– ON THE RANDY on a spree …M17 sl.
– ON THE RANT on the spree …1880 Eng. dial.
– ON THE RAN-TAN out on a spree; drunk …M19 sl.
– ON THE RAZZLE out enjoying oneself or celebrating, esp. while drinking freely; on the spree …L19 sl.
– ON THE RAZZLE-DAZZLE on a drunken spree …c1895 sl.
– ON THE SCOOT on a drinking spree …1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
– ON THE SHICKER on a heavy drinking session …1901 Aust. & NZ sl.
– ON THE SKITE on a drinking spree …1869 Sc.
 
SPREE – NOUNS
– BAMBACHE a social gathering at which there is considerable drinking; a drinking spree …1944 Amer. dial.
– BAMBOCHE a social gathering at which there is considerable drinking; a drinking spree …1944 Amer. dial.
– BASH a good time; a spree; a party …1948 sl., orig. US
– BAT a drinking spree …1848 sl., orig. US
– BATTER a spree …1839 sl.
– BEER BLAST a raucous party, esp. one at which much liquor or beer is consumed; a drinking bout or binge …1963 Amer. dial.
– BEND a drinking spree …1887
– BENDER a bout of drinking; a spree; a riotous feast; often lasting several days and including random acts of excess, violence, etc. …1827 US
– BIG OLD TIME an uproarious time; a spree …M19 US sl.
– BILGE a drinking spree; a binge …1968 Amer. dial.
– BILLY a binge; a drinking spree …1966 Amer. dial.
– BINGE a drinking spree …1854 sl.
– BIT OF GIG a spree; a bit of fun …E19 sl.
– BLAST a raucous party, esp. one at which much liquor or beer is consumed; a drinking bout or binge …1959 Amer. sl.
– BLIND a drinking spree …1917 Brit. sl.
– BOOSE a drinking bout …1864 colloq.
– BOOZE a drinking spree …1850 sl.
– BOOZEROO a drinking spree …1943 NZ sl.
– BOOZE-UP a drinking spree …1897 sl.
– BRANNIGAN a drinking spree …1927 Amer. sl.
– BUM a debauch or spree ..1890 US colloq.
– BURST a prolonged bout of drunkenness; a spree …1881 colloq.
– BUSTER a drinking spree; a reckless frolic …1848 Amer. sl.
– CHIVOO a wild party; a celebration; a spree …1889 Aust. colloq.
– DOWN-SITTING a sitting down to drink, a drinking bout …1816 Sc.
– DRUNK a drinking spree …1779
– FLARE a ‘drunk’, a spree …Bk1893 colloq.
– FLARE-OUT a spree …1838 sl.
– FLARE-UP a spree …1838 sl.
– FLUTTER a venture, a spree …c1870 colloq.
– FUDDLE a drunken bout; a spree …19C sl.
– GALLIHOOT a spree …1940s US sl.
– GOOI a fling, a spree, a party …1940s S. Afr. sl.
– GUZZLE a drinking spree …E19
– HIGH LONESOME a solo drinking spree …L19 US sl.
– HIGH OLD TIME, A a very enjoyable time; an uproarious time; a spree …1858 sl.
– HIGH TIME an uproarious time; a spree …M19 US sl.
– JAG a drunken spree; a drinking binge …1892 Amer. dial.
– JAMBOREE a frolic; a spree …1872 Amer. sl.
– JIMBOREE a frolic; a spree …1872 Amer. sl.
– JOLLY a good time; a spree; a party; a merry-making …1905 colloq.
– JOLLY-UP a drinking bout, a spree …1900s sl.
– LARK a frolicsome adventure; a spree; a piece of merriment or mischief; fun of any kind; a trick …1802 colloq.
– LUSH a drinking spree …M19 sl.
– LUSHO a drinking spree …M19 sl.
– LUSH-OUT a drinking bout …1823 Brit. sl.
– MARDLE a festive meeting; a drinking bout …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PISSER a really superb party or spree …M20 US sl.
– PISS-UP a drinking spree …1952 sl.
– QUERANTE a spree …1875 Eng. dial.
– RAMBLE a spree; a drinking bout …1705 Sc.
– RAMP a spree, a boisterous good time …L19 sl.
– RANDAN n. a drunken carousal or riot; riotous or disorderly behaviour; a spree; a noisy merrymaking …c1710
– RANT a boisterous, riotous frolic or merrymaking; a spree …1675 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– RAN-TAN a riot; a drinking bout; a spree …1886 Eng. dial. & sl.
– RAZZLE-DAZZLE a frolic; a spree; riotous jollity …c1895 sl.
– REE-RAW a drinking bout; a noisy romp; a state of confusion; a disturbance, turmoil …1854
– RE-RAW a drinking bout …c1850 sl.
– REVEL-ROUT a crowd or party of revellers; a company of spreesters; a mob, rabble …?1655 arch. or obs. rare
– SANDY a drunken spree of which one has no memory …L19 US sl.
– SCOOT a drinking spree …1916 Aust. & NZ sl.
– SCREED a drinking-bout; a revel …1815 Sc.
– SCREED-O’-DRINK a drinking-bout; a revel …1815 Sc.
– SESH a drinking spree …1943 sl., orig. services’ usage
– SHINDY a party or gathering, esp. a noisy one with dancing; a spree, a frolic, a shindig …1844 Amer. dial.
– SHIVOO a wild party; a celebration; a spree …1889 Aust. colloq.
– SKITE a jollification, a spree, a binge …1869 Sc.
– SOAK a drinking bout …19C sl.
– SOUSE a drinking spree …1903 US sl.
– TEAR a spree, esp. a drinking spree …1869 sl.
– TOOT a drinking binge …L19 N. Amer. sl.
– WHING-DING a drinking spree …20C US
– WING-DING a drinking spree …20C US
 
SPREE – NOUNS, PERSON
– HELLER someone on a spree …1895 US sl.
– RACKETER a person who enjoys a hectic social life; one who indulges in noisy and riotous entertainments; a whoremonger or spreester ..1661 rare
– RAGER a person, or animal, known for wild behaviour; someone on a spree …1972 Aust., NZ., & US students’ sl.
 
SPREE – VERBS
– GO ON A LARK to be mischievously merry; to go on a spree …c1815 colloq.
– GO ON THE BEND to go on the spree …1887 sl.
– GO ON THE PISS to go on a heavy drinking spree …E20 Brit. sl.
– HAVE A CAN ON to go on a drinking spree; to get drunk …1923 US sl.
– HAVE A JAG ON to be on a drinking spree …L17 sl.
– HAVE A LARK to be mischievously merry; to go on a spree …c1815 colloq.
– LARK to play, esp. the fool; to be mischievously merry; to go on the spree …1813 colloq.
– LOOP to go on a drinking spree …1920s US sl.
– PAINT THE PLACE RED to go on a spree …L19 sl., orig. US
– PAINT THE TOWN PINK to go on a modest spree …1900s sl., orig. US
– PAINT THE TOWN RED to go on a drinking spree; to celebrate wildly …20C US colloq.
– RANDY to frolic; to enjoy oneself; to go on the spree; to brawl …1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RIG to go on a spree …Bk1903 sl.
– TAKE A FLIER to go out on a spree …M19 sl.
– TAKE A FLYER to go out on a spree …M19 sl.
– TAKE A LARK to be mischievously merry; to go on a spree …c1815 colloq.
– TIE A CAN ON to go on a drinking spree; to get drunk …1951 US sl.

SPRIGHTLY – ADJECTIVES
– AIRY lively, sprightly; cheerful, vivacious …1654
– CAPERSOME lively, spirited, sprightly…1852
– DAPPER of a small person, esp. a man: smart in movements, etc.; active, sprightly …E17
– GALLOWS spirited, sprightly; plucky; smart in appearance …1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GALLUS spirited, sprightly; plucky; smart in appearance …1865 Eng. dial.
– KEDGY brisk, active, sprightly, lively; cheerful, happy …1719 Eng. dial.
– KIDGY brisk, active, sprightly …1812 Eng. dial.
– LIFESOME full of life or animation; lively, gay, sprightly, animated …1688 
– PEART sprightly; lively; in good health; clever …1828 Amer. dial.
– SPANKY sprightly, frisky …B1900 Sc.
– TID lively, sprightly, frolicsome; skittish, restless, fidgety …1825 Eng. dial.
– VEGETOUS vigorous, lively, sprightly, active, healthy, flourishing in respect of health and vigour …1609 obs.
– YALD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous …1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– YALD-LOOKING having the appearance of sprightliness …1885 Sc.
– YAUL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous …1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– YAULD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous …1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– YAWL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous …1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– YELD alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful …1816 Eng. dial.

SPRIGHTLY – NOUNS, PERSON
– BAB the smartest or sprightliest lad or lass in a company …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOBBING-JOAN a gay, sprightly girl …1892 Eng. dial.
– BUCKSTICK a well-dressed, sprightly child or youth; a fop …19C Eng. dial.
– COCK-A-BENDY a sprightly boy …1866 Sc.
– DAPPERLING a little dapper fellow …E17
– DAPPERWIT a lively, active, spruce little man …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GALLANT a gay, sprightly, airy, and courageous person; a high-spirited, daring person …1388 arch. 

SPRIGHTLY – VERBS
– GO HEAD UP AND TAIL A-RISING to go rapidly and with some sprightliness …1959 Amer. dial.
– WALTZ to move lightly, blithely, trippingly, nimbly or in a sprightly and self-assured manner…1862 colloq.

SPRING (as water) – ADJECTIVES
– QUELLY wet, full of springs …1854 Eng. dial.
– QUICK of wells, springs, streams, or water: running, flowing …c1000 rare

SPRING (as water) – NOUNS
– BALNEARY a bath or bathing-place; a medicinal spring …1646
– BALNEOLOGY the scientific study of bathing and medicinal springs …1883
– BALNEOTHERAPY treatment of disease by baths or medicinal springs …Bk1888
– BATH a spring of water (chiefly hot or impregnated with minerals) suitable for bathing …864 obs.
– HEAD the source or spring of a stream or river …1879 Eng. dial.
– KELD a well, a fountain, a spring; a deep, still, smooth part of a river …1697 N. Eng. dial.
– KELL a well, a fountain, a spring; a deep, still, smooth part of a river …1697 N. Eng. dial.
– LICK a spring or stream …1945 Amer. dial.
– QUELL a spring, fountain …1894 rare
– QUICK-FRESH a spring in mossy ground …a1838 Sc.
– QUICK-SAND a spring in mossy ground …a1838 Sc.
– QUICK-SPRING a spring in mossy ground …a1838 Sc.
– QUILL a spring of water …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SEEP a place where water oozes out of the ground; a sluggish spring …1881 Amer. dial.
– SEEP SPRING a place where water oozes out of the ground; a sluggish spring …1901 Amer. dial.
– SIPE a small spring or pool of water …1825 chiefly Sc.
– WALL a spring of water; a well …1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– WALM a gushing fort or upwelling of water; a spring, fountain, water-source; the water of such …a897 obs.

SPRING (as water) – VERBS
– QUILL to bubble up as a fountain or spring …1854 Eng. dial.
– WALL UP to spring up, as water …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

SPRING, SPRINGING (bound) – ADJECTIVES
– BENDIT ready to spring, crouching …Bk1898 Sc.
– SALTITANT leaping or springing …1654 obs. rare

SPRING etc. (bound) – NOUNS
– BEND a spring, a leap, a bound …1513 Sc. obs.
– LENCH a leap, a spring …1606 Sc. obs.
– SALIENCE the quality of leaping or springing up …1836 rare
– SPANG a bound, leap, or spring …1817 Eng. dial. 
– STEND a leap, spring, or bound …a1500 Sc.

SPRING etc. (bound) – VERBS
– BEND to spring, to leap, to bound …c1530 Sc. obs.
– BOUT to bolt, to spring, to leap; to rise quickly from beneath a surface …Bk1911 Sc.
– LAKE to exert oneself, to move quickly, to leap, to spring; hence, to fight …a1000 obs.
– LANCE to bound, to spring, to move quickly, to rush …c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SCOWP to run hither and thither, to rush, to bound, to dart, to scurry, to spring …1721 Sc. 
– SKIT to shy or be skittish; to move lightly and rapidly; to caper, to leap, to spring …1611
– STEND to bound, to leap, to spring up …1567 Sc. 
– YARK;  YERK to spring or rise suddenly; esp. of animals …1611 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.

SPRING (season) – ADJECTIVES
– VERNAL coming, appearing, or happening in spring …1534
– VERNAL suggestive of spring; having the mildness or freshness of spring; early, youthful …1790
– VERNANT flourishing or growing in, or as in, spring …c1440 now rare or obs.
– VERNANT pert. to the spring; vernal …1654 now rare or obs.

SPRING (season) – ADVERBS
– VERNALLY in or like spring …1727 rare

SPRING (season) – NOUNS
– BUZZARD STORM a period of very cold weather in spring …1954 Amer. dial.
– DOGWOOD WINTER a period of cold weather in the spring…1904 Amer. dial.
– FLY TIME spring …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GRASS spring …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GRASS-SPRING the time of year in which grass and other plants begin to grow; springtime …1840 poetic usage, obs.
– LENT the season of spring …c1275 obs.
– LENTEN spring …c1000 obs.
– LINEN BRITCHES WINTER a period of cold weather in the spring …1950 Amer. dial.
– PET WEATHER particular good weather early in the spring …1982 Amer. dial.
– PRIMETIDE springtime, spring; fig. the ‘springtime’ of life, or of any movement …1549 obs.
– RENDING-TIME the early spring …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SICK-BIRD WINTER a late spring storm …1991 Amer. dial.
– VER the season of spring; springtime …1382 obs.
– VERE the season of spring; spring-time …c1325 obs.
– VERE-TIME spring-time …1382 obs.
– VERNAL the vernal season; the spring …1654 obs.
– VERNAL SEASON the season of spring …1644
– VOAR;  VORE the spring of the year …1721 Sc. 
– VOAR-SEASON the spring-time …1890 Sc.
– VOAR-TIME the spring-time …1806 Sc.
– WARE the season of spring …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– WHEELING TIME spring …1914 Amer. dial.

SPRING (season) – PHRASES
– WHEN BIRDS HAVE TWO TAILS when it is spring and swallows return …Bk1898 Eng. dial.

SPRING (season) – VERBS
– VERNALIZE to render spring-like …1830 rare

SPRINKLE, SPRINKLED – ADJECTIVES
– BESPRENTED sprinkled, splashed …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BESPRITZED sprinkled on, as by a garden hose …1935 Amer. dial.

SPRINKLE etc. – VERBS
– ASPERSIFY to sprinkle upon anybody or anything …1931 Amer. dial.
– BESPRENG to sprinkle about …c1529 obs.
– DAG to sprinkle; to wet with sprinkling …1790 Eng. dial.
– DAGGLE to wet by splashing or sprinkling …1805
– DEG;  DEGG to sprinkle water upon anything; to bedew, to moisten, to soak …1781 Eng. dial.  
– ROOSE to water; to sprinkle with water …B1900 Sc. obs.
– SINAPIZE to sprinkle 
– TO-SPRENG to besprinkle completely …1382 obs.
– VAMP to sprinkle with water …1892 Eng. dial.

SPRITE – NOUNS
– BILLY-BLIN a benevolent sprite …1806 Sc. 
– DOBBIE a household sprite or apparition supposed to haunt certain premises or localities, with powers of either good or evil; a ghost, a spectre …1781 Eng. dial.
– GAME-GOBLIN a sprite that plays pranks at night …a1400 obs.
– HOB-GOB a hobgoblin, sprite, elf …1882 Eng. dial.
– LAR a sprite, a hobgoblin …1598 obs.
– NANNY-CATCH an apparition; a mischievous sprite …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RED-CAP a sprite or elf supposed to haunt especially old castles or ruins …1802 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RED-COWL a sprite or elf supposed to haunt especially old castles or ruins …1816 Sc.
– RED-MAN a sprite or elf supposed to haunt especially old castles or ruins …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– THROB-THRUSH a household sprite; a brownie …1825 Eng. dial. obs.
– THRUSH a sprite, a boggle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

SPRUCE, SPRUCENESS – ADJECTIVES
– BAITED FOR WIDOW spruced up; dressed to catch the attention of widows or other women …1960 Amer. dial.
– DINK neat, nice, finely dressed, trim, spruce …1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– FEAT-BODIED having a feat or trim body, neat, spruce …1750 obs.
– GALLIARD having a gay appearance, spruce …1513 obs.
– GEMMY spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous …1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GIM smart, spruce, fine, neat, pretty …1513 obs. exc. Eng dial.
– GIMMY spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous …1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– JAM neat, smart, spruce …Bk1896 sl.
– JEMMY spruce, dandified, neat, smart; dexterous …1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– JIMMY spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous …1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– JIMP neat in attire, tidy; spruce; slender, elegant …a1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NATTY fashionable, spruce …1557 colloq.
– PENSY tidy in dress and appearance; spruce, neat …a1806 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– POVIE spruce and self-conceited …B1900 Sc.
– SMICKER gay, spruce …1589 obs.
– SPRUNNY neat, spruce, smart …1733 Eng. dial. 

SPRUCE etc. – NOUNS
– FEATNESS elegance, shapeliness, spruceness, trimness …1576
– JEMMINESS spruceness, neatness, trimness …1756
– NATTINESS neatness; tidiness; spruceness …colloq.

SPRUCE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BLADE a gallant, an easygoing fellow, a good fellow; also, a spruce or dashing fellow; sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless fellow; a beau …1597
– GIMCRACK a pert young woman; a spruce wench …c1698 UK sl.
– NATTY a neatly smart or spruce person …1818
– SPRUSADO a smartly-dressed person; a spruce fellow; a dandy …1665 obs.

SPRUCE etc. – VERBS
– BLITZ IT to polish or spruce up with vigour and speed …World War II Amer. sl.
– DAN UP to spruce up …2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
– TITIVATE;  TITTIVATE to make small alterations to one’s toilet, etc. so as to add to one’s attractions; to make smart or spruce; to ‘touch up’ in the way of adornment, to put the finishing touches to …1805

SPRUCE (tree) – NOUNS
– the cone of Pinus abies, the Norway spruce APPLE Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– the cone of Pinus abies, the Norway spruce PINE APPLE 1750 Eng. dial.

SPRY – ADJECTIVES
– ANTIC frisky, lively, active, spry …1903 Amer. dial.
– ANTSY lively, spry …1973 Amer. dial.
– CADDY spry, agile, active, lively …1938 Amer. dial.
– CADGY cheerful, merry; glad; friendly and hospitable; in good spirits; lively, excited, spry …1725 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
– CAGY lively; excited; spry …1897 Amer. dial.
– CATTY spry, agile, active, lively …1939 Amer. dial.
– CHIP cheerful, lively; spry, fit …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHIPPING cheerful, lively; spry, fit …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHIPPY cheerful, lively; spry, fit …1965 Amer. dial.
– GLIB brisk, vigorous, spry …1934 Amer. dial.
– KAGY lively; excited; spry …1902 Amer. dial.
– SLIPPY quick, spry; nimble …1885 UK sl.
– SMART healthy; chipper, spry, lively, active …1788 Amer. dial.
– SPRY AS A JAYBIRD IN WILD CHERRY TIME extremely spry …1952 Amer. dial.

SPUNK – NOUNS
– spunk, confusion TIZZYRINCTUM 1989 Amer. dial.

SPURIOUS – ADJECTIVES
– ABASTARDIZED degenerate, debased, spurious …1653 obs.
– ADULTERINE spurious, counterfeit; due to adulteration …1542
– ADULTEROUS pert. to adulteration; spurious, counterfeit …1567 arch.
– APOCRYPHATE of spurious creation or character; of doubtful authenticity; fictitious, false …1486 obs.
– APOCRYPHICAL of doubtful authorship or authenticity; spurious, fictitious, false …1719 obs. rare
– BASTARDLY unlicensed, unauthorized; counterfeit, spurious …1586 obs.
– CAGMAG inferior, second-rate, spurious …1859 Eng. dial.
– FAKE fraudulent; spurious; counterfeit; false; pretended …1775
– FAKED spurious; counterfeit …1850s colloq.
– FAKED-UP spurious; counterfeit …1850s colloq.
– KAMMA fake, trumped up, spurious; esp. said of emotions or illness …20C S. Afr. sl.
– SCHLENTER counterfeit, spurious, fake …L19 Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
– SLENTER counterfeit, spurious, fake …L19 Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
– SLINTER counterfeit, spurious, fake …L19 Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
– SPOOF fake, spurious, sham …L19 sl.

SPURIOUS – NOUNS
– FAKE a spurious or counterfeit document; later, anything of a spurious, counterfeit, or fraudulent nature; a false rumour or false story of any kind; an invented newspaper story …1851 sl., orig. criminals’ usage
– NAIL TO THE COUNTER to expose as false or spurious; to expose as a lie …1842

SPURIOUS – VERBS
– ABASTARD to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate …1610 obs.
– ABASTARDIZE to render bastard, spurious, or degenerate; to debase, to deteriorate …1580 obs.

SPURN – VERBS
– to spurn, despise, abhor ASPERNATE 1656 obs.
– to spurn; to kick CALCITRATE 1623

SPUTTER, SPUTTERING – NOUNS
– the act of sputtering or hissing FIZZLE 1842

SPUTTER etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person who sputters SPUTTERER 1687 rare

SPUTTER etc. – VERBS
– to sputter SPIT 1611
– to sputter or hiss, as a firework, etc. FIZZLE 1859

SPUTUM – NOUNS
– expectorated sputum WAD 1989 US sl.

SPY, SPYING – ADJECTIVES
– SNEAKY BEAKY spying …1995 UK sl.
– SPOOKY pertaining to the world of spies and espionage …1970s US sl.
 
SPY etc. – NOUNS
– BAG JOB an illegal and clandestine entry by intelligence or counterintelligence agents to gather information …1971 Amer. sl., chiefly FBI usage
– BUG a spy device for listening to someone’s conversation
– CIRCUS, THE the British secret service …1963 sl.
– DROP a secret place where documents, etc. can be left or passed on by a spy …1959 sl.
– POST OFFICE a secret place where documents, etc. can be left or passed on by a spy …1919 sl.
– TRADE, THE the secret service …1966 sl.
– TREFF a secret rendezvous, esp. for the transfer of goods or information …1963 sl., orig. US
– WET an activity of intelligence organizations, esp. the KGB, involving assassination …1972 sl.
 
SPY etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BALDOWER one who conveys information; a spy …Bk1890 Yiddish
– BEAGLE one who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a spy, an informer; a constable, a sheriff’s officer, a bailiff, a beadle …1559
– BEEKIE a company spy …1949 Amer. sl.
– BIRD DOG one who seeks, scouts, or spies for another; esp. a carrier of tales; one who runs errands or performs similar tasks; one paid to direct potential customers to a business …1929 US sl.
– BLACK OPERATOR a secret agent or spy …1884 Amer. euphemism 
– CUT-OUT someone acting as a middle-man in espionage …1963 sl.
– DOG a police spy; a stool pigeon …1846 US criminals’ sl.
– FARGE a gossip; an intruder, a spy …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FLY a spy …1622 obs.
– GINK a traitor; an informer; a spy …1906 US criminals’ sl.
– KEEK-ROUND-CORNERS a spy …1911 Sc.
– LURCHER one who loiters or lies hidden in a suspicious manner; a spy …1706
– MAIL CARRIER a spy …US Civil War usage
– MOLE a penetration agent who over a long period achieves a position of trust within the security defences (esp. an intelligence agency) of a state; generally, a person who betrays confidential information from a position of trust within an organization, esp. over a long period …1922
– MOLE-CATCHER a counter-espionage operative employed to detect moles …1980
– MOLE-HUNTER one who catches moles or other informants  …1981
– MOUCHARD an undercover agent or investigator, a police spy …1802 esp. in France or  French-speaking regions
– MOUDIEWARP an underhand person; a sneak, a plotter, a spy …1832 Sc.
– MOUDIEWORT an underhand person; a sneak, a plotter, a spy …1832 Sc.
– MOULDWARP an underhand person; a sneak, a plotter, a spy …1832 Sc.
– MOUSE an informer; a spy …1890 criminals’ sl.
– MOUTON ‘a spy quartered in a prison with an accused person with a view to obtaining incriminating evidence’ …1804 rare
– MOWCH a spy, an eavesdropper …1825 Sc.
– NOSE a spy or informer, esp. for the police …1789 sl.
– PIMP a spy, an informer …1844 Amer. dial.
– QUEER ROOSTER a police spy who frequents thieves’ haunts, often feigning sleep in order to listen to their conversations; an informer …L18 sl.
– SLEEPER a spy or saboteur who remains inactive for a long time before starting his or her work …1955 sl.
– SNEAKY BEAKY a spy …1995 UK sl.
– SPOOK an intelligence agent, especially CIA …1942 US sl.
– SWALLOW a woman employed by the Soviet intelligent service to seduce men for the purposes of espionage …1972 sl.
– U.C. an undercover agent …1980s US sl.
– UNDERCOVER an undercover agent …1962 sl.
– WAIT a military watchman, sentinel, or lookout; also, a scout, spy; a watchman in a camp, castle, or fortified place who was furnished with a born to trumpet to sound an alarm or to make a signal …a1300 obs.
– WAITER an observer in secret; a scout, a spy …1471 obs.
– WATCH a spy …1484 obs.
 
SPY etc. – VERBS
– BE ON THE BEEFMENT to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– BE ON THE POUNCE to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– BUZ to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– CASTELL to see, to watch; to spy …L16 thieves’ sl.
– DICK to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– FOX to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– KEEK-BO to peep, to spy …1821 Sc.
– KEEP TOUT to spy on, to keep a look-out …E19 sl.
– LAY to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– MARK to observe, to watch, to see, to spy …1377 now poetic
– NARK to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– NOSE to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– OGLE to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– PIPE to see, to watch; to spy …1846 thieves’ sl.
– QUIZ to watch, to spy on …19C thieves’ sl.
– ROAST to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– ROAST-BROWN to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– SHADOW to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– SHEPHERD to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– SKIN to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– SNIPE to snoop; to spy on someone …2002 US sl.
– SNITCH to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– SPIT BLOOD of a spy: to fear exposure …1963 sl.
– SPOT to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– STAG to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– TOUT to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– TOWER to spy upon …L18 sl.
– TWIRE to see, to watch; to spy …Bk1902 thieves’ sl.
– WAIT to watch with hostile intent; to spy upon; to lie in wait for …c1200 obs.