Reverse Dictionary: SUR – SURPQ

SURE – ADJECTIVES
– APT of persons: certain, sure …1893 Ireland
– DAMN RIGHT certain; sure …1940s sl.
– DAMN SKIPPY certain; sure …1940s sl.
– DAMN STRAIGHT certain; sure …1940s sl.
– DAMN TOOTIN’ certain; sure …1940s sl.
– FAST-SURE quite certain; perfectly sure …1859 Eng. dial.
– HEART-CERTAIN thoroughly certain or sure …1818
– POT-SURE thoroughly sure; full of confidence and boldness through drinking …1648 obs.
– SICKER  that may be depended on; in which one can put reliance, confidence, or trust; certain, sure …c1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SICKER certain of its effect; effective, sure …1338
– SLOW-SURE slow and sure …1837 poetic usage, rare
– SURE AS A GUN, AS quite sure, certainly
– SURE AS CHRISTMAS very sure, certain …1959 UK sl.
– SURE AS EGGS IS EGGS absolutely sure, certain …1699 UK sl.
– SURE AS GOD MADE LITTLE (GREEN) APPLES very sure, absolutely certain …1874 UK sl.
– SURE AS GOD MADE RAIN, AS very sure, certain …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SURE AS SHIT AND TAXES very sure, absolutely certain …1957 US sl.
– THOUGHT-SURE clear or sure in point of recollection …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
SURE – ADVERBS
– DEAD TO RIGHTS certain, sure …M19 sl.
– SARTAIN SURE quite sure …1864 Eng. dial.
 
SURE – NOUNS
– CINCH something sure or easy ..colloq.
– COP a successful bet; hence, any form of ‘sure thing’ or certainty …L19 sl.
– DEAD BIRD a certain bet; a sure thing …L19 Aust. sl.
– NAP a good bet, a sure thing …2001 UK sl.
 
SURE – PHRASES
– BET YOUR BOOTS ON to be absolutely sure about a thing …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– HAVE THE DEAD WOOD, TO to be sure; to have a good thing …1851 Amer.
– NO SPIFFING for sure, no fooling …L19 sl.
 
SURE – VERBS
– CINCH to seize on or make sure of; to guarantee …colloq.
– FASTEN to make sure, to confirm, to ratify an agreement …a900 obs.
– INSURE to assure, to pledge one’s word; to make sure; to guarantee …Bk1902 Eng. dial. & Amer. dial.
– NAIL to take or obtain for oneself; to secure; to make sure of …1732 sl., orig. criminals’ usage
 
SURELY – ADVERBS
– BELIKE perhaps, probably, maybe; surely …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BELIKES perhaps, probably, maybe; surely …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– IN A HANDBASKET quickly, surely, easily …1923 Amer. dial.
– SARTLY certainly, surely …1869 Eng. dial.
– SURE AS GUNTER very surely …1909 Amer. dial.
– SURE AS SHIT absolutely, surely; without a doubt …1954 US sl.
 
SURETY – ADVERBS
– of a surety; without deception WITHOUT GAB c1320 obs.
 
SURF – NOUNS
– surf LAND-BRIST 1375 Sc. obs.
 
SURFACE – NOUNS
– the surface or rim of anything REAM Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
SURFEIT, SURFEITED – ADJECTIVES
– surfeited STONKERED L20 Aust. sl.
 
SURFEIT etc. – NOUNS
– a surfeit HAISTER 1864 Eng. dial.
– a surfeit UG Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– a surfeit; oversupply O.D. Aust. sl.
 
SURFEIT etc. – VERBS
– to become surfeited with or get too much of; to overindulge in O.D. 1974 Amer. sl.
– to have a surfeit of; to have or consume to excess OD ON Aust. sl.
– to surfeit, to satiate PALL Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
SURFING – ADJECTIVES
– HUNG UP while surfing, caught along the steep wall of a wave and unable to pull out …1963 US sl.
– UNDERGUNNED having too small a surfboard for the surf conditions …1989 Aust. sl.
 
SURFING – ADVERBS
– SKEG-FIRST while surfing: said of the beginning of a ride with the tail of the surfboard pointing towards shore …1988 US sl.
 
SURFING – INTERJECTIONS/PHRASES
– COWABUNGA! an exclamation of exhilaration, delight, or satisfaction, esp. in surfing as the surfer climbs or rides a wave …1954 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– OVER THE FALLS said of a surfer carried over the breaking edge of a wave …1964 US sl.
 
SURFING – NOUNS
– ALL-TIMER’S DISEASE used by surfers humorously to describe a person’s proclivity to exaggerate when recounting surf conditions or their accomplishments …1991 US sl.
– BAGGIES loose-legged boxer swimming trunks worn by surfers; baggy shorts or trousers …1963 Amer sl., orig. surfing usage
– CADILLAC a large surfboard used for big-wave conditions …1965 US sl.
– CHEATER FIVE while surfing: the toes of one foot extended over the nose of the board only because the surfer has stretched his leg far forward …1965 US sl.
– CLEAN PEELER to a surfer: a perfect wave …1997 US sl.
– CLOCKY sudden waving arm movements of a surfer trying to get his balance …1991 US sl.
– DAWN PATROL golfers or surfers who head out early to beat others to the course or waves …20C Amer. sl.
– DING STRING a cord attached to a surfer and his surfboard …1991 US sl.
– DINGAGE damage to a surfboard or a surf-related injury …1991 sl.
– GLASS HOUSE in surfing: a smooth ride inside the hollow of a wave …1987 US sl.
– GLASS ITCH irritation of the skin by fibreglass dust …1979 US surfing usage
– GREENBACK in surfing: a swell that has not broken …1963 US sl.
– GUN a large heavy surfboard used for riding big waves …1963 surfing sl.
– HOOK in surfing: the crest of a breaker …1965 Amer. surfing sl.
– HOT DOG in surfing: a Malibu board, i.e. a wide, not very large, board, made of ‘foam’ and sheathed with fibreglass …c1960 Aust. sl.
– HUMP a large wave …1957 US surfer use
– KOOK BOX a paddle board, used by beginner surfers …1964 US sl.
– KOOK CORD a line that attaches to a surfer’s ankle to his surfboard …1991 US sl.
– LEASH a line attached at one end to a surfer and at the other to the surfboard …1977 US sl.
– LOG a heavy, cumbersome surfboard …1963 US sl.
– QUEEN MARY a surfboard that is too big for the surfer using it …1964 US sl.
– QUIVER a selection of surfboards, used for different surf conditions …1977 US sl.
– RAIL the edge of a surfboard …L1950s Aust. surfers’ sl.
– RAIL SANDWICH a surfboard between your legs …1978 US sl.
– REEDS long shorts, favoured by surfers …1985 US sl.
– SHUFFLE the movement by a surfer forward on the board while surfing, executed without crossing the feet …1965 US sl.
– SINKER a dent on a surfboard that requires a resin filler …1986 US sl.
– SKEG a fin on a surfboard …1962 US sl.
– SNUFF-OUT in surfing: a fast and violent loss of position on a surfboard,  usually followed by a sudden trip below the ocean surface …1977 US sl.
– STACKUP a group of waves; a group of surfers on a single wave …1977 US sl.
– STEAMER a type of wetsuit worn by surfers and wind-surfers, with minimally permeable rubber …1982 sl.
– TABLA a surfboard …1977 US sl.
– WAITING ROOM in surfing: the area beyond the breakers where surfers wait to catch waves …1977 Israel sl.
– WOODFOOT in surfing, numbing of the foot in cold water …2001 US surfing usage
– WOODY a wooden surfboard …1950s Amer. sl.
 
SURFING – NOUNS, PERSON
– BABY GUN a short, bullet-shaped surf board designed for big-wave conditions …1970 US sl.
– BARNEY a poor, clumsy surfer …Bk2006 Amer. surfing sl.
– BEARD a veteran surfer …Bk1994 surfing sl.
– BEER-DRINKING MARSUPIALS in surfing: Australian surfers …Bk1997
– BELLYBOARDER a person who rides a bellyboard (a short, light surfboard ridden in a prone position, typically made of plywood) …1964
– BENNY a nonsurfer who talks, dresses, and acts like he or she has been surfing for years …Bk1992 surfing sl.
– BIG KAHUNA in surfing: a particularly skilled or respected surfer …1959 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
– DUCK a surfer who lingers in the water, rarely catching a wave …1991 US sl.
– FANNY-DUNKER in surfing: a wader or swimmer …1968 surfing sl.
– GLUE FOOT a surfer who is sure-footed on the surfboard …Bk1992 US surfing sl. 
– GREMLIN a young surfer; also, a troublemaker who frequents the beaches but does not surf …M20 surfing sl.
– GREMMIE;  GREMMY a young surfer …M20 surfing sl.
– GUTSLIDER a bodyboarder; term of derision used by surfers …2003 S. Afr. sl.
– GYRO a surfer who constantly flaps his arms to gain balance on the surfboard …1991 US sl.
– GYRO WANKER a surfer who constantly flaps his arms to gain balance on the surfboard …1991 US sl.
– KOOK a novice, or one who is inexpert in surf-riding …1961 sl., orig. US
– MUTIE a daring exponent, a devotee …Brit. surfers’ & rock music fans usage
– QUACK a novice surfer …1977 US sl.
– SAND FLEA someone who associates with surfers at the beach but rarely if ever enters the water …1985 US sl.
– SCEG;  SKEG a surfer …1985 Aust. sl.
– SEA PIG a fat surfer …1988 US sl.
– SKEGHEAD a surfer …1988 Aust. sl.
– SWITCHFOOT a surfer who can surf with either foot forward, depending on the conditions …1964 US sl.
– TEA-BAGGER a body-boarder …Bk2006 Amer. surfing sl.
– VALLEY COWBOYS inland surfers …Bk2006 Amer. sl. 
– WAG a social outcast, esp. a non-surfer …1991 US sl.
– WAHINE, WAHINI a female surfer …1963 US sl.
– ZELLER an over-devoted surfer …1988 US sl.
 
SURFING – NOUNS, PERSON, OTHER
– HIGHWAY SURFER a person who adopts the mannerisms of surfers, buys the equipment, but never seems to get out of the car into the water …1963 US sl.
 
SURFING – VERBS
– BACK-DOOR in surfing: to start a ride behind the peak of a wave …1980 US sl.
– CARVE in surfing: to change the course of the surfboard by digging it into the water …1980 US sl.
– CARVE UP THE MOB to surf recklessly through a crowd of surfers or swimmers …1964 Aust. sl.
– COP A TUBE to catch a perfect tubular wave …Bk2006 US surfing sl.
– DUCK-DIVE in surfing: to push the nose of the surfboard down under a breaking wave …1988 US sl.
– EAT IT in surfing: to lose control and fall from your surfboard …1991 US sl.
– EAT ONE’S LUNCH in surfing: to be thrown from a surfboard …1981 US surfing usage
– EAT SHIT in surfing: to lose control of a ride and fall off your surfboard …1991 US sl.
– EAT THE COOKIE while surfing: to be pounded fiercely by a breaking wave …1997 US sl.
– EAT UP of a wave: to overcome and knock a surfer from the surfboard …1965 US sl.
– GET THE AXE in surfing: to be knocked off your board by a wave …1957 US sl.
– GO OVER THE FALLS in surfing: to be thrown over by the curl of a wave …1977 sl.
– KICK in surfing: to force the nose of the surfboard up out of the water …1973 US sl.
– KICK OUT to shift the weight to the rear of the board and pull it over the top of the wave …1962
– NAIL of a wave: to knock a surfer from the surfboard …1977 US sl.
– NOSE-RIDE in surfing: to ride on the front of the board …1979 US sl.
– SHOOT THE PIER to ride a wav through or between the pilings of a pier …1961 surfing sl.
– SKIN to surf without a wet suit …1991 US sl.
– SLASH to surf aggressively back and forth across the face of a wave …1991 US sl.
– SNAKE to cut into a wave ahead of another surfer by beginning one’s ride in his or her path …1987 surfing sl.
– WALK THE NOSE in surfing: to advance to the front of the board …1962 US sl.
– WALK THE PLANK to move forward on a surfboard, increasing the speed of the ride …1963 Aust. sl.
 
SURGE – VERBS
– to surge; to rush in waves; to dash or pour; to splash JAW 1513 Sc.
– to surge up like the tide ESTUATE 1620 obs.
 
SURGEON – see DOCTOR
 
SURGERY – ADJECTIVES
– pertaining to surgery; skilled in, or practising surgery CHIRURGICAL 1541 arch.
 
SURGERY – NOUNS
– cosmetic surgery around the eyes EYE JOB 1996 US sl.
– operative surgery ACIURGY 1828 rare
 
SURLINESS, SURLY – ADJECTIVES
– BEARISH rough, rude, and uncouth. growling, surly …1744
– CALSHIE crabbed, ill-tempered, surly …1873 Sc.
– CAMLA-LIKE sullen, surly …1767 Sc. obs.
– CHUFFY clownish, churlish, rude, blunt, surly, morose …a1700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– CHURLY churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent …1620 rare
– DOGGISH surly, snappish
– ELDRITCH surly, severe in temper and manner; of weather: chill, keen …1825 Sc. obs.
– GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable …1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– GLUNDER to sulk, to be in a bad temper; to look surly …B1900 Sc.
– GRUM grim, surly, sullen, morose, glum …1771 Amer. dial.
– GRUM AND CHUFF sulky in demeanour and surly in speech; morose and forbidding …1950 Amer. dial.
– GRUMPISH surly, peevish …20C colloq.
– GURLY surly, cross, ill-humoured …1721 Sc.
– HAZLED crabbed, surly, sour, churlish …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– ILL-CLEPPED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ILL-CURPONED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ILL-KEESTERD ill-natured, surly, full of unpleasant devices …1929 Sc.
– ILL-MITE ill-conditioned, surly, churlish …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ILL-PEGGED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish …1875 Eng. dial.
– ILL-PICTURED ill-conditioned, surly, churlish …Bk1905 Sc.
– ILL-SET ill-conditioned, surly, churlish …1774 Sc.
– ILL-THRIVEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish …1843
– ILL-THRODDEN ill-conditioned, surly, churlish …1843 Eng. dial.
– IN A FUNK in a surly or gloomy state …1808 orig. Sc.
– JUNTISH surly …B1900 Eng. dial.
– JUNTOUS apt to take offense; ill-tempered, sullen, captious, surly, morose …1875 Eng. dial.
– KELSHIE crabbed, surly …1833 Sc. obs.
– LUNT short, crusty, surly in speech or in manners …Bk1896 Eng. dial.
– MANDY abusive, insolent, saucy; surly …c1730 Eng. dial.
– NABAL surly; ill-natured; stingy; churlish; narrow-minded …1871
– RAMGUNSHOCH bad-tempered, surly, rude and boorish …1721 Sc.
– REASTY-CROPPED hoarse-voiced; rough of speech; surly …1875 Eng. dial.
– SANSHACH disdainful, haughty, saucy, surly, snappish …1825 Sc.
– SIDY surly, moody, pettish…1674 Eng. dial. obs.
– SUMPHISH sullen, surly …1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– THRAWN-FACED having a surly face …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UMBERSORROW rough, rude, uncultivated; of a rugged or surly disposition …1808 Sc. obs.
 
SURLINESS  etc. – NOUNS
– CARLISHNESS surliness; coarseness …1552
 
SURLINESS  etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BEAR a stubborn and disagreeable person; a surly person  …1638 sl.
– BLACK FELLOW a surly, vindictive, implacable, irreconcilable fellow …Bk1910 Ireland
– BLACK MAN a surly, vindictive, implacable, irreconcilable fellow …Bk1910 Ireland 
– DIKBEK a sulky or surly person …1970 S. Afr.
– GLUNDIE;  GLUNDY a fellow with a sulky look, but not sulky for all; one who deceives by appearance; a bad-mannered, clumsy, surly, or blundering person …1824 Sc. obs.
– GLUNTOCH a stupid fellow; a surly, sullen person …1825 Sc. obs.
– GRUMP a bad-tempered, surly, or discontented person …1900 sl.
– HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man …1602
– MOOSK a sly, surly person …1931 Sc.
– MOROSO a morose, peevish, or surly person …1592 obs. rare
– RUSTY-GUTS a blunt, surly, old fellow; a churl …B1900 sl.
– SAGAN a term of contempt for a person, generally implying surliness, uncouthness, or clumsiness in build or movements; a rough, boorish person …1904 Sc.
– SUMPH a surly or sullen man …1719 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
SURLINESS  etc. – VERBS
– SURL to be surly, ugly …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
SURMISE – NOUNS
– a surmise or suspicion DEEMING 1476 obs.
 
SURMISE – VERBS
– to surmise, to have a suspicion of; to guess JALOUSE 1816 Sc.
– to surmise, to suspect, to imagine; to think of something as existent; to guess DEEM c1400 obs.
 
SURMOUNT – VERBS
– to surmount, to overtop, to surpass, to exceed, to excel; to overcome EXSUPERATE 1559 obs.
– to surmount, to surpass, to excel; to overcome EXUPERATE 1559 obs.
 
SURNAME – ADJECTIVES
– MINIMUS in some British schools, appended to a surname to designate the youngest (in age or standing) of three or four boys having the same surname; e.g. J. Smith minimus …1791
 
SURNAME – NOUNS
– AFTERNAME a surname …1815 Sc. 
– BACK-NAME a surname …1895 Eng. dial.
– COGNOMINATION a surname; the name of a family …1646
– SIRENAME a family name; a surname originating from the given name of the father …1542 rare
– TRIMMINGS a surname …1968 Amer. dial.
 
SURNAME – VERBS
– ADDITION to add something to the name of anyone; to surname …1662 obs. rare
 
SURPASS, SURPASSED, SURPASSING – ADJECTIVES
– ACED outscored; surpassed …Amer. sl.
– BRAW worthy, excellent; very good, surpassing in any respect …Bk1911 Sc.
– CUT ABOVE, A surpassing all others …1818
– EXUPERABLE that may be overcome or surpassed …1656 obs.
– LEFT FOR DEAD left behind; surpassed; outstripped …20C sl.
– PRECELLENT that excels or surpasses; conspicuously superior; excellent …1382 obs.
– STICKOUT surpassing all others …1948 US sl.
– STREETS AHEAD surpassing all others …1898 sl.
– TOP-NOTCH excellent; first-rate; superb; surpassing all others …1900 sl.
 
SURPASS etc. – NOUNS
– BEAT something that surpasses …1827 Amer. dial.
 
SURPASS etc. – PHRASES
– THAT LICKS THE NATIVES that surpasses everything …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THAT PALLS ALL that beats or surpasses everything …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
SURPASS etc. – VERBS
– ACE to surpass someone or something; to beat someone or something
– BACK CLEAR OFF THE BOARDS to surpass thoroughly …1898 Amer. sl.
– BACK OFF THE BOARDS to surpass …1922 Amer. dial.
– BACK OFF THE EARTH to surpass thoroughly …1918 Amer. sl.
– BANG to defeat, to worst; to surpass, to excel, to outdo; to overcome, to overpower; to overwhelm…1604
– BANG BANAGHER to surpass everything …a1845
– BANG THE BUSH to surpass everything that has gone before …1839
– BEAT BANAGHER to surpass everything …a1845
– BEAT BOBTAIL to surpass (one’s) expectation or comprehension …1898 Amer. dial.
– BEAT HOLLOW to surpass, to outdo …1771 Amer. sl.
– BEAT THE BAND to exceed, to surpass, to beat everything …1900
– BEAT THE BUGS to surpass all others …c1833 US sl.
– BEAT THE DEVIL AND DR. FOSTER to excel, to surpass …1848 Ireland
– BEAT THE DUTCH to surpass all others …1775
– BEAT THE JEWS to surpass all others …1845 US sl., offensive
– BEAT THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances …Bk1903 sl.
– BEAT TO CHUCKS to surpass utterly …Bk1911 Sc.
– BENSIL to surpass, to outdo …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BLECK to baffle; to surpass; to nonplus or overcome in an argument; to puzzle …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLOW ONE’S DOORS OFF to defeat or surpass someone …Bk2006 US sl.
– BREAK THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances …Bk1903 sl.
– BY-PASS to pass, to surpass …1848 rare
– CAMP to surpass; to ‘floor’ …a1800 Aust. sl.
– CAP to surpass, to outdo, to excel …1848 Amer. dial.
– CAP THE CLIMAX to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way; to be the ‘last straw’ …1894 Amer. dial.
– CAP THE STACK to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way …1859 Amer. dial.
– CAP THE VORTEX to surpass everything; to exceed all expectations, usually in an unfavourable way; to be the ‘last straw’ …1907 Amer. dial.
– CAPTURE THE CRUMB to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening …1847 sl. 
– COP THE CAKE to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening …1847 sl. 
– COP THE CURRANTY to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening …1847 sl. 
– CRACK to surpass or exceed a limit, record, or benchmark number …1953 Amer. sl.
– CUT THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances …Bk1903 sl.
– DING to overcome, to subdue; to excel, to surpass …1795 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DING DOWN TANTALLON to surpass all bounds …1842 Sc.
– EXSUPERATE to overtop, to surmount, to surpass, to exceed, to excel; to overcome …1559 obs.
– EXUPERATE to surpass, to excel; to overcome, to surmount …1559 obs.
– FADE to surpass, to defeat, to overcome, to outdo, to overshadow …1894 Amer. sl.
– HAVE to surpass, to be superior to; to have the better of …1843 Eng. dial.
– HAVE THE HEELS OF to excel, to surpass, to have the best of …1894 Sc.
– HEAD to surpass, to outdo, to excel; to outwit, to get the better of …1711
– KNOCK SPOTS OFF to be better than, to surpass; to outdo easily; to beat …1856 sl., orig. US
– LALLIGAG to surpass; to take advantage of …L19 US college sl.
– LALLYGAG to surpass; to take advantage of …L19 US college sl.
– LAY IT ALL OVER to surpass, to outdo; to excel …1911 Amer. dial.
– LAY IT OVER to surpass …1903 Amer. sl.
– LAY OVER to surpass, to outdo; to excel …1853
– LAY UP to surpass, to excel …1601 obs.
– LICK to outdo, to surpass …colloq.
– LOLLIGAG;  LOLLYGAG to surpass; to take advantage of …L19 US college sl.
– LOWER THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances …Bk1903 sl.
– MUCK to beat, to surpass, to ruin financially …M19 sl.
– OUTPEER to surpass; to excel; to outmatch; to outmate …a1616 rare
– OUTRAY to surpass; to overcome; to defeat; to go beyond …c1390 obs.
– PALL to surpass …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SHED RINERS WITH A WHAVER to cap; to surpass …Bk1903 sl.
– SMASH THE RECORD to surpass all previous performances …Bk1903 sl.
– TAKE DOWN to challenge; to overcome; to surpass; to kill …M18 sl.
– TAKE IT to surpass others, to beat all rivals …1900s sl.
– TAKE IT OUT OF SOMEONE to surpass …1900s sl.
– TAKE THE BAKER’S SHOP to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening …1847 sl.
– TAKE THE BAKERY to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening …1847 sl.
– TAKE THE BISCUIT to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening …1847 sl.
– TAKE THE CAKE to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening …1842 sl.
– TAKE THE CHEESE of a negative circumstance or objectionable person: to surpass, to outdo …L19 sl.
– TAKE THE COOKIE to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening …1882 sl.
– TAKE THE FLOUR to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening …1847 sl.
– TAKE THE PASTRY to be the best, to surpass, to outdo, esp. in excessive or extreme behaviour or of a near-intolerable situation or happening …1847 sl.
– TAKE THE RAG OFF to beat, to surpass; to excel; to outshine …1833 Amer. dial.
– TAKE THE RAG OFF to surpass all others; to be outstanding or outrageous; to be the last straw …1837 Amer. dial.
– TAKE THE RAG OFF THE BUSH to surpass all others; to be outstanding or outrageous; to be the last straw …1810 Amer. dial.
– TAKE THE RAG OFF THE EDGE to surpass, arouse admiration …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– TAKE THE SHINE OFF to surpass in beauty or excellence …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– TAKE THE SHINE OUT OF to beat, to surpass …E19 sl.
– VANQUISH to excel or surpass …1533 obs.
– WAGGLE to get the better of; to overcome, to surpass …L19 US sl.
– WALLOP to overcome, to surpass, to defeat …L19 sl.
– WAR to ‘worse’, to defeat in a contest or competition; to surpass, to excel …1483 Sc.
– WHIP to overcome, to vanquish, to defeat; to surpass, to outdo …1571
 
SURPLUS – NOUNS
– a surplus OVERPLUSH 1837 Amer. dial.
– a surplus; that which remains over and above the quantity required or proposed OVERPLUS a1387
– the surplus; the remainder AFTERINGS Bk1898 Sc.