Reverse Dictionary – SURPRISE – NOUNS

NOUNS
1303 — MARVEL surprise, astonishment, admiration or wonder → arch.
1430 — A FLEA IN ONE’S EAR anything that surprises or alarms; a matter for agitation of spirit → obs.
1456 — MARVEL a cause of surprise → obs.
1460 — GLOP a surprise, a start; a surprised or startled look → obs.
1483 — SIT-UP a surprise 
1506 — ADMIRATION surprise, astonishment, wonder; a wondering or marvelling → arch.
1611 — CANVASS a sudden surprise → obs.
1773 — EISTACK something surprising, rare, or singular; that which arrests the eye → Sc. obs.
1825 — QUEERS something surprising and odd or strange → Sc. obs.
1827 — MAZE surprise, confusion, perplexity; a state of amazement or astonishment → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
1837 — BOLT OUT OF THE BLUE a complete surprise; a sudden and unexpected event 
1860 — BOMBSHELL something surprising; a sudden or devastating action or effect → sl.
1863 — EYE-OPENER a surprise, a shock, not necessarily unpleasant → sl.
1871 — CAPPER anything surprising, puzzling, or that cannot be explained → Eng. dial.
1881 — BOLT FROM THE BLUE a complete surprise; a sudden and unexpected event 
1885 — DEW-LICKER anything very surprising or out of the common → Eng. dial.
1888 — MIRATION a display of surprise, wonderment, or admiration → Amer. dial.
1898 — BOB a surprise → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — HEAD-BIT something surprising or astonishing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — HEAD-PIECE something surprising or astonishing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MELLETTER a surprise; a surprising thing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THROUGHER a surprising thing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — WAAH anything that occasions surprise → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BOUT a coming upon by surprise → Sc. (Bk.)
1928 — EYEBROW-RAISER something surprising, shocking, or noteworthy 
1935 — SHELL-SHOCKER something that causes severe shock or surprise; an unexpected or startling event, revelation, etc.
1936 — CURVEBALL something surprising, unexpected, or disorienting → orig. US
1947 — BLIP a surprise; a sudden disappointment → African-American sl.
1969 — FAKE OUT  a bluff, a deception, an unpleasant surprise → US sl.
1970 — GOOF a surprise; a joke → US sl.
1970 — HORROR SHOW a surprising action, generally something gross → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
2004 — BAD NEWS an unpleasant surprise; something disagreeable → Amer. sl. (Bk.)