Reverse Dictionary: TALL

ADJECTIVES
► ABOVE SNAKES tall, above the ground → 1855 Amer. dial.
► BEANPOLISH tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BROOMSTICKY tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CHOKE-BORED tall and thin, long-legged and skinny → 1958 Amer. dial.
► CRANEY tall and slender → 1899 Amer. dial.
► ELEGANT tall → 1513 obs.
► GAMALEERIE of clumsy build, tall, raw-boned, lean, and long-necked; hence, awkward, gawky → 1808 Sc. obs.
► GANGLING of straggling growth; loosely built, awkwardly long in stature, tall and slender, lanky → 1808
► GANGLY tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GLUNTIE tall, meagre, and haggard → 1825 Sc.
► GROWTHY of persons: tall, well-grown; growing fast → 1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JUKEY tall, but not of erect carriage → 1930 Amer. dial.
► LACING large; tall; of superior quality → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LANGREL tall, lanky → 1608 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► LANKREL over-tall and thin; lanky → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LARRICKY tall and thin, usually without any implication of awkwardness → 1941 Amer. dial.
► LARRUPING ungainly, thin, tall → 1854 Eng. dial.
► LATTY tall, thin, like a lath → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LONG tall → c900
► LONG AS MEG OF WESTMINSTER, AS said of a very tall person → ?1590
► LONGER’N THE MORAL LAW very long or very tall → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LONG, LEAN AND LANK said of a tall, thin person → 1907 Amer. dial.
► LONGSOME rather tall → 1853 Eng. dial.
► LONG-SPARRED tall, lanky → 1925 Amer. nautical sl.
► MACKEREL-BACKED long-backed, tall and thin → M17 sl.
► PROCEROUS tall, lofty, high; long → 1599 obs.
► PULLED THROUGH A KNOT-HOLE tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RAMMELY of a boy: fast-growing, tall, lanky → 1887 Sc.
► RAMPING tall; quickly or luxuriantly growing → 1821 Eng. dial.
► RAMPSING tall; awkward, ungainly → 1873 Eng. dial.
► RAWNY tall, thin, and bony → 1825 Eng. dial.
► RAWNYING tall, thin, and bony → 19C Eng. dial.
► REIBIE ► RIBIE tall and thin; lank, slender, spare → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► RENKY tall and too thin; lanky → 1790 Eng. dial.
► RIBISH tall and thin; lank, slender, spare → 1904 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► SAMMENTRAW tall and slender → 1859 Eng. dial. obs.
► SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin → 1897 Eng. dial.
► SHACKLY tall, thin, and awkward → 1897 Amer. dial.
► SLABSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLAPSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLINKY tall or long and slender; lanky → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin → 1827 Amer. sl.
► STRAPPING tall, robust, well-made → 1678 sl.
► TALLER THAN A STACKPOLE very tall → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TALLER THAN THE MORAL LAW very tall → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TALRIGHT upright and tall; lofty → 1582 obs.
► TANGLE long and limp; tall and loose-jointed → c1817 Sc.
► TAUNT tall; too high in proportion to the breadth → 1736 Eng. dial.
► TEARY tall, tapering; slender; said of persons and plants → 19C Eng. dial.
► WANDY slim; tall → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WEEDY used to denote unhealthy thinness and weakness;  tall or long and slender; lanky→ 1852 sl.
► WELL UP very tall → 1990s Ireland

NOUNS
► GAZEBO a tall building; any tall object → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► AMAZON a very tall girl or boy → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BEANPOLE a tall, thin person → 1837 sl.
► BEANSTALK a tall person → 1953 US sl.
► BEAN-STICK a tall, thin man → 1823
► BEANSTOCK a tall, lanky person → 1945 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BERTHA a nickname for a tall, heavyset man, esp. if effeminate → 1966 US homosexual sl.
► BIG BERTHA a nickname for a tall, heavyset man, esp. if effeminate → 1966 US homosexual sl.
► BIG DRINK OF WATER a youth or man, esp. if tall, who is uninteresting, dull, or boring → 1975 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BIGGIE ► BIGGY a man who is both tall and lazy → 1928 W. Indies
► BIG WOMAN a tall man → 1972 homosexual sl.  (Bk.)
► CORNSTALK a tall, slight person → 1993 Amer. dial.
► DABBERLOCKS ► DABERLACK ► DABERLICK a tall, uncomely person; commonly used as a term of disrespect → 1866 Sc.
► DADDY-LONG-LEGS a tall, lanky person with long legs → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► DRUMSTICK a tall, thin person → 1836
► DUKE OF LIMBS a tall, lanky person; one with ungainly limbs → 1888 sl.
► EDDERER a very tall, thin man → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FANG a tall, thin person → 1928 Sc.
► FLANKER a tall person → World War II Amer. sl.
► GAD a tall, slender, or lanky person → 1867 Eng. dial.
► GALLIGANT a tall, ungainly person or animal → 1777 Eng. dial.
► GALLIGANTER a tall, ungainly person or animal → 1777 Eng. dial.
► GALLIGANTUS a tall, ungainly person or animal → 1777 Eng. dial.
► GAMALEERIE a tall, raw-boned, awkward female → 1845 Sc. (Bk.)
► GAMMERSTAGS ► GAMMERSTANG a tall, awkward person, usually a woman → 1570 Sc.
► GANGERELL ► GANGREL ► GANGRIL ► GANGRILL a tall, lanky, loose-jointed person → 1585 arch. & Eng. dial.
► GANT a very tall and thin or lanky person; generally applied to a woman → 1825 Sc.
► GARRON a tall stout fellow → 1808 Sc.
► GAS-PIPE a tall or lanky person → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► GASPIPE-CRAWLER a tall, thin man → c1885 sl.
► GAUBERT a tall, thin man or boy → 1916 Sc. obs.
► GAWKY a tall, ungainly, clumsy person; a stupid, awkward fellow; a fool; a simpleton; a lout, a bumpkin, a clownish fellow → 1726
► GAZEBO a tall awkward person → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► GEMMLE a long-legged man → 1824 Sc.
► GENT a very tall and thin or lanky person; generally applied to a woman → 1825 Sc.
► GERRON a tall, strong, thickset or stoutly-built man or boy → 1808 Sc.
► GHENT a tall, thin person → 1893 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GIANT a person of monstrously or abnormally high stature → 1559
► GIANTESS a woman of abnormal bulk and height, one of uncommon size → c1380
► GIPE a long-legged person → 1997 Irish sl. (Bk.)
► GLASS OF WATER a tall, thin person → 1953 US sl.
► GOMERSTANG a tall, awkward person, usually a woman → 1570 Sc.
► GULDIE a tall, black-faced, gloomy-looking man → 1824 Sc.
► HALBERT a tall, thin person → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► HALLACKS a tall, lazy, ungainly fellow → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAUPS ► HAWPS a tall, awkward person; a clownish fellow → 19C Eng. & Amer. dial.
► HAWK-SPAUN a tall, ungainly woman → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAY-CROOK a long, lanky, hungry-looking man → 1808 Eng. dial.
► HIGH POCKET ► HIGHPOCKETS a tall person, esp. a man or boy → 1912 US sl.
► HOMMOCKS an awkward, clumsy person; a tall, slatternly or romping girl → 19C Eng. dial.
► HOP-POLE a tall, thin person → M19 sl.
► JACKALEGS a tall, long-legged man; used as a term of opprobrium → 1852 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACK-OF-LEGS  a tall, long-legged man →  1785 sl.
► KALE-WORM a term of contempt for a tall, slender person → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KENT a tall person → 1824 Sc.
► LAMPER one who takes long, heavy steps; a tall woman → 1825 Sc.
► LAMP-POST a tall, thin person → L19 sl.
► LANGLE a long, lanky person; anything long and loose in movement → 1931 Ireland & Sc.
► LANKY a tall, thin person → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LEERUP a tall, gangling person; a lanky youth → 1910 Sc.
► LEGS ELEVEN a tall, thin man → 1910s Aust. sl.
► LEISHER a tall and active person → 1825 Sc.
► LONG DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person → 1942 Amer. sl.
► LONG-LEGGED DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person → 1975 Amer. sl.
► LONGSHANKS a tall or long-legged person → 1889 Amer. dial.
► MACKAREL-BACK ► MACKEREL-BACK a very tall, thin or lank person → a1700 obs.
► MALLY-WALLOPS a tall, untidy woman → 1892 Eng. dial.
► MART a derisive term for a tall person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOON-FIXER a very tall, usually lanky, person → c1950 Amer. dial.
► MOON-RAKER a man beyond the ordinary height → 1889 Amer dial. (Bk.)
► MOURNING COACH HORSE ‘a tall, solemn woman, dressed in black and many inky feathers’ → L19 UK middle class usage
► PAPA-TREE-TOP-TALL an extremely tall man → 1930s African-American sl.
► PAWKY an awkward fellow, esp. a tall one → 1903 Eng. dial.   (Bk.)
► POT O’ BLISS a fine tall woman; a handsome good-looking woman → 1909 sl. obs. (Bk.)
► PULL-THROUGH a soldier’s term for a tall, thin person → Brit. sl.
► RAFT a tall, thin person → 1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RAINBOW a tall, thin person → 1950s W. Indies sl.
► RAMLIN-LAD a tall, fast-growing boy → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RANDLE-TREE a tall, thin person → 1815 Sc.
► RENCHEL somebody or something tall and thin → 1904 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
► SAHARA a tall, thin person → 1946 S. African sl.
► SALLY B a tall, very thin woman in evening dress → c1880 sl.
► SCAFFOLD POLE a very tall, thin person → 1958 Eng. sl. (Bk.)
► SCALY a tall, thinly-made person or animal → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOW somebody or something tall, thin, and bony → 1897 Sc.
► SCREED a long, thin person → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SIX-FOOTER a person who is approximately six feet tall → 1844
► SKELPER a tall, lanky person → 1790 Eng. dial.
► SPAIG a person with long, ill-shaped legs; a tall, lanky person → 1825 Sc.
► SPAIGIN a tall, lank person → 1825 Sc.
► SPANKER a person who takes long steps with agility; one who walks quickly; a tall and active young person; a superior person; one who excels → 1751 colloq. & Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SPANKERING HIZZIE a tall, nimble girl → 1876 Sc. (Bk.)
► SPANKY a tall, well-made, active person → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► SPAWLDROCHIE a long-legged fellow → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► STICK a tall, thin person → 1940s US sl.
► STRAMMEL a big, tall, bony fellow → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► STRAMMER a tall, stout woman → 19C Eng. dial.
► STRAPPER a tall, robust person → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► STREAK a tall, thin person → 1941 sl., orig. Aust.
► STREAK OF MISERY a very tall, thin, unhappy person → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► STREAM-LINE a tall, thin man → 1917 army sl.
► STRETCH a form of address to a tall person → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► STRIDEWALLOPS a tall, long-legged girl; a tomboy, a romp → 19C Eng. dial. obsolescent
► STRING-BEAN a tall, thin person → 1936 US sl.
► TALL DRINK OF WATER a tall, thin person → 1924 Amer. dial.
► TANGLE a tall, lank person → 1768 Sc. obs.
► TANTERWALLOPS a tall, thin man → 1972 Sc. 
► TAPPIN a tall, thin person → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TRAMSACH a big, tall, ungainly person; a rough, untidy person; a slattern → 1866 Sc.
► TRYPAL a tall, lanky, or slovenly person → 1788 Sc.
► WANGLE a thin, tall, weak young man → 1997 Irish sl. 
► YANKER a tall agile girl; a clever girl  → 1824 Sc. obs.
► YARD OF PUMP WATER a tall, thin person → 1838 UK sl.
► YOWTHER a tall, heavy, awkward person; one who walks with an awkward gait → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)

PHRASES
► BUILT HIGH ABOVE HIS CORNS said of a tall person → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, LIKE A YARD OF PUMP-WATER said of a tall, thin person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
► HAVE THE RISE ON to be taller than → 1913-17 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LONG OUT to grow tall → 1987 Amer. dial.