Reverse Dictionary: THREAT

ADJECTIVES
► BAD NEWS unpleasant, threatening → 1960s sl., orig. US
► BOOGERY spooky, threatening, unpleasant, objectionable → 1900 Amer. dial.
► BUGGERY spooky, threatening, unpleasant, objectionable → 1941 Amer. dial.
► DUM-COWED intimidated or threatened; browbeaten → 1825 Anglo-Indian obs.
► HOT CORNER a position in which one is threatened or bullied → 1854 sl.
► MINACIOUS menacing, threatening; full of threats or menaces → 1660
► MINATORIAL minatory, threatening, menacing → 1873 obs.
► MINITABUND threatening → 1890 rare
► MINITANT threatening; that constitutes a menace → 1854 obs. rare
► ON THE MUSCLE threatening, coercive → 1859 US sl.
► ORGULOUS threatening, dangerous → 1484 arch.
► PRETTY STEEP threatening → L19 US sl.
► SCOUTHERIN’ threatening, rebuking, chastising → 1874 Sc.
► SEVIDICAL speaking fiercely, using cruel language; threatening → 1630 obs.
► SKETCH suspicious, threatening → 2003 US sl.
► SWORD-RATTLING threatening military action; aggressive, pugnacious → 1914
► THREATFUL threatening; threatening-looking → 1884 Sc.
► UGLY ill-tempered, sulky; angry, threatening; disagreeable → 1836 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► HIDE WON’T HOLD HAY used as a threat → 1923 Amer. dial.
► HIDE WON’T HOLD SHAVINGS used as a threat → 1923 Amer. dial.
► HIDE WON’T HOLD SHUCKS used as a threat → 1960 Amer. dial.
► I’LL HAVE YOUR GUTS FOR GARTERS a threat 
► I’LL KNOCK YOUR TEETH SO FAR DOWN YOUR THROAT YOU’LL HAVE TO STICK A TOOTHBRUSH UP YOUR ARSE TO CLEAN THEM a threat → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
► JAM IT! a threatening exclamation → 1950s Aust. & US sl.

NOUNS
► BEOT a promise, a vow, a threat, a boast → a1000 obs.
► BOAST a threat, a scolding → Bk1911 Sc.
► BOIST a threat → Bk1911 Sc.
► BOOLYIE a loud, threatening noise, like a bull’s bellow → Bk1911 Sc.
► BULLDOCIA boastful and threatening language → 1934 Amer. dial.
► FRIGHTENER ► FRIGHTENERS threats, violence, anything that will terrify a given person into doing what is required → 1930s sl.
► FRIGHTS threats, violence, anything that will terrify a given person into doing what is required → 1930s sl.
► GUN TALK tough, threatening talk → 2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
► IMPENDENCY imminence; threatening or menacing character → a1632
► JACK UP THE ORCHARD a threat → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► JESSIE a bluff or threat → 1914 US criminals’ sl.
► MINACITY disposition to use threats; a threatening or menacing → 1656
► NEIVE-SHAKING the shaking of the fist, threatening → 1894 Eng. dial.
► TRIPLE WHAMMY a three-part attack, difficulty, threat, etc.→ 1940s US sl.
► WOLF TICKET a threat or other act of intimidation used to coerce → 1974 US sl.
► WOOF TICKET a lie, a bluff, a challenge, an empty threat → 1971 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BAD NEWS a troublesome, threatening person → 1940s sl., orig. US
► NASTY an unpleasant, threatening, or scary person → 1968 sl.

VERBS
► BAIRGE to collide violently; to threaten with violence; to move clumsily and noisily → 1847 Sc.
► BEOTE to boast, to threaten → a1000 obs.
► BEOTEN to boast, to threaten → a1000 obs.
► BOAST ► BOIST ► BOST to threaten → Bk1911 Sc.
► CRACK LOOSE to act in a threatening manner → 1902 Amer. dial.
► DARE to deter by threatening; to forbid → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► GOWL to howl, to yell, to cry, to whine; to scold, to growl, to threaten, to scowl → 1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HARD-MOUTH to threaten or disparage → 1960 Trinidad and Tobago
► HAZEN to scold, to rebuke, to threaten → 1630 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► JUMP SOMEONE’S HAND to threaten or victimize someone → 1970s African-American sl.
► KEAVE to threaten → 1874 Sc.
► LEAN INTO to pressurize, to threaten → 20C Irish sl.
► LEAN ON to pressurize, to persuade, possibly with violence or threats of violence, to threaten with force ..1920s sl., orig. US
► MAUNDER to talk idly and incoherently; to mumble; to grumble; to threaten in an undertone; to muse, to ponder → 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MONSTER to harass, to threaten, to victimize someone → 1967 Aust. sl.
► MUSCLE to coerce by means of threats or violence; to threaten or subject to force in order to obtain compliance → 1802 sl., orig. US
► PUT THE ARM ON to pressurize with criminal intent; to extort, to blackmail; to threaten → 1943 US sl.
► PUT THE BITE ON to ask for a loan, to borrow money from someone; also, to threaten, to blackmail, to extort money from  → 1933 sl., orig. US
► PUT THE FRIGHTENERS ON SOMEONE to menace, threaten, or intimidate → 1958 Brit. police & criminals’ sl.
► PUT THE NUTS ON to threaten or intimidate, physically and/or verbally → 1950 US prison sl.
► RAMP to storm and rage with violent gestures; to act in a furious or threatening manner → c1386
► SELL A WOLF TICKET ► SELL A WOOF TICKET to threaten, to intimidate → 1960s African-American sl.
► STARKLE to use threatening gestures → 1527 obs.
► THEW to threaten → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► THREAPEN to threaten → 1340 obs.
► THREAT to threaten → 1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TO-THREAT to threaten violently → 1377 obs.
► VAPER ►VAPOUR to brag, to boast, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence → 1628
► WAGE to shake one’s fist in a threatening manner → 1808 Sc.
► WOLF to threaten by using strong and boastful language → 2006 African-American sl.
► WOOF to threaten or intimidate someone; to engage someone in ritualistic, quasi-friendly insulting → 1967 US sl.