Reverse Dictionary: THUN – TIL

THUNDER, THUNDERBOLT, THUNDERING – ADJECTIVES
– BULDERING of the weather: hot, muggy, sultry; threatening thunder …1746 Eng. dial.
– CERAUNIC pertaining to or accompanied by thunder and lightning …1748
– FULMINEOUS pertaining to thunder or lightning …1727 obs.
– GROUTY of the sky, weather: thundery, threatening rain …1744-50 Eng. dial.
– SULPHUROUS pert. to thunder and lightning …1603 poetic usage
– SULPHURY pert. to thunder and lightning …c1611
– THUNDRIFIED thundery …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THUNNERY-LIKE portending thunder …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TONITRUANT thundering, loud …1907
– TONITRUOUS full of thunder, loud noise, or violent utterance …1882 rare
 
THUNDER etc. – NOUNS
– ASTRAPHOBIA a morbid fear of thunder and lightning …1873
– BOMACIE a thunderstorm …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOOGER a storm with rain and thunder and lightning …1956 Amer. dial.
– BOWT a thunderbolt …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRASH a sudden gust, shower, or thunderclap …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRATTLE a loud, clattering noise; the crash of thunder or of a storm; a noisy fray …Bk1911 Sc.
– BREAD-WAGON a thunder-clap …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– BRONTOPHOBIA an intense dread of thunder and thunderstorms …1905
– COCK-EYE a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia …1894 Aust.
– COCK-EYE BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia …1894 Aust.
– COCK-EYED BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia …1894 Aust.
– COCKY BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia …1894 Aust.
– CORN-WAGON a thunder-clap …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– DENT a ‘stroke’ or clap of thunder …1866 Eng. dial.
– DINDER thunder …1790 Eng. dial.
– DINDEREX a thunderbolt …1790 Eng. dial.
– DINT a stroke of thunder …ME obs.
– EARTH-DIN thunder …19C Sc.
– ELECTRIC CLOUD a thunder cloud; an electrical storm …1969 Amer. dial.
– FIRE-FLAUGHT lightning, a flash of lightning; a storm of thunder and lightning …c1375 orig. Sc.
– FIRE OF HEAVEN a thunderbolt; a flash of lightning …1830
– GUST a thunderstorm; heavy rain …1772 Amer. dial.
– LORD’S BREAD-WAGON thunder …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– NUBBIN KILLER thunder …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– RATTLEY-BAGS thunder …1879 Eng. dial.
– REEL a loud noise; a vibrating peal; a clap of thunder …1803 Sc.
– SAB a soaking, saturating, esp. of a heavy downpour of rain, a thunder shower …1768 Sc.
– SULPHUR thunder and lightning, a discharge of gunpowder, etc. …1607 obs.
– TEMPEST a storm, esp. a thunderstorm, but without the accompaniment of high wind …1867 Eng. dial.
– THUNDERATION thunder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– THUNDER-BALL a thunderbolt …1858 Eng. dial.
– THUNDERBOOMER a thunder-cloud; a thunderstorm; a very heavy rain …1984 Amer. dial.
– THUNDER-BRATTLE the sound of thunderclaps following one another in quick succession …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THUNDER-BRUST a sudden thunderclap …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THUNDERBUSTER a thunder-cloud, a thunderstorm, a very heavy rain …1950 Amer. dial.
– THUNDER-FLAUGHT a flickering gleam among thunder-clouds …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THUNDER-GOWL the grumbling of distant thunder …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THUNDERGUSH a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning …1825 Amer. dial.
– THUNDERGUST a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning …1734 Amer. dial.
– THUNDER-PASH a thunder-shower …Bk1905 Ireland
– THUNDER-PLUMP a heavy thunderstorm …1821 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THUNDER-SHOWER a thunderstorm …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THUNDER-SPEET a thunderstorm …1899 Sc.
– THUNDER-SPLATS the large, heavy drops that fall from a thunder-cloud …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THUNDER-THUMP a thunderbolt …1563 obs.
– THUNDER-WARKS the sick, faint feelings experienced by some people in thundery weather …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THUNGE a loud, hollow sound; the report of a gun, or of a loud peal of thunder; a heavy blow or fall producing such a sound …1849 Eng. dial.
– TIORDIN thunder …Bk1905 Sc.
– UP AND UNDER thunder …1990s rhyming sl.
– WHACKER anything abnormally large or notable of its kind; a big lie; a heavy blow, a thump …1770
– WHITE THUNDER thunder at a distance …1968 Amer. dial.
 
THUNDER etc. – PHRASES
– SOUNDS LIKE POTATO WAGONS ROLLING AROUND THE HEAVENS said of thunder …1985 Amer. dial.
– THERE’S THE MUD WAGON said when the rumble of thunder is heard …1955 Amer. dial.
 
THUNDER etc. – VERBS
– BRATTLE to peal as thunder …Bk1911 Sc.
– GROWL of thunder: to rumble …1727-46
– GUST to storm, to thunder …1939 Amer. dial.
– REEL of thunder: to peal …1877 Sc.
– THUNDER-SHOOT to strike or destroy by a thunderbolt or lightning …B1900 obs.
– THUNDER-THUMP to thump or beat with thundering strokes …1637 obs.
– TONITRUATE to thunder …1666 rare

THUNDERSTRUCK – VERBS
– to be thunder-struck; (chiefly used in the passive)  SIDERATE 1623 obs.

THURSDAY – NOUNS
– Thursday FIFTH DAY 1868 Amer. dial.
– Thursday THUNDERDAY c1460 obs.

THUS – ADVERBS
– thus, in this way THUS-GATES 1827 Sc. obs.
– thus, in this way THUSLY 1898 Eng. dial.
– thus, in this way THUSSINS 1839 Eng. dial.
– thus, so, in this way THISNEYS Bk1905 Eng. dial.

THWACK – NOUNS
– a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet BASTINADE;  BASTONADE 1660 arch.
– a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet BASTINADO 1577 arch.

THWACK – VERBS
– to thwack, to beat, to flog THACK;  THOCK 1863 Sc.
– to thwack, to beat with a stick; to thrash BASTINADO 1614 arch.
– to thwack, to thrash with a stick, esp. on the soles of the feet BASTINADE;  BASTONADE 1601 arch.
– to thwack with a stick; to beat RENCHEL;  RENSHEL Bk1904 Sc. obs.

THWART, THWARTED – ADJECTIVES
– FRIAR TUCKED thwarted …1996 UK rhyming sl. for ‘fucked’

THWART etc. – VERBS
– BAFFLE to impede, to obstruct, to thwart, to balk …1895 Eng. dial.
– BALK to hinder, to prevent, to thwart, to impede …1865 Eng. dial.
– BOFFLE to impede, to obstruct, to thwart, to balk …1895 Eng. dial.
– CRAB THE ACT to spoil things; to thwart someone’s plans; to interfere with someone or something …1906 Amer. sl.
– FLUMMUX to fail, to thwart …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– GET SALT to be thwarted, to encounter misfortune …1950s African-American & W. Indies sl.
– NICK to cheat, to trick, to thwart, to get the better of …1818 Sc. 
– OPPONE to endeavour to hinder, thwart, or overthrow; to withstand, to resist, to combat; to stand in the way of, to obstruct …1610 obs.
– QUART to thwart, to go contrary to …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PUT THE MOCKERS ON to ruin, thwart or jinx …Brit. sl.
– QUEER THE ACT to interfere, to spoil or thwart someone’s plans …1910s US sl.
– STONKER to render useless; to put of action, to thwart; also, to kill, to destroy; to defeat or outwit …1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
– TAKE AGAINST to take a dislike to; to thwart …1897 Eng. dial.
– THROW to thwart, to oppose; to dispute, to contradict, to argue; to provoke, to anger …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THROW A KINK INTO to create a difficulty for; to thwart …1930 Amer. sl.

TIBET – NOUNS, PERSON
– a member of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism who wears a yellow ceremonial hat YELLOW HAT 1736

TICK (arachnid) – NOUNS
– a tick BLUE BUG 1968 Amer. dial.

TICK, TICKING (clock) – NOUNS
– MARRIAGE-SHAKE a ticking sound …1899 Sc.

TICK etc. (clock) – VERBS
– to tick, as a clock TACK 1950 Eng. dial.

TICKET – NOUNS
– ANNIE a free ticket or pass to a game or entertainment …1922 Amer. sl.
– ANNIE OAKLEY a complimentary ticket; a free pass, orig. to a circus, but latterly to the theatre …1910s US sl.
– CHINEE a complimentary ticket of admission to an entertainment, esp. a sporting event …20C US sl.
– DEADWOOD unsold tickets for a performance …1934 US sl.
– DUCAT a ticket of admission or transportation …Bk1914 criminals’ sl.
– DUCK an admission ticket for a paid event …1945 US sl.
– ICE a profit from the illegal sale of tickets for the theatre, cinema, etc. …L19 US sl.
– OAKLEY a free pass; orig. to a circus, but latterly to the theatre …1920s US sl.
– PAPER free passes of admission to a theatre or other entertainment …L18 sl.
– PAPER an admission ticket, such as to a dance; also, a forged ticket …M19 US sl.
– RABBIT IN THE THICKET a ticket …1980s Aust. rhyming sl.
– SCALPING working as a ticket tout …L19 sl., orig. US
– SCALP TICKET the unused half of a return ticket …1940s Aust. sl.
– SKULL a free ticket …1987 US circus & carnival usage …1981 US sl.
– STATIONERY free tickets to an athletic or entertainment event …1952 UK sl.
– SWAG free merchandise or tickets to concerts handed out by music recording companies …1997 US sl.

TICKET – NOUNS, PERSON
– CHOPPER a ticket-taker; one who tears a ticket in two parts to show that it has been used …1899 Amer. sl.
– JUMPER a ticket-inspector on a bus, tram, etc. …1909 Brit. sl.
– PAPERER one who issues or receives free passes to a theatre or other entertainment …L19 sl.
– SALMON (AND TROUT) a ticket tout …1932 UK rhyming sl.
– SCALP a person who buys tickets for a sporting or entertainment event and resells them at a profit …1869 US sl. 
– SCALPER someone who sells tickets, etc., esp. below the official rates; a spectator who touts tickets for a show, lottery, etc. at inflated prices …1869 sl., orig. US
– SNAPPER a ticket inspector …1938 Brit. sl.
– SNIP a ticket collector …1970 UK sl.

TICKET – VERBS
– ANNIE OAKLEY to punch an admission ticket, thus rendering it free …1910s US sl.
– NIG IN to sneak in without paying …2003 Brit. sl.
– SCALP to sell stock, tickets, etc. at below or (now) above the official rates …1886 orig. US
– SCAM IN to gain entry to a concert, performance, etc. without paying for a ticket …1960s sl.
– ZOOM to get something without paying for it, as a ticket to a show …1930s African-American sl.

TICKLE, TICKLED, TICKLING – ADJECTIVES
– TICKLE easily tickled; susceptible to tickling …1377 obs.
– TICKLESOME sensitive to tickling …1898 Ireland
– TICKLY sensitive to tickling; easily tickled …1530
– TITILLATIVE tending to tickle, having the power of tickling …1736 nonce word

TICKLE etc. – NOUNS
– SCRIGGLE;  SKRIGGLE a quick motion caused by tickling, a wriggle …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– TIDDLER a feather or feather-brush for tickling …1900 sl.
– TITILLATION a sensation of being tickled; a tingling, an itching …1621
– TITILLATION the act of tickling or touching lightly so as to tickle …1623
– VELLICATION a pulling or twitching; irritation or stimulation by means of small or sharp points; titillation or tickling …1623

TICKLE etc. – VERBS
– GOOCH to poke or tickle …1929 Amer. dial.
– GOOSE to poke or tickle someone suddenly, esp. in the buttocks, or to threaten to do so; to startle …1906 Amer. dial.
– KIDDLE-KITTLE to tickle …B1900 Eng. dial.
– KITTLE to tickle …Sc.
– PLAY CREEP-MOUSE to tickle babies and make them laugh …1877 Eng. dial.
– TITTLE to tickle …a1300 Eng. dial.
– VELLICATE of persons: to tickle or titillate …1755

TICKLISH – ADJECTIVES
– BRICKLE delicate, ticklish; requiring cautious handling …1568 obs.
– CORKY light, trifling, frivolous; buoyant, lively, springy; hence, skittish, ticklish, restive …1601 colloq.
– GOOCHY ticklish …1944 Amer. dial.
– GOOSEY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish …1906 Amer. dial.
– GOOSY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish …1906 Amer. dial.
– JEALOUS requiring suspicious or careful vigilance; delicate, ticklish …1600 obs.
– KITTLY ticklish …Sc.
– QUISCOS difficult to deal with or settle, ticklish, ‘kittle’; stubborn …1720 Sc.
– QUISQUOSE difficult to deal with or settle, ticklish, ‘kittle’; stubborn …1720 Sc.
– QUISQUOUS perplexing, subtle; difficult to discuss, deal with, or settle; ticklish …1721 Sc.
– TETCHY of a subject, situation, etc.: sensitive, ticklish …1886 Amer. dial.

TIC-TAC-TOE – NOUNS
– CAT the game of tic-tac-toe …1950 Amer. dial.
– CAT AND MOUSE the game of tic-tac-toe …1950 Amer. dial.
– CAT AND RAT the game of tic-tac-toe …1950 Amer. dial.
– CAT’S GAME a tied game of tic-tac-toe …1950 Amer. dial.
– CAT’S TAIL a tied game of tic-tac-toe …1965 Amer. dial.
– DITTO tic-tac-toe …1965 Amer. dial.
– JACK the game of tic-tac-toe …1967 Amer. dial.
– OLD CAT tic-tac-toe …1950 Amer. dial.
– ONE OLD CAT tic-tac-toe …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAT AND CAT the game of tic-tac-toe …1965 Amer. dial.
– THREE OLD CATS tic-tac-toe …1965 Amer. dial.

TIC-TAC-TOE – PHRASES
– DEVIL GOT IT, THE in tic-tac-toe: said when neither X nor O wins …1966 Amer. dial.

TIDAL, TIDE – ADJECTIVES
– AESTIFEROUS ebbing and flowing as the tide …1731 obs.
– BEBBING-FULL of the tide: high, full …Bk1911 Sc.
– TIDING that ebbs and flows; tidal …1622

TIDAL etc. – NOUNS
– ATSET the turn of the tide, when the ebb begins …Bk1898 Sc.
– BACKWATER the ebb of the tide …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BIRD-TIDES especially low tides occurring annually about midsummer …1856 Eng. dial.
– INSOOK of the tide: an inrush …Bk1902 Sc.
– KANE water at low tide between the outer sandbank and the beach …1893 Eng. dial.
– LARGE WATER high tide …1920 Amer. dial.
– NICK the turn of the tide; the period of slack water at this time …1908 Sc. 
– NIP TIDE neap-tide …1899 Amer. dial.
– TIDES-WAY the way of the tide …1627 obs.
– TIDING the flowing or rising of the tide …1593 obs.
– TIDOLOGY the study or science that treats of the tides …1834 rare
– VALE-WATER ebb-tide …1600 obs.

TIDAL etc. – VERBS
– MAKE of the tide, sea, etc.: to rise, surge, advance …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SAG of the tide: to cease to flow; to be at the turn before receding …1899 Sc.
– SCORE OUT of the tide: to wash down the beach …1855 Eng. dial.
– SIT of the tide: to set …1751 obs.
– VENDER of the tide: to turn …1908 Sc.

TIDBIT – ADJECTIVES
– TIT-BITICAL full of tit-bits or tidbits …1890 nonce word
– TIT-BITTY full of tit-bits or tidbits …1887 nonce word

TIDBIT – NOUNS
– CATE a delicacy, a tidbit …1634 obs.
– EATTOCK a tidbit, a dainty …1905 Sc.
– EMPS-PIECE the best, the choicest piece of food; a tidbit …1671 Eng. dial. obs.
– NIFFNAFF a small, insignificant thing; a trifle, a titbit, a knickknack …1808 Sc. 
– QUINKINS dregs or leavings of any kind; scum of a liquid; charred traces of food which have stuck to the saucepan; a fry-up after the killing of a pig; tidbits of any kind …1825 Sc.
– SUNKET a dainty, a tidbit …1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

TIDDLYWINKS – VERBS
– of a wink in tiddlywinks: to wobble around DANCE 1977 US sl.

TIDE – see TIDAL

TIDILY, TIDINESS, TIDY, TIDYING – ADJECTIVES
– APPLE PIE neat, tidy, perfect …20C US sl.
– CANNY agreeable to the eyes or perception, tidy, seemly, comely; good, worthy; very satisfactory …1802 Sc.
– CLEAN AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CLEAN AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FAIR clean, tidy, set in order; level, even …1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– FARRANDLY of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy …1790 Eng. dial.
– FARRANTLY of persons: decent, respectable; neat, tidy …1790 Eng. dial.
– FEASIBLE adj. of persons: neat, tidy, presentable; of pleasing appearance or manner, decent, respectable …1820 Sc.
– HAGLI orderly, tidy, careful, convenient …1928 Sc.
– IN APPLE-PIE ORDER perfectly tidy and properly placed; orderly, neat …1864
– IN KELTER orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN KILTER orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JIMP neat in attire, tidy; spruce; slender, elegant …Bk1875 Eng. dial.
– JIMPRICUTE orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– KIPPY orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MACK neat, tidy …1825 Sc. obs.
– MACK-LIKE tidy, neat, seemly, well-proportioned; adapted to the purpose …1822 Sc.
– MACKY neat, tidy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MANNERLY tidy, respectable, decent; fashionable …1885 Eng. dial.
– MENSE decent, respectable; clean, tidy, neat …1879 Eng. dial.
– MENSEFUL tidy, clean, neat; in good order …1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NACKETY compact, neat, tidy, smart-looking …1756 Sc.
– NASTY-CLEAN overly tidy; excessively fastidious …1943 Amer. dial.
– NASTY-NEAT very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned …1916 Amer. dial.
– NASTY-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned …1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– NATTY neat, stylish, tidy …1557 colloq.
– NEAT AS A BANDBOX orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1902 colloq.
– NEAT AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NEAT AS A NEW PIN orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1902 colloq.
– NEAT AS A PIN orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NEAT AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NEAT-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned …1951 Amer. dial.
– NICE-NASTY very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned …1965 Amer. dial.
– NOPPY tidy, neat …1877 Eng. dial.
– PENSY tidy in dress and appearance; spruce, neat …a1806 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– QUEME of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy …a1300 obs.
– REDD-UP tidy, neat, put in order …1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SHIPSHAPE orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLICK orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLICK AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLICK AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPOONEY;  SPOONY orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TIGHT neat in appearance; neatly and carefully dressed; trim, tidy, smart; of a neat compact build, well-made, shapely …1697 arch. or Eng. dial.
– TIPLEY clean, tidy, smart; generally used ironically …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TO RIGHTS orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TRIG pleasingly trim. tidy, neat …1838 Amer. dial.
 
TIDILY etc. – ADVERBS
– DESSABLY orderly, tidily …1796 Eng. dial.
– TIGHTLY neatly, tidily, smartly …1825-9
 
TIDILY etc. – NOUNS
– APPLE-PIE ORDER neatness, tidiness …L18
– MENSE neatness, tidiness, order; freshness, gloss, newness, bloom …1867 Eng. dial.
– MENSEFULNESS tidiness, order …1891 Eng. dial.
– MOP-UP an operation to tidy up after a flood, fire, etc.
– NATTINESS neatness; tidiness; spruceness …colloq.
– REDD the act of setting in order, tidying, cleaning; arrangement, settlement …1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RED-UP the act of setting in order, tidying, cleaning; arrangement, settlement …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCURRYFUNGE a hasty tidying of the house between the time you see a neighbour coming, and the time they knock on the door …1975 Amer. dial. (Maine)
 
TIDILY etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BONNIE BRILLO one who is excessively neat and tidy …1980s US students’ sl.
– NATTY-BODY a tidy, well-conducted person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– READY-UP one who tidies up …1941 Amer. dial.
 
TIDILY etc. – VERBS
– DIGHT to prepare, to put in order, to tidy, to clean; to sweep, to dust …1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– LICK AN’ PRAN to tidy up …1950s W. Indies sl.
– MENSE to tidy, to make clean and neat; to clear up; also, to dress or smarten oneself up …1859 Eng. dial.
– MENSEN UP to tidy, to make clean and neat, to put in order …1889 Eng. dial.
– READY UP to tidy up, to make neat, to put in order …1864 Amer. dial.
– REDD to set in order, to arrange; to prepare; to tidy, to clean up …1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– REDDEN UP to tidy up a house …1926 Amer. dial.
– REDD UP to put in order, to tidy up; to clean up an apartment or house …1867 Amer. dial.
– RED UP to put in order, to tidy up; to clean up an apartment or house …1842 Amer. dial.
– RID to tidy, to put in order, to clean up …1882 Eng. dial.
– SCURRYFUNGE to hastily make tidy …1975 Amer. dial.
– SIDEN to straighten up or tidy a table or room, not a thorough cleaning; to put in order …1936 Amer. dial.
– SLICK UP to tidy, to make neat …M19 US sl.
– TEAKETTLE UP to tidy, to put in order …1975 Amer. dial.
– TED to spread out; to arrange in order; to tidy, to smooth …1887 Sc.
– TIGHT to put in order; to make tidy or neat …1895 Eng. dial.
– TIGHTEN to make oneself tidy …1786 obs. rare
– TITTY-TOIT to tidy up …B1900 Eng. dial.

TIDINGS – NOUNS
– tidings, news UNKIN 1889 Sc.

TIDY – see TIDILY

TIE, TIED (bind)  – ADJECTIVES
– BOUNDEN made fast by tie, band, or bar; tired, fastened, clamped …c1325 obs.
– EVEN STEPHEN even, tied …1866 Amer. dial.
– EVEN STEVEN even, tied …1866 Amer. dial.
– LIGATE bound, tied …1604 obs. rare

TIE etc. (bind)  – NOUNS
– ABLIGATION a tying up from …1849 obs.
– SUBLIGATION a binding or tying underneath …1658 obs.

TIE etc. (bind)  – verbs
– ABLIGATE to bind or tie up from …1731 obs.
– BAIL UP to tie up, to fasten …1883 Sc.
– BETIE to tie round, to bind fast …1578 obs.
– CADGE to fasten, tie, bind, knot …LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– CAPISTRATE to  halter, to muzzle, to tie …1656 obs. rare
– FAGGOT to make into a faggot; to bind or tie up in or as in a faggot …1598
– HALCH to fasten, to tie, to knot …a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs.
– HALSH to fasten, to tie; to knot, to noose, to loop, to twist …1809 Eng. dial.
– HANK to fasten, to secure, to tie up; to fasten with a loop …1812 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– I-KNIT to tie, fasten, attach …c1000 obs.
– LYE to bind, to tie …1621 obs.
– MINK to tie fast …1861 Sc.  
– PECKHAM RYE to tie …20C rhyming sl.
– RAIL to tie or fasten in a string or row …1622 obs. rare
– REEM to tie fast …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SUBLIGATE to bind or tie underneath …1656 obs.
– TAG to tie, to bind …1825 Sc.
– TANG to tie …1825 Eng. dial.
– TAW to tie, to fasten …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THRUMMIL to handle, esp. to handle overmuch or awkwardly; to fumble, to grope; to tie up or fasten awkwardly …Bk1905 Sc.
– TING to tie, to bind, to fasten together …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WRAP to tie up …Brit. criminals’ sl.

TIE (neckwear) – NOUNS
– APPLE-GUARD a scarf and tie …L19 UK criminals’ sl.
– CHEST-PLASTER a flat cravat that covers the shirt-front between the coat and the throat …L19 sl.
– CHOKER a necktie …1945 US sl.
– CHOKE RAG a cravat or necktie …1840 US jocular usage
– CHOKE STRAP a necktie …1944 Amer. dial.
– DEAD HEAT a necktie …1980s Aust. sl.
– DICKY BOW a bow tie; one that is pre-tied and may be clipped to the collar or fastened around the neck …1923 UK colloq.
– DICKY TIE a bow tie; one that is pre-tied and may be clipped to the collar or fastened around the neck …1900
– FALL a necktie …1890 Eng. dial.
– FALLING-BAND a necktie, an old-fashioned neck-band …1622 Eng. dial.
– MONKEY TIE a particularly gaudy tie …1940s S. Afr. sl.
– NECKERCHER a necktie …1872 Eng. dial.
– NECKING a kerchief; a necktie …1816 Eng. dial.
– NELLIE (BLIGH);  NELLY (BLY) a tie …1910s rhyming sl.
– PECKHAM RYE a tie …1925 Brit. rhyming sl., later usually a necktie
– RAG a necktie …1910s US sl.
– SHOOFLY;  SHU-FLY a necktie or ribbon bow worn around the neck …1933 Amer. dial.
– THRAPPLE-GIRTH;  THROPPLE-GIRTH a collar or cravat …1787 Sc.
– TIAL a tie; a string with which anything is fastened; anything used for tying a latchet; a tying …Bk1905 Sc.
– WATERFALL neckcloth, scarf or tie with long pendant ends …M19 sl.
– WHITE CHOKER a white tie …c1860 lower-class sl.

TIGER – ADJECTIVES
– TIGRINE pert. to or resembling a tiger, esp. in marking or colouring …1656
– TIGROID resembling a tiger; marked like a tiger …1901

TIGER – NOUNS
– MEOWL the cry of a tiger …1653 Sc. obs.
– OLD STRIPES a tiger …L19 sl.
– STRIPES a tiger …L19 sl.
– TIGERKIN a diminutive tiger; a tiger cub …1867
– TIGERLING a young or diminutive tiger …1858
– TIGROLOGY the branch of zoology which treats of tigers …1822-56 nonce word

TIGER – VERBS
– RANK of a tiger: to roar …1607 obs. rare

TIGHT, TIGHTLY, TIGHTNESS – ADJECTIVES
– tight, stiff KEDGE Bk1901 Eng. dial.
– tight, straight TANG 1825 Sc.
– very tight ASS-TIGHT 1960 Amer. sl.
– very tight TIGHT AS A TICK Bk2006 US sl.

TIGHT etc. – ADVERBS
– tightly HARD-HORN 1836 Sc.
– tightly, closely ARCTLY 1545 obs. rare
– tightly, firmly, securely HARD 1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.

TIGHT etc. – NOUNS
– tightness, narrowness, straitness ARCTITUDE 1828 

TIGHTEN, TIGHTENED – ADJECTIVES
– tightened by feel rather than by measured torque; said of a bolt, etc. GRUNT-TIGHT 1992 US sl.

TIGHTEN etc. – VERBS
– to tighten THEETEN Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to tighten, so as to prevent motion GAG Bk1900 Eng. dial.

TIGHT-FISTED – ADJECTIVES
– HANDFAST having a firm grip of the hand; tight-fisted, close-fisted …1603
– MEAN AS BIRDSHIT very tight-fisted …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– MEAN AS HUNGRY TYSON very tight-fisted …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– MINGEY tight-fisted, mean …UK playground sl.
– MISERABLE tight-fisted, grasping, mean …M19 Aust. sl.
– SCHEISTY;  SHYSTY tight-fisted …M19 US sl.
– SO MEAN HE WOULDN’T GIVE A RAT A RAILWAY PIE extremely tight-fisted …Bk1999 Aust. sl.

TIGHT-FISTED – NOUNS, PERSON
– SANNIE SICCAR-SOLES a very cautious, rather tight-fisted person …1950 Sc.

TIGHT-FISTED – VERBS
– HAVE A DEATH ADDER IN ONE’S POCKET to be tight-fisted …Bk1999 Aust. sl.

TIGHTS – NOUNS
– tights SNOW WHITES 1992 UK rhyming sl.

TILL – NOUNS
– CASH a chest or box for money; a cash-box, a till …1598 obs.
– CHIP a cash-box; a till; a cash drawer without belling device …Bk1914 criminals’ sl. 
– COMBINATION CHIP a till; a cash drawer with belling device …Bk1914 criminals’ sl. 
– DAMPER a cash drawer; a till; in more recent use: a cash register …1848 US criminals’ sl.
– DINGER a till; a cash drawer with belling device …Bk1914 criminals’ sl. 
– JACK a till …1930s rhyming sl. (Jack and Jill)
– JACK AND JILL a till …c1890 rhyming sl.
– LOB a box; a till …1718 thieves’ sl.
– LOB-CRAWLING robbing tills …1894 thieves’ sl.
– LOB-SNEAKING robbing tills …1868 thieves’ sl.
– PETER a safe; also, a cash-box or cash register …1859 sl.
– RAB a cash register …1930s UK criminals’ sl.
– TILL-TAPPING pilfering from a till …1893
– TIN a till for money …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

TILL – NOUNS, PERSON
– DAMPER-GETTER a robber of tills; a thief of money drawers …1904 US criminals’ sl.
– LOB-CRAWLER a till-thief …1887 thieves’ sl.
– TILL-TAPPER one who steals from a till …1893

TILL – VERBS
– DRAW A DAMPER to take or rob a  money drawer or till …1848 US sl.
– TURN DOWN THE DAMPER to rob a cash drawer or till …1893 US sl.

TILL, TILLAGE – NOUNS
– tillage LABOUR 1896 Sc. & Amer. dial.
– tillage; manuring; cultivation of land MANURANCE 1572 obs.

TILL etc. – VERBS
to till, to cultivate land MANURE a1400 obs.
to till, to cultivate land; to plough LABOUR 1798 Sc. & Ireland
to till, to cultivate land; to treat in the way of husbandry HUSBANDRIZE 1652 obs. rare

TILT, TILTED, TILTING – ADJECTIVES
– CRICKELTY unsteady; liable to tilt or upset …19C Eng. dial.
– HEALDING sloping, leaning, tilting …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HILDING sloping, leaning, tilting …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– KEGGLED tilted, rocking at an angle, lopsided …1951 Sc.
– TIPPY characterized by tipping or tilting; unsteady …1886 colloq.

TILT etc. – VERBS
– KEEK to tilt; to lean backward …1951 Sc.
– LEAN TOWARDS COOPER’S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb …1967 Amer. dial.
– LEAN TOWARDS FISHER’S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb …1957 Amer. dial.
– LEAN TOWARDS JONES’S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb …1905 Amer. dial.
– LEAN TOWARDS PERKINS’S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb …1967 Amer. dial.
– LEAN TOWARDS SAWYER’S to slant, to tilt, to be out of plumb …1967 Amer. dial.
– TAIT to tilt; to overturn …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TEAP to tip, to tilt; to toss, to overturn …B1900 Eng. dial.
– TIPE to tip, to tilt; to empty by tipping anything up; to throw over …1865 Eng. dial.