Reverse Dictionary: VIN – VIR


VINDICATE – VERBS
– to vindicate a cause, etc. entirely TO-DERAIGN c1320 obs.
– to vindicate, defend (an opinion, doctrine or the like); to contend or fight for PROPUGN c1555 obs.


VINDICTIVE, VINDICTIVELY, VINDICTIVENESS – ADJECTIVES
 ADELE vindictive, mean, bitchy …2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
 LONG-TONGUED talkative, prating, babbling, gossiping, vindictive …1899 Amer. dial.
 LUNGEOUS of persons: cruel, vindictive, rough-mannered, violent …1787 Eng. dial. 
 SNAKE-HEADED angry, vindictive …1920 sl.
 VENGEFUL desiring revenge; vindictive …a1599
 VENGIBLE vengeful, vindictive, eager for revenge …1548 obs.
 
VINDICTIVE etc. – ADVERBS
 VENGEABLY vindictively; cruelly; pitilessly …1412-20 arch.
 VENGIBLY in a revengeful manner, vindictively …1580 obs.
 
VINDICTIVE etc. – NOUNS
 AMBITION malice; vindictiveness; grudge; hatred; irascibility; a quick temper …1826 Amer. dial.
 
VINDICTIVE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
 BLACK FELLOW a surly, vindictive, implacable, irreconcilable fellow …Bk1910 Ireland
 BLACK MAN a surly, vindictive, implacable, irreconcilable fellow …Bk1910 Ireland
 BUZZARD an oppressive, arrogant person, jealous of rivalry and vindictive …1889 US sl. 


VINE – ADJECTIVES
– pert. to vine tendrils or vine shoots PAMPINARY c1420 rare
– profuse of twigs and leaves; said of untrimmed vines PAMPINOSE c1420 obs. rare

VINE – NOUNS
– a pruning or trimming of vines PAMPINATION 1398 obs. rare
– a shoot or sprig of a vine PALMIT 1657 obs. rare
– a tendril or young shoot of a vine PAMPING 1607 obs.

VINE – VERBS
– to prune or trim a vine PAMPINATE 1745 obs.
– to prune or trim a vine PAMPINE c1420 obs.


VINEGAR – ADJECTIVES
– pert. to vinegar; having the qualities of vinegar; sour ACETOUS 1714

VINEGAR – NOUNS
– vinegar ACID 1948 US restaurant sl.
– vinegar EISELL c1160 obs.
– vinegar made from ale; malt vinegar; sour ale used as vinegar ALEGAR 1773 Eng. dial.


VINEYARD – NOUNS
– a vineyard VINE-GARTH 1860 Eng. dial.


VIOLATE, VIOLATION – NOUNS
– forcible violation of a woman, rape OPPRESSION c1385 obs.
– violation of law or right, outrage, wrong; anything opposed to propriety; bad or improper usage; corrupt or shameful fact or practice ABUSION c1374 obs.

VIOLATE etc. – VERBS
– to do violence to, to rape BETRAVAIL 1388 obs.
– to violate a law or a principle BURST 1600 obs.
– to violate a rule or a resolution BREAK OVER c1937 Amer. dial.
– to violate chastity, to violate a woman; to ravish, to debauch STUPRATE a1548 obs.
– to violate or break one’s faith or word FALSY 1626 obs.
– to violate or break one’s faith, worth, etc. FALSE 1303 obs.
– to violate, to force, to ravish AFFORCE c1330 obs.
– to violate, to force, to ravish OPPRESS 1382 obs.
– to violate, to ravish HARRY 1591 obs.


VIOLENCE, VIOLENT, VIOLENTLY – ADJECTIVES
 ABSTORTED forced away, wrung from another by violence …Bk1662 obs.
 ALIAS dangerous, violent …1950s W. Indies sl.
 ALL ON prepared for violence …1999 NZ sl.
 ATROCIOUS stern, terrible, fierce; extremely violent …1733 obs.
 BANG vehement, violent …Bk1898 Sc.
 BANGSTER rough, violent …19C Sc.
 BLOODY-MINDED inclined to bloodshed or violence; bloodthirsty; cruel or barbarous in manner …1545 
– violent in temper or language BLUSTERLY Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 BOISTOUS full of rude strength and fierce vigour; rough, fierce, savage; powerful, violent in action …c1325 obs.
– violent, fierce, angry, enraged BROTHELY 1330 obs.
– given to or involving violence BUTCH 1962 US sl., orig. prison usage
– violent, rough; said of a blow or stroke BUTCHERLY 1528
– violent, aggressive, tough; strong, powerful; also, excellent or impressive BUTT-KICKING 1973 US sl.
 CHURLY churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent …1620 rare
 DERF vigorous, forcible, violent …c1440 obs.
 EFFEROUS extremely wild, fierce, or savage; cruel, ferocious, violent …1614 obs. rare
 EYE-GOUGING capable of gouging out a person’s eyes; excessively violent …1828
 FURIAL furious, raging, violent …c1386 obs.
 HARAGEOUS stern, cruel, violent …a1400 obs.
 HEADY headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent …1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 HEAVY of persons: oppressive; troublesome, annoying; angry; severe, violent …c825 obs.
 HEIDIE headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent …1871 Sc.
 HEIDY headstrong, impetuous, violent, self-willed, persistent …1871 Sc.
 HELLACIOUS extraordinarily good; bad, intense, violent, severe, etc. …1929 Amer. sl.
 HETER; HETTER rough; fierce, violent, cruel; severe; keen, eager …a1400-50 obs.
 KNOCK-DOWN violent …19C sl.
 KNOCK-DOWN (AND) DRAG-OUT intense, violent …1834 colloq.
 KNOCK-DOWN-AND-DRAG-OFF intense, violent …1834 colloq.
 KNOCK-DOWN-AND-PULL-OUT intense, violent …1834 colloq.
 LAMMING huge, great, violent …1816 Eng. dial.
 LUNGEOUS of persons: cruel, vindictive, rough-mannered, violent …1787 Eng. dial. 
 MAD-DOG violent, thuggish …1940s African-American sl.
 MASTERFUL violent, overwhelming …1513 obs.
 OVERITIOUS boisterous, violent, headstrong, impetuous …B1900 Sc.
 RACKLE hasty, rash, reckless, impetuous, headstrong; rough or coarse in action; violent …a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 RADGY ill-tempered, angry, excited, violent, mad …Bk19C Eng. dial.
 RAGEFUL full of rage or furious anger; furious, violent …1580
 RAGEOUS in a rage, furious, mad, angry, vexed; violent with pain or anger; full of passion …1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 RAMAGE of animals: wild, untamed, unruly, violent …c1290
 RAMAGEOUS; RAMAGIOUS of an animal: wild, untamed, unruly, violent …1398 obs.
 RAMMISH wild, violent, untamed, rash; strong …1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 RAMP riotous, boisterous, disorderly, violent …1715 Sc.
 RAMPACIOUS riotously violent; unruly, riotous; boisterous …1837 RARE
 RAMPAGEOUS violent; unruly; boisterous, noisy, disorderly …1822
 RAMPAGINOUS furious, angry, violent, wild, unruly, obstreperous, boisterous, noisy, disorderly, outrageous …1822 Sc.
 RAMPAGIOUS violent; unruly; boisterous …1822
 RAMPANT violent and extravagant in action, opinion, etc. …1628
 RAMPING of persons, their actions, etc.: violent, extravagant, unrestrained, excessive …1483
 RAMPTIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; wild, active, dangerous; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate …1953 Amer. dial. 
 RAMSTUDIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate …1847 Amer. dial.
 RAMSTUGENOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate …1847 Amer. dial.
 RAMSTUGINOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate …1847 Amer. dial.
 RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate …1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
 RAMSTUJOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate …1847 Amer. dial.
 RANDY violent, emotional …18C sl.
 RANISH rash, giddy, rough; furious, violent …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 RANK having great speed or force; swift; impetuous; violent …a1225
 RANNISH rash, giddy, rough; furious, violent …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 RANTY-TANTY very angry; in a violent passion …1846 Eng. dial.
 RAPEFUL characterized by rape or violence …1605 obs.
 RASE-BRAINED impetuous, harebrained, wild, violent …1887 Eng. dial.
 RAUNCHY violent …1990s US sl.
 RED-HOT violent, extreme …Bk1903 sl.
 RENNISH rash, giddy, rough; furious, violent …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 RIPROARIOUS vigorous, boisterous; violent …1830 colloq., orig. US
 ROBUSTIOUS of persons: robust, vigorous, violent; stout and strong or healthy-looking …a1548
 ROID stout, strong; violent, rough …a1400 obs exc. Eng. dial.
 RUFFIANOUS like a ruffian; bold in crimes; violent, brutal …1555 obs.
 RUMBUSTICAL fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous;  rude, overbearing, violent …1795 Eng. dial. & colloq.
 SALVAGEROUS fierce, violent, vigorous …1857 Amer. dial.
 SAVAGE AS A MEAT AXE very angry, and violent, exceedingly savage, ferocious  …1834 Amer. dial.
 SAVAGEROUS fierce, violent, vigorous …1843 Amer. dial.
 SAVIGEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed …1839 Amer. dial.
 SAVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed …1887 Amer. dial.
 SERGIVEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed …1910 Amer. dial.
 SERVAGEROUS fierce, violent, vigorous …1851 Amer. dial.
 SERVIGOUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed …1883 Amer. dial.
 SERVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed …1909 Amer. dial.
 SEVAGEROUS fierce, violent, vigorous …1832 Amer. dial.
 SEVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful , ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed …1835 Amer. dial.
 SURVIGEROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed …1952 Amer. dial.
 SURVIGOROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed …1974 Amer. dial.
 SURVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed …1913 Amer. dial.
 SUVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed …1893 Amer. dial.
 TARTAR rough and violent, savage, cruel …1809
 TEARING passionate, headstrong; violent, rowdy or reckless in behaviour …M17
 TEAR-IN-TWO violent, savage …1892 Sc.
 TORE DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent …1891 Amer. dial.
 TORN DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent …1836 Amer. dial.
 TROUBLY turbulent, tempestuous, stormy, violent ..1513
– VUSTING furious; mighty, violent …1746 Eng. dial. obs.
– WAKEN ON to become animated, earnest, or excited; to become violent in language …Bk1905 Sc.
– WANTON of actions: lawless, violent; in weaker sense: rude, ill-mannered …a1400-50 obs.
 WIGHT forcible, violent, powerful in effect …ME, now arch., Sc., & Eng. dial.
 YOBBISH loutish; rowdy, aggressive, violent …1955 sl.
 YOBBY rowdy, aggressive, violent …1955 sl.
 
VIOLENCE etc. – ADVERBS
– violently BENSE Bk1898 Sc.
– violently, furiously BROTHELY c1340 obs.
– in a violent and bloody manner; brutally, barbarously BUTCHERLY 1560 obs.
 BY HEAD AND SHOULDERS by force, violently …1581
 BY THE HEAD AND EARS roughly, violently, as one drags a beast …1590
 CATAWAMPOUSLY utterly, vigorously, completely; fiercely, eagerly, violently  …1834 Amer. sl.
 CATAWAMPTIOUSLY utterly, vigorously, completely; fiercely, eagerly, violently  …1857 Amer. sl.
 DIRD with violence; heavily, sharply …Bk1900 Sc.
 EAGERLY sharply, pungently, keenly; violently, harshly, severely …1377 obs.
 FIGHTING to the point of violence, extremely …1941 Amer. dial.
 FORCELY with force or power, vigorously, vehemently, violently …1508 obs. or Sc.
 FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST completely, utterly, thoroughly, decisively, violently …1928 Amer. dial.
 FROM HELL TO BUSH completely, utterly, thoroughly, decisively, violently …1928 Amer. dial.
 HAMMER AND TONGS energetically, vigorously, strongly; violently …1708 UK
 HARDLY with energy, force, or strenuous exertion; vigorously, forcibly, violently …c1205 obs.
 HEADILY headlong, precipitately, hastily, rashly; violently, impetuously …c1450
 LIKE ALL POSSESSED strongly, violently …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 LIKE MAD furiously, with excessive violence or enthusiasm …1567
 MAINLY with force, vigour, or violent; mightily, vigorously, violently …c1275 obs.
 MASTERFULLY violently, forcibly …1792 Sc.
 RAMPASH in a violent or energetic manner …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 RANK rapidly, violently, headlong …1590 obs.
 RAPFULLY with resounding blows; violently …1582 obs. rare
 SAVAGEROUS fiercely, violently, vigorously …1832 Amer. dial.
 SCLATCH heavily, violently; with a heavy, lumbering step …1866 Sc.
 SKELP quickly and violently; suddenly 
 SKLATCH heavily, violently; with a sharp smack or clashing sound; with a heavy footfall …1866 Sc.
 TORN DOWN violently, very …1836 Amer. dial.
 VENGEOUSLY violently, viciously …1599 obs. rare
 YASSICH with violence …Bk1905 Sc.
 
VIOLENCE etc. – NOUNS
– violence, quarrels, unpleasantness in general AGGRAVATION 1960s sl.
– violent or aggressive behaviour, esp. formerly by skinhead gangs AGGRO;  AGRO 1969 Brit. sl.
– violence ALMSHOUSE BUSINESS 1980s W. Indies & UK sl.
 BANGSTRY the action of a bangster; masterful violence …1594 obs. rare
 BANKSTERSHIP force, violence …Bk1898 Sc.
 BENSE a violent movement; a blow, spring, strong push …Bk1911 Sc.
 BENSELL a heavy blow; a violent or sudden movement; violence of storm, etc. …Bk1911 Sc.
 BENSIL a heavy blow; any sudden or violent motion; violence of storm, fire, etc. …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 BOVVER trouble, fighting, violent behaviour, esp. when associated with skinhead culture …1969 UK sl.
 DOMESTIC an incident of violence in the home, esp. between a man and a woman …police use, colloq.
 EFFORCE a violent means …1549 obs. rare
 FLARE-UP a sudden burst of emotion or violence …colloq.
 FRIGHTS threats, violence, anything that will terrify a given person into doing what is required …1930s sl.
 HELL-BUSTER a violent or rip-roaring thing …1918 Amer. sl.
 HELL ON WHEELS anything regarded as a nasty, formidable, violent, or impressive situation or event …1927 Amer. dial.
 HELL UPON WHEELS anything regarded as a nasty, formidable, violent, or impressive situation or event …1843 Amer. dial.
 MACE physical violence …L19 Aust. sl.
 MUSCLE physical violence …1879 US sl.
 NEED violence, force, constraint, or compulsion, exercised by or upon persons …c825 obs.
 ONCE-OVER a beating-up; an act of physical violence …sl.
 PANDEMONIUM a place or gathering of wild lawless violence, confusion, and uproar …1779
 RAGE an act of violence; a fight …c1330 obs. rare
 RAMP an outburst of temper; a violent mood …1798
 RAMPANCY the condition of being rampant; violent action; fierceness …1664
 RASHING an assault, violence …1970s African-American sl.
– SKOP, SKIET AND DONNER physically violent and threatening behaviour or activity …1970 S. Afr. sl.
 TEARANSY rage, passion; violence; outrageous haste …1896 Sc.
 WIGS ON THE GREEN violent or unpleasant developments, ructions …orig. Irish
 WILD HAIR the imaginary cause of impassioned or violent behaviour …M20 US sl.
 
VIOLENCE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
 ANIMAL a very cruel, violent, or repulsive person …1598
 ASS-KICKER a person who habitually employs physical violence as a form of coercion; a tough disciplinarian; a bully; a physically aggressive, violent, or intimidating person …1962 US sl.
 BALL-TEARER a violent person …1973 Aust sl.
 BAM a mindlessly violent, stupid person …1993 UK sl.
 BANGEISTER a braggart, a bully; a violent and disorderly person who regards no law but his own will …1825 Sc.
 BANGISTER a burly, rough, violent fellow; a bully; a braggart …c1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 BANGSTER a rough, violent fellow; a bully, a braggart, a blustering fellow; a ruffian; a thug …c1570 obs. exc. Sc.
 BARRACUDA a violent, aggressive person, esp. a criminal …1935 US sl.
 BASH ARTIST a violent individual, esp. a prison guard; a thug …1946 Aust. sl.
 BASH-MERCHANT a violent person, a thug …1996 Aust. sl.
 BATTER-FANG a violent person …1716 sl.
 BEAST a crude, violent, or sexually aggressive male …Bk2006 US sl.
 BELLA QUEEN a violent man …2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
 BERSERKER a person of extreme violence and fury; a reckless hero …Bk1885
 BIFF MERCHANT a thug, a violent person …1911 Aust sl.
 BIG STUFF a strong, violent person …1896 US sl.
 BOOT-BOY a violent or rowdy youth of a type characterized by assembling in gangs in search of trouble, wearing short-cropped hair and heavy boots …1977
 BOVVER BOY a member of a hooligan gang, generally characterized as a skinhead, and therefore associated with extreme right-wing, racist violence …1970 UK sl.
– a violent person; a thug; a ruffian BRUISER 1907 sl.
– a violent person BULLDOGGER 1990s African-American sl.
– a violent, tough, or physically fit man BUTCH 1873 colloq.
– a violent, tough, or physically fit man BUTCHY 1891 US rare
– a person who is against violence and disputes; esp. used in the domain of computer games CAREBEAR Bk2006 US sl.
– a violent or bad-tempered woman CATAWAMPUS CAT 1915 Amer. dial.
– a violent person; a thug; a ruffian CAVEMAN 1926 sl.
– a violent, unmanageable fellow; a swaggering fellow; a fool GAUSTER 1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– a violent, ill-tempered woman; a scold; an ugly, dirty woman HAG Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– a violence-prone, tough person HARDFIST 1955 Can. sl.
 HARD MAN a professional thug; a person not afraid of violent action …1970 US sl.
 HARD NUT someone who is difficult to deal with, esp. one with a tendency to violence …1999 US sl.
 HARD NUT TO CRACK someone who is difficult to deal with, esp. one with a tendency to violence …1999 US sl.
 HELL-BUSTER a violent or rip-roaring person or thing …1918 Amer. sl.
– HELL ON WHEELS a very impressive, nasty, or violent person …1843 US sl.
 HOON a violent person; a thug; a ruffian …1938 Aust. sl.
 JAYHAWKER an explosive sort of person who is accustomed to getting what he wants by any means available, violent or otherwise …1968 Amer. dial.
 MAD DOG a violent thug …1940s US sl.
 MAN O’ MEAN a strong or violent man …1776 Sc.
 MAN O’ THE MAIN a strong or violent man …1776 Sc.
 MASTER-MAN a person of self-willed and violent temper …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 MOHOCK a member of a band of aristocratic hooligans who allegedly roamed the streets of London by night in the early 18th century and were suspected of ruffianism; hence, any hooligan or delinquent; a dissolute and violent young man …1711 arch.
 MOP-CAP a hasty-tongued person, a tartar, a rough and violent or irritable person …Bk1895 Eng. dial.
 MUG a violent person; a thug; a ruffian …1890 US sl.
 NED a violent person; a thug; a ruffian …1959 Sc. sl.
 NUTTER a violent deranged person; a mad or insane person …1958 Brit. sl.
 PLUG-UGLY a violent person; a thug; a ruffian …1856 sl., orig. US
 RABIATOR a plunderer; a violent, ruthless person; a lout, a boor, a bully …c1745 Sc.
 RADGE a mad or violent person; an idiot …1995 orig. Eng. dial., now chiefly Sc. 
 RAMPER a noisy, stamping fellow; one who acts violently or destructively …Bk1905 Sc.
 RANDY-DANDY a violent and vulgar quarrelsome woman …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 RANT-A-COME-SCOUR a scold; a man in a violent passion …1866 Eng. dial.
 RING-TAIL DEVIL a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind …1968 Amer. dial.
 RING-TAILED PAINTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind …1828 Amer. dial.
 RING-TAILED ROARER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind …1830 Amer. dial.
 RING-TAILED SCREAMER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; a loud-mouthed boaster; an extraordinary example of its kind …1959 Amer. dial.
 RING-TAILED SNORTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind …1950 Amer. dial.
 RING-TAILED SQUEALER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind …1837 Amer. dial.
 RING-TAILED TOOTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind …1941 Amer. dial.
 RING-TAIL PEELER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind …1913 Amer. dial.
 RING-TAIL ROARER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind …1832 Amer. dial.
 RING-TAIL SNORTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind …1859 Amer. dial.
 RING-TAIL SQUEALER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind …1898 Amer. dial.
 RING-TAIL TOOTER a ferocious mythical animal; hence, a powerful, violent, or wild person; an extraordinary example of its kind …1909 Amer. dial.
 ROBIATOR a plunderer; a violent, ruthless person; a lout, a boor, a bully …c1745 Sc.
 ROUGH a person, typically a youth or man, who is disreputable, disorderly, violent, or rowdy …1837
 ROUGHIE a violent person; a thug; a ruffian …1905 sl.
 RUBIATOR a plunderer; a violent, ruthless person; a lout, a boor, a bully …c1745 Sc.
 TADGER a violent, quarrelsome, domineering person, esp. a scolding woman, a shrew, a termagant …1888 Sc.
 TAISTREL a passionate, violent, or sour-tempered person; a churl  …Bk1893 Eng. dial.
 TAISTRIL(L) a vicious, ill-conditioned person; a passionate, violent, or sour-tempered person; a churl …Bk1896 Eng. dial.
 TARGE a violent, scolding woman; a shrew, a virago, a vixen …1862 Sc.
 TARGER a violent, quarrelsome, domineering person, esp. a scolding woman, a shrew, a termagant …1822 Sc. 
 TARTAR a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a vixen, a termagant …1663
 TASTRILL a termagant; one of violent temper and tongue; a passionate child …Bk1873 Eng. dial.
 TEARER a person who tears or rushes along or about; a blustering or violent person; a ranter, roisterer, swaggerer, thug, or bully …1664
 TEAR-THE-WIND a violent, roistering, daredevil character …1905 Sc. 
 TOUGH a violent person; a thug; a ruffian …1866 sl., orig. US
 TROG a violent person; a thug; a ruffian …1956 Brit. sl.
 VENGEANCE a person of a violent temper …1711-2
 WAMPUS CAT a virago; a mean, difficult, or objectionable person; a violent or bad-tempered woman …1915 Amer. dial.
 YAHOO a violent person …1968
 YOBBO;  YOBO a violent person; a thug; a ruffian …1938 Brit. sl.
– ZULU 1952 US sl. – an impulsive, undisciplined, violent person
 
VIOLENCE etc. – PHRASES
 DO YOU LIKE THE TASTE OF HOSPITAL FOOD? used as a jocular threat of violence …1995 UK sl.
 DO YOU WANT SOME? used as a challenging invitation to violent conflict …2001 UK sl.
 YOU’RE GOING HOME IN AN AMBULANCE used to threaten violence against a person or group …1990 colloq.
 
VIOLENCE etc. – VERBS
 BANG UP to do violence …World War II Amer. sl.
 BEAT SOMEONE’S EARS IN to do violence; to assault …World War II Amer. sl.
 BEAT THE CAN OFF OF to do violence …World War II Amer. sl.
 BEAT THE DEVIL OUT OF to do violence …World War II Amer. sl.
 BEAT THE HELL OUT OF to do violence …World War II Amer. sl.
 BEAT THE SAP OUT OF to do violence …World War II Amer. sl.
 BEAT THE TAR OUT OF to do violence …World War II Amer. sl.
 BEAT TO A FRAZZLE to do violence …World War II Amer. sl.
 BEAT TO A JELLY to do violence …World War II Amer. sl.
 BEAT TO A MUMMY to do violence …World War II Amer. sl.
 BENSE to walk or move violently …Bk1911 Sc.
 BETRAVAIL to do violence to, to violate, to rape …1388 obs.
 BRAINGE to plunge rashly forward; to dash carelessly towards; to bustle about noisily in a fit of temper; to use violence …Bk1911 Sc.
 BULLOCK ONE’S WAY to make one’s way with heavy violence …1909
 DING to move violently, restlessly, in an ill temper …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 GO APE to become excited, violent, sexually aggressive, etc.; to display strong enthusiasm or appreciation; also, to malfunction …1955 sl., orig. US
 RAISE CAIN to become angry or violent
 RAMMY to take part in crowd violence …1996 Sc.
 RAMPASH to set to work in a violent, energetic manner …1896 Eng. dial.
 RAMPER to rush about; to act violently …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 RANT to take by violence …L19 sl.
 REAR to rouse up, to disturb; also, to behave violently or excitedly …1876 Eng. dial.
 ROUGH IT UP to behave boisterously, aggressively, or violently …1897
 STACK ASSES to thrash opponents, as in a brawl; to employ violence …1972 Amer. sl.
 TAR to excite to anger or violence; to tease …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 TAR AND TIG to act forcefully or wantonly; to use force and violence …c1470 Sc. obs.
 TIG AND TAR to act forcefully or wantonly; to use force and violence …c1470 Sc. obs.
 TARR to excite to anger or violence; to tease …Bk1905 Eng. dial.


VIOLET – NOUNS
BAIRNWORT the violet …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
BIRDBILL a violet …1967 Amer. dial.
BRIGHT-EYES wild violet …1921 Amer. dial.
CAT’S FACE a violet …1900 Amer. dial.
 CHICKEN FIGHT a wild violet …1891 Amer. dial.
 CHICKEN FIGHTER a wild violet …1967 Amer. dial.
LADY’S DELIGHT the violet …1860
LITTLE JOHNNY a violet …1908 Amer. dial.
PACIFIER the violet …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ROOSTER-FIGHTER a wild violet …c1960 Amer. dial.
THREE-FACES-UNDER-A-HOOD a pansy, a violet …1835 Eng. dial.
TICKLE-MY-FANCY the pansy, the violet …1902 Amer. dial.
VILIP a violet …1842 Eng. dial.


VIOLIN, VIOLINIST – NOUNS
 BELLY-PIECE the piece forming the belly of a violin, etc. …1609 obs.
 FIDDLE-BOX a fiddle, a violin …1928 Amer. dial.
 MANCHE the neck of a violin, guitar, etc. …1876
 PEARLIES, THE an uncontrollable nervous shaking of the bowing arm sometimes experienced by violinists, etc. before a performance …1974 sl.
 QUEUE the tailpiece of a violin or other instrument …1876
 THOOMACKS the pegs of a violin …1868 Sc.
 THUMMACKS the pegs of a violin …1868 Sc.
 
 VIOLIN etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
 CATGUT SCRAPER a violinist …18C colloq.
 ELBOW BENDER a violinist …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 FIDDLESTER a violinist …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 GUT-SCRAPER a fiddler; a violinist …1707 
 GUT-VEXER a violin player …1640
 PANDURIST one who plays on a musical instrument called a rebec, or on a violin …1656 obs. rare
 ROSIN SNIFFER a violinist …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 SCRAPER a violinist …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 SQUEAKER a violinist …Bk1942 Amer. sl.


VIP – VERBS
– to treat as a VIP DUCHESS 1956 Aust. sl.


VIRAGO – ADJECTIVES
 MANKIND of women: masculine, virago-like …1585 obs.
 
VIRAGO – NOUNS, PERSON
 AMAZON an extremely masculine woman; a virago …M18
 BANDYLAN a woman of bad character; an outcast; a virago …1808 Eng. dial.
 BARRATRESS a female fighter, an amazon, a virago …1583 obs.
 BELDAM;  BELDAME a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago …a1586
 BELLATRICE a woman well skilled in war; a virago …1656 obs.
 BESSIE an ill-mannered, romping, or bad-tempered woman or girl; a light-headed girl; a scold, a virago …1866 Sc. 
 BRIMSTONE a virago, a scold obs.
 CALLET a scold, a virago, a constant fault-finder; a quarrelsome person …1781 Eng. dial.
 CATAWAMPUS CAT a virago; a violent or bad-tempered woman …1915 Amer. dial.
 HARPIE a shrewish virago …M20 US sl.
 RANDIE;  RANDY a scolding virago; a disorderly, immoral woman …1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 RUDAS a coarse, unmannerly, foul-mouthed old woman; an ill-natured, ugly old woman; a virago …1725 Sc.
 SCALLIBRAT;  SCALLY-BRAT a passionate, noisy child; a young vixen; a scold, a virago …1889 Eng. dial.
 SHREW a scolding woman; a virago; a hellcat of a woman …16C
 STRAMULLION a strong, robust, masculine woman; a virago …B1900 Sc.
 TAGSTER a scold; a virago …Bk1855 Eng. dial.
 TARGE a violent, scolding woman; a shrew, a virago, a vixen …1862 Sc. 
 TARGER a scold; a virago; a quarrelsome woman …1860s Sc. & Eng. dial.
 TEARER a virago, a shrew …1862 Sc.
 TWANKER a virago who will use her fists and nails to your face …Bk1873 Eng. dial.
 WAMPUS CAT a virago; a mean, difficult, or objectionable person …1915 Amer. dial.


VIRGIN, VIRGINAL, VIRGINITY – ADJECTIVES
 CLEFT pert. to a non-virgin female …L18 Brit. sl.
 CRACKED deflowered …18C sl.
 CRACKED IN THE RING deflowered …18C sl.
 FLY-BLOWN devirginated …c1885 sl.
 MAIDEN virgin; sometimes said of men …a1300 obs.
 UNLAID of a woman: virgin …1960s sl.
 UNTRIMMED pert. to a virgin female …Shakespeare usage
 VIRGIE virginal …1930s sl.
 
VIRGIN etc. – NOUNS
– CHERRY-POPPING 1975 US sl. – the act of taking someone’s virginity
 KNOT virginity …Shakespeare usage (Virgin-Knot)
 MAIDEN-GEAR virginity …1719 obs.
 MAIDEN-GEM virginity …1612 obs.
 MAIDENHEAD virginity …14C
 V-CARD a person’s virginity …2001 US sl.
 VIRGINHEAD virginity …E17
 VIRGIN-KNOT virginity …Shakespeare usage
 
VIRGIN etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
 APRON WITH A NIP a virgin; a virtuous, respectable woman …World War II Amer. sl.
 ARTICLE OF VIRTUE a virgin …c1850 sl.
 BABY-SAN a virgin …1990 US military sl.
 BETOOLA;  BETULA a virgin, a maiden …Bk1982 Jewish
 BROAD WITH CANNED GOODS a virgin …World War II Amer. sl.
 CANNED GOODS a virgin of either sex, usually female; the genitalia of such a person …1910s US sl.
 CHERRY a virgin …1935 sl.
 CHERRY BOY a male virgin …1974 US sl.
 CHERRY GIRL a virgin …1982 US military in Vietnam
 DAMAGED GOODS a person, esp. a woman, who is no longer a virgin …1916 US sl.
 FORBIDDEN FRUIT a young girl; a virgin …20C US sl.
– FRESH MEAT a new sexual partner, esp. a virgin …a1890 sl.
 MAIDENMAN a maiden, a virgin …c893 obs.
 PUCELLE a girl, a maiden, a virgin …c1430 obs.
 UNDAMAGED GOODS a virgin female …20C US sl.
 VEGGIE-MEAT an available young woman; a virgin …1995 W. Indies sl.
 VICKY a virgin …1990s sl.
 VIRGIE a virgin …1930s sl.
 VIRGIN PULLET a young woman who though often trod has never laid’, i.e. no longer a virgin but not yet a mother …E19 sl.
 YOUNG BLEED a female virgin …2000 African-American sl.
 YOUNG STUFF young virgin girls …20C sl.
 
VIRGIN etc. – NOUNS, PERSON, OTHER
 CHERRY PICKER one who seduces virgins …1954 US sl.
 
VIRGIN etc. – PHRASES
– ARE YOU SAVING IT FOR THE WORMS? 1940s sl., orig. US – addressed to a supposed virgin; the phrase is intended to shame or bluster her into intercourse
 KEEP YOUR HAND ON YOUR HA’PENNY TILL THE RIGHT MAN TURNS UP advice to young women to retain their virginity until the advent of ‘Mr. Right’ …1900s sl.
 
VIRGIN etc. – VERBS
 COP A CHERRY to take a woman’s virginity; occasionally a man’s …1920s sl.
 CRACK to deflower a virgin; usually considered vulgar …c1725 Amer. sl.
 EASE to deflower …Bk1903 sl.
 LOSE ONE’S CHERRY to lose one’s virginity …1918 sl., orig. US
 PUNCH to deflower …sl.
 PUNCTURE to deflower …19C Brit. sl.


VIRGINIA – NOUNS
 ANCIENT DOMINION Virginia …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 BEADLE STATE Virginia …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 CAVALIER STATE Virginia …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 GINNY Virginia …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 LAND OF THE BUCKSKIN Virginia …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 MOTHER OF PRESIDENTS Virginia …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 MOTHER STATE Virginia …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 OLD DOMINION Virginia …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 SORE-BACK STATE Virginia …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 VIRGINIE; VIRGINY Virginia …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 VIRGIN STATE Virginia …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
VIRGINIA – NOUNS, PERSON
 BEADLE an inhabitant of the state of Virginia …Bk1909 US sl.
 BEAGLE a native of Virginia …1845 US sl.
 BIG KNIFE a White man, esp. a Virginian …1750 US Indian usage obs.
 CLOVER-EATER a Virginian …1869 US sl.
 CORNCRACKER a native of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, or Virginia …M19 US sl.
 HIT-YOUR-BACK a native of Virginia …20C US sl.
– LOW-DOWNER 1851 US sl., obs. – a person from the lowlands of Virginia
 MALUNGEON one of a race of people in southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky and Tennessee said  to have partly Indian blood …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 TUCKAHOE a person from Virginia, esp. from east of the Blue Ridge; the language of such a person …1816 Amer. dial.
 TUCKYHOE a person from Virginia, esp. from east of the Blue Ridge; the language of such a person …1930 Amer. dial.
 TUCKY HOLE a person from Virginia, esp. from east of the Blue Ridge; the language of such a person …1950 Amer. dial. 


VIRGIN ISLANDS – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person who is not a native of the Virgin Islands, an outsider GARROT 1962 W. Indies & UK Virgin Islands


VIRGINITY – see VIRGIN


VIRGIN MARY – ADJECTIVES
MARIAN pert. to the Virgin Mary, or characterized by special devotion to her …1701
MARIANIC pert. to the Virgin Mary, or characterized by special devotion to her …1845
MARIOLATROUS worshipping the Virgin Mary …1844

VIRGIN MARY – NOUNS
HEAVEN-QUEEN the queen of heaven; a title of the Virgin Mary …c1230 obs.
LADY the Virgin Mary …a900
MAID MARY the Virgin Mary …a1175 obs.
MAIDEN MARY the Virgin Mary …a1035 obs.
 MARIANOLATRY worship of the Virgin Mary …1755 obs. rare
 MARIOLA an image of the Virgin Mary …1876
 MARIOLATRY worship of the Virgin Mary attributed by opponents to Roman Catholics …1612

VIRGIN MARY – NOUNS, PERSON
LADY-WORSHIPPER one who worships the Virgin Mary …1579
 MARIAN a worshipper or devotee of the Virgin Mary …1635
 MARIANOLATRIST one who worships the Virgin Mary …1736 obs. rare
 MARIOLATER one who worships the Virgin Mary …1861


VIRILE, VIRILITY – ADJECTIVES
 FULL OF FUCK virile and full of masculine vigour …20C sl.
 FULL OF GISM virile and full of masculine vigour …20C sl.
 HAIRY virile; masculine …M20 US sl.
 HAIRY-ASSED pert. to a mature, virile, and hairy male …M20 sl.
 LEATHER pert. to any sadistic, virile male …20C US sl.
 MACHO excessively masculine, virile, and brave …1959 US sl.
 RED-BLOODED vigorous, virile …colloq.
 UNSEMINARED deprived of virility; castrated …Shakespeare usage
 
VIRILE etc. – NOUNS
 BACK potency, virility …1996 Guyana
 BALLS virile courage; virility; guts; strength of character; energy, spirit …a1890 US sl.
 EGGS courage, virility …1950s sl.
 HAIR virile strength and courage …M20 US sl.
 MAN FAT virility, manly power …20C Brit. colloq.
 MANHEAD the quality of being manly; manhood; virility; courage, valour …c1275 obs.
 MANLIHEAD virility, bravery, courage …1422-83 obs.
 
VIRILE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
 BUCK-A-DANDY a young, dashing, or virile man; a fop …1894 Amer. dial.
 CAVE MAN a strong, virile man, esp. one bearing much body hair or body hair in unusual places …L19 sl.
 MAN’S MAN a virile male …20C US colloq.
 MCDADDY a handsome, virile man …1990s sl.
 OLD RAM a virile and/or promiscuous man …M17 sl.
 RAM a virile and/or promiscuous man …M17 sl.
 
VIRILE etc. – VERBS
 EUNUCHATE to make a eunuch of, to castrate; to deprive of virility or generative power …1646 obs.
 HAVE LEAD IN ONE’S PENCIL to be potent, virile, and vigorous …20C colloq.


VIRTUE, VIRTUOUS, VIRTUOUSLY – ADJECTIVES
– DOWING c1175 obs. valiant, virtuous; later, thriving
 HOLY-CRUEL cruel by being too virtuous …a1616 
 
VIRTUE etc. – ADVERBS
– DOUTHLY c1275 obs. – virtuously, worthily
 
VIRTUE etc. – NOUNS
– DOUGHTIHEAD a1400 obs. – virtuous character or conduct; moral goodness
– DOUTH a1000 obs. – virtue, excellence; nobility; power, wealth
 
VIRTUE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
 ANGEL a very well-behaved child; a pure, innocent, or morally good person; a person of exemplary virtue or conduct …1477
 APRON WITH A NIP a virgin; a virtuous, respectable woman …World War II Amer. sl.
 GIRL NEXT DOOR, THE a person perceived as familiar, approachable, and dependable, typically in the context of a romantic partnership; sometimes with the implication of a lack of originality, excitement, or glamour; a wholesome, virtuous, chaste, and unsophisticated person …1925
 GOODY TWO SHOES an ostentatiously virtuous person …Bk1995 US sl.
 MAN-WOMAN one who combines the virtues of both sexes …1889 nonce use
 MORALITY a person who habitually assumes and air of virtue …1806 humorous or ironic usage obs.
 QUANDONG a girl who makes a practice of remaining virtuous after being wined and dined …1967 Aust. sl. rare
 SAINT a virtuous or morally excellent person …1852
 
VIRTUE etc. – VERBS
 DOW to be good, strong, vigorous, virtuous, valiant, or manly …OE obs.
– TREAD THE SHOE AWRY a1542 – to fall from virtue; to break the law of chastity 


VIRTUOSO – NOUNS, PERSON
– a virtuoso; a person expressing a natural ability to excel at an endeavour EAR MAN 1970s African-American sl.