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.
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