Reverse Dictionary: VISIT

NOUNS
► BROAD a journey, a trip; a visit → 1823 Amer. dial.
► CAILEY ► CALEY ► CAYLEY ► KALEY ► KALY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours → 1843 Ireland
► CAKE-COUPINGS an interchanging of social or tea visits → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAKE-SWAPPINGS an interchanging of social or tea visits → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DROP-IN an unexpected or informal visitor or visit → E19 colloq.
► FLUTTER a short visit or trip , esp. a joyous, informal one → 1857 colloq.
► FLY a flying visit → 1833
► GADDINGS gossiping visits → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAM a social visit or chat → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► KEEK a very short visit → 1908 Sc.
► LOOK-UP a visit, a social call → 1852 colloq.
► NEIGHBOURING-DAY a visiting day, ‘at home’ day → 1900 Eng. dial.
► POP CALL a short or unexpected visit → 1857 Amer. dial.
► POP VISIT a short visit → 1859 society colloq.
► POPCORN CALL a short or unexpected visit → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RACE a short visit or journey → 20C Ulster sl.
► RAIKIN a stroll, a jaunt, an informal visit → 1866 Sc.
► ROAR a call, a cry, as to a neighbour in passing; a doorstep visit → 1920 Sc.
► SETTING ► SETTING BEE a visit characterized by sitting and talking → 1929 Amer. dial.
► STOP-BY a very brief visit, esp. by a politician → 1990s
► V a visit → 2002 US sl.
► VISTA ► VISTIE a short journey, a visit, a trip → 1888 Sc.
► VITCHING casual calling on friends → 1894 Sc.
► VIZZO in prison: a visit → 1996 UK sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ADVENTIVE  a person who comes from another place; an immigrant, a foreigner; a visitor → 1626 obs.
► AFTER-COMER a stranger, a visitor → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BALDWIN a bold visitor → 1717 (Bk.)
► BLOW-IN an unexpected visitor or newcomer to an area → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BORE an unwelcome visitor, who makes himself obnoxious by his disagreeable manners → 1848 Amer. dial.
► COMERS AND GANGERS people who come into and go out of a house; visitors → 1829 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. 
► DROP-IN an unexpected or informal visitor  → E19 colloq.
► EMMET a tourist or visitor → 2012 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GANGER a person who goes or travels on foot; a walker; a traveller; a stranger; a visitor → 1424 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial. 
► GANGERS AND COMERS strangers, visitors → 1886 Eng. dial. 
► GANNER an occasional visitor, passer-by → 1889 Eng. dial.
► GIG a visitor; a stranger → 1976 Aust. sl.
► HABITUÉ one who has the habit of going to or frequenting a place, esp. a place of amusement or recreation; a habitual visitor or temporary resident → 1818
► KAILIERS people who stay too long in other folk’s houses → 1919 Sc.
► MALIHINI a stranger, a newcomer; a visitor, a tourist → 1914 Hawaii
► NEIGHBOUR to associate with; to be on intimate terms; to visit; to go about gossiping → 1859 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
► PANDERLYET a late, loitering visitor → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PILGRIM an emigrant, a migrant, a visitor, a tourist; a newcomer, a greenhorn, a tenderfoot → 1867 Amer. dial.
► POLYTOPIAN one who visits many places → 1611 obs.
► POT-HUNTER an unwelcome guest who carefully arrives just in time for dinner → 1873 UK sl.
► RAKE-FIRE one who comes to pay a visit and stays very late → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RUSTICRAT a summer visitor of the richer class → 1895 Amer. dial.
► SCREWZER an unwelcome, intrusive visitor; a parasite; a hanger-on → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VISITATION-ACQUAINTANCE a visiting acquaintance → 1822 Sc.
► VITCHER a visitor; one who goes the rounds with gossip → 1899 Sc.
► WASH-ASHORE a visitor or non-native resident → 1983 Amer. dial.

PHRASES
► COME IN AND REST YOUR HAT ► COME IN AND REST YOUR SADDLE used in inviting one who is passing by to stop and visit → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► COUSINING visiting distant relatives → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HAS HIS SITTING BRITCHES ON said of someone who won’t go home, or who won’t go on about his or her business, who sits and sits and talks and talks, often while he or she drinks and drinks → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HE WORRIES THE DOG a phrase directed at a visitor whose approach repels even the house-dog → 1909 UK sl.

VERBS
► BEAT UP THE QUARTERS OF to visit unceremoniously → 1823
► BLOW AROUND to come to see or visit; to go to see or visit → 1921 Amer. dial.
► CLIP IN to run in for a short visit; implies a hurried call → 1916 Amer. dial.
► COME FOR A CHUNK OF FIRE to pay a very short visit → 1831 Amer. dial. 
► COME HITHER TO FETCH FIRE to pay a very short visit → 1732 Amer. dial. 
► COME TO BORROW A COAL OF FIRE to pay a very short visit → 1940 Amer. dial. 
► COME TO BORROW FIRE to pay a very short visit → 1929 Amer. dial. 
► FALL BY to visit without prior warning; to drop in → 1959 sl., orig. African-American
► FALL IN ► FALL ON IN ► FALL OUT ► FALL OVER to arrive, to go to, to visit → M19 sl., orig. African-American
► FALL IN ON to drop in on; to pay a visit to → 1891 Amer. dial.
► FALL INTO to visit → 1940s US sl.
► FALL OVER TO to visit without prior warning; to drop in → 1950s sl., orig. African-American
► FALL UP to come for a visit; to arrive, to turn up → L19 African-American sl.
► GAD to visit; to stay away from home → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GO BY to stop at, to visit → 1816 Amer. dial.
► GO NEIGHBORIN’ to make an informal visit → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GO OUT AMONG THEM to go visiting; to go to a social affair of some prominence → 1912 Amer. dial.
► GO OUT ON COMPANY to go visiting → 1982 Amer. dial.
► GO OUT ON THE CARPET of a man: to visit women → 1896 Amer. dial.
► HAVE IT AWAY to go to, to visit → 1950s sl.
► HEARKEN DOWN ► HEARKEN IN to call on, to pay a visit → 1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HIT UP to visit → 20C US sl.
► KAILIE to pay a friendly evening visit → 1924 Sc.
► KALK SOMEBODY’S DOOR to avoid visiting one as a sign of displeasure, from the practice of marking with chalk the doors of houses where plague was present as a warning to keep away or, in later times, where the tenant was under notice to move → 1946 Sc.
► MAKE THE SCENE to visit; to stop by → 1960s Amer. sl.
► NEIGHBOR ► NEIGHBOUR to associate in a friendly way, esp. by exchanging visits and assistance; to live on friendly terms with → 1828 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► POP-CALL ► POP-IN CALL to pay a short or unexpected visit → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RUN IN THE ROAD to visit; to stay away from home → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SALUTE to pay one’s respects to; to pay a complimentary visit to → 1585 obs.
► SET A BED SPELL to stay until bedtime → 1933 Amer. dial.
► STAY OUT ONE’S WELCOME to visit until one’s host is wearied → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TAKE OFF to go to, to visit → 1950s sl.
► VEILLER to pay a visit → 1967 Amer. dial. (pronounced vay-yay)
► VITCH to visit, esp. to call on one’s friends to exchange news or gossip; to make a prolonged stay → a1838 Sc.