v
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of balk [(archaic) To pass over or by.]
v
(transitive) To make (something) wet and limp, especially by dragging it along the ground.
n
(Scotland, dialect) A bickering noise.
n
(Scotland) A fit of crying.
v
(Scotland, transitive) To grease.
v
(transitive, Scotland) To hit (something) hard.
n
(Scotland, Tyneside, Northern England) A worry; trouble; bother.
n
(obsolete, dialectal, Scotland) A shake; fiddle or similar agitation.
v
(intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken.
n
(Scotland) A caper; a spring; a whim.
n
(UK, dialect, dated) Commotion.
v
(UK, dialect, intransitive) To frolic; to lark about.
v
(Scotland, archaic, transitive) To trick or hoax.
n
Obsolete form of jiffy. (brief moment) [(colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.]
n
(Scotland) Noisy riotous conduct.
n
(UK, Scotland, dialect) An unexpected view of something that startles one.
v
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To terrify; astonish; surprise.
v
(Northern England, Scotland) To worry; scold; torment; nag
n
(chiefly Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
v
(transitive, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) To terrify; make tremble.
n
British standard spelling of groveler.
n
(Scotland, historical) A Scottish wedding tradition where coins were thrown to the guests.
v
(Britain) To hem and haw
n
(Scotland, Ireland, colloquial, uncountable) A state of great agitation.
n
(Scotland) Uproar; noisy disorder.
v
(now chiefly Scotland) To move irregularly up and down.
n
(Scotland) An impediment similar to a limp.
n
(Scotland) An agitation on the surface of water.
v
(Scotland, intransitive) To talk idly.
n
Alternative form of jiff [(informal) A jiffy; a moment; a short time.]
v
(intransitive, UK, regional) To fidget; to act restlessly.
n
(colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.
n
(Scotland, obsolete) A fit of temper; rage.
adj
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Occasional; accidental.
n
(now Scotland) A crowd of people; a rabble.
n
(Scotland, Northern England) A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
v
(transitive, Scotland) To grimace at, make faces at (a person).
adj
(informal) Having a noddle or head.
v
(transitive, Scotland) To fondle or pet; to pamper.
n
(uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Noisy talk.
v
(Northern England, Scotland) To talk nonsensically.
n
(Scotland) A disorderly argument or disturbance; a fracas.
adj
Mechanically unreliable or in disrepair.
n
(chiefly Scotland) Any object in poor condition, particularly a vehicle.
n
(archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A whisper; whispering.
n
A lowing or mooing sound by an animal, especially cattle; a bellow, a moo.
n
The action of the verb ruffle
adj
(informal) (Of a fight) characterised by lots of ungainly or wild punches, grabs, wrestling, etc.
n
(UK, dialect) A wriggling motion.
v
(Scotland, Northern England) To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
v
(transitive, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to have diarrhea.
n
(Scotland) An enquiry; an asking about something.
v
(Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) To speak (especially loudly) or shout.
n
(Scotland, informal) A tumult or disturbance.
n
(UK, dialectal) Anything short or contracted
n
(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) disturbance; annoyance; care
n
(obsolete) A blustering noise.
v
Alternative form of swash (“to dash or flow noisily; to splash”) [(transitive, intransitive) To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).]
adj
(informal, chiefly Scotland) Agitated, flustered, in a lather.
v
(intransitive, UK, Scotland, dialect) To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.
v
(UK, dialect) To flounder about.
n
(archaic) A rag and bone man.
v
(Scotland) to dangle soggily: become bedraggled
n
(UK, Cornwall, dialect, obsolete) A great quantity or heap.
v
(intransitive, aviation, road transport, colloquial) Of an aircraft or motor vehicle: to travel in a slow and unhurried manner.
adj
Characterized by the presence of waffle (vague speech)
v
To move dragging one's belly along the floor
v
(obsolete, dialect, UK, Scotland) To roll or wallow; to welter.
v
(transitive, intransitive, Scotland, archaic) To brandish or flourish, or be brandished or flourished.
v
(Scotland, archaic, transitive) To cajole.
n
(Scotland) evasive indecisive speech
n
(Britain, computing) Used as the name of a metasyntactic variable.
v
(obsolete, Scotland) To rouse or excite.
v
Alternative form of zhoosh [(transitive, originally Polari, UK and Australia, slang) To tweak, finesse or improve (something); to make more appealing or exciting. Usually with up.]
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