v
(obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).
n
(UK, Australia, slang) A noisy argument.
v
(Britain, transitive) To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
v
(Scotland) To insult, to upbraid, to make a fool of someone.
v
To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.
adj
(obsolete, informal) Excessively big; whopping.
n
(by extension, colloquial, derogatory) A tall, strong, heavily built person, usually a man, especially one prone to physical violence; a strong and tough person.
n
(obsolete) One who cheats.
n
(dated, slang) Someone or something remarkable, especially for being loud, large, etc..
n
(less common, also attributively) Synonym of butterfingers (“someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated”)
v
Alternative form of buy wolf tickets [(African-American Vernacular) To call the bluff of, or respond to the threats or boasts of, someone who has been selling wolf tickets.]
n
(slang) An acrimonious fighting or bickering between women.
n
a small note, such as a pass or voucher slip; a chit.
n
(informal) An emotionally clingy person.
n
A thing or person that dabs.
n
(Scotland) Fun; merrymaking.
v
To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
n
(now rare, archaic) One who dangles about others, especially after women.
n
A person who wastes time daydreaming of accomplishments instead of accomplishing things.
n
A person who uses a dibble.
v
(transitive) To waste time.
v
(intransitive) To dilly-dally
v
Alternative spelling of dilly-dally [(intransitive) To dawdle; to waste time; to procrastinate.]
v
(intransitive) To dawdle; to waste time; to procrastinate.
n
(obsolete, rare) A ditty, a little melody.
n
(countable) Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
n
(UK dialectal, Scotland) A person slow in the execution of a job; a dawdler.
n
(UK, informal) Time-wasting or preparatory tasks; faffing about.
v
(obsolete or dialectal) To waste time; trifle.
v
(chiefly Britain, transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To wander about or prowl around.
n
(dialectal) One who ambles along slowly.
v
(regional) To fiddle or fidget.
n
(by extension) Someone who fiddles or tinkers with things.
n
(UK slang, obsolete) A trifling amount.
v
(intransitive) To trifle; to dally.
n
One who trifles or dallies.
v
(intransitive, Northern England) To potter about seeking a living
v
(archaic, intransitive) To roam around in a frivolous manner; to gad about, to gallivant.
n
(slang) Someone who is untrue to his commitments and shows interest but then chooses to miss.
v
(intransitive) To flirt; run about in a fluttering manner
v
(Ireland, intransitive) To rummage; to engage in inept activity; to noodle.
v
To waste time; to trifle.
v
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, specifically) To elicit information; to ferret out.
n
(obsolete) A crowd, a rabble.
n
(obsolete) One who deals in frippery or old clothes.
n
Useless things; trifles.
v
(transitive) To squander or waste.
n
(obsolete, nonce word) One who frotes; one who rubs or chafes.
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To play upon a fiddle.
n
One who funks, or backs out of something due to cowardice.
n
One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.
n
(slang) An actor or performer who relies on gags (quips).
v
(intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.
n
(Britain, Australia, real estate) The act of gazumping.
n
(Scotland, archaic) Trickery.
n
(slang, archaic or Britain, dialectal) Fun; frolics.
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To pass time frivolously.
n
One who hamsters; a hoarder.
n
Alternative form of hanky-panky [Mischievous behaviour, dishonest or shady activity.]
adj
(Hong Kong, slang, of people) idle; lazy
n
The trade or goods of a higgler.
n
(EMS slang) The act of a responder performing his duties in a flashy, lazy, or non-standard way.
n
(slang, obsolete) A lie or tall tale.
n
(derogatory) A careless or unskilful writer.
n
One who or that which jabs.
adj
Characterized by jab-like rhythms or actions.
n
(dated, slang) A frolic or spree.
v
(South Africa, slang) to party
n
One who, or that which, jolts.
v
(usually in the present continuous) To wander loose; to float around; to hang around.
n
Alternative form of klatch [An informal social gathering, especially one held over coffee for the purpose of conversation.]
n
One who indulges in a lark or frolic.
adj
(idiomatic) Of a person: waiting idly or timewasting.
n
The act of one who lolls.
n
(Hawaii, Pidgin, slang) A person who enjoys talking about themselves.
n
(obsolete) Someone who instigates quarrels.
n
(obsolete) Alternative form of make-fray [(obsolete) Someone who instigates quarrels.]
v
(rare, US, dialectal, obsolete) Alternative form of mitch. [(transitive, dialectal) To pilfer; filch; steal.]
v
(transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.
n
One who piddles; a trifler or time-waster.
v
Alternative form of pound sand [(idiomatic) To engage in a futile activity.]
v
(intransitive, rare) To spend or waste time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in a trifling superficial manner.
n
(archaic) A waster of time; an idler or dawdler.
n
(obsolete) A crowd of common people; a rabble.
n
One who uses a rabble (iron bar) in puddling.
n
(dated, slang) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
n
The common rabble or mob; riffraff.
n
(sometimes attributive) A circus performer who performs antipodism, lying on the back while carrying burdens on the feet.
v
(obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
n
(historical) Part of the 16th-century wars between Scotland and England, during which an attempt was made to force Scotland to agree to a marriage alliance between Mary, Queen of Scots, and the English heir apparent Edward, son of King Henry VIII.
n
A rubbernecker; a nosy observer.
n
One who sandbags (misleads about his/her ability level in order to win bets); a hustler.
n
(UK, obsolete, slang) A beggar's trick of burning the body with a mixture of acids and gunpowder, so as to appear to have been injured in an accident.
n
A seven-note riff played at the end of a song for comic effect.
n
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) One who skites; a boaster.
adj
(UK, dialect) crafty; hypocritical
n
A play, film or similar work characterised by slapstick.
n
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A thievish fellow; a sneak.
n
(chiefly Britain) A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.
adj
Hectoring; swaggering.
adj
(obsolete, UK, dialect, slang) nimble; quick
n
Alternative form of swizz [(Britain, informal) A swindle, disappointment.]
n
(Britain, informal) A swindle, disappointment.
n
An fawning or overzealous supporter.
v
(obsolete) To waste time; to dally or idle.
n
(informal, dated) Something puzzling or difficult; a conundrum.
v
(transitive, obsolete or UK dialect) To treat with tenderness; to fondle.
adj
(obsolete, colloquial or slang) Fashionable, tip-top.
n
A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
adj
(chiefly UK dialectal, Northern England) Cheating, cheaty.
v
(intransitive) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.
v
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.
n
(obsolete) The rabble; the crowd; the mob.
n
(obsolete) Alternative form of wagpastie [(rare, obsolete) A rogue; a rascal; a scoundrel.]
n
(Scotland) wheedling speech, cajolery
n
Alternative form of whippersnapper [(colloquial, dated) A young and cheeky or presumptuous person.]
n
(archaic) Any cover or screen, such as red-tapism.
n
(archaic, UK, slang) A lie
adv
(Britain, dialectal, obsolete) Alternative form of summat [(Northern England, especially Yorkshire) Something (somewhat; to a degree).]
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