This page gathers the 2,044 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Australia” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 2 of 21: from “beer wench” to “boob”.
- beer wench noun A young woman employed to serve alcoholic beverages to the audience at cricket matches, often dressed in a skimpy costume.
- beetle noun A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).
- beetle-crusher noun A large, flat foot.
- beetroot noun A normally deep-red-colored root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating.
- Belyando spew noun An illness afflicting shearers, characterised by vomiting after meals and presumed to have been due to the hard work of shearing bent over…
- bench noun A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
- benchtop noun A kitchen counter.
- berm noun One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.
- bewdy intj Used to express enthusiasm, pleasure or approval.
- beyond the black stump prep_phrase In an extremely isolated place, remote from populated areas; in the middle of nowhere. Typically used to refer to outback areas.
- bicycle noun A motorbike.
- bidgee-widgee noun A small prostrate, rosaceous, perennial plant, Acaena novae-zelandiae, native to New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea; now an invasive…
- big shop noun A large, regular purchase of groceries; as opposed to ad hoc or impulse purchases.
- billabong noun An anabranch, backwater or oxbow lake that is temporarily cut off from the main river, especially one that is only filled with water during…
- billy noun A tin with a swing handle used to boil tea over an open fire; a billycan; a billypot.
- billypot noun A billycan used to boil tea.
- bindi noun The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America.
- bindies noun an infestation of the bindii plant
- bindii noun three-cornered jack, Emex australis
- bingle noun A minor collision, especially between motor vehicles.
- bio box noun A room, overlooking the theatre from the back, from which projection, lighting and sound are controlled.
- bird-nesting noun The, formerly common, hobby of looking for birds' nests, often with the intention of collecting the eggs.
- biscuit noun A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
- bit of alright noun an attractive or sexy person.
- bitey noun An animal that bites or stings.
- bitter melon noun A similar fruit-bearing vine, Citrullus lanatus (Citroides Group).
- bitumen noun Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.
- bitzer noun A mongrel dog.
- bizzo noun Business; a matter or matters of personal concern; a course of action.
- black mangrove noun Aegiceras corniculatum
- Black Saturday noun February 7, 2009, a day of devastating bushfires in Victoria, Australia, which killed 173 people.
- black velvet noun Australian aboriginal women with whom white men have sex.
- blackboy noun An Aboriginal boy or servant.
- blackbutt noun Any of several Australian eucalyptus trees with a dark fibrous bark towards the base of the trunk, especially Eucalyptus pilularis, but…
- blackfish noun Any of various dark-colored fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick (Girella tricuspidata), and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis…
- blackgin noun An Aboriginal woman.
- blackjack noun Ammonium bituminosulfonate.
- blacktracker noun An Aboriginal person employed by police to track down fugitives or lost people, especially in the bush.
- blad noun A single sheet for use in a display book, illustrating a particular product (usually confectionery or soft drink) available from a…
- blak adj Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander).
- blinker noun The turn signal of an automobile.
- block ornament noun A small fragment of cheap meat offered for sale by a butcher, particularly one of poor quality.
- blocker noun Synonym of block ornament (“a cheap piece of meat of poor quality”).
- blockholder noun One who resides on a block of farmland assigned by the government for cultivation and, except for rates and taxes, exempt of seizure.
- bloke noun An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.
- blood nose noun A nose that is bleeding internally.
- bloodwood noun Certain eucalypts
- bloody adv Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or for emphasis.
- blooming adv A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.
- blow noun A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
- blow in noun Someone who has only recently arrived in an area or community; a newcomer.
- blow off verb Synonym of fart.
- blow through verb To quickly leave.
- blower noun Telephone.
- blowie noun A blowfly, Lucilia cuprina.
- blowout noun An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
- Blu-Tack noun A solid putty-like adhesive, originally blue in colour, used to secure items to walls and other surfaces.
- bludge noun The act of bludging.
- bludger noun A pimp, a man living off the earnings of a harlot.
- blue verb To fight, brawl, or argue.
- blue card noun An identity card issued with police approval, stating that the person is of suitable character to work near children and young adults.
- blue heeler noun A blue-coated variety of the Australian Cattle Dog breed.
- blue light disco noun A disco or similar event run by the police for young people, used as a drug- and alcohol-free event and to foster community relations.
- blue metal noun Hard dark stone crushed into small pieces used in surfacing roads, for ballast in railway tracks, etc; gravel; road metal.
- blue ribbon adj Pertaining to the Liberal Party, its supporters and regions.
- bluebottle noun A police officer.
- bluenose noun A trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis)
- bluestone noun A bluish-grey basalt or olivine basalt.
- bluetongue noun The blue-tongue lizard.
- bluey noun A bushman's blanket.
- boab noun The tree Adansonia gregorii, a baobab species endemic to the Kimberley region and the Northern Territory of Australia.
- boardies noun Boardshorts.
- bob noun A shilling.
- bobby noun A police officer.
- bodacious adj Impressively great in size, and enormous; extraordinary.
- bodgy adj Fake; phony.
- body corporate noun An organization of individuals that jointly own a shared housing facility such as a condominium or set of townhouses under a community…
- boffin noun An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research.
- bog noun A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
- bog in verb To start eating with gusto.
- bog roll noun Toilet paper.
- bogan noun An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
- boganism noun The act of being a bogan
- bogey verb To swim; to bathe.
- bogger noun A man who catches nippers (snapping prawns).
- bogong moth noun A large nocturnal brown moth, Agrotis infusa, of southern Australia, traditionally part of the Aboriginal diet.
- boiler noun An old woman.
- boilover noun A sporting event with an unexpected outcome, especially a horse race where the favourite fails to win.
- boko noun The nose.
- bolter noun An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
- bomb noun A car in poor condition.
- bommie noun A bombora.
- bonbon noun A Christmas cracker.
- boncer adj Remarkable; wonderful.
- bone verb To perform “bone pointing”, a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim.
- boneseed noun Subspecies Osteospermum moniliferum subsp. monilifera (the subspecies Osteospermum moniliferum subsp. rotundata being known there as bitou…
- bontodger adj Excellent; wonderful.
- bontoshter adj Excellent; wonderful.
- bonzer adj Remarkable; wonderful; excellent; terrific.
- boob noun A prison; jail.