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 7 of 21: from “duodecillion” to “four by two”.
- duodecillion num 10³⁹.
- duplex noun A house made up of two dwelling units.
- Durex noun Adhesive tape.
- dust noun Flour.
- dux noun The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
- dyke noun A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- each way adj For either a win or a place in a competition.
- early crow noun A confident prediction of an outcome that later proves incorrect.
- earner noun A profitable product or scheme; something that brings in good money.
- Easter bilby noun A caricature used as an alternative to the Easter bunny.
- eastie noun An inhabitant of the eastern suburbs of Sydney.
- economic rationalism noun Synonym of neoliberalism.
- eggplant noun The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.
- eh intj Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.
- eisteddfod noun (more generally) An annual performing arts competition, typically for youth.
- ekker noun Homework.
- electorate noun A geographical area represented by one or more elected officials; a constituency, an electoral district.
- elevator noun A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between…
- emancipist noun In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had…
- ember attack noun A large collection of burning bushfire embers carried on the wind, commonly causing the fire to spread or new fires to start.
- emu bob noun A task assigned to a group of people, especially schoolchildren or army recruits, where they move around an area and pick up rubbish from…
- enroll verb To register to vote.
- entrée noun A smaller dish served before the main course of a meal.
- erk intj An expression of revulsion or disgust; yuck.
- esafety commissioner noun An Internet watchdog responsible for e-safety.
- eshay noun A member of an Australian youth subculture favouring sportswear and electronic dance music, and commonly associated with criminal activity.
- excursion noun A field trip.
- exeat noun Leave of absence from a public school or college.
- expiry noun End; termination; expiration.
- face washer noun A washcloth.
- faff verb To waste time on an unproductive activity.
- fair crack of the whip intj Let's have an equitable attempt, match, or process. Used as an appeal for reasonableness.
- fair dinkum adj Genuine, honest, fair and square.
- fair go intj Used in protest to implore or demand that someone act with more fairness or reason, or desist in something considered outrageous.
- fair suck of the sauce bottle noun A fair chance, a reasonable opportunity; a fair go.
- fall off the back of a truck verb Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession through illegal or otherwise dubious means.
- fancy dress noun A costume, disguise to masquerade as something or someone else.
- fang verb To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.
- fanny noun The female genitalia.
- far out intj An expression of surprise.
- fark intj Pronunciation spelling of fuck, used to express surprise, anger, or emphasis.
- farken adj Pronunciation spelling of fucking.
- fart-arse verb To waste time or opportunities; to dawdle.
- farter noun A bed or sleeping bag
- fat noun A beef cattle fattened for sale.
- fatties noun Wider than standard vehicular tyres.
- federal government noun The national governments of Australia, Malaysia, and Nigeria, in contrast to government at the state or territorial level.
- federation adj Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.
- feds noun The federal level of government, viewed as a collective group of people. Typically its law enforcement agencies and officers.
- feed noun A meal.
- femocrat noun A female politician or senior civil servant; a female bureaucrat in an agency dealing with women's issues.
- feral noun A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.
- festy adj Disgusting.
- fetus noun An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
- fibro noun Fibro-cement; a building material consisting of asbestos fibres and cement pressed into sheets.
- filthy adj Angry; upset; severely annoyed.
- fire hawk noun Any of certain types of bird of prey that spread fires by carrying burning material to new locations.
- firewheel tree noun An Australian rainforest tree grown as an ornamental for its bright red flowers, Stenocarpus sinuatus
- firm verb To shorten (of betting odds).
- First Nation noun A community of indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) peoples of Australia; a group of Indigenous Australians.
- First Nations adj Of or pertaining to the indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) peoples of Australia; Indigenous Australian.
- first responder noun A member of an emergency service who is first on the scene, or among those first on the scene, at an emergency.
- fisho noun A fisherman.
- fixture verb To schedule (a match).
- fizgig verb To act as a police informer or agent provocateur.
- fizzy water noun Any carbonated, usually sweet, non-alcoholic drink: a fizzy drink.
- flagfall noun A fixed fare charged at the beginning of a taxi ride
- flake noun The meat of the gummy shark.
- flaming adj Damned, bloody.
- flan noun A baked tart with a sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
- flash adj Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
- flash for cash adj Pertaining to speed cameras.
- flat noun the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- flat chat adv At maximum capability, intensity, or speed.
- flat out adj Lazy, sleeping.
- flat stick adj Extremely busy or fast-paced.
- flat strap adv At maximum capability, intensity, or speed.
- flat-track bully noun A sportsperson or sports team that dominates over inferior sides, but fails to beat opponents of similar or higher standing.
- flatty noun A flathead (fish).
- flax-stick noun A New Zealander.
- float noun An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
- floater noun Ellipsis of pie floater (“a meat pie served floating in a bowl of thick green pea soup”).
- flog noun A contemptible, often arrogant person; a wanker.
- flogging adj A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.
- flooded gum noun Any of several eucalypts that flourish in damp soil, especially Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus rudis.
- flow-on noun A wage adjustment or an improvement in working conditions made as a consequence of one already made in a similar or related occupation.
- flub noun An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
- fluff verb To break wind, to fart.
- fluoro noun A fluorescent light.
- flying doctor noun A doctor who uses a light aircraft to visit patients, especially in remote and sparsely inhabited regions.
- football noun Australian rules football.
- footballer noun One who plays Australian rules football.
- footpad noun An unmade, minor walking trail formed only by foot traffic.
- footpath noun A paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians.
- footy noun The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer.
- footy tipping noun A competition where entrants aim to predict the winners of football matches over the course of the season.
- forest mahogany noun Red mahogany (Eucalyptus resinifera).
- forester noun Any of various species of kangaroo that inhabit bushland, especially the eastern grey kangaroo.
- fossick verb To search for something; to rummage.
- four by two noun A length of sawn wood of cross section 4 inches by 2 inches, most often employed as structural framing lumber / timber.