This page gathers the 4,340 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Dated” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 19 of 44: from “hit parade” to “iconograph”.
- hit parade noun A list of the most popular songs at the moment.
- Hitlerite noun A Nazi.
- ho-hum adj Boring; not interesting or novel.
- hocus-pocus verb To play tricks or practise sleight of hand (on someone); (by extension) to cheat, to deceive.
- hoecake noun A type of cornbread or cornmeal cake, made with water and salt. It was originally baked before the fire or in the ashes on a type of iron…
- hog grass noun Polygonum aviculare.
- hog mouse noun The northern bog lemming.
- hog-beetle noun A weevil of the family Curculionidae.
- hogboat noun A type of small, fishing boat of a broad body, consisting of a narrow transom, leeboards, and a two-masted spritsail rig.
- hoity-toity intj Expressing disapprobation or surprise at acts or words that are pompous or snobbish, or flighty.
- Hokkien adj Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China.
- hold noun A pause facility.
- hold hard verb To stop suddenly and remain still.
- hold in verb To restrain oneself.
- hold one's water verb To restrain one's urge to urinate.
- hold with the hare and run with the hounds verb To oppose an action or behavior and yet engage in the same action or behavior; to be a hypocrite.
- holidayism noun The tendency to treat the Sabbath as a day off rather than a solemn religious occasion.
- hollo intj Hey, hello
- homeful adj Homely; cosy.
- homeschool noun Synonym of boarding school.
- homo noun Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
- homochronous adj Occurring at the same age in successive generations.
- homoculture noun A form of human eugenics based on promoting desirable qualities rather than eliminating undesirable ones.
- homomania noun Homosexuality, regarded as a mental disorder.
- homophile adj Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one's own gender; used to emphasize love over sex.
- homosexual adj Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.
- homosexualism noun Homosexuality, the state of being homosexual.
- honest injun intj Used to emphasize the truth of something.
- honey up verb To cajole, suck up to or sweet-talk (someone).
- honeypot noun A romantic pet name; "honey".
- honky-tonk noun Any cheap nightclub.
- hoof noun An ungula.
- hoofbound noun Deformative contraction and dryness of the back part of the hoof of a horse.
- hooker noun Synonym of hook (“attention-grabbing element of a creative work”).
- hoon noun A pimp.
- hoop verb To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
- hoopless adj Not wearing a hoop skirt.
- hooter noun The tiniest amount; a whit or jot.
- Hoover blanket noun Old newspaper or cardboard, used by a homeless person to cover themselves for warmth, especially during the Great Depression.
- Hoover flag noun An empty (penniless) pocket, turned inside out, showing that someone has no money (especially during the Great Depression.)
- hop noun A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
- hornbug noun Any of several species of genus Lucanus of large nocturnal beetles, with long, curved upper jaws resembling a sickle, and whose grubs are…
- horngry adj Pronunciation spelling of hungry.
- hors d'oeuvre noun Something unusual or extraordinary.
- horse verb To urge at work tyrannically.
- horse collar noun The vagina.
- horse-watcher noun Synonym of tout (“person who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win a race”).
- horsefoot noun A horseshoe crab (Limulidae spp.).
- hospice noun A lodging for pilgrims or the destitute, normally provided by a monastic order.
- hospitalism noun A spoiled or degenerate condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a…
- hotbutton noun An image or passage in an online screen or document that triggers an action.
- hotcha adj Flashy, vivacious, attractive, desirable.
- Hottentotism noun A kind of stammer in which the words become unintelligible.
- hotter verb To vibrate; to rattle.
- hotword noun A hyperlink.
- hounding noun The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
- house car noun A motor home.
- house nigger noun A black slave that worked as a domestic as opposed to manual laborer.
- House of Lords noun A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
- household arts noun Theory and practice involving the skills and specialized knowledge in performing the domestic tasks required to care for the home and its…
- housewifery noun The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
- how do you do phrase A greeting used upon being introduced to someone. Alternatives are how are you, pleased to meet you, and nice to meet you. (Sometimes used…
- how'll contraction will, how about (as a proposal)
- howler noun A fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell".
- huck verb To haggle in trading.
- huey noun A helicopter.
- hum noun An imposition or hoax; humbug.
- humble pie noun A pie made from the offal of deer or hog.
- humbug noun A gang.
- humdrum noun A stupid fellow.
- hummer noun A place, event etc. that is bustling or full of activity.
- hump verb To exert oneself; to make an effort.
- Hungarian noun A person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity.
- hunker noun A political conservative.
- hunks noun A crotchety or surly person.
- husband noun The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
- husky noun An Eskimo person.
- huxter noun Dated form of huckster.
- huzzah intj Used as a call for coordinated physical effort, as in hoisting.
- hydro noun A spa.
- hydromellone noun An acid prepared by dissolving mellonuret of potassium in boiling water, and adding hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, or nitric acid.
- hydrophobia skunk noun A western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis), at one time thought to be invariable carriers of rabies.
- hyp verb To make melancholy.
- hype noun A drug addict.
- hyperpepsia noun Dyspepsia characterized by an excess of chlorides in the gastric juice, without an excess of free hydrochloric acid.
- hyperpeptic adj Relating to, or having, hyperpepsia.
- hyphen verb To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.
- hypopeptic adj Relating to, or having, hypopepsia.
- ị symbol An orthographic ⟨i⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /j/, as in the word "peculiar".
- I say intj An exclamation of surprise or protest.
- I should cocoa intj I should say so; I should concur; I strongly agree (almost always used ironically or sarcastically).
- I'm sure phrase Used as an interjection to indicate denial or contradiction in response to an assertion or accusation.
- IBM PC noun An IBM PC compatible microcomputer.
- ice noun An ice cream.
- ice cupboard noun A large cupboard or room kept at a temperature lower than room temperature for long-term, stable storage of perishable foods.
- ice drop noun The small vesicles, filled with fluid, occurring on the stems and leaves of certain plants of the family Aizoaceae.
- ice-cream cornet noun Synonym of ice cream cone (“the shell itself”).
- icebox noun A refrigerator.
- iceman noun A man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on.
- iconograph noun An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.