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 37 of 44: from “spiv” to “strong nuclear force”.
- spiv noun A flashy con artist, often homeless, who lives by his wits.
- splash noun A cosmetic powder to whiten the complexion.
- splasher noun A guard to keep off splashes from anything; especially, one of the guards over the wheels of a carriage, locomotive, etc.
- splenotomy noun splenectomy
- split verb To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
- spoliative adj Serving to diminish the amount of blood in the body.
- spongiopilin noun A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistened with hot…
- spook noun A black person.
- spoon verb To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
- spooner noun A person who engages in kissing and petting.
- sport one's oak verb To close one's door (originally the outer door of one's set of rooms in a college) as an indication that visitors are not welcome.
- sportsman noun A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.
- spot noun Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
- spouse verb To wed; to espouse.
- spout verb To pawn; to pledge.
- spread eagle adj Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; bombastic.
- spreadsheet noun A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which financial data is recorded and totals calculated manually.
- spready noun A spready hide.
- spree noun A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic.
- sprog noun Semen.
- sprung adj drunk.
- spunky noun A good-looking person.
- spur-shell noun Any of several species of conical gastropod shells in the family Trochidae and genus Astraea in family Turbinidae, the margin of the shells…
- sputnik noun Any artificial satellite.
- squammy adj Synonym of squamous (“Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.”).
- square noun A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends.
- squat verb To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.
- squawk verb To back out in a mean way.
- squeege verb To squeeze.
- squeeze noun The situation experienced by a middleman when pressured from both sides, especially financially.
- squelch noun A heavy blow or fall.
- squib verb To throw squibs; to utter sarcastic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute.
- squibbing noun A squib; a sarcastic jibe or petty dispute.
- stade noun A track for footraces and its surrounding stadium.
- stage noun A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station, way station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
- stalking horse noun A horse used as cover by a hunter stalking game.
- stand noun The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
- stand off verb To move away from shore.
- standage noun A reservoir of water accumulated at the bottom of a mine.
- stapler noun A dealer in staple goods.
- star-struck adj Under the malevolent influence of the stars or of one's horoscope.
- stardust noun A distant cluster of stars resembling a cloud of dust, especially if the individual stars of which cannot be resolved with a telescope.
- starting handle noun a crank handle fitted to or supplied with older vehicles for the purpose of starting the engine, even if fitted with a starter motor.
- starting hole noun A loophole; evasion.
- starve verb To force a population center to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in sieges in international armed conflicts.
- stateless adj Without state or pomp.
- statist noun A statistician.
- statue noun A portrait.
- status zer0 noun Of youth, the status of having no employment and not being enrolled in any educational or training program.
- stave verb To walk or move rapidly.
- stay verb To make a stand; to stand firm.
- stay time noun Something that halts or arrests the passage of time.
- steady adj With whom one is going steady.
- steel worker noun A person involved in the fabrication of steel itself
- steering wheel noun Dated form of steering wheel.
- step on verb To approach as to confront or fight.
- stereo noun Any object or device equipped with audio components that reproduces sound in stereo, such as a stereo console in the home.
- steward noun A flight attendant, especially male.
- stewardess noun A female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers).
- stfantasy noun The overall field of literature containing the genres of science fiction and fantasy fiction; imaginative fiction; speculative fiction.
- stick verb To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
- stick to one's guns verb Of a gunner, to persist in faithfully attending to cannons while under fire.
- sticker noun That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
- stickful noun As much type as fills a composing stick.
- sticking point noun The point at which a process or thing, especially a state of mind or emotion, reaches its greatest strength and remains steadfast…
- sticking-place noun The point at which a process or thing, especially a state of mind or emotion, reaches its greatest strength and remains steadfast; sticking…
- stiff adv Very thoroughly.
- still adj Dormant.
- stir verb To change the place of in any manner; to move.
- stitch noun A ridge of ploughed land between two furrows.
- stock verb To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.
- stodger noun A bun.
- stodgy adj Badly put together.
- stog verb To bog down; to cause to be stuck in mud.
- stogie noun A type of sturdy work boot; a brogan.
- stomp noun A social gathering where dancing is the main activity; a dance.
- stonify verb To become stone, to turn to stone; to cause (something or someone) to become stone, to turn (something) to stone.
- stool noun A close-stool; a seat used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot, commode, outhouse seat, or toilet.
- stop out verb To stay out all night without returning home.
- stopping noun Material for filling a cavity in a tooth.
- store noun Memory.
- storekeeper noun Any unsaleable item.
- storm noun A period of frosty and/or snowy weather.
- storm cloud noun Dated form of storm cloud.
- stove noun A house or room artificially warmed or heated.
- straight-six noun A vehicle with such an engine.
- straightway adv Synonym of straightaway or straight away (“at once, immediately”).
- streaked adj uncomfortable; out of sorts.
- stream the buoy verb To drop the anchor buoy overboard, before letting go of the anchor. This is done to avoid the buoy getting obstructed by the anchor chain.
- street talk noun Speech seen as vulgar and improper, especially that associated with uneducated and low-class people; slang.
- street urchin noun A child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets; sometimes a petty thief or pickpocket.
- streptobacterium noun A supposed variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria, for example, Lactobacillus, linked together to form a chain.
- strew verb To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
- strike verb To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.
- strike a light intj Expressing surprise.
- strike off verb To void an obligation; to deduct.
- strike work verb To go on strike.
- string noun A hoax; a fake story.
- stripling noun A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. .
- strong nuclear force noun Synonym of nuclear force.