This page gathers the 6,517 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Informal” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 39 of 65: from “nibble” to “objectively”.
- nibble verb Followed by at: of a batter: to make an indecisive attempt to bat a ball bowled outside the off stump.
- nibbly adj Prone to, or suitable for, nibbling.
- nice adj Pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary.
- nice-to-have noun A feature that a product or service being designed would ideally have, though it may be impractical at present.
- nicker verb To snatch or steal.
- niff noun A bad smell.
- nightclub verb To visit a nightclub (or nightclubs) for entertainment.
- nilla noun Clipping of vanilla.
- nimrod noun A foolish person; an idiot.
- nine o'clock noun To the left (horizontal clock orientation) (from the location of the 9 mark on a clock face)
- nine to five verb To work a typical day job with office hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- nine you're fine, ten you're mine proverb A police officer is likely to pull over a motorist who exceeds the speed limit by 10 or more miles per hour, but may overlook lesser…
- niner noun Something nine inches long, or holding nine gallons, etc.
- ninetyish adj Approximately ninety
- ninja adj Fast and sneaky.
- Nintendinitis noun A form of repetitive strain injury affecting frequent video gamers, often from the excessive use of the d-pad on a game controller.
- nip verb To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- nipper noun A child.
- nippy adj Fast; speedy.
- nitro noun Nitroglycerin, especially as medication.
- nitrous noun Nitrous oxide.
- no adv Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.
- no contest intj Used to indicate that a competition or comparison is one-sided and so its outcome is too obvious to be interesting.
- no deal phrase Used to indicate that one refuses or rejects an offer, plan, or request in question.
- no dice phrase Used to express a negative outcome or decision.
- no Diddy adv Used immediately before or after a statement to indicate that there was no sexual meaning intended, especially when such a meaning is a…
- no end adv Exceedingly; endlessly.
- no go noun Something which should not or cannot be done.
- no homo adv Used immediately before or after a statement to indicate that there was no homosexual meaning intended, especially when such a meaning is a…
- no jab, no play phrase The government policy of permitting or requiring childcare centres or schools to exclude unvaccinated children.
- no joke noun Something that is unusually difficult or painful.
- no spring chicken noun Said of a person who is no longer particularly young.
- no strings attached phrase Without conditions or obligations; without a catch.
- no win, no fee phrase conditional fee agreement, a form of lawsuit for which the hired legal representative charges no fees to the plaintiff if the plaintiff…
- no-brainer noun An easy or obvious conclusion, decision, solution; something requiring little or no thought.
- no-CD noun A software crack for a program that usually requires the presence of the original compact disc (to prove that it is a legally-acquired…
- no-life noun One who does not have a social life.
- nobby adj Wealthy or of high social position; of or pertaining to a nob (person of great wealth or social standing).
- nobody noun A person dismissed as unimportant.
- noddle noun The head; the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.
- noddy noun A cutaway scene of a television interviewer nodding at the person being interviewed (or sometimes the interviewee nodding at the…
- noise noun Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion.
- nolle prosequi verb To issue a nolle prosequi.
- nomophobe noun A person who hates to be without a mobile phone.
- non-binary noun A non-binary (genderqueer) person.
- non-op adj Nonoperational; not functioning.
- non-word noun Any term that is not among the words of a language as those have often traditionally been defined by nonlinguists (for example, having…
- noncarb adj noncarbonated
- nonplussed adj Unaffected, unfazed; unimpressed.
- nonrev adj Pertaining to nonrevenue travel taken by airline employees.
- nonveg adj Inappropriate, adult; not suitable for children.
- nonzero adj Of an unspecified positive quantity.
- noodle verb To fool or trick (someone).
- noodly adj Involving improvisation.
- nope particle No.
- Norseman noun A Scandinavian or a person of Scandinavian ancestry.
- north of 60 noun Northern Canada, usually including the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon, approximately above the 60th parallel north.
- nose around verb To snoop around; to discreetly or covertly search or examine a place or situation.
- nose job noun A plastic surgical procedure to alter the appearance of the nose, especially for cosmetic reasons; the resulting physical appearance of the…
- nose out verb To find using one's sense of smell.
- nose-picker noun One who picks their nose.
- nosebag noun Food or feeding.
- nosebleeds noun The nosebleed seats.
- nosy verb To pry into something.
- not adv Used before a non-finite clause (especially a gerund-participial clause) or less commonly a determiner phrase to ironically convey some…
- not if I see you first phrase Used as a reply to see you, see you later, see you soon etc., implying that, if the speaker sees the interlocutor first, the speaker will…
- not so hot adj Not very good.
- nota bene noun Any indication similar in nature to nota bene.
- notch verb To achieve (something); to add to one's score or record of successes.
- notch baby noun A person born between 1917 and 1921 who as a result, as a retiree, received lower cost of living increases in social security than others…
- note-bash verb To learn the most basic aspects of a piece of music (such as the notes and rhythm) via rote repetition, without regard for tempo, dynamics…
- nother adj Different, other.
- nothing sandwich noun A bland sandwich with nothing, or very little, between the bread.
- nothingburger noun An unimportant person; a nobody, a nonentity.
- notional adj Full of ideas or imaginings.
- now adj Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
- NQR noun A person or thing that is slightly wrong in some manner, as being damaged, incomplete, strange, imperfect, etc.
- nth adj Occurring at a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.
- nub noun The genital tubercle.
- nubbin noun A small protuberance, bud, bump, or knob.
- nudie adj Relating to nudity or nudeness.
- nudy rudy adv Naked.
- nugger noun A chicken nugget.
- number noun A telephone number.
- numbery adj Resembling or involving numbers; numeric.
- numero uno noun The most important of a group.
- nurse noun Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
- nut bar adj Crazy, mad.
- nutbag noun An odd, eccentric or insane person.
- nutcake noun A crazy person
- nutcracker noun Something that is difficult to figure out; a puzzle.
- nutter noun An eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person.
- nuttery noun Craziness or zaniness.
- Nuyorican adj Of or relating to New Yorkers of Puerto Rican descent.
- o'clock adv Used to indicate that it is time to do a specific action, or time for a specific action to occur.
- ob- prefix Obligatory; prepended to the name of a topic being mentioned to avoid accusations of being off-topic.
- OB-GYN noun Obstetrics and gynecology.
- Obamaitis noun The state of supporting or being similar to Barack Obama (American politician), said as if it were due to a disease or affliction.
- obby noun An obstacle course.
- objectively adv Without question, without a doubt, definitely, indisputably, not meriting discussion or argument.