This page gathers the 5,895 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “UK” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 11 of 59: from “class A” to “come upon the town”.
- class A noun Any illicit drug (e.g. cocaine, heroin) categorised as “class A” under the United Kingdom's Misuse of Drugs Act (1971).
- classman noun A candidate for graduation in arts who is placed in an honour class, as opposed to a passman, who is not classified.
- clat noun irksome task
- claver noun Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter.
- clear adj Better than, superior to. (usually with points, votes, etc.)
- clear up verb To clean up.
- clearing noun The period in which remaining university places are allocated to remaining students.
- clearway noun A road or other path that is kept free of obstructions, or on which stopping is strictly regulated, in order to maintain free flow of…
- clem verb To be hungry; starve.
- clever adj Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.
- clew up verb To finish up or to tidy up, as in the tie up a sail on a sailing boat, the clew being a part of the structure holding the sail. Comes from…
- click noun The act of snapping one's fingers.
- clicker noun Someone who stands by a shop door to invite people to buy; a tout.
- clicket noun The knocker of a door.
- cliff lift noun A funicular that runs between the top and the bottom of a cliff, usually at a seaside location.
- climbing frame noun A piece of playground equipment consisting of a set of interlinked bars on which children can climb.
- cling film noun A plastic film (originally polyvinylidene chloride but now polyethylene) that is so light and thin that it clings to any object about which…
- clip noun A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
- clipping adj Excellent; very good.
- clit verb To tangle or stick together.
- clitty adj Poorly or imperfectly set (of bread, cement, soil after rain, etc)
- cloakroom noun A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
- cloam verb To gutter (as a candle).
- clobber noun Clothing; clothes.
- clock noun The odometer of a motor vehicle.
- clock on verb To record one's time of arrival at work, traditionally by inserting one's card into a timestamping machine.
- clock up verb To cover (a distance) over time.
- clocked adj Of a motor vehicle: having had its odometer turned back so as to display a lower mileage.
- clodhopper noun A clumsy or foolish person.
- clog noun A shoe of any type.
- close adj Hot, humid, with no wind.
- closed period noun A period of time on a Saturday during which football matches may not be broadcast (so as to avoid reduced attendance in person at other…
- closing time noun The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders.
- clotbur noun The burdock.
- cloth-eared adj Not hearing clearly.
- clothes peg noun An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.
- cluck verb To suffer withdrawal from heroin.
- cludge noun A toilet.
- clump verb To strike; to beat.
- clunch noun A traditional building material mostly made of chalk or clay.
- clunge noun Vulva or vagina.
- co-op noun Any of very many shops belonging to the Co-operative Group and its predecessors
- Co-op mix noun A mixture of sodium chlorate and nitrobenzene used in making improvised bombs during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
- coach noun A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
- coach driver noun A person employed to drive a coach (long-distance bus).
- coaching noun A flogging.
- coachwheel noun A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
- coal-meter noun A licensed or official measurer of coal; (especially in London) One responsible for supervising the loading, unloading, and weighing of…
- coalface noun A place where difficult or strenuous work is done.
- coalie noun A supporter of the proposed coalition between the Liberal and Conservative Parties.
- coalitionology noun (excessive) speculation around the time of a general election about possible coalition governments that might ensue
- coarse fish noun Any fish dwelling near the surface of the water that is not a salmonid.
- coath noun Sickness; disease; pestilence.
- cobbler noun The shiny, hard seed of the horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum), especially when used in the game of the same name (sense 1.2); a…
- cobra noun A cabinet committee meeting that would use a COBR room
- cock intj Expression of annoyance.
- cock a snook verb To perform a snook, a gesture of disrespect.
- cock on adj Performed well; excellent; exact; correct.
- cock up verb To ruin (something) unintentionally; to fuck up, mess up, or screw up.
- cocker noun Friend, mate.
- cocket noun A document issued by the bond office stating that duty has been paid and goods may be sold.
- cocket writer noun an official in the bond office whose duties included collecting duty on imported goods and issuing the relevant documentation.
- cockle noun The dome of a heating furnace.
- cocklet noun A very small haycock.
- cockney adj From the East End of London, or London generally.
- cocktail noun A mean, half-hearted fellow.
- cocky noun Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.
- cod noun A husk or integument; a pod.
- codder noun A gatherer of cods or peas.
- codhead noun A person from Grimsby, a fishing town in Lincolnshire, in the north of England.
- codswallop noun Senseless talk or writing; nonsense; rubbish.
- coeliac disease noun An auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten, causing a failure to digest food…
- coin noun Money in general, not limited to coins.
- cold meat train noun The last railway train of the night by which officers could reach Aldershot via the South Western Railway.
- collection noun The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
- collective investment scheme noun A way of investing money with other people to participate in a wider range of investments than may be feasible for an individual investor…
- collective title noun A title given to a collection of related acts (or other pieces of legislation) to facilitate citation.
- college noun A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
- colleger noun One of the 70 foundationers at Eton College.
- colliery noun An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
- colly adj Black as coal.
- collywobbles noun A stomach ache or an upset stomach.
- colour bar noun The segregation of people of different colour or race, especially any barrier to black people participating in activities with white people.
- colour code noun Any system where colours are used to categorize elements of sets.
- colour coded adj Having different colours so that people can distinguish them.
- colour light signal noun An electric railway signal with colour aspects, showing either red or green in a 2-aspect signal, with the addition of a yellow or double…
- colour sergeant noun A non-commissioned officer in some infantry regiments of the British army, equivalent in rank to a staff sergeant in most other armies. A…
- colour television noun A colour system of transmitting and receiving television signals.
- colour triangle noun A plane triangular graph on which are drawn all the colours that can be made by the additive mixing of red blue and green; these three…
- colour wheel noun A planar circular chart in which related colours are adjacent, and complementary colors are opposite.
- colourless adj Having little or no colour.
- colourman noun A commentator employed to provide background information, analysis, etc., on a given news or sports event.
- colourwash noun A coloured distemper (paint)
- combination pliers noun A type of pliers used by linemen, electricians, and other tradesmen primarily for gripping, twisting, bending and cutting wire, cable and…
- come a cropper verb To suffer some accident or misfortune; to fail.
- come down verb To rain.
- come it verb To pretend.
- come on verb To get one's period, start menstruating.
- come up verb To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.
- come upon the town phrase To become a prostitute; to turn to prostitution.