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 4 of 59: from “barling” to “betting shop”.
- barling noun The smallest pig in a litter; runt.
- barmcake noun A barm (bread roll).
- barmy adj Crazy, mad; also, eccentric, odd, strange.
- barnacle noun A pair of spectacles.
- Barnardo's boy noun A boy raised in a Barnardo's home (a charitable institution set up to care for orphaned, destitute or vulnerable children).
- barney noun A lark, a romp, some fun.
- baron noun A prisoner who gains power and influence by lending or selling goods such as tobacco.
- barrack verb To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
- barrow noun A hill.
- barrow boy noun A boy or man who sells goods, especially fruits or vegetables, from a barrow; a costermonger.
- barrow crossing noun A type of crossing found mainly in railway stations which allows passengers to cross between platforms at track level.
- barse noun The perineum of a man.
- BART noun Abbreviation or diminutive for baronet, later replaced by Bt. It is a post-nominative title; the pre-nominative is Sir (e.g. Sir John Smith…
- base rate noun Especially, the interest rate at which the Bank of England lends money to commercial banks.
- bash noun An attempt at doing something.
- basha noun A makeshift shelter made from the above.
- basher noun A trainspotter, especially one who likes to travel on specific trains or trainlines.
- bastard adj Very unpleasant.
- bastard toadflax noun Any plant in the genus Thesium.
- bastille noun Synonym of workhouse (“an institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work”).
- bat verb To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
- batch noun A bread roll.
- batchy adj Of unsound mind, crazy; lacking good sense or judgment, silly.
- Bath bun noun The Sun.
- bathe noun The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
- bathing costume noun The clothes that one wears when bathing in the sea or a swimming pool, especially the one-piece garment worn by women and girls.
- baths noun A building containing a public swimming pool or shower facilities; originally a place having individual cubicles where people without…
- battel noun A single combat.
- battels noun A small sum of money given to pupils.
- batter verb To intoxicate.
- battle verb To feed or nourish (someone or something).
- battle bus noun A bus that is used as a mobile office and publicity centre by a politician or party during the run-up to an election
- battlebus noun A coach used as a mobile operational centre by a particular political party during an election campaign.
- batty noun A homosexual man.
- bavin noun Impure limestone.
- be not to know verb To not have the required information.
- be on verb To be ranked at (something), based on polling.
- beach noun The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
- beach hut noun A small, single-room building above high-water mark on a beach that is used for changing into swimming clothes, for recreation, or for…
- beacon school noun A primary school or secondary school designated as outstanding under a government scheme that ran from 1998 to 2005.
- beak noun A justice of the peace; a magistrate.
- beal verb To bellow, roar, or shout.
- bean noun A guinea coin or sovereign.
- beanfeast noun A dinner party given to the employees of a firm.
- beardie-weirdie noun A man having a beard and long hair, stereotypically associated with being eccentric or intellectual or holding radical political views.
- bearherd noun Synonym of bearward (“someone who handles and keeps bears (and sometimes other animals such as apes and bulls), especially for use in…
- bearward noun Someone who handles and keeps bears (and sometimes other animals such as apes and bulls), especially for use in public entertainments such…
- beast verb To impose arduous exercise upon, either as training or as punishment.
- beastly adj Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
- beat verb To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
- beat up noun A raid.
- beauty spot noun A place noted for its beauty, especially its natural scenery.
- bed blocker noun An elderly hospitalized person who is too infirm to return home but not sufficiently ill to necessitate continued hospitalization, creating…
- bed-and-breakfast deal noun The practice of selling a position on the last trading day of the year to establish a tax loss, and then repurchasing early on the first…
- bedaff verb To confound or stupefy.
- bedding noun The textiles associated with the bed, as well as the mattress, bedframe, or bed base (such as box spring).
- bedhead noun A vertical panel or board at the end of a bed where the pillow is placed.
- bedrel noun A bedridden person; a helpless cripple.
- bedrip noun A band of harvesters.
- bedrite verb To befoul with ordure; bedirt.
- bedsit noun A form of rented accommodation consisting of a single room for use as both sitting room and bedroom; there may also be a small kitchen area…
- bee moth noun Any yellow and black hawk moth, especially genus Hemaris, that resembles a bumblebee, a bumblebee moth.
- beefeater noun A Yeoman Warder
- beer money noun Money given to soldiers in the British army, in lieu of beer and spirits.
- beer snake noun A long, flexible construction of stacked, empty plastic beer cups, made by the crowd at long sporting fixtures (especially cricket matches)
- beetle noun A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).
- beetle-crusher noun A large, flat foot.
- beetroot noun A normally deep-red-colored root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating.
- beezer adj Excellent, super.
- befang verb To lay hold on; seize; grasp; catch; clutch.
- beg noun A pretentious, attention-seeking, or eccentric person.
- begeck verb To deceive; disappoint; jilt.
- beget verb To happen to; befall.
- beggar noun A minced oath for bugger.
- beignet noun A fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling).
- belabour verb To labour about; labour over; to work hard upon; to ply diligently.
- Belisha beacon noun A tall black and white pole topped by a flashing orange globe, placed on either side of the road at zebra crossings; mostly now replaced by…
- bell noun A telephone call.
- bell end noun Alternative spelling of bell-end.
- bell up verb To make a phone call.
- belonger noun One who has close ties to a specific overseas territory, normally by ancestry, and is therefore granted certain rights.
- below stairs prep_phrase In or pertaining to the lowest levels of a large house where the house staff work and are accommodated, contrasted with above stairs where…
- below the gangway prep_phrase On the benches in the House of Commons located past the central aisle and relatively far from the Speaker, generally occupied by minority…
- belt up verb To fasten one's seat belt.
- belter noun Anything that is particularly good of its class.
- ben noun A benefit (performance to raise funds).
- bencher noun One of the senior governing members of an Inn of Court.
- bender noun A homosexual man.
- bendy noun A bendy bus.
- bene adj Good.
- benefit of clergy noun A legal provision by which clergymen (and, later, anybody who could read) could claim that they were outside the jurisdiction of the…
- benevolence noun A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473.
- benjamin noun A kind of upper coat for men.
- benners noun Ten pounds; a £10 banknote.
- Bennite noun A supporter of the political views of former British politician Tony Benn.
- benny noun A stupid or dull-witted person.
- bent adj Corrupt, dishonest.
- bent as a nine-bob note adj Extremely dishonest or criminally-minded.
- bespoke adj Made or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus…
- betting shop noun The premises of a bookmaker, where people may place bets, watch horse races etc on television, and collect their winnings.