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 41 of 59: from “push along” to “reamy”.
- push along verb To depart.
- push the boat out verb To do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration.
- pushbike noun A pedal bicycle, as distinguished from a motorized bicycle.
- put down verb To make prices, or taxes, lower.
- put paid to verb To mark a bill or a debt record as "paid".
- put through verb To smash (e.g. a window) so as to create an opening.
- put up verb To inspect or plan out with a view to robbery.
- putt noun A motorcycle.
- putter up noun A person who seeks out information of use to burglars, for example by ingratiating himself with the members of a household, and in return…
- puttock noun Any of several birds of prey including the red kite, buzzard and marsh harrier
- puzzle lock noun A combination lock.
- pyramid noun The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.
- pyx noun A box used in a mint as a place to deposit sample coins intended to have the fineness of their metal and their weight tested before the…
- q noun A quarter ounce of a drug.
- Q-car noun A high-performance car with an unassuming exterior.
- quadpot noun A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick a placed horse from the third, fourth, fifth and sixth race from any British race meeting.
- quadrillion num A million trillion (logic: 1,000,000⁴): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.
- quadruple lock noun A proposed extension to the triple lock on the state pension that would raise the personal tax-free allowance for retirees in line with the…
- qualification noun A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.
- qualified majority noun A majority in a vote that reaches a preset threshold value significantly larger than 50%, such as ²⁄₃, often required instead of a simple…
- quality noun A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
- qualm noun Mortality; plague; pestilence.
- quarter day noun Each of the four days customarily regarded as starting a new quarter year, on which rents etc are often due.
- quarto noun Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches)
- quattuordecillion num 10⁴⁵.
- Queen's Counsel noun An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a…
- queenfish noun A queen croaker, of species Seriphus politus, of North America, with elongated body and large mouth.
- queenie noun The queen scallop.
- queer verb To puzzle.
- queer as a coot adj Ostentatiously homosexual.
- querier noun A chimney sweep who goes door to door looking for work.
- queue noun A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the one at the front end is dealt with first…
- queue up verb To queue (form a line while waiting).
- quid noun Pound sterling. (usually used with a whole number of pounds)
- quieten verb To make quiet.
- quieten down verb To become quieter.
- quiff verb To arrange (the hair) in such a manner.
- quilt verb To beat or thrash.
- quilter noun A person who uses a hand or machine stitch to decorate a quilt, or to sew together the layers of a quilt.
- quindecillion num 10⁹⁰.
- quintillion num A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 10³⁰.
- quisby adj Mean; destitute; strange.
- quitch verb To stir; to move.
- quite intj Indicates agreement; exactly so.
- quite good adj Excellent.
- quite poor adj Terrible.
- rabbit verb To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
- racecourse noun A racetrack where horse races are run.
- Rachmanism noun The exploitation of tenants of slum properties by unscrupulous landlords; the practice of charging extortionate rents for inferior…
- racialism noun Tribalism, nationalism.
- racialist noun A racist.
- rackan noun A chain or bar drilled with holes to accommodate pot-hooks from which cooking vessels can be suspended over a fire; a pot-hook.
- rackle noun A chain.
- rafter verb To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge.
- raftering noun The practice by which land is raftered (turning the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge).
- rag verb To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast, or unsympathetic manner.
- rag week noun An annual event in many universities where students engage in unusual activities to raise money for charity.
- rag-and-bone man noun A man who deals in scrap metal and recycled junk (originally including rags and bones, in earlier centuries).
- rag-and-bone shop noun A dealership selling cheap unwanted second-hand goods, or bric-a-brac, that have been collected for nothing as disposable items.
- ragged robin noun A type of wild campion (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi), in the family Caryophyllaceae, which grows across Europe and has…
- ragger noun an annoying person, especially a noisy one, one who rags upon another
- raggie noun A close friend; chum.
- rah noun A young adult (often a student) who behaves in a stereotypically upper class manner; especially when associated with undeserved privilege…
- rail wagon noun Any railway goods wagon.
- railway noun A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
- railway carriage noun A railroad car for passengers.
- railway line noun A railway track; a pair of rails on which a railway train runs.
- rainbow coalition noun A government consisting of a coalition of three or more parties, particularly parties with divergent ideologies.
- rainfrog noun A small green frog.
- rake noun A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
- ralph noun A raven.
- rammy adj Of a food, taste, odour etc.: like a ram; pungent, rank.
- rand noun A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.
- random adj Being out of the ordinary; unusual or unexpected; odd, strange, bizarre.
- randy adj Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.
- range noun A bolting sieve to sift meal.
- ransom noun A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
- rare adj Good; enjoyable.
- rasher noun A strip of bacon; a piece of bacon.
- rat noun Vagina, vulva.
- rat pack noun A ration pack.
- ratcatcher noun An insult, not widely used nowadays but made popular by William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet.
- rate verb To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
- rate tart noun A holder of a credit card or bank account who frequently and intentionally changes providers to take advantage of an offer of a low…
- rates noun Taxes, usually on property, levied by local government.
- rating noun An enlisted seaman not a commissioned officer or warrant officer.
- RATO noun Initialism of rocket-assisted takeoff, an auxiliary rocket engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an…
- rattle verb To experience withdrawal from drugs.
- ravenstone noun A gravestone
- rawk noun A mark.
- rax verb To stretch; stretch out.
- razz verb To drive a vehicle around aimlessly.
- re-examine verb To question a witness in redirect examination.
- reactive armour noun Vehicle armor which reacts to the impact of a weapon in such a way as to reduce the damage done, typically by exploding to disrupt the…
- read someone the riot act verb To give a formal warning for a riotous assembly to disperse, usually through reading a section of the Riot Act.
- reader noun A university lecturer ranking below a professor.
- reading week noun A week during a university's term where no teaching takes place, generally so that students may prepare for tests.
- ream noun Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
- reaminess noun Dizziness.
- reamy adj Creamy, made with cream.