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 47 of 59: from “single-line whip” to “slyboots”.
- single-line whip noun A non-binding indication, given to an MP by the MP's superiors, of when a vote is expected to take place, and what outcome the MP's party…
- singlet noun A sleeveless buttonless shirt with a low-cut neck.
- sink estate noun A council estate characterised by high levels of economic and social deprivation, often associated with high crime rates.
- sipe noun A drain.
- sir noun The titular prefix given to a knight or baronet.
- sirloin noun A cut of beef from the middle of the back (corresponding to short loin and partly rib in US English).
- sister noun A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
- sit verb To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
- sit upon noun Buttocks, bottom.
- sit-up-and-beg adj Of a posture adopted by a person steering a vehicle (such as an aeroplane, car, or motorcycle): sitting up straight, not bent forward or…
- sit-upons noun Trousers.
- sithee contraction See thee; variously used as a farewell (i.e. I will see you later) or an admonition to pay attention (= see here)
- sitten adj Seated.
- sitting tenant noun A tenant who is already in occupation of a premises, especially when there is a change of owner. The tenant is not evicted when the…
- situation noun A position of employment; a post.
- situations vacant noun The section of a newspaper or magazine that lists job openings.
- six-pack of rolls noun A fat belly, as opposed to one with a six-pack. See definitions 1 and 2 of six-pack. Seldom used in the plural.
- sixer noun A conker that has won six matches.
- sixth-rate adj Of a Royal Navy warship in the Napoleonic Era: having 20–28 guns on one gun deck, a complement of 140–200, and weighing 340–550 tons…
- sizar noun An undergraduate at Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Cambridge who receives an allowance for his college expenses or tuition…
- size verb To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
- sizing noun Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student.
- skat noun Alternate spelling of scat: a brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.
- skeel noun A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
- skein noun A group of wildfowl (for example, geese or swans) in flight.
- skellum noun A scoundrel.
- sketch noun A humorous newspaper article summarizing political events, making heavy use of metaphor, paraphrase and caricature.
- skid noun A sovereign (old coin).
- skill adj Great, excellent.
- skillet noun A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace.
- skimp adj Scanty.
- skin verb To use tricks to go past a defender.
- skint adj Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke.
- skip noun A large container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents, or to be picked up by…
- skip lorry noun A commercial vehicle, fitted with a hydraulic hoist, which delivers skips (for rubble, waste and general rubbish) to customers, and…
- skipper noun Synonym of detective sergeant, especially as a term of direct address.
- skirling noun A small trout or salmon.
- skirt noun Women collectively, in a sexual context.
- skirting board noun A panel, normally made of wood, between the floor and the interior wall of a structure, or placed in a position that is subject to repeated…
- skive verb To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.
- skiver noun A slacker.
- skrike verb To cry, sob, cry out or yell; to scream.
- skull noun The head or master of a college.
- sky noun A disagreeable person; an enemy.
- skyrocket noun A pocket.
- slag verb To talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone).
- slag off verb To talk insultingly to or about someone or something; usually one who is not present.
- slagginess noun The condition of being slaggy, or sluttish.
- slaggy adj Resembling or characteristic of a slag; slutty, promiscuous.
- slam noun The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
- slam door adj Applied to an older kind of passenger train with heavy doors, opened from the inside by reaching out of the window to the handle on the…
- slammer noun A slam-door train.
- slammerkin noun A slut; an untidy or slatternly woman.
- slang noun Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
- slank noun A depression, a low place in the ground, especially one at the side of a river, lake, or cove which is filled with water during freshet(s).
- slap adj Very good, excellent, amazing.
- slapper noun A prostitute.
- slapsies noun A children's game in which the players position themselves in a circle and each place one hand in the centre (normally on top of a table or…
- slash verb To piss, to urinate.
- slasher noun A member of the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot.
- slat verb To split; to crack.
- slate verb To criticize or critique (an author or a work) harshly; to castigate.
- Slav noun The Slavonian grebe.
- slave labour noun Using slaves to do work
- sleaze noun Political corruption.
- sledge noun any type of sled or sleigh.
- sleeper noun A railroad tie.
- sleeping partner noun A business partner who doesn't play an active role in running the day-to-day operations of a business, who instead, finances the business…
- sleet noun Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
- slender noun A simple country gentleman.
- slew verb To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- slice noun A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
- slicken adj Sleek; smooth.
- slike verb To rend asunder; cleave.
- slim jim noun A narrow necktie worn by teddy boys.
- sling out verb To kick out, eject or throw out (something)..
- sling up verb To hang (someone).
- slingshot verb To perform the slingshot manoeuvre (see Noun).
- slink noun A thievish fellow; a sneak.
- slip noun A narrow passage between buildings.
- slip lane noun A short one-way lane allowing traffic to turn onto the cross street at an intersection without entering the intersection.
- slipboard noun A sign that slides into a frame on the front of a bus for displaying special messages.
- slipper verb To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment.
- slippy adj Slippery.
- Sloanie noun A Sloane Ranger.
- slog noun A long, tedious walk or march.
- slogger noun An inferior racing boat.
- slop-basin noun A bowl for receiving the leavings of tea or coffee cups at table
- slope verb To try to move surreptitiously.
- slosh verb To punch (someone).
- slot verb To kill.
- slot machine noun A machine so operated to play games of chance for money, especially those with a lever and three or more rollers used to achieve…
- slotch noun An idle, slouching fellow; a slovenly, slipshod person.
- slowcoach noun A person, especially a child, who moves slowly.
- slum verb To saunter about in a disreputable manner.
- slump noun A boggy place.
- slumpy adj Easily broken through; boggy; marshy.
- slunk noun A slough, a low, wet, miry place. (Compare slank.)
- slushy noun A ship's cook.
- slyboots noun A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.