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 6 of 59: from “blowoff” to “boy in blue”.
- blowoff noun A fart.
- Blu-Tack noun A solid putty-like adhesive, originally blue in colour, used to secure items to walls and other surfaces.
- blud noun Informal address to a man.
- blue adj Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party.
- blue box noun A blue container used for the collection of household waste (such as tin cans and newspapers) for recycling by a municipal authority.
- blue button noun An unauthorized clerk in the stock exchange.
- blue fire noun Sensational romanticism.
- blue plaque noun A permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a historical link between that location and a famous person, event, or former…
- bluebottle noun A police officer.
- bluecoat noun A pupil attending any of certain prestigious British schools having a traditional dress code.
- bluefish noun A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
- bluely noun Porpoise.
- bluenose noun Antarctic butterfish (Hyperoglyphe antarctica)
- blues and twos noun The flashing lights and loud siren of an emergency vehicle.
- bluestone noun A form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken.
- bluey noun Synonym of blue pill (“pill of Viagra”).
- blunt noun Money.
- BME noun Initialism of black and minority ethnic.
- boat train noun A travel service with a train timed to arrive at a ferry port in time for the onward travel by ferry (or vice versa). Alternatively, a…
- bob noun A shilling.
- Bob's your uncle phrase No problem, the solution is simple, there you have it, it's that easy, you have what you want, all will be well: indicates a desirable…
- bob-a-job noun The practice of children undertaking to do small jobs around the home, originally for a charge of one shilling, traditionally offered by…
- bobble noun Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie
- bobby noun A police officer.
- bodge verb To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair.
- bodgy adj Sloppy or makeshift; bodged.
- body snatcher noun A stretcher-bearer.
- boffin noun An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research.
- bog noun A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
- bog roll noun Toilet paper.
- bogey noun A police officer.
- boggard noun A bogey: a ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature, especially a small local spirit haunting gloomy places or the scenes of…
- bogglebo noun A bugbear (imaginary fearsome creature).
- bogie noun A railway carriage.
- bogie bolster wagon noun A long flat wagon mounted on two four-wheel bogies, with transverse baulks of timber (bolsters) placed at intervals on the wagon's bed to…
- bogle noun A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom.
- BOGOF noun Abbreviation of buy one, get one free (“a retail promotion in which consumers may purchase two items for the usual price of one”).
- boil verb To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
- boiler noun An old woman.
- boilerplate noun The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882).
- boke verb To thrust or push out; butt; poke.
- bollock noun A testicle.
- bollocks noun The testicles.
- bolshie noun A government leftist, especially a communist, socialist, or labour union leader.
- bomb noun A large amount of money.
- bombardier noun A non-commissioned officer rank in artillery, equivalent to corporal. Abbreviated Bdr.
- Bombay mix noun A traditional Indian snack of mixed dried ingredients with spices and salt, often including fried lentils, peanuts, chickpea flour noodles…
- bommie noun A bonfire.
- bona vacantia noun The principle that there is no unowned property, and that if there is no other owner then property vests in the Crown.
- bonce noun The human head.
- boneless adj Lacking strength, courage, or resolve.
- bonk verb To have sexual intercourse (with).
- boob noun A mistake.
- bookable adj Warranting a booking (a yellow card).
- boom-boom intj Used to draw attention to a pun or weak joke.
- boomer noun A Eurasian bittern (subfamily Botaurinae spp.).
- boon noun An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
- boot noun The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
- boot boy noun A boy who cares for a footballer's boots.
- boot room noun British standard form of mudroom
- bootload noun As much as the boot of a car can hold; a trunkload.
- boots noun The ship in a fleet having the most junior captain.
- booze cruise noun A brief trip from Britain to France or Belgium in order to buy alcohol (or tobacco) in bulk quantities without paying excise duty.
- boozer noun A public house, pub.
- border noun Border morris or border dancing.
- bordland noun The land held by a bordar.
- Boris bus noun A particular type of double-decker bus used in London, as popularized by mayor Boris Johnson; New Routemaster.
- Borisian adj Of or pertaining to Boris Johnson (born 1964), English politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.
- born sleeping adj Stillborn; having died in utero in the middle to late part of a pregnancy, usually after 20-28 weeks.
- borough noun An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.
- borough council noun A body of people elected to manage the affairs of a local government district with borough status, metropolitan borough or London borough…
- borstal noun A way up a hill in the South Downs.
- bosh noun Nonsense.
- bosser noun A large marble in children's games.
- bot verb To bugger.
- bottle verb To feed (an infant) baby formula.
- bottle it verb To suppress an action or expression, especially when due to lack of courage.
- bottle out verb To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage or nerve; to run away or back down from a contest or challenge.
- bottler noun A person or group that fails to meet expectations, especially one prone to such failure. Frequently used in reference to the Cork senior…
- bottom noun Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
- bottom drawer noun A lady's storage box containing items saved for her wedding or married life.
- bottoming noun The act of thoroughly cleaning something.
- botty noun Bottom.
- bougie adj Fancy or good-looking, without connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness.
- bouk noun The belly.
- bouncer noun Short for shop-bouncer
- bounder noun A dishonourable man; a cad.
- bovver noun Violence, especially that associated with youth gangs.
- bowcat verb To perform cunnilingus.
- bowk verb To vomit.
- bowl a googly verb to surprise (someone); to introduce (to someone) something unexpected, underhand or requiring a quick reaction or correction.
- bowser noun A mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken…
- box noun Short for squeeze box (“accordion or concertina”)
- box and cox verb To alternate with each other, often in the same post or location.
- box social noun A Victorian social event for young people.
- box standard adj Synonym of standard, especially with connotations of plainness and lack of modification.
- box van noun An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
- box wagon noun A large high-sided box-shaped open wagon mounted on two four-wheel bogies, similar to a North American gondola car.
- box-ticking noun The completion of a form containing multiple-choice questions in which one or more boxes need to be ticked by way of an answer.
- boy in blue noun A policeman.