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 8 of 59: from “bullseye” to “cant”.
- bullseye noun A £50 banknote.
- bum verb To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
- bum bag noun A small pouch attached to a belt that is worn on the outside of clothing around the waist and used for holding small personal items.
- bum chum noun A male homosexual's partner; a male homosexual.
- bumble noun A Eurasian bittern.
- bumbles noun Blinkers for a horse.
- bumf noun Toilet paper.
- bummaree noun A porter or dealer of fish at Billingsgate Fish Market in London.
- bummer noun A gay man.
- bummle noun An idle fellow.
- bummy adj Like a bum (homeless person or hobo)
- bump cap noun A hard hat.
- bump off verb To cut class; to play truant.
- bumps noun The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.
- bumshoving noun Anal sex.
- bumwad noun Toilet paper.
- bun noun A drunken spree.
- bun fight noun A formal tea party or other social gathering, especially one at which food is served.
- bunce noun A bonus; additional pay; money.
- bunch of fives noun A fist.
- bung verb To put, throw, or place something without care; to chuck.
- bung out verb To throw away (something); to dispose of or get rid of.
- bung up verb To close (an opening) with a cork, cork-like object or other improvised obstruction.
- bunged up adj Having a blocked nose; congested.
- bunk verb To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually 'to bunk off').
- bunk off verb To play truant
- bunk up noun A manoeuvre in which one person is pushed upwards by another, or others, in order to climb over a fence or similar obstacle.
- bunker verb To place (someone) in a position that is difficult to get out of; to hinder.
- bunny noun A swelling from a blow; a bump.
- bureau noun A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often…
- burger noun Any sandwich that uses two bread rolls or buns (in North America it only refers to a sandwich with two buns or bread rolls and a meat…
- burgess noun A representative of a borough in the Parliament.
- burgh noun a borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland).
- burghmaster noun An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workers.
- burgle verb To commit burglary.
- burke verb To murder by suffocation.
- burly adj Great, amazing, unbelievable.
- burn noun Tobacco.
- bus noun Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car.
- bus replacement service noun A special bus service which replaces a train service when engineering work is carried out, or when the train service is temporarily…
- bus stand noun a type of bus stop, usually at the terminus of a route, where a bus can wait between journeys. Buses normally do not pick up passengers…
- bushel noun The iron lining in the nave of a wheel.
- bushelage noun A duty payable on goods by the bushel.
- business noun Something very good; top quality.
- busk verb To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
- busted flush noun A potential flush which ultimately was not filled.
- bustle noun Money; cash.
- busy noun A police officer.
- butcher's noun Synonym of butchershop.
- Butskellism noun A centrist economic policy obtaining in post-war Britain, upheld by both Conservative and Labour Chancellors.
- buttery noun A room in a university where snacks are sold.
- buttload noun A regional English measure of capacity of a heavy cart (a butt), containing 6 seams, or 48 bushels, equivalent to 384 gallons.
- button noun A unit of length equal to ¹⁄₁₂ inch.
- buttonhole noun A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
- butty noun A sandwich, usually with a hot or cold savoury filling buttered in a barmcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.
- buy to let adj Describing, or relating to, a property bought as an investment, the purchaser letting it to others rather than living in it.
- buzzer noun A pickpocket.
- buzzing adj Very happy; full of joyful excitement.
- by return of post prep_phrase Replying in the next available mail delivery.
- by the way adv Irrelevantly, off-topic.
- by way of phrase Possessing the characteristics, nature, or standing of; in the state or condition of.
- bye-letter noun A postal letter carried only part of the way to the central post office, and delivered to its destination along the way.
- byname noun Synonym of pseudonym, a second name used to disguise authorship etc.
- byway open to all traffic noun A minor road or path that may be legally traversed on foot, on horseback, or in any vehicle whether or not mechanically propelled.
- c noun Abbreviation of Conservative.
- cab signalling noun A rail safety system installed in the driving cab of a train, which gives information to the train driver on track status and condition.
- cabbage moth noun The common white and black butterfly, Pieris brassicae, of the family Pieridae.
- cabbaging noun Being lazy or in a state of boredom.
- cacky adj Characterized by or pertaining to excrement.
- cad noun An idle hanger-on about innyards.
- cadge verb To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
- cadgy adj cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking
- Caesarian adj Alternative form of Caesarean.
- cagmag noun A tough old goose.
- cake noun Synonym of pie, the whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided into parts.
- cakeism noun The doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too, particularly regarding the UK’s approach to Brexit negotiations and subsequent…
- cakeist adj Of or pertaining to having one's cake and eating it.
- cakes and ale noun The simple material pleasures of life.
- cal noun wolfram, an ore of tungsten.
- Calabrese noun A kind of sprouting broccoli.
- calipers noun A metal (orthopedic) leg support.
- call box noun Synonym of telephone box (enclosure)
- call time verb To announce the closing of a pub for the day.
- callow noun The upper layer of rubble in a quarry which has to be removed to reach the material to be mined.
- calyculus noun A group of bracts resembling an outer calyx.
- cam noun A ridge or mound of earth.
- cameronite noun A supporter of David Cameron or his policies.
- Cameroon noun A Conservative Party member with green or social liberal leanings, supporting the policies of David Cameron.
- camomile noun Matricaria chamomilla, German chamomile or Hungarian chamomile, with fragrant flowers used for tea, and as an herbal remedy.
- campervan noun A vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation.
- camping coach noun A retired passenger coach converted into accommodation for holidaymakers, and placed in a station siding in an area frequented by…
- can but hope verb To be unable to do anything (about something) other than hope [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative)…
- canalise verb To convert (a river or other waterway) into a canal.
- canary noun A sovereign (coin).
- candlestick noun The central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick.
- cane verb To destroy; to comprehensively defeat.
- canerow noun One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin.
- cank noun Gossip, chatter.
- cannibalise verb To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.
- cant adj Lively, lusty.