This page gathers the 6,610 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “US” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 12 of 66: from “cherry-pick” to “cleverly”.
- cherry-pick verb To position oneself near the opponent's goal to attempt to receive an errant or intentional pass for an easy score, as in basketball or…
- cheshirization noun Synonym of transphonologization (“a type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature evolves in such…
- chess noun Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
- chew up verb To defeat utterly.
- chewing tobacco noun Tobacco, cut or ground finely, and placed between the cheek and the gum to allow nicotine absorption through the mucous membranes.
- chewy noun A type of soft and sticky cookie.
- chica noun A Latin-American girl; a Latina.
- Chicago overcoat noun Synonym of concrete overcoat or cement shoes.
- Chicana noun A female Chicano.
- Chicano adj A person of Mexican descent with American citizenship, especially if conscious of one's political identity in the U.S. body politic.
- chick magnet noun Something that tends to get the attention of women, especially young women.
- chickadee noun Any of the small, mostly black and white North American songbirds of the genus Poecile of the family Paridae.
- chickaree noun A small squirrel, one of the species of Tamiasciurus, that lives in evergreen forests of North America.
- chicken noun A kilogram of cocaine.
- chicken burger noun A sandwich consisting of a patty made from ground chicken, served in a bun, typically hot and often with other ingredients.
- chickenhawk noun A draft dodger, especially in the Vietnam War, who nonetheless currently supports United States overseas military engagements.
- chico noun A Latin-American boy; a Latino.
- chicory noun Endive (Cichorium endivia), the source of escarole and frisée.
- chief judge noun The principal, presiding, or most senior judge of especially a lower level court or of a circuit
- chief petty officer noun A non-commissioned officer in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking above petty officer first class and below…
- chigger noun An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American.
- child-centered adj Of education or parenting: focused on each child's individual needs and personality, rather than instilling the same knowledge, morality…
- chili noun The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
- chili parlor noun A diner or restaurant featuring dishes like chili con carne, either as a house specialty or a selection of various different recipes.
- chimo noun A child molester.
- chin noun Talk.
- chin chin noun Discussion, conversation, talk.
- chin music noun Idle talk; chatter.
- china noun Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
- China girl noun A moving or still image of a woman or mannequin, used by film processing technicians to calibrate colour balance and exposure of skin tones…
- chinaberry noun The bead tree or azedarach, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and…
- chinaman noun Addiction from a narcotic, especially heroin.
- Chinese checkers noun A board game played by two to six people, in which players aim to move their own pieces to the corner opposite their starting position by…
- Chinese fire drill noun A prank performed while stopped in a car at a red light, and where each passenger, including the driver, shouts "Chinese fire drill", exits…
- Chinese home run noun A home run hit to the minimum distance possible, usually just over the outfield fence closest to home plate.
- chingadera noun A miscellaneous object for which one does not know, or has forgotten, its proper name; a doohickey, contraption, thingamabob, or widget.
- chink in the armor noun A weakness; a weak point (particularly of something formerly considered near-invincible or perfect).
- chinook noun The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase…
- chip noun A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, a crisp; occasionally a similar fried slice of another vegetable or dried fruit.
- chiplike adj Resembling or characteristic of a chip (thin, crisp, baked piece of vegetable).
- chipper noun A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.
- chippie noun An officer of the California Highway Patrol.
- chippy noun A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
- chirk adj lively; cheerful; in good spirits
- chiseled adj Having strongly defined facial features.
- chit intj Shit.
- chock noun An illicit, fermented alcoholic beverage brewed on-site.
- chocolate city noun A city with a predominantly African American population.
- choke-dog noun Any of several plants in the genus Gonolobus.
- chop shop noun A facility where stolen motor vehicles are disassembled in order to sell their mechanical parts.
- chop suey noun A stir-fried vegetable dish, served with pieces of beef or pork in a semi-thick sauce, and often soy sauce.
- chopper noun The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
- chore verb To do chores.
- chorister noun A director or leader of a choral group.
- chouse verb To handle roughly, as by chasing or scaring.
- Christianism noun A political ideology centered around Christian fundamentalism.
- Christmas adj Red and green in color.
- Christmas pickle noun A Christmas decoration shaped like a pickle, hidden on a Christmas tree, with the finder receiving either a reward or good fortune for the…
- Christmas season noun The winter season starting around Thanksgiving (typically Black Friday) and ending at or about New Year's Eve.
- Christmas tree noun An alert area at an air base with aircraft parked in stubs arranged at a 45-degree angle to a central taxiway to enable them to move…
- Christmas tree bill noun A bill consisting of many riders that attracts many, often unrelated, floor amendments, which may provide special benefits to various…
- chrome noun handguns
- chrome dome noun A haircut in which the hair is clipped extremely close to the scalp.
- chub verb To stop a bill from being passed using procedural delays.
- chuck noun Food.
- chuck wagon noun A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, and used to prepare meals, as on a ranch, in a lumber camp, or during a cattle drive in…
- chud noun A gross, physically unappealing person.
- chuddy adj Reactionary; ultraconservative; regressive; holding political views the speaker considers crude or offensive.
- chugalug verb To swallow (a container of beer etc.) without pausing.
- chum noun A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water as groundbait to attract predator fish, such as sharks.
- chump change noun An amount of remuneration, reward, or other monetary recompense considered to be insultingly small.
- chunker noun An M79 grenade launcher.
- churchwarden noun A similar functionary of the Episcopal church.
- churn verb To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits.
- chyron noun A set of graphics or words at the bottom of a television screen, sometimes unrelated to the current viewing content.
- cider noun A non-alcoholic uncarbonated beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp…
- cigar store Indian noun A sculpture, typically wooden and painted, of a Native American Indian, of the sort prominently used in tobacco stores.
- cigarette boat noun A small, fast boat with a planing hull used to smuggle cigarettes to avoid taxation.
- cilantro noun The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.
- cinchweed noun Any plant in the genus Pectis, especially Pectis papposa, a fragrant herb of deserts in the North American Southwest and related to the…
- circuit rider noun A judge who holds court in a series of towns.
- city desk noun The department or staff responsible for reporting and editing local news.
- city limit noun The boundaries of a city.
- civet noun A spotted skunk.
- civil rights noun Those rights which are guaranteed protection by the US Constitution and are considered to be unquestionable, deserved by all people under…
- civil rights movement noun A social and political movement in the United States between 1954 and 1968 that aimed to end racial segregation, discrimination, and…
- clacker noun A testicle.
- clam noun A dollar.
- clambake verb To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.
- clamor noun A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
- clamshell noun A person's mouth.
- clangor noun Canada, US standard spelling of clangour.
- clap on verb To decide to make a concerted effort to do something; to operate with dedication and vigor.
- Claremonster noun A contributor to the Claremont Review of Books, a quarterly review of politics and statesmanship published by the conservative Claremont…
- class action noun A lawsuit brought by a single plaintiff or small group of plaintiffs as a representative of a large group of others having a common…
- Class Day noun In colleges and universities, a day of the commencement season on which the leaverss celebrates the completion of its course, such as with…
- clawback noun A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that were mistakenly turned over to the other party but to which the other…
- clear-channel adj Of or relating to those AM radio stations having the highest level of protection from interference from other stations, particularly from…
- clever adj Good-natured; obliging.
- cleverly adv Completely, fully.