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 18 of 66: from “dig out” to “Dopp kit”.
- dig out verb To decamp; to leave a place hastily.
- digger noun A member of any Native American people in the western United States, especially Native Californians.
- dignified transfer noun The transfer of the remains of a deceased United States Armed Forces servicemember from the aircraft arriving from the theater of…
- dike noun US standard spelling of dyke.
- dill pickle noun A foolish person.
- dillweed noun A contemptible person; a fool.
- dime noun A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.
- dime store noun A store selling inexpensive items.
- dimensional lumber noun Lumber that is finished (milled or planed) and cut to standardized width and depth; in some countries the nominal sizes differ from the…
- Dimocrat noun Pronunciation spelling of Democrat.
- dindu nuffin noun A black person, especially if viewed as being, or likely to be, a criminal.
- dine and dash verb To commit the crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying.
- diner noun A typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter…
- diner lingo noun A lexicon of slang formerly common, and still sometimes used, among cooks and waitstaff at diners (restaurants of a certain type).
- dinette noun A submarine's mess hall.
- ding-dong ditch noun A children's prank in which a doorbell of a home is rung, and then the pranksters run or cycle away before the occupants of the home open…
- dinge noun A black person.
- dinger noun The penis.
- dingus noun A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.
- dink noun A Vietnamese person.
- dinky adj Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable.
- dinner jacket noun A jacket, often white, corresponding to a tuxedo jacket.
- dinner theater noun A form of entertainment in the United States that combines a restaurant meal with a staged play or musical.
- dipping noun The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the…
- dipsey noun A sinker attached to a fishing line.
- dirt noun Soil or earth.
- disaffirmance noun Annulment of a contract or obligation, such as one agreed by someone who was underage at the time, and has attained age of majority.
- disco noun discovery (pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered)
- discretionary spending noun US government expenditures which are subject to annual review and authorization by Congress, as distinct from expenditures authorized by…
- dishonorable adj Without honor, or causing dishonor.
- disincorporate verb To revoke the charter of an incorporated town or city.
- dismal noun A dreary swamp in eastern North Carolina or Virginia in the United States.
- disme noun A dime minted in 1792.
- Disney money noun Money that is spent at Disney parks, resorts, or related experiences with reduced concern for normal budgeting due to their immersive…
- displaced homemaker noun A woman who no longer has a reliable source of income from her husband, as a result of divorce, widowhood, disability, etc.
- disposable diaper noun A diaper that is disposable; a single-use diaper or paper diaper, as opposed to a cloth one. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- dissident right noun Far-right political groups who oppose mainstream conservatism, promoting more radical beliefs such as opposition to LGBT rights and…
- distance verb Of a racehorse: to beat (another horse) by a certain distance; also (passive voice), to cause (a horse) to be disqualified by beating it by…
- distillate noun A low-grade fuel produced in the distillation of petroleum for gasoline and largely a waste product.
- district attorney noun The title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged criminals.
- disunionism noun The political position that the Union (the federal government of the United States) should be dissolved.
- ditch day noun A day on which a group of students, generally the senior class, leaves the campus and its responsibilities for a day.
- ditch weed noun wild marijuana, usually a type used for hemp production, e.g., Cannabis sativa var. sativa.
- dite noun A trifling quantity or amount.
- dittany noun A fragrant herb in the mint family native to the eastern United States (Cunila origanoides).
- ditto verb To make a copy using a ditto machine.
- dittohead noun A devotee of Rush Limbaugh, his radio program, or his opinions.
- diversity statement noun A (sometimes mandatory) document in which a candidate for an academic job describes how they will attempt to promote diversity, equity and…
- divided adj (of a road) separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median
- divinity noun A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.
- divisional noun A playoff determining the winning team from a particular division.
- Dixiecrat noun A member of the Democratic Party of the United States of America from the southern States, especially one of the former territories of the…
- DNA phrase Do not arm (that is, do not provide with a firearm).
- do noun a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
- do over noun A repeat of a previous activity, with the hope of greater success.
- do the math verb To perform a mathematical calculation.
- dobber noun A float (as used by an angler).
- docent noun A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.
- dock noun A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading.
- Doctor Feelgood noun Heroin.
- doctrine of equivalents noun A legal rule in most patent systems that allows a court to hold a party liable for patent infringement when the infringing device or…
- docudrama noun A type of drama (a film, play, television show, etc.) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events…
- dodger noun Bread.
- does Macy's tell Gimbel's phrase A rhetorical question with the implied answer being that competitors do not share business secrets with one another.
- dog around verb To treat wrongly, especially in a romantic relationship; to insult or nag.
- dog bone wrench noun A traditional double-ended bicycle wrench with a selection of usually 10 sizes—five on each end—arranged in a ball form.
- dog bread noun A variant of cornbread, sometimes made into patties and fried.
- DOGE bro noun A male employee for DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), especially one who is seen as young, unprofessional and unqualified.
- dogface noun A foot soldier, especially during World War II.
- dogfennel noun Any of various similar American plants, especially Eupatorium capillifolium, a perennial plant.
- dogfish noun The bowfin, Amia calva.
- doggone adj Euphemistic form of goddamned.
- dogleg noun A single intersection consisting of two opposing T-junctions in close proximity; an intersection with a staggered cross street.
- dogpile noun A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim.
- dogs noun Feet, from rhyming slang dog's meat.
- dogwater noun The very core of someone; used as an intensifier.
- doink verb To have sex with.
- doll noun A term of endearment
- dollar democracy noun The influence of money on politics and on government
- dollar store noun A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a price of one dollar. (The latter type, whose name has…
- dollar van noun Synonym of shared taxi or shuttle bus, especially a van or minibus operated as a taxi or shuttle bus for a usual fee of one US dollar.
- dollarwise adv In terms of dollars (as opposed to percentage, or to another currency); moneywise; monetarily; financially.
- dolphin noun A person who buys shares on the primary market only to resell them immediately at a high profit.
- dome verb To perform fellatio on.
- domestic dependent nation noun The group of people.
- domestic policy council noun A council that coordinates the domestic policy-making process in the White House and offers policy advice to the President
- dominee noun A minister in a Dutch Reformed church; a dominie.
- dominie noun A pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church.
- don't ask, don't tell phrase A policy of the U.S. military from 1993 to 2011, which barred openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual people from serving in the military, while…
- don't tread on me phrase A slogan, associated during the American Revolutionary War with freedom from British rule, and in more recent years with libertarianism and…
- done up adj Ruined by excess, especially gambling.
- donk verb To mess around, to play
- donut hole noun A small ball-shaped pastry, made in the same manner as a donut, roughly the size of the hole in a donut.
- doober noun A thingamajig; a whatchamacallit.
- doody noun Excrement, poop.
- doof noun A simpleton.
- dookie adj Of jewelry: ostentatiously thick.
- doozy noun Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.
- dope noun Dessert topping.
- Dopp kit noun A small leather bag containing a man's grooming tools, such as razor, shaving cream, comb, nail clippers, scissors, toothbrush, toothpaste…