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 4 of 66: from “author” to “bangtail”.
- author verb To create a work as its author.
- authorization noun An act of authorizing.
- authorize verb To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.
- auto insurance noun Insurance purchased by the owner of a vehicle to cover losses due to traffic accidents or theft: car insurance.
- auto park noun A parcel of land that has been zoned via local regulation for commercial uses related to automobile sales and maintenance.
- auto poker noun A game for passing the time during car journeys, in which the license plates of other vehicles are interpreted as hands of cards scored…
- auto shop noun A shop that deals in the repair of automobiles
- autobid noun A bid for a sports team to participate in a tournament, based on objective performance in prior competition.
- autocycle noun A three-wheeled vehicle controlled with a steering wheel and foot pedals for acceleration and braking, where passengers ride in seats…
- autogas noun Automotive gasoline suitable for use in piston-engined gasoline-powered aircraft.
- automobile noun A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of…
- autospeak noun The jargon associated with motor vehicles.
- auxiliary oiler noun A naval oil tanker with the ability to perform underway replenishment of fuel oil or ship oil to ships of the fleet.
- avail noun Proceeds; profits from business transactions.
- aw shucks intj An expression of bashfulness or modesty, especially in response to a compliment or when giving thanks.
- AWACS noun Acronym of Airborne Warning and Control System.
- awesome adj Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
- awesome sauce noun The essence of awesomeness; excellence.
- awful adv Very, extremely.
- awhile adv In the meantime; during an implicit ongoing process.
- awk adj Awkward; uncomfortable.
- ax noun US standard spelling of axe.
- ax to grind noun A proposition or point of view to advocate, especially motivated by self-interest.
- axhandle hound noun A folkloric dog-like animal with a somewhat ax-shaped body, supposed to subsist on a diet of the handles of axes left unattended.
- B-drink noun A drink designed to look like whisky (or some other alcoholic drink) but which is actually cold tea or similar, as drunk by a woman trying…
- B-drinker noun Someone who drinks a B-drink; a young woman hired to sit at a bar and induce the customers to buy her drinks, or spend money at the bar; a…
- B-girl noun A bargirl.
- babbitt noun A person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals.
- babiche noun Thong(s) of rawhide or sinew used as cord, lacing, or webbing, in the manufacture of snowshoes, braided straps and tumplines, fishing and…
- Baby Bell noun Any of the Regional Bell Operating Companies resulting from the division of AT&T Corporation into a number of smaller companies in the…
- baby boomer noun A person born in the postwar years, generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and the early…
- baby daddy noun The biological father of a child in common, particularly one who did not marry the mother and provides little or no support for the mother…
- baby doll noun A young attractive woman; sweetheart, darling.
- Baby Moses law noun A statute that decriminalizes the leaving of (unharmed) infants with certain designated private persons so that they become wards of the…
- baby-changing station noun A baby's changing table.
- baccalaureate noun A farewell address in the form of a sermon delivered to a graduating class.
- bach noun A bachelor.
- bachelor pad noun A nice, well-furnished dwelling where an unmarried man lives, usually by himself, but sometimes with other men.
- bachelor party noun A party held for a man who is about to be married, normally attended only by male friends and relatives.
- bachelorette noun An unmarried woman.
- bachelorette pad noun A nice, well-furnished dwelling where an unmarried woman lives, usually by herself, but sometimes with other women.
- back door adj The path of a pitch which starts outside and then slides over the plate.
- back door slider noun A baseball pitch that begins by entering outside the plate, but then breaks back in towards the plate at the last minute.
- back forty noun The remote part of a farm.
- back gray noun A piece of dark, heavy cotton cloth that is run under another piece of cloth to be printed, serving to take up the color on the roller…
- back-to-school night noun An informational event in the evening where students' guardians meet their students' teachers and are introduced to the routine…
- backdraft noun Sudden, dangerous recombustion that occurs when there is a rapid reintroduction of oxygen to an enclosed space containing a fire.
- backfield noun The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
- backfill noun Reserve support personnel.
- backgrounder noun A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be…
- backhoe noun Ellipsis of backhoe loader: A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor…
- backhouse noun An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- backpack funding noun A form of education funding where money is allocated to individual students and not to school districts.
- backset verb To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
- backshooter noun A cowboy who kills someone by shooting them in the back
- backyard noun A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
- bacteria noun A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
- bad adj Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- bad egg noun Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue.
- badass noun A belligerent or mean person; a person with an unpleasantly extreme appearance, attitudes, or behavior.
- badman noun A violence-prone man who has had run-ins with the law; especially one from the Old West days of U.S. history.
- baffle noun A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
- bag noun A fellow gay man.
- bag up verb Of the police: to arrest or pick up (someone).
- baggageman noun A railway employee who was in charge of the baggage car, storing and retrieving passenger's baggage and sometimes handling mail.
- baggie noun A small bag, especially a small, clear, plastic bag.
- bagman noun A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other…
- baguette noun Money.
- bailiff noun Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order.
- Baja Midnight noun A time of night when one is tired or feels as if it were midnight before it actually is, usually considered to be between 8pm and 9pm local…
- bake noun A social event at which food (such as seafood) is baked, or at which baked food is served.
- Baker Act verb To invoke the Baker Act, i.e., the involuntary institutionalization and examination of an individual in the state of Florida, or (by…
- bakery noun Baked goods.
- balance the ticket verb To pick a vice-presidential candidate who represents a different constituency than the presidential candidate.
- ball verb To have sexual intercourse (with).
- ball alley noun A bowling alley.
- ball up verb To become confused or discombobulated; to confuse (someone).
- ball-tailed cat noun A fictional animal said to resemble a mountain lion, but with a long tail ending in a solid ball with which it strikes its prey.
- balloon juice noun Empty or exaggerated talk lacking in substance, boasting, chatter, nonsense.
- ballot noun A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
- ballot candy noun The pairing of a controversial proposal with a more popular one in a ballot measure to increase the measure's chances of being approved by…
- ballot curing noun the process through which voters may correct minor errors in their ballots, such as a missing signature, that would otherwise render their…
- ballpark noun A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.
- balls to the wall adv With maximum effort or commitment.
- balls-out adj Extreme; extremely great.
- balmoral noun An Oxford shoe.
- balmy adj Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric.
- baloney noun Nonsense.
- bamboo ceiling noun A social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a person of East Asian ethnicity.
- banana noun In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for…
- banana boat noun The group of NBA players Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade.
- banana peel noun The several outermost layers of a banana, especially once removed from the rest of the banana, which may be slippery if stepped on.
- banc noun Used to associate a nonbanking affiliate of a bank with the bank's brand name without using the word bank.
- band noun A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
- band-aid noun An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
- bang noun Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across.
- banger noun A car or an engine; referring to the cylinders of an engine in a car. From the explosive bangs on every cylinder firing.
- bangless adj Without bangs (hairstyle).
- bangs noun Hair hanging over the forehead.
- bangtail noun A racehorse.