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 53 of 66: from “shellacking” to “sixties”.
- shellacking noun A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts.
- shelter in place noun A strategy for avoiding danger, such as gun violence, a hurricane, etc., in which individuals remain inside the building they happen to be…
- sheriff noun A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an…
- shield law noun legislation designed to provide a news reporter with the right to refuse to testify as to information and/or sources of information…
- shiesty adj Shifty, untrustworthy, unscrupulous.
- shift noun The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
- shifter noun A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
- shilling noun A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- shin verb To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
- shindy noun A fancy or liking.
- shine on verb To humor (someone) or be condescending to (someone); to pretend to take (someone) seriously; to tell a tall tale; to pull someone's leg.
- shingler noun A person who installs shingles.
- shinny noun A hockey-like game played by American Indians.
- shinplaster noun An essentially worthless note of paper money.
- shipping and handling noun The process of transporting goods from their point of origin to a customer, especially a consumer as end user; (ellipsis) a charge supposed…
- shirr verb To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.
- shit noun (the shit) The best of its kind.
- shit from a butt noun Something that looks like excrement.
- shit the bed verb Of a person or thing, to fail, often in a complete and irreparable fashion.
- shitfire intj Used to express surprise, shock, exasperation, or disbelief.
- shitkicker noun A workboot.
- shitrag noun Toilet paper.
- shitter noun The Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and its variants.
- shitty adj Under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol; drunk; high.
- shoestring noun The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace.
- shoobie noun A visitor to a coastal area who looks or acts out of place; especially an awkward or annoying tourist.
- shoofly noun A device for throwing the track temporarily to one side for carrying out repairs, etc.
- shoot first and ask questions later verb To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation.
- shootist noun A person who is an expert user of firearms, especially a sharpshooter or a gunslinger in the Old West.
- shop right noun In United States patent law, an implied license under which a firm may use a patented invention, invented by an employee who was working…
- shopping cart noun A conveyance used to carry groceries and other items while shopping in a store.
- shopping mall noun A collection of retail stores, usually one with an indoor common area joining the stores, that is usually anchored by department stores.
- short noun An automobile.
- short bus adj Stupid; dumb; slow.
- short line noun Alternative form of shortline.
- short title noun A title given to an act (or other piece of legislation) to facilitate citation; generally used as the common name for that legislation.
- short-timer noun A soldier during the Vietnam War who had less than two months to serve.
- shortening noun Fat that is solid at room temperature, especially hydrogenated vegetable oil (known as vegetable shortening), used to make shortcrust…
- shot noun A punch or other physical blow.
- shot caller noun A prison inmate who holds informal authority over other inmates and who masterminds criminal activity.
- shotgun noun A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a straight line.
- shoulder check verb To look backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before changing lanes or making a turn, to see if any vehicles are in one's…
- shovel noun Any shovel in the above senses, or any spade.
- shovelbum noun A professional excavator on cultural resource management projects, who has done extensive field work.
- showboat noun A river steamboat having a resident theatre.
- shrank noun A large highly decorative German/Dutch-style piece of furniture, which combines aspects of a clothing wardrobe, curio, and cabinet.
- shriveled adj Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
- shtup verb push
- shvantz noun The penis.
- shvartze noun A person of sub-Saharan African descent; a black person.
- shy adj Less likely to reveal whom they will vote for than average, chiefly in the context of the collective effect this has on polling accuracy.
- shylock noun A loan shark; a usurer.
- sick call noun A daily lineup of military personnel requiring medical attention.
- side noun A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
- sidebang noun A hairstyle that consists of long hair brushed forward over one eye, similar to a fringe haircut, but worn on one side only.
- sidebar noun A short conference, between a judge and the attorneys of a case, held outside the hearing of the jury and the spectators at the court.
- sidebar comment noun An unnecessary, often argumentative remark made by an attorney or witness during a trial or deposition.
- sideboy noun A small dresser; a drinks cabinet.
- sideline reporter noun A reporter who is stationed on or near the field in order to be able to closely observe what is happening off the field and to interview…
- sideliner noun A beekeeper, neither a hobbyist nor a fully-fledged commercial operator, for whom beekeeping is a secondary source of income.
- sideshow noun An incident in which drivers block traffic to perform stunts like donuts and burnouts for an extended period of time.
- sidewalk noun A paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians.
- sidewalk chalk noun A colored chalklike substance, made from paint, plaster of Paris, etc., used for drawing on sidewalks or cement.
- sidewalk superintendent noun A passer-by or other person who watches and possibly advises work at a construction project from a sidewalk or other vantage point.
- sideways adv Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.
- siding noun A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.
- siege noun A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
- sign noun Physical evidence left by an animal.
- signal bridge noun A structure built over railroad tracks on which signals are mounted.
- signaler noun Someone who signals.
- signalize verb To distinguish, to make noteworthy.
- signorina noun maitake, hen of the woods (mushroom)
- silent majority noun The largest portion of a demographic group or of the population of a political jurisdiction, which is considered to possess political and…
- silky mom noun A mother who prefers a style of parenting that utilises modern technology and parenting conveniences, such as modern medicine, infant…
- sillcock noun A faucet designed to be installed horizontally on the outside wall of a building, typically to attach a garden hose.
- silver dollar noun A dollar coin, whether made from silver or not.
- silver tongue noun The song sparrow (Melospiza melodia).
- silverware noun Knives, forks and spoons (whether made from silver or not).
- simoleon noun A dollar.
- simon noun A US dollar.
- simple majority noun Synonym of majority: (of a motion) more votes in favor of a proposition than against it.
- sin bin noun Synonym of fuck truck: A panel van with a mattress in the back.
- sincerely adv A conventional formula for ending a letter, used when the salutation addresses the person for whom the letter is intended by his or her…
- singing noun A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.
- single noun A bill valued at $1.
- single crochet noun the most common stitch in crochet, used to create two-dimensional surfaces; achieved by pulling the thread through the next loop, then…
- single jack noun A short-handled sledgehammer used with one hand, with a head weighing 3-4 pounds and two flat faces.
- single-wide noun A trailer measuring eighteen feet or less in width and ninety feet or less in length, able to be towed as a single unit.
- sip verb Alternative form of seep.
- sipe noun Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.
- sipper noun A drinking straw.
- sirloin noun A cut of beef from the lower part of the back, where the last ribs are (called rump in UK English).
- sis boom bah intj An exclamation of encouragement.
- Sister Souljah moment noun A politician's public repudiation of extremism perceived to be allied or associated with them or their political party.
- sit verb To babysit.
- sit one's butt down verb To listen to another person without interrupting.
- situation noun An individual movie theater.
- six o'clock adj Straight up and down, without curves, like the hands of a clock.
- six-pack noun A selection of six photographs, including one of a suspect, used for identification by a witness.
- sixties noun A period in American history centered around the counterculture movement of the late 1960s.