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 62 of 66: from “tricolor” to “under lock and key”.
- tricolor adj US standard spelling of tricolour.
- trifecta noun A bet in which the bettor must select the first three placegetters of a race in the order in which they finish.
- trigintillion num 10⁹³.
- trillion num A million (times a) million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10¹².
- triple noun A hamburger with three patties.
- triple crown noun The three greatest thoroughbred races of the year restricted to three-year-olds: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes
- Trixie noun An affluent and sexually attractive young woman, the female counterpart of a Chad.
- troll verb To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling.
- trolley noun A streetcar or light train.
- trolley park noun A recreational area at the end of a streetcar line.
- tromp verb To tread heavily, especially to crush underfoot.
- trooper noun Ellipsis of state trooper.
- trots noun A trotting race meet; harness racing.
- trou noun Trousers.
- truck verb To travel, to proceed.
- truck driver noun A person employed to drive a truck, especially a tractor-trailer or other large industrial truck.
- truck farm noun A small-scale farm larger than a market garden but smaller than a full-scale farm involving the use of tractors or livestock.
- truck nuts noun plastic or metal accessories for pickup trucks and other vehicles which resemble a pair of dangling testicles
- truck stop noun A roadside service area, usually consisting of a restaurant and service station and sometimes a motel or hotel, where drivers of long-haul…
- trucker noun A truck driver.
- trucker bomb noun A bottle filled with urine and thrown from a motor vehicle, to save the occupant from having to use a rest stop toilet etc.
- trucking noun the conveyance of freight by trucks.
- Trump country noun Rural areas in the United States where the majority of voters lean conservative and support the Republican politician Donald Trump.
- trumpet noun A supporter of Donald Trump, especially a fervent one.
- Trumpist noun An admirer or fan of Donald Trump.
- Trumpite adj Synonym of Trumpian.
- Trumpocrat noun A (formerly) Democratic voter who supports U.S. president Donald Trump.
- Trumpoid adj Pertaining to Donald Trump.
- Trumpophilia noun The love or admiration of Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th and 47th president of the United States.
- Trumpsplain verb To explain or rationalize Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States, or his actions, remarks, policies, or…
- Trumpster fire noun Donald Trump's use of controversy to distract the public from the perceived disastrous state of the government.
- Trumptini noun A fake recipe for a cocktail, consisting of mixes of various bleaches and other disinfectants, and garnished with Tide Pods.
- trunk noun The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.
- trunk or treat noun An organized alternative to trick-or-treating where candy is handed out to children from cars in a parking lot.
- truther noun Someone who tells the truth.
- truthiness noun Superficial or asserted truthfulness, without recourse to evidence.
- truthy adj Only superficially true; that is asserted or felt instinctively to be true, with no recourse to facts.
- tube noun A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube.
- tube steak noun A frankfurter/hot dog.
- tubular adj Cool, awesome.
- tuckahoe noun A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
- Tuesday adv On Tuesday.
- tuition noun A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).
- tule noun Any of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as…
- tummler noun An employee, usually male, of a Borscht Belt resort charged with the duty of entertaining guests throughout the day by providing any number…
- tummy noun A protruding belly, paunch.
- tummy time noun Time spent by an infant in the prone position while awake and supervised, supposed to reduce the risk of skull deformation from spending…
- tump verb To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
- tune up verb To beat up (someone).
- turducken noun A dish, usually roasted, consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken, and…
- turkey noun A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase.
- turkey shoot noun A hunt or hunting competition, using rifles or shotguns, in which wild turkeys are the prey; a marksmanship contest in which a turkey is…
- turkey trot noun A footrace held on or around Thanksgiving Day.
- turn signal noun Each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which is used to indicate the vehicle is moving left or right.
- turnaround noun Synonym of goback.
- turnback noun A cadet at a military academy who fails a class and has to retake it.
- turnout noun A place to pull off a road.
- turnpike noun A toll road, especially a toll expressway. In some places the clipped version, pike, is used for roads without tolls.
- turnt up adj Turned or hyped up; wild and crazy; excited.
- turtle noun Any land, aquatic, or semi-aquatic reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also…
- turtle hull noun The trunk of a car; a storage compartment under the hood.
- turtleneck noun A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.
- tush noun The buttocks.
- TV timeout noun A time-out taking place during a televised sports match where the game clock is stopped for a period of time to allow for TV commercials to…
- tweak verb To abuse methamphetamines, especially crystal meth.
- tweep verb To kill; to assassinate.
- tweezer noun A pair of tweezers, tweezers.
- twelfth grade noun The period in school that comes after eleventh grade and, rarely in the US, before thirteenth grade.
- twenty-three intj Get lost; get out: leave.
- twerk noun A puny or insignificant person, generally male; a twerp.
- twerp noun A small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible.
- twin noun A twin-size mattress.
- twin bed noun A single bed.
- twin XL noun A mattress that is slightly longer (usually 38.5 × 79.5 in or 98 × 202 cm) than a twin; a bed designed for such a mattress.
- Twinkie defence noun A legal defense of diminished responsibility based on a claim that irregular behavior is caused by a poor diet or junk food.
- twit noun Chiefly in the form in a twit: clipping of twitter (“a state of excitement or nervousness”).
- two noun A two-dollar bill.
- two by four noun A length of sawn wood of cross section nominally 2 inches by 4 inches (actual dimensions 1½ × 3½ in modern use), most often employed as…
- two cents noun A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial.
- two percenter noun A student of Texas A&M University who only attends classes and does not participate in student activities or traditions.
- two-bit adj Costing 25 cents.
- two-forty on a plank road phrase A very fast speed.
- two-spirit noun A Native North American bisexual, homosexual, or gender-variant person; especially one belonging to a traditional tribal third-gender…
- two-way switch noun A plain type of light switch that can control lights, or other electrical loads, from a single location; a single-throw switch.
- twomp noun 20 U.S. dollars' worth of marijuana.
- tylenol noun The pharmaceutical drug acetaminophen (“paracetamol”).
- typewriter noun A machine gun or submachine gun (from the noise it makes when firing).
- U-Haul lesbian noun A lesbian in a relationship that progresses very quickly, for example moving in together after only a short period of time.
- U-Haul syndrome noun In lesbian culture, the tendency of relationships to progress very quickly, for example when partners move in together after only a short…
- U.S. survey foot noun A measurement unit for distance; the standard foot for surveying in the United States from 1893 to 2022; having a value of 1200/3937 metres…
- uffdah intj A term for sensory overload. Can be used as an expression of surprise, astonishment and sometimes dismay.
- ugly stick noun A notional stick with which unattractive people are said to have been hit, causing them to become ugly.
- um intj Dated spelling of mmm.
- un-American adj Incivil, immoral.
- unavailable noun A communist who operated underground and was therefore not available for a political leadership position.
- unbanged adj Without bangs (the hairstyle).
- uncheck verb To remove a checkmark.
- uncle intj A cry used to indicate surrender.
- undecillion num 10³⁶.
- under lock and key prep_phrase Imprisoned with little or no chance of escape; locked up.