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 8 of 66: from “box score” to “bulldog”.
- box score noun A score showing the final scores of the teams in a game, as well as certain individual and team achievements.
- box social noun A fundraising event in which boxes are decorated and filled with meals for two (traditionally by women) and others (traditionally men) bid…
- boxcar noun An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
- boy noun Heroin.
- boy in blue noun A policeman.
- boy toy noun A gigolo or younger man who is sexually pursued by an older person.
- boychik noun Term of endearment for a young boy, or a young man.
- boyfriend loophole noun A gap in American gun legislation that allows access to guns by physically abusive ex-boyfriends and stalkers with previous convictions or…
- bracing noun A form of the military attention stance.
- bracket noun “[” and “]” specifically, as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
- brad noun A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is…
- brag sheet noun (Navy) A list of achievements maintained by a serving sailor, used as a means of performance evaluation
- brahmin noun A member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA.
- brain trust noun Originally, a group of experts who advise a government, often informally.
- brainpan noun The braincase; the skull.
- brainstorm noun A sudden thought, particularly one that solves a long-standing problem.
- brakeman noun A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
- brand book noun A book recording the brands used by local livestock owners.
- brant noun Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
- brash adj Brittle (said e.g. of wood or vegetables).
- bread noun Money.
- breadline noun A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity.
- break the Internet verb To cause a connection to the Internet, or the Internet itself, to malfunction.
- breakbone noun A chicken's wishbone.
- breaker intj Used to open a conversation or call for a response on CB radio.
- breakfast club noun A disciplinary punishment requiring a student to come to school before classes, typically to work on homework or perform busywork; morning…
- breakfast sausage noun A kind of seasoned pork sausage, sometimes formed into patties, usually served at breakfast in the United States.
- breaktime noun A break for a worker or workers that splits a period of work.
- breezeway noun The space between two groups of rowhouses in the middle of a city block.
- Bremelo noun A young overweight woman in the area around Puget Sound Naval Station Bremerton, Washington, a major naval base, particularly one who seeks…
- bridal shower noun A party held for a bride-to-be in anticipation of her wedding, involving guests (typically female friends and relatives) giving her gifts.
- brig verb To merely pretend to be occupied, to lollygag.
- brigadier general noun A one star general.
- brights noun Synonym of high-beams.
- brillo pad noun The hair on the scalp of a black person.
- brim noun Synonym of bream (“a freshwater fish from one of a number of genera”); specifically (US), the redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus).
- bring it intj Used to respond affirmatively and aggressively to a challenge by issuing one in return.
- bring on verb To pose a challenge or threat; to attack; to compete aggressively.
- bring one's own hide to market verb To create one's own fate, as a result of one's chosen character and actions; to experience the appropriate consequences of one's behavior.
- bring to a boil verb To heat something until it reaches its boiling point.
- Brink's truck noun A secure truck, of the Brink's company, that carries bullion and cash.
- Britisher noun A Briton.
- broad noun A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
- broccoli noun Marijuana.
- brodie noun A suicidal leap.
- broil verb To cook by direct, radiant heat.
- broiler noun A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; known as a grill in British English.
- broke-ass noun A poor person.
- broken adj Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
- broken arrow phrase A code phrase indicating that a ground unit is facing imminent destruction from enemy attack and all available air forces within range are…
- broken-down valise noun A person who has fallen on hard times; a has-been.
- brokered convention noun A political convention held during a presidential election when a political party fails to choose a nominee on the first round of delegate…
- Bronx cheer noun Synonym of raspberry (“a sound intended to resemble flatulence made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and…
- brook noun A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
- broom closet noun A closet in which cleaning materials and associated equipment, such as brooms, are stored.
- broomie noun A broomtail (unbroken range mare).
- brown adj Latino/Latin American
- brown bag test noun The alleged practice of comparing an African-American's skin color to that of a brown paper bag, allowing them certain privileges only if…
- brown bomber noun A laxative.
- brownbagger noun A person who brings their own lunch to work.
- brownie noun A junior Girl Scout.
- brushback pitch noun An action intended to threaten or frighten someone.
- bubble butt noun Large, rounded buttocks.
- bubbler noun A freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), of central North America.
- buccalization noun The process of a speech sound becoming buccal.
- buccalize verb To make or become buccal.
- Buchananian adj Of or relating to Pat Buchanan (born 1938), American paleoconservative author, political commentator, and politician.
- buck noun An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
- buck fence noun A fence constructed with wooden posts attached to form Xs and a top rail resting where they cross, or rails nailed on either side.
- buck fifty noun A long slash wound across the face, especially one inflicted by using a razor blade, sometimes especially a Glasgow smile.
- buckaroo noun A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not participate in rodeos.
- buckbush noun Shrubs of Canada and the central US, Symphoricarpos occidentalis(also known as wolfberry and Symphoricarpos orbicularis (coralberry).
- bucket verb To engage in an illegal practice where a broker confirms a client's trade order without actually executing it on the free market.
- bucket of blood noun A rough, crudely furnished bar where fights may be expected.
- buckeye noun A native or resident of the American state of Ohio.
- buckle noun Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a cake baked with fresh fruit (often blueberries) and a streusel topping.
- buckshot noun Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game.
- buckwagon noun A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
- buckwheat noun Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
- bud noun Cannabis that has been taken from the flowering part of the plant intended to be smoked.
- buddha noun Marijuana.
- buffalo verb To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
- buffalo soldier noun An African-American soldier in the US Army, serving in one of a number of segregated units under white officers, in the period after the US…
- buffer car noun A nonhazardous railroad freight car in a train, typically used to separate locomotives and their crews from freight cars carrying hazardous…
- buffer zone noun A transitional area between areas of different land use.
- buffin noun A snack food resembling a biscuit and a muffin.
- bug noun Synonym of oil bug.
- bug juice noun An artificially fruit-flavored beverage, made from a powdered concentrate and water, that is often served at American residential camps…
- bug man noun A man employed to exterminate pests; an exterminator.
- bugger noun A whippersnapper, a tyke.
- bughouse noun A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
- bugwood noun Cutover scrap lumber.
- built like a brick shithouse adj Of a woman, having an athletic or muscular body; often implying also having large breasts or an attractive body.
- bulkhead line noun A line in a navigable waterway established by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, beyond which solid fill is not permitted.
- bull noun A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
- bull gravy noun Cream gravy.
- bull ring noun An unusually short track, typically six furlongs or less for one lap.
- bull roast noun An event where beef (typically not an entire bull) is roasted over an open pit barbecue, sliced, and served, sometimes with oysters.
- bull-bitch noun A tough, uncompromising person; a hardass.
- bulldog noun A bulldog edition.