Western

This page gathers the 74 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Western” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry.

1. alkali noun Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.
2. backset verb To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
3. banter verb To challenge to a match.
4. barber chair verb To split vertically upward from the partial cut and fall or kick outward.
5. bark noun Woodchips.
6. bathers noun A swimsuit; a bathing costume.
7. beal verb To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.
8. belling noun A shivaree.
9. berm noun The edge of a road.
10. bogan noun An indigenous person.
11. bogger noun Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground.
12. boondy noun a rock
13. buckaroo noun A headstrong, reckless person; a hothead.
14. buckwheat noun Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
15. budge verb To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
16. buggy noun A pushchair; a stroller.
17. California burger noun A cheeseburger with the addition of bacon and either guacamole or avocado.
18. camass noun A camas prairie
19. chipped chopped ham noun A finely ground, processed luncheon meat, typically made of spiced ham loaf shaved into thin chips; especially associated with…
20. chippy noun A prostitute or promiscuous woman.
21. communism noun Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.
22. coyote tobacco noun Any of several native species of tobacco (genus Nicotiana) which were used by American Indians in the area before the coming of Europeans.
23. crawfish noun Any of various freshwater crustaceans: crayfish.
24. crotch verb To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs that will haul it.
25. crud noun Cottage cheese.
26. cupboard noun A closet for storing coats.
27. diamond noun A town square.
28. ding noun an Italian person, specifically an Italian Australian
29. dinor noun A diner (small restaurant modeled after a dining car) in northwest Pennsylvania.
30. flatlander noun Anyone from the East; anyone from outside the Rockies.
31. football noun Australian rules football.
32. gidgee noun A type of long spear.
33. gilgie noun Either of two small freshwater crayfish, Cherax quinquecarinatus and Cherax crassimanus, endemic to the south-west corner of Australia.
34. grinny noun An eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus.
35. half and half noun A cup of coffee with the equivalent of half a packet of sugar and half a creamer of cream.
36. halupki noun A traditional Eastern European comfort food consisting of boiled cabbage leaves tightly stuffed with a savory mixture of ground meat (like…
37. hap noun A wrap, such as a quilt or a comforter. Also, a small or folded blanket placed on the end of a bed to keep feet warm.
38. home open noun An open home. A period of time, usually several hours in a day, during which a house which is for sale is open for inspection or tour by…
39. hooped adj beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; screwed.
40. horsemint noun An aromatic plant of the mint family, Agastache urticifolia.
41. hotel noun A public house or pub.
42. jackpot noun A difficult situation.
43. jag verb To pierce with a sharp object.
44. jumbo noun Synonym of bologna (“type of meat”).
45. jump a claim verb To enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation.
46. last chance saloon noun A saloon located at the end of a road or the outskirts of a town.
47. leaver noun Synonym of schoolie (“a senior student”).
48. leavers noun Ellipsis of leavers week
49. Marxism noun Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.
50. neb-nose noun The kind of person who is always poking into people's affairs.
51. nightcrawler noun More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.
52. pack verb To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
53. Pittsburgh potty noun A lone toilet, typically situated in the middle of a basement, without the amenities or privacy of a typical bathroom.
54. pony noun A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
55. pop noun An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
56. pug verb To pull or tug (something).
57. reverend adj Extreme, extraordinary, or powerful.
58. rustler noun An alert, energetic, driving person.
59. schindery noun A facility in which animal carcasses are rendered into useful by-products, such as hides, fertilizer, soap, etc.; a rendering plant.
60. skimpy noun A barmaid who wears little clothing.
61. slippy adj Slippery.
62. slough verb To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission.
63. snow level noun The altitude, in a mountainous region, above which precipitation falls as snow.
64. southerly buster noun A summer cold front which works its way up the coast, bringing strong cool southerly winds that replaces and relieves hot conditions.
65. sull noun A plough.
66. sweep verb To vacuum a carpet or rug.
67. trick noun A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
68. verge noun The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road.
69. water pocket noun A waterhole in the bed of an intermittent stream, especially the bowl at the foot of a cliff over which the stream leaps when in the flood…
70. wrangle verb To herd (horses or other livestock).
71. wrestle verb To throw down (a calf or other livestock animal) for branding.
72. yea intj Yeah, right, yes.
73. yeehaw intj An expression of joy or excitement, commonly associated with cowboys.
74. yellow pine noun Any western yellow pine, either a ponderosa pine or a Jeffrey pine.

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