| alakazam | Used as an exclamation imparting supposed magical power, as when performing a trick.… | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| back-date | trans. To affix or assign a date earlier than the actual one to (a document, book… | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| beeper | A device that emits beeps (see also quot. 1946); also attrib. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| cellphone | A portable telephone which operates by means of a cellular network (see cellular adj. 6); a mobile phone. Cf. cell n. | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| 'copter | Short for helicopter n. Also attrib. Chiefly U.S. | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| crewman | A member of a crew (senses 5 and 6). | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| Lambeg | Used attrib. of the large drums traditionally beaten in Lambeg on ceremonial occasions; also absol. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| Mace | trans. To spray with Mace aerosol. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| Marquis | attrib. Designating or associated with a method of detecting opium alkaloids from the… | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| Marshall | the European Recovery Program initiated by Marshall in 1947 to supply financial… | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| multibit | Of a tool, machine, etc.: having more than one bit. | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| Municheer | = Munichite n. | 1942 | Go To Quotation |
| Nessie | A humorous or affectionate name for: the Loch Ness monster (see Loch Ness n.). | 1945 | Go To Quotation |
| one-worlder | A person who holds a one-world view. | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
| overkill | trans. To destroy (a target, etc.) to a greater extent than is necessary or desirable. Also fig. Also (occas.) intr. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| over-the-road | Of, relating to, or used in long-distance road transportation. | 1945 | Go To Quotation |
| piggy bank | A money box, esp. one shaped like a pig; (fig.) savings, any supply of money. | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| pit bull terrier | A breed of small, stocky, fawn and white short-haired dogs, widely regarded… | 1945 | Go To Quotation |
| prang | A crash or other accident in an aircraft; a crash landing. | 1942 | Go To Quotation |
| put and take | Stock Market. = put and call n. | 1929 | Go To Quotation |
| quad | Naut. A large four-sided jib used on racing yachts. Also more fully quad jib. Now chiefly hist. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| sad sack | An inept, foolish, or pathetic person (originally a member of the armed services);… | 1943 | Go To Quotation |
| sail-off | A series of sailing contests or races held to decide a championship. | 1949 | Go To Quotation |
| scatback | A fast-running backfield player. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| scrappage | = scrapping n. | 1949 | Go To Quotation |
| set-aside | Something set aside; spec. a quantity of commodities, agricultural produce, etc.… | 1943 | Go To Quotation |
| seven | intr. Const. out. In the game of craps: to throw a seven, and hence to lose one's bet… | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| SHAPE | An organization established by the N.A.T.O. Council embodying a structure of command for the defence of western Europe. | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| shape-up | A system of hiring dock workers for the day or half-day by arbitrary selection from a gathering of men on site. Also transf. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| sit-in | Of a strike, demonstration, etc.: in which persons occupy a work place, public… | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| skytrain | U.S. A convoy consisting of a number of gliders towed in line by an aeroplane, and used… | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| slap-back | A counter-attack, retaliation. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| smoocher | A song or piece of music suitable for accompanying slow, close dancing. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| snoopery | The activity of snooping or prying; surreptitious investigation, spec. into another's private affairs. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| snowcat | A tracked vehicle designed for travelling over snow (heavier and more rugged than a snowmobile). Cf. Sno-cat n. | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| sook | A mature female blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, of the eastern coast of the United States. | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| spin-rinse | A rinsing of washing in a rotating perforated drum which draws off water; a combined rinse and partial spin-dry. | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
| splake | A trout produced by crossing the lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, and the speckled trout, S. fontinalis. | 1954 | Go To Quotation |
| spot check | A check made on the spot; a quick check made on a random sample. Also attrib. | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| stanine | A nine-point scale on which test scores can be grouped in descending order of… | 1945 | Go To Quotation |
| stillage | The residue remaining in a still after a fermentation, usu. of grain or molasses, and removal of the alcohol by distillation. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| stockpiling | The action of making a stockpile of goods, raw materials, or nuclear weapons. | 1943 | Go To Quotation |
| strategize | intr. To formulate a strategy or strategies; to plan a course of action. | 1943 | Go To Quotation |
| stretch-out | A practice of requiring workers, esp. in textile industries, to do extra work or… | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| stroboscopy | Stroboscopic effects. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| Stuka | A dive-bomber of the German air force, esp. as used in the war of 1939 – 45. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| sudsable | Capable of forming soap-suds; also of garments: washable in soapy water. | 1951 | Go To Quotation |
| surface-to-air | Designating or relating to a type of missile designed to be launched from the ground or at… | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| swiftie | A fast-moving person: a rapid runner, a quick thinker. Also ironically. colloq. | 1945 | Go To Quotation |
| switch-on | The switching on of an (electrical) power supply, light, etc. Also transf. | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| tag-along | Applied to an uninvited follower. | 1944 | Go To Quotation |
| tailor-make | trans. To design (something) according to specific requirements. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| tee-off | The start of play in Golf; now also in other sports. | 1952 | Go To Quotation |
| telegenic | Of a person or thing: that shows to advantage on television; providing an… | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| torgsin | A Soviet trading organization in the 1920s and 1930s which sold goods only in return for foreign currency. Used attrib. | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| trimaran | A boat with a central hull and a float on each side. | 1949 | Go To Quotation |
| triphibian | One who or that which is capable of existing or operating in three different spheres… | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| trippage | The act or process of making a series of short journeys over the same route; the number of such journeys made. | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| trishaw | In the Far East, a light three-wheeled vehicle propelled by pedalling, freq. used as a taxi. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| Truman | the principle first enunciated by Truman in March 1947 that the United States should… | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| tuck-away | That may be tucked away. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| turnaround | = turn-round n. 1. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| tween-age | A person who is nearly, or has only just become, a teenager. Also (with the): such people as a class. Cf. tween n. Now rare. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| unsell | trans. To discommend or speak dissuasively of (a commodity, idea, etc.) to… | 1943 | Go To Quotation |
| unshirted | In phr. unshirted hell, serious trouble; ‘a bad time’. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| up-do | A style of dressing women's hair by sweeping it up and securing it away from the face and neck. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| viomycin | A bacteriostatic antibiotic, C 25 H 43 N 13 O 10, produced by several species of… | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| voicespond | intr. To correspond by means of recorded oral messages. | 1954 | Go To Quotation |
| voicespondence | Correspondence by means of recorded oral messages. | 1954 | Go To Quotation |
| voicespondent | A person who corresponds by means of recorded oral messages. | 1954 | Go To Quotation |
| weigh-in | Boxing. The weighing-in of a boxer before a fight. See sense 9a of weigh v. | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| white-out | N. Amer. A heavy snow-storm, a blizzard. | 1942 | Go To Quotation |
| write-in | The name of an unlisted candidate inserted by a voter on a ballot-paper, etc., as the… | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
