Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

jumper!
My uncle has his own puddle jumper. puffin. to get drunk.
Those guys go out and puff every Friday night.
I’ve been pu ...

plane.)
Let’s pull chocks and get out of here. pull down an amount of moneytv. to earn a stated amount of money. (An amount of ...

players up for the big game.
To m pumped us up at the sales meeting. pump something uptv. to flex and tense a muscle until it i ...

straight.
How can you be so pushed on so little booze? 2. mod. addicted to a drug. (Drugs. See also push.)
He’s pretty pushed, ...

straight.
Here take this and put your- self straight. put one’s nose in (where it’s not wanted) and stick one’s nose in (where ...

Put that in your pipe and smoke it!ex- clam. Take that!; See how you like that!
Everybody thinks you’re a phony! Put that in y ...

head, shut up!
Stop acting like a putty- head. put-up jobn. a deception; a deceptive event.
That’s really phony. A put-up job ...

Q.n. a quart bottle of liquor. (An abbrevi- ation.)
While you’re there, get me a Q. of whiskey.
She can knock off a Q. a day. ...

queer-beer 1. n. bad beer; beer of low al- cohol content.
I hate this queer-beer. Get out the good stuff.
Please don’t serve m ...

rabbit foodn. lettuce; salad greens.
I think I need a little more rabbit food in my diet.
Rabbit food tends to have a lot of v ...

bird cages! 2. n. ugly or badly styled clothing; an ugly garment.
I can’t wear that rag!
I need some new clothes. I can’t go a ...

trouble with something.
That idea raises hell with my plan.
The onions raised the devil with my stomach. rake on someoneGo to ...

The sergeant asked if there was a sheet on the prisoner. rare birdn. an unusual person; a person with rare talents or abilities. ...

rattle-trapn. a rattly (old) car; any rattly vehicle.
I hear Ted’s rattle-trap in the driveway.
I bought a rattle-trap for $40 ...

bender.)
It wasn’t a bad accident, just a rear-ender.
My neck was hurt in a back-ender. red gravyn.blood.
Your nose bleeding? ...

retard[“ritard] 1. n. a rude nickname for a retarded person. (Derogatory and un- kind.)
That retard is having a rough time.
Do ...

some righteous grass he’s got.
This stuff is really righteous! righteous collarn. a justifiable arrest. (As opposed to a setup ...

rip snortern. a remarkable person or thing; a hilarious joke. (Folksy.)
Old Fred is a real rip snorter.
Her new car is a rip s ...

rob someone blind 1. tv. to steal freely from someone.
Her maid was robbing her blind.
I don’t want them to rob me blind. Keep ...

rolling buzzn. a long-lasting drug high. (Drugs.)
What I want is a nice rolling buzz.
That stuff will give you a rolling buzz ...