Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

locked.
A snatcher hauled her away to the station. snaved in[snevd...] mod. drug intoxicated.
The poor guy was as snaved in as ...

snooze[snuz] 1. in. to sleep; to take a lit- tle nap.
You can’t snooze every after- noon!
I snoozed a little bit before the pa ...

snozzle-wobbles[“snazl”wablz] n. a hang- over; the delirium tremens.
Freddy had the snozzle-wobbles this morning. He has no i ...

public.
Others talk about private mat- ters like social diseases till you’re sick to death of it. socktv. to punch someone or s ...

what you are selling.
I tried the soft sell, but that didn’t work. soft soap 1. n. flattering talk; sweet talk.
I don’t mind a ...

bitch to get out of here, but fast.
Look, you son of a bitch. I’m going to paste you one. 2. n. old buddy. (Used between close ...

away.
Yes, a soul kiss sounds silly—till you try it with somebody you really like. 2. in. [for two people] to kiss with inter- ...

sozzled and sossled; sozzly[“sazld and “sazld, “sazli] mod. alcohol intoxicated.
Man, was she sozzled.
She was so soz- zly ...

speakeasies so their locations would remain a secret. Speak it!exclam.Say it!; You said it!; That’s telling them!
Speak it, sis ...

spiffed outmod. nicely dressed up; decked out.
I like to get all spiffed out every now and then.
Wow, you look spiffed out! Wh ...

spit and polishn. orderliness; ceremonial precision and orderliness.
I like spit and polish. It comes from being in the mil- it ...

set off the silent alarm.
Don’t spook the cattle. They’ll stampede. 2. n. a spy; a CIA (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency) agent ...

spunky[“sp@Nki] mod. gutsy; courageous.
I like a spunky girl—one who can really dance.
The guy’s a shrimp, but he’s spunky. sq ...

sent their squealers to market at just the right time.
I was horrified to learn that bacon comes from squealers. squeeze 1. n. ...

female.
Wow, is she ever stacked!
I like to see stacked dames like that starting to do business in this place. stack the deckt ...

stand-outn. an extraordinary thing or per- son.
Bob is a real stand-out in our bowl- ing league.
This car is a real stand-out ...

He plans to steamroller this bill through Congress, but it just won’t work.
When you can’t steamroller something, try soft soa ...

That is the result of a dreadful stew. I won- der what’s wrong. stew bumn. a drunkard; an alcoholic.
You’re going to end up a ...

I can’t drive a stick shift!
My husband took the other car and stuck me with the stick shift. stick someone with somethingtv. ...

stinking (drunk)mod. alcohol intoxicated.
He was really stinking.
She came within an inch of getting stinking drunk. stinking ...