out a hitch. It was a gas. 9. n. the charge
or rush after the injection of a drug into
a vein. (Drugs.) Man, wait’ll you taste
the burn from this stuff. I don’t want a
big burn; just drag it out for about an hour.- tv. to cook food. Why don’t you
burn some chow for me? Burn your own
stuff, you lazy good-for-nothing man!
burn artistn. someone who cheats or
harms someone else; an informer. (Un-
derworld.) Never trust a known burn
artist. The fuzz rounded up all the burn
artists in the district and pumped them for
info.
burned 1. mod. cheated; betrayed. Man,
did I get burned in that place! We s u re
got burned on that deal. 2. mod. disap-
pointed; humiliated; put down. When-
ever we rap, you’re never happy till I’m
burned. Ha! You’re burned! 3. and
burned upmod. very angry. I’ve never
been so burned up at anyone. Boy, was
I burned!
burned out and burnt out 1. mod. tired;
bored. I’m burned out after all that par-
tying. I don’t want to work with burnt
out people. I need energy. 2. mod. having
to do with the ruined veins of an addict.
(Drugs.) These old ropes are just burned
out. I don’t know what to do. My veins
are burnt out so I shoot in the jug. 3. mod.
ruined by marijuana smoking. (Drugs.
See also burnout.) The poor kid was
burned out at the age of twelve. What’s
left for these burned out kids? 4. mod. no
longer affected by a particular drug.
(Drugs.) It’s no good. I’m just burned
out. The stuff doesn’t affect me at all.
She was burned out on Q.
burned upGo to burned.
burnout[“b#naUt] 1. n. a person who is ru-
ined by drugs. The kid’s a burnout.
What can you do? Two burnouts sat on
the school steps and stared at their feet. 2.
n. someone no longer effective on the job.
As a teacher, Fred is a burnout. We
try to find some other employment for the
burnouts.
burn rubbertv. to run a car engine so fast
that one spins the tires so that rubber is
left on the street. (See also lay (some)
rubber.) Man, this hog can really burn
rubber. When George was at the age
when the greatest thrill was burning rub-
ber, he began to shave once a week.
burn someone downtv. to humiliate
someone. Man, don’t you ever burn me
down like that again! TYou just want to
burn down everybody to make yourself
seem better.
burn someone uptv. to make someone
very angry. That kind of thing just
burns me up. This whole business burns
all of us up.
burnt offeringn. burned food; a badly
cooked meal. Everything I try to cook
turns out to be a burnt offering. All I
have to look forward to after work is a
burnt offering.
burnt outGo to burned out.
burn with a low blue flame 1. in. to be
heavily alcohol intoxicated. Yeah, he’s
burning with a low blue f lame. He’s not
just drunk, he’s burning with a low blue
f lame. 2. in. to be quietly and intensely
angry. She just sat there with her steak
in her lap, burning with a low blue f lame.
She was quiet, but everyone knew she
would soon burn with a low blue f lame.
burpGo to berp.
burpsGo to berps.
bury the hatchet 1. tv. to make peace.
(From an alleged Amerindian practice.)
I’m sorry. Let’s stop arguing and bury
the hatchet. Tom and I buried the
hatchet and we are good friends now. 2. tv.
to leave surgical instruments in the pa-
tient. (Medical.) Did Dr. Smith bury
the hatchet again? The idea that a doc-
tor would bury the hatchet is a very old
joke.
bush 1. n. the pubic hair. (Usually objec-
tionable.) How old were you when you
started growing a bush? 2. n. women con-
sidered as a receptacle for the penis.
(Rude and derogatory.) Bubba says he
gotta have some bush.
bush bitch and bush pign. an ugly or un-
pleasant female. (Derogatory.) To m’sbush bitch