drain the bilgetv. to empty one’s stomach;
to vomit. Fred left quickly to drain the
bilge. Who drained the bilge in the
bushes?
Drat![drAt] exclam. Damn! Drat! I’m
late! Oh, drat! Another broken nail!
dreamboatn. just the kind of lover one has
always dreamed of. (Also a term of ad-
dress.) Oh, Pete is my dreamboat. A
face man makes a great dreamboat, as long
as you never get to know him.
dreck[drEk] n. dirt; garbage; feces. (From
German via Yiddish.) What is all this
dreck in the corner? I’ve had enough of
this dreck around here. Clean it up, or I’m
leaving.
dressed to killmod. dressed in fancy or
stylish clothes to impress someone. She
is always dressed to kill. I’m never
dressed to kill. I just try to be neat.
dressed to the nines and dressed to the
teethmod. dressed very stylishly with
nothing overlooked. She showed up for
the picnic dressed to the nines. Clare is
usually dressed to the teeth in order to im-
press people.
dressed to the teethGo to dressed to the
nines.
thedrinkn. the water of the ocean, lake,
pond, etc. Stay away from the edge of
the boat unless you want to fall in the
drink.
drinkiesn. drinks; liquor. Okay, kids, it’s
drinkies all around. What time is
drinkies around here?
Drink up!exclam. Finish your drink!; Fin-
ish that drink, and we’ll have another!
Okay, drink up! It’s closing time. Drink
up, and let’s get going.
drinkypoo[“drINkipu] n. a little drink of
liquor. Wouldn’t you like just one more
drinkypoo of Madeira? Just a little
drinkypoo, my dear.
dripn. an oaf; a nerd. Oh, yuck. He’s such
a drip. Bob is a drip, I guess, but he’s
harmless.
drippymod. weak; ineffective; undesirable.
Bob can be so drippy without even try-
ing. You are proposing some pretty
drippy ideas.
drive someone around the bendtv. to
drive someone crazy. (See also (a)round
the bend.) This tax stuff is about to
drive me around the bend. Gert tried
to drive us all around the bend.
drive someone bonkers and drive
someone nutstv. to drive someone
crazy. (See also bonkers; nuts.) This
cold is driving me bonkers. These tax
forms are driving me nuts.
drive someone nutsGo to drive someone
bonkers.
drive someone up the walltv. to frustrate
someone; to drive someone to distrac-
tion. These days of waiting drive me up
the wall. Staying in the house drove us
all up the wall.
drive the big bus and drive the porce-
lain bus; ride the porcelain bustv. to
vomit into the toilet. Harry’s in the
john driving the big bus. Who do I hear
driving the porcelain bus in the john?
drive the porcelain busGo to drive the
big bus.
droid[droId] n. a robot-like person; a nerd.
(From android.) Beavis is as close to a
droid as we’ll ever see. The droids are
taking over this campus.
droob and drube[drub] n. a dullard; an
oaf. Who’s the droob standing by the
punch bowl? That drube is my brother!
drool (all) over someone or something
in. to show enormous desire for someone
or something. He was just drooling all
over that new car. Sam was drooling
over Martha like a love-sick calf.
droopy-drawersn. someone—usually a
child—whose pants are falling down.
(Also a term of address.) Hey, droopy-
drawers, pull up your pants. Jimmy is
a regular droopy-drawers. Maybe he needs
suspenders.
drop 1. tv. to kill someone or something.
He dropped the deer with one shot.
Lefty tried to drop the leader of the gang.- in. to get arrested. (Underworld.)
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