Anglish Slang Wordbook/H

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Anglish	sp	English
Hack	n	An attempt, try, endeavor. OE: to chop, cut or cut into or through crudely.
Hack	vb	To annoy, irritate.
Hack	vb	To tinker with a computer system for pleasure and proof of one's expertise. 2. to gain unauthorized access to a computer system usually for illegal purposes.
Hacker	n	An enthusiast for using computers as an end in itself. 2. one who uses their computer skills to try to gain unauthorized access to computer systems
Hacking	n	The use of computers for pleasure. 2. the unauthorized access of computer systems.
Hack it	vb	To manage, to tolerate, to bear or cut through a difficulty, solve or work out a problem.
Hack it out	phr	To work out a problem, devise a plan.
Hackle	n	Courage, pluck, bravery; show a hackle: be willing to stand and fight.
Hackles	n	Whiskers.
Had	adj	Tricked, hoaxed, deceived. 2. seduced.
Hadland	n	One who has lost land they once possessed.
Hail-fellow-all-wet	n	A jocular reference to a drunkard. Based on 'hail-fellow-well-meet,' where 'hail' means 'healthy.'
Hair in the butter	phr	A delicate situation.
Hair of the Dog/Wolf	phr	A hangover cure that consists of drinking more alcohol that created the hangover.
Haired-up	adj	Annoyed, furious, upset.
Hair-head	n	A long Haired man; a hippie.
Hair-hopper	n	A woman who frequently changes her hair style.
Hair-monger	n	A womaniser.
Hairpin	n	American English slang for "person" c. 1880-1910, especially in the expression "That's the kind of hairpin I am." 2. clothespin.
Hair to sell	phr	Use of a woman prepared to prostitute herself.
Hairy	adj	Difficult, bad, unsatisfactory. 2. excellent, outstanding; stylish. 3.strange, weird, complicated. 4. dangerous. 5. sexy.
Hairy-heeled	adj	Socially inferior.
Hairy wheel	n	Pudendum. 2. male genitals.
Half	phr	"In Half a Shake" - in a moment.
Half	phr	"To Half Step" - to make a feeble effort. 2. to act in an ineffectual manner. 3. to looaf, idle.
Half-a-foot	n	A person with a prosthetic leg.
Half and between	phr	Of a person slightly, eccentric or mad.
Half a stretch away	phr	Half a block away; near or close by. 2. a stone throw away.
Half-away	adj	Not all there, mad, insane; half-there.
Half-baked	adj	Hastily prepared, inadequate, incomplete, inchoate
Half-blind	adj	Intoxicated with alcohol.
Half-canned	adj	Slightly intoxicated.
Half-cocked	adj	Second-rate, not fully capable, unfinished. 2. to start something without proper preparation. 3. to turn out wrongly or messed up.
Half-gone	adj	Simple, stupid
Half-hard	adj	Not very intelligent.
Half inch	vb	To approach slowly
Half-shake	n	A moment, second, heart beat
Half smart	adj	Silly, stupid, unpredictable or reckless
Half step	vb	To make a feeble effort. 2. to loaf, idle.
Half-stepper	n	One who cannot be depended upon.
Half-strain	adj	A mongrel
Half-there	adj	Simple, stupid, not all there.
Half-way house	n	A boarding house or place offering, short-term accommodation.
Half-way strainer	n	A social climber
Half-wide	adj	Immoral. 2. reasonably intelligent, aware what goes on and so, in certain circumstances, corruptible.
Halter	n	A hangman's noose.
Halter-broke	adj	Timid, submissive, unadventurous, (as a horse, used to the halter)
Halvies	n	Equal shares.
Halvers	n	"Go Halvers"
Hammer	n	The accelerator of a car. 2. a heavy puncher. 3. unfair and ongoing criticism
Hammer	vb	To hurt physically; beat up. 2. to drive at a maximum speed. 3. to solicit money.
Hammer and nail	phr	To beat up severely, hammer
Hammered	adj	Drunk. 2. intoxicated by drugs. 3. to subject to carping and constant criticism.
Hammered down	phr	Of little worth or note, insignificant. 2. short, squat and stunted.
Hammer-head	n	Someone not very intelligent or mentally alert.
Hammer into	phr	Attack, beat up.
Hammerish	adj	Very well aware.
Hammer lane	n	Overtaking traffic lane.
Hammer man	n	An authoritarian.
Hammer on	phr	To reiterate, nag
Hand	n	A person, as a cool hand or loose hand. 2. an expert, usually, combining with a defining adjective.
Hand	vb	Tell with an intent to deceive
Hand and fist	phr	never truncated.
Handcuff	n	An engagement ring
Handful	n	A difficult person or child.
Hand in one's chips	phr	To die, pass away.
Hand it to Someone	phr	Acknowledge someone's ability or superiority; admit defeat>
Hand it To	phr	Accept someone else's achievements (particularly whwn one has little respect for the one concerned). 2. see "got to hand to"
Handle	n	A name; one's name. 2. a nickname. 3. nose.
Handle	vb
Handle like a foot	phr	Clumsy, badly-shaped handwriting.
Handles	n	The fat around one's waist.
Hand-me-downs	n.	Second hand clothing.
Hand-me-down shop	n	A shop that sells second-hand goods and items at a low cost.
Hands off	excl	Leave it alone
Hand-out	n	Food or money given to beggars.
Hand out	vb	Food or money given to the needy.
Hand out a line	phr	To deceive through a cunning story or excessive charm.
Hand over fist	phr	Rapidly, readily, 2. large quantities, usually of making money.
Hand-picked	adj	First-class, choice, select
Handshake	n	Tip or bribe, given surreptitiously; as a golden handshake, green handshake
Handshaker	n	An insincere person; a swindler.
Hands off	phr	A way of doing things that distance the performer from the subject of the action.
Handsome	excl	A general term of approval, wonderful.
Hand someone the cold and frosty	phr	Reject, reject.
Handstaff	n	The handle of a flail.
Hand to fist	phr	One after the other
Handy	adj	Useful
Handy for	phr	Near to, close at hand, convenient to
Hang	n	+
Hang	vb
Hang by one's eyebrows/eyelids	phr	To maintain a position with great difficulty. 2. hang by the skin of one's teet
Hang-down	n	The flaccid state of the penis.
Hanger	n	Wallet hanging from a pocket, thus ready for pickpocketing
Hangers	n	Gloves
Hang-in	n	Influence
Hanging-bee ?	n	Public execution
Hang in the bell ropes	phr	To postpone a marriage even after the banns have been read in the church.
Hang in the hedge	phr	Be undecided, fence sit
Hang in there	phr	To maintain a position, usually with implications of surrender.
Hang it all on one's back	phr	Of a woman who display wealth by wearing extravagant dress and jewellry
Hang it on	phr	To tease, rib, criticise someone
hang (it) out	phr	Endure
Hang it up	phr	To give up, accept defeat. 2. accept that what one hoped to achieve will not be realised.
Hang one on	phr	Hit or punch someone.
Hang oneself out	phr	Take a risk
Hang one's hat up	phr	Retire from one's place of employment.
Hang one's lip	phr	Have a bad temper, sulk, become morose
Hangout	n	A crooks' rendezvous or hideout. 2. a dwelling place, a home.
Hang out	vb	To live, exist, be found or situate at, endure. 2. to meet at a place on a regular basis. 3. to idle away time with others.
Hang out cool	phr	Take things in life casually.
Hangover	n	The after-effects of alcohol
Hang the moon	phr	To be very important. 2. to be conceited, think highly of oneself.
Hang tough	n	A rough and tough person.
Hang tough	vb	To be aggressive, confrontational,
Hang tough	adj	Very aggressive, stubborn, obstinate.
Hang-up	n	An emotional concern or problem. 2. neurosis, obsession.
Hang up	vb	To end a telephone call
Hang up one's fiddle	phr	To stop what one is doing. 2. to retire.
Hang up one's gloves	phr	To retire from one's professions as a boxer.
Hang up one's harness	phr	To retire, die, pass away
Hang up one's hat	phr	To reire, to die.
Hang up one's ladle	phr	To get married: the bride brings kitchen implements to hang up in her new home.
Hang with	vb	Associate or spend time.
Hard-back	n	Approaching middle age or older. 2. used of one who should know better (the onset of back problems with middle age.
Hard-baked	adj	Strong, resistant, unrelenting.
Hard-body	n	A physically, sexually attractive male.
Hard-doer	n	An eccentric character who never gives up despite an circumstances. 2. an amusing fellow a good sport.
Hard down	adj	Truthful, genuine, dependable.
Hard down	adv	Truly, really, genuinely.
Hard-ears	n	Disobedience; one who refuses to listen. 2. obstinate, stubborn.
Hard-eyes	adj	Unpleasant look, disapproving state.
Hard-nosed	adj	Stubborn
Hard hat	n	A construction worker.
Hard hitting	adj	Smart, fashionable
Hard lines	n	Bad luck, misfortune.
Hard-mouth	vb	Slander, attack verbally.
Hard man	n	A thug, a professionally violent person. 2. one who hads high opinion of his own powers, usually physical.
Hard neck	n	Cheek; impudence, thus a person who displays such chaaracteristics.
Hard-nosed	adj	Uncompromising, unyielding, extreme. 2. common-sensible, practical, pragmatic
Hard nut	n	A tough person, a dangerous enemy; anything difficult to achieve - as a hard nut to crack
Hard pan	n	Fundamental, conservative, as get down to hard pan get down to basics, come down to fundamentals.
Hard put	phr	In financial difficulties.
Hard rock	n	A physically tough person. 2. an emotionally tough person. 3. crack cocaine.
Hard run	n	A poor financial position.
Hard shell	n	Uncomprimising fundamental,unswerving conservative, a set-in-stone thinker.
Hard tail	phr	A mule
Hard talk	n	To employ pressure tactics in a marketing or sales pitch. 2. deep and persistent questioning during interview or press conference.
Hard time	n	A long and severe prison sentence.
Hard time	vb	To harass: to hard time, as 'give a hard time'
Hard-timer	n	One serving a long and severe sentence. 2. some one who wears worn out clothes.
Hard up	adj	Poor and impoverished. 2. unableto attract a partner. 3. a cigarette made from the discarded ends of others.
Hard up for	phr	Badly at a loss for
Hardupness	n	Poverty, impoverishment.
Hard walk	n	A swagger
Hardware	n	Weapons, firearms
Hardword	n	To make demands, (especially financial or sexual )of someone.
Harkers	n	The ears
Has-been	n	One once successful, but now waning in skills and ability
Hat-time	n	The end of a day's work
Hat up	vb	To exit, leave (put on one's hat).
Hatched-up	phr	Invented, concoct or devise, but often not factual
Have	n	A swindle, hoax, confidence trick.
Have	vb	Deceive, trick, cheat. 2. to seduce
Have a bellyful	phr	To lose patience, to become extremely by annoying repitition.
Have a bit of Rough	phr	Have sexual intercourse
Have a bit on	phr	Have a wager
Have a busy foot	phr	Of a horse, to be a fast mover. 2. to be a quick mover.
Have a catfish's death	phr	Drown oneself
Have a chip on one's shoulder	phr	Habitually combative attitude, usually because of a harbored grievance, sense of inferiority, or having something to prove. 2. a tendency to take offence quickly.
Have a crack	phr	To attempt, try at.
Have a downer on	phr	To bear a grudge
Have a down on	phr	To be hostile towards, to be prejudiced against.
Have a field day	phr	To have a task or problem turn out to be quite simple. 2. to have a great and unopposed success.
Have a few	phr	To a drink one too many.
Have a field day	phr	To have a task or problem turn out to be infinitely simple. 2. to have a great and unopposed success.
Have a flea in one's ear	phr	To be reprimanded. 2. to be angry. 3. to fail in one's intentions.
Have a fly at	phr	Have a go at, try to do something, take a "shot" at.
Have a foot in the dish	phr	Get a share in. 2. become involved in
Have a good innings"	phr	To live a long life.
Have a fishy eye"	phr	To have a glazed eye. 2. to look at suspiciously.
Have a go	phr	To try, endeavour, attempt.
Have a go at	phr	To attack verbally and physically.
Have a go	phr	To take a turn, have a spell at.
Have a go at someone	phr	To confront, criticise, insult.
Have a good innings	phr	To live a good innings
Have a gut like a crane	phr	To be very thirsty
Have a hate on	phr	To dislike greatly, loathe.
Have a heart	phr	Don't be cruel. 2 have pity on
Have a hit on	phr	Of one or of an undertaking :make an impact on.
Have a lark	phr	Have a lot of fun, especially at the expense of another.
Have a laugh of	phr	To outwit, get the better of.
Have a line on	phr	To comprehend, understanding, be familiar with.
Have a Loan of	phr	Treat like a fool. +
Have an axe to grind	phr	A proposition or point of view to advocate, especially motivated by self-interest.
Have an egg in the nest	phr	To be pregnant
Have an in	phr	To have special contacts.
Have an itch in the belly	phr	To feel amorous, especially of a woman.
Have an oar in everyman's boat	phr	To interfere in other people's life and affairs
Have a put-in	phr	To have sexual intercourse.
Have a ring through one's nose	phr	To be obseesed, to the point of fooloishness with an other person, usu a lover, by whom one can be led.
Have a see	phr	Take a look at, glance
Have a sheet short	phr	To be mentally unstable or deficient
Have a shot at	phr	To give something a go or a try. 2. make a biting or negative comment towards another person.
Have a shy at	phr	Throw or take an aim at.
Have a spark in on's throat	phr	To be thirsty
Have a swollen head	phr	To be arrogant, conceited.
Have a thing with	phr	Have a love affair with
Have a tin ear	phr	To be musically or tone deaf
Have a tongue in one's head	phr	Ready to speak one's mind. 2.to be sarcastic.
Have a tongue to long for one's mouth	phr	To be outspoken, to be indiscreet
Have a wet arse and no fish	phr	To have been on a worthless endeavour
Have a wink in one's eyes	phr	To be sleepy, drowsy, nodding off
Have been (standing)in the sun too long	phr	Somewhat crazy or unhinged.
Have by the toes	phr	To hold securely
Have cobwebs	phr	To have lived a life of celibacy (for a long time)
Have cobwebs in one's throat	phr	Cobweb throat: the dryness in the throat after over consumption of alcohol.
Have cold feet	phr	Decide not to proceed with an intended action.
Have down cold	phr	Know something thoroughly.
Have ears	phr	Listen
Have eyes for	phr	To desire, wish for, usually sexually
Have fireworks in the brain	phr	To be emotionally disturbed
Have five minds to	phr	Be very much inclined to act rashly.
Have got knocked in the cradle	phr	To be born stupid; to be a fool
Have got something on somebody	phr	To have information on somebody that is likely to be disadvantageous to them.
Have got something on the winkle	phr	Have an obsession about something.
Have got the game by the throat	phr	To have a situation under control.
Have got them all on	phr	Be very well dressed
Have guts in one's brain	phr	Be smart, sensible, intelligent
Have had enough	phr	To have over-consumed alcohol; to be drunk
Have had it	phr	Fed up, exasperated by the situation.
Have had it up to here	phr	Exasperated, lost patience with
Have had it with	phr	To be annoyed, lost patience with
Have hairs on	phr	Out of date, dated, no longer thought to be funny
Have it	phr	Have sexual intercourse
Have it away with	phr	To steal an object. 2. to copulate.
Have it coming	phr	To deserve a problem, misfortune or punishment, etc.
Have it in for	phr	To bear a grudge, to feel hostile towards
Have it knocked	phr	To have a problem and life generally under control.
Have it made in the shade	phr	To have no problems.
Have it out	phr	To have a discussion airing one's thoughts and feeling on a difficult topic.
Have it so good	phr	To many advantages in life
Have it out of somebody	phr	To punish or exact compensation from.
Have it out with	phr	To have a frank discussion on a difficult topic.
Have mind to	phr	Be determined to do something. 2. have courage or be brave
Have more guts than brains	phr	Determined in on'e stupidity.
Have no head	phr	To be reckless, irresponsible, hare-brained
Have no life	phr	To exist in an aimless manner. 2. to have no purpose in life
Have-not	n	A person who is needy or poor.
Have no time for	phr	To be intolerant.
Have-on	n	Swindle, scam, hoax
Have one beat	phr	To gain ascendancy over another.
Have one foot in the grave	phr	To be or look like one who life is near to its end.
Have one's foot on the road	phr	Often traveling or being away from home
Have one in the box	phr	Be pregnant
Have one in the oven	phr	To be pregnant,
Have one more time	phr	To have a very good time
Have one mother too many	phr	Illegimate
Have one's brains on ice	phr	To be very calm.
Have one's ducks under	phr	Have one's life in order
Have one's eyes opened	phr	To be mentally alert.
Have one's fighting clothes on	phr	Be spoiling for a fight.
Have one's glasses on	phr	To look like an intellectual.
Have one's hand out	phr	To beg, cscavage.
Have one's head wedged	phr	To be stupid.
Have one's heart on one's halfpenny	phr
Have one's nose open	phr	To engender a sexual resonse in an another. 2, to be infatuated with another person
Have one's shutters up	phr	To act in an unfriendly and aggressive manner.
Have one's sitting breeches? on	phr
Have one's tail out	phr	Show anger (cat has its tail out when angry).
Have one's tongue hanging out	phr	To wait in eager expectation
Have one's wool shorn	phr	To have one's hair cut.
Have shut up the shop windows	phr	To be bankrupt
Have someone cold	phr	To have at one's mercy.2. to have at a disadvantage.
Have someone for breakfast	phr	Defeat a rival. 2. overwhelm.
Have someone in	phr	To swindle, con, scam, hoax, cheat.
Have someone on	phr	To hoax, swindle, scam, con, cheat. 2. be prepared to fight or accept a challenge. 3. attack (physically)
Have someone on a string	phr	To hoax, swindle, scam, con.
Have someone waxed up	phr	Have someone at a disadvantage
Have something	phr	A valid point or opinion
Have something above the ears	phr	To be intelligent: have a 'working' brain'
Have something down	phr	To be aware of th situation. 2. know what's going on.
Have something going	phr	To be in a close relationship, usual sexual.
Have something going for oneself	phr	To be in a good situation or circumstances working well for oneself.
Have something on someone	phr	Have someone at a disadvantage, usually negative or incriminating information
Have something on one's brain	phr	To be or become obsessed
Have the dead needle	phr	To be very angry
Have the drop on	phr	To have an advantage over another person
Have the edge on	phr	To be superior or to be rated superior
Have the fiddle but not the stick	phr	Have the ability to do something, but still lack the intelligence to do it properly.
Have the game by the throat	phr	To have a situation under control.
Have the game sewn up	phr	To be in a position where one can only win. 2. to be on a sure thing.
Have the goods	phr	To be well qualified or competent; to have the ability.
Have the goods on	phr	To be in possession of incriminating evidence
Have the grindstone on one's back	phr	Of a man, to be fetch the nurse for one's wife's delivery.
Have the hots for	phr	To desire sexually. 2. become enthusiastic, excited
Have the slows	phr	To suffer some form of imaginary to which onee attributes lassitude, inactivity and so on.
Have the woefuls	phr	Be miserable or depressed.
Have the wood on	phr	To have the upper hand over. 2. to hold at a disadvantage
Have the worse end of the staff	phr	To be treated unfairly.
Have the wrong end of the stick	phr	To have the facts wrong. 2. interpret the information incorrectly
Have-to	n	Anything inescapable, esp. something that is forced upon one by a social occasion, as a have-to wedding, a wedding that is arranged after the putative bride is found to be pregnant.
Have two left feet	phr	To be clumsy. 2. to dance poorly.
Have under one's belt	phr	To have in one's stomach. 2. to have to one's credit; to have stored away.
Have what it takes	phr	To have the necessary abilities and skills for success.
Have whiskers on it	phr	To be old, out of date
Have windmills in the head	phr	To entertain crazy notions, to fantasize.
Hawk	n	+
Hawk	vb	++
Hawk-eye	n
Hawk it	phr
Hawk one's fork	phr
Hawk one's meat	n
Hawkshaw ?	n	A detective.
Hay	n	A bed+
Hayburner	n	A horse; a marijuana smoker from the nickname for a horse. 2. a pipe-smoker
Hayfoot	n	A farmer.
Hayfooted	adj	Rustic, unsophisticated
Hayhooks	n	Fists
Haymaker	n	A knockout punch. 2. the Old Haymaker: (the sun whose rays are beneficial to crop growth).
Hayseed	n	A farmer; a simple peasant or rustic
Hayshaker	n	A farmer
Haywire	v	To go haywire: to be botched, inefficient, impaired.
Head	n
Head	n
Head	sfx	Many combinations, usually meaning foolish or idiotic, as: applehead, beanhead, bonehead, bowhead, boxhead
Headache	n
Headache stick	n
Headbeater	n	A brutal police officer.
Head bin	n
Headbuster	n	A brutal police officer.
Headbone	n
Head-candler	n	A psychotherapist, head-feeling, heaad-shrinker
Head-candling	n	Psychotherapy, head-feeling.
Head-devil	n	The boss
Header	n	A psychotic, unstable person.
Head-feeler	n	Headshrinker, psychiatrist, psychologist.
Head game	n
Head-hen	n	A landlady.
Head hunt	n	Look for trouble, start a fight
Head-hunter	n	An aggressive selfish and single-minded individual.
Head into	phr	Begin, commence, start, undertake
Head is not sweet	phr	Of old people suffering from dizzyness. 2. young people who are mentally unstable.
Head-knocker	n	A policeman
Headlights	n	The eyes. 2. spectacles, glasses, esp. tinted or dark glasses. 3. the breasts
Headliner	n	A prominent person, a celebrity, a leading event
Head shop	n	A retail outlet specialising in paraphernalia used for consumption of cannabis and tobacco and items related to cannabis culture and related countercultures.
Headshrinker	n	A psychiatrist, psychologist.
Head stick	n	Wooden-grave markers
Head-to-head	adj	At close quarters
Head-topper	n	A wig.
Heads-up	adj	Alert and skilful, especially in sport.
Head up and tail up	phr	Brash.
Heady	adj	Intoxicated, drunk. 2. ingenuous, shrewd
Heap	n	A large amount, often money. 2. a derogation, as a lazy heap. 3. an unreliable car; an old aeroplane.
Heap	adj	Very much; a largish quantity
Heaps	n	A large amount, an abundance.
Hear a bird sing	phr	Discover a secret
Hear it on the streets	phr	Gossip
Hear of it	phr
Hear someone's horn	phr	To acknowledge the importance of someone's opinion or point of view.
Hear-tell	n	Gossip, hearsay, chatter.
Heart	adj	Brave, courageous, guts.
Heart-beat	n	A split second, moment, as 'in a heartbeat'
Heart-knifer	n	A person who refuses to accept proffered affection.
Hearthstone	n	Butter spread liberally on a thick slice of bread
Heart-starter	n	The first alcoholic drink of the day.
Heart-to-heart	n	An intimate talk or chat.
Heat	n	Trouble; near to trouble.
Heat	vb
Heater	n	An overcoat. 2. pistol, small gun, revolver.
Heathenish	adj	Abominable, offensive, disgusting.
Heather	n	A pretty, but unintelligent young woman.
Heave	n
Heave	vb
Heave into sight	phr	To appear
Heaven-born	n	"The Heaven-born" - the rulers and leaders of the Indian civil service during British rule.
Heavenly	adj	Wonderful, splendid
Heaven-reacher	n	Preacher; evangelist, reverend, priest.
Heaven's dust	n	Cocaine
Heave up	vb	To be extremely sick, vomit.
Heavies	n	Threats
Heavy	n
Heavy	vb	To threaten, to menace
Heavy	adj
Heavy-arsed	adj	Apathetic lazy.
Heavy-foot	n	A plain-clothed detective or policeman.
Heavy heat stretch	n	The summer
Heavy-hitter	n
Heavy soul	n	Heroin (and the dangers of its long term use)
Heavyweight	n	An important person, an able person
Heavy wet	n	A downpour, deluge, torrent
He-blooded	adj	Strong; robust; virile
Hedge	n
Hedge	sfx	In compounds as, hedge-bird, creeper, whore etec
Hedge bird	n
Hedge-bit	n
Hedge creeper	n
Hedge hopping	n
Hedger	n
Heifer dust	n	Nonsense, rubbish
He would worry the dog	phr	Said of someone whose mien, appearance and behaviour would frighten even the most vicious guard dog.
Heel	n	A person who informs against another or betrays him; a lag; a grass; also a petty thief
Heel	vb
Heel-and-toe	vb
Heel-beater	n	A dancer
Heeled	adj
Heeler	n
Heel-licker	n	A sycophant.
Heel-thief	n	A petty criminal of the 'snatch and run' type
Hefty	adj	Weighty, strong, powerful, heavy or muscular person.
Hell (Sell) to a Bishop	phr	Be very persuasive (with the gift of the gab).
Hell-bender	n	A drunken spree.
Hell-bent	adj	Determined, insistent, set, as in "He is hellbent on finishing first." 2. Direct and rapidly, as in "He is hell-bent for Melbourne."
Hell-broth	n	Inferior whisky; cheap and nasty liquor,firewater.
Hellcat	n	A wild, devil-may-care person. 2. a witch.
Hell-dust	n	Any of the powdered narcotics. 2. heroin.
Hell-in-all	n	Absolutely none, nothing at all.
Hell-and-gone	adj	faraway, godforsaken.
Hell-bender	n	A formidable, outrageous thing or individual.
Hell-bending	adj	Arduous, hellish. 2. hellfire evangelistic preaching
Hell-bent	adj	Determined, stubborn.
Hell-broth	n
Hell-buster	n	An amazing, riotous or violent thing or person.
Hell-cart	n	A vehicle that gives a rough and uncomfortable ride to its occupant.
Hell-cat	n	A rake, a himbo.
Hell-driver	n	A reckless, dangerous motor car driver
Heller	n	One who lives an undiscplined, unfettered and adventuresome life. 2. a difficult, formidable or exciting thing or person.
Hell-fire	adv	An general intensifier.
Hell for	adv	Intent on, insistent on.
Hell for leather	phr	Very fast, at top speed, rip-roaring.
Hell-in	adj	Furious, angry.
Hellish	adv	An intensifier, as in 'hellish cold'
Hellishly	adv	An intensifier, as in 'hellishly cold'
Hell master	n	An overbearing, bullying individual.
Hell on wheels	phr	Anyone or anything regarded as the equivalent of hell, usually referring to character, speed or enthusiasm
Hells half acre	n	Any disreputable area or no-go place, esp a slum of a town. 2. hell's hollow, hell's bottom.
Hell's hollow	n	A disreputable, out of the way town or area. 2. hells half acre.
Hell's kitchen	n	Any generic term for any slum.
Hell sticks	n	Matches
Hell wind	n	A tornado
Hell with the lid off	phr	Something extremely difficult or hard to endure.
Helmet	n	A condom. 2. the glans penis
Helpers	n	Amphetamines.
He-man	n	A well-built man with plenty of sex appeal; virile and strong
Hemp	n	Marijuana.
Hempy	adj	A rogue suitable for hanging or the gallow.
Henberry	n	An egg, hen-apple.
Hen-headed	adj	Brainless, stupid, half-wittish
Hen-house	n	A women's prison.
Hen-hussy	n	A man over-involved in domestic duties.
Herder	n	A prison guard
Here goes	phr
Here we go again	phr
Herring-gutted	adj
Herring pond ?	n
Het up	phr	Angry, annoyed
He says, she says	phr
He went mad and they shot him	phr	A vague answer to a question.
He-whore	n	A male sex-worker.
He would	Excl	That is just like him; that is the kind of person he is. Expresses disgust
Hide	n	The human skin, thus one's life. 2. a horse. 3. drums
Hide	n	Impudence, as "what a hide"
Hideaways	n	Pockets
Hide-beater	n	Drummers.
Hide out	n	A place of hiding
Hide out on one	phr	To keep a secret from someone
Hidey-hole	n	A retreat or refuge. 2. a small hiding place.
Hiding	n	A defeat; a great defeat. 2. a thrashing
Hidings	n	Secrets
High	n
High	vb
High	adj	Under the influence of drugs
High and dry	phr
High and goodbye	n	An unreliable son.
High as fiddler's fist	phr
High beams	n	Car headlights whe not dipped. 2. the wide eye expression of someone on heavy drugs.
Highbrow	n	An aristocrat; a learned person; a person who thinks he is superior to his fellows or gives the impression he thinks so.
Higher up	phr	An official; an officer; any superior in an organisation.
High-bellied	adj	One in the final stages of pregnancy.
High-end	adj	Expensive and first class
High five	vb
High flyer	n
High-flying	adj	Pretentious; arrogant
High-go	n	Frolic, spree
High-hatted	adj
High headed	adj
High-heeled time	n
High horse	n	Conceit, arrogance, formality
High in the instep	phr
High in tooth	phr	arrogant, boastful
High-line	adj	High priced merchandise
High-nosed	adj	Arrogant, conceited, snobbish, supercilious
High-on	adj	Enthusiastic
High on oneself	phr	Conceited.
High-stepper	n	A proud person; a person who lives extravagantly; a dissapator
High-strikes	n	Hysterics
High up on the stick	phr	The level (high) to which to person has reached in their profession.
High, wide and handsome	n	Happy, carefree, pleasant, performing easily
High water mark	n	A dirty mark showing the limits to which a person has washed
Hinder-end	n	The buttocks
Hinders	n	The buttocks
Hind shifters	n	Buttocks
Hindside	n	The buttocks
Hinges	n	The joints of the human body.
Hinterland	n	The buttocks.
Hipped	adj	Carrying a gun.
His hair grows through his hood	n	Said of someone who 'on the road to ruin' (of a unkempt appearance)
His highness	n	Sarcastic term used by a wife to describe her husband.
His wife keeps the keys	phr
Hit	n	A success. 2. a gangland killing. 3. a paid assassination. 4. a single drink of alcohol. 5. an act of injecting narcotic drugs.
Hit	vb
Hit a home run	n
Hit-and-get	n
Hit and run	phr
Hit for six	phr
Hit gut	vb
Hit her up	phr
Hit his stride	phr	To play well; to improve as the game progresses
Hit it off	phr	To agree; to get along well together.
Hit it with	phr
Hit lady	n
Hit list	n	?
Hit man	n
Hit on	phr	To make a pass at someone. 2. to make a sexual invitation to someone. 3. to swindle, deceive.
Hit skins	vb
Hit someone up	phr
Hit someone with the book	phr
Hitter	n
Hit the books	phr	To study
Hit the deep six	phr	Die, pass away
Hit the hay	phr	To go to bed; go to sleep
Hit the grit	phr	To go on foot, leave, get moving, travel rapidly.
Hit the high spots	phr	?.
Hit the hot spots	phr	To play in the large cities
Hit the ground	phr	+
Hit the ground running	phr
Hit the hay	phr
Hit the road	phr
Hit the headlines	phr
Hit the high lonesome	phr
Hit the mainline	phr
Hit the needle	phr
Hit the pit	n	To be incarcerated. 2. to inject a drug into one's armpit
Hit the pot?	phr
Hit the road	phr
Hit the rods	phr	To ride a freight train (free of charge) as a itinerant.
Hit the roof	phr	To become extremely angry.
Hit the sack	phr	To go to bed.
Hit the sheets	phr	To go to bed. 2. have sexual intercourse.
Hit the sidewalk	phr	To walk the streets looking for employment.
Hit the steel	phr	Walk along a railway track, in order to find one's way to a town or city.
Hit the street	phr	To go out for the night.
Hit the toe	phr	To leave quickly, run away.
Hit the wind	phr	To leave quickly, run away.
Hitting it up	phr	Drink heavily, hit the booze. 2. to ask somebody for something .
Hit up	vb	To hit the booze; drink heavily.
Hit woman	n	A female hired to kill someone.
Hive	n
Hive off	vb
Hiver	n
Hoary-eyed	aj	Intoxicated, drunk
Hog	n
Hog	vb	+
Hog-caller	n	?
Hog down	vb
Hog-fat	n
Hog feed	n
Hogger
Hoggish	adj
Hoggy	adj
Hog heaven	n
Hog town	n
Hogwash	n	Swill and garbage to be fed to pigs. 2. nonsense,
Hold a candle to the devil	phr
Hold by the toe	phr
Hold down	phr	To keep a job for a sometime
Hold everything	phr	To refrain; to wait a minute
Hold foot	phr	Keep up with, sustain.
Hold hard on	phr
Holding	adj	Well off financially
Holding the folding	phr	Have a supply of cash on person.
Hold light	vb
Hold one's guts	phr	Keep or remain silent
Hold one's horses	phr
Hold out at	phr	To live, reside,
Hold out	phr	To with hold loot or information; money withheld in the division of loot; a gambler device for cheating
Hold out on	phr
Hold over somebody	phr
Hold someone's hand	phr
Hold someone's hind leg	phr	To act as best man at a wedding.
Hold to	vb
Hold-up	n
Hold up	vb
Hold with	phr	to agree with
Hold your horses	phr	Do not be impatient; do not act hastily; restrain yourself
Hold your mouth	phr	Keep silence or quiet
Hold your shirt	phr	Be calm.
Hole	n	A cell
Hole	n	A difficult situation, "in a hole"
Hole	n	"The Hole" : hell.
Hole in one's head	phr	Lacking in common sense
Hole in the road	phr	A village, townlet, stopover
Hole in thw Wall	phr
Hole out in one	phr
Holes and poles	phr	Sex education
Hole time	n	Time spent in solitary confinement etc.
Hollow	n
Hollow	adv
Hollow head	n	An idiot
Hollyweird	n	Negative view of Hollywood.
Holy bedlock	n	An extralegal sexual union between committed partners (based on holy wedlock).
Holy cow	excl	A sacrosanct condition
Holy deadlock	n	An unhappy marriage; a marriage wherein the battles between partners are hopelessly stagnated (based on holy wedlock).
Holy ghost shop	n	A church
Holy ground	n	A red light district. 2. a ghetto or slum, where villains and the poor were out of the reach of law enforcement. 3. an area under church jurisdiction, where criminals and the persecuted often had some refuge.
Holy show	n	A scandal, especially an embarrassing one, "to make a holy show"
Holy smoke	n	Exclamation of amazement.
Holy weed	n	Marijuana
Home	n
Home and dry	phr
Homebird	n
Home brew	n	Liquor distilled at home. 2. semen.
Home cooking ?	n
Home folks	n
Home for lost frogs	phr	England
Homeland	n
Home run	n
Homestone	n
Home stretch	n	The last part of the task; the final period of time.
Home sweet Home	phr
Homework	n
Homey	n
Honey	n	A honey is a sweet and lovable girl; also an very attractive one.
Honey	n
Honey	n
Honey	n
Honey	n
Honey cart	n
Honey-cooler	n
Honey dew	n
Honey dip	n	????
Honey-fall	n	A piece of good luck.
Honey hill	n	The poor area of a town
Honey house	n	Outside alavtory or toilet
Honey pot	n
Honey up	phr	Flatter, cajole,
Honeyman	n	A man kept by a woman
Honey moon	n
Honey-thighs	n
Hood	n	A criminal. 2. the area in which one lives. 3. (in prison) a fellow inmate who comes from the same neighbourhood.
Hoodie	n	Hooded sweatshirt, worn by many young people, especially those involved in rap music, as somewhat of a unifrm.
Hoodrat	n	A sexually promiscuous girl.
Hoof	n	The human foot.
Hoofer	n	A dancer, chorus girl.
Hoofing	n	Travelling by foot
Hoof it	phr	To walk, go on foot. 2. to kick. 3. to run. 4. to dance
Hoof out	phr	Throw out, expelled
Hook	n	The fingers
Hook	n
Hook	n	A finger, usu. plural, a hand. 2. an expert thief, a pickpocket. 3. the actual pickpocket that steals the wallet, money etc. 5. a confidence trickster, a scammer, confidence man.
Hook	n	A gimmick or an angle. 2. a catch or drawback, imposture. 3.
Hook	n	An influential patron, political influence.
Hook	n	An addiction.
Hook	n	A weakling, a conformist, esp. a non-gang member.
Hook	n	A telephone
Hook	vb	To fool, practise a confidence trick upon. 2. to addict someone to drugs. 3. to engage in prostitution. 4. hitchhike. 5. to punch.
Hook down	phr	To swallow
Hooked	adj	Tricked, fooled, deceived.
Hooked up	phr	Dating, going steady
Hooker	n	A prostitute, street-walker, sex worker, strumpet
Hook line and sinker	phr	Absolutely, completely
Hook onto	phr	Attach oneself to someone.
Hooks	n	Fingers and hands
Hooks and crooks	n	The leters of the alphabet
House-house	n	a brothel
Hook-up	n	The ability to get proper connections with certain people and things. 2. a connection, especially political one. 3. a romantic or sexual relationship or the person with whom one has relationship
Hook up with	phr	Become friendly with; become romantically attached to. 2. to marry
Hoops	n	The game of basketball
Hoops	phr	"Put Someone through their hoops" -
Hoop stick	n	The arm
Hop	n	A dance. 2. an organised dance held at a dance-hall and frequented by younger people.
Hopeful	n	An optimist. 2. neophyte, beginner (frequently used ironically).
Hope to hell	phr	To wish for intensely.
Hope to tell you	phr	A strong exclamation used to underline a speaker statement
Hop in	phr	To arrive, turn up.
Hop into	phr	Fight, attack. 2. start, begin something.
Hop into bed with	phr	To have casual sex relations with.
Hop off	phr	Leave, go away, die.
Hop one's frame to	phr	Travel unexpectedly to
Hopperclod	n	A clumsy, awkward person; a clodhopper
Hopping mad	adj	Furious, extremely angry.
Hoppy	n	A dance teacher, a lame person.
Hoppy	adj	Limpy, lame
Horn	n	A trumpet. 2. the nose. 3. a penis.
Horn child	n	The off-spring of an adulterous relationship.
Horn-dog	n	A sexually aggressive person.
Horned-up	adj	Extremely jealous, especially as a victim of cucloldry
Horner man	n	A man who has the reputation of cuckolding others.
Horn-grower	n	A married man.
Hornies	n	Sexual desire.
Horn in	phr	To crowd in where one is not wanted; to interfere in the affairs of others.
Horning	n	Boasting, showing off.
Horn-mad	adj	Extreme jealousy, especially as victim of cuckoldry. 2. extremely lecherous, mad with lust. 3. lustful
Horns	n	A generic term for cuckoldry.
Horn sticks	n	Celery (the belief that celery is an aphrodisiac).
Horn thumb	n	A cutpurse.
Horn work	n	Cuckoldry
Horny	n	A cow, bullock, ox.
Horny-steerer	n	A bullock driver
Horny	adj	Sexually aroused especially after a long period of abstinence. 2. pertaining to a person with a lecherous nature. 3. virile.
Horse	n	A joke, especially at some one else's expense
Horse	vb	To joke, mess about.
Horse apples	n	Nonsense. 2. horse droppings.
Horsefeathers	n	Nonsense; buncombe, idiotic talk.
Horse flesh	n	Work that is charged for before it is done. 2.work that will bring in no further money.
Horse heavy	adj	Fat, obese.
Horse it	phr	To walk fast.
Horse kiss	n	A rough, loud smacking kiss.
Horse-leech	n	A quack doctor. 2. a prostitute.
Horseman	n	A promiscuous man, philanderer,
Horse meat	n	Corn beef.
Horse-nails	n	Money.
Horse's hangdown	n	A fool, idiot
Horse's meal	n	A meal without a drink.
Hose	n	The penis. 2. a prostitute's pimp. 3. a boyfriend.
Hot	adj	As in she's "hot" meaning attractive and very sexy
Hot and strong	phr	Severe and intense. 2. to deliver or receive severe punishment
Hot as a Strippers Last Grind	phr	Very hot, erotic,
Hot bed	n	A bed in a cheap rooming house. 2. a cheap rooming house (the bed is continuing occupied)
Hot book	n	Pornographic magazine, book, publication.
Hot box	n	Hot box or sweat box, is a method of solitary confinement used in humid and arid regions as a method of punishment. Anyone placed in one would experience extreme heat, dehydration, heat exhaustion, even death, depending on when and how long one was kept in the box.
Hot dog	n	A sausage with sauce in a roll. 2. One who is particularly successful at an occupation.
Hot dog	vb	To chase or harass
Hot-dogger	n	Boaster, shoe-off, braggart.
Hotfoot it	phr	Walk or travel rapidly; to hasten; leave in a hurry
Hot goods	n	Stolen goods
Hot-house	n	A brothel, bordello, naughty house.
Hot lips	n	Nickname for someone who has a reputation for passionate kissing.
Hot-milk	n	Semen.
Hot-rod	phr	The penis.
Hot sheet	n	Said of a motel or hotel that rents rooms for sexual liaisons for cash,without registering the names of guests using the rooms.
Hot-shot	n	A very important person (or one who believes they are).
Hot shot	n	Cyanide or another toxic substitute, injected by an addict, causing instant death and showing no trace.
Hot shot	adj	Conceited, self-opinionated, ostentatious.
Hot slough	n	A residence where people are at home.
Hot-stepper	n	One who escapes from prison (i.e. runs as if he-she feet are on fire)
Hot stick	n	A cigarette containing mostly marijuana.
Hot stool	n	The electric chair.
Hot-tail	n	A very lecherous, lascivious person.
Hot-tailed	adj	Infected with venereal disease. 2. lecherous, lascivious.
Hot up	phr	To heat or warm up. 2. of situations, events, to become more dramatic thabn before.
Hottie	n	A good looking member of the opposite sex. 2. a very unlikely story.
Hotting	n	Joy-riding.
Hot-tongue	n	A passionate female.
Hot-tongue	vb	To kiss passionately.
Hot water	n	Trouble, difficulty,
Hot wheels	n	A stolen car
Hot wife	n	A married female swinger who has sexual intercourse with men other than her husband, with the husband's approval.
Hot wire	n	Good news; late information
Hot wire	v	To start a car by crossing the wires
Hound	n	As a suffix: an enthusiast, as smoke-hound,
Hound dog	n	Someone who hounds around when they are not wanted.
Houndish	adj	Shamelessly gluttonous.
House ape	n	A small child.
House bit	n	A servant who doubles as a lover. 2. a housekeeper
House keeper	n	A servant who doubles as a lover. 2. a house bit
House for sale	n	A brothel.
House of Dark Shadows	phr	Any building that is occupied, or thought to be occupied by enemy combatants, especially during the war in Vietnam.
House of Intake	n	A restaurant.
House of Lewdness	n	A brothel.
House of lords	phr	Toilet, lavatory.
House of many doors	n	A prison.
House mother	n	A madam in the sex industry
House plant	n	An indolent person who does nothing but sits around
How are you going	phr	A general phrase of greeting (Australia)
How come	phr	Why
How does that hang	phr	What do you think?
Howish	adj	Somewhat out of sorts, not really well.
How's things	phr	How are you?
How is your father	phr	Nonsense, rubbish. 2. sexual intercourse
How will you have it	phr	General invitation to ave a drink.
Hue	vb	To beat (causing change in ones skin color).
Hung to	adj	Obseessed with.
Hunger street	n	Hungry street, hungry-hill: a neighbourhood or suburb of a town where there is rampant poverty.
Hungries	n	An appetite, have the hungries.
Hungry-belly	adj	Especially, of children, starving, malnourished
Hungry-hill	n	The poor area of a town, hunger street, hungry hollow, hungry ridge.
Hungry hollow	n	The poor area of a town, hunger street, hungry-hill, hungry ridge.
Hung for	adj	In need of, lacking
Hung for bread	adj	Impoverished, out of money
Hung to	adj	Obsessed with
Hung up	adj	self-obsessed, snobbish. 2. delayed or hindered. 3. desperate, poor, in trouble. 4. depressed, unhappy, neurotic, anxious. 5. obsessed, infatuted
Hung up on	phr	Obsessed with, esp. in love with someone.
Hunt one's hole	phr	To run away, seek refuge
Hunting	n	Searching for a victim whether for a theft or confidence trick.
Hurdle	n	A difficulty, an obstacle