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.
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 womanizer.
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.
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-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-hard	adj	Not very intelligent.
Half-there	adj	Simple, stupid, not all there.
Half-wide	adj	Immoral. 2. reasonably intelligent, aware what goes on and so, in certain circumstances, corruptible.
Hammer	phr	"Hammer Into" attack, beat up.
Hammer	vb	To hurt physically; beat up. 2. to drive at a maxium speed.
Hammer-head	n	Someone not very intelligent or mentally alert.
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 It To	phr	Accept someone else's achievements (particularly whwn one has little respect for the one concerned). 2. "got to hand to"
Handful	n	A difficult person or child.
Hand It to Someone	phr	Acknowledge someone's ability or superiority; admit defeat
Handle	n	A name; one's name. 2. a nickname. 3. nose.
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.
Hand-out	n	Food or money given to beggars.
Hand over fist	phr	Rapidly, readily, 2. large quantities, usually of making money.
Hand-picked	adj	First-class, choice, select
Handshaker	n	An insincere person; a swindler.
Hang by One's Eyebrows	phr	To maintain a position with great difficulty. 2. hang by the skin of one's teeth
Hang-down	n	The flaccid state of the penis.
Hang in the bell ropes	phr	To postpone a marriage even after the banns have been read in the church.
Hang in there	phr	To maintain a position, usually with implications of surrender.
Hangout	n	A crooks' rendezvous or hideout
Hangover	n	The after-effects of alcohol
Hang-up	n	An emotional concern or problem
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-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 lines	n	Bkad 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 run	n	A poor financial position.
Hard shell	n	Uncomprising fundamental,unswerving conservative, a set-in-stone thinker.
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.
Hard-timer	n	One serving a long and severe sentence.
Hard up	adj	Poor and impoverished.
Hard up for	phr	Badly at a loss for
Hardupness	n	Poverty, impoverishment.
Hardware	n	Weapons, firearms
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	Swindle, hoax.
Have	vb	Deceive, trick.
"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 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 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 An In	phr	To have special contacts.
Have the drop on	phr	To have an advantage oover another person
Have the edge	phr	To be superior or to be rated superior
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
Hayburner	n	A horse; a marijuana smoker from the nickname for a horse.
Hayhooks	n	Fists
Haymaker	n	A knockout punch
Hayshaker	n	A farmer
Haywire	v	To go haywire: to be botched, inefficient
Head-feeler	n	Headshrinker, psychiatrist, psychologist.
Head into	phr	Begin, commence, start, undertake
Headlights	n	The eyes. 2.The breasts
Headliner	n	A prominent person, a celebrity, a leading event
Headshrinker	n	A psychiatrist, psychologist.
Hear-tell	n	Gossip, hearsay, chatter.
Heady	adj	Intoxicated
Heart-knifer	n	A person who refuses to accept proffered affection.
Heat	n	Trouble; near to trouble.
Heaven-born	n	"The Heaven-born" - the rulers and leaders of the Indian civil service during British rule.
Heaven reacher	n	Preacher; evangelist, reverend, priest.
Heaven's dust	n	Cocaine
Heavyweight	n	An important person, an able person
He-blooded	adj	Strong; robust; virile
Heel	n	A person who informs against another or betrays him; a lag; a grass; also a petty thief
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.
Hell sticks	n	Matches
Hell wind	n	A tornado
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.
Hen-headed	adj	Brainless, stupid, half-wittish
Herder	n	A prison guard
Het up	phr	Angry, annoyed
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 out	n	A place of hiding
Hide out on one	phr	To keep a secret from someone
Hiding	n	A defeat; a great defeat
High	adj	Under the influence of 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-flying	adj	Pretentious; arrogant
High horse	n	Conceit, arrogance, formality
High-line	adj	High priced merchandise
High-stepper	n	A proud person; a person who lives extravagantly; a dissapator
High-strikes	n	Hysterics
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 on	phr	To make a pass at someone. 2. to make a sexual invitation to someone.
Hit the books	phr	To study
Hit the hay	phr	To go to bed; go to sleep
Hit the grit	phr	To go on foot
Hit the high spots	phr	To travel rapidly; to skim over rapidly.
Hit the hot spots	phr	To play in the large cities
Hoary-eyed	aj	Intoxicated, drunk
Hogwash	n	Swill and garbage to be fed to pigs. 2. nonsense,
Hold everything	phr	To refrain; to wait a minute
Holding the folding	phr	Have a supply of cash on person.
Hold out	phr	To with hold loot or information; money withheld in the division of loot; a gambler device for cheating
Hold your horses	phr	Do not be impatient; do not act hastily; restrain yourself
Hole	n	A cell
Hole in the road	phr	A village, townlet, stopover
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).
Home brew	n	Liquor distilled at home. 2. semen.
Home stretch	n	The last part of the task; the final period of time.
Honey	n	A honey is a sweet and lovable girl; also an very attractive one.
Honeyman	n	A man kept by a woman
Hood	n	A criminal
Hoodrat	n	A sexually promiscuous girl.
Hooker	n	A prostitute, street-walker, sex worker, strumpet
Hook up with	phr	Become friendly with; become romantically attached to
Hopperclod	n	A clumsy, awkward person; a clodhopper
Horn in	phr	To crowd in where one is not wanted; to interfere in the affairs of others.
Horn-mad	adj	Extremely lecherous.
Horny	adj	Sexually aroused especially after a long period of abstinence. 2. pertaining to a person with a lecherous nature. 3. virile.
Horsefeathers	n	Nonsense; buncombe, idiotic talk.
Hot	adj	As in she's "hot" meaning attractive and very sexy
Hot as a Strippers Last Grind	phr	Very hot, erotic,
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-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 slough	n	A residence where people are at home.
Hot stool	n	The electric chair.
Hot-tongue	n	A passionate female.
Hot-tongue	vb	To kiss passionately.
Hot water	n	Trouble, difficulty,
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
House of Dark Shadows	phr	Any building that is occupied, or thought to be occupied by enemy combatants, esp during the war in Vietnam.
House of Intake	n	A restaurant.
House of Lewdness	n	A brothel.
House of many doors	n	A prison.
Hunger street	n	A neighbourhood or suburb of a town where there is rampant poverty.
Hurdle	n	A difficulty, an obstacle

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