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 pun | 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 |
Hatched-up | phr | Invented, concoct or devise, but often not factual |
Have | n | Swindle, hoax. |
Have | vb | Deceive, trick. |
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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