(historical) A high medieval Turkish feudal title, originally charged with the caretaking and mentoring of the realm's crown prince.
badged
badged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of badge
badger
badger
noun
(in the plural, obsolete, cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
(obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
(obsolete) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
verb
To pester, to annoy persistently; press.
badges
badges
noun
plural of badge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badge
bagels
bagels
noun
plural of bagel
bagged
bagged
adj
(colloquial) Having been caught or successfully hunted.
Having been placed in a bag.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bag
bagger
bagger
noun
A retail employee who bags customers' purchases and carries them to the customers' vehicles.
A touring motorcycle equipped with saddlebags.
One who bags.
baggie
baggie
noun
(US) A small bag, especially a small, clear, plastic bag.
bagley
bagley
Proper noun
an area in north-west Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
a village in Hordley parish, Shropshire
a hamlet in parish, district, Somerset, England
a village in the City of borough, West Yorkshire, England
a small city in Iowa, USA.
a small city in Minnesota, USA
a village in Wisconsin, USA.
a town in Wisconsin.
bagmen
bagmen
noun
plural of bagman
bagnes
bagnet
bagnet
noun
(Philippines) crispy pork belly
baguet
baguet
noun
(architecture, zoology) Alternative form of baguette
banged
banged
adj
Alternative form of bhanged
Having the hair styled in bangs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bang
banger
banger
noun
(Britain) A firework that makes a bang.
(Britain, New Zealand, Australia, food, slang) A sausage.
(Britain, music, slang) A powerfully energetic piece of music, especially dance music.
(Britain, sexuality, slang) A man's penis.
(Britain, sexuality, slang) A woman's breast.
(Britain, slang, by extension) Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
(US, automotive, slang) A car or an engine; referring to the cylinders of an engine in a car. From the explosive bangs on every cylinder firing.
(US, crime, slang) Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.
(automotive, slang) An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.
(curling) One of the rocks that end up crashing against another, making banging sounds, after a throw.
(curling) One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
(military, slang) A Bangalore torpedo.
(sexuality, slang) A person who has sex.
bangle
bangle
noun
(dialectal) The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs
A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
verb
(intransitive) (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
(intransitive) to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.
(obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).
(transitive, obsolete) to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.
If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him. — Duty of Man.
barege
barege
noun
Alternative spelling of barège
barged
barged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barge
bargee
bargee
noun
A crewman of a working barge.
barger
barger
noun
(obsolete) The manager of a barge.
One who barges or shoves.
barges
barges
noun
plural of barge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barge
beagle
beagle
noun
A bailiff.
A person who snoops on others; a detective.
A small kind of shark.
A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.
verb
To hunt with beagles.
To search.
bebang
bebang
verb
(transitive) To give bangs to; style in bangs.
(transitive, intransitive) To bang about.
beberg
bebung
bebung
noun
(music) A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal.
beclog
beclog
verb
(transitive) To encumber with a sticky substance; clog.
bedbug
bedbug
noun
A small nocturnal insect (Cimex lectularius), of the family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts.
bedrug
bedrug
verb
(transitive) To drug abundantly or excessively.
bedung
bedung
verb
(transitive) To cover with dung or manure.
(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To bedaub or defile.
beflag
beflag
verb
(transitive) To decorate with a flag or flags; to hang a flag or flags on.
befogs
befogs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befog
begall
begall
verb
(transitive) To gall.
begani
begari
begary
begash
begass
begats
begats
noun
(nonstandard) plural of begat
begaud
begaud
verb
(transitive, rare) To make gaudy.
begaze
begaze
verb
(transitive) To gaze at.
begeck
begeck
noun
(transitive, UK dialectal) A disappointment; trick.
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To deceive; disappoint; jilt.
begets
begets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beget
beggar
beggar
noun
(UK) A minced oath for bugger.
(colloquial, sometimes endearing) A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
A person suffering from extreme poverty.
A person who begs.
verb
(transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
(transitive, figurative) To exhaust the resources of; to outdo.
begged
begged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beg
begger
begger
noun
Obsolete form of beggar.
begift
begift
verb
(transitive) To entrust; endow.
(transitive) To give a gift or gifts to; bestow or present with gifts.
(transitive) To give as a gift.
begild
begild
verb
(transitive) To gild; to cover with gold.
begins
begins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begin
begird
begird
verb
(transitive, archaic) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
(transitive, archaic) To encircle, surround, as with a gird; enclose; encompass.
begirt
begirt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begird
beglad
beglew
beglic
begluc
beglue
beglue
verb
(transitive, rare) To smear with glue; (by extension) to stick,
begnaw
begnaw
verb
(transitive, archaic) To gnaw; to eat away at.
begobs
begohm
begohm
noun
(dated, nonstandard) A billion ohms.
begone
begone
intj
(archaic) Expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away.
verb
past participle of bego
begoud
begowk
begowk
verb
(archaic, Scotland) To play a trick on, make a fool of.
begray
begrim
beguin
begulf
begums
begums
noun
plural of begum
begunk
begunk
noun
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) An illusion; trick; cheat.
verb
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To befool; deceive; balk; jilt.
behang
behang
verb
(transitive) To hang round or about, as ornament or embellishment; suspend; drape.
behung
behung
adj
Draped; ornamented with something hanging.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behang
beigel
beigel
noun
(UK) Alternative spelling of bagel
beiges
beiges
noun
plural of beige
beings
beings
noun
plural of being
beking
belage
belgae
belgae
Noun
A group of tribes living in northern Gaul, between the English Channel and the west bank of the Rhine, from at least the 3rd century BC.
belgas
belgic
belgic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.
belong
belong
prep
(Australian Aboriginal, optionally followed by to) Of, belonging to.
verb
(followed by to) To be a part of a group.
(intransitive) To have its proper place.
(intransitive, followed by to) To be part of, or the property of.
(intransitive, followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of.
(intransitive, set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to.
(obsolete, transitive) To be deserved by.
(of a person) To be accepted in a group.
beluga
beluga
noun
A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
A fish found in the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea (Huso huso), that is a source of caviar.
bengal
benign
benign
adj
(in combination) Not harmful to the environment.
(medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.
(of a climate or environment) mild and favorable
Kind; gentle; mild.
bergen
bergen
noun
(UK, military) A large rucksack.
berger
berget
bergin
bergoo
bergut
bering
bering
verb
(transitive, intransitive, dated) To encircle (something) with a ring or some other circular object (such as a shackle).
beshag
besigh
besigh
verb
(transitive) To sigh over.
besing
besing
verb
(transitive) To sing of or sing about; celebrate in song or poetry; sing the praises of; praise; laud.
(transitive) To sing to.
besugo
bewhig
bewigs
bewigs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewig
bgened
bidget
biegel
bigate
bigeye
bigeye
noun
Any fish in the taxonomic family Priacanthidae, which have large eyes.
Any of certain fish or shark species identified by their large eyes, in particular bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus.
bigged
bigged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of big
biggen
biggen
verb
(rare, obsolete) To make bigger
Pronunciation spelling of begin.
bigger
bigger
adj
comparative form of big: more big
verb
(nonstandard, rare) To make or become bigger.
biggie
biggie
noun
Alternative spelling of biggy
bigler
bigner
bilged
bilged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bilge
bilges
bilges
noun
plural of bilge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bilge
binged
binged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bing
simple past tense and past participle of binge
bingee
bingen
binger
binger
noun
Someone who binges.
binges
binges
noun
plural of binge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of binge
bingey
bingle
bingle
noun
(Australia, informal) A minor collision, especially between motor vehicles.
(baseball, slang) A base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.
A hairstyle for women that is somewhere between a bob and a shingle.
verb
(baseball, slang) To achieve a base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.
To arrange the hair in this style.
biogen
biogen
noun
(biology, dated) biophor
(biology, dated) bioplasm
blague
blague
noun
mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug
bludge
bludge
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Easy work.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) The act of bludging.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To do nothing, to be idle, especially when there is work to be done.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To not earn one's keep, to live off someone else or off welfare when one could be working.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To take some benefit and give nothing in return.
(Australia, obsolete, slang) To live off the earnings of a prostitute.
blunge
blunge
verb
(pottery) To mix clay and water.
bocage
bocage
noun
Alternative spelling of boscage
bodega
bodega
noun
(Philippines) A warehouse; a storeroom
(slang, New York City) Any convenience store.
(slang, Southwestern United States) Any small or medium-sized shop with a unique facade in a shopping center plaza, usually located in the center or the sides of the plaza. Does not include the anchor tenant of the shopping center, as they are usually referred to as the anchor.
A store specializing in Hispanic groceries.
A storehouse for maturing wine, a winery.
bodger
bodger
noun
A woodworker in the traditional style characterised by the use of hand tools, a pole lathe and use of green timber.
One who works in a rough and ready, slipshod manner.
bodgie
bodgie
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A member of a 1950s rock subculture; a teddy boy.
boeing
boeing
Proper noun
An American aerospace company that has created many commercial airplanes.
bogeys
bogeys
noun
plural of bogey
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bogey
bogged
bogged
adj
Stuck; unable to progress; having been bogged down.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bog
boggle
boggle
noun
(dated) A bungle; a botched situation.
(dated) A scruple or objection.
Alternative form of bogle
verb
(US, dialect) To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch.
(intransitive) To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.
(intransitive, obsolete) To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).
(intransitive, of a rat) To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.
(transitive or intransitive) Either literally or figuratively to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
(transitive) To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
bogier
bogies
bogies
noun
plural of bogie
bogled
bogles
bogles
noun
plural of bogle
boglet
boglet
noun
A kind of supernatural being.
A small patch of boggy ground.
bogued
bogued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bogue
boigie
bolger
bonged
bonged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bong
booger
booger
noun
(US, Canada, Philippines, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
(US, slang) A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.
(US, slang) Something suggestive of this material.
(surfing, slang, mildly derogatory) A bodyboarder.
boogie
boogie
noun
(informal) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity.
(informal) A style of swing dance.
(skydiving, informal) A large, organised skydiving event.
verb
(intransitive) To dance a boogie.
(intransitive, informal) To move, walk, leave, exit.
borage
borage
noun
Borago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves and stems, used in salads and cooked.
borger
borges
bougee
bouget
bouget
noun
(heraldry) A charge resembling the water bags that were used to supply the army in battle.
Obsolete form of budget.
bougie
bougie
adj
(Britain, Canada, slang) Fancy or good-looking, without the same connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness as in sense 1.
(chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, usually derogatory) Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery).
noun
(chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, usually derogatory) A person who exhibits bougie behavior.
(medicine) A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.
A wax candle.
bowleg
bowleg
noun
A leg that curves outward at the knee. It might refer to the leg of a human, animal or even a piece of furniture.