Advanced search

Content in Definitions starting with K

Page 5 out of 7 Pages

  • kill the sin
    [cf. SIN fault] v. phr. to say that something was no one's fault. (Andros, Eleu.)
    488 views
  • killing peter
    [cf. Scots killileepie the common sandpiper CSD] n. a small sea bird: (sp?): 1909 A species of small tern or
    492 views
  • killer-ka dick, killy-da-dick
    [evidently from its cry; cf. querequeté idem (Bond 1960: 127)] n. the mosquito hawk, Chordeiles minor: 1960 (Bond 127). 1977
    536 views
  • kill-em-polly
    [etym. uncertain, but cf. KILLING PETER] n. the least tern, Sterna albifrons,
    520 views
  • kill-em-peter
    [cf. PICK-PETER idem] n. the gray king-bird, Tyrannus dominicensis.= CHICKEREELY, FIGHTER, PICKCHEELY (Inagua, San Sal., White).
    580 views
  • kick off
    [cf. OED kick out to die slang] v. phr. to collapse; to faint; She kick off-they haddy call de am'lance 
    463 views
  • kick
    [by analogy, from the pain inflicted] v. (of insects) to bite: 1954 Where the hell these sand fly mosquitos come
    474 views
  • khus-khus
    See CUSH-CUSH
    379 views
  • khaki
    [from its color] n. a fish, the seargeant major (Abudefduf marginatus, A. saxatilis). (Eleu.)
    409 views
  • kerpunkle
    See CAPOONKLE.
    430 views

one category up

Definitions starting with K

Subcategories