Browsing page 8 of "W" words

• paint chips.

  Did you eat a lot of wall candy when you were a kid?

  Last edited on Feb 11 2002. Submitted by will n. from Houston, TX, USA on Feb 11 2002.

noun - uncountable

• Slang in the Bay Area, referring to ones' anus.

  Last edited on Jun 19 2017. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 19 2017.

noun

• a shy person who stands against a wall at a social gathering.

  Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

noun

• a large amount of text without paragraph breaks.

  I couldn't read that wall of text.

  Last edited on Apr 16 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 16 2010.

noun - uncountable

• alcoholic drink, especially beer. British expression, more common in NE England, e.g. Lancashire.

  Hurry up and drink your wallop, it's time to get another round in.

  Last edited on Feb 26 2018. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 05 2017.

verb - transitive

• to punch.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to hit, punch, slap.

  Last edited on Jan 20 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

• to go crazy.

  Pookie just started wallin' out in English class so they took him to the school office.

  Last edited on Jun 07 2013. Submitted by Lanisha T. from Baltimore, MD, USA on Apr 19 2002.

• to go all out or lose control. Normally used when speaking of a party or wild occurrence.

  We got to the club and started wallin' out.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to act wild, strange, crazy.

  Last edited on Jun 07 2013. Submitted by Nitzia on Feb 14 2006.

noun

• the "real world" time of day - i.e. the time of day displayed by the clock on the wall - rather than other measures of time, such as a computer's current uptime.
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• the amount of time taken for some task to be completed, as measured in normal human time. (This is different than some measures of time in computing.)

  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.