Browsing page 4 of new words for October 1, 2001

noun

• a female.

                                                            
  
  Citation from "Spring Breakout", Arrested Development (TV, 2005), Season 2 Episode 17 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                                                                                                                    
  
  Citation from "Love, Bullets and Blacktop", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 7 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                            
  
  Citation from "James Ellison Funeral", Party Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 4 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  
  Citation from "Hungry for Fame", Reaper (TV), Season 1 Episode 11 (2008) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from "Baby Monitor", Raising Hope (TV), Season 1 Episode 21 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  
                                                                                                
  
  Citation from "Chapter 4", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2009) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: woman, women, female.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.

• one's girlfriend.

  Hey, is that your new chick?

  • See more words with the same meaning: boyfriend, girlfriend, boo, significant other.

  Last edited on Jun 28 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 28 2011.

notes

• The term is considered offensive by some females, but is used by other females to describe themselves (e.g. "biker chicks.")

  Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.

adjective

• afraid.

  What's the matter, are you chicken?

  • See more words with the same meaning: afraid, scared.

  Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.

noun

• a coward.

                                                                 
  
                                                          
  
  Citation from "For British Eyes Only", Arrested Development (TV, 2005), Season 3 Episode 2 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a coward, wimp, weakling.

  Last edited on Dec 02 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.

• a young gay man.

  I'm looking for some chicken tonight at the bar.

  • See more words with the same meaning: man, men, male.
  • See more words with the same meaning: young person.

  Last edited on May 04 2007. Submitted by Bill C. from Yorktown, VA, USA on May 04 2007.

noun - uncountable

• a "game" played in motor vehicles where 2 vehicles drive towards each other, and the first vehicle to veer loses.
  • See more words with the same meaning: driving and driving maneuvers.
  • See more words with the same meaning: games (related to).

  Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

noun

• a movie ("flick") primarily of interest to females ("chicks"). This is often due to content (love, friendship, emotional scenes) or cast (primarily female). Examples include Steel Magnolias, The Truth about Cats and Dogs, etc. The term is used frequently by males when talking about such films. See also dick flick.

  My girlfriend couldn't go out tonight because she's watching chick flicks with her friends.

                                           
  
  Citation from "I Never Met the Dead Man", Family Guy (TV), Season 1 Episode 2 (1999) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: movie, film, video.

  Last edited on Oct 28 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.

noun

• affectionate form of address. From northern England.

  How are you, chuck?

  • See more words with the same meaning: friend, friends.

  Last edited on Feb 18 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on May 12 2011.

• a chicken. Australian slang. Variant of chook.

  My luck is so bad I couldn't win a chook raffle if I had the only ticket.

  • See more words with the same meaning: animals (related to).

  Last edited on Feb 18 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on May 12 2011.

noun - plural

• a pair of Chuck Taylor All Stars shoes. Also called Converse All Stars.

  Those are some nice chucks.

  • See more words with the same meaning: shoes.

  Last edited on Feb 18 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 29 2013.

verb

• to vomit.

  I think I'm going to chuck.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to vomit.

  Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.

• to throw.

  Chuck that ball over here.

  Are you trying to chuck me out?

  • See more words with the same meaning: to throw.

  Last edited on May 02 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.

• with respect to mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, and similar sports: to jump off a drop-off while moving quickly; "bunny hop a drop-off".

  She was riding really well and chucked it with style.

  • See more words with the same meaning: sports (related to).

  Last edited on May 13 2011. Submitted by MLD from Arlington, MA, USA on Mar 09 2003.

noun

• cigarette. Pronounced "sig."

  You got a cig?

  • See more words with the same meaning: cigarette, cigar.

  Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.

noun

• cigarette.

  Man, lay off the coffin nails.

  • See more words with the same meaning: cigarette, cigar.

  Last edited on Feb 11 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.

noun

• a failure of software or an electronic device.

  First my browser crashed, then the entire computer crashed.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

verb - ambitransitive

• of software or an electronic device, to fail.

  The video drivers just crashed my system.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.

  Last edited on Nov 08 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

verb - intransitive

• to sleep.

  I crashed over at his house last night.

  I was so tired after work I just crashed.

  She's kind of a sketcher. I can't believe you let her crash at your place.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to sleep.

  Last edited on Sep 23 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.

• to live temporarily.

  Person A: Do you have your own place yet?
  
  Person B: No, I'm crashing at a friend's place in Midtown for now.

                                                                                 
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "You've Got Male", Happy Endings (TV), Season 1 Episode 9 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jul 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 13 2011.

verb - transitive

• to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony. Origin: perhaps derived from a vehicular accident ("crash") which is both unexpected and unwanted.

  I hate people who crash my party.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.

  Last edited on Oct 14 1998. Submitted by Ryan L. from Washington, DC, USA on Oct 14 1998.