cut like a knife
To sting severely, to cause a sensation of stinging, especially said of cold weather.
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cut off
To remove by cutting.
cut on
To turn on (e.g. a light, a television, etc.).
cut one
To break wind.
cut one's lucky
To leave in a hurry; to bolt.
cut round
To show off; to be performative.
cut stick
To depart clandestinely or in a hurry.
cut the cheese (US)
To pass gas.
cut to the chase
Get to the point.
cut under
To undersell or undercut; to offer a product at a lower price than someone else.
cut up shapes
To exhibit pranks or flightiness.
cut up shines
To play pranks.
cute as a bug's ear
Very cute; adorable.
cute as a speckled pup
Very cute; adorable.
cute as corn
Very cute; adorable.
cute girls doing cute things
A genre of anime and manga featuring appealing young women in fun everyday situations.
cute hoor
A shrewd scoundrel, especially in business or politics.
cute-'em-up
A shoot 'em up game with a cute, cartoonish aesthetic.
cutester
A cute person or creature.
cutie patootie
An adorable and attractive person.
cutie pie
A small hand-held radiation meter.
cutor
Clipping of prosecutor; prosecuting attorney.
cutting edge practices
Up to date or new methods.
cuzza
A meal of curry.
cyattie
A woman who is loud, obnoxious, attention-seeking, and/or promiscuous.
cyber
To engage in cybersex.
cyberbabe
An attractive woman on the Internet or in cyberspace.
cybercop
A user who attempts to enforce netiquette or other standards.
cyberfreak
An obsessive Internet user.
cybersucker
A gullible person in cyberspace.
cycle off
To leave by means of bicycle.
cyster
A person who has ovarian cysts, especially one with polycystic ovary syndrome.
CYT
Initialism of cute young thing.
c'est magnifique
C'est magnifique, mats ce rfest pas la guerre.
ca ira
The name, and refrain, of a popular patriotic song in France which became the Carillon National of the French
ca' canny
A Scots expression meaning "go easily," "don't exert yourself," It is used in trade-union slang for working to rule, and is the method adopted by workmen for the pur- pose of bringing pressure on the employers when, in the workmen's opinion, a strike would be hardly justifiable, expedient, or possible. Ca' is Scots caw, to drive or impel.
ca-sa
A writ of capias ad satisfaciendam.—Legal slang.
cab
A brothel. Mother: how many tails have you in your cab? how many girls have you in your bawdy house?
cab
In statutory language, "a hackney carriage drawn by one horse." Abbreviated from the French CABRIOLET; originally meaning "a light low chaise." The wags of Paris playing upon the word (quasi cabri au lait) used to call a superior turn-out of the kind a cabri au crême. Our abbreviation, which certainly smacks of slang, has been stamped with the authority of the Legislature, and has been honoured by universal custom.
cabbage
Cloth, stuff, or silk purloined by laylors from their employers, which they deposit in a place called HELL, or their EYE: from the first, when taxed, with their knavery, they equivocally swear, that if they have taken any, they wish they may find it in HELL; or, alluding to the second, protest, that what they have over and above is not more than they could put in their EYE.--When the scrotum is relaxed or whiffled, it is said they will not cabbage.
cabbage
Pieces of cloth said to be purloined by tailors. Any small profits in the way of material.
cabbage-head
A soft-headed person.
cabbaged
Very drunk.
cabby
Popular name for the driver of a cab. This title has almost supplanted the more ancient one of jarvey.
Cabinet Ministers
In British politics, a deliberative committee of the principal mem- bers of the Government, who are privileged to consult and advise the sovereign (originally in his private cabinet, or chamber), and who lead, and are responsible to, Parliament. The number of members has varied from a dozen to as many as twenty-two, but it always contains the chief officers of state, viz.
caboose
The galley or cook-house of a ship; a term used by tramps to indicate a kitchen.
cacafeogo
A sh-te-fire, a furious braggadocio or bully huff.
Cachecope Bell
In some parts of England it was customary to ring a bell at a funeral when the pall was thrown over a coffin. This was called the cachecope bell, from Fr., cache corps, conceal the body. Cachet (kash' a) (Fr.). A seal; hence, a dis- tinguishing mark, a stamp of individuality.
cack
To laugh.
cackle
To blab, or discover secrets. The cull is leaky, and cackles; the rogue tells all. CANT. See LEAKY.
cackleberry
An egg.
cackling-cove
An actor. Also called a MUMMERY-COVE.—Theatrical.
cacoethes loquendi
A passion for making speeches or for talking.
cacoethes scribendi
The love of rushing into print; a mania for authorship.
cad
Or CADGER (from which it is shortened), a mean or vulgar fellow; a beggar; one who would rather live on other people than work for himself; a man who tries to worm something out of another, either money or information. Johnson uses the word, and gives huckster as the meaning, in which sense it was originally used. Apparently from CAGER, or GAGER, the old Cant term for a man. The exclusives at the English Universities apply the term CAD to all non-members.
caddee
A helper. An under-strapper.
Cader Idris
Cader in Welsh is "chair," and Idris is the name of one of the old Welsh giants. The legend is that anyone who passes the night sitting in this "chair" will be either a poet or a madman.
cadge
To beg. Cadge the swells; beg of the gentlemen.
cadge
To beg in an artful, wheedling manner.—North. In Scotland to CADGE is to wander, to go astray. See under CODGER.
cadging
Begging, generally with an eye to pilfering when an opportunity occurs. To be "on the cadge" is almost synonymous with "on the make."
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