give the devil his due
Give even a bad man or one hated like the devil the credit he de- serves.
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give the elbow
to dismiss or reject someone
give the lie
To prove someone's statement is false
give the lie to
To prove something is false
give the royal treatment
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
give the sack
to fire or dismiss someone from their job
give the time of day
Tell someone the time when asked
give weight
to add importance or credibility
give what for
to scold or punish someone severely
give zero fucks
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
give, and ye shall receive
If you give something, you will get something in return
gizzard
To grumble in the gizzard; to be secretly displeased.
gkd rags
A demoded slang term for evening dress. Gladiators, Those who fought m the ring in Rome, originally criminals who thus had the choice of death or liberty. They first appeared at the funeral ceremonies of the Romans in 263 B.C ; thc> uere introduced into festivals about 215 B.C. Such combats were suppressed in the Eastern Empire by Constantino in A.D. 325 and in the West by Theodonc in A.D. 500.
glad tidings
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
gladstone
Cheap claret. GLADSTONE reduced the duty on French wines.
glam
Glamorous.
glasgow magistrate
A salt herring; so called because when George IV visited Glasgow some wag placed a salt herring on the iron guard of the carnage of a well-known magis- trate who formed one of the deputation to receive him.
glass ceiling
An invisible barrier to advancement, especially for women or minorities.
glass eyes
A nick name for one wearing spectacles.
Glass House
Army slang for a military prison. It was originally applied to the military prison at North Camp, Aldershot, which had a glass roof.
glass onion
monocle.
glaymore
A Highland broad-sword; from the Erse GLAY, or GLAIVE, a sword; and MORE, great.
glaze
Glass; generally applied to windows. To "star the GLAZE" is to break a window.
glazier
One who breaks windows and shew-glasses, to steal goods exposed for sale. Glaziers; eyes. CANT.--Is your father a glazier; a question asked of a lad or young man, who stands between the speaker and the candle, or fire. If it is answered in the negative, the rejoinder is--I wish he was, that he might make a window through your body, to enable us to see the fire or light.
glengarry bonnet
The Highland bonnet, which rises to a point in front.
glib
Smooth, slippery. Glib tongued; talkative.
glib
A tongue; "slacken your GLIB," i.e., "loosen your tongue."
glim
A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
glim
A candle, or dark lantern, used in housebreaking; also fire. To glim; to burn in the hand. CANT.
glim
A light, a lamp; "dowse the GLIM," put out the candle. Sea and Old Cant. GLIMS, spectacles. Gaelic, GLINN, light. German (provincial), GLIMM, a spark.
glim lurk
A begging paper, giving a circumstantial account of a dreadful fire—which never happened.
glimflashy
Angry
glimflashy
Angry, or in a passion. CANT.
glimmerers
Persons begging with sham licences, pretending losses by fire.
glimms
eyes
glimstick
A candlestick. CANT.
gloak
A man. Term much used in old thieves’ cant.
gloatation
Gloating
global warming
The gradual increase in Earth's temperature due to human activity
globular lightning
A meteoric ball (of fire), which sometimes falls on the earth and flies off with an explosion.
Glorious First of June
June 1st, 1794, when Lord Howe, who commanded the Channel fleet, gained a decisive victory over the French off Cape Ushant.
glory be
An expression of surprise or shock
gloss over
To ignore or distract from a problem or issue
glossaries
Of County Dialects. V. D.
glove
A condom.
glove money
A bribe, a perquisite: so called from the ancient custom of a client presenting a pair of gloves to a counsel who undertook a cause. Mrs. Croaker presented Sir Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor, with a pair of gloves lined with forty pounds in "angels/' as a "token.'* Sir Thomas kept the gloves, but returned the lining.
gloves
To give any one a pair of gloves; to make them a present or bribe. To win a pair of gloves; to kiss a man whilst he sleeps: for this a pair of gloves is due to any lady who will thus earn them.
gloves are off
People are being completely honest and direct, without hiding their feelings.
gluepot
A parson: from joining men and women together in matrimony.
glum
Sulky, stem; "to look GLUM," to appear annoyed or disconcerted.
glumpish
Of a stubborn, sulky temper.
glutton
A term used by bruisers to signify a man who will bear a great deal of beating.
glutton for punishment
Someone who willingly takes on more suffering or difficulty than necessary
gnar
Gnarly.
gnarler
A little dog that by his barking alarms the family when any person is breaking into the house.
gnash one's teeth
Show anger or frustration
gnaw someone's vitals
To cause someone great anxiety or distress
go a long way
Helps significantly or makes a big difference
go against the grain
To act or go in opposition to a usual or accepted way
go ahead with something
to proceed or continue with a plan or action
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