now and again
Occasionally or from time to time
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now and later
at the present time and also in the future
now and then
Occasionally or from time to time
Now Barabbas was a publisher. (Lord Byron)
A humorous, satirical description of a publisher
now for
used to indicate a change in subject or activity
now or never
do something immediately or miss the opportunity
now you mention it
Used to acknowledge something as true or relevant after someone mentions it
now you're cooking
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
now you're talking
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
now, more than ever
At this time, something is especially needed or true
nowhere
Horses not placed in a race—that are neither first, second, nor third—are said to be NOWHERE, especially when this lack of position happens to favourites.
nowhere to be found
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
nozzle
The nose of a man or woman.
nu-male
A New Man.
nub
The neck; also coition.
nubbing
Hanging. Nubbing cheat: the gallows. Nubbing cove; the hangman. Nubbing ken; the sessions house.
nubian queen
A powerful or dominant female figure
nuclear option
a drastic and extreme measure
nudge nudge wink wink
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
nug
An endearing word: as, My dear nug; my dear love.
nugget of truth
A small but valuable or accurate piece of information
nuggets
Money.
nugging dress
An out-of-the-way old-fashioned dress, or rather a loose kind of dress, denoting a courtesan.
nuke the fridge
to ruin something with an unrealistic or implausible element
null and void
Completely invalid or having no legal effect
nulla linea
See No DAY WITHOUT ITS LINE under LINE. Nulli secundus (nttl' I se kfin' diis) (Lat., second to none). The motto of the Coldstream Guards, which regiment is hence sometimes spoken of as the Nulli Secundus Club.
number four
heroin
number games
Manipulating numbers to deceive or mislead
Number Nip
Another name for Riibezahl Nivetta. See MORGAN LE FAY.
number of his mess
When a man dies in the army or navy, he is said to "lose the NUMBER OF HIS MESS."
number one
The best or most important thing
number one
Oneself; hence, to take care of number one, to look after oneself, to seek one s own interest; to be selfish.
number one with a bullet
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
numbers
To consult the book of numbers: a term used in the House of Commons, when, instead of answering or confuting a pressing argument, the minister calls for a division, i.e. puts the matter to the vote.
numbnut
Stupid.
numms
A sham collar, to be worn over a dirty shirt.
nummy
Delicious.
Nunawadding Messiah
This was Andrew Fisher, of Nunawadding, Victoria, Australia, who declared himself to be the Messiah, m 1871. His hundred followers were polygamous, he himself having three wives.
nunc dimittis
The Song of Simeon (Luke ii, 29), "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace," so called from the opening words of the Latin version, Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Do mine.
nunky pays for ail
The American Govern- ment (see SAM) has to "stand the racket.
nunu
Urine.
nuptial dances
A Roman pantomimic performance resembling the dances of our Harlequin and Columbine.
nuremberg defense
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Nuremberg Eggs
Watches, which were invented at Nuremberg about 1500, and were egg-shaped.
nurse
A curious term applied to competition in omnibuses. Two omnibuses are placed on the road to NURSE, or take care of, each opposition "bus," one before, the other behind. Of course the central or NURSED bus has very little chance, unless it happens to be a favourite with the public. Recent legislation and tramways have done much to do away with NURSING. NURSE also means to cheat or swindle; trustees are sometimes said to NURSE property, i.e., gradually eat it up themselves.
nursery cannons
In billiards, a series of cannons played so that the balls move as little as possible.
nursery slopes
Easy hillsides on which beginners learn to ski.
nut
The head.
nut
The head, in pugilistic slang. Used as an exclamation at a fight, it means to strike on the head. In tossing it is a direction to hide the head; to be "off one’s NUT," to be crazed or idiotic.
nut-cut
Roguish, mischievous. A good-natured term of reproach.—Anglo-Indian.
nut-cutting time
time to make a decision or take action
Nutcrack Night
All Hallows' Eve, when it is customary in some places to crack nuts in large quantities.
nutcrackers
The pillory: as, The cull peeped through the nutcrackers.
Nutmeg State
The nickname of Connecticut. The story is that the inhabitants at one time manufactured wooden nutmegs for export.
nuts
It was nuts for them; i.e. it was very agreeable to them.
nuts
To be NUTS on anything or person is to be pleased with or fond of it or him; a self-satisfied man is said to be NUTS on himself. NUTTED, taken in by a man who professed to be NUTS on you.
nuts and bolts
Basic components or practical details
nuts to butts
packed tightly together
nux
The "plant," or object in view. "Stoll up to the NUX?" "Do you fully comprehend what is wanted?"—North Country Cant.
nymphs of the mountains
(Gr. oros, a moun- tain ) The Ocean-nymphs and Hamadryades, Oreads and Naiads, with long weedy locks, Offered to do her bidding through the seas, Under the earth, and in the hollow rocks.