shoot one's load
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
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shoot oneself in the foot
To unintentionally harm or cause problems for oneself
shoot the boots
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
shoot the bull
to chat casually and idly
shoot the cat
To vomit.
shoot the gold
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
shoot the messenger
to punish or blame someone for bringing bad news
shoot through
To leave, to disappear.
shooter
A firearm.
shooting stars
Incandescent meteors shoot- ing across the sky, formerly, like comets, fabled to presage disaster — A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets: As stars with trains of fire and dews of blood,
shop
A prison. Shopped; confined, imprisoned.
shop
In racing slang, to secure first, second, or third position in a race, is to get a SHOP. This is also known as a place, and as a situation. See PLACE.
shop-bouncer
Or SHOP-LIFTER, a person generally respectably attired, who, while being served with a small article at a shop, steals one of more value. Shakspeare has the word LIFTER, a thief.
shop-walker
A person employed to walk up and down a shop, to hand seats to customers, and see that they are properly served. Contracted also to WALKER.
shoplifter
One that steals whilst pretending to purchase goods in a shop.
shopping
Purchasing at shops. Termed by Todd a slang word, but used by Cowper and Byron.
shoppy
To be full of nothing but one’s own calling or profession; "to talk SHOP," to converse of nothing but professional subjects.
short
When spirit is drunk without any admixture of water, it is said to be taken "SHORT;" "summat SHORT," a dram. A similar phrase is used at the counters of banks; upon presenting a cheque, the clerk asks, "How will you take it?" i.e., in gold, or notes. If in notes, long or short? Should it be desired to receive it in notes for the largest possible amount, the answer is, SHORT.
short and curlies
pubic hair
short and fat
Sturdy and compact in shape
short and stout
Physically short and somewhat fat
short and sweet
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
short and sweet and to the point
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
short arm
The penis.
short commons
Short allowance of food. See COMMONS.
short end of the stick
to receive the lesser or unfair share of something
short fuse
Easily angered or quick to lose temper
short hairs
under close supervision or control
short leash
to have strict control over someone
short of a length
not having enough of something
short of something
lacking a sufficient amount of something
short on looks
Unattractive or unpleasant to look at
short strokes
Taking small, quick actions to achieve a goal
short temper
Easily becoming angry
short thigh
See CURTHOSE. The short cut is often the longest way round. It does not always pay to avoid taking a little trouble; e.g, there is no short cut to know- ledge.
short-heeled wench
A girl apt to fall on her back.
Shorten Herring
A lean, spiritless creature, a Jack-o'-Lent, like a herring that has shot.or ejected, its spawn. Herrings gutted and dried are so called also.
shorter
One who makes a dishonest profit by reducing the coin of the realm by clipping and filing. From a crown-piece a SHORTER could gain 5d. Another way was by chemical means: a guinea laid in aquafortis would, in twelve hours, precipitate 9d.-worth of sediment; in twenty-four, 1s. 6d.-worth.—Rommany Rye.
Shorter Catechism
The name given to a confession of faith which sets forth the Presbyterian doctrines of the Church of
shorty
Something or someone that is shorter than normal.
shot
To pay one's shot; to pay one's share of a reckoning. Shot betwixt wind and water; poxed or clapped.
shot
From the modern sense of the word to SHOOT,—a guess, a random conjecture; "to make a bad SHOT," to expose one’s ignorance by making a wrong guess, or random answer, without knowing whether it is right or wrong.
shot across the bow
A warning or threat, often to stop someone's behavior
shot and shell
Artillery fire, especially cannonballs and explosive shells
shot heard round the world
An event that has a significant and far-reaching impact
shot in the dark
A guess or attempt with little chance of success
shotgun approach
Trying many methods at once to solve a problem
shotgun wedding
a wedding that happens quickly due to an unplanned pregnancy
shots fired
A conflict or argument has begun
shotten herring
A thin meagre fellow.
shottie
A shotgun.
shotty
A shotgun.
shoujo ai
A genre of manga, anime, or hentai featuring lesbian sex and romance; yuri.
shoulder
When a servant embezzles his master’s money, he is said to SHOULDER his employer.
shoulder clapper
A bailiff, or member of the catch club. Shoulder-clapped; arrested.
shoulder feast
A dinner given after a funeral, to those who have carried the corpse.
shoulder sham
A partner to a file. See FILE.
shoulder to cry on
Someone to confide in and receive emotional support from
shout
To pay for drink round. "It’s my SHOUT," says he who pays. Possibly because the payer originally SHOUTED to the bar-keeper of an hotel to score the drink to him.—Australian, but now general.
shout and clout
Influence or respect is earned not just by talking, but by taking action.
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