walk the dog
to take a dog for a walk
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walk the floor
To pace back and forth, often due to anxiety or excitement
walk the line
to follow a rule or standard carefully
walk the plank
to be forced to resign or leave a job
walk the streets
to be without a home or job
walk the talk
To act in accordance with one's words or principles
Walk the talk. (Manser, 2007)
To act in accordance with what one says or claims
walk the walk
To act in accordance with one's claims or principles
walk through
to explain or guide someone through a process
walk your chalk
Get you gone. Lodgings wanted for the royal retinue used to be taken arbitrarily by the marshal and sergeant- chamberlain, the inhabitants were sent to the right about, and the houses selected were notified by a chalk mark.
walk-over
A re-election without opposition.—Parliamentary, but derived from the turf, where a horse which has no rivals WALKS OVER the course. See DEAD HEAT.
walker
A letter-carrier or postman. From an old song, called, "Walker, the twopenny postman."
walking poulterer
One who steals fowls, and hawks them from door to door.
walking stationer
A hawker of pamphlets, &c.
walking the pegs
A method of cheating at the game of cribbage, by a species of legerdemain, the sharper either moving his own pegs forward, or those of his antagonist backward, according to the state of the game.
walking the plank
A mode of destroying devoted persons or officers in a mutiny or ship-board, by blindfolding them, and obliging them to walk on a plank laid over the ship's side; by this means, as the mutineers suppose, avoiding the penalty of murder.
walking up against the wall
To run up a score, which in alehouses is commonly recorded with chalk on the walls of the bar.
walking-out dress
Uniform, smarter than that used on duty, which British soldiers assume when leaving barracks in their free time.
wall
To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-nouse. Wall-eyed, having an eye with little or no sight, all white like a plaistered wall.
wall of silence
A situation where people refuse to talk or give information
Wall Street
The thoroughfare in New York City which contains the Stock Exchange. The name is hence used as a synonym for the American stock market.
wallabee-track
Colonial slang for the tramp. When a man in Australia is "on the road" looking for employment, he is said to be on the WALLABEE-TRACK.
wallet, keys, phone
essential items to carry when going out
wallflower
A person who goes to a ball and looks on without dancing, either from choice or through not being able to obtain a partner. From the position.
wallflowers
Left-off and "regenerated" clothes exposed for sale on the bunks and shop-boards of Seven Dials. See REACH-ME-DOWNS.
wallop
To beat, or thrash. John Gough Nichols derives this word from an ancestor of the Earl of Portsmouth, one Sir John Wallop, Knight of the Garter, who in King Henry VIII.’s time distinguished himself by WALLOPING the French; but it is more probably connected with wheal, a livid swelling in the skin after a blow. See POT-WALLOPER.
walloper
The penis.
walloping
A beating or thrashing; sometimes used in an adjective sense, as big, or very large.
walls
The vagina.
walls have ears
Be careful what you say, as others may be listening.
walls have ears
Things uttered in secret get rumoured abroad; there are listeners everywhere, and you'd better be careful. Certain rooms in the Louvre were said to be so C9nstructed in the time of Catherine de' Medicis, that what was said in one room could be distinctly heard in an9ther. It was by this contrivance that the suspicious queen became acquainted with state secrets and plots. The tubes of communication were called the auriculaires. Cp.
wally
A fool.
Wally World
A fictional amusement park
walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs
Plant long-term investments for future generations
Waltham Blacks
See BLACK ACT. Waltzing Matilda 948 Ward Waltzing Matilda, A song sung by the Austra- lian forces in the Middle East in World War II, and sharing with Lilh Marlene (#.v.) pride of place as the best soldiers' song of the period. The phrase was originally "Walking Matilda," and as such is found m Australia in the late 19th century; it means carrying one's bag or roll, as a tramp does.
wampum
Money.
wane
A child.
wanger
The penis.
wanker's cramp
a cramp in the hand from excessive masturbation
wankered
Very drunk.
wankipedia
Wikipedia.
want for nothing
To lack nothing, be completely satisfied
want in
to want to participate or be included
want someone's nachos
to be envious of someone's possessions or achievements
want to know
be curious about something
wapping
Or WHOPPING, of a large size, great.
war and peace
a situation with both conflict and harmony
war bride
A woman who marries a man from another country during wartime
war game
A military training exercise consisting of a game played with maps, etc. for developing skill in manoeuvring troops and designing both strategy and tactics.
war head
The explosive head of a torpedo or bomb.
War II
It was also the name given by the Germans to the Sherman Tank, which caught fire very easily when hit.
war is too important to be left to the generals
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
war of nerves
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
war of words
A bitter and intense verbal argument or dispute
War Office
The commanding officer of a battalion is a lieutenant-colonel.
war paint
The paint applied to their faces by Red Indians and other peoples to make their appearance terrifying before going out on the warpath. Putting on one's war paint is a phrase applied figuratively to getting ready to enter energetically into a dispute or to putting on lipstick, powder, etc., in order to overcome one's rivals.
war tradition
The black shield recalls the "Iron Brigade," one regiment of which possessed the famous eagle "Old Abe" which went into battle with them as their screaming mascot.
war-paint
Evening dress. When people go out in full costume they are often said to have their WAR-PAINT on. Also, military "full-fig."
Ward Room
In British warships a mess shared by the Commander — unless he is in command of the vessel, when he messes alone — and all other officers down to and including lieutenants. Junior officers mess in the gun room.
Wardpur Street English
The affected use of archaic words and phrases. The term was first applied by William Morris, in 1888, to a translation of the Odyssey, couched in lan- guage which reminded him of the pseudo- antique furniture that in those days was sold in Wardour Street, London.