colloquialism (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def a colloquial expression
def characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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Hypernym formulation, expression
Member of this domain - USAGE potted; come-at-able, get-at-able, getatable; un-come-at-able, un-get-at-able, ungetatable; dead-on(a); hot; fly; hot under the collar(p); huffy, mad, sore; livid; dinky; dishy; primo; chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied; bone-idle, bone-lazy; chancy, fluky, flukey, iffy; punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy; anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky; chummy, buddy-buddy, thick(p); togged; bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked; starkers; comfortable, comfy; bad, tough; flustered, hot and bothered(p), perturbed, rattled; boss-eyed; broken, busted; knocked-out(a); licked; plummy; done for(p), kaput(p), gone(a); tall(a); cushy, soft, easygoing; flat-footed; hopped-up, stoned; live; anxious(p), dying(p); ritzy; het up(p); crazy, wild, dotty, gaga; no-frills(a); crazy; big-ticket(a), high-ticket(a); cool; groovy, swagger; in; prehistoric; classy, posh, swish; snazzy; gammy; niffy; chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy; stuffed; bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing; hopeless; icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky; rubber, no-good; shirty, snorty; straight; killing, sidesplitting; dicky, dickey; big; fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial; potty; hep, hip, hip to(p); highbrow, highbrowed; humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping; man-sized; whacking; bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy; dinky; hot; canned, transcribed; blue-eyed(a), fair-haired(a), white-haired(a); hexed, jinxed; blood-and-guts; bodacious; all-fired; decent; together; frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous; some; square(p); stuck; mind-bending, mind-blowing; dressy; hot; crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded; high-flown, high-sounding, inflated; jumped-up; white-shoe; fat, juicy; kosher; cool; fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious; lunatic, moonstruck; screw-loose, screwy; all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory; umpteenth, umteenth, umptieth; hot; clubbable, clubable; bad; shy(p); ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p); boss, brag; bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny; ropey, ropy; gobsmacked; goggle-eyed, openmouthed, popeyed; jiggered; buttoned-up; pumped-up(a), pumped up(p), pumped(p), wired; economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting; all in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p); whacked; fuggy; knockdown-dragout, knock-down-and-drag-out; cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany; boiling; wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole; plumb, plum; okay, O.K., all right, alright; anywhere, anyplace; somewhere, someplace; everywhere, everyplace, all over; good and; anon; obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain; terribly, awfully, awful, frightfully; by all means; by no means, not by a long sight, not by a blame sight; thoroughly, soundly, good; right, flop; forever, forever and a day; dingdong; way, right smart; at least, leastways, leastwise, at any rate; irregardless; surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting; easily, easy; easy, soft; slowly, slow, easy, tardily; in a pig's eye; like hell, like mad, like crazy, like sin, like thunder, like the devil; hopelessly; bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt; roughly, rough; heaps; plop, plunk; plump; sweetly, sweet; firewall; fix; heavy lifting; game, biz; no-brainer; crapshoot; snogging; wash; aggro; fun; sin, hell; dickeybird, dickey-bird, dickybird, dicky-bird; bunny, bunny rabbit; bib-and-tucker; delf; funny wagon; ghetto blaster, boom box; lemon, stinker; long johns; main drag; put-put; rathole; rattrap; redbrick university; Ritz; security blanket; shooting gallery; Sunday best, Sunday clothes; war paint; smoke; class; setup; backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption; way; number; enormity; drag; hot stuff, voluptuousness; eye, oculus, optic; peeper; proboscis; countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug; can of worms; hang-up; think; crosshairs; turn-on; turnoff, negative stimulation; plague; bare bones; pertainym; teaser; pickup; double Dutch; put-down, squelch, squelcher, takedown; rap; bull session; huddle, powwow; pep talk; homestretch; barnburner; blessed event, happy event; creeps; blahs; banger; firewater; swad; mafia, maffia; turf; borscht circuit, borsht circuit, borscht belt, borsht belt; drink; number one; big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho; bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig; canary; cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fish; crazy, loony, looney, nutcase, weirdo; dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw; dimwit, nitwit, half-wit, doofus; dodo, fogy, fogey, fossil; don't-know; fence; flop, dud, washout; fuddy-duddy; gal; geezer; head; headhunter; hustler, wheeler dealer, operator; know-it-all, know-all; lazybones; man; middlebrow; mouthpiece, mouth; paperhanger; rainmaker; ringer, dead ringer, clone; shoofly; sourpuss, picklepuss, gloomy Gus, pouter; Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback; spoilsport, killjoy, wet blanket, party pooper; square, square toes; stuffed shirt; thrush; townee; wag, wit, card; woman; killing, cleanup; giveaway; meal ticket; swag; ice, sparkler; load; soup; size, size of it; state; frazzle; horniness, hotness, hot pants; charley horse, charley-horse; dumps, mopes; shot, crack; street; throw; fug; soup; sticks and stone; week from Monday; month of Sundays; blue moon; figure; foot, leg it, hoof, hoof it; keep one's eyes peeled, keep one's eyes skinned, keep one's eyes open; give it a whirl, give it a try; break
Member of this domain - USAGE colloquialism → Ebonics
Member of this domain - USAGE colloquialism → skip
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Domain of synset - USAGE potted; come-at-able, get-at-able, getatable; un-come-at-able, un-get-at-able, ungetatable; dead-on(a); hot; fly; hot under the collar(p); huffy, mad, sore; livid; dinky; dishy; primo; chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied; bone-idle, bone-lazy; chancy, fluky, flukey, iffy; punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy; anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky; chummy, buddy-buddy, thick(p); togged; bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked; starkers; comfortable, comfy; bad, tough; flustered, hot and bothered(p), perturbed, rattled; boss-eyed; broken, busted; knocked-out(a); licked; plummy; done for(p), kaput(p), gone(a); tall(a); cushy, soft, easygoing; flat-footed; hopped-up, stoned; live; anxious(p), dying(p); ritzy; het up(p); crazy, wild, dotty, gaga; no-frills(a); crazy; big-ticket(a), high-ticket(a); cool; groovy, swagger; in; prehistoric; classy, posh, swish; snazzy; gammy; niffy; chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy; stuffed; bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing; hopeless; icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky; rubber, no-good; shirty, snorty; straight; killing, sidesplitting; dicky, dickey; big; fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial; potty; hep, hip, hip to(p); highbrow, highbrowed; humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping; man-sized; whacking; bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy; dinky; hot; canned, transcribed; blue-eyed(a), fair-haired(a), white-haired(a); hexed, jinxed; blood-and-guts; bodacious; all-fired; decent; together; frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous; some; square(p); stuck; mind-bending, mind-blowing; dressy; hot; crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded; high-flown, high-sounding, inflated; jumped-up; white-shoe; fat, juicy; kosher; cool; fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious; lunatic, moonstruck; screw-loose, screwy; all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory; umpteenth, umteenth, umptieth; hot; clubbable, clubable; bad; shy(p); ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops(p); boss, brag; bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny; ropey, ropy; gobsmacked; goggle-eyed, openmouthed, popeyed; jiggered; buttoned-up; pumped-up(a), pumped up(p), pumped(p), wired; economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting; all in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p); whacked; fuggy; knockdown-dragout, knock-down-and-drag-out; cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany; boiling; wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole; plumb, plum; okay, O.K., all right, alright; anywhere, anyplace; somewhere, someplace; everywhere, everyplace, all over; good and; anon; obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain; terribly, awfully, awful, frightfully; by all means; by no means, not by a long sight, not by a blame sight; thoroughly, soundly, good; right, flop; forever, forever and a day; dingdong; way, right smart; at least, leastways, leastwise, at any rate; irregardless; surely, certainly, sure, for sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting; easily, easy; easy, soft; slowly, slow, easy, tardily; in a pig's eye; like hell, like mad, like crazy, like sin, like thunder, like the devil; hopelessly; bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt; roughly, rough; heaps; plop, plunk; plump; sweetly, sweet; firewall; fix; heavy lifting; game, biz; no-brainer; crapshoot; snogging; wash; aggro; fun; sin, hell; dickeybird, dickey-bird, dickybird, dicky-bird; bunny, bunny rabbit; bib-and-tucker; delf; funny wagon; ghetto blaster, boom box; lemon, stinker; long johns; main drag; put-put; rathole; rattrap; redbrick university; Ritz; security blanket; shooting gallery; Sunday best, Sunday clothes; war paint; smoke; class; setup; backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption; way; number; enormity; drag; hot stuff, voluptuousness; eye, oculus, optic; peeper; proboscis; countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug; can of worms; hang-up; think; crosshairs; turn-on; turnoff, negative stimulation; plague; bare bones; pertainym; teaser; pickup; double Dutch; put-down, squelch, squelcher, takedown; rap; bull session; huddle, powwow; pep talk; homestretch; barnburner; blessed event, happy event; creeps; blahs; banger; firewater; swad; mafia, maffia; turf; borscht circuit, borsht circuit, borscht belt, borsht belt; drink; number one; big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho; bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig; canary; cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fish; crazy, loony, looney, nutcase, weirdo; dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw; dimwit, nitwit, half-wit, doofus; dodo, fogy, fogey, fossil; don't-know; fence; flop, dud, washout; fuddy-duddy; gal; geezer; head; headhunter; hustler, wheeler dealer, operator; know-it-all, know-all; lazybones; man; middlebrow; mouthpiece, mouth; paperhanger; rainmaker; ringer, dead ringer, clone; shoofly; sourpuss, picklepuss, gloomy Gus, pouter; Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback; spoilsport, killjoy, wet blanket, party pooper; square, square toes; stuffed shirt; thrush; townee; wag, wit, card; woman; killing, cleanup; giveaway; meal ticket; swag; ice, sparkler; load; soup; size, size of it; state; frazzle; horniness, hotness, hot pants; charley horse, charley-horse; dumps, mopes; shot, crack; street; throw; fug; soup; sticks and stone; week from Monday; month of Sundays; blue moon; figure; foot, leg it, hoof, hoof it; keep one's eyes peeled, keep one's eyes skinned, keep one's eyes open; give it a whirl, give it a try; break
Domain of synset - USAGE Ebonics → colloquialism
Hyponym formulation, expression
Domain of synset - USAGE skip → colloquialism

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