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The Probert Encyclopaedia of Slang

Z CAR

Z Car is Australian slang for an official limousine.
Research Z Car

Z'D OUT

Z'd out is American slang for unable to wake up, sleepy.
Research Z'd Out

Z'S

Z's is American slang for sleep.
Research Z's

Z-BIRD

Z-bird is American slang for a failure, someone who never achieves anything.
Research Z-Bird

ZA

Za is American slang for pizza.
Research Za

ZAC

Zac was Australian and New Zealand slang for a sixpence.
Zac is Australian and New Zealand slang for a very small amount of money.
Zac is Australian and New Zealand slang for a six-month prison sentence.
Research Zac

ZACATECAS PURPLE

Zacatecas purple is slang for a variety of Mexican marijuana.
Research Zacatecas Purple

ZACHARY SCOTTS

Zachary Scotts was 1940s and 1950s rhyming slang for diarrhoea (trots).
Research Zachary Scotts

ZAD

Zad was 18th century slang for something or someone crooked.
Research Zad

ZAFTIG

Zaftig is slang for an attractive, buxom woman.
Research Zaftig

ZAK

Zak is South African slang for money.
Research Zak

ZAMBI

Zambi is slang for marijuana.
Research Zambi

ZAMBUCK

Zambuck was early and mid-20th century Australian slang for a St John's Ambulance man.
Research Zambuck

ZAMIE

Zamie is Jamaican slang for a lesbian.
Research Zamie

ZAMIETESS

Zamietess is Jamaican slang for a tough, brawling woman.
Research Zamietess

ZANAX

Zanax is slang for valium.
Research Zanax

ZANE GREY

Zane Grey is Australian rhyming slang for wages (pay).
Research Zane Grey

ZANI

Zani is slang for cannabis.
Research Zani

ZANZY

Zanzy is Black-American slang for excellent.
Zanzy is Black-American slang for attractive.
Research Zanzy

ZAP

Zap is slang for to move quickly, to attack, kill, or destroy with a sudden bombardment.
Zap is slang for energy, enthusiasm.
Zap is slang for kill.
Zap is slang for to abruptly terminate something.
Zap is slang for revitalise.
Zap is slang for overwhelm.
Research Zap

ZAPPED

Zapped is slang for killed, destroyed, demolished.
Research Zapped

ZAPPER

Zapper is slang for a remote control.
Research Zapper

ZAPPY

Zappy is slang for full of energy.
Research Zappy

ZAR

Zar was early 20th century Black American slang for somewhere unpleasant.
Research Zar

ZARNDRER

Zarndrer is slang for a long, single curl of hair brought from the back over the left shoulder and allowed to fall over the left breast.
Research Zarndrer

ZARP

Zarp is South African slang for a policeman.
Research Zarp

ZASU PITTS

Zasu Pitts was mid-20th century rhyming slang for diarrhoea (shits).
Research Zasu Pitts

ZAT

Zat is cricket slang for how is that?
Research Zat

ZAY

Zay is slang for a blunt with strychnine or rat poison.
Research Zay

ZAZZ

Zazz is American slang for glamorous, fashionable.
Zazz is American slang for to decorate, to make stylish.
Research Zazz

ZAZZLE

Zazzle is Black-American slang for sexual desire.
Research Zazzle

ZAZZY

Zazzy is American slang for colourful, vivid; stylish, striking.
Zazzy is Black-American slang for sensuous, erotic.
Research Zazzy

ZEB

Zeb was 19th century slang for best.
Research Zeb

ZEBRA

Zebra was 19th century slang for a convict's striped uniform; a convict wearing such a uniform.
Research Zebra

ZED

Zed is American slang for to fall asleep, to sleep.
Research Zed

ZED ABOUT

Zed about is British slang for to wander about in a zigzag manner.
Research Zed About

ZEDLAND

Zedland was old slang for the West Country (the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset).
Research Zedland

ZEDS

Zeds is slang for sleep.
Research Zeds

ZEE

Zee is American slang for a Japanese sports car.
Research Zee

ZELDA

Zelda is American slang for a dull, uninteresting girl.
Zelda is South African slang for a pure blooded Zulu.
Research Zelda

ZELDA GOOCH

Zelda Gooch is homosexual slang for someone unfashionable.
Research Zelda Gooch

ZEN

Zen is slang for LSD.
Research Zen

ZENNIT

Zennit is Dorset slang for seven nights, a week.
Research Zennit

ZEP

Zep is slang for a Zeppelin airship.
Research Zep

ZEPPELIN

Zeppelin is slang for a large cannabis cigarette.
Zeppelin is slang for a large penis.
Research Zeppelin

ZEPPELINS IN A FOG

Zeppelins in a fog is American slang for sausages in mashed potato.
Research Zeppelins In A Fog

ZERKED

Zerked is slang for intoxicated by drugs.
Research Zerked

ZERKING

Zerking is American slang for odd, eccentric, bizarre.
Research Zerking

ZERO

Zero is slang for an insignificant person.
Research Zero

ZERO MINUS

Zero minus is American slang for unacceptable, impossible.
Research Zero Minus

ZERO OUT

Zero out is American slang for to run out of money.
Research Zero Out

ZERO-COOL

Zero-cool is American slang for extremely, impressive, admirable.
Research Zero-Cool

ZETZ

Zetz is American slang for a punch, a blow.
Research Zetz

ZHLUBBY

Zhlubby is American slang for coarse, boorish.
Research Zhlubby

ZHOOSH

Zhoosh is Polari slang for to fix, to tidy.
Research Zhoosh

ZIB

Zib was mid-20th century American slang for someone eccentric.
Research Zib

ZID

Zid is Dorset slang for seen, saw, observed.
Research Zid

ZIFF

Ziff is slang for a young thief.
Ziff is Australian and New Zealand slang for a beard.
Research Ziff

ZIG

Zig is American slang for a Black person.
Research Zig

ZIG-ZIG

Zig-zig is slang for sexual intercourse.
Research Zig-Zig

ZIGABOO

Zigaboo is American slang for a Black person.
Research Zigaboo

ZIGGERBOO

Ziggerboo is Black-American slang for a crazy person.
Research Ziggerboo

ZIGZAG

Zigzag is slang for marijuana.
Zigzag is military slang for drunk, intoxicated.
Research Zigzag

ZIGZAGGED

Zigzagged is slang for drunk, intoxicated, under the influence of drugs.
Research Zigzagged

ZILCH

Zilch is slang for nothing, zero.
Zilch is slang for a nonentity.
Zilch is American slang for to defeat.
Zilch is American slang for to fail.
Zilch is American slang for an easy victim.
Zilch is American slang for a spot, a pimple.
Zilch is sport slang for to defeat an opponent by preventing them from scoring.
Research Zilch

ZILLION

Zillion is slang for a very large number.
Research Zillion

ZILLIONAIRE

Zillionaire is slang for a very wealthy person.
Research Zillionaire

ZIM-ZIM

Zim-zim is South African slang for a member of a politically orientated Black youth gang.
Research Zim-Zim

ZIMMER

Zimmer is American slang for a girl.
Research Zimmer

ZING

Zing is American slang for a sudden attack, retort.
Zing is American slang for energy, enthusiasm.
Zing is American slang for a high-pitched noise.
Research Zing

ZING UP

Zing up is slang for to enliven.
Research Zing Up

ZINGER

Zinger is American slang for something outstandingly good.
Zinger is American slang for a wisecrack; punch-line.
Zinger is American slang for a surprise question; an unexpected turn of events.
Research Zinger

ZINGY

Zingy is slang for energetic, enthusiastic.
Research Zingy

ZIP

Zip is derogatory slang for an Asian person.
Zip is slang for nothing.
Zip is slang for cocaine.
Zip is slang for a worthless person.
Zip is sport slang for to defeat by preventing the opponent from scoring.
Zip is American slang for an ounce of a drug.
Research Zip

ZIP COON

Zip coon is Black-American slang for a subservient Black person.
Research Zip Coon

ZIP GUN

Zip gun is slang for a homemade gun capable of firing single shots.
Research Zip Gun

ZIP IT

Zip it is slang for shut up, keep quiet.
Research Zip It

ZIP ONE'S LIP

Zip one's lip is slang for to shut up, to keep quiet.
Research Zip One's Lip

ZIPLESS

Zipless is slang for a brief and passionate sexual encounter.
Research Zipless

ZIPPER CLUB

Zipper club is American homosexual slang for a venue that plays host to repeated oral sex.
Research Zipper Club

ZIPPER DINNER

Zipper dinner is American homosexual slang for quick, spontaneous fellatio in which the trousers are simply undone.
Research Zipper Dinner

ZIPPER SEX

Zipper sex is American homosexual slang for quick, spontaneous fellatio in which the trousers are simply undone.
Research Zipper Sex

ZIPPERHEAD

Zipperhead is derogatory slang for an Asian person.
Research Zipperhead

ZIPPERSNIFFER

Zippersniffer is slang for a male homosexual.
Zippersniffer is slang for a predatory female.
Research Zippersniffer

ZIPPO

Zippo is slang for nothing.
Zippo was American Second World War slang for the early model Sherman tank.
Research Zippo

ZIT

Zit is slang for a spot, pimple or boil on the skin (acne).
Research Zit

ZIT DOCTOR

Zit doctor is American slang for a dermatologist.
Research Zit Doctor

ZITSFLEISCH

Zitsfleisch is American slang for patience.
Research Zitsfleisch

ZIZZ

Zizz is slang for a short sleep or nap.
Zizz is American slang for gaiety, liveliness.
Research Zizz

ZIZZY

Zizzy is American slang for a nap, a snooze.
Research Zizzy

ZNEES

Znees was old slang for frost.
Research Znees

ZOD

Zod is American slang for a fool, a dullard.
Research Zod

ZOFTIG

Zoftig is American slang for pleasing, luxuriant, voluptuous.
Research Zoftig

ZOID

Zoid is slang for a clumsy, foolish person.
Research Zoid

ZOLA BUDD

Zola Budd was 1980's London Cockney rhyming slang for a potato (spud).
Zola Budd is South African slang for a taxi.
Zola Budd is South African slang for a slow armoured police vehicle.
Research Zola Budd

ZOMBIE

Zombie is slang for a dull, vacuous person.
Zombie is slang for an idiot.
Zombie is slang for an inactive person.
Zombie is slang for a UFO.
Zombie was American and Canadian military slang for someone conscripted for home defence during the Second World War.
Research Zombie

ZOMBIE JUICE

Zombie Juice is slang for Chlorpromazine hydrochloride.
Research Zombie Juice

ZOMBOID

Zomboid is slang for stupid, dull, inert.
Zomboid is slang for drunk, intoxicated.
Research Zomboid

ZONE OUT

Zone out is slang for to lose consciousness due to drugs.
Zone out is American slang for to lose concentration.
Zone out is American slang for to go to sleep.
Research Zone Out

ZONED

Zoned is slang for semi-conscious due to drugs.
Research Zoned

ZONK

Zonk is slang for to hit, to strike.
Zonk is slang for to die.
Zonk is slang for lose conciousness.
Zonk is slang for fall into a heavy sleep.
Research Zonk

ZONKED

Zonked is slang for worn out, tired, or heavily intoxicated.
Research Zonked

ZONKY

Zonky is slang for odd; weird.
Research Zonky

ZONZ

Zonz is British slang for a saysage.
Research Zonz

ZOO

Zoo is Dorset slang for so.
Research Zoo

ZOO DADDY

Zoo daddy is American slang for a divorced father who rarely sees his children.
Research Zoo Daddy

ZOOB

Zoob is slang for the penis.
Research Zoob

ZOOBRICK

Zoobrick is slang for the penis.
Research Zoobrick

ZOOEY

Zooey is American slang for unpleasant, barbaric.
Zooey is American slang for hectic, chaotic.
Research Zooey

ZOOK

Zook is American tramp slang for a worn-out prostitute.
Research Zook

ZOOM

Zoom is drug slang for amphetamines.
Zoom is drug slang for cocaine.
Zoom is Black-American slang for to obtain something without paying for it; to sneak in.
Research Zoom

ZOOMIE

Zoomie is American military slang for a pilot.
Research Zoomie

ZOOT

Zoot is American slang for a fashionable and flashy style in clothing.
Research Zoot

ZOOT SUIT

Zoot suit is British slang for a zipped forensic-evidence bag.
Zoot suit was military slang for a windproof all-over suit issued to some Allied troops during the Second world War.
Research Zoot Suit

ZOOTY

Zooty is American slang for strikingly fashionable.
Research Zooty

ZOQUETE

Zoquete is slang for heroin.
Research Zoquete

ZORBA

Zorba is slang for to urinate.
Zorba is British and Australian slang for a Greek.
Research Zorba

ZORBA THE GREEK

Zorba the Greek is rhyming slang for to urinate (leak).
Research Zorba The Greek

ZOWIE

Zowie is slang for energy, force.
Research Zowie

ZS

Zs (pronounced zeds) is slang for sleep, a nap.
Research Zs

ZSA ZSA GABOR

Zsa Zsa Gabor is London Cockney rhyming slang for a whore.
Research Zsa Zsa Gabor

ZUCCHINI

Zucchini is American slang for the penis.
Research Zucchini

ZUKE

Zuke is American slang for to vomit.
Research Zuke

ZULL

Zull is Dorset slang for a plough.
Research Zull

ZULU

Zulu is derogatory slang for a black person.
Zulu is astronautical slang for Greenwich Mean Time.
Research Zulu

ZUMMIT

Zummit is Dorset slang for something.
Research Zummit

ZUMMUT

Zummut is Dorset slang for something.
Research Zummut

ZUP?

Zup? Is American teen slang for how are you?
Research Zup?

ZURUCKER

Zurucker is Australian slang for a policeman.
Research Zurucker

 
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