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Give someone a wedgie is American slang for to pull someone's underwear up at the back so that it is uncomfortably wedged in between the buttocks.
Vrb phrs. To reject someone. Also shortened to 'give someone the big E'. {Informal}
Important person, official, boss. "He's one of the railroad big bugs."
Give someone curry is Australian slang for to assault a person verbally or physically.
give someone the Spanish archer
Vrb phrs. To dismiss, to sack. A pun on the 'Spanish archer' being called El Bow, thus 'give someone the elbow' (dismiss someone). E.g."I found out she was having it away with the milkman, so I gave her the old spanish archer."
Give five is American slang for to greet someone by hand.
Give someone a serve is Australian slang for criticise or reprimand someone sharply.
Noun. Dismissal, rejection. From the metaphorical use of elbow (E), in rejecting someone. See 'give someone the elbow'.
Give someone the air is American slang for reject or dismiss someone.
Verb. To terminate a relationship. From the returning of possessions in a big bag, a disposable bag made of black polythene. E.g."I didnt come home until the next morning, and with lipstick on my shirt collar, I was promptly bin-bagged." [Merseyside use]
Vrb phrs. To give someone a suspicious or contemptible look. See 'hairy eye'.
GIVE SOMEONE THE COLD SHOULDER
Give someone the cold shoulder is slang for to behave in an intentionally unfriendly manner, to ignore someone.
Big wig is slang for an important person.
Big bag is American slang for heroin.
Vrb phrs. To reject someone, to dismiss someone, from 'give someone the elbow' (E). {Informal}
Give someone the arse is Australian slang for to get rid of, jilt, dismiss someone.
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p. p.
of Give
n.
To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.
v. t. & i.
To give.
n.
To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.
imp.
of Give
v. i.
To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.
superl.
Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
n.
To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.
v. t.
To give.
superl.
Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.
v. i.
To give a gift or gifts.
n.
To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.
n.
One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
v. t.
Alt. of Bigg
n.
To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.
n. & v.
See Big, n. & v.
n.
To pledge; as, to give one's word.
n.
Alt. of Bigg
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