Over 280 Common American Slang Expressions
ace
He's an ace reporter.
☞ very good
action
Do you know where the action is in this town?
☞ excitement
airhead
My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.
☞ stupid person
all wet
Your ideas about politics are all wet.
☞ completely wrong
all-nighter
I almost fell asleep during the test after an all-nighter.
☞ after studying all night.
ammo
The gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo.
☞ ammunition
antifreeze
I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this.
☞ liquor
armpit
This town is really an armpit.
☞ undesirable place
awesome
What an awesome sunset.
☞ great
bad
Wow, that was really a bad movie.
☞ intense
barf
He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.
☞ vomitted
bashed
The boat was bashed beyond recognition.
☞ crushed
beat
After working all day I am really beat.
☞ exhausted
beemer
He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.
☞ B.M.W. car
bench
He was benched during the basketball playoffs.
☞ taken out of the game
bent
It's OK. Don't get so bent.
☞ angry
bent out of shape
Don't get so bent out of shape.
☞ become upset
big gun
The president brought two big guns to the meeting.
☞ powerful people
big mouth
Shut up! You really have a big mouth.
☞ talk too much
big stink
The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station.
☞ big issue
blade
He carried a ten inch blade with him.
☞ knife
blimp
I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel.
☞ very fat person
blow
I'm going to blow out of here now.
☞ leave
blow
He blew all his money gambling.
☞ lost
blow a fuse
Hey, don't blow a fuse.
ㅍlose your temper.
blow one's cool
Calm down. Don't blow your cool.
☞ become angry
blown away
I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars.
☞ greatly impressed
bomb
The movie was a bomb.
☞ bad
bombed
The driver of the car was bombed.
☞ intoxicated
bonkers
I think I am going bonkers.
☞ crazy
boo-boo
If you make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job.
☞ mistake
booze
I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.
☞ alcohol
bread
I need some bread to pay for my car.
☞ money
break
A lucky break helped him get the job.
☞ opportunity
break it up
Break it up, or I will call the police.
☞ stop
bring-down
The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down.
☞ depressing
buck
Do you have a buck I can borrow?
☞ dollar
bummed
I was really bummed after I heard the news.
☞ depressed
bummer
My trip to New York was a bummer.
☞ bad experience
bust
The whole idea was a bust.
☞ failure
buy it
If you don't slow down, you're going to buy it in a car accident.
☞ die
call
The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come.
☞ prediction
can
Do you know where the can is?
☞ bathroom
carb
My motorcycle's carb is out of adjustment.
☞ carburetor
catch some rays
I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.
☞ get some sunshine.
catch some Z's
I need to catch some Z's before I go on my trip.
☞ get some sleep
cheesy
That is really a cheesy looking outfit.
☞ cheap
chicken
Don't be a chicken.
☞ coward
chintzy
That really was a chintzy present you got him.
☞ cheap
chow down
I need to find a place to chow down.
☞ eat a lot
clip
Watch out or they will clip you at that bar.
☞ cheat
clunker
I can't go on a date in that clunker.
☞ old car
cold fish
My date for the dance was a cold fish.
☞ dull
collar
I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later.
☞ arrest
come up for air
He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion.
☞ take a break
con
Don't try to con me.
☞ deceive
cool
This is a really cool place to work.
☞ good
cool down
Things should cool down in a day or two.
☞ calm down
cop
How did you get the road sign? I copped it.
☞ robbed
cop
The cop showed me his badge.
☞ policeman
couch potato
He is a couch potato.
☞ lazy person
crack open a bottle
Let's crack open a bottle for his birthday.
☞ open
cram
I need more time to cram for the test.
☞ study hard
cream
Our team creamed them badly.
☞ beat
croak
I feel like I am going to croak.
☞ die
cruise
The skier was cruising down the hill
☞ going very fast
cuffs
He put the cuffs on the killer.
☞ handcuffs
cushy
He has a really cushy job.
☞ easy
cut
Could you cut my whiskey with a little water?
☞ dilute
cut out
It is late. I have to cut out.
☞ leave
damage
Lets get the bill and find out the damage.
☞ cost
dead
This disco is really dead tonight.
☞ quiet
deck
He was decked in the fight.
☞ knocked down
deep pockets
Her boyfriend has deep pockets.
☞ is a good source of money
dicey
Since the weather is a little dicey, I won't go today.
☞ chancy
dirty
I hear that it's a dirty movie.
☞ an obscene
ditch
I'll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother.
☞ leave
do a snow job on
Don't try to do a snow job on me.
☞ deceive
dope
He is such a dope.
☞ stupid person
dope
There are a lot of dope dealers around here.
☞ drug
dork
He is such a dork.
☞ strange person
dough
I need some dough before I can go Christmas shopping.
☞ money
down
Let's go to a bar and down a few beers.
☞ drink quickly
drag
Doing homework on the weekend is a drag.
☞ boring
dynamite
This drink is really dynamite.
☞ powerful; great
earful
My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood.
☞ a lot of gossip
easy mark
The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually carry cash.
☞ likely victims
eat
The problem is really eating away at me.
☞ bothering
excellent
That's excellent man.
☞ fine
face-off
The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off.
☞ confrontation
far-out
This music is really far-out.
☞ great
fix
The addict needs another fix.
☞ dose of drugs
flaky
He is too flaky to do the work.
☞ unreliable
flashback
At the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend.
☞ remembered
flick
I haven't seen a flick in a long time.
☞ movie
flip out
He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed.
☞ lost control
flip side
What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape?
☞ other side
fox
His older sister is a fox.
☞ very attractive
foxy
She is a foxy lady.
☞ sexy
freebie
The pillow was a freebie
☞ free
get into something
I got into gardening in high school.
☞ became seriously interested in
get it
I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it.
☞ understand
get with it
If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
☞ hurry up
gig
I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00.
☞ job
glitch
This computer program has a glitch.
☞ defect
glitzy
This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.
☞ fashionable
go
Let me have a go at solving the problem.
☞ try
go bananas
I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.
☞ go crazy
go down
What is going down?
☞ happening
goof
I am really a goof at times.
☞ fool
goof up
I really goofed up when I painted my room green.
☞ made a serious mistake
goofy
You are always acting goofy these days.
☞ silly
gourd
Use your gourd to figure out what is happening.
☞ head
grand
His salary is twenty grand.
☞ thousand dollars
grass
Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory.
☞ marijuana
gravy
This job is pure gravy.
☞ easy money
groovy
This music is groovy.
☞ pleasant
gross
Picking your nose is really a gross habit.
☞ disgusting
gross-out
The party was a gross-out.
☞ digusting time
grub
Where is the best place to get some grub around here?
☞ food
grubby
Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.
☞ unclean and untidy
grungy
That is a really grungy jacket.
☞ dirty
gut
He got shot in the gut.
☞ stomach.
gut
The gut issue is about what we are going to do now.
☞ basic
guts
It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.
☞ courage
hairy
That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over.
☞ dangerous
hammer
Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.
☞ accelerator
hang it up
I have decided to hang up my teaching job.
☞ quit
hang loose
Just hang loose for another few days.
☞ relax
hang tough
We need to hang tough on our decision.
☞ stick with
hardware
The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had.
☞ weapons
have a buzz on
I had a buzz on after the third martini.
☞ was slightly intoxicated
have good vibes
I have good vibes about our new secretary.
☞ feel good about
have it all together
Recently I don't have it all together.
☞ feel mentally all there.
heave
I heaved up on the floor.
☞ vomited
high
The teenagers look high to me.
☞ intoxicated on drugs or alcohol
hip-shooter
He is such a hip-shooter.
☞ always talking without thinking
history
I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history.
☞ something in the past
hit
Your proposal was a hit with the boss.
☞ successful
hole up
I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me.
☞ hide
honcho
The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation.
☞ boss
hooker
Her clothes make her look like a hooker.
☞ prostitute
hot
The police stopped them because they though the car was hot.
☞ stolen
huffy
I will do it soon so please don't get huffy.
☞ angry
hungry
If you are not hungry, you won't get ahead in the business.
☞ eager to make money
hustle
If you don't hustle, we will be late again.
☞ hurry up
hyped
The fans were all hyped up for the football game.
☞ excited
hyper
Don't get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn't true.
☞ over excited
I.D.
Can you show me some I.D. please?
☞ identification
in
The tie you are wearing is really in.
☞ fashionable
in deep
They are really in deep with each other.
☞ deeply involved
in the bag
Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about.
☞ settled
intense
This is a very intense situation we are discussing.
☞ serious
jam
I am glad you got yourself out of that jam.
☞ trouble
jerk someone around
Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around.
☞ wasting my time and causing me trouble
jock
My roommate is a jock for the basketball team.
☞ an athlete
john
The john really smells.
☞ bathroom
joint
Where is the closest joint to here.
☞ cheap bar
joint
He is good at rolling joints.
☞ marijuana cigarettes
junkie
Sam is a junkie.
☞ drug addict
just off the boat
He acts like he is just off the boat.
☞ naive
keep one's cool
He kept his cool when his house burned down.
☞ remained calm
kegger
I hear there is a kegger at John's house tonight.
☞ beer party
kick
I get a kick out of watching him paint.
☞ enjoy
klutz
He is a real klutz.
☞ stupid and clumsy person
knock
Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.
☞ criticize
knocked up
My dog gets knocked up once a year.
☞ pregnant
knockout
Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday?
☞ stunning person
knuckle sandwich
Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich.
☞ punch in the mouth
kook
Watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood.
☞ strange people
laid-back
You need to be more laid-back.
☞ calm and relaxed
lame
That is really a lame excuse.
☞ an inadequate
line
I have heard that line a million times.
☞ story
loser
John is a loser.
☞ annoying and useless
love handles
I exercise every day, but I can't get rid of these love handles.
☞ rolls of fat around my stomach
make waves
Try not to make waves around the office.
☞ cause trouble
maxed out
I am maxed out at my work and need to rest.
☞ exhausted
mean
He plays a mean violin.
☞ performs well on
mega
I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer.
☞ large
megabucks
He made megabucks when he sold his company.
☞ a lot of money
knock
Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.
☞ criticize
mellow
You need to mellow out and enjoy life.
☞ calm down and relax
meltdown
There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and I.
☞ total collapse
mickey mouse
The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse.
☞ nonsense and a waste of time
move on someone
I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday.
☞ pick up and seduce
mush
That is total mush and you know it.
☞ nonesense
nark
Watch out for the narks in the airport.
☞ drug police
neat
That was a neat idea that you had.
☞ good
negative
There are too many negatives about the company merger.
☞ bad things
nick
The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.
☞ arrested
nip
He took a nip out of the bottle.
☞ a quick drink
no sweat
It's no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday.
☞ no problem
nuke
I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes.
☞ heat up in the microwave
nuke
Does that attack plane have any nukes?
☞ nuclear weapons
nut
I think that he is a nut.
☞ crazy person
nuts
You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you.
☞ crazy
pad
Have you found a pad yet?
☞ a place to live
pain in the neck
My wife's best friend is a pain in the neck.
☞ annoying
paper-pusher
My office is filled with paper-pushers.
☞ bureaucratic office workers
party animal
You're too old to be a party animal.
☞ love parties
party-hearty
We need to party-hearty because we just got a raise in salary.
☞ celebrate
paw
Get your paws off of my body.
☞ hands
peanuts
I am not going to work for peanuts.
☞ practically no money
pickled
He gets pickled after only one beer.
☞ intoxicated
piece of cake
Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake.
☞ easy to do
pig
He is a pig at parties.
☞ eats too much
pig out
Let's go to the restaurant and pig out.
☞ eat a lot or overeat
pit stop
Let's make a pit stop at the next rest area.
☞ stop and go to the bathroom
plastered
He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend.
☞ intoxicated
pooped out
He pooped out after we started to do the hard work.
☞ quit
pop
Shut up or I will pop you.
☞ hit
pop for something
It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts.
☞ buy
pro
He is really a pro at his work.
☞ professional
prod
Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won't forget?
☞ reminder
psyched up
The players are really psyched up for the game on Friday.
☞ mentally ready
psycho
She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital.
☞ mentally ill
puke
I feel like I am going to puke.
☞ vomit
push off
I am going to push off now.
☞ leave
put the moves on
You should give up trying to put the moves on her. She is married.
☞ seduce
put-on
It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed.
☞ deception
quarterback
Who is going to quarterback the meeting?
☞ lead
quick buck
I need to make a quick buck.
☞ some easy money
rack
I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll be tired in the morning.
☞ bed
rack out
I am going to rack out for two hours.
☞ sleep
racket
There sure was a lot of racket outside last night.
☞ noise
rag
I can't believe we still get this same old rag.
☞ newspaper
rap
We need to sit down and rap about a few things.
☞ talk about
rathole
When are you going to be able to move out of that rathole.
☞ run down place
raw
The raw office workers were not getting much done.
☞ new
ream someone out
The boss really reamed him out for his bad report.
☞ got angry with him
red hot
Your idea is really red hot.
☞ important
repo
Hey, don't repo my car. I will pay next week.
☞ repossess
rinky-dink
The circus was really rinky-dink.
☞ inferior
riot
The comedy program was a real riot.
☞ funny
road hog
That driver is a road hog.
☞ takes up too much of the road
rocks
Would you like your whiskey on the rocks?
☞ with ice
rough time
We have had a rough time this winter.
☞ hard time
rug
Is that a rug on his head?
☞ wig
rug rat
My sister has three rug rats.
☞ children
rule
My wife rules the house.
☞ dominates
run off at the mouth
He is always running off at the mouth.
☞ talking too much
run out of gas
The politician ran out of gas during the campaign.
☞ lost interest or momentum
sack
When did you hit the sack last night?
☞ go to bed
scam
Don't lose your money in some kind of scam.
☞ swindle
scarf
Since he hadn't eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate.
☞ ate quickly
schmuck
What a stupid schmuck.
☞ jerk
screw around
If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again.
☞ waste time
screw up
If you screw up one more time, I will fire you.
☞ make a mistake
sharp
He is very sharp with numbers
☞ intelligent
shot
I'll give the puzzle another shot.
☞ try
shot down
Everyone shot down my idea at first, but later agreed that it was a good idea.
☞ disagreed with
slammer
The police threw them both in the slammer.
☞ jail
smashed
Try not to get smashed at the beer party.
☞ intoxicated
smoke eater
My father is a smoke eater.
☞ fireman
split
It is time to split and go see the movie.
☞ leave
spook
The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves.
☞ frightened
spud
Do you want rice or spuds for dinner?
☞ potatoes
square
My father looks square in his jacket.
☞ old-fashioned
steamed up
Don't get so steamed up over the issue.
☞ angry
stink
This whole operation stinks.
☞ is repulsive
straight
I want you to give me a straight answer.
☞ honest
stressed
I am really stressed by all the recent world events.
☞ upset
sucker
Don't be a sucker.
☞ be deceived
take a hike
I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike.
☞ leave
taken
He was taken for all his money at the casino.
☞ cheated out of
taking care of business
I have been taking care of business.
☞ doing what I have to do
threads
Those look like expensive threads he is wearing.
☞ clothes
tool around
I don't want to tool around all night. It is time to go home.
☞ drive around
totaled
My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck.
☞ completely wrecked
up
He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend.
☞ happy and cheerful
up for grabs
This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs.
☞ available.
veg out
I want to veg out in front of the television this evening.
☞ relax and do nothing
vibes
He really gives off good vibes.
☞ feelings
wad
You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city.
☞ bundle of money
waste
After you waste him, throw the body in the river.
☞ kill
wheels
If you let me borrow your wheels, I'll go out and buy a pizza.
☞ car
whiz
He is a whiz at the computer.
☞ talented person
wired
I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee.
☞ alert
wussy
Don't be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking.
☞ weak person
yukky
This food tastes yukky
☞ bad
zapped
I am too zapped to help you right now.
☞ exhausted
zip
He knew zip about running the company.
☞ nothing
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