Used of a human being or person. Cf. creature, n. 2a 2c. Without qualification. In later use only in contempt or reproach, usually suggesting…

figurative. As a term of contempt for a human being; esp. one who scratches like a cat; a spiteful or backbiting woman. spec. an itinerant worker…

A term, apparently contemptuous, applied both to man and woman.

(a) a cub of the fox (used also as a term of contempt); (b) apparently a kind of cider (cf. quot. 1664.

A human being; a person, an individual. Without qualification. Cf. fellow creature, n.

Applied depreciatingly to the offspring of a noxious creature or being. (Cf. son of a bitch, n.)

A term of contempt applied both to men and women.

= turnspit, n. 2 3 Also attrib. or adj.

Used as a term of contempt or opprobrium.

An offensive or despicable person (usually a man); a person (usually a man) whose behaviour is regarded as obnoxious.

Chiefly Scottish, Irish English (northern), English regional (northern), and U.S. regional. In contemptuous use: a child, a brat; (spec.) an…

A term of contempt for a person.

A term of contempt for a person.

derogatory. An insignificant person; a person exhibiting behaviour or habits usually associated with the ant.

A term of contempt for one considered wanting in gentlemanly breeding.

A disreputable or contemptible person; a person of a low social class. Cf. rag-tag, n. 2, tag-rag, n. a. Now rare.

huddle and twang, a term of contempt for a person. Cf. cum-twang, n., huddle, n. 3.

A vague term of reproach, contempt, or the like, with various shades of meaning. A lively, smart, reckless, violent, or mischievous person. Obsolete…

Used as a term of contempt. rare.

Used as a term of contempt.

In proverbial and allusive phrases; often implying disparagement and ridicule.

A boy or man whose office was to turn the spit. Also used as a term of contempt.

Used as a term of contempt.

Used as a term of contempt or reproach.

Applied contemptuously to a person.

Applied in contempt or insult to a person. Frequently as little tick. colloquial.

transferred. Applied in scorn to human beings.

A disagreeable, annoying, or inconsequential person (esp. a man).

figurative. Applied contemptuously to a person, as insignificant or despicable (sometimes also as annoying, like an insect persistently buzzing…

English regional (south-western). mully-grub-gurgeon n. a grub that feeds on coarse meal (see gurgeons, n.). Also used as a term of abuse. Obsolete.

= sense 1 (also contemptuous).

The buttocks; the arse; (in extended use) rubbish, nonsense. Also (occasionally attributive) as a general term of abuse. Also as int.

Applied contemptuously to persons.

A derogatory term for a person, esp. an annoying one. slang.

dialect and slang. Applied to persons as a term of contempt or opprobrium.

An unpleasant or contemptible person; (U.S. slang) spec. = skinflint, n. Now rare.

slang. A contemptible person, esp. a miser, skinflint. Also spec., an employer who pays less than the usual rate of wages; a labourer who accepts…

A term of contempt for a person.

transferred. A name of opprobrium; occasionally jocular.

slang. A mean, disagreeable, or contemptible person (frequently big stiff). Also jocularly and loosely, a man, a fellow; working stiff, an…

low slang. A very stupid, unpleasant, or contemptible person; also transferred; also used inoffensively, preceded by little, poor, etc., = devil, n.…

slang. A contemptible or unpleasant person; often merely as an extravagant substitute for ‘fellow’. Also transferred.

Used as a euphemistic substitute for ‘bugger’ or ‘shit’. Cf. sugar, int., sugar, v. 5.

Filth, rubbish; frequently used as a term of abuse or as an expletive.

A derogatory designation for a person.

(a) (a term of abuse for) a useless or contemptible person; (b) originally Military a sleeping bag; (also more generally) a bunk or bed, made up…

A stupid, annoying, or ineffectual person. Cf. fart, n.1 3, arse, n. 3.

An obnoxious, detestable, or stupid person (esp. a male). Also as a modifier as a more general term of contempt.