American Slang

今天整理了一些American Slang, 共享一下。
ace

· He's an ace reporter.

· MEANING: very good

· action

· Do you know where the action is in this town?

· MEANING: excitement

· airhead

· My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.

· MEANING: stupid person

 

· all wet

· Your ideas about politics are all wet.

· MEANING: completely wrong

 

· all-nighter

· I almost fell asleep during the test after an all-nighter.

· MEANING: after studying all night.

 

· ammo

· The gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo.

· MEANING: ammunition

 

· antifreeze

· I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this.

· MEANING: liquor

 

· armpit

· This town is really an armpit.

· MEANING: undesirable place

 

· awesome

· What an awesome sunset.

· MEANING: great

 

· bad

· Wow, that was really a bad movie.

· MEANING: intense

 

· barf

· He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.

· MEANING: vomitted

 

· bashed

· The boat was bashed beyond recognition.

· MEANING: crushed

 

· beat

· After working all day I am really beat.

· MEANING: exhausted

 

· beemer

· He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.

· MEANING: B.M.W. car

 

· bench

· He was benched during the basketball playoffs.

· MEANING: taken out of the game

 

· bent

· It's OK. Don't get so bent.

· MEANING: angry

 

· bent out of shape

· Don't get so bent out of shape.

· MEANING: become upset

 

· big gun

· The president brought two big guns to the meeting.

· MEANING: powerful people

 

· big mouth

· Shut up! You really have a big mouth.

· MEANING: talk too much

 

· big stink

· The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station.

· MEANING: big issue

 

· blade

· He carried a ten inch blade with him.

· MEANING: knife

 

· blimp

· I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel.

· MEANING: very fat person

 

· blow

· I'm going g to blow out of here now.

· MEANING: leave

 

· blow

· He blew all his money gambling.

· MEANING: lost

 

· blow a fuse

· Hey, don't blow a fuse.

· MEANING: lose your temper.

 

· blow one's cool

· Calm down. Don't blow your cool.

· MEANING: become angry

 

· blown away

· I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars.

· MEANING: greatly impressed

 

· bomb

· The movie was a bomb.

· MEANING: bad

 

· bombed

· The driver of the car was bombed.

· MEANING: intoxicated

 

· bonkers

· I think I am going bonkers.

· MEANING: crazy

 

· boo-boo

· If you make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job.

· MEANING: mistake

 

· booze

· I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.

· MEANING: alcohol

 

· bread

· I need some bread to pay for my car.

· MEANING: money

 

· break

· A lucky break helped him get the job.

· MEANING: opportunity

 

· break it up

· Break it up, or I will call the police.

· MEANING: stop

 

· bring-down

· The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down.

· MEANING: depressing

 

· buck

· Do you have a buck I can borrow?

· MEANING: dollar

 

· bummed

· I was really bummed after I heard the news.

· MEANING: depressed

 

· bummer

· My trip to New York was a bummer.

· MEANING: bad experience

 

· bust

· The whole idea was a bust.

· MEANING: failure

 

· buy it

· If you don't slow down, you're going to buy it in a car accident.

· MEANING: die

 

· call

· The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come.

· MEANING: prediction

 

· can

· Do you know where the can is?

· MEANING: bathroom

 

· carb

· My motorcycle's carb is out of adjustment.

· MEANING: carburetor

 

· catch some rays

· I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.

· MEANING: get some sunshine.

 

· catch some Z's

· I need to catch some Z's before I go on my trip.

· MEANING: get some sleep

 

· cheesy

· That is really a cheesy looking outfit.

· MEANING: cheap

 

· chicken

· Don't be a chicken.

· MEANING: coward

 

· chintzy

· That really was a chintzy present you got him.

· MEANING: cheap

 

· chow down

· I need to find a place to chow down.

· MEANING: eat a lot

 

· clip

· Watch out or they will clip you at that bar.

· MEANING: cheat

 

· clunker

· I can't go on a date in that clunker.

· MEANING: old car

 

· cold fish

· My date for the dance was a cold fish.

· MEANING: dull

 

· collar

· I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later.

· MEANING: arrest

 

· come up for air

· He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion.

· MEANING: take a break

 

· con

· Don't try to con me.

· MEANING: deceive

 

· cool

· This is a really cool place to work.

· MEANING: good

 

· cool down

· Things should cool down in a day or two.

· MEANING: calm down

 

· cop

· How did you get the road sign? I copped it.

· MEANING: robbed

 

· cop

· The cop showed me his badge.

· MEANING: policeman

 

· couch potato

· He is a couch potato.

· MEANING: lazy person

 

· crack open a bottle

· Let's crack open a bottle for his birthday.

· MEANING: open

 

· cram

· I need more time to cram for the test.

· MEANING: study hard

 

· cream

· Our team creamed them badly.

· MEANING: beat

 

· croak

· I feel like I am going to croak.

· MEANING: die

 

· cruise

· The skier was cruising down the hill

· MEANING: going very fast

 

· cuffs

· He put the cuffs on the killer.

· MEANING: handcuffs

 

· cushy

· He has a really cushy job.

· MEANING: easy

 

· cut

· Could you cut my whiskey with a little water?

· MEANING: dilute

 

· cut out

· It is late. I have to cut out.

· MEANING: leave

 

· damage

· Lets get the bill and find out the damage.

· MEANING: cost

 

· dead

· This disco is really dead tonight.

· MEANING: quiet

 

· deck

· He was decked in the fight.

· MEANING: knocked down

 

· deep pockets

· Her boyfriend has deep pockets.

· MEANING: is a good source of money

 

· dicey

· Since the weather is a little dicey, I won't go today.

· MEANING: chancy

 

· dirty

· I hear that it's a dirty movie.

· MEANING: an obscene

 

· ditch

· I'll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother.

· MEANING: leave

 

· do a snow job on

· Don't try to do a snow job on me.

· MEANING: deceive

 

· dope

· He is such a dope.

· MEANING: stupid person

 

· dope

· There are a lot of dope dealers around here.

· MEANING: drug

 

· dork

· He is such a dork.

· MEANING: strange person

 

· dough

· I need some dough before I can go Christmas shopping.

· MEANING: money

 

· down

· Let's go to a bar and down a few beers.

· MEANING: drink quickly

 

· drag

· Doing homework on the weekend is a drag.

· MEANING: boring

 

· dynamite

· This drink is really dynamite.

· MEANING: powerful; great

 

· earful

· My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood.

· MEANING: a lot of gossip

 

· easy mark

· The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually carry cash.

· MEANING: likely victims

 

· eat

· The problem is really eating away at me.

· MEANING: bothering

 

· excellent

· That's excellent man.

· MEANING: fine

 

· face-off

· The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off.

· MEANING: confrontation

 

· far-out

· This music is really far-out.

· MEANING: great

 

· fix

· The addict needs another fix.

· MEANING: dose of drugs

 

· flaky

· He is too flaky to do the work.

· MEANING: unreliable

 

· flashback

· At the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend.

· MEANING: remembered

 

· flick

· I haven't seen a flick in a long time.
· MEANING: movie

· flip out
· He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed.
· MEANING: lost control

· flip side
· What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape?
· MEANING: other side

· fox
· His older sister is a fox.
· MEANING: very attractive

· foxy
· She is a foxy lady.
· MEANING: sexy

· freebie
· The pillow was a freebie
· MEANING: free

· get into something
· I got into gardening in high school.
· MEANING: became seriously interested in

· get it
· I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it.
· MEANING: understand

· get with it
· If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
· MEANING: hurry up

· gig
· I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00.
· MEANING: job

· glitch
· This computer program has a glitch.
· MEANING: defect

· glitzy
· This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.
· MEANING: fashionable

· go
· Let me have a go at solving the problem.
· MEANING: try

· go bananas
· I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.
· MEANING: go crazy

· go down
· What is going down?
· MEANING: happening

· goof
· I am really a goof at times.
· MEANING: fool

· goof up
· I really goofed up when I painted my room green.
· MEANING: made a serious mistake

· goofy
· You are always acting goofy these days.
· MEANING: silly

· gourd
· Use your gourd to figure out what is happening.
· MEANING: head

· grand
· His salary is twenty grand.
· MEANING: thousand dollars

· grass
· Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory.
· MEANING: marijuana

· gravy
· This job is pure gravy.
· MEANING: easy money

· groovy
· This music is groovy.
· MEANING: pleasant

· gross
· Picking your nose is really a gross habit.

MEANING: disgusting

· gross-out
· The party was a gross-out.
· MEANING: digusting time

· grub
· Where is the best place to get some grub around here?
· MEANING: food

· grubby
· Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.
· MEANING: unclean and untidy

· grungy
· That is a really grungy jacket.
· MEANING: dirty

· gut
· He got shot in the gut.
· MEANING: stomach.

· gut
· The gut issue is about what we are going to do now.
· MEANING: basic

· guts
· It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.
· MEANING: courage

· hairy
· That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over.
· MEANING: dangerous

· hammer
· Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.
· MEANING: accelerator

· hang it up
· I have decided to hang up my teaching job.
· MEANING: quit

· hang loose
· Just hang loose for another few days.
· MEANING: relax

· hang tough
· We need to hang tough on our decision.
· MEANING: stick with

· hardware
· The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had.
· MEANING: weapons

· have a buzz on
· I had a buzz on after the third martini.
· MEANING: was slightly intoxicated

· have good vibes
· I have good vibes about our new secretary.
· MEANING: feel good about

· have it all together
· Recently I don't have it all together.
· MEANING: feel mentally all there.

· heave
· I heaved up on the floor.
· MEANING: vomited

· high
· The teenagers look high to me.
· MEANING: intoxicated on drugs or alcohol

· hip-shooter
· He is such a hip-shooter.
· MEANING: always talking without thinking

· history
· I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history.
· MEANING: something in the past

· hit
· Your proposal was a hit with the boss.
· MEANING: successful

· hole up

I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me.
· MEANING: hide

· honcho
· The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation.
· MEANING: boss

· hooker
· Her clothes make her look like a hooker.
· MEANING: prostitute

· hot
· The police stopped them because they though the car was hot.
· MEANING: stolen

· huffy
· I will do it soon so please don't get huffy.
· MEANING: angry

· hungry
· If you are not hungry, you won't get ahead in the business.
· MEANING: eager to make money

· hustle
· If you don't hustle, we will be late again.
· MEANING: hurry up

· hyped
· The fans were all hyped up for the football game.
· MEANING: excited

· hyper
· Don't get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn't true.
· MEANING: over excited

· I.D.
· Can you show me some I.D. please?
· MEANING: identification

· in
· The tie you are wearing is really in.
· MEANING: fashionable

· in deep
· They are really in deep with each other.
· MEANING: deeply involved

· in the bag
· Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about.
· MEANING: settled

· intense
· This is a very intense situation we are discussing.
· MEANING: serious

· jam
· I am glad you got yourself out of that jam.
· MEANING: trouble

· jerk someone around
· Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around.
· MEANING: wasting my time and causing me trouble

· jock
· My roommate is a jock for the basketball team.
· MEANING: an athlete

· john
· The john really smells.
· MEANING: bathroom

· joint
· Where is the closest joint to here.
· MEANING: cheap bar

· joint
· He is good at rolling joints.
· MEANING: marijuana cigarettes

· junkie
· Sam is a junkie.
· MEANING: rug addict

· just off the boat
· He acts like he is just off the

boat.
· MEANING: naive

· keep one's cool
· He kept his cool when his house burned down.
· MEANING: remained calm

· kegger
· I hear there is a kegger at John's house tonight.
· MEANING: beer party

· kick
· I get a kick out of watching him paint.
· MEANING: enjoy

· klutz
· He is a real klutz.
· MEANING: stupid and clumsy person

· knock
· Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.
· MEANING: criticize

· knocked up
· My dog gets knocked up once a year.
· MEANING: pregnant

· knockout
· Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday?
· MEANING: stunning person

· knuckle sandwich
· Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich.
· MEANING: punch in the mouth

· kook
· Watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood.
· MEANING: strange people

· laid-back
· You need to be more laid-back.
· MEANING: calm and relaxed

· lame
· That is really a lame excuse.
· MEANING: an inadequate

· line
· I have heard that line a million times.
· MEANING: story

· loser
· John is a loser.
· MEANING: annoying and useless

· love handles
· I exercise every day, but I can't get rid of these love handles.
· MEANING: rolls of fat around my stomach

· make waves
· Try not to make waves around the office.
· MEANING: cause trouble

· maxed out
· I am maxed out at my work and need to rest.
· MEANING: exhausted

· mean
· He plays a mean violin.
· MEANING: performs well on

· mega
· I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer.
· MEANING: large

· megabucks
· He made megabucks when he sold his company.
· MEANING: a lot of money

· knock
· Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.
· MEANING: criticize

· mellow
· You need to mellow out and enjoy life.
· MEANING: calm down and relax

· meltdown
· There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and I.

· MEANING: total collapse

 

· mickey mouse

· The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse.

· MEANING: nonsense and a waste of time

 

· move on someone

· I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday.

· MEANING: pick up and seduce

 

· mush

· That is total mush and you know it.

· MEANING: nonesense

 

· nark

· Watch out for the narks in the airport.

· MEANING: drug police

 

· neat

· That was a neat idea that you had.

· MEANING: good

 

· negative

· There are too many negatives about the company merger.

· MEANING: bad things

 

· nick

· The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.

· MEANING: arrested

 

· nip

· He took a nip out of the bottle.

· MEANING: a quick drink

 

· no sweat

· It's no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday.

· MEANING: no problem

 

· nuke

· I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes.

· MEANING: heat up in the microwave

 

· nuke

· Does that attack plane have any nukes?

· MEANING: nuclear weapons

 

· nut

· I think that he is a nut.

· MEANING: crazy person

 

· nuts

· You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you.

· MEANING: crazy

 

· pad

· Have you found a pad yet?

· MEANING: a place to live

 

· pain in the neck

· My wife's best friend is a pain in the neck.

· MEANING: annoying

 

· paper-pusher

· My office is filled with paper-pushers.

· MEANING: bureaucratic office workers

 

· party animal

· You're too old to be a party animal.

· MEANING: love parties

 

· party-hearty

· We need to party-hearty because we just got a raise in salary.

· MEANING: celebrate

 

· paw

· Get your paws off of my body.

· MEANING: hands

 

· peanuts

· I am not going to work for peanuts.

· MEANING: practically no money

 

· pickled

· He gets pickled after only one beer.

· MEANING: intoxicated

 

· piece of cake
· Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake.
· MEANING: easy to do

· pig
· He is a pig at parties.
· MEANING: eats too much

· pig out
· Let's go to the restaurant and pig out.
· MEANING: eat a lot or overeat

· pit stop
· Let's make a pit stop at the next rest area.
· MEANING: stop and go to the bathroom

· plastered
· He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend.
· MEANING: intoxicated

· pooped out
· He pooped out after we started to do the hard work.
· MEANING: quit

· pop
· Shut up or I will pop you.
· MEANING: hit

· pop for something
· It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts.
· MEANING: buy

· pro
· He is really a pro at his work.
· MEANING: professional

· prod
· Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won't forget?
· MEANING: reminder

· psyched up
· The players are really psyched up for the game on Friday.
· MEANING: mentally ready

· psycho
· She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital.
· MEANING: mentally ill

· puke
· I feel like I am going to puke.
· MEANING: vomit

· push off
· I am going to push off now.
· MEANING: leave

· put the moves on
· You should give up trying to put the moves on her. She is married.
· MEANING: seduce

· put-on
· It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed.
· MEANING: deception

· quarterback
· Who is going to quarterback the meeting?
· MEANING: lead

· quick buck
· I need to make a quick buck.
· MEANING: some easy money

· rack
· I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll be tired in the morning.
· MEANING: bed

· rack out
· I am going to rack out for two hours.
· MEANING: sleep

· racket
· There sure was a lot of racket outside last night.
· MEANING: noise

· rag
· I can't believe we still get this same old rag.
· MEANING: newspaper

· rap
· We need to sit down and rap about a few things.
· MEANING: talk about

· rathole
· When are you going to be able to move out of that rathole.
· MEANING: run down place

· raw
· The raw office workers were not getting much done.
· MEANING: new

· ream someone out
· The boss really reamed him out for his bad report.
· MEANING: got angry with him

· red hot
· Your idea is really red hot.
· MEANING: important

· repo
· Hey, don't repo my car. I will pay next week.
· MEANING: repossess

· rinky-dink
· The circus was really rinky-dink.
· MEANING: inferior

· riot
· The comedy program was a real riot.
· MEANING: funny

· road hog
· That driver is a road hog.
· MEANING: takes up too much of the road

· rocks
· Would you like your whiskey on the rocks?
· MEANING: with ice

· rough time
· We have had a rough time this winter.
· MEANING: hard time

· rug
· Is that a rug on his head?
· MEANING: wig

· rug rat
· My sister has three rug rats.
· MEANING: children

· rule
· My wife rules the house.
· MEANING: dominates

· run off at the mouth
· He is always running off at the mouth.
· MEANING: talking too much

· run out of gas
· The politician ran out of gas during the campaign.
· MEANING: lost interest or momentum

· sack
· When did you hit the sack last night?
· MEANING: go to bed

· scam
· Don't lose your money in some kind of scam.
· MEANING: swindle

· scarf
· Since he hadn't eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate.
· MEANING: ate quickly

· schmuck
· What a stupid schmuck.
· MEANING: jerk

· screw around
· If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again.
· MEANING: waste time

· screw up
· If you screw up one more time, I will fire you.
· MEANING: make a mistake

· sharp
· He is very sharp with numbers

· MEANING: intelligent

· shot
· I'll give the puzzle another shot.
· MEANING: try

· shot down
· Everyone shot down my idea at first, but later agreed that it was a good idea.
· MEANING:
· disagreed with

· slammer
· The police threw them both in the slammer.
· MEANING: jail

· smashed
· Try not to get smashed at the beer party.
· MEANING: intoxicated

· smoke eater
· My father is a smoke eater.
· MEANING: fireman

· split
· It is time to split and go see the movie.
· MEANING: leave

· spook
· The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves.
· MEANING: frightened

· spud
· Do you want rice or spuds for dinner?
· MEANING: potatoes

· square
· My father looks square in his jacket.
· MEANING: old-fashioned

· steamed up
· Don't get so steamed up over the issue.
· MEANING: angry

· stink
· This whole operation stinks.
· MEANING: is repulsive

· straight
· I want you to give me a straight answer.
· MEANING: honest

· stressed
· I am really stressed by all the recent world events.
· MEANING: upset

· sucker
· Don't be a sucker.
· MEANING: be deceived

· take a hike
· I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike.
· MEANING:
· leave

· taken
· He was taken for all his money at the casino.
· MEANING:
· cheated out of

· taking care of business
· I have been taking care of business.
· MEANING: doing what I have to do

· threads
· Those look like expensive threads he is wearing.
· MEANING: clothes

· tool around
· I don't want to tool around all night. It is time to go home.
· MEANING: drive around

· totaled
· My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck.
· MEANING: completely wrecked

· up
· He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend.
· MEANING: happy and cheerful

· up for grabs
· This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs.
· MEANING: available.

· veg out
· I want to veg out in front of the television this evening.
· MEANING: relax and do nothing

· vibes
· He really gives off good vibes.
· MEANING: feelings

· wad
· You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city.
· MEANING: bundle of money

· waste
· After you waste him, throw the body in the river.
· MEANING: kill

· wheels
· If you let me borrow your wheels, I'll go out and buy a pizza.
· MEANING: car

· whiz
· He is a whiz at the computer.
· MEANING: talented person

· wired
· I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee.
· MEANING: alert

· wussy
· Don't be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking.
· MEANING: weak person

· yukky
· This food tastes yukky
· MEANING: bad

· zapped
· I am too zapped to help you right now.
· MEANING: exhausted

· zip
· He knew zip about running the company.
· MEANING: Nothing