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An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. [Slang] Thackeray.

A liking for a person; a fancy. [Slang, U.S.]

A bright piece of money. [Slang] Has she the shiners, d' ye think Foote. black eye.

usually covered, with targets for practice with firearms. -- Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.] -- Shooting star. (a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky, and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a few seconds, a luminous tr…

Breeches; shortclothes. [Slang] Dickens.

the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. [Old Slang] Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies. Chapman.

one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way. [Slang, U.S.]

A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary. [Slang.]

To conseal and appropriate. [Slang] If sent with ready money to buy anything, and you happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on account. Swift.

ing. To size up, to estimate or ascertain the character and ability of. See 4th Size, 4. [Slang, U.S.] We had to size up our fellow legislators. The Century.

To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away. [Slang, U. S.]

To strip of money or property; to cheat. [Slang]

sound to another by more than a degree at once. Busby. Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] Swift. -- Skip mackerel. (Zoöl.) See Bluefish, 1.

A person licensed as a pilot. [Slang]

An aëronaut. [Slang]

Hence, anything usually large, high, or excessive. [Slang or Colloq.]

Anything monstrous; a whopper. [Slang] Grose.

Very large; monstrous; big. [Slang.]

Somewhat drunk. [Slang]

esp. with little attention to aim or the like, as in cricket or boxing; to slug. [Cant or Slang]