· 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: at

· 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: ome 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 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: ome angry

· blown away · I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars. · MEANING: atly 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; at

· earful · My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood. · MEANING: a lot of gossip

· easy mark · The Japanese are an easy mark ause 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: at

· 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: ame 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 en. · 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 ause 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 ause 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