A
ace - very good
He's an ace reporter.

action - excitement
Do you know where the action is in this town?

airhead - stupid person
My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.

all wet - completely wrong
Your ideas about politics are all wet.

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

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

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

armpit - undesirable place
This town is really an armpit.

awesome - great
What an awesome sunset.

B
bad - intense
Wow, that was really a bad movie.

barf - vomited
He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.

bashed - crushed
The boat was bashed beyond recognition.

beat - exhausted
After working all day I am really beat.

beemer - BMW car
He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.

bench - taken out of the game
He was benched during the basketball playoffs.

bent - angry
It's OK. Don't get so bent.

bent out of shape - become upset
Don't get so bent out of shape.

big gun - powerful people
The president brought two big guns to the meeting.

big mouth - talk too much
Shut up! You really have a big mouth.

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

blade - knife
He carried a ten inch blade with him.

blimp - very fat person
I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel.

blow - leave
I'm going to blow out of here now.

blow - lost
He blew all his money gambling.

blow a fuse - lost one's temper
Hey, don't blow a fuse.

blow one's cool - become angry
Calm down. Don't blow your cool.

blown away - greatly impressed
I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars.

bomb - bad
The movie was a bomb.

bombed - intoxicated
The driver of the car was bombed.

bonkers - crazy
I think I am going bonkers.

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

booze - alcohol
I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.

bread - money
I need some bread to pay for my car.

break - opportunity
A lucky break helped him get the job.

break it up - stop
Break it up, or I will call the police.

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

buck - dollar
Do you have a buck I can borrow?

bummed - depressed
I was really bummed after I heard the news.

bummer - bad experience
My trip to New York was a bummer.

bust - failure
The whole idea was a bust.

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

C
call - prediction
The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come.

can - bathroom
Do you know where the can is?

carb - carburetor
My motorcycle's carb is out of adjustment.

catch some rays - get some sunshine
I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.

catch some Z's - get some sleep
I need to catch some Z's before I go on my trip.

cheesy - cheap
That is really a cheesy looking outfit.

chicken - coward
Don't be a chicken.

chintzy - cheap
That really was a chintzy present you got him.

chow down - eat a lot
I need to find a place to chow down.

clip - cheat
Watch out or they will clip you at that bar.

clunker - old car
I can't go on a date in that clunker.

cold fish - dull
My date for the dance was a cold fish.

collar - arrest
I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later.

come up for air - take a break
He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion.

con - deceive
Don't try to con me.

cool - good
This is a really cool place to work.

cool down - calm down
Things should cool down in a day or two.

cop - stole
How did you get the road sign? I copped it.

cop - policeman
The cop showed me his badge.

couch potato - lazy person
He is a couch potato.

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

cram - study hard
I need more time to cram for the test.

cream - beat
Our team creamed them badly.

croak - die
I feel like I am going to croak.

cruise - going very fast
The skier was cruising down the hill.

cuffs - handcuffs
He put the cuffs on the killer.

cushy - easy
He has a really cushy job.

cut - dilute
Could you cut my whiskey with a little water?

cut out - leave
It is late. I have to cut out.

D
damage - cost
Lets get the bill and find out the damage.

dead - quiet
This disco is really dead tonight.

deck - knocked down
He was decked in the fight.

deep pockets - a good source of money
Her boyfriend has deep pockets.

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

dirty - obscene
I heared that it's a dirty movie.

ditch - leave
I'll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother.

do a snow job on - deceive
Don't try to do a snow job on me.

dope - stupid person
He is such a dope.

dope - drug
There are a lot of dope dealers around here.

dork - strange person
He is such a dork.

dough - money
I need some dough before I can go Christmas shopping.

down - drink quickly
Let's go to a bar and down a few beers.

drag - boring
Doing homework on the weekend is a drag.

dynamite - powerful/great
This drink is really dynamite.

E
earful - a lot of gossip
My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood.

easy mark - likely victims
The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually carry cash.

eat - bothering
The problem is really eating away at me.

excellent - fine
That's excellent man.

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

far-out - great
This music is really far-out.

fix - dose of drugs
The addict needs another fix.

flaky - unreliable
He is too flaky to do the work.

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

flick - movie
I haven't seen a flick in a long time.

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

flip side - other side
What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape?

fox - very attractive
His older sister is a fox.

foxy - sexy
She is a foxy lady.

freebie - free
The pillow was a freebie.

G
get into something - became seriously interested
I got into gardening in high school.

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

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

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

glitch - defect
This computer program has a glitch.

glitzy - fasionable
This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.

go - try
Let me have a go at solving the problem.

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

go down - happening
What is going down?

goof - fool
I am really a goof at times.

goof up - made a serious mistake
I really goofed up when I painted my room green.

goofy - silly
You are always acting goofy these days.

gourd - head
Use your gourd to figure out what is happening.

grand - thousand dollar
His salary is twenty grand.

grass - marijuana
Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory.

gravy - easy money
This job is pure gravy.

groovy - pleasant
This music is groovy.

gross - disgusting
Picking your nose is really a gross habit.

gross-out - disgusting time
The party was a gross-out.

grub - food
Where is the best place to get some grub around here?

grubby - unclean and untidy
Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.

grungy - dirty
That is a really grungy jacket.

gut - stomach
He got shot in the gut.

gut - basic
The gut issue is about what we are going to do now.

guts - courage
It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.

H
hairy - dangerous
That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over.

hammer - accelerator
Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.

hang it up - quit
I have decided to hang up my teaching job.

hang loose - relax
Just hang loose for another few days.

hang tough - stick with
We need to hang tough on our decision.

hardware - weapons
The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had.

have a buzz on - has a light intoxication
I had a buzz on after the third martini.

have good vibes - feel good about
I have good vibes about our new secretary.

have it all together - feel mentally all there
Recently I don't have it all together.

heave - vomited
I heaved up on the floor.

high - intoxicated on drugs or alcohol
The teenagers look high to me.

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

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

hit - successful
Your proposal was a hit with the boss.

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

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

hooker - prostitute
Her clothes make her look like a hooker.

hot - stolen
The police stopped them because they thought the car was hot.

huffy - angry
I will do it soon so please don't get huffy.

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

hustle - hurry up
If you don't hustle, we will be late again.

hyped - excited
The fans were all hyped up for the football game.

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

I
I.D. - identification
Can you show me some I.D. please?

in - fasionable
The tie you are wearing is really in.

in deep - deeply involve
They are really in deep with each other.

in the bag - settled
Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about.

intense - serious
This is a very intense situation we are discussing.

J
jam - trouble
I am glad you got yourself out of that jam.

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

jock - an athlete
My roommate is a jock for the basketball team.

john - bathroom
The john really smells.

joint - cheap bar
Where is the closest joint to here.

joint - marijuana cigettes
He is good at rolling joints.

junkie - drug addict
Sam is a junkie.

just off the boat - naive
He acts like he is just off the boat.

K
keep one's cool - remained calm
He kept his cool when his house burned down.

kegger - beer party
I hear there is a kegger at John's house tonight.

kick - enjoy
I get a kick out of watching him paint.

klutz - stupid and clumsy person
He is a real klutz.

knock - criticize
Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.

knocked up - pregnant
My dog gets knocked up once a year.

knockout - stunning person
Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday?

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

kook - strange person
Watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood.

L
laid-back - calm and relax
You need to be more laid-back.

lame - inadequate
That is really a lame excuse.

line - story
I have heard that line a million times.

loser - annoying and useless
John is a loser.

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

M
make waves - cause trouble
Try not to make waves around the office.

maxed out - exhausted
I am maxed out at my work and need to rest.

mean - performs well
He plays a mean violin.

mega - large
I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer.

megabucks - a lot of money
He made megabucks when he sold his company.

mellow - calm down and relax
You need to mellow out and enjoy life.

meltdown - total collapse
There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and me.

mickey mouse - nonsense and a waste of time
The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse.

move on someone - pick up and seduce
I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday.

mush - none sense
That is total mush and you know it.

N
nark - drag police
Watch out for the narks in the airport.

neat - good
That was a neat idea that you had.

negative - bad things
There are too many negatives about the company merger.

nick - arrested
The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.

nip - a quick drink
He took a nip out of the bottle.

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

nuke - heat up in the microwave
I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes.

nuke - nuclear weapon
Does that attack plane have any nukes?

nut - crazy person
I think that he is a nut.

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

P
pad - a place to live
Have you found a pad yet?

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

paper-pusher - bureaucratic office worker
My office is filled with paper-pushers.

party animal - love party
You're too old to be a party animal.

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

paw - hand
Get your paws off of my body.

peanuts - practically no money
I am not going to work for peanuts.

pickled - intoxicated
He gets pickled after only one beer.

piece of cake - easy to do
Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake.

pig - eat to much
He is a pig at parties.

pig out - eat a lot or over eat
Let's go to the restaurant and pig out.

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

plastered - intoxicated
He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend.

pooped out - quit
He pooped out after we started to do the hard work.

pop - hit
Shut up or I will pop you.

pop for something - buy
It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts.

pro - professional
He is really a pro at his work.

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

psyched up - mentally ready
The players are really psyched up for the game on Friday.

psycho - mentally ill
She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital.

puke - vomit
I feel like I am going to puke.

push off - leave
I am going to push off now.

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

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

Q
quarterback - lead
Who is going to quarterback the meeting?

quick buck - some easy money
I need to make a quick buck.

R
rack - bed
I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll be tired in the morning.

rack out - sleep
I am going to rack out for two hours.

racket - noise
There sure was a lot of racket outside last night.

rag - newspaper
I can't believe we still get this same old rag.

rap - talk about
We need to sit down and rap about a few things.

rathole - run down place
When are you going to be able to move out of that rathole?

raw - new
The raw office workers were not getting much done.

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

red hot - important
Your idea is really red hot.

repo - repossess
Hey, don't repo my car. I will pay next week.

rinky-dink - inferior
The circus was really rinky-dink.

riot - funny
The comedy program was a real riot.

road hog - take up too much of the road
That driver is a road hog.

rocks - with ice
Would you like your whiskey on the rocks?

rough time - hard time
We have had a rough time this winter.

rug - wig
Is that a rug on his head?

rug rats - children
My sister has three rug rats.

rule - dominates
My wife rules the house.

run off at the mouth - talking too much
He is always running off at the mouth.

run out of gas - lost interest or momentum
The politician ran out of gas during the campaign.

S
sack - go to bed
When did you hit the sack last night?

scam - swindle
Don't lose your money in some kind of scam.

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

schmuck - jerk
What a stupid schmuck.

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

screw up - make a mistake
If you screw up one more time, I will fire you.

sharp - intelligent
He is very sharp with numbers.

shot - try
I'll give the puzzle another shot.

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

slammer - jail
The police threw them both in the slammer.

smashed - intoxicated
Try not to get smashed at the beer party.

smoke eater - fireman
My father is a smoke eater.

split - leave
It is time to split and go see the movie.

spook - frightened
The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves.

spud - potatoes
Do you want rice or spuds for dinner?

square - old-fashioned
My father looks square in his jacket.

steamed up - angry
Don't get so steamed up over the issue.

stink - repulsive
This whole operation stinks.

straight - honest
I want you to give me a straight answer.

stressed - upset
I am really stressed by all the recent world events.

sucker - be deceived
Don't be a sucker.

T
take a hike - leave
I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike.

taken - cheated out of
He was taken for all his money at the casino.

taking care of business - doing what I have to do
I have been taking care of business.

threads - clothes
Those look like expensive threads he is wearing.

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

totaled - completely wrecked
My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck.

U
up - happy and cheerful
He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend.

up for grabs - available
This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs.

V
veg out - happy and cheerful
I want to veg out in front of the television this evening.

vibes - feelings
He really gives off good vibes.

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

waste - kill
After you waste him, throw the body in the river.

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

whiz - talented person
He is a whiz at the computer.

wired - alert
I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee.

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

Y
yukky - bad
This food tastes yukky.

Z
zapped - exhausted
I am too zapped to help you right now.

zip - nothing
He knew zip about running the company.