Tag

#north

38 words tagged “north”

roar
verb

To cry or weep.

#british#regional#emotion#verb
frame thysen
phrase

'Sort yourself out' / get organised.

#british#regional#idiom#phrase
mithering
verb

Pestering, annoying or fussing.

#british#regional#annoyance#verb
while
conjunction

'Until' (in Yorkshire usage).

#british#regional#grammar#conjunction
natter
verb

To chat idly or gossip.

#british#regional#speech#verb
gadge
noun

A bloke or man (also 'gadgie').

#british#regional#people#noun
dinnae fret
phrase

Don't worry (Northern reassurance).

#british#regional#reassurance#phrase
maungy
adjective

Whiny, sulky or bad-tempered.

#british#regional#mood#adjective
put wood in th'ole
phrase

'Shut the door' (literally 'put the wood in the hole').

#british#regional#idiom#phrase
twagging
verb

Playing truant from school.

#british#regional#school#verb
chelp
verb

To talk back cheekily.

#british#regional#speech#verb
snap tin
noun

A tin carried to hold a packed lunch.

#british#regional#work#food
parky
adjective

Chilly, cold (of the weather).

#british#regional#weather#adjective
flayed
adjective

Frightened or scared.

#british#regional#emotion#adjective
middlin
adjective

So-so; neither good nor bad ('fair to middling').

#british#regional#state#adjective
ee by gum
interjection

An exclamation of surprise, roughly 'oh my goodness'.

#british#regional#exclamation#interjection
kop
verb

To catch, get or receive (often trouble).

#british#regional#action#verb
lakin
noun

A toy or plaything.

#british#regional#play#noun
gip
verb

To retch or feel sick.

#british#regional#body#verb
sithee
phrase

'See you' / goodbye; also 'look here'.

#british#regional#farewell#phrase
tap up
phrase

To ask someone for money or a favour.

#british#regional#money#phrase
allus
adverb

Always.

#british#regional#time#adverb
nithered
adjective

Very cold, frozen through.

#british#regional#weather#adjective
scrimshanks
verb

To shirk work or dodge duties.

#british#regional#work#verb
snizy
adjective

Bitterly cold with a cutting wind.

#british#regional#weather#adjective
starving
adjective

Very cold (as well as hungry).

#british#regional#weather#adjective
ey up
interjection

A greeting, or a warning to look out.

#british#regional#greeting#interjection
gormless
adjective

Clueless, dim or lacking sense.

#british#regional#character#adjective
peg out
phrase

To hang washing on the line; also to collapse or die.

#british#regional#household#phrase
snicket
noun

A narrow footpath or alleyway.

#british#regional#places#noun
lob on
phrase

To throw or put something on/in.

#british#regional#action#phrase
scrikin' wet
phrase

Soaking wet through.

#british#regional#weather#phrase
cobbles
noun

The street (from cobblestones); often 'on the cobbles'.

#british#regional#places#noun
tha knows
phrase

'You know' — a conversational tag.

#british#regional#speech#phrase
eeh
interjection

An exclamation of surprise or feeling.

#british#regional#exclamation#interjection
summat
noun

Something.

#british#regional#quantity#noun
gill
noun

A half-pint measure.

#british#regional#drink#noun
nark
verb

To annoy; also a noun for an informer.

#british#regional#annoyance#verb