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| Dad | Father [also refers to any older man] (Hey dad, you can't park here.) |
| Dadgum | Mild expletive [Southern dialect] (It's dadgum hot today!) |
| Damn | Expletive of irritation (Those politicians are so damn corrupt!) |
| Dance around | To avoid; to talk around an issue (Politicians always dance around the issue.) |
| Dark horse | Unknown political candidate (Democrats will run a dark horse this election.) |
| Darn good | Very good (That was darn good shooting!) |
| Darn right | Correct (Darn right, you can't date my girlfriend!) |
| Dash for it | To escape (The surprised deer made a dash for it.) |
| Dash it all | Mild expletive [British slang] (Dash it all! He's late with the report.) |
| Dash off | 1. To depart quickly (We better dash off before it's too late.) 2. To write (Mom dashed off a note to the teacher.) |
| Dasn't | Dare not [Southern dialect] (I dasn't go home without getting what momma wants.) |
| Day of grace | Postponement (The class got a day of grace--no test today.) |
| Days are numbered | Soon to end (His days of bossing us around are numbered.) |
| Dead as a doornail | Very dead (Police shot the murderer dead as a doornail.) |
| Dead fish | Not feeling; unemotional (The president has a dead fish handshake.) |
| Dead meat | Someone who will lose (Flash promised to pound Tommy into dead meat.) |
| Dead ringer | Someone who looks exactly like another person (Joe is a dead ringer for the actor.) |
| Dead tired | Very tired (James looks dead tired.) |
| Dead to rights | Without doubt; guilty (The police caught him dead to rights.) |
| Dead to the world | Unaware; asleep (John is still dead to the world this morning.) |
| Dead wrong | Completely wrong (I think you're dead wrong to study psychiatry.) |
| Deadbeat | Lazy person (I won't allow that deadbeat in my home again.) |
| Deadhead | Willfully ignorant person (Yoshi is just another modern deadhead.) |
| Deadwood | Useless person (The company determined to fire its deadwood.) |
| Deal, a | A bargain (Robert got a great deal on his new car.) |
| Deal, the | Situation (Does anyone know what the deal is right now?) |
| Deal a good hand | Winning situation (Bob was dealt a good hand in life.) |
| Deal in | To include (someone) (You can deal me in.) |
| Deck (someone) | To knock down (Yuri decked Pavlo during the fight.) |
| Dern | Mild expletive [damn] (Dern it, I can't find the car keys!) |
| Dicey | Unstable; tentative (The situation looks a little dicey right now.) |
| Dick | 1. Detective (We probably should hire a dick to tail Jack.) 2. Penis [rude] |
| Dick around | To act foolish [rude] (Charles will be in trouble if he dicks around there.) |
| Dick with | To challenge [rude] (You better not dick with that thug.) |
| Dickhead | Stupid person [rude] (I won't speak with that dickhead!) |
| Didn't bat an eye | To be unafraid; not nervous |
| Different ball game | Changed situation (His arrival made it a different ball game.) |
| Dig in | 1. To begin eating; start an action (Mom told us to dig in.) 2. To fortify (The troops dug in quickly.) |
| Dilly-dally | To procrastinate; move slowly (Sofie is dilly-dallying again.) |
| Dim bulb | Stupid (Jerry is such a dim bulb; he's dumb as mud.) |
| Dime a dozen | Numerous; of little consequence (Ignorant gunmen are a dime a dozen.) |
| Ding-a-ling | Silly person (Joan is the classroom ding-aling.) |
| Ding dong | Stupid person (Why are you interested in a ding dong like him?) |
| Dingbat | Silly woman (Zerri sounds like a dingbat.) |
| Dip the bill | To drink alcohol (Don't let Buster dip his bill too much at the party.) |
| Dirt cheap | very inexpensive (We can get a new stove dirt cheap.) |
| Dirty look | To frown; Mean (Susan gave George a dirty look.) |
| Dish | Pretty girl (Everyone noticed that Alisa is a dish.) |
| Dish out | To give; produce; refute (Maria can dish out feelings of contempt for Alfredo.) |
| Dish up | To lie (I expect Alice to dish up a story about last night.) |
| Dishrag | A servile person (Stop acting like a dishrag! You're not his servant or slave.) |
| Disturbed | Crazy [Euphemism] (That disturbed Rosen currently is in a mental institute.) |
| Ditch | To abandon (Ditch it before the teacher sees it.) |
| Ditto | To agree (Ditto for me. I want to go, too.) |
| Dive, a | Dirty/sleazy place (They hang out at a dive downtown.) |
| Divvy up | To divide (You better divvy up the goods.) |
| Dizzy dame | Silly woman (I won't go with a dizzy dame.) |
| Do (his) bit | To accomplish a job/action (It's time to do your bit.) |
| Do a number on | Cause trouble for someone (Johnny certainly did a number on us.) |
| Doesn't cut ice | Unbelievable; unimportant (Your excuse doesn't cut any ice with me.) |
| Dog | Ugly girl (Nate was afraid his blind date would be a dog.) |
| Dogface | Soldier (You dogfaces get a move on!) |
| Doggone it | Mild expression of disappointment |
| Dogleg it | Walk quickly (The drill sergeant ordered his soldiers to dogleg it.) |
| Dog-tired | Very tired (Maria is too dog-tired to go out now.) |
| Do-hicky | Nameless item (I can't remember the name of this do-hicky.) |
| Doll | Pretty girl (Your girlfriend is a real doll.) |
| Dollface | Pretty girl (Benny is dating a dollface.) |
| Dolly | 1. Girl doll [Child's term] (Suzie love to play with the new dolly.) 2. Sexual girl (The gang leader is looking for another dolly.) |
| Don't know beans | To be ignorant (John doesn't know beans!) |
| Don't know if coming or going | Confused (I don't know if Sue is coming or going.) |
| Don't know squat | Know nothing; "Know squat" (Jill doesn't know squat about how to clean house.) |
| Don't sweat it | Do not worry (Don't sweat it! You'll get your money.) |
| Doormat | Coward; weak person (Don't be a doormat and let people walk on you!) |
| Dope | 1. Stupid person (Don't waste time on Bubba. He's a dope.) 2. Information (I just heard the latest dope on Jim's problem.) 3. Narcotics (Police found the dope he tried to stash.) |
| Dope it out | To reason; determine (Eventually I'll be able to dope it out.) |
| Double-cross | To turn against someone (Nathan double-crossed his friends.) |
| Double-up | To share (Bill and Johnny must double-up since there aren't enough beds.) |
| Dough | Money (I need some dough to buy lunch today.) |
| Douse the light | Turn off a light (Did anyone douse the lights before we left home?) |
| Down | 1. Depressed (Milly is feeling down because her dog died.) 2. To drink (You better not down that whiskey.) |
| Down home boy | Local boy; farmer (Elvira prefers going with a down home boy.) |
| Down in the dumps | Depressed (Mariana felt down in the dumps after her boyfriend left town.) |
| Down in the mouth | Sad (Jessica looks down in the mouth, probably because the dog died.) |
| Down on | Disgruntled with (someone/something) (Millie is down on men again.) |
| Down the drain | Wasted; useless (That was like money down the drain.) |
| Down the hatch | To drink; swallow (Take your medicine. Come on now--down the hatch.) |
| Down to the wire | At the last moment (Ramsey may not come. It's getting down to the wire.) |
| Down with | 1. To catch (Sally is coming down with a cold.) 2. To oppose (Down with tyranny!) |
| Downer | To be depressed (The narcotics gave him a downer.) |
| Doxy | Concubine; courtesan (Have you read Rex Stout's book, "Death of a Doxy"?) |
| Drag, a | Boring; not interesting (Steve thought school was a drag.) |
| Draw | 1. To point and shoot a pistol [Cowboy talk] (Bad Bart was a fast draw.) 2. No winner (The race ended in a draw.) |
| Draw a blank | Unsuccessful search (We looked hard, but drew a blank.) |
| Draw in | To bring in (Good advertising can draw in a crowd.) |
| Draw out | To entice (Police drew out the guilty people.) |
| Draw the line | To limit (It's time to draw the line. No more free lunches.) |
| Draw up | To draft (Draw up the papers and you can purchase the house.) |
| Dress/dressing down | To chastise (Mother gave Steve a dressing down yesterday.) |
| Drink like a fish | An alcoholic (That woman drinks like a fish.) |
| Drip | Undesirable person (Pam thought her blind date was a drip.) |
| Drive (me) crazy | To pester (Your loud music is driving us crazy.) |
| Drive up a wall | To pester (Her baby's constant cries are driving me up a wall.) |
| Drop a bomb | To make big surprise (Maria dropped a bomb that she was pregnant.) |
| Drop a heifer | To give birth [Cowboy talk] (Sally dropped a heifer today.) |
| Drop a line | To communicate; write (Can you drop us a line before coming here?) |
| Drop (her) drawers | To be surprised (Madeline dropped her drawers when she saw Dan.) |
| Drop dead | 1. To die suddenly (I'm afraid Sam might drop dead from a heart attack.) 2. Expression of contempt [rude] (Drop dead, you piece of crap!) |
| Drop in | To visit (You can drop in whenever it is convenient.) |
| Drop in on | To visit (Uncle Joe decided to drop in on us today.) |
| Drop in the bucket | Small amount (The cost is a drop in the bucket to this company.) |
| Drop in the ocean | Minute amount (Our money is just a drop in the ocean to them.) |
| Drop off | To leave something (You can drop off the book at Bob's home.) |
| Drop out | 1. To quit (It's unfortunate that Margaret dropped out last month.) 2. To lose a connection (Alisa's cell phone signal drops out when she is in a mall.) |
| Drop out of | To quit (You shouldn't drop out of this management program.) |
| Drop the ball | Fail to accomplish (Mitchell better not drop the ball on this project.) |
| Dropout, a | Student who quits school (Rudolfo can't find a good job because he's a dropout.) |
| Drug bust | Police raid for illegal narcotics (There was a drug bust last night at Tony's.) |
| Drum up | To promote (That department store is trying to drum up more business.) |
| Drunk | Inebriated (Matthew's been hitting the bottle and is drunk again.) |
| Drunk as a skunk | Very inebriated (Uncle Bill is drunk as a skunk today.) |
| Druthers | Preferences (Betsy knows Ben's druthers quite well.) |
| Dry behind the ears | Experienced (I know how; I'm dry behind the ears.) |
| Dry up | Be quiet; do not talk (Dry up! We don't want to hear you.) |
| Dry well | To be unsuccessful; have nothing (Forget about that; it's a dry well.) |
| Drygulch | Surprise attack (A gang drygulched the outbound stagecoach.) |
| Duck, a | 1. Odd person (Who's the duck standing over there?) 2. Girl who wears a padded bra (Boys laughed at Pam for being a duck.) |
| Duck soup | Easy to do (Learning a foreign language is duck soup for Roger.) |
| Dud | Failure; unsuccessful (Your great idea turned out to be a dud.) |
| Dude | 1. Inexperienced non-cowboy [Cowboy talk] (Ranch hands don't like dudes.) 2. Fellow (Matilda started dating a new dude last week.) |
| Duds | Clothing (Don't you have any new duds to wear?) |
| Due to calve | To give birth [Cowboy talk] (Looks like Roxanne is due to calve.) |
| Dumb | Stupid (That really is a dumb idea.) |
| Dumb as mud/rocks | Very stupid (Tom is dumb as mud.) |
| Dumb cluck | A stupid person (He is the biggest dumb cluck I ever saw.) |
| Dumbbell | Stupid person (What a dumbbell. I think he has rocks for brains.) |
| Dummy | A stupid person, especially one who follows orders from another person |
| Dump | 1. A dirty, untidy or undesirable place (Her home is a dump.) 2. To abandon (Dump the fake humility.) 3. Stop dating (Jill dumped her boyfriend.) |
| Dump on | To burden; ridicule (It's not right to dump on Julio.) |
| Dutch treat | To pay separately (Ha always wants to go Dutch treat with people.) |
| Dying to | Excited; very desirable (Jane is dying to see Melanie's new dress.) |
| Dynamite | Great; excellent (That movie was dynamite!) |
