Slang Word Vocabulary Part 2

for kicks; He liked fights, blondes, and for some unfathomable reason, school. He was still a junior at eighteen and a half and he never learned anything. He just went for kicks.

• for fun

• strike or propel forcibly with the foot

• a sudden forceful jolt.

• to show opposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

bum; That bum haircut made my ears stick out.

• of poor quality or nature

• affected by damage or injury

• lousy

• not valid or deserved

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

mop; "Man, dig baldy here!" He was staring at my head as he circled me. .... What little squaw's got that tuff-lookin' mop of yours, Ponyboy?"

• used to clean floors

• a hairstyle

• a jacket

• a car

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

shut your trap; "He started talking, loud enough for the two girls to hear. .....Take your feet off my chair and shut your trap."

• close the door

• close a pen

• close your eyes

• close your mouth

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

heater; "I remembered his voice: I been carryin' a heater. It ain't loaded, but it sure does held a bluff."

• a gun

• a fastball

• a machine that heats water or air

• a jacket

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

juvenile delinquent (JD);And now he was a dead juvenile delinquent and there wouldn't be any editorials in his favor

• an antisocial adult who behaves illegally

• a juvenile who is delinquent

• a person who runs late

• an antisocial minor who behaves illegally

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

rumble; At the corner of our block there's a wide, open field where we play football and hang out, and it's often a site for rumbles and fist fights.

• a low heavy rolling sound

• a gang fight

• to speak in a low rolling tone

• a game

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

thug; "Then come back. And for Pete's sake, run a comb through your hair and quit slouching down like a thug."

• a coward

• a hoodlum or gangster

• a child

• a kind person

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

cur; The country would be like that, I thought dreamily. I would have a yeller cur dog, like I used to, and Sodapop could get Mickey Mouse back and ride in all the rodeos he wanted to, and Darry would lose that cold, hard look and be like he used to be, eight months ago, before Mom and Dad were killed.

• a cowardly fellow

• a hero

• a dog of mixed breed

• big

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

reckon; "We're poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we're wilder, too."

• to estimate; guess

• to make a calculation

• to judge

• to count

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E