All Slang Word Vocabulary

hood; "Greasers are almost like hoods; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up gas stations and have a gang fight once in a while."

• a flexible covering for the head and neck

• a cover for parts of mechanisms

• a lawless person; criminal; complete gangsters or low-lives

• a covering for an opening (such as a companion hatch) on a boat

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CCSS.L.5.5C

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

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

beat the tar out of someone; If you ever scare me like that again, I will beat the tar out of you!

• to beat someone up really badly

• scare you

• laugh hysterically

• scream loudly

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

happy-go-lucky; Since dogs are happy-go-lucky at heart, they want to please us more than anything.

• happy to test your luck

• lucky to be happy

• easy going

• angry

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

cowlick; Thomas finished applying the gel to his hair, although he couldn't get rid of that annoying cowlick in the back of his head.

• a tuft of hair that cannot be easily combed flat

• hair that has been licked by a cow

• hair gel made from cow saliva

• another name for a cow's tongue

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CCSS.RL.3.4

Cheshire Cat; She smiled contentedly like the Cheshire Cat, after finding out she passed the Math test she studied so hard for!

• an allusion to a character in “Alice in Wonderland” that hisses at people

• an allusion to a character in “Alice in Wonderland” that is kept as a pet

• an allusion to a character in “Alice in Wonderland” that has a habit of scratching people

• an allusion to a character in “Alice in Wonderland” that has a broad grin

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

reformatory; The youth reformatory was better than jail but still had strict rules for the offenders.

• a jail

• an institution to which young offenders were sent to be reformed

• a summer camp for troubled youth

• a school for anyone who needs to be reformed

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CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

bull session; Last night at our fraternity house we had a bull session which lasted until three o'clock.

• a session where you chase bulls

• a gossip session for males

• a session where you get chased by bulls

• a formal conversation between professionals

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

dough; I had to spend a lot of dough for a new car!

• a mixture of flour and water

• time

• effort

• money

punk out; He is afraid of heights, so I knew he would punk out when it came to skydiving.

• to trick someone

• to quit because of fear

• to enjoy punk music

• to face your fears

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B