Irish Dictionary
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| Irish Slang | meaning in English | |
| Da | n | father |
| Dander | n | a leisurely stroll |
| Danny boy | n | twenty pounds in money |
| Deadly | a | very cool |
| Deadner, give a | n | to knee someone in the side of their thigh |
| Dear | adj | expensive |
| Delph | n | crockery, cups, saucers etc |
| Dense | n | stupid - as dense as bottled shite |
| Desperate | adj | terrible |
| Diabolical | a | really terrible |
| Dickey Dazzler | n | an over dressed man |
| Diddies | n | breasts |
| Divil | n | devil |
| Do a Bunk/Flit | v | sneak off, usually to avoid paying a bill, the rent, etc |
| Dodgy | n | suspect/mechanically suspect |
| Dogs Bollocks | n | the genuine article |
| Doing a line | phr | courting, seeing someone |
| Doing (or speaking) 90 to the dozen | v | going (or speaking) very fast |
| Doing the rat race | v | driving through housing estates to avoid the traffic |
| Donkey's Years | n | a long time - 'I haven't seen him in donkey's years' |
| Doorstep | n | a sandwich made with thickly cut bread i.e. a mug of rosie and a doorstep |
| Dope | n | idiot, more playful than eejit |
| On the Doss | v | To be goofing off |
| Dosser | n | layabout, useless |
| Dote | n | a lovely little thing, usually a baby or a nice person |
| Doxie | n | a lady of the night who plies her trade on the docks |
| Drawers | n | underwear, usually ladies' |
| Drink Link | n | a bank ATM |
| Dry Shite | n | a dull, boring person |
| Dry up | phr | Shut up |
| Dry your arse | phr | Shut up and stop acting like a child |
| Duck's Arse | n | wet fag butt |
| Duds | n | clothes |
| Dummy/Dummy Tit | n | pacifier |
| Dump (taking a) | n | sitting on the toilet, doing a #2 |