American slangs

If you wanna talk very informal especially like American, take a look at the bottom list and learn them.

Act : very well
All wet : completely wrong
All-nighter : studying at night
All ears : listening carefully
Airhead : stupid person
Awesome : great
Barf : vomited
Bashed : crushed
Beat : exhausted
Beemer : BMW car
Bench : taken out of the game
Bent : angry
Bent out of shape : upset
Big gun : powerful person
Big mouth : talk too much
Big stink : big issue
Blade : knife
Blimp : very fat person
Blow : leave
Blow a fuse: lose your temper
Blow one’s cool : become angry
Blown away : greatly impressed
Bomb : bad
Bombed : intoxicated
Bonkers : crazy
Boo-boo : mistake
Boo-boo : minor injury
Booze : alcohol
Bread : money
Break it up : stop
Bring-down : depressing
Buck : dollar
Bummed : depressed
Bummer : bad experience
Bust : failure
Buy it : die
Buy it : accept
Call : prediction
Can : bathroom
Catch some rays : get some sunshine
Catch some Z’s : get some sleep
Cheesy : cheap
Chicken : coward
Chintzy : cheap
Chow down : eat a lot
Clip : cheat
Clunker : old car
Cold fish : dull, unresponsive
Collar : arrest
Come up for air: take a break
Con : deceive
Cool : good
Cool down : calm down
Cop : stole
Cop : policeman
Couch potato: lazy person
Crack open a bottle : open
Cram : study hard
Cream : beat
Croak : die
Cruise : going very fast
Cushy : easy
Cut : dilute
Cut out : leave
Cut it out : a command to stop
Damage : cost
Dead : quiet
Deck : knocked down
Dicey : chancy
Dirty : obscene
Ditch : get rid of
Do a snow job on : deceive
Dope : stupid person
Dork : strange person
Dough : money
Down : drink quickly
Drag : boring
Dynamite : powerful, great
Earful : a lot of gossip
Easy mark : likely victim
Eat : bothering
Excellent : very fine
Face-off : confrontation
Far out : great
Flaky : unreliable
Flash back : a memory
Flick : movie
Flip out : lost control
Flip side : other side
Fox : very attractive
Freebie : a free thing
Get into something : become seriously interested in
Get it : understand
Get with it : hurry up
Gig : job
Glitch: problem
Go down: happening
Goof : fool
Gourd: head
Grand : thousand dollars
Gravy : easy money
Groovy: pleasant
Gross: disgusting
Gross out : disgusting time
Grub : food
Grungy : dirty
Gut : stomach
Guts : courage
Hairy : dangerous
Hammer : accelerator
Hang it up: quit
Hang loose: relax
Hang tough : stick with
Hardware : weapons
Have a buzz on : feel good about
Heave up : vomited
Hit the road: to leave
Hole up : hide
Head honcho : boss
Hooker : prostitute
Hot : stolen
Huffy: angry
Hungry: eager to make money
Hustle : hurry up
Hyped : excited
Hyper : over excited
I.D : identification
In : fashionable
In deep : involved
In the bag : taken care of
Intense: stressful
Jam : trouble
Jock : athlete
John : bathroom
Junkie : drug addict
Just off the boat : naive
Keep one’s cool : remained calm
Kick : enjoy
Klutz : stupid and clumsy person
Knock : criticize
Knocked up : pregnant
Kook : strange person
Laid-back : calm and relax
Lame : inadequate
Line : story
Make waves : Couse trouble
Maxed out : exhausted
Megabucks : a lot of money
Mellow : relax
Meltdown: total collapse
Move on someone : pick up
Nark : drug police
Neat : good
Negative: bad thing
Nick : arrested
Nip : a quick drink
No sweat : no problem
Nuke: heat up in the microwave
Nut : crazy person
Pad : a place to live
Pain in the neck: annoying
Party animal : person who loves to go to parties
Paws : hands
Piece of cake : easy to do
Pig : eats too much
Pig out : eat a lot or overeat
Plastered : intoxicated
Pooped out : quit
Pop : hit
Pop for something : buy
Pro : professional
Prod : reminder
Psyched up : mentally
Psycho : mentally ill
Puke : vomit
Push off : leave
Put the moves on : seduce
Put-on : deception
Quarterback : lead
Rack : bed
Racked : noise
Rag : newspaper of low quality
Rap : talk about
Raw : new
Ream someone out : got angry with him
Red hot : important
Repo : repossess
Rinky-dink : inferior
Riot : funny
Rug: wig
Rug rat : a very young child
Sack : bed
Scam : swindle
Scarf : to eat quickly
Screw around : waste time
Screw up : make a mistake
Sharp : intelligent
Shot : try
Slammer: jail
Smashed : intoxicated
Split : leave
Spuds : potatoes
Straight : honest
Sucker : someone who is discover
Take a hike : leave
Taking care of business : doing what has to be done
Threads : clothes
Up : happy and cheerful
Up for grabs : available
Veg out : relax and do nothing
Vibes : feelings
Wad : bundle
Wheels : car
Whiz : talented person
Wired: alert
Wussy : weak person
Yucky : bad
Zapped : exhausted
Zip : nothing

American slangs

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