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- had the dick
- ruined, busted, worn out, wrecked, no good
This car has had the dick. - hairy goat
- a poor racehorse
If a horse runs like a hairy goat it won't be winning any races. - hairy leg
- a railway fettler
nsw slang
- hack it
- deal with, cope
What's wrong mate, can't you hack it? - had it
- to run out of patience
That's enough! I've had it! - half your luck!
- good on you!
Short for I wish I had half your luck! aussie slang since the 1930s
- hammer
- 1 to drive at speed
We were hammering up the freeway.
2 a persons' back
If someone is on your hammer they are following closely.
3 heroin
Colloquially known as smack. rhyming slang: hammer and tack for back or smack
- hammie
- the hamstring
Usually referred to in a sporting context, especially footy.
What's happened to that player?
He's done a hammie! - handbag
- an attractive male
Used by a woman as a showpiece at social functions. aussie slang since the 1960s
- handbrake
- a wife or girlfriend
Referred to as an obstacle to enjoyment.
Davo's not coming, he's got his handbrake on tonight. - handle
- a beer glass with a handle
About the same size as a middy or pot (10 fluid ounces or 285 ml).
See beer for more information. aussie slang since the 1940s
- handpass
- a skill in aussie rules
In which a player attempts to deliver the ball to a teammate by holding the ball in one hand, and hitting it away with the other, clenched as a fist. aussie rules
- hanger
- a mark in aussie rules football
Where the player seems to hang in the air. aussie rules
- hang on a tick
- wait for a minute
- happy as a bastard on father's day
- unhappy, miserable
Possibly the only precise use of the word bastard in aussie english. aussie slang since the 1950s
- happy as a pig in shit
- very happy
- happy as larry
- very happy
A Sydney street fighter named Laurence Foley, later a very successful prize fighter, who became wealthy enough to retire as happy as Larry at the age of 32. - happy chappie
- a male who is very pleased
Frequently used in the negative.
His wife left him and he's not a happy chappie. - happy little vegemite
- an australian
From an advertising campaign for Vegemite, it refers especially to a young aussie in a good mood
aussie slang since 1954
- hard case
- 1 a highly individual person
One who will not conform to what others think.
2 a hard drinker aussie slang since the 1870s
- hard stuff
- alcoholic spirits
aussie slang since the 1830s
- hard graft
- hard work
aussie slang since the 1870s
- hard word
- ask forcefully for something
In the expectation that you will not be refused.
Often used specifically to refer to sexual favours.
The boss put the hard word on the new secretary. aussie slang since the first world war
- hard yakka
- hard work
Especially manual labour.
From the aboriginal language Yagara, from the Brisbane region. aussie slang since the 1880s
- Harold Holt ∼ to do a Harold Holt
- to bolt, to flee
Referring to the former prime minister who disappeared while swimming in the ocean. rhyming slang: harold holt for bolt
- have a go
- to make a gutsy effort
The great Aussie barracking cry.
Have a go ya mug! - have a good head for radio
- to have an unattractive head
Similarly: I've seen better heads on a glass of beer. - have a shot
- to attack verbally
The boss had a shot at me for swearing. aussie slang since the 1820s
- have it off
- to have sex
aussie slang since at least the 1960s
- have tickets on yourself
- to have an inflated view of yourself
Often displayed in the behaviour of tall poppys who seem to get above themselves. - hay burner
- a horse, especially a racehorse
aussie slang since the 1920s
- Hay, Hell and Booligal
- hot uncomfortable places to be avoided
From the Banjo Paterson poem by this name.
Hay and Booligal are towns on the hot, arid inland plains of NSW. aussie slang since the 1920s
- hay ∼ hit the hay
- go to bed
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- head 'em
- From the aussie gambling game of two-up.
A person who consistently bets on heads is called a headie, as opposed to a tailie
1 to make the coins land with heads upwards
Come in spinner! Head 'em up!
2 to play the game
I always spend Sunday arvo heading 'em at the pub. - headless chook
- to act without rhyme or reason
She was running around like a headless chook!
A chook is a chicken or fowl.aussie slang since the 1950s
- heaps
- a lot , many
I saw heaps of people today. - heart starter
- early morning alcoholic drink
- hen's night
- 1 a party for the bride-to-be
Exclusively for women, it is the female counterpart of the buck's night
2 a girls' or womens' night out together - herbs
- 1 engine horsepower
This car has got plenty of herbs
2 fuel
Alluding to hay (fed to horses to give them energy) with a pun on horsepower.
I gave it the herbs and it took of like a rocket. aussie slang since the 1950s
- Hexham grey
- a large and voracious species of mosquito
Found in the locality of Hexham NSW. - hey-diddle-diddle
- 1 the middle
He's dobbed it straight through the hey- diddle- diddle
2 urination
I'm gunna have hey- diddle- diddle before we go. rhyming slang: diddle for middle or piddle
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- hide
- effrontery or impudence
An aussie original, from Jessie, a well-loved elephant at Taronga Zoo, Sydney.
He's got more hide than Jessie.
Struth, you've got a hide to ask me that! A similar phrase is more front than Myers aussie slang since the 1900s
- High Court
- the federal supreme court in australia
- high flyer
- an adept at taking high marks
aussie rules
- Hills Hoist
- a rotary clothesline
A proprietory name, it is the standard backyard fixture throughout the country.
invented by lance hill in 1945
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- hoe into
- to perform a task with vigour
Specifically, to eat with enthusiasm.
I was caught hoeing into a packet of chips. aussie slang since the 1930s
- holding
- carrying a large amount of ready cash
Commonly in the question:
How are you holding?
Meaning: How are you off for cash? Also in the statement:
I'm holding...
Meaning: I'm carrying a large amount of cash. aussie slang since the 1920s
- home and hosed
- finished successfully and done with
Originally said of a racehorse, having won by a great length.
Now applied to various situations.
Once we get this fixed we'll be home and hosed. - honky nut
- a large gum nut from the marri gum
wa slang from at least the 1950s
- hoofa
- the game of aussie rules footy
wa slang
- hoof it
- to walk
The car won't start, we'll have to hoof it. - hooley dooley
- exclamation of amazement
- hoon
- a lout or a hooligan
Especially a young male who drives dangerously, showing off his hotted‑up car. - hoop
- a jockey
So called from the circular bands of their silks. - hooroo
- goodbye, farewell
“Hooray” was recorded in The Bulletin in 1898 and is also used in NZ.
Unique to Aussie is the unaspirated version ooroo aussie slang since 1916
- hop in for your chop
- to step up and take your fair share
- hop into it
- to tackle with gusto
Don't just stand there, hop into it! aussie slang from the 1930s
- hoppo bumpo
- a schoolkids' game
A player with folded srms hops on one leg and trys to knock over other players similarly disadvantaged.
The aim is to bump opponents so that they lose their balance. Last person standing wins. schoolkid slang since the 1950s
- hops
- beer
Hence to be on the hops means to be on a drinking spree. - horn bag
- a female who is sexually attractive
- horrie ∼ hozzo
- a large and dangerous wave
Aussie diminutive, from horrendous. surfie slang
- hostie
- a female member of an aircraft's cabin crew
A diminutive of airline hostess.
Hosties, along with male flight stewards, were renamed flight attendants in 1983, but the term is still in common use.aussie slang since the 1960s
- hotel
often just a pub
- hottie
- 1 a hot water bottle
- 2someone who is sexually attractive, a total hornbag
- how're you going?
- a greeting
The aussie equivalent of How are you?
How's it going?
How're you travelling?
It does not require a a precise answer. aussie slang since the 1930s
- howzat?
- in cricket, an appeal by the fielding side
Made to the umpire to declare the batter out. cricket slang
- Huey
- a name for the powers above
Used when encouraging heavy rainfall, good surf, or snow.
Send her down, Huey!
Whip 'em up, Huey!
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- hump
- to carry, usually something heavy or bulky
He was humping a sack of potatoes.
To hump the bluey is to carry a swag and seek work. - humpy
- rough bush shelter
Originally a native dwelling, made of branches and bark (particularly paperbark), with a standing tree usually used as the main support.
They are often built prior to the construction of more permanent buildings.
The word comes from the Yagara language in the Brisbane region.The term came to mean any temporary building made from available materials, including canvas, flattened metal drums, and sheets of corrugated iron. aboriginal australian english
- hurl
- to vomit