| Glossary of Terms
baboochka: old woman
baddiwad: bad
banda: band
bezoomny: mad
biblio: library
bitva: battle
Bog: God
bolnoy: sick
bolshy: big, great
brat, bratty: brother
bratchny: bastard
britva: razor
brooko: belly
brosay: to throw
bugatty: rich
cal: feces
cantora: office
carman: pocket
chai: tea
chasha: cup
cheena: woman
cheest: to wash
chelloveck: person, man, follow
choodessny: wonderful
clop: beak
collocoll: bell
crast: to rob or steal; robbery
creech: to shout or scream
dama: lady
ded: old man
deng: money
devotchka: girl
dobby: good
domy: house
dorogoy: dear, valuable
dratsing: fighting
dva: two
eegra: game
eemya: name
forella: "trout"
gazetta: newspaper
glazz: eye
gloopy: stupid
goloss: voice
goober: lip
gooly: to walk
gorlo: throat
govorett: to speak or talk
grahzny: dirty
grazzy: soiled
gromky: loud
groody: breast
gruppa: group
gulliver: head
horrorshow: good, well
interessovat: to interest
itty: to go
jeezny: life
kartoffel: potato
keeshkas: guts
kleb: bread
knopka: button
kopat: to "dig"
lewdies: people
litso: face
loveted: caught
lubbilubbing: making love
malenky: little, tiny
malso: butter
merzky: filthy
messel: thought, fancy
mesto: place
millicent: policeman
minoota: minute
molodoy: young
nuking: smelling
oddy knocky: lonesome
odin: one
ookadeet: to leave
ooko: ear
oomny: brainy
oozhassny: terrible
oozy: chain
otchkies: eyeglasses
peet: to drink
pischcha: food
platch: to cry
platties: clothes
plesk: splash
pletcho: shoulder
plott: body
podooshka: pillow
pol: sex
polezny: useful
pony: to understand
poogly: frightened
pooshka: "cannon"
ptitsa: "chick"
pyahnitsa: drunk
rabbit: work, job
radosty: joy
raskazz: story
rassoodock: mind
raz: time
razdraz: upset
razrez: to rip, ripping
rock, rooker: hand, arm
rot: mouth
rozz: policeman
sabog: shoe
sakar: sugar
sammy: generous
scotenna: "cow"
shaika: gang
sharries: buttocks
shazat: to say
shest: barrier
shiyah: neck
shlapa: hat
shlem: helmet
shoom: noise
shoot: fool
shvat: to grab
skorry: quick, quickly
sladky: sweet
sloochat: to happen
sloosh, slosshy: to hear, to listen
slovo: word
smech: laugh
smot: to look
sneety: dream
sobirat: to pick up
soomaka: "bag"
soviet: advice, order
spat: to sleep
spatchka: sleep
starry: ancient
strack: horror
tally: waist
tolchock: to hit or push;blow, beating
tomtick: piece, bit
toofles: slippers
tree: three
vareet: to "cook up"
veck: see chelloveck
veshch: thing
viddy: to see or look
voloss: hair
von: smell
vred: to harm or damage
yabzick: tongue
yahma: hole
yeckate: to drive
zammechat: remarkable
zasnoot: sleep
zhenna: wife
zoobies: teeth
zvonock: bellpull
zvook: sound
* appy polly loggy: apology
* cancer: cigarette
* charles, charlie: chaplain
* chumble: to mumble
* crack: to break up or "bust"
* crark: to yowl?
* cutter: money
* dook: trace, ghost
* drencrom: drug
* dung: to defecate
* eggiweg: egg
* filly: to play or fool with
* firegold: drink
* fist: to punch
* flip: wild?
* golly: unit of money
* guff: guffaw
* gulliwuts: guts
* hen-korm: chickenfeed
* horn: to cry out
* in-out in-out: copulation
* jammiwam: jam
* lighter: crone?
* luscious glory: hair
* mounch: snack
* nazz: fool
* pan-handle: erection
* pee and em: parents
* plosh: to splash
* polyclef: skeleton key
* pretty polly: money
* sarky: sarcastic
* sharp: female
* shilarny: concern
* shive: slice
* shlaga: club
* shriking: scratching
* sinny: cinema
* skolliwoll: school
* snoutie: tobacco?
* snuff it: to die
* sod: to fornicate, fornicator
* splodge, splosh: splash
* spoogy: terrified
* Staja: State Jail
* synthemesc: drug
* tashtook: handkerchief
* tass: cup
* vaysay: washroom
* vellocet: drug
* warble: song
* yahoodies: Jews
* yarbles: testicles
chepooka: nonsense
droog: friend (ie: my droogies)
kootch: key
koshka: cat
kot: tomcat
krovvy: blood
kupet: to buy
lapa: paw
malchick: boy
moloko: milk
moodge: man
morder: snout
mozg: brain
nachinat: to begin
nadmenny: arrogant
nadsat: teenage
Nadsat glossary: Nadsat words that do not seem to be of Russian origin are distinguished by asterisks.
nagoy: naked
neezhnies: underpants
nochy: night
noga: foot, leg
nozh: knife
okno: window
oobivat: to kill
osoosh: to wipe
plenny: prisoner
prestoopnik: criminal
privodeet: to lead somewhere
prod: to produce
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