edge
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edge
1. noun, slang Mild intoxication. I only had a couple of beers. Enough to get a bit of an edge, but nothing debilitating.
2. noun, slang Intensity or severity. We won't be having lunch for another hour, but if you're hungry now, I've got some snacks to take the edge off. We can give you some medication to help take the edge off the pain.
3. verb, vulgar slang To provide just enough sexual stimulation to approach but not reach orgasm. Usually said of males.
edging
vulgar slang The act or practice of providing just enough sexual stimulation to approach but not reach orgasm. Usually said of males.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
edge
( one's way) across (something) to make one's way across something carefully. The hikers edged their way across the narrow ledge. Now, edge your way across and don't look down.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
edge
n. drunkenness; the early stage of intoxication from alcohol or drugs. (see also have an edge on.) She was beginning to show a little edge, but she obviously still could drive.
edged
mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. We were edged and full of rich food. We needed only to sleep.
See also: edge
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- (a little/bit) rough around the edge
- (a little/bit) rough around the edges
- a cutting edge
- a double-edged sword
- an/the edge on (someone or something)
- an/the edge over (someone or something)
- at the cutting edge
- at the cutting edge of something
- back and edge
- be a double-edged sword
- be a double-edged sword/weapon
- be a double-edged weapon
- be on edge
- be on the edge of (something)
- be on the ragged edge
- bleeding edge
- bottom edge
- cutting edge
- cutting edge, at the
- cutting edge, at/on the
- dance on the razor's edge
- double-edged sword
- drive (one) over the edge
- drive (one) to the edge
- drive to the edge
- dull the edge of
- dull the edge of (something)
- edge
- edge (someone or something) out of (something)
- edge around
- edge around (something)
- edge away
- edge by
- edge by (someone or something)
- edge in
- edge out
- edge out of
- edge up
- edge with
- edge with (something)
- edged
- fray around the edges
- fray at the edges
- fray at/around the edges/seams
- get an/the edge on (someone or something)
- get an/the edge over (someone or something)
- give (one) an/the edge on (someone or something)
- give (one) an/the edge over (someone or something)
- give someone the rough side of your tongue
- have an edge on
- have an edge on (someone or something)
- have an/the edge over (someone or something)
- have the edge on (someone or something)
- have, etc. an/the edge on/over somebody/something
- it's ill jesting with edged tools
- keep (one) on the edge of (one's) chair
- keep (one) on the edge of (one's) seat
- keep you on the edge of your seat
- knife-edge
- leading edge
- live (life) on the edge
- lose (one's) edge
- lose your edge
- moist around the edges
- on a knife-edge
- on a razor's edge
- on edge
- on the bleeding edge
- on the cutting edge
- on the edge
- on the edge of (one's) chair
- on the edge of (one's) seat
- on the edge of (something)
- on the edge of seat
- on the edge of your seat
- on the edge of your seat/chair
- on the leading edge
- on the razor's edge
- over the edge
- push (one) over the edge
- put (one's) teeth on edge
- razor's edge, on the
- rough around the edges
- rough edges
- set (one's) teeth on edge
- set one's teeth on edge
- set one's teeth on edge, to
- set somebody's teeth on edge
- set someone's teeth on edge
- set teeth on edge
- set your teeth on edge
- sit on the edge of (one's) chair
- sit on the edge of (one's) seat
- take the edge off
- take the edge off (something)
- take the edge off something
- teeter on the brink of (something)
- teeter on the brink/edge of something
- teeter on the edge of (something)
- the advantage of
- the cutting edge
- the rough edge of (one's) tongue
- the rough edge of your tongue
- the thin edge of the wedge
- thin edge of the wedge
- thin edge of the wedge, the
- top edge
- two-edged sword
- wet around the edges