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feed
verb- in pinball, to put a coin into the machine US
- — Bobbye Claire Natkin and Steve Kirk, All About Pinball, p. 112, 1977
- when gambling on a slot-machine, fruit machine or one-armed bandit, to put a coin or coins into the machine’s slot UK, 1996
- In Rio’s casino, a carnival salsas away in galleons sailing over your head as you mindlessly feed the slots. — The Guardian, 1 July 2000
- in a jazz band, to play a chord background for a soloist US, 1961
- — Robert S. Gold, A Jazz Lexicon, p. 104, 1964
- in professional wrestling, to initiate a scripted move US
- You don’t want to “feed” yourself into the arms of an opponent who at will can easily toss you head first into the ringside fans. — Gary Cappetta, Bodyslams!, p. 72, 2000
▶ feed rice
to speak plainly UK- Feed ’em rice, Jimmy! is similar to: “Give them a piece of your mind, James!” — Rick Jolly, Jackspeak, 1989
▶ feed the monkey
to sustain a drug addiction US- — William D. Alsever, Glossary for the Establishment and Other Uptight People, p. 9, December 1970
▶ feed the ponies
to bet on horse racing US- — Jim Crotty, How to Talk American, p. 345, 1997
▶ feed the pony
to manually stimulate the vagina UK
Possibly related to Smack the Pony, a television comedy-sketch programme mainly written and performed by women, first broadcast in 1999.- — www.LondonSlang.com, June 2002
▶ feed the warden
to defecate US- — Reinhold Aman, Hillary Clinton’s Pen Pal, p. 37, 1996
▶ feed with a long spoon
to be very careful in dealing with someone TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ feed your face
to eat US- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 116, 1968
▶ feed your head
to use psychoactive drugs US
A phrase immortalized by Jefferson Airplane in the 1967 song “White Rabbit”, with Grace Slick’s commanding vocal of “Remember, what the dormouse said/ Feed your head, feed your head”.- We took to smoking grass in Van Cortlandt Park on upper Broadway, a nice place to feed your head[.] — Raymond Mungo, Famous Long Ago, p. 154, 1970
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