View synonyms for billingsgate

billingsgate

[ bil-ingz-geytor, especially British, -git ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

coarsely or vulgarly abusive language.
Synonyms: vilification, vulgarity, scurrility, invective, vituperation

billingsgate

/ ˈbɪlɪŋzˌɡeɪt /

Billingsgate

/ ˈbɪlɪŋɡzˌɡeɪt /

the largest fish market in London, on the N bank of the River Thames; moved to new site at Canary Wharf in 1982 and the former building converted into offices

First recorded in 1645–55; originally the kind of speech often heard at Billingsgate, a London fish market at the gate of the same name

C17: after Billingsgate , which was notorious for such language

Another night we went together over to the Queen's Shades, near Billingsgate.

There is a keen pleasure you wot not of, my lad, in listening to Billingsgate and Spitalfields howl maledictions upon you.

The practice is only a modification of Billingsgate, cover it with what elegant device we may.

It is not yet quite a score of years since the present Billingsgate Market was completed.

Billingsgate fought that hard battle against royalty with great resolution, and ultimately won.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

Start each day with the Word of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

Browse