lid

blow/flip one's lid, Slang. to lose control, especially to rage hysterically: He nearly flipped his lid over the way they damaged his car. Also, flip one's wig.

blow the lid off, Informal. to expose to public view, especially to reveal something scandalous, illegal, etc.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hlid; cognate with Dutch, German lid, Old Norse hlith gate, gateway

Related forms

sub·lid, noun

un·der·lid, noun

un·lid·ded, adjective

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lid (lɪd)

—n
1.	a cover, usually removable or hinged, for a receptacle: a saucepan lid; a desk lid
2.	short for eyelid
3.	botany another name for operculum
4.	slang short for skidlid
5.	old-fashioned, slang (US) a quantity of marijuana, usually an ounce
6.	informal (Austral) dip one's lid to raise one's hat as a greeting, etc
7.	slang flip one's lid to become crazy or angry
8.	informal put the lid on
	a. (Brit) to be the final blow to
	b. to curb, prevent, or discourage
9.	informal take the lid off to make startling or spectacular revelations about

[Old English hlid; related to Old Friesian hlid, Old High German hlit cover]

'lidded

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

lid

O.E. hlid "lid, cover, opening, gate," from P.Gmc. *khlithan (cf. O.N. hlið "gate, gap," Swed. lid "gate," Du. lid, O.H.G. hlit "lid, cover"), from PIE base *kli- "cover, shut," or *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)), with here perhaps the sense of "that which bends over."

Meaning "eyelid" is from c.1220. Slang sense of "hat, cap" is attested from 1896. Slang phrase put a lid on "clamp down on, silence, end" is from 1909.

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Slang Dictionary

lid definition

n.
an eyelid. : Her lids began to close, and the professor raised his voice to a roar.
n.
one half to one ounce of marijuana. (Drugs. An amount that will fill a Prince Albert tobacco can lid. Often plural.) : It looks like a matchbox to me. Why do they call it a lid?
n.
a hat. : Where did you get that silly lid?

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

LID
poor operator (shortwave transmission)

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Idioms & Phrases

lid

see blow the lid off; flip one's lid; put the lid on.