A Clockwork Orange — Nadsat

I once had a copy A Clockwork Orange that had a glossary of all the dialect (Nadsat) used in it. I no longer have the book but a quick search online led to gradesaver.com which offered the list below (plus additional information about the film). If you would also like to know the origin of the words that information is available at en.wiktionary.org.

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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