1820 results
Trinidad & Tobago
boat tail
A grackle found throughout the greater antilles as well as smaller, nearby islands. Like all quiscalus grackles, it is a rather large, gregarious bird. the 27 cm long male is glossy black with a large tail; the 24 cm long female has a smaller tail and is similar in colour but less glossy than the male. It lives largely in heavily settled areas
animal
bird
Jamaica
cling cling
A grackle found throughout the greater antilles as well as smaller, nearby islands. Like all quiscalus grackles, it is a rather large, gregarious bird. the 27 cm long male is glossy black with a large tail; the 24 cm long female has a smaller tail and is similar in colour but less glossy than the male. It lives largely in heavily settled areas
animal
bird
Trinidad & Tobago
penny piece
This is the fruit of a medium to evergreen tree, endemic of the Antilles with a wide canopy of big, oval leaves. Its wood is hard, firm, strong and very heavy, so it is widely used to build furniture and light posts. Rounded fruit, with a sparse, sweetish pulp, are yellow-orange with creamy taste, sometimes mushy, with a delightful and delicate flavor.
fruit
food
plant
Jamaica
tintin
A grackle found throughout the greater antilles as well as smaller, nearby islands. Like all quiscalus grackles, it is a rather large, gregarious bird. the 27 cm long male is glossy black with a large tail; the 24 cm long female has a smaller tail and is similar in colour but less glossy than the male. It lives largely in heavily settled areas
animal
bird
Jamaica
big yard
A multi-family housing arrangement consisting of many substandard dwellings packed closely on a single plot of land. Dwellings often share resources such as running water and toilets.
Guyana
Jamaica
tenement yard
A multi-family housing arrangement consisting of many substandard dwellings packed closely on a single plot of land. Dwellings often share resources such as running water and toilets.
Jamaica
tenement yard
A multi-family housing arrangement consisting of many substandard dwellings packed closely on a single plot of land. Dwellings often share resources such as running water and toilets.
Trinidad & Tobago
toutoulbé
Used to describe someone is easily taken advantage of. Usually used to describe a man who gives all he has to a woman who don't even love him.
Guyana
washing butter
To beat butter with a spoon in a large water filled container in order to remove salt and make it suitable for use in recipes like black cake.
food
gonzalito
The Yellow Oriole, it is a passerine bird in the family Icteridae. Yellow Oriole breeds in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas and parts of northern Brazil. The Yellow Oriole is a bird of open woodland, scrub and gardens. Its nest is a 40 cm long hanging basket, suspended from the end of a branch. The normal clutch is three pale green or grey eggs. This is a 20–21 cm long, 38 g weight bird, with mainly yellow plumage, as its name suggests. The adult male has a black eye mask, thin black throat line, black tail and black wings with a white wing bar and some white feather edging.
animal
bird
Trinidad & Tobago
plantain bird
The Yellow Oriole, it is a passerine bird in the family Icteridae. Yellow Oriole breeds in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas and parts of northern Brazil. The Yellow Oriole is a bird of open woodland, scrub and gardens. Its nest is a 40 cm long hanging basket, suspended from the end of a branch. The normal clutch is three pale green or grey eggs. This is a 20–21 cm long, 38 g weight bird, with mainly yellow plumage, as its name suggests. The adult male has a black eye mask, thin black throat line, black tail and black wings with a white wing bar and some white feather edging.
animal
bird
Trinidad & Tobago
small corn bird
The Yellow Oriole, it is a passerine bird in the family Icteridae. Yellow Oriole breeds in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas and parts of northern Brazil. The Yellow Oriole is a bird of open woodland, scrub and gardens. Its nest is a 40 cm long hanging basket, suspended from the end of a branch. The normal clutch is three pale green or grey eggs. This is a 20–21 cm long, 38 g weight bird, with mainly yellow plumage, as its name suggests. The adult male has a black eye mask, thin black throat line, black tail and black wings with a white wing bar and some white feather edging.
animal
bird
Jamaica
chocolate
The fruit of the cocoa plant. The fruit resembles a yellow or orange torpedo approximately a foot in length. Inside there are several seed covered by a soft pulp. The dried seeds are ground to make cocoa and are the raw material used to make chocolate.
plant
food
fruit
Trinidad & Tobago
manicou bird
The Masked Yellowthroat, it is 13.2 cm long and weighs 13 g. It has yellow-green upperparts, bright yellow underparts, and a mainly black bill. The adult male has a black facemask, bordered above with a grey band. The female is similar, but lacks the black mask.
animal
bird
Jamaica
bingy
Slingshot. A projectile launching weapon made from a Y-shaped branch or piece of wood and elastic material. They are commonly used to hunt birds and other small game.
Dominica
Jamaica
catapul
Slingshot. A projectile launching weapon made from a Y-shaped branch or piece of wood and elastic material. They are commonly used to hunt birds and other small game.
Jamaica
catapult
Slingshot. A projectile launching weapon made from a Y-shaped branch or piece of wood and elastic material. They are commonly used to hunt birds and other small game.
Barbados
Grenada
gutaperk
Slingshot. A projectile launching weapon made from a Y-shaped branch or piece of wood and elastic material. They are commonly used to hunt birds and other small game.
Belize
Jamaica
backra
Any white person, particularly one in a position of power or authority.
person
Grenada
backra beke
Any white person, particularly one in a position of power or authority.
person
Belize
Bad ting neva got owner
No one wants to take responsibility for a mistake or bad situation
proverb
Bahamas
badge
A pen or cage constructed in the sea to keep conch alive.
Grenada
Jamaica
St. Lucia
bald head
One who does not follow or practice Rastafari. A heathen or unbeliever.
person
rastafarian
Belize
baragumbeh
A person who likes to borrow but doesn't return or pay back
Grenada
buckra
Any white person, particularly one in a position of power or authority.
person
Jamaica
buss mi jaw
A hard, chewy, dark brown candy made from sugar, coconuts and ginger.
food
Antigua & Barbuda
Jamaica
busta
A hard, chewy, dark brown candy made from sugar, coconuts and ginger.
food
Jamaica
bustamante backbone
A hard, chewy, dark brown candy made from sugar, coconuts and ginger.
food
Montserrat
chups
To suck ones teeth in disgust or in a sign of disrespect
Jamaica
cutchie
The clay piece used to contain the burning material in a chalice
Jamaica
di more yu stir shit di more it stink
The more you dig in a bad situation the worse it becomes
proverb
Bermuda
dippin
To swerve in and out of traffic on a motorcycle or bicycle
Barbados
Jamaica
dolphin
The dorado or mahi-mahi; A blue-green and yellowish food fish.
animal
food
Antigua & Barbuda
doog doog
Small plastic bottle, like a clorox bottle, usually used for carrying water
Haiti
epis
Seasoning produced by grinding and mixing (as with a mortar and pestle)
food
Guyana
fbi
Flat Batty Indian: A woman of East Indian ancestry with flat buttocks.
person
derogatory
Guyana
fbig
Flat Batty Indian: A woman of East Indian ancestry with flat buttocks.
person
derogatory
Belize
St. Kitts & Nevis
US Virgin Islands
force ripe
Describes a young girl who likes to act older than her age.
Grenada
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
goat mout
To jinx or cause misfortune by predicting a bad or unfavourable outcome
Belize
Jamaica
goodas
A beautiful, virtuous woman possessing or characterized by chastity, purity and morality.