Clockwork Orange - Glossary of Nadsat Language

Words that do not appear to be of Russian origin are distinguished by asterisks.
(We are indebted to the kindness of Nora Montesinos and a number of her correspondents.)

*appy polly loggy - apology
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
brtiva - razor
brooko - belly
brosat - to throw
bugatty - rich
cal - feces
*cancer - cigarette
cantora - office
carman - pocket
chai - tea
*charles, charlie - chaplain
chasha - cup
chasso - guard
cheena - woman
cheest - to wash
chelloveck - person, man, fellow
chepooka - nonsense
choodessny - wonderful
*chumble - to mumble
clop - to knock
cluve - beak
collocoll - bell
*crack - to break up or "bust"
*crark - to yowl?
crast - to steal or rob; robbery
creech - to shout or scream
*cutter - money
dama - lady
ded - old man
deng - money
devotchka - girl
dobby - good
*dook - trace, ghost
domy - house
dorogoy - dear, valuable
dratsing - fighting
*drencrom - drug
droog - friend
*dung - to defecate
dva - two
eegra - game
eemya - name
*eggiweg - egg
*filly - to play or fool with
*firegold - drink
*fist - to punch
*flip - wild?
forella - "trout"
gazetta - newspaper
glazz - eye
gloopy - stupid
*golly - unit of money
goloss - voice
goober - lip
gooly - to walk
gorlo - throat
govoreet - to speak or talk
grahzny - dirty
grazzy - soiled
gromky - loud
groody - breast
gruppa - group
*guff - guffaw
gulliver - head
*guttiwuts - guts
*hen-korm - chickenfeed
*horn - to cry out
horrorshow - good, well
*in-out in-out - copulation
interessovat - to interest
itty - to go
*jammiwam - jam
jeezny - life
kartoffel - potato
keeshkas - guts
kleb - bread
klootch - key
knopka - button
kopat - to "dig"
koshka - cat
kot - tomcat
krovvy - blood
kupet - to buy
lapa - paw
lewdies - people
*lighter - crone?
litso - face
lomtick - piece, bit
loveted - caught
lubbilubbing - making love
*luscious glory - hair
malchick - boy
malenky - little, tiny
maslo - butter
merzky - filthy
messel - thought, fancy
mesto - place
millicent - policeman
minoota - minute
molodoy - young
moloko - milk
moodge - man
morder - snout
*mounch - snack
mozg - brain
nachinat - to begin
nadmenny - arrogant
nadsat - teenage
nagoy - naked
*nazz - fool
neezhnies - underpants
nochy - night
noga - foot, leg
nozh - knife
nuking - smelling
oddy knocky - lonesome
odin - one
okno - window
oobivat - to kill
ookadeet - to leave
ooko - ear
oomny - brainy
oozhassny - terrible
oozy - chain
osoosh - to wipe
otchkies - eyeglasses
*pan-handle - erection
*pee and em - parents
peet - to drink
pischcha - food
platch - to cry
platties - clothes
pletcho - shoulder
plenny - prisoner
plesk - splash
*plosh - to splash
plott - body
podooshka - pillow
pol - sex
polezny - useful
*polyclef - skeleton key
pony - to understand
poogly - frightened
pooshka - "cannon"
prestoopnik - criminal
privodeet - to lead somewhere
*pretty polly - money
prod - to produce
ptitsa - "chick"
pyahnitsa - drunk
rabbit - work, job
radosty - joy
raskazz - story
rassoodock - mind
raz - time
razdraz - upset
razrez - to rip, ripping
rook, rooker - hand, arm
rot - mouth
rozz - policeman
sabog - shoe
sakar - sugar
sammy - generous
*sarky - sarcastic
scoteena - "cow"
shaika - gang
*sharp - female
sharries - buttocks
shest - barrier
*shilarny - concern
*shive - slice
shiyah - neck
shlem - helmet
*shlaga - club
shlapa - hat
shoom - noise
shoot - fool
*sinny - cinema
skazat - to say
*skolliwoll - school
skorry - quick, quickly
*skriking - scratching
skvat - to grab
sladky - sweet
sloochat - to happen
sloosh, slooshy - to hear, to listen
slovo - word
smeck - laugh
smot - to look
sneety - dream
*snoutie - tobacco?
*snuff it - to die
sobirat - to pick up
*sod - to fornicate, fornicator
soomka - "bag"
soviet - advice, order
spat - to sleep
spatchka - sleep
*splodge, splosh - splash
spoogy - terrified
*Staja - State Jail
starry - ancient
strack - horror
*synthemesc - drug
tally - waist
*tashtook - handkerchief
*tass - cup
tolchock - to hit or push; blow, beating
toofles - slippers
tree - three
vareet - to "cook up"
*vaysay - washroom
veck - (see chelloveck)
*vellocet - drug
veshch - thing
viddy - to see or look
voloss - hair
von - smell
vred - to harm or damage
yahma - hole
*yahoodies - Jews
yahzick - tongue
*yarbles - testicles
yeckate - to drive
*warble - song
zammerchat - remarkable
zasnoot - sleep
zheena - wife
zoobies - teeth
zvonock - bellpull
zvook - sound