Associations to the word «Billingsgate»

Wiktionary

BILLINGSGATE, noun. Profane, abusive language; coarse words
BILLINGSGATE, verb. (transitive) To use abusive language towards.

Dictionary definition

BILLINGSGATE, noun. Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne