Home Indoor Fun As You Like It: Shakespearean Dictionary for Kids by Amber GuetebierApril 23, 2020 Search more like this ice creamkid friendlypuppet showbatcustardapplebarnmousedragonaffectionconfuseearrabbitbasket Advertisement Trending Now News Disney+’s Prices Are Increasing—Unless You Want to Watch Ads Food & Drink General Mills Is Bringing Back 4 Classic Sugar Cereals That Your Mom Never Let You Eat Viral & Trending Cat Sneaks into Family Car & Joins Their Road Trip, Becomes Instant Celebrity Viral & Trending Weatherman Discovers His Map Is a Touchscreen and His Reaction Is So Pure Celeb & Entertainment Serena Williams Announces Retirement: ‘If I Were a Guy, I Wouldn’t Be Writing This’ Advertisement Don’t worry, we wouldn’t let you look like a mortal fool on Talk Like Shakespeare Day. We’ve got a sweet list of kid-friendly Shakespearean words that you can slip in and out of conversation all day. Scroll down, and we promise your baby bards won’t protest too much. photo: Pikkakoko via flickr Apple-john: a shriveled, dehydrated apple, the kind used for making apple-head dolls “Set aside an apple-john for craft day, would ya?” Barn: a child, as in “Was your barn born in a barn?” Bat-fowling: the art of catching birds in a net at night, usually by lighting roosts on fire. “Shall we try some bat-fowling after sundown today?” Batlet: a little bat used for getting dust/dirt out of clothes (awww! how cute) Buck-basket: a laundry basket “Toss it into the buck-basket!” Buck: laundry soap “Out, damned spot, out I say!” Butt-shaft: an arrow used for target practice “Grab that butt-shaft and aim!” Cantle: a piece, slice or corner “Care for a cantle of pizza?” Ch’ill: “I will” as in “Chill, mom. Ch’ill pick up my room later.” Chuck: chicken, as a term of affection “Let’s snuggle awhile longer, Chuck.” Custard-coffin: The raised, crusty part of a custard “The custard-coffin is my favorite part!” Drollery: a puppet show “Come now, Chuck, it’s time for the drollery.” Ear: plowing “Ear this field and you’ll have ears and ears of corn.” Fitchew: a skunk or polecat “Was that a fitchew that ambled by or did someone toot?” photo: Trev Grant via flickr Flap-dragon: raisins flambé “Care for a some flap-dragon on your ice cream?” Fox: a sword “Jefferey, please don’t brandish your fox at the dinner table.” Fub off: to put off “Esmerelda, if you fub off your homework any longer you’ll fall behind. Also, you won’t get any flap-dragon on your ice cream.” Hugger-mugger: secrecy “There’s much hugger-mugger around this house at Christmas time.” Jack-a-nape: a mischievous child “What’s that jack-a-nape up to now?” Largess: a gift “There was much hugger-mugger about the largess hiding in the closet.” Lavolta: a dance “I hear John Travolta does a mean lavolta.” Lubber (also libbard): a leopard “That lubber can leap!” photo: Steve Evans via flickr Mickle: a lot, much “Mickle ado about nothing.” Paddock: a toad “Frog and Paddock are friends.” Peat: a nickname for a child; term of affection “Come here my little peat and give me a hug.” Rabbit-sucker: a weasel “The rabbit-sucker was chased all around the mulberry bush.” Rear-mouse: sometimes rere-mouse; a bat (as in the animal) “Was that a rear-mouse flying above that tower this evening?” Shoughs: a curly haired or shaggy dog “Please shampoo your shough.” Sup: to dine (not to be confused with ‘Sup, as in “What’s up?) Tucket-sonance: fanfare, as on a trumpet “The tucket-sonance signaled the arrival of the prince.” Twiggen: made of twigs, wicker “I’d love some twiggen furniture for the patio.” Water-gall: the second rainbow in a double rainbow “Why are there so many songs about water-galls?” Whoo-bub: a confused uproar or racket, a hubbub “What’s the whoo-bub all about, boys?” Do you have any additions to our dictionary? Share them in the comments below! —Amber Guetebier RELATED STORIES A Bard Knock Life: DIY Shakespearean Collar 5 Dictionary-Based Games for Kids Yarrr Gonna Love This Pirate Dictionary Popular Parenting Slang Being Added to Oxford Dictionary How to Talk Like a Sailor without Swearing Yarrr Gonna’ Love This Pirate Dictionary Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Copy (Opens in new window) Search more like this ice creamkid friendlypuppet showbatcustardapplebarnmousedragonaffectionconfuseearrabbitbasket Welcome to our Tinybeans family! Be sure to check your email for new activities, recipes and parenting hacks – and to see if you’ve won! Do you have a dog or cat? 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