The Outsiders Vocabulary
Across
- 2. An area regarded as someone’s personal territory
- 3. To attack; assault
- 6. Cigarette
- 9. A knife with a blade that pops out when a button is pressed
- 12. Poorer than the middle class and the Socs; lived on the east side of town
- 13. A thick mass of tangled hair
- 14. To speak in a slow, lazy way
- 17. A popular sports car in the 1960’s
- 20. Arrogantly confident
- 21. Like, appreciate, or understand
- 22. A street fight between gangs
- 25. Cool, sharp; different from “tough”
- 27. Money
- 29. Prison
- 30. A hoodlum or thug
Down
- 1. A person’s mouth
- 4. A lightweight cotton fabric, typically with checkers or stripes
- 5. A clever or sarcastic comment
- 7. An important and influential person
- 8. Rich kids who lived on the west side of town
- 10. A phrase that means “give up”
- 11. A race between two or more cars over a short distance as a test of acceleration
- 15. Fun or enjoyment; thrills
- 16. A gun
- 18. A contest in which cowboys show their skill at riding horses, roping cows, etc.
- 19. Request a free ride; hitchhike
- 23. The dimensions or proportions of a person’s body
- 24. Term for woman, usually offensive
- 26. Slang name for police
- 28. A group of people who associate together