some, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

some n.

1. (US) violence, physical hurt.

1848		Boston Blade 10 June n.p.: Mose is pretty wrathy about your printing his letter [and] when he comes round he’s duty boun to give you some.
1850		‘Ned Buntline’ G’hals of N.Y. 67: We oughter hunt him up, and give him some.
1873		W.H. Thomes Slaver’s Adventures 352: The shot struck just under our taffrail [...] ‘Better let ’em have some, sir,’ the mate said. ‘We can’t stand this long, you know.’.
1910		H. Hapgood Types from City Streets 320: Wish I’d been there. I’d ’a’ given her some!
1935		N. Algren ‘A Lumpen’ in Entrapment (2009) 35: ‘Say, guy, you want some o’ me?’ And I doubled up both fists.
1945		C. Himes If He Hollers 142: ‘If you want me to I’ll go with you to Mac and— [...] I want some of Mac too’.
1994		N. McCall Makes Me Wanna Holler (1995) 159: Don’t forget, you got to take some to get some.

2. sexual intercourse; esp. in phr. give me some; thus antonym none.

1904		Lustful Memoirs of a Young and Passionated Girl 27: ‘You will give me some more, won’t you, after you get married?’ ‘Yes,’ said Julia, ‘you may have all you want.’.
1918		in Randolph & Legman Ozark Folksongs and Folklore (1992) I 455: I got a gal an’ you got none, Li’l Liza Jane, / I’ll tell my gal to give you some, Li’l Liza Jane.
1937		J. Curtis There Ain’t No Justice 175: Won’t she let you have none?
1942		in G. Legman Limerick (1953) 66: The woman who lives on the moon / Is still cherishing the balloon / Of an earthling who’d come / And given her some, / But had dribbled away all too soon.
1956		J. Curtis Look Long Upon a Monkey 100: I ain’t had none for a long time.
1975		W.D. Myers fast sam, cool clyde, and stuff 117: Everybody wanted to know what he wanted to talk to Gloria about [...] Chalky told us anyway. ‘I’m going to go up there and see if I can get some’.
1981		W.D. Myers Hoops 31: [T]hat ugly chick [...] said she was going to give some to the winning team.

3. (US campus) sexual caresses short of intercourse.

1967–8

Baker et al. CUSS 94: Catch some To neck.

4. (US campus) an attractive, alluring person.

1976

Eble Campus Sl. Nov. 5: some – a male or female: There goes some.

5. energy, spirit, commitment.

2000

N. Barlay Crumple Zone 174: Vannies going past, windows down, wolfin’ at her, shoutin’ go on luv, give it some.

In phrases

get some (v.) [euph.] (orig. US)

1. to have sexual intercourse; thus get none, not get much, to be deprived of sex.

1864		in T.P. Lowry Stories the Soldiers Wouldn’t Tell (1994) ) 37: I tell you the three gals cost me but eleven dollars. Tom Lane got some with me twice from the same gal. He says it is some better than the widow.
1919		Transcript Foster Inquiry in L.R. Murphy Perverts by Official Order (1989) 28: Could he put some vaseline on his ‘cock and get some?’ asked Goldstein.
1944		in Randolph & Legman Ozark Folksongs and Folklore (1992) I 408: Goin’ down to Cripple Creek, / To get me some.
1952		Lait & Mortimer USA Confidential 229: Those who had none came up to get some.
1965		H. Rhodes Chosen Few 129: I don’t like having to go through all this jazz every time I get some. You can have it.
1969		‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp 115: If I was a bitch I’d give you some scratch to get some.
1974		G.V. Higgins Cogan’s Trade (1975) 39: Tomorrow night I’m getting some [...] this’s my last night, a priest.
1974		C. Loken Come Monday Morning 97: We always share our broads, I wouldn’t think’a gettin’ some an’ not cuttin’ Russ in.
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 157: Like you goes over to a girl’s house and she happens to be on her period. Think you gonna get some. He’s blocked!
1996		Penguin Bk of More Aus. Jokes 307: A brunette is drying herself after a shower when [...] she notices a single grey pubic hair. ‘Good heavens,’ she says. ‘I know that you haven’t been getting much lately, but I didn’t know you were worrying about it!’.
1999		T. Dorsey Florida Roadkill 185: After all those other times I finally get some.
2002		Allecto ‘Buddy Fuck’ 🌐 ‘Hey,’ Joey said one day when Wade couldn’t quite hide a hickey on his collarbone, ‘looks like someone’s getting some!’.
2006		Burns & Pelecanos ‘That’s Got His Own’ Wire ser. 4 ep. 12 [TV script] ‘To have intimacy.’ ‘What do that mean?’ ‘You know, like gettin’ some’.
2010		A. Steinberg Running the Books 330: The kind of guy who also gets some on the side.
2016		‘Chelsea G. Summers’ in Hazlitt.net 8 Jan. 🌐 We don’t have sexual intercourse—we ‘get busy,’ ‘hit it,’ ‘do the nasty,’ ‘get some,’ ‘score,’ and perform countless other acts that we refer to by adorable, horrifying, and illuminating turns of phrase.
2020		D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 105: ‘You look all wrung out,son. You get some?’.

2. to be physically beaten.

1970		G.F. Newman Sir, You Bastard 118: Keep your mouth closed or you’ll get some.
2001		(con. 1975–6) E. Little Steel Toes 58: Want some, get some, pal. Otherwise let me have a smoke.

3. to fight hard; to kill.

1982		(con. 1970) J.M. Del Vecchio 13th Valley (1983) 486: ‘Let arty get some.’ [...] ‘Blow em away.’.
1986		L. Heinemann Paco’s Story (1987) 22: One night we’re listening to Alpha Company doing it hot and heavy, and they were getting down and getting some.
1987		(con. 1967) E. Spencer Welcome to Vietnam (1989) 56: If you want to get some, one of the best ways is on rock and roll [i.e. full automatic firing].
1997		(con. 1970s) G. Pelecanos King Suckerman (1998) 237: ‘Gonna get some,’ said Adamson.

want some (v.)

(US campus) to search for sex.

1970		B. Jackson Get Your Ass in the Water (1974) 225: Running through the jungle with my dick in my head, / I see a young girl and tell her I want some.
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 186: I got a broad in dere! You want some, gimme $3.
1989		P. Munro Sl. U.

want some (of this)?

a form of verbal challenge that may lead on to a fight.

1998		M. Newall ‘Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight’ in Indep. Weekend Rev. 26 Dec. 1: ‘Anybodye wante summe?’ Asked the Grene Byker.
2001		(con. 1975–6) E. Little Steel Toes 58: Want some, get some, pal. Otherwise let me have a smoke.
2007		S. Low Boys From Baghdad 22: This [positioning] left any potential attacker in no doubt about our firepower and readiness to use it. Very much a case of ‘You really want some of this?’ .

In exclamations

get some! (also get some in!) [as used in by US troops in the Vietnam War (1964–75)]

(US) a cry of encouragement, esp. to one participant in a fight or firefight.

1963		C. Wood ‘Spare’ in Cockade (1965) I i: harry: You’re sweating on him stopping ... garibaldi: Get some in. dickie bird: And that for a game of soldiers.
1978		J. Webb Fields of Fire (1980) 67: A battery, six cannons, unloading on the treeline [...] Get some, artillery.
1983		N. Proffitt Gardens of Stone (1985) 101: Harmon whooped, ‘GET SOME, MOTHERFUCKER!’.
1990		Eble Campus Sl. Nov. 4: get some – perform with great motivation, emphasis. An expression of encouragement or congratulations.