​• RAAG - an idle lounging person - a low, worthless person - a vagabond - a rake ...Bk1866 Sc.
• RAANY - an emaciated, stunted, or delicate looking person ...1954 Ulster sl.
• RAAS - 1. a derogatory description of a person - a contemptible person - an idiot ...1959 W. Indies & UK Black sl.
  - 2. a Rastafarian ...1968 W. Indies & UK Black sl. Cassells Sl Green 2005
• RAASCLAT - an extremely derogatory term ...1957 sl., orig. W. Indies & Jamaica
• RAASHOLE - a derogatory description of a person; a general term of abuse; a contemptible person; a great fool; an idiot ...1959 W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• RAB - a lawless, rowdy person ...1976 W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• RABBET-SUCKER - a name given to pawnbrokers and tally-men ...1720
• RABBET-SUCKERS - young unthrifts taking goods on tick of pawnbrokers or tallymen, at excessive rates ...1725 cant
• RABBI - 1. a title of respect (in use since the first century B.C.) given by the Jews to doctors of the law ...c1000
  - 2. a Jewish scholar or teacher esp. of Jewish law; in modern Jewish use, properly applied only to one who is authorized by ordination to deal with questions of law and ritual, and to perform certain functions ...1484
  - 3. one whose learning, authority, or office is comparable to that of a Jewish rabbi; a learned person; frequently contemptuous ...1553
  - 4. an influential sponsor or patron ...1932 US sl., orig. police
  - 5. in New York City: someone with clout or pull ...1952 Amer. political sl.
  - 6. a mentor or protector ...1970 US sl.
  - 7. a senior police officer who will assist, advice, and if necessary, protect a junior officer in the early stages of his career ...Bk2002 US criminals' sl.
  - 8. an Underworld boss ...Bk2002 US criminals' sl.
• RABBIE - a travelling seller of rabbit meat ...1902 Aust. sl.
• RABBIN - a doctor or teacher among the Jews ...1579
• RABBINIST - an adherent or follower of the rabbins - especially among the Jews, one who accepts the teaching of the Talmud and the rabbins, in contrast to the Karaites, who reject tradition - one well-versed in the writings and opinions of the rabbis ...1599
• RABBINITE - an adherent or follower of the rabbins - especially among the Jews, one who accepts the teaching of the Talmud and the rabbins, in contrast to the Karaites, who reject tradition ...1832
• RABBIT - 1. a prostitute ...1579 sl.
  - 2. a term of abuse; a contemptible person ...1597
  - 3. a newborn baby ...c1780 sl.
  - 4. a rowdy; a young hoodlum ...1859 US sl.
  - 5. a coward; someone who is as timid as a rabbit ...1896 sl.
  - 6. a girl ...1900 Aust. sl.
  - 7. a simpleton; a fool; a silly person; a victim ...1900 Aust. sl.
  - 8. a poor performer at any game, especially cricket, golf, or tennis ...1904 sl.
  - 9. a native-born Australian - 1907 Aust. sl.
  - 10. a short-journey passenger ...c1910 busmen's and tram-men's usage
  - 11. a youngster; a naive person ...1914
  - 12. one who makes or wishes to make an escape ...1928 sl.
  - 13. a male homosexual ...1949 S. Afr. sl.
  - 14. a person who regularly borrows money from an illegal money lender and pays back promptly ...1950 US sl.
  - 15. a nervous, timid, cautious person ...1951 US sl.
  - 16. an informer ...1954 UK sl.
  - 17. a White person ...a1964 US Black sl.
  - 18. a White American soldier; a term used by Black soldiers ...Vietnam war usage
  - 19. a poor poker player ...1967 US sl.
  - 20. a prisoner who is known for attempting to escape prison ...1972 US sl.
  - 21. a fellator ...Bk1972 US homosexual sl.
  - 22. a runaway ...1977 US sl.
  - 23. in sports: a track-team member who sets a fast pace to induce competition to spend energy early in a long-distance race, to the advantage of a teammate ...Bk1982
  - 24. a male who is held to be weak ...Bk1986 Aust. sl.
  - 25. a prostitute's client who ejaculates quickly and so leaves the prostitute free to carry on her trade ...a1987
  - 26. a new member of a Rastafarian gang ...1988  NZ sl.
  - 27. a person of no account, esp. a timid one; a novice; in school: a freshman ...Bk1989 sl.
  - 28. a professional golfer who has no exemption and is forced to play qualifying rounds to make it into the field for a professional event ...Bk1997 golfing usage
  - 29. a young woman ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
  - 30. in baseball: a player with great speed ...Bk1999 baseball usage
  - 31. a woman who has a large number of children ...2002 Jamaica
• RABBIT BLOOD - one who makes or who wishes to make an escape ...1928 sl.
• RABBIT-BUYER - a receiver of stolen goods, esp. furs ...20C criminals' sl.
• RABBIT CATCHER or RABBIT-CATCHER - a nickname for a midwife ...Bk1796 sl.
• RABBIT-CHOKER or RABBITCHOKER - a country person - a farmer - an unsophisticated peasant - a hillbilly ...c1950 Amer.
• RABBIT EARS - an athlete or official who is quick to take offense at teasing ...1967 US sl.
• RABBITER - 1. one who hunts rabbits - a rabbit-catcher ...1872
  - 2. a man who lives by trapping rabbits, or who is employed to clear stations from them ...Bk1898 Aust.
  - 3. one who makes a habit of smuggling 'rabbits' (illicit goods smuggled ashore by Naval ratings going on leave) ...20C Royal Navy usage
• RABBIT FOOT - 1. a coward; a timid person ...1925 US Black sl.
  - 2. an escaped convict ...1927 US sl.
• RABBIT-HUND - a nickname given to a person who is thin and poorly developed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RABBIT-O - a travelling seller of rabbit meat ...1902 Aust. sl.
• RABBIT-OH - a travelling seller of rabbit meat ...1902 Aust. sl.
• RABBIT-PIE - a prostitute; a harlot; women considered sexually ...1889 UK sl.
• RABBIT-PIE SHIFTER - a policeman ...c1870 UK sl.
• RABBITS - a customs officer ...L19 Royal Navy usage
• RABBIT-SCRAPER - a black market abortionist ...1950s homosexual sl.
• RABBIT-SNATCHER - an abortionist ...1950 US criminals' sl.
• RABBIT-SUCKER - 1. a rich young man or spendthrift who is gulled into running up large bills by confidence tricksters who later dun him for his debts ...c1597 UK criminals' sl.
  - 2. one who lends at exorbitant rates, hence rendering impoverished those to whom they extend credit - a pawnbroker ...1725 criminals' sl.
• RABBIT-TWISTER - 1. a country person - a hillbilly ...1905 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a country dancer ...1915 Amer. dial.
• RABBLE - 1. persons of the lowest class ...1726
  - 2. one who works in a careless, hurried manner ...Bk1866 Sc.
• RABBLEMENT - † a mob of low scoundrels ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RABBLER - 1. one of a rabble ...1634
  - 2. a careless, hurried worker ...Bk1866 Sc.
  - 3. one who uses a 'rabble' - a stirrer of molten metal ...1877
  - 4. one who reads or talks hastily and indistinctly - a quick reader ...1880 Sc.
• RABBLE-ROUSER - a person who stirs up a crowd, especially for political reasons; a seditious person ...1843
• RABBO - a street-seller of rabbits ...1908 sl.
• RABELAISIAN - a student or admirer of French author, François Rabelais (c1490-1553) ...1893
• RABIATOR - * a violent, noisy, greedy person - a lout - a boor - a violent or ruthless bully - a robber - a spoiler - a plunderer...c1745 Sc.
• RABLER - a rioter - a mobber ...1693 Sc.
• RABSCALLION - a low, worthless fellow - a wild, reckless person - a rascal - a knave - a rogue - a vagabond - a scamp - a ne'er-do-well ...1699
• RABSHACKLE - † a ne'er-do-well; a wastrel; an idle profligate ...Bk1852
• RABSHAKLE - † a ne'er-do-well; a wastrel; an idle profligate ...Bk1852
• RACA - a vain empty fellow ...Bk1775
• RACAN - a lanky, raw-boned person ...1997 Irish sl.
• RACAPELT - a good-for-nothing - a disreputable fellow - an idle rascal ...Bk1852 Eng. dial.
• RACE BIRD - an enthusiastic fan of horse racing ...1971 US sl.
• RACE-GOER - a frequenter of race-meetings ...1880
• RACEHORSE or RACE HORSE - 1. an accomplished, sought-after prostitute ...1972 US sl.
  - 2. a person who works or acts speedily, often carelessly ...Bk1980 Amer. sl.
• RACEHORSE CHARLIE - a morphine user ...1959 drugs sl.
• RACE MAN - a Black person - usually used by Black speakers to express a strong sense of racial solidarity ...1902 Amer. dial.
• RACER - 1. one who races or takes part in a race ...1649
  - 2. † a nickname given to a loose woman - a common trull ...1785 Sc.
• RACERHEAD - in mountain biking: someone who competes in races ...1992 US sl.
• RACE RIDER - in horse racing: a jockey ...Bk1985
• RACER TRACERS - groupies who follow sailboat racers around the world ...Bk2006 Amer. nautical sl.
• RACETRACKER or RACE TRACKER - in horse racing: a person who frequents a race track - a person who makes their living in some capacity at racetracks ...1951 US sl.
• RACE WOMAN - a Black person - usually used by Black speakers to express a strong sense of racial solidarity ...1918 Amer. dial.
• RACHEL - 1. a Quakeress ...Bk1903 sl.
  - 2. a Jewess ...Bk1914 US college sl.
  - 3. any Jewish homosexual ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
• RACIALIST - an advocate or practitioner of racialism ...1917
• RACING IDENTITY - a person of some notoriety with racing connections ...1959 Aust. jocular
• RACING-LOSER - † one who loses in or by horse-racing ...1680
• RACING SECRETARY - in horse racing: the Official who drafts the conditions for races and is responsible for the handling of entries and all other matters concerning the racing program - it is his job to ensure the proper number of horses are running in each race ...Bk1985
• RACING TOUT - one who surreptitiously watches the trials of racehorses so as to gain information for betting purposes ...1812
• RACIST - an advocate of the belief in the superiority of a particular race, leading to prejudice and antagonism towards people of other races - a bigot ...1932
• RACK - 1. a dissolute, unprincipled young man - a rake - a wag ...1724 Sc.
  - 2. a woman with a large bust ...1970 Amer. sl.
• RACKABACK - a man on horseback with a woman behind him riding side-saddle ...c1786 sl.
• RACKABITE - a wrangling, tyrannical person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RACKABONE - an emaciated person ...E19 US sl.
• RACKABONES - an emaciated man ...1804 Amer.
• RACKANSACKER - 1. a hard-bitten outdoorsman fighting for the South, who would, presumably, be quick to 'wrack and sack' (ruin and pillage) in a war ...US Civil War usage
  - 2. a person from Arkansas ...1958 Amer. dial.
• RACKAPELT - 1. a noisy, riotous person; a scamp; an idle rascal; a man of dissolute habits; a worthless fellow ...Bk1852 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a whoremonger ...Bk1916 sl.
• RACKATAG - a worthless, disreputable fellow ...Bk1887 Eng. dial.
• RACK DATE - a female who be easily persuaded into bed - a seducible woman ...1977 college sl.
• RACKENSACK - a person from Arkansas ...1845 Amer. dial.
• RACKENSACKER - 1. † a common soldier, esp. a member of a state volunteer militia group ...c1847 Amer. sl., chiefly Mexican War usage
  - 2. a person from Arkansas ...1906 Amer. dial.
• RACKER - 1. one who racks or strains law ...1565
  - 2. one who charges excessive rent ...1607
  - 3. one who racks wine or other liquor ...1611
  - 4. one who perverts the meaning ...a1656
  - 5. an emaciated person ...E19 US sl.
  - 6. one who operates the 'rack' - a torturer ...1820
  - 7. a vagabond ...1866 Ireland
  - 8. a tormentor - a 'murderer' ..Bk1911
• RACKERBONE - a very thin, emaciated person ...1854 Amer. sl.
• RACKET BOY - a member of an organized criminal enterprise ...1953 US sl.
• RACKET BROAD - a female criminal ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
• RACKET DUDE - a thief; a racketeer ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
• RACKETEER - a person, esp. a member of a gang or crime syndicate, who earns money through a dishonest or illegal business, typically involving extortion, intimidation, or violence; a swindler or extortionist ...1924 orig. US
• RACKETER - 1. * one who a racket game, esp. tennis ..1581
  - 2. * a person who enjoys a hectic social life; one who indulges in noisy and riotous entertainments; a whoremonger or spreester ..1661
  - 3. † * one who walks on 'rackets' or snowshoes ...1893
• RACKET GHEE - a member of an organized crime syndicate ...1930s US sl.
• RACKET GUY - a career criminal; a racketeer ...1925 criminals' sl.
• RACKET MAN - 1. † a thief, usually of noisy items such as chickens ...c1850 criminals' sl.
  - 2. a member of an organized crime syndicate ...1930s US sl.
• RACKETTY COO - a Jewish person ...1971 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'Jew'
• RACKETY COO - a Jew ...1971 Aust. rhyming sl.
• RACKEY - a boy who affects a style of dressing reminiscent of a gangster ...1955 US teen sl.
• RACK-HELL - a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1554 now arch.
• RACKLAW - a married woman ...Bk1916 sl.
• RACKLE - 1. a very talkative person ...1879 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a thoroughly bad man ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
  - 3. a spendthrift ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RACKLE CHAP - a disorderly person ...Bk1849 Eng. dial.
• RACKLE OF BONES, A - a thin, emaciated person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RACKLE-PATE - a rash, heedless fellow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RACKLER - a nickname for a land surveyor, from his using a ‘rackle,’ or chain ...1825 Sc.
• RACKLING - the youngest or weakest of a family;  a weakling; a puny or rickety child  ...1781 Eng. dial.
• RACK-MAIDEN - a girl employed at a mine to dress ore ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RACK MAN - an official in a crap game who deals with making change, paying winners, etc. ...1930s sl.
• RACK-MASTER - an officer having charge of the rack ...1602
• RACK MONSTER - a person who spends a great deal of time in bed ...1976 US sl.
• RACK OF BONES a very thin, emaciated person; a sorry-looking person ...1804 Amer. sl.
• RACK-RENTER - 1. * one who pays rack-rent (a very high, excessive, or extortionate rent) ...1680
  - 2. a landlord who exacts a rack rent or rack rents ...1843
• RACK-SAUCH - †* a gallows-bird ...1508 Sc.
• RACLAN - 1. a married woman ...c1830 UK tramps' sl.
  - 2. a girl ...Bk1916 gypsy
• RACONTEUR - one skilled in relating anecdotes or stories ...1829
• RACONTEUSE - a female skilled in relating anecdotes or stories ...1863
• RACOVIAN - an adherent of the teachings of the Socinians taught at Rakow, or to the Unitarians who made it their chief centre in the 17th century; a heretic ...1643
• RACY BOPPER - a female fan of motor racing whose attraction to the sport is a function of her attraction to the race participants ...1993 US sl.
• RAD - 1. a person who advocates radical or far-reaching political or social reform; a member of a political party or part of a party pursuing such aims ...1820
  - 2. a German male ...post-World War II US military usage
  - 3. a policeman, usually in plural ...1980s UK Black sl.
• RADAR - a petty thief; someone who will 'pick up anything' ...1989 Aust. sl.
• RADAR CHARLIE - a poker player with a strong intuitive sense of other players' hands ...1988 US sl.
• RADDIE - 1. a political radical ...1930s sl.
  - 2. an Italian or Anglo-Italian living in London, orig. specifically in Clerkenwell ...1938 sl.
• RADDIKAL - a blackguard ...Bk1914 Sc.
• RADDLEMAN - 1. * an inhabitant or native of Rutlandshire ...1622 Eng.dial.
  - 2. a digger or, or dealer in, ‘raddle’ (red ochre used in marking sheep) ...1637 hist.
• RADDLER - a digger or dealer in 'raddle' (red ochre used in marking sheep) ...Bk1881 Eng. dial.
• RADDMAN - a counsellor; a term formerly used in Orkney ...Bk1866 Sc.
• RADGE - 1. a loose-living woman ...1923 Sc.
  - 2. a wild, obstreperous person ...1963 Sc.
  - 3. a lively girl ...1967 Sc.
  - 4. a psychotic person ;a madman ...1995 sl.
• RADGEHEAD - a psychotic person ...1990s sl.
• RADGEPOT - an idiot; a fool ...1979 UK sl.
• RADGER - a wild, intractable person ...1894 Sc.
• RADGY - a psychotic person ...1990s sl.
• RADIC - a police officer, esp. armed police; an 'eradicator' ...1994 UK sl.
• RADICAL - 1. a person who advocates radical or far-reaching political or social reform; a member of a political party or part of a party pursuing such aims; now also a revolutionary, esp. left-wing ...1822
  - 2. a troublesome boy; an impudent, dissipated fellow; a wild, unruly fellow; a rogue, a blackguard; a rascal ...Bk1886 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 3. a student in Radcliffe College for women ...Bk1914 Amer. college sl.
  - 4. one who believes in anything you disagree with; any person of intelligence ...Bk1926 Amer. sl.
• RADICAL DUDE - a person whose unconventional ideas and behaviour sets him or her apart from the general population ...Bk1993
• RADICAL EMPIRICIST - an adherent or advocate of radical empiricism (the theory that ultimate reality consists of pure experience; the view that knowledge or reality can only be achieved through a rigorous and sceptical empiricism) ...1897
• RADICAL RIGHTIST - an extreme conservative in politics ...Bk1982 US
• RADICLIB - a radical liberal in politics ...1970 Amer. sl.
• RADICS - the police ...1970s UK Black sl.
• RADIO - a prisoner who talks loudly and without paying attention to who might be listening ...1976 US sl.
• RADIO AMATEUR - one who picks up or transmits radio messages as a hobby ...1916
• RADIOECOLOGIST - an expert in radioecology, the study of effects of radiation on plant and animal life ...1959
• RADIO ENGINEER - a specialist in radio engineering (the design, construction, and operation of radio equipment) ...1910
• RADIOGRAPHER - one who practices radiography, the production of images on sensitized plates by means of the Rontgen rays ...1896
• RADIO HAM - an amateur radio operator; one who picks up or transmits radio messages as a hobby ...1922 colloq.
• RADIO JOCK - a radio presenter; a disc jockey working on radio ...1970 colloq., orig. US
• RADIO JOCKEY - a radio presenter; a disc jockey working on radio ...1948 colloq., orig. US
• RADIO MAN - 1. a man who operates, repairs, or deals with radio sets ...1912
  - 2. a man employed in sound broadcasting ...1912
• RADIO PIRATE - a person who transmits radio programmes without official authorization ...1924
• RADIO-SEE-UM - one who uses a divining rod ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RADIO TALK SHOW HOST - a person who hosts the discussion on a radio talk show ...1970
• RADISH - an anti-communist who professes to be an enthusiastic communist ...1920
• RADIX - the police ...1970s UK Black sl.
• RADKNIGHT - in Old English times, a tenant holding land on condition of performing service on horseback ...1614 hist.
• RAD-LIB - a radical liberal in politics ...1970 Amer. sl.
• RADMAN - 1. a tenant holding land on condition of performing service on horseback ...1628 hist.
  - 2. a councillor ...Bk1914 Sc.
• RADNIK - a recruit ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• RADS - 1. the police ...2000 UK sl.
  - 2. in rock climbing: sport climbers ...Bk2006 Amer. sl.
• RAFE - a fool, a stupid person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RAFF - 1. a low, disorderly, idle person; a vulgar worthless person; a dissolute vagabond; a disreputable person ...1785
  - 2. a slovenly, dirty fellow ...Bk1895 Aust. criminals' sl.
• RAFFER - a person in the Royal Air Force, not usually applied to officers ...1939 colloq.
• RAFFING FALLOWS - ranting, roaring, drinking fellows ...1825 Sc.
• RAFFLE - a low fellow; an idle vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAFFLE-CAP - a loose, disorderly person ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAFFLE-COFFIN - a ruffian - a ribald fellow - a villain ...c1696 sl.
• RAFFLE-COPPIN - a loose, disorderly person ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAFFLE-PACK - a loose, disorderly person ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAFFLER - 1. †* a quarrelsome person ...c1750
  - 2. a worthless fellow ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAFFLES - a gentleman or society thief, esp. a burglar ...19C sl.
• RAFFLE-TOPPIN(G) - a wild, reckless, foolish person ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAFFLIN(G) - a disorderly person ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAFF MERCHANT - 1. a dealer in lumber and odd refuse ...Bk1895 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a marine-store dealer ...Bk1903 sl.
• RAFFS - inhabitants of the University of Oxford ...1785 colloq.
• RAFT - a tall, thin person ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAFTER - a Cuban refugee who arrives in Florida after a journey on a raft ...1990s US sl.
• RAG - 1. a street tumbler ...1875 circus usage
  - 2. a girlfriend - a female companion ...L19 US sl.
  - 3. a low, worthless person ...Bk1905 Sc.
  - 4. a term of contempt for anyone very lean and thin ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 5. a railway pointsman ...1946 sl.
  - 6. an unattractive woman ...1960s US campus sl.
  - 7. (derogatory) a man ...1960s NZ sl.
  - 8. a fool ...1960s sl.
  - 9. a promiscuous woman ...1970s Aust. sl.
  - 10. an unpleasant person ...1970s US campus & teen sl.
  - 11. a gang member ...1990s US Black sl.
  - 12. a despicable person ...1997 US sl.
• RAGA - 1. a hooligan - a lout ...1990s UK Black sl.
  - 2. a lover of modern dance hall reggae ...1990s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
  - 3. an unaffected, down-to-earth person ...1990s US Black sl.
• RAGABASH - an idle, worthless, or disreputable fellow - a low rascal - an idle vagabond - a scoundrel - a ragamuffin ...1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGABRASH - a low rascal - an idle vagabond - a good-for-nothing - a ragamuffin ...1718 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAGABUS - a good-for-nothing - a ragamuffin ...1718 Sc.
• RAGABUSH - a good-for-nothing - a ragamuffin ...1718 Sc.
• RAGAMUFF - †* a ragged, dirty, disreputable man or boy ...1591
• RAGAMUFFIN - 1. a ragged or disorderly person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a lover of modern dance hall reggae ...1990s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
  - 3. an unaffected, down-to-earth person ...1990s US Black sl.
  - 4. a hooligan - a lout - a ruffian ...1996 UK Black sl.
• RAGAMUFFINESS - a female ragamuffin ...1868
• RAG-AND-BONE SHOP - a decrepit old woman - a woman in rags  ...1910s sl.
• RAG-AND-SNATCHER MAN - a rag-and-bone man ...19C chimney sweeps' sl.
• RAG-AND-STICK - a contemptuous epithet applied to an actor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGAPELT - a ragged person - an idle, good-for-nothing person ...1866 Sc.
• RAG-ASS - an impoverished person ...1990s US Black sl.
• RAG BABY - a poor, ill-clothed woman, who is nonetheless attractive ...20C US Black sl.
• RAG BAG - 1. a sloppily dressed woman - a slattern - an untidy or shabbily dressed person  ...1888 UK sl.
  - 2. a messy, unkempt person ...1920s Aust. & NZ sl.
  - 3. a person who can be easily persuaded to give up sex or money ...1990s sl.
• RAGBELT - a ragged person - an idle, good-for-nothing person ...1866 Sc.
• RAGBILD - 1. a ragged person - an idle, good-for-nothing person ...1866 Sc.
  - 2. a lad in his early teens; a hobbledehoy; hence, a year-old pig ...1908 Sc.
• RAG BRAMAH - a rag-and-bone merchant ...c1925 police sl.
• RAG-CARRIER - 1. a term of contempt for a valet ...a1754 nonce word
  - 2. an ensign, charged with carrying the flag ...1785 sl.
• RAG DOLL - 1. a sloppily dressed woman; a slattern ...c1862 sl.
  - 2. a messy, unkempt person ...1920s Aust. & NZ sl.
  - 3. a person who can be easily persuaded to give up sex or money ...1990s sl.
• RAG-DRAGGER - the captain of a sailing ship ...20C nautical sl.
• RAGE - a person known for wild behaviour ...1970s Aust., NZ., & US campus sl.
• RAGER - 1. a person known for wild behaviour - someone on a spree ...1972 Aust., NZ., & US campus sl.
  - 2. a skilled, aggressive surfer or skateboarder ...1997 US sl.
• RAGERY † n. raging; wantonness; a frolic ...c1386
• RAGGA - 1. a lover of modern dance hall reggae ...1990s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
  - 2. an unaffected, down-to-earth person ...1990s US Black sl.
  - 3. a hooligan - a lout - a ruffian ...1996 UK Black sl.
• RAGGABASH - an idle, worthless fellow - a ragamuffin ...1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGGABRASH - an idle, worthless fellow - a low rascal - an idle vagabond - a ragamuffin ...1609 Sc. & N.
• RAGGAGANGSTA - a West Indian/UK Black gangster ...1997 UK sl.
• RAGGAGANSTA - a West Indian/UK Black gangster ...1997 UK sl.
• RAGGAMUFFIN - 1. a lover of modern dance hall reggae ...1990s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
  - 2. an unaffected, down-to-earth person ...1990s US Black sl.
  - 3. a hooligan - a lout - a ruffian ...1996 UK Black sl.
• RAGGARD - 1. a wicked and abandoned wretch - a rough and ragged vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a tease - an impatient person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGASTANI - a member of a British Indian (Hindi) urban youth gang or subculture ...2006 UK sl.
• RAGGED-ARSE - a disreputable, seedy, run-down person ...1930s sl.
• RAGGED ROBIN - 1. a ragged person ...1826
  - 2. a keeper's follower ...c1860 New Forest sl. or dial.
  - 3. a beggarly, discreditable person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGEDY ANDROID - an unsuccessful and thus impoverished male prostitute ...1950s camp gay usage
• RAGGEDY ANN - an untidy, unkempt woman ...1980s US Black sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSE - a disreputable, seedy, run-down person ...1930s sl.
• RAGGEDY-PANTS - a disreputable, seedy, run-down person ...1930s sl.
• RAGGELT - a person of low character - a wicked and abandoned wretch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGER - one who collects rags - a ragman ...1925 Sc.
• RAGGIE - 1. a close friend or colleague on board ship - a young sailor - an old tar's protégé - hence, a particular friend ...L19 Royal Navy usage
  - 2. a member of a culturally distinct group of people living in the vicinity of Mt. Riga, Connecticut - broadly, a longtime resident of this area ...1938 Amer. dial.
• RAGGIE-FOLK - rag-gatherers ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAGGIL - a rascal - a scoundrel - a worthless vagabond - a careless or mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGMALL - †* ? a ragamuffin ...1581
• RAG-GORGER - a wealthy or rich man ...c1820 sl.
• RAG-GORGY - a wealthy or rich man ...c1820 sl.
• RAGGY - 1. a young sailor - an old tar's protégé - hence, a particular friend ...L19 Royal Navy usage
  - 2. a member of a culturally distinct group of people living in the vicinity of Mt. Riga, Connecticut - broadly, a longtime resident of this area ...1938 Amer. dial.
• RAGGY-BACKS - people who are not well off ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGYDADS - a ragamuffin ...1942 Sc.
• RAGGY-WILLIE - a ragman ...1866 Sc.
• RAG-HEAD - 1. a gypsy ...20C US sl.
  - 2. (derogatory) an Arab native of the Middle East ...1921 Aust. & US sl.
  - 3. (derogatory) a Hindu - a Sikh - anyone who wears a turban ...1920s US sl.
  - 4. one who wears a scarf or bandanna tied around their head ...1960s US Black sl.
  - 5. anyone who is not absolutely up to date with current information, gossip, style, etc. ...1980s US Black sl.
• RAGLER - † the chief officer in a Welsh commot - a sheriff or constable ...1408
• RAGMAG - a ragged beggar - a woman all in tatters ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGMAN - 1. †* a ragged person ...c1440
  - 2. a rag-gatherer - a rag-dealer ...1586
  - 3. a term of contempt for a banker ...1821
• RAG-MERCHANT - a dealer in rags - also, in contempt, a banker of draper ...1690
• RAG OUT - a person who plays tricks ...1970s US campus sl.
• RAG-RIVER - 1. one addicted to romping - a tomboy - a roisterer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a slang word for a draper ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAG-ROWTER - one who plays roughly - a romper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGS - 1. a steward in charge of the linen ...L19 nautical sl.
  - 2. a cheap prostitute - a low-class harlot - any low and disreputable person ...1935 US sl.
• RAGSHAG - a ragged person, esp. one who purposely dresses in grotesque rags for exhibition ...Amer. colloq.
• RAG-SHOP BOSS - a banker ...c1865 sl.
• RAG-SHOP COVE - a banker - a cashier ...c1865 sl.
• RAG SPLAWDGER - a wealthy or rich man ...c1858 sl.
• RAG SPLAWGER - a wealthy or rich man ...c1858 sl.
• RAG-STABBER - a tailor ...c1870 sl.
• RAG STUFFER - a parachute rigger ...1991 US sl.
• RAG-TACKER - a coach-trimmer ...c1820 sl.
• RAG-TEARER - a signalman ...20C Royal Navy usage
• RAG-TIME GIRL - a sweetheart - a girl with whom one has a joyous time - a harlot ...1908 sl.
• RAH-MATERIAL - a freshman ...1910s sl., chiefly US
• RAH-RAH - 1. a fan of Rugby Union ...1980s Aust. sl.
  - 2. a female inmate who fraternizes with the authorities ...1990s US prison sl.
• RAH-RAH BOY - an over-excited student ...1910s sl., chiefly US
• RAH-RAH GIRL - an over-excited female student ...1910s sl., chiefly US
• RAIK - 1. a roving, gadabout person - one who wanders about from place to place in search of gossip or entertainment ...1825 Sc.
  - 2. one who works speedily but in a slapdash manner ...1904 Sc.
• RAIKER - 1. † a stroller - a vagabond ...1596
  - 2. one who shows unusual ability to work or act energetically ...1880 Sc.
• RAIL - 1. a contentious person; a defamer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a vagrant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 3. any railway employee ...1931 Can. & US sl.
• RAILBIRD - 1. an ardent horse-racing fan - one who watches morning workouts, carefully clocking performances ...c1890 US sl.
  - 2. a fan or spectator who crowds round the rails that surround a big game in a casino ...1940s gambling sl.
  - 3. in American casinos: a thief who steals chips from inattentive gamblers ...1985 US sl.
  - 4. in pool: a spectator ...1993 US sl.
• RAILDOG - a backstage technician who works with set rigging on a catwalk ...1991 US sl.
• RAILFIELD - a thief who simply grabs shop merchandise and runs from the shop ...1960 US sl.
• RAILLEUR - † one who practices raillery; one who banters ...1667
• RAILLIER - † one who banters ...1711
• RAILRAT - in the language surrounding the Grateful Dead: a member of the audience who prefers to see the show from as close as possible to the band, right on the rail ...1994 US sl.
• RAILRIDER - a vagrant who hitches rides on railroads - a tramp ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAILROAD DICK - a railroad police officer, guard, or detective ...1910s US sl.
• RAILROAD IRISH - the Irish working class ...1910s US sl.
• RAILS BOOKIE - one of the more prestigious bookmakers ...1950 Aust. sl.
• RAILS BOOKMAKER - one of the more prestigious bookmakers ...1950 Aust. sl.
• RAIL-SPLITTER - a rustic or countrified person ...1867 Amer. dial.
• RAIL SQUAD - seasick sailors ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• RAINBOW - 1. a footman ...E19 sl.
  - 2. a mistress ...E19 sl.
  - 3. a young man about town ...M19 sl.
  - 4. a soldier who joins a fighting unit after conflict has ceased ...1919 Aust. sl.
  - 5. a tall, thin person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
  - 6. one who dresses in gaudy bad taste ...1970s US Black sl.
  - 7. a bowlegged person ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
  - 8. a rude term of address ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• RAINBOW NECKER - a person who has oral sex with a woman while she is menstruating ...1990s sl.
• RAINBOW QUEEN - 1. anyone who is involved in a Black/White sexual relationship ...1970s US Black & homosexual sl.
  - 2. a homosexual man who prefers inter-racial sex and/or relationships ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• RAINCOAT CHARLIE - a striptease audience member who masturbates beneath the safety of his raincoat ...1981 US sl.
• RAINCOATER - a stereotypical perverted pornography fan ...2000 US sl.
• RAINCROW - a court house loafer ...1939 Amer. dial.
• RAINMAKER - an extremely successful member of a firm, often a lawyer, who commands high fees, and is thus a lucrative asset to their employer ...1985 US sl.
• RAISE - parents ...1972 US sl.
• RAISER - 1. one who spreads scandal ...c1460
  - 2. a builder ...1607
  - 3. one who causes dissension ...1570 Sc.
  - 4. a criminal who specializes in forging increases in the amount payable to an otherwise legitimate cheque or security ...1950 US sl.
  - 5. a lookout who warns confederates of approaching police ...1992 US sl.
• RAISIN - (derogatory) a Black person ...1970s sl.
• RAISIN-BRAIN - a fool - a term of abuse ...1990s US Black sl.
• RAISINHEAD - (offensive) a Black person ...1978 US sl.
• RAISIN PICKER - on the railway: a worker from Fresno, California ...1975 US sl.
• RAJ - a villain - a trickster ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• RAJAMUFFIN - a member of a British Indian (Hindi) urban youth gang or subculture ...2006 UK sl.
• RAK - 1. a lean, emaciated person ...1908 Sc.
  - 2. one who wanders or roams about idly ...1908 Sc.
• RAKE - 1. a very thin or lean person ...1582
  - 2. a man of loose habits and immoral character - an idle dissipated man of fashion - a dissolute man ...1653
  - 3. a woman of loose habits and immoral character ...1712
  - 4. one who wanders about in an aimless manner - a lounger - an idle person ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 5. one who works with much fuss and effort but with little skill or care ...Bk1905 Sc.
  - 6. a desultory reader ...1920 Sc.
  - 7. a grasping person who is always trying to accumulate money ...1920 Sc.
• RAKE-FIRE - one who comes to pay a visit and stays very late ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAKE-HELL - a thorough scoundrel or rascal - an utterly immoral or dissolute person - a vile debauchee or rake ...1554 now arch.
• RAKEHELLONIAN - one of the 'sect' of rakehells - an utterly immoral or dissolute person ...a1704
• RAKEHELLY - a thorough scoundrel or rascal - an utterly immoral or dissolute person - a vile debauchee or rake ...a1762
• RAKE-ILL - a circulator of evil reports ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAKE JAKES - a villain ...18C sl.
• RAKE-KENNEL - †* a scavenger - one who cleans streets, etc. ...1716
• RAKEL - † a rake-hell - a thorough scoundrel or rascal - an utterly immoral or dissolute person - a vile debauchee or rake ...1622 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAKER - 1. a scavenger - a street-cleaner ...1362 now arch.
  - 2. a vagabond - a wanderer - a rover ...1866 Sc.
  - 3. a professional jester ...1889 Sc.
  - 4. a covetous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
  - 5. a superior person - a hard worker ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAKES - †* a term of abuse for a person ...1575
• RAKESHAME - * a man of loose character - a base, rascally fellow - a lewd, debauched fellow - a vile, dissolute wretch - uncouth and wicked boy ...1599
• RAKINGS AND SCRAPINGS OF THE EARTH - very insignificant or low-grade people ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAKLI - a girl - a woman ...2000 UK gypsy
• RALEIGH BIKE - a lesbian ...1950s rhyming sl. for 'dyke'
• RALLACK - a roving character - an idle good-for-nothing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RALLIER - * one who banters ...1678
• RALLIGUT - a person who talks too much - a chatterbox ...1929 Sc.
• RALPH - 1. a country bumpkin - a simpleton ...M17 sl.
  - 2. an effeminate, timid, or plain and undistinguished man ...1950s homosexual sl.
• RALPH-SPOONER - a fool ...L17 Eng. dial. & sl.
• RAM - 1. a virile and/or promiscuous man ...M17 sl.
  - 2. a headstrong, impetuous, blundering person ...1812 Sc.
  - 3. a trickster's confederate who encourages the public to lose their money in a con-game ...1940s Aust. sl.
  - 4. an accomplice in petty crime ...1941 sl., orig. & chiefly Aust.
• RAMAGIECHAN - 1. a big, raw-boned, awkward, impetuous person ...1808 Sc.
  - 2. a dishonest, double-dealing person - a hypocrite - a cheat ...1825 Sc.
  - 3. a dolt - a simpleton ...1825 Sc.
• RAMASAMMY - any Hindu, esp. Indian coolies ...L19 sl., orig. Indian Army
• RAMBETTE - a female 'Rambo' - reckless, fearless, the warrior woman ...1992 US sl.
• RAMBLER - 1. a person who goes out looking for sex ...E17 sl.
  - 2. a tramp who travels on passenger trains ...1910s US tramps' sl.
• RAMBLER WOLF - a tramp who travels on passenger trains ...1910s US tramps' sl.
• RAMBO - 1. a soldier with too much of a sense of drama and too little intelligence ...1989 US sl.
  - 2. an intolerant prison officer who would rather punish inmates ...2002 UK sl.
• RAM CAT - a man wearing furs ...M19 sl.
• RAM-CAT COVE - a man wearing furs ...M19 sl.
• RAM CHUNDUR - any Indian (Hindu) immigrant ...1900s Aust. sl.
• RAMES - a very thin person ...E19 Eng. dial.
• RAMGUNSHOCH - a boorish, rude clown - a person with rough, crude manners ...1825 Sc.
• RAM-HEAD - 1. † one who has a head like a ram - a dull, thick-witted, obstinate person - a stupid person - a blockhead ...1605
  - 2. † a cuckold ...1632
• RAMLIN-LAD - a tall, fast-growing boy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMMACK - 1. a large raw-boned person who speaks and acts heedlessly - a ninny - a simpleton - a dissolute spendthrift - a false-hearted fellow - a backbiter - a double-dealer ...19C Sc.
  - 2. a person who turns things topsy-turvy ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAMMACKS - a romp; a boisterous child ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAMMEL - a rough person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMMER - an enthusiastic, energetic copulator ...1970s US gay sl.
• RAMMLEGAUCUS - † a stupid, blundering fellow ...1923 Sc.
• RAMMLEGUISHON - a sturdy, rattling fellow ...1825 Sc.
• RAMMLEQUISHON - a sturdy, rattling fellow ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMMOCK - a big, coarse person, esp. one of a stubborn position ...1824 Sc.
• RAMONEUR - a chimney-sweep ...1859
• RAMP -1. † a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl - a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute ...a1450
  - 2. a racecourse swindler - hence, any swindler ...L19 sl.
  - 3. a romp; a tomboy ...1896 Sc.
• RAMPAGER - a restless, romping person - one who prances about furiously - a boisterous or quarrelsome person ...1879 Sc.
• RAMPALLIAN - a ruffian - a scoundrel - a villain ...L16
• RAMPALLION - 1. † a ruffian - a villain - a scoundrel - a rogue - a knave - a rascal ...1593
  - 2. † a female rampallion, knave, rogue, or rascal ...1602
• RAMPANT - †* a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl - an impudent female ...1671
• RAMPER - 1. one who initiates a new prisoner by robbing them of their possessions ...E19 UK prison sl.
  - 2. one who claimed to have made bets to bookmakers, and hustled and surrounded them if they refused to pay ...1819
  - 3. a street thug - a hooligan ...L19 sl.
  - 4. a noisy, stamping fellow - one who acts violently or destructively ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMPIRE - † a defender - a warrior ...1555
• RAMPLER - a rowdy, devil-may-care, roving lad ...1889 Sc.
• RAMPLOR - a gay, roving fellow ...1822 Sc.
• RAMP-RIDER - a rank rider - a highwayman ...a1800 Sc.
• RAMPS - a reckless, dissipated person - a noisy, merry, boisterous fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMP-SCUTTLE - a romp - a tomboy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMPSMAN - someone who commits robbery with violence ...1859 sl.
• RAMRAIDER - one who steals from shops by smashing a stolen car into the shop-front, then driving away with the car filled with loot ...1991 sl.
• RAMROD - 1. a landlord ...M19 sl.
  - 2. a boss - a superintendent - a foreman - a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian ...1880 Amer. dial.
  - 3. a school teacher ...1936 Amer. dial.
• RAMRODDER - 1. a boss - a superintendent - a foreman - a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian ...1970 Amer. dial.
  - 2. one who steals from shops by smashing a stolen car into the shop-front, then driving away with the car filled with loot ...1990s sl.
• RAMSAMMY - any Hindu, esp. Indian coolies ...L19 sl., orig. Indian Army
• RAMSCALLION - an offensively dirty person - a vagrant of low, rude, worthless habits - a mean wretched fellow ...1733 now chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSCOOTER - a clumsy fellow ...1921 Sc.
• RAMSCULLION - † an offensively dirty person - a worthless wretch - a rascal - a wild, reckless fellow - a vagabond - a vagrant - a ne'er-do-well ...1866 Sc.
• RAMSHACK - a good-for-nothing fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE - a thoughtless or reckless fellow ...1824 Eng. dial.
• RAM'S HORN - someone who speaks very loudly ...1910s sl.
• RAMSKEERIE one who is almost hysterical as a result of wild, hilarious romping ...1880 Sc.
• RAM SKIN - a bailiff ...E19 Anglo-Irish
• RAM-SKYT - †* a term of abuse ...c1460
• RAMSTACKER - † a blundering, awkward, loutish fellow ...1825 Sc.
• RAMSTALKER - a clumsy, awkward, blundering fellow ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAM-STAM - a giddy, forward, impetuous, reckless person ...1823 Sc.
• RAMSTUGGEN - a rough-mannered person ...1923 Sc.
• RANAHAN - an experienced cowhand - a cowboy ...1936 Amer. dial.
• RANCHERO - a rancher, usually one who is a Mexican or Mexican-American ...1826 Amer. dial.
• RAN-DAN - * a riotous or disorderly person - a dissolute or debauched person ...a1809
• RANDER - a great talker ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANDIE - 1. a sturdy, rude-mannered beggar - a thorough vagrant ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
  - 2. a scolding virago - a disorderly, immoral woman ...1816 Sc..
• RANDLE-TREE - a tall, thin person ...1815 Sc.
• RANDOM - a stranger - someone who does not fit in ...1960s US college sl.
• RANDOM JOE - an unspecified person ...1980s US college sl.
• RANDOM-SHOT - a wild young fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANDWHANG - a termagant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANDY - 1. a sturdy, rude-mannered beggar - a thorough vagrant ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
  - 2. a thief ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 3. wandering ballad-singer ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 4. a scolding virago - a disorderly, immoral woman ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 5. a wild, noisy, reckless person ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDY-BEGGAR - a beggar who extorts alms by threatening - a tinker ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANDY-DANDY - a violent and vulgar quarrelsome woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANDY-WHANG - a termagant ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANEGILL - a masterful, turbulent person ...1871 Sc.
• RANGATANG - a belligerent, aggressive, coarse person ...20C W. Indies sl.
• RANGER - 1. a forest officer - a gamekeeper ...1455 arch.
  - 2. a rover - a wanderer ...1593
  - 3. † a rake - a dissolute or debauched person ...1599
  - 4. a prostitute ...17C sl.
  - 5. a bushranger ...L19 Aust. sl.
  - 6. the 'boss' of a cattle range ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RANGGATAN - a belligerent, aggressive, coarse person ...20C W. Indies sl.
• RANGITOTO YANK - (derogatory) an Aucklander ...1980s NZ sl.
• RANGITOTO YANKEE - (derogatory) an Aucklander ...1980s NZ sl.
• RANGLER - † a rover ...1575
• RANGO - a belligerent, aggressive, coarse person ...20C W. Indies sl.
• RANK - 1. one who is a subject of ridicule - a ridiculous or socially unacceptable person ...1956 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a criminal - a gangster ...1990s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• RANK AND SMELL - a common person ...L19 sl.
• RANKER - an absolute idiot ...M19 sl.
• RANK NEEDLE - a confidence trickster ...L18 sl.
• RANK OUTSIDER - a complete and utter inferior person...L19 sl.
• RANK-RIDER - 1. † a rapid, headlong, or reckless rider - a moss-trooper - a highwayman ...1590
  - 2. a jockey ...L17 sl.
• RANKY DANK - an unsophisticated, unworldly person ...1960s US Black sl.
• RANNACK - a dissolute spendthrift - a rake ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANNAGANT - a wild, loose-living person - a good-for-nothing ...1832 Sc.
• RANNELL - † a hussy - a jade - an impudent girl or woman - an unchaste or lewd woman ...1573
• RANNIGAL - 1. a bold, impudent, unruly person ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
  - 2. a worthless fellow ...1847 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
  - 3. a masterful, turbulent person ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANNY - 1. an emaciated, stunted, or delicate looking person ...20C Ulster sl.
  - 2. (sometimes derogatory) a cowboy ...1907 Amer. dial.
• RANNYCAVOO - (sometimes derogatory) a cowboy ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RANNYGILL - 1. a bold, impudent, unruly person ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
  - 2. a worthless fellow ...1847 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANSIE-LUGGED CARLE - an old man who retains a high complexion ...1825 Sc.
• RANT-A-COME-SCOUR - a scold - a man in a violent passion ...1866 Eng. dial.
• RANTALLION - 'one whose scrotum is relaxed as to be longer than his penis' ...L18 sl.
• RANTER - 1. † a noisy, riotous, dissipated fellow - a rake ...1654
  - 2. a lively singer or player ...a1700 Sc.
  - 3. a Primitive Methodist - a Dissenter ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 4. a reveller - a noisy scold ...1812 Sc.
  - 5. one who works, sings, or does anything in a careless, ill manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANTIPOLE -1. * a rude, romping boy or girl - a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person - a scold - a termagant, a shrew - a dissolute person ...a1700
  - 2. a clumsy person ...18C Eng. dial.
  - 3. a prostitute ...18C sl.
• RANTIPOLL - 1. a rude, romping boy or girl ...L17 sl.
  - 2. a prostitute ...18C sl.
• RANTIPOW - a termagant - a romping, boisterous child - a clumsy person ...1807 Eng. dial.
• RAP - 1. a cheat - an impostor - a person of bad character ...1848 Sc. & Ireland
  - 2. a disorderly, boasting person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAP-A-TAG - a dissipated, good-for-nothing fellow - a ne'er-do-well ...1887 Eng. dial.
• RAP BUDDY - a close friend ...1990s US Black sl.
• RAPE - one who is raped, esp. a woman ...1586
• RAPE ARTIST - a rapist ...1960s sl.
• RAPE HOUND - a rapist ...1960s sl.
• RAPE-O - a rapist ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• RAPINER - * a plunderer ...1843
• RAPO - a rapist ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• RAPPAK - a pet name for an unruly child ...1881 Eng. dial.
• RAPPAREE - an Irish pikeman or irregular soldier, of the kind prominent during the war of 1688-92 - hence, an Irish bandit, robber, plunderer, or freebooter - any ruffianly vagabond ...1690
• RAP PARTNER - someone who is on the same charge sheet as oneself - someone who is jailed for the same crime ...1960s US criminals' sl.
• RAPPER - 1. a professional perjurer ...L18 sl.
  - 2. a person who excels in anything ...1881 Eng. dial.
  - 3. one who makes a complaint ...20C US sl.
  - 4. a plaintiff - a prosecutor ...1900s US sl.
  - 5. a judge ...1920s US criminals' sl.
  - 6. an informer ...1920s US criminals' sl.
  - 7. one who takes or is given the blame for a crime, even if they are not actually guilty ...1940s US sl.
  - 8. a loquacious talker; a chatterer ...1971 sl., orig. US
  - 9. a practitioner or devotee of rap music ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• RAPPIE - a confederate ...1920s US prison sl.
• RAPPIS - a dissolute person - a rascal ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RAPPOCK - an ill-behaved person ...c1350 N. Eng. dial.
• RAPPORTEUR - †* a reporter ...c1500
• RAPPUCK - a pet name for an unruly child ...1881 Eng. dial.
• RAPSCALLION - a worthless wretch - a rascal - a rogue - a scamp - a wild, reckless fellow - a vagabond - a ne'er-do-well ...1699
• RAPT - †* an abducted woman ...1632
• RAPTER - † a ravisher ...1612
• RAPTOR - 1. † a ravisher ...1609
  - 2. † a plunderer - a robber ...1667
• RAPTRIL - a rascal ...1843
• RAPTURIST - †* an enthusiast ...1663
• RASCABILIAN - † a worthless wretch - a rascal ...1622
• RASCAL - 1. † one belonging to the rabble or common herd - a man of low birth or station ...1461-83
  - 2. †* a camp-follower ...1552
  - 3. a man without genitals ...L18 sl.
• RASCALESS - † a female rascal ...1748 nonce word
• RASCALLER - †* one of the rabble ...c1500
• RASCALLION - * a low, mean or worthless wretch or rascal - a rogue - a knave ...1649
• RASCOT - a rascal - a knave ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RASHER OF WIND - 1. a very thin person ...M19 sl.
  - 2. a weak, spineless person ...M19 sl.
• RASHLING - †* a rash person ...a1618
• RASKALLION - † a thorough rascal ...1777 Eng. dial.
• RASKELT - a rascal - a knave ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RASKOT - a rascal - a knave ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RASOR - †* one who erases ...1586
• RASPBERRY - a woman who trades sex for crack cocaine or money to buy the drug ...1980s drugs sl.
• RASPBERRY-LANDERS - Tasmanians ...20C Aust. sl.
• RASPBERRY NIPPLE - a cripple, a disabled person ...1970s rhyming sl.
• RASPBERRY TART - a sweetheart ...1864 rhyming sl.
• RASPER - 1. a person of sharp, harsh, or unpleasant character ...1839 sl.
  - 2. one who speaks in a harsh, grating manner - an exasperating person ...1895 Eng. dial.
  - 3. an impudent, overreaching fellow - a close-fisted, economical person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RASPING GANG - toughs and thieves who attend prize fights ...M19 sl.
• RASS - a derogatory description of a person - an idiot ...1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• RASSCLAT - an extremely derogatory term ...1940s sl., orig. W. Indies & Jamaica
• RASS-CLOTH - an extremely derogatory term ...1940s sl., orig. W. Indies & Jamaica
• RASSHOLE - a derogatory description of a person - an idiot ...1950s W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• RASTA - one who takes drugs obsessively ...2000s US Black sl.
• RASTER - †* a barber ...c1440
• RASTUS - 1. a nickname for a Black man - a supposedly typical Black person ...1888 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a term of address ...L19 sl.
• RASTY adj. unattractive, unkempt ...L19 US Black sl.
• RAT - 1. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1594
  - 2. a term of reproach for a person ...1594
  - 3. a clergyman ...17C sl.
  - 4. a drunken person who has been arrested and taken to the cells ...M17 sl.
  - 5. † a pirate ...1673
  - 6. a person who changes allegiance out of self-interest ...19C sl.
  - 7. a worker who refuses to strike - one who works for a lower rate ...1824
  - 8. a first-year college or university student ...1850 US
  - 9. a street urchin ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
  - 10. a worker who undercuts standards established by unionized labour ...L19 US sl.
  - 11. a person, esp. an enthusiast ...20C sl.
  - 12. a disliked or despised person ...20C Amer. sl.
  - 13. a loose woman ...20C Amer. sl.
  - 14. any distrusted, unethical, selfish, disliked person ...20C Amer. sl.
  - 15. a thieving prisoner ...1900s US criminals' sl.
  - 16. a bus inspector ...1900s Aust. sl.
  - 17. one who betrays associates to the police or other authorities - an informer ...1902 sl.
  - 18. one who sells bootleg whisky on the sly ...1911 Amer. dial.
  - 19. a renegade ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
  - 20. the lowest rank of prostitute ...1920s US & W. Indies sl.
  - 21. a teenage hoodlum ...1960s Amer. sl.
  - 22. an incompetent ...1970s Aust. criminals' sl.
  - 23. 38. a promiscuous, attractive woman ...1990s US college sl.
  - 24. one who deserts their political party ...1792
• RAT AND MOUSE - an unpleasant person ...1970s rhyming sl. for 'louse'
• RAT-ARSE - a drunkard ...1990s
• RAT-ASS - a term of abuse ...1950s sl., orig. US
• RATBAG - an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1890 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
• RAT BASTARD - a term of abuse ...1920s sl., orig. US
• RATCHER - one who exaggerates - a liar ...1868 Eng. dial.
• RATER - one who reproves or scolds ...1863
• RAT-FACE - a sly, underhanded person ...20C Amer. sl.
• RAT FINK - 1. a traitor - one who is disloyal to associates - someone who informs on you ...1964 sl., chiefly US
  - 2. an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male ...1964 sl., chiefly US
• RATIOCINATOR - one who reasons ...1824
• RATIONAL - †* in ancient Rome: an accountant or auditor ...1610
• RATIONALS - † human beings, men ...1626 obs. or rare
• RATTATAG - a ne'er-do-well ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTEN - 1. a sly person ...1867 Sc.
  - 2. a term of endearment ...1867 Sc.
  - 3. a person of small stature, often with the idea of dark complexion and a profusion of hair ...B1900 Sc.
• RATTER - an informer ...20C Amer. sl.
• RATTIPELT - a rough, noisy child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE - a giddy, harebrained person - one who talks volubly - a chatterer - a stupid fellow ...B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-BAG - a noisy, bustling person - one who excites alarm ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RATTLEBONES - a very thin person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLEBOX - a talkative person - a chatterer - a flighty person ...1869 Amer. dial.
• RATTLEBRAIN - a confused, silly, or stupid person - a wild, harum-scarum person - a spendthrift ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-CAN - a noisy child or person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-CAP - 1. a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
  - 2. a lively, thoughtless person - a chatterbox - a giddy girl - a flirt ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLEHEAD - 1. an oaf - a scatterbrain whose brain has dried and is rattling about in his head ...M17 Brit.
  - 2. a talkative, garrulous, or gossiping person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RATTLE-HORN - a lively, thoughtless person - a chatterbox - a giddy girl - a flirt ...1785 Eng. dial.
• RATTLEMOUTH - a talkative, garrulous, or gossiping person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RATTLE-PATE - a lively, thoughtless person - a chatterbox - a giddy girl - a flirt ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RATTLER - 1. a roisterer - a wild liver ...1831 Eng. dial.
  - 2. a loud, noisy, talkative person ...B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
  - 3. a man who copulates athletically ...20C Brit. sl.
• RATTLE-SCAAP - a frolicsome, mischievous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-SCAMP - a frolicsome, mischievous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-SCAWP - a frolicsome, mischievous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-SCULL - a lively, thoughtless person - a chatterbox - a giddy girl - a flirt ...1790 Sc.
• RATTLE-SKULL - a lively, thoughtless person - a chatterbox - a giddy girl - a flirt ...1790 Sc.
• RATTLESNAKE - a prostitute ...20C Aust. sl.
• RATTLE-TONGUE - a garrulous or gossiping person ...1876 Amer. dial.
• RATTLE-TOPPIN - a wild, harum-scarum person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-TRAP - a talkative, garrulous, or gossiping person - a lively giddy girl ...Bk1904 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RATTLE-TRAPS - a noisy, talkative person - a lively giddy girl ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAVEL-COPPIN - a wild, reckless, careless fellow ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAVEN BEAUTY - a beautiful Black woman ...E20 US sl.
• RAVER - 1. someone who has a wild time, esp. sexually ...1959 sl.
  - 2. a promiscuous (usually young) man or esp. woman ...1971 sl.
• RAVING BEAUTY - a beauty worth raving about ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• RAW-BONE - † a very lean or gaunt person - a mere skeleton ...1638
• RAWBONES - a very thin, bony person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAW-GOB - an abrupt, coarse, vulgar speaker ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAW-GORBIT - a half-grown boy ...1869 Eng. dial.
• RAW-HEAD - a simpleton ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAWHIDE - 1. (sometimes derogatory) a cowboy, esp. an experienced one ...1936 Amer. dial.
  - 2. an emaciated person - a very thin, bony person ...1940 Amer. dial.
• RAWHIDER - 1. an early settler in the Southwest ...1908 Amer. dial.
  - 2. one who overworks or mistreats workers or machinery ...1931 Amer. dial.
• RAWNY - a silly fellow - a fool ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAY OF SUNSHINE - a happy person - one whose happiness cheers others ...1915 sl.
• RAZOR BLADE - a Black person ...c1955 rhyming sl. on 'spade'
• RAZOR-FACE - a sharp-featured person, esp. one who is close-fisted and greedy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REACHER - 1. a beggar that walks always with a female mate ...E17 sl.
  - 2. a greedy person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• READER - 1. a preacher who reads his sermon ...1891 Sc.
  - 2. a small-time thief who follows postmen or delivery men to their destination, having sneaked a look at the label, then claims to be the official recipient ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• READER-HUNTER - a pickpocket specializing in wallets and pocket-books ...1812 cant
• READER-MERCHANT - (generally in plural) pickpockets, chiefly among Jews, who ply about the bank to steal the pocket-books or wallets of persons who have just received their dividends there ...L18 sl.
• READING PRIEST - a minister who reads his sermon ...1897 Eng. dial.
• READY-FINDER - a civilian who followed the Army to pick up the discarded coats, blankets, and other items shed by soldiers, esp. when the weather turned hot - term was used by Union troops ...US Civil War usage
• READY-UP - one who tidies up ...1941 Amer. dial.
• REAL DAG, A - someone who is extraordinary or entertaining - an amusingly eccentric or impudent person - a character ...1875 Aust. & NZ sl.
• REAL LADDIE BOY, A - a mischievous, lively boy ...1887 Eng. dial.
• REAL PEOPLE - an honest, sincere, candid person ...1960s Amer. sl.
• REAL SIMON PURE, THE the real, genuine, or authentic person ...a1832
• REAR-GUNNER - a male homosexual ...2000 Brit. sl.
• REAR SEAT GUNNER - a male homosexual ...2000 Brit. sl.
• REAVE - † a robber - a plunderer ...1793 Sc.
• REAVER - a robber - a plunderer - esp. a border thief ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REB - 1. a southern soldier - an inhabitant of the Confederate States of America ...US Civil War usage
  - 2. any poor, rural, White southerner ...1978 US sl.
• REBBY - a racist White man ...1993 Amer. dial. Black usage
• REBEC(K) - an old woman - in reproach ...1383 colloq.
• REBEL - a southern soldier - an inhabitant of the Confederate States of America ...US Civil War usage
• REBELLANT - †* a rebel ...1586
• RECEIPT - a receiver of stolen goods ...1773 Sc.
• RECEIPTER - one who shelters or assists outlaws or criminals ...1681 Sc.
• RECEIVER-GENERAL - 1. a boxer giving nothing for what he gets ...Bk1903 pugilists' sl.
  - 2. a prostitute ...Bk1903 sl.
• RECKLIN - the youngest or weakest of a family - a weakling ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RECKLING - the youngest or weakest of a family - a weakling ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RECREANT - a disloyal or cowardly person ...14C
• RECTAL RANGER - a male homosexual ...1990s sl.
• RECTUM RANGER - a male homosexual ...1990s sl.
• RED - 1. a soldier ...18C sl.
  - 2. (derogatory) an anarchist or republican - a Russian Bolshevik, or a Communist or extreme socialist ...1851 sl.
  - 3. a red-headed person, esp. as a nickname or direct address ...L19 sl.
  - 4. a person with a lighter skin colour from brown to near-White, but not pure Black ...1920s W. Indies sl.
• RED-AITIN - a savage, barbarous person ...1610 Sc.
• RED-APPLER - 1. a toady ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
  - 2. a favoured student ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• RED BAND - a privileged prisoner, allowed to carry out special duties ...1950 sl.
• RED BONE - a person of mixed race, esp. one believed to be partly American Indian and belonging to a distinct social group in parts of South Carolina, Louisiana, and eastern Texas ...1891 Amer. dial.
• REDCAP - 1. a military police officer ...1919 Brit. colloq.
  - 2. a porter at an airport station ...US & Can.
• RED-COAT - formerly, a British soldier ...c1485 sl.
• REDDER - one who endeavours to settle a dispute or to part combatants ...1631 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RED-EEL - a term of contempt ...Bk1903 sl
• REDESMAN - † an adviser ...1841 Ireland
• RED-ETIN - a savage, barbarous person ...1610 Sc.
• RED-FISHER - a salmon-fisher ...1856 Eng. dial.
• REDGE-CULLY - a goldsmith ...1665 sl.
• RED HAT - an army staff officer ...1916 Brit. sl.
• RED-HEADED STEPCHILD - someone who is unwanted or badly treated ...1941 Amer. dial.
• RED-HERRING - a soldier ...Bk1903 sl.
• RED-HORSE - a native of Kentucky ...Bk1903 sl.
• RED-HOT MAMA - 1. a sexually attractive woman ...1925 Amer. sl.
  - 2. a girlfriend or female lover ...1936 US sl.
• RED LEG - a member of a racially mixed group of people living in Orangeburg County, South Carolina ...1945 Amer. dial.
• RED LEGS - an artilleryman ...1900 US sl.
• RED-LETTER MAN - a Roman Catholic ...Bk1903 sl.
• RED-MOUTHED LAWYER - (derogatory) an uncomplimentary name for a lawyer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• REDMOUTH LAWYER - (derogatory) an uncomplimentary name for a lawyer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• REDNECK or RED-NECK - 1. a Roman Catholic ...1873 Eng. dial.
  - 2. (derogatory) a poor, White, rural Southerner - a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist ...1891 Amer. dial.
  - 3. an Irishman ...1929 Amer. dial.
  - 4. a Communist; a revolutionary ...1931 Amer. dial.
  - 5. a union sympathizer ...1931 Amer. dial.
  - 6. a reactionary ...1960 sl., orig. US
  - 7. a person of mixed race, esp. one believed to be partly American Indian ...1963 Amer. dial.
• RED NIGGER - (derogatory) a light-skinned Black person - a member of a mixed-race group believed to be partly American Indian in origin ...1963 Amer. dial.
• RED-RAGGER - (derogatory) a Communist or socialist ...1916 Aust. sl.
• REDS, THE - communists, socialists ...20C sl.
• RED SEA PEDESTRIAN - (offensive) a Jew ...1984 jocular
• RED-SHANK - a term of contempt for a Highlander - a bare-legged person ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REDSKIN or RED-SKIN - 1. (sometimes derogatory) a North American Indian ...L17 colloq.
  - 2. a person with a lighter skin colour from brown to near-White, but not pure Black ...1920s W. Indies sl.
• REDSMAN - one who endeavours to settle a dispute or to part combatants ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RED-TAPIST - an excessively bureaucratic government official; a government clerk ...Bk1903 sl.
• REEBLE - a greedy person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REEBLER - one who reads or speaks in a careless manner ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REECHNIE - a person of rough, ungainly appearance or manners ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REEFER - 1. a midshipman ...1834 nautical sl.
  - 2. a pickpocket or pickpocket's accomplice ...1935 sl.
  - 3. a marijuana smoker ...E20 US drugs sl.
• REEFER MAN - a seller of marijuana ...M20 US sl.
• REEGIE - a police officer in the Regional Crime Squad ...2002 UK sl.
• REEKER - a bad-smelling hospital casualty department patient ...1978 US sl.
• REEL-ABOUT - a lively romping person ...B1900 Sc.
• REELER - a policeman ...1879 rhyming slang = 'peeler'
• REEL-POT - a drunkard ...Bk1903 sl.
• REENGER - one who goes about noisily ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REEPAN - † a very lean person - a low wretch ...1824 Sc.
• REESHLER - a person who works with noise and flurry ...1892 Sc.
• REESTER - a wayward, obstinate person ...1887 Eng. dial.
• REEVER - 1. a big, active person ...Bk1904 Sc.
  - 2. a man in poor condition - a lame man ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REFFO - a European refugee, esp. one who left Germany or German-occupied Europe before World War II ...1941 Aust. sl.
• REFORMADO - a disbanded soldier - a degraded officer ...1598 sl.
• REGGIN - a Black person ...20C US Black back-slang for 'nigger'
• REGIMENTAL MONKEY - a drum major ...Amer. World War I sl.
• REGRATER - one who buys butter, fruit, etc. from the farmers to sell in the market ...1836 Eng. dial.
• REGULAR - a regular customer ...a1852
• REGULAR BURSTER - a remarkable person ...1831 Amer. sl.
• REGULAR BUSTER - an especially large individual ...1891 Amer. sl.
• REGULAR CROW - a person dismally garbed ...Bk1903 colloq.
• REGULAR FELLER - a shipmate who is a good sport ...Amer. World War I sl.
• REGULAR GAMP, A - a fat old dowdy of a monthly nurse ...1864
• REGULAR HE-UN - a big, strong specimen of man ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• REGULAR LOMBARD - a big, strong person ...1975 Amer. dial.
• REGULAR PREACHER - a travelling preacher among the Wesleyans or Primitive Methodists ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REGULAR SIGHT - someone who is unattractive ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REGULAR TARTAR - a shrew, male or female ...Bk1903 sl.
• REISKIE - a big person of boorish manners - generally applied to a female ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RELATIONIST - 1. † a relative - a relation ...B1900
  - 2. one who maintains a theory based on a relation between ideas - also, one who holds that events are connected in a relative way ...1835
• RELIEVING-OFFICER - a father ...1883 sl.
• REMANIER - a cobbling tailor who mends clothing ...1950 Amer. dial.
• REMBER - a person who tells improbable stories ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REMETICAL-MAN - a medical man ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RENCHEL - somebody who is tall and thin ...Bk1904 Sc. obs.
• RENEGATE - a reprobate - an unprincipled person - a rogue - a rascal ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RENIANT - †* a renegade ...1387-8
• RENOVATOR - a repairing tailor ...Bk1903 tailors' sl.
• RENT-BOY - a male prostitute ...1969 sl.
• RENT-COLLECTOR - a highwayman - spec., one whose fancy was for money only ...Bk1903 cant
• RENTER - a male prostitute ...1893 sl.
• RENT-RACKER - a 'rack-renter'; one who collects rents harshly ...1868 Sc.
• RENTS - parents ...1960s Amer. sl.
• REP - 1. a woman of reputation - hence, a harlot - a woman of a certain reputation ...1721 sl.
  - 2. a sales representative ...1938 sl.
• REPEATER - 1. an elector voting twice on the same qualification ...Bk1903 Amer. political usage
  - 2. a student who takes a course a second time ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
• REPTILE - a degraded wretch - a baseling ...Bk1903 sl.
• RESETTER - a receiver of stolen goods ...1641 Sc.
• RESIDENTER - a resident - an inhabitant - esp. an early settler - a longtime resident ...1709 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• REST MAN - † one who lives an inactive life ...1542
• RESURRECTION-COVE - a body-snatcher ...Bk1903 sl.
• RESURRECTIONIST - a body-snatcher ...1862 sl.
• RESURRECTION-MAN - a body-snatcher ...1821 sl.
• RESURRECTION-WOMAN - a body-snatcher ...1814 sl.
• RESURRECTOR - a body-snatcher - a resurrectionist ...1863 Sc.
• RETARD - (derogatory) a mentally retarded person ...1970 sl., orig. US
• RETREAD - orig. a retired soldier recalled to service - hence, a worker undergoing retraining ...1941 sl., chiefly Aust., NZ & US
• RETRIEVER - the member of a confidence trickster team (practising the "Barnard's Law) who actually plays the game of chance through which a victim is defrauded and who would often claim to be a friend of one of the victim's friends ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• RETURNED-EMPTY - a colonial missionary preferred to a place at home ...1899 sl.
• RETURNEY - an attorney ...Bk1904 Ireland
• REUB - a rustic ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• REUBEN - an unsophisticated countryman - a farmer or rustic - a countrified person - a boorish person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• REUL - an unruly person - a rude, unmannerly clown - a romp - a fidget ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REVENANT - one who returns to a place after prolonged absence ...1886
• REVENOO - a federal law enforcement official - used by those in the illegal production of alcohol ...1974 US sl.
• REVENOOER - a federal law enforcement official - used by those in the illegal production of alcohol ...1974 US sl.
• REVENUE - an officer engaged in enforcing the laws against illegal distilling ...1880 Amer. dial.
• REVENUER - an officer engaged in enforcing the laws against illegal distilling ...1880 Amer. dial.
• REVEREND, THE - the parish clergyman ...1901 Eng. dial.
• REVIVER - a mending tailor ...1864 sl.
• RHYME-SLINGER - a poet ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIB - a wife ...1609 sl.
• RIBALD - 1. a profligate, male or female ...1360 sl.
  - 2. a harlot ...Bk1903 sl.
  - 3. a ponce ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBAUD - 1. a profligate, male or female ...1360 sl.
  - 2. a harlot ...Bk1903 sl.
  - 3. a ponce ...Bk1903
• RIBAUDOUR - a retailer of smut ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBBLE - one who works in a careless, hurried manner ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RIBE - a thin, lean person ...1820 Sc.
• RIBIBE - † a term of contempt or abuse for an old woman - a shrill-voiced old woman ...c1386
• RIBLAS - a vagabond ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIBS - a stout person ...Bk1903 sl.
• RICAN - 1. a Puerto Rican - a person of Puerto Rican descent ...1968 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a Cuban ...1986 Amer. dial.
• RICE - a West Indian Black person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• RICE-BAG - a rice planter ...Bk1903 Amer. sl.
• RICEMAN - (derogatory) a Chinese or other Oriental person ...20C US sl.
• RICHARD - 1. an unpleasant person ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'turd' (Richard the Third)
  - 2. a detective ...1914 sl., chiefly US
  - 3. a young woman, a girlfriend ...1940s rhyming sl. for 'bird' (Richard the Third)
• RICHARD THE THIRD - 1. an unpleasant person ...L19 rhyming sl. for 'turd'
  - 2. a young woman, a girlfriend ...1940s rhyming sl. for 'bird'
• RICH BUG - one who has plenty of money ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RICHIE - a rich person ...1966 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• RICHLING - * a rich person (said with contemptuous force) ...a1500
• RICHTOCRAT - an aristocrat ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RICHY - a rich person ...1966 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• RICK - a swindler's accomplice planted in a crowd; e.g. to start bidding ...1928 sl.
• RICKLE - a very lean person ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RICKLE OF BONES - a very lean person ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RICKLER - a bad architect or builder ...1824 Sc.
• RICKLING - the youngest or weakest of a family - a weakling ...1781 Sc.
• RIDDER - † one who parts combatants - a peacemaker ...1775 Sc.
• RIDE - a commercial traveller ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDE-OUT - a commercial traveller ...1784 Eng. dial.
• RIDER - 1. a sexually aroused male - a lecher or whoremonger ...18C Brit. sl.
  - 2. a commercial traveller ...1810 sl.
  - 3. † a moss-trooper - a border raider ...1846 Eng. dial.
  - 4. a performer at a circus ...1895 Eng. dial.
• RIDER-OUT - a commercial traveller ...1885 Eng. dial.
• RIDE-THE-MOON - a wild, dissipated fellow ...1900 Eng. dial.
• RIDGE-CULLY - a goldsmith ...1665 criminals' sl.
• RIDGEL - a term of abuse applied to men - a sportive, mischievous lad ...1703 Eng. dial.
• RIDGER - a libidinous man ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDGE RUNNER - 1. a rustic, esp. a mountaineer - an uncouth, stupid fellow - a hillbilly ...1917 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a person who wanders from place to place, esp. someone on the prowl ...1930 Amer. dial.
  - 3. a White person ...1966 US Black sl.
  - 4. one who transports or sells illegal liquor ...1986 Amer. dial.
• RIFF-RAFF -  a low, disreputable person - the rabble - the mob ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial. & sl.
• RIFLE-MAN - a lecher - a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• RIFLER - a horse-stealer ...L16 sl.
• RIG - 1. a wanton ...Bk1903 sl.
  - 2. an unscrupulous person ...Bk1903 sl.
  - 3. an amusing sort of chap - a joker - a prankster - an outrageous person ...1975 Amer. dial.
• RIGHT CHARLEY, A - a complete fool ...c1960 sl.
• RIGHT CHARLIE, A - a foolish person ...1946 sl., chiefly Brit.
• RIGHT CROAKER - a doctor who will treat criminals without informing the police, or who will supply drugs ...1929 criminals' sl.
• RIGHT-FOOT - (derogatory) a Roman Catholic ...1960 Amer. dial.
• RIGHT-HANDER - (derogatory) a Roman Catholic ...1960 Amer. dial.
• RIGHT NANA - a fool - an idiot - an incompetent ...1960s sl.
• RIGIL - a wanton ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIG-MUTTON - a wanton ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIGOL - a wanton ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIGSBY - a wanton ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIMMER - someone who stimulates another's anus with their tongue - an anilinguist ...1970s sl.
• RINDER - an outsider ...Bk1903 Queen's University usage
• RINEY - a thin, or sickly person ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RING CHAMP - a champion boxer ...Bk1942 Amer. boxing sl.
• RING-DROPPER - one who pretends to have found a ring, and asks some simple-looking fellow if it's good gold, as it's only just picked up; they then get the fellow to buy ...1851-61 sl.
• RINGER - 1. a skilled person ...1848 Aust. & NZ sl.
  - 2. the fastest shearer in a shed ...1871 Aust. & NZ sl.
  - 3. a player, etc. fraudulently substituted in a competition to boost the chances of winning ...1890 sl., orig. US
  - 4. someone who fraudulently changes the identity of a car ...1970 sl.
• RING-FALLER - one who pretends to have found a ring, and asks some simple-looking fellow if it's good gold, as it's only just picked up; they then get the fellow to buy ...1851-61 sl.
• RING JERK - a man who harasses prostitutes and their customers for fun ...1990s Can. sl.
• RING-PIGGER - † a drunkard ...1570
• RING SCRIBE - a boxing sports-writer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RINGTAIL - 1. a recruit ...Bk1903 military sl.
  - 2. a vagrant - a tramp ...1927 US sl.
• RING-TAIL DEVIL - 1. a powerful, violent, or wild person ...1968 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED PAINTER - a powerful, violent, or wild person ...1828 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED ROARER - a powerful, violent, or wild person ...1830 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED SCREAMER - a powerful, violent, or wild person - a loud-mouthed boaster ...1959 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED SNORTER - 1. a powerful, violent, or wild person ...1950 Amer. dial.
  - 2. a small, misbehaving child ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED SQUEALER - a powerful, violent, or wild person ...1837 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAILED TOOTER - a powerful, violent, or wild person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• RINGTAIL LEADER - the leader of the leaders - a ring-leader ...1912 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL PEELER a powerful, violent, or wild person ...1913 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL ROARER - a powerful, violent, or wild person ...1832 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL SNORTER - a powerful, violent, or wild person ...1859 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL SQUEALER - a powerful, violent, or wild person ...1898 Amer. dial.
• RING-TAIL TOOTER - a powerful, violent, or wild person ...1909 Amer. dial.
• RIOT - a very amusing person ...1909 sl., orig. theatrical
• RIP - a reprobate - a shabby mean fellow ...1827 sl.
• RIPE SUCK - a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPPER - 1. an excellent person ...1809 sl., chiefly Aust. US
  - 2. a fine woman ...1851 sl.
  - 3. a robber ...Bk1903 sl.
  - 4. one who has a reputation for cutting others with a knife ...1940s US Black sl.
• RIPPIER - 1. one who brings fish from the coast to sell inland ...1384  hist.
  - 2. one who carries fish for sale in a ‘rip’ (a basket); a peddler ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIPPLE - a non-commissioned officer in the Waves ...World War II Amer. sl.
• RIPPLER - a person employed in separating the seed of flax from the stems ...1724
• RIPPONEERS - men of Ripon, Yorkshire ...Bk1881
• RIP-RAFF - a base, worthless person; the rabble ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIP-RAP - a worthless person ...Bk1869 Eng. dial.
• RIPSNORTER - a person of exceptionally remarkable appearance, quality, strength, etc. ...1842 colloq. orig. US
• RIPSTAVER - a first-rate or excellent person ...Bk1912 Amer. dial.
• RIPSTICK - a romping, boisterous child; a harum-scarum or rough person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• RIPSTITCH - a romping, boisterous, irrepressible child who is always ‘ripping his stitches,’ i.e., tearing his clothes; a wild, reckless person ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• RISER - 1. † a person who stirs up revolt, or incites others to revolt ...a1398
  - 2. † a person who rises up in revolt; a rebel ...1422
  - 3. a person who habitually gets up from sleep or rest at an early or late hour of the morning, an 'early' riser, a 'late' riser ...a1500
  - 4. †* a person who attains a position of higher social rank or status, esp. by unscrupulous methods ...1574
  - 5. † a person who rises from death ...a1631
• RISING STAR ON THE HORIZON - a person whose ability, skill, talents, etc. are becoming publicly renowned ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• RISSOLE KING - an army cook ...Bk1919 Aust. services sl.
• RIVER HOG - someone who guides logs downstream ...1902 Amer. sl.
• RIVER PIP - someone who guides logs downstream ...1921 Amer. sl.
• RIVER RAT - 1. a riverside thief - one who robs the corpses of drowned men ...Bk1903 sl.
  - 2. a river-rafting enthusiast ...1997 US sl.
• RIXATRIX - † a scolding or quarrelsome woman ...1745 orig. Old English law
• RIXY - † a quarrelsome hussy ...1777 Eng. dial.
• ROACH - 1. (derogatory) a promiscuous woman ...1930 US sl.
  - 2. an unattractive woman ...1930 US sl.
  - 3. an unpleasant or despicable person ...1930 US sl.
  - 4. a police officer ...1932 US sl.
• ROAD - a harlot ...Bk1903 sl.
• ROAD-AGENT - 1. a highwayman ...1883 sl.
  - 2. a commercial traveller ...Bk1903 sl.
• ROAD KID - a young tramp ...1970 sl.
• ROAD MONKEY - one who repairs logging roads ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• ROADSTER - a person who prefers the road to cross country riding ...1885 hunting jargon
• ROARER - 1. a street bully ...L16 sl.
  - 2. a pushing news vendor ...Bk1903 sl.
  - 3. a stump orator ...Bk1903 sl.
• ROARING-BLADE - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-BOY - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-GIRL - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-LAD - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROARING-RUFFIAN - a street bully ...L16 sl.
• ROB-ALTAR - a sacrilegious plunderer ...a1655 sl.
• ROBERT TAYLOR - a nickname for a handsome man ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROBIATOR - a plunderer - a violent, ruthless person - a lout - a boor - a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• ROB-POT - † a deep drinker - a drunkard ...1599
• ROCK CHOPPER - a Roman Catholic ...Aust. sl.
• ROCKEFELLER - an immensely rich person; a millionaire ...M20
• ROCKER - a person who performs, dances to, or enjoys rock music - spec., one associated with long hair, leather jackets, and motorcycles ...M20
• ROCKET SCIENTIST - a very intelligent person (usually used in the negative) ....colloq., orig US
• ROCK-HOG - a labourer engaged in tunnelling through rock
• ROCKHOPPER - a fisherman who fishes from the rocks on the sea coast ...Aust. colloq.
• ROCKHOUND - a geologist - an amateur mineralogist ...N. Amer. colloq.
• ROCKIST - an adherent or supporter of rockism (the theory that traditional rock music is a more authentic form of popular music than pop music) ...L20
• ROCK JOCK - a mountaineer ...sl.
• ROCKLING - a term of endearment used to a child ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• ROCKMAN - 1. a quarryman whose job is to extract the slate in a slate quarry ...a1661
  - 2. a bird-catcher: from the hazardous nature of his employment, being often suspended from the top of a perpendicular rock ...1798 Sc.
  - 3. a dealer in crack cocaine ...1989 US sl.
• ROCKS - in casino poker: cautious players who fold early; 'rocks' typically don't play unless they have a pair of aces or ace and king as their beginning cards ...Bk2006 Amer. casino sl.
• ROCK-SLINGER - a mortar operator ...World War II US Army sl.
• ROCK-SPIDER - 1. a paedophile; a child molester ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
  - 2. any despicable, contemptible person ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
• ROCKSTER - 1. † a woman who rocks a cradle; a child's nurse ...1377-80
  - 2. a performer of rock music ...1960
• ROCKY - a member of the Royal Navy Reserve...E20 nautical sl.
• ROD - 1. an angler ...L19
  - 2. a manager or leader, usually a tough person or harsh disciplinarian ...L19 sl.
• RODDER - a hot-rodder - a person who converts cards into hot rods ...sl., chiefly US
• RODGER - a big person of rude manners ...B1900 Sc.
• RODMAN - 1. an angler
  - 2. a gunman ...1929 sl., chiefly US
  - 3. a tramp who travels by clinging onto the metalwork beneath a coach or wagon ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• RODNEY - 1. a stupid or awkward person ...M19 Eng. dial. & colloq.
  - 2. an idler - a loafer - a casual worker - a disreputable character ...M19 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• RODOMONT - a great bragger - a vain or blustering boaster - a bully ...1598 arch.
• RODOMONTADER - a braggart ...M19
• RODOMONTADO - † a great bragger or boaster ...E17
• ROD RIDER - a tramp who travels by clinging onto the metalwork beneath a coach or wagon ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• RODSMAN - a tramp who travels by clinging onto the metalwork beneath a coach or wagon ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• RODSTER - * an angler ...L19
• ROD WALLOPER - a masturbator ...1960s sl., orig. Aust.
• ROGER - 1. † a begging vagrant pretending to be a poor Oxford or Cambridge scholar ...M16 sl.
  - 2. * a man - a lad - a chap ...M17 colloq.
• ROGUE - 1. † an idle vagrant ...M16 obs. exc. hist.
  - 2. a mischievous person, now esp. a child - frequently used as a playful term of reproof or reproach ...L16
  - 3. † (derogatory) a servant ...L16
  - 4. a dishonest or unprincipled person, esp. a man ...L16
• ROIL - † a large, ungainly woman ...M16
• ROISTER - a roisterer ...M16 arch.
• ROISTER-DOISTER - † a roisterer or swaggering or noisy reveller...a1553
• ROISTERER - a noisy reveller ...E19
• ROLL-ABOUT - * a wanderer ...1893
• ROLLER - a police officer ...1964 US sl.
• ROMAN CANDLE - a Roman Catholic ...1941 jocular
• ROMANY RYE - a gentleman that talks and associates with gypsies ...M19 colloq.
• ROME-RUNNER - a person, esp. a cleric, constantly running off to Rome in search of spiritual and monetary profit ...M14 colloq.
• ROMULIST - 1. †* a descendant of Romulus - a Roman - a native of ancient Rome ...1594 obs. rare
  - 2. †* a Roman Catholic ...1620 obs. rare
• RONSON - a ponce ...c1954 imperfect rhyming sl.
• RONYON - a fat woman - a term of contempt or reproach to a woman ...1605
• ROO - a rake - a man who is habituated to immoral conduct ...M19 society colloq.
• ROOSKY - a Russian ...1858 sl.
• ROOSTER - 1. a conceited or lascivious person ...L18 sl., now chiefly US
  - 2. an informer ...L18 sl., now chiefly US
  - 3. a lover or philanderer of advanced years ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROOT - a woman considered solely as a sexual partner ...1961 Aust. sl.
• ROPE-GRIPPER - a nickname for a sailor ...1846 Sc.
• RORY O'MORE - a whore ...B1900 rhyming sl.
• ROSIN SNIFFER - a violinist ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROSSER - a police spy - an informer ...Bk1902 sl.
• ROSSIE - (derogatory) a promiscuous woman - a woman who travels or wanders about - a female gypsy ...E20 Irish
• ROSY NOSY - one who is always poking into other people's affairs - a nosy, meddlesome person - a gossip ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ROTTER - 1. an objectionable or reprehensible person ...E17 sl.
  - 2. an unpleasant or despicable person ...1894 Brit. sl.
  - 3. a socially unacceptable person ...L19 sl.
  - 4. an expert ...1930s Aust. sl.
• ROUDY - an uncouth person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ROUGH - a violent person - a thug - a ruffian ...1837 sl.
• ROUGHIE - a violent person - a thug - a ruffian ...1905 sl.
• ROUGH-NECK or ROUGH NECK - 1. a quarrelsome or uncultivated person ...1836 sl., orig. US
  - 2. an uncouth person  ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
  - 3. an oil-rig worker; esp. a labourer on the rig-floor ...1917 sl., orig. US
• ROUGH-SCUFF - the lowest people - the rabble ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• ROUGH TRADE - 1. a rough or especially lower-class person engaged in homosexual prostitution ...1935 sl.
  - 2. someone picked up for male homosexual prostitute practices ...1935 sl.
• ROUNDER - 1. one who goes the rounds of saloons, etc. ...Bk1905 Amer. sl.
  - 2. a transient railway worker ...1908 US sl.
  - 3. a loafer ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ROUNDEYE - applied by Asians to a European ...1967 sl.
• ROUNDHEAD - a Swedish person - a Norwegian - a Polish person - a Finnish person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ROUND-HEELER - a gullible person - a dupe ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROUND HEELS - (derogatory) a promiscuous woman ...1926 sl., chiefly US
• ROUSTABOUT - an oil-rig worker ...1948 sl., orig. US
• ROWDY - an uncouth person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ROYAL - a member of the royal family - usually used in the plural ...1774 sl.
• ROYAL JOLLY - a royal marine ...19C sl.
• ROZ - a police officer ...1971 sl.
• ROZZER - 1. a police officer ...1893 sl.
  - 2. a police spy - an informer ...Bk1902 sl.
• RUBBACROCK - a dirty, filthy slattern, that is as black as if she were continually rubbing herself against a boiler or kettle ...1746 Eng. dial.
• RUBBER KNACKERS - an unpleasant or detested man ...20C Brit. sl.
• RUBBER SOCK - a timid person - a jerk ...E20 US sl.
• RUBE - a rustic ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RUBIATOR - a plunderer - a violent, ruthless person - a lout - a boor - a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• RUBY-DAZZLER - an excellent person ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RUBY QUEEN - an attractive young female nurse ...1925 services' sl.
• RUCKLING - the youngest or weakest of a family - a weakling ...1781 Eng. dial.
• RUDAS - 1. a coarse, unmannerly, foul-mouthed old woman - an ill-natured, ugly old woman - a virago ...1725 Sc.
  - 2. a strong, masculine woman ...B1900 Sc.
• RUFFATORY - a rude, boisterous boy - one who is fond of horseplay, knocking and shoving his playfellows about at all risks ...1830 Eng. dial.
• RUFFINER - 1. a rough person - a ruffian - a sturdy, wayward character, savage when excited  ...B1900 Eng. dial.
  - 2. an exaggerated term of endearment to children ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RUFFLE - the passive partner in a lesbian sexual relationship ...M20 US homosexual sl.
• RUGGY-DUGGY - a rough, boisterous person ...B1900 Sc.
• RUG-MUNCHER - 1. a person who performs cunnilingus ...1980s sl., orig. US college
  - 2. a lesbian ...1980s sl., orig. US college
• RUG-RAT - a child ...1968 US sl.
• RUM - a weak-minded person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RUMHEAD - a heavy drinker ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RUM-HOUND - a heavy drinker ...1918 sl.
• RUMMY - 1. a drinker of alcohol - a drunkard ...1851 sl., chiefly US
  - 2. a foolish person - a weak-minded person ...1912 US sl.
  - 3. a gullible person - a dupe ...1912 US sl.
• RUM PAD - a daring highwayman ...L17 cant
• RUM PADDER - one of the better sort of highwaymen, well mounted and armed ...M17 cant
• RUM-POT - a heavy drinker ...1930 Amer. sl.
• RUMPTY - an excellent person ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RUMPULLION - a boisterous person ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RUM RAT - one very fond of his drink ...1940s sl.
• RUMSCULLION - a bad, idle, worthless fellow ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RUN-ABOUT - 1. a gossip ...Bk1898 Eng, dial.
  - 2. a peddler - an itinerant trader ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• RUNNER - someone who traffics in illicit liquor, drugs, etc. ...1930 sl., chiefly US
• RUSHEE - someone 'rushed' or entertained to assess their suitability for membership of a fraternity or sorority ...1916 US college sl.
• RUNT - a term of contempt applied to an old man or woman ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RUPERT - any young male aristocrat ...1910s sl., orig. military
• RURICOLIST - 1. * an inhabitant of the country ...1730
  - 2. * a husbandman - a farmer ...1730
• RUSKI - a Russian ...1858 sl.
• RUSKIE - 1. a strong person of rough manners ...B1900 Sc.
  - 2. a very stout woman ...B1900 Sc.
• RUSKY - a Russian ...1858 sl.
• RUSSKI - a Russian ...1858 sl.
• RUSTICAN - †* a countryman - a rustic - a peasant ...1570
• RUSTY-GUTS - a blunt, surly, old fellow - a churl ...B1900 sl.
• RUSTY RAIL - an old hand on the railroad ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUTTERKIN - † a sly old fellow - a swaggering gallant or bully - a term of contempt ...1526 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RYE - a male person; a fellow ...1851 sl.
• RYE MORT - a lady ...1936 sl.