R
R - RAILWAY
R - verbs
• RATTLE to pronounce the letter "R" with a burr ...1787 Sc.
RABBIT - adjectives
• HARE-PIED resembling the colour of a hare ...1883 Eng. dial.
• HARISH † of the nature of a hare; mad, foolish ...1552
• LAGOTIC having ears like a hare's ...Bk1908
• LEPORINE pert. to a hare ...1656
RABBIT - nouns
• BABBART † an old name for the hare ...c1300
• BALLART †* the hare ...c1300
• BALLY a litter of pigs or of rabbits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANDY a hare ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATIE a hare ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BATTY a rabbit ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAWD † a hare ...1785 Eng. dial.
• BAWTY a hare ...c1536 Sc.
• BELLY a litter of pigs or of rabbits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BERREY a rabbit warren; a group of rabbit holes ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BERRY † a rabbit's burrow; a company of rabbits ...1486
• BLEAK-BLEAK the cry of the hare ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUEBELLY a wild rabbit ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLUE DICK a wild rabbit ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BOROUGHMONGER a rabbit ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOURIE a rabbit's burrow; a fox's den ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUCK a male rabbit ...1838 Amer. dial.
• BUSH BACON a rabbit ...1941 Amer. dial.
• DEUBERT † one of the old appellations given to the hare ...a1325
• FARE † the track of a rabbit or hare ...1610 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FARMER a hare ...1864 Eng. dial. sl.
• GRASS-CAT a hare ...1892
• HAIZING following hares by night ...1854 Eng. dial.
• HAYSING following hares by night ...1854 Eng. dial.
• JACK a jackrabbit; a hare ...1864 Amer. dial.
• JACKASS HARE a jackrabbit; a hare ...1845 Amer. dial.
• JACKASS RABBIT a jackrabbit; a hare ...1845 Amer. dial.
• JACK-HARE a male hare ...1897 Eng. dial.
• JACK-RABBIT a half-grown rabbit ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KATIE a nickname for a hare ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KATTY a nickname for a hare ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAPRON † a young rabbit ...1547 Sc.
• LEPORIDE an alleged 'cross' between a hare and a rabbit ...1880
• LEPORINE an alleged 'cross' between a hare and a rabbit ...1862
• LEPRON † a young rabbit ...1501 Sc.
• LEVERET a young hare, strictly one in its first year ...a1400
• LIGHTFOOT † a name for the hare ...a1325
• MAKE-FARE † an alleged name for the hare ...c1300
• MALKIN a hare ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MALLY a hare ...1846 Sc.
• MAP a rabbit ...1825 Sc.
• MAPKIN † a rabbit ...1416 Sc.
• MAPPIE a rabbit ...1825 Sc.
• MAPPY a rabbit ...1879 Sc.
• MAPSIE a young hare ...1824 Sc.
• MAWK a hare ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWKIN a hare ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MESS the number of rabbits found in a barrow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOLLIE COTTONTAIL a rabbit ...1835 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY a rabbit ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY COTTON a rabbit ...1889 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY COTTONTAIL a rabbit ...1835 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY HAR a hare ...1893 Amer. dial.
• NARROW-GAUGED MULE a jackrabbit; a hare ...1882 Amer. dial.
• NARROW-GAUGE MULE a jackrabbit; a hare ...1917 Amer. dial.
• NUN'S HABIT a rabbit ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• OLD AUNT a hare ...1895 Eng. dial.
• OLD SALLY a hare ...1895 Eng. dial.
• OLD SARAH a hare ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PADDLE-FOOT a cottontail rabbit ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PARRE a young leveret ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARSON a black rabbit ...1887 Eng. dial.
• PUSS a hare ...1996 Irish sl.
• RAB a rabbit ...1877 Sc.
• RABBIDGE a rabbit ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RABBIT-SPOUT a rabbit burrow ...1886 Eng. dial.
• RABBIT-STARTER † a young rabbit ...1651
• RABBIT-SUCKER † a sucking rabbit, a very young rabbit ...c1460
• RABBO a rabbit; rabbits as a group ...1900s sl.
• RACK the skin of a young rabbit ...1805
• SAILOR a cottontail rabbit ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SALLY a hare ...1879 Eng. dial.
• SCAVERNICK a hare ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUT the tail of an animal, esp. that of a rabbit or deer ...16C
• SITTER † the hare ...a1300.
• SKIKART † an old name for the hare ...a1325
• SKULKER † the hare ...a1300
• UNDERGROUND CHICKEN rabbit ...1930s Aust. sl.
• UNDERGROUND MUTTON rabbit meat ...1919 Aust. sl.
• VERGEN a burrow of a fox, rabbit, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALDENEIE †* an alleged name of the hare ...a1300
• WAT † a hare ...a1500 hunting usage, obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WATTY a hare ...B1900 Eng. dial.
RABBIT - nouns, person
• LEPORICIDE a killer of hares ...1788 nonce word
• RABBIT-O(H) an itinerant seller of rabbits as food ...1902 Aust. sl.
• RABBO a street-seller of rabbits ...1900s sl.
RABBIT - verbs
• CLICKET of the fox or hare: to be in heat, to copulate ...1575
• CROTEY † of hares, rabbits, etc.: to evacuate their excrement ...a1425
• LAMPER of a hare: to jump leisurely ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TAP † of a hare or rabbit: to make a drumming noise with the feet in rutting-time ...1575
RABBIT - interjections
• RABBO! the street-cry of a seller of rabbits ...1900s sl.
RABBIT - phrases
• BAT THE EARS said of a rabbit or other animal when it lays its ears close to the body ...1892 Amer. dial.
RABBLE - adjectives
• RASCAL † pert. to the rabble ...1566
• RASCALLY † forming one or part of the rabble or common sort ...1642
• TAG-RAG † belonging to the rabble ...1601
RABBLE - nouns
• BAGGAGE † dregs, offscouring, riff-raff, rabble ...1603
• BAGGAGERY †* worthless rabble; the offscourings of society ...1589
• BLACK BEETLES the lower orders, the rabble ...Bk1890 sl.
• BOILING everyone, the whole lot; a crowd; the whole quantity, party, etc.; rabble ...1833 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• CANAILLE the rabble, the mob ...1676
• CANALLIARY †* the 'canaille' collectively ...1600
• CANALLY a rabble, a mob, a crew ...1708 Sc.
• CLOBBERIOUSNESS †* the rabble, the 'unwashed' ...1577
• HARRIAGE a moving, tumultuous assemblage of rough people; a rabble ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HELVERIE a rabble, a mass of people ...1932 Sc.
• MOB the rabble ...L17 sl.
• OFF-SCUM the rabble ...1858 Eng. dial.
• RABBLEMENT † a tumultuous crowd of people; a disorderly assemblage, a mob; a rabble ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RABBLE-RASH a dirty, noisy mob; the rabble ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RABBLE ROUT 1. a tumultuous or confused crowd of people; a mob; the noise of such a rabble ...1599
† 2. the rabble; the common, low, or disorderly part of the populace ...1654 now rare or obs.
• RABBLETY a small rabble or crowd ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAFF the rabble; the rag-tag; the lowest class of the populace ...1673
• RAFFLE † of persons: rabble; riff-raff ...1486 obs.
• RAGABASH a ragged crew of unmannerly people; the lowest of the low; the rabble, riff-raff ...1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGABOSH the rabble, the riff-raff ...1824 Sc.
• RAGABRASH a ragged, motley crew; riff-raff, rabble ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAGAMUFFINERY the disreputable classes of society; depraved actions or conduct ...1831
• RAGAMUFFINRY the disreputable classes of society; depraved actions or conduct ...1831
• RAGGABASH the rabble, the riff-raff ...1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGGABRASH the rabble, the riff-raff ...1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAG SHAG AND BOBTAIL(S) a motley group ...1887 Amer. dial.
• RAG-TAG the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; a member of the rabble ...1879
• RAG-TAG AND BOBTAIL the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; also, the whole lot ...1820
• RAMMATRACK a rabble ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMMATREK a rabble; a frolicsome, mischievous crowd, esp. of children ...1866 Sc.
• RANGALE † rabble, esp. of an army; camp-followers ...1375 Sc.
• RANGAT † rabble ...1535 Sc.
• RASCABILITY † rascality, rabble ...a1577
• RASCAL † 1. collectively, the rabble of an army or of the populace; common soldiers or camp-followers; persons of the lowest class ...c1330 obs. exc. arch.
†* 2. a rabble or mob ...c1330
• RASCALDRY †* the rabble, the lowest class ...1470
• RASCALITY the rabble; persons of the lowest class ...a1577
• RASCALRY the rabble ...1832
• REVEL-ROUT †* a crowd or party of revellers; a company of spreesters; a mob, rabble ...?1655 arch. or obs. rare
• RIBAUDRY the mob, the scum of society ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBBLE-RABBILL a disorderly crowd, rabble; a great confusion ...1771 Sc.
• RIBBLE-RABBLE a tumultuous crowd or array of people; a disorderly assemblage; a mob; the scum of society; a great confusion ...1635
• RIBBLE-RASH rabble; low, disorderly people ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIBBLE-ROW a list of the rabble ...Bk1903 sl.
• ROUGH-SCUFF the lowest people, the rabble ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCAFF of persons: riff-raff, the rabble ...1815 Sc.
• SCAFF-AND-RAFF † the dregs of the populace; the riff-raff, the rabble ...1815 Sc.
• SCAFF-RAFF of persons: riff-raff, the rabble ...1815 Sc.
• SCOOT a rabble, a disorderly crowd ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREEF anything inferior or valueless; the dregs of society ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRUFF OF THE EARTH, THE the rabble ...1929 Amer. dial.
• SINK † the scum or dregs of a place or set of persons ...1573
• SKIM † the rabble ...1606
• SKRIFF anything inferior or valueless; the dregs of society ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TAG † the rabble; the lowest class of people ...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAG AND RAG † the rabble, the lower classes; an assemblage of people held in small esteem; everybody; all and any ...c1535
• TAG-RAG * the rabble; the riff-raff; the common people; a member of the rabble ...1609
RABBLE - nouns, person
• GUTTER-BLOOD a base-born person; one of low birth; one of the rabble; a ragged rascal ...1818 Sc.
• RASCAL † one belonging to the rabble or common herd; a man of low birth or station ...1461-83
• RASCALLER †* one of the rabble ...c1500
• RIFF-RAFF a low, disreputable person; the rabble, the mob ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial. & sl.
RABID - adjectives
• RABBIOUS † rabid ...1613-18
• RABIATE †* rabid ...c1470
• RABIOUS † fierce, raging, rabid, mad ...1613-18
• RABITIC rabid ...1888
RABIES - adjectives
• HYDROPHOBIOUS pertaining to rabies ...1843
• RABIC 1. pert. to rabies ...1885
2. affected with rabies ...1887
RABIES - nouns
• RABIOSITY * rabies ...1824
• RAGE † rabies ...1558
RACCOON - nouns
• ALL-NIGHTER an animal which prowls throughout the night, as a raccoon ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BANDIT a raccoon ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CHAOUI a raccoon ...1931 Amer. dial.
• COON a raccoon ...1742 sl., chiefly US
• RINGTAIL a raccoon ...1844 Amer. dial.
• RINGTAIL COON a raccoon ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WASH-BEAR the raccoon ...1891
• WASHING BEAR a raccoon ...1938 Amer. dial.
RACE (of people) - adjectives (also see MIXED RACE)
• SALT-AND-PEPPER said of anything involving both Blacks and Whites ...1950s US sl.
RACE - nouns
• AIRS AND GRACES races ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• BRUSH a rapid run or race; a contest in speed ...1860 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• PAST the starting-point of a race; the line drawn in a boys' game ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR rate, pace; a quick walk, a race ...1796 Sc.
• SCRAWL the starting-line of a race ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TIE a foot-race between two competitors ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RACE (of people) - nouns
• CASTE † a race, stock, or breed of men ...1555
• HAVAGE race, lineage, family stock, parentage ...1846 Eng. dial.
• MAKE race, family, lineage, species, kind ...1856 Eng. dial.
RACE (of people) - nouns, person
• GENARCH * the founder of a family or race ...1879
• GENARCHA †* the founder of a family or race ...1649
• SALT AND PEPPER 1. an inter-racial couple ...1950s sl., orig. US Black
2. friends or colleagues of different races ...1950s sl., orig. US Black
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION - nouns
• WRINGING AND TWISTING suffering racial discrimination and dealing with it either by rebellion or acquiescence ...1940s US Black sl.
RACING - adjectives
• ON THE WOOD in hot rodding and motor racing: throttled to the maximum ...1993 US sl.
• SIAMESED in motor racing and repair: closely connected or joined together ...1993 US sl.
• SIDEWAYS in motor racing: out of control, whether or not the car is actually sideways to the track traffic ...1973 US sl.
• SQUIRRELLY racing term describing a car that is given to sliding ...Bk1998 sl.
• X in drag racing: experimental ...1970 US sl.
RACING - nouns
• A-BOMB in drag racing: a converted Model-A Ford capable of exceptionally rapid acceleration ...1951 Amer. sl.
• A-BONE in drag racing: a Model-A Ford ...1951 Amer. sl.
• BABY MOON in hot rodding: a small, chrome convex wheel cover ...1993 US sl.
• DAGO in hot rodding: a dropped front axle, esp. on older Fords ...1965 US sl.
• FADEAWAY in hot rodding: a design feature that blends the front fender back into the car body ...1954 US sl.
• GARBAGE in hot rodding: a surfeit of accessories unrelated to the car's performance ...1960 US sl.
• GASOLINE ALLEY in motor racing: the area at the race track where race teams repair and prepare cars for the race ...1965 US sl.
• GASSER in drag racing, a car that only uses petrol for fuel ...1965 US sl.
• GILHOOLEY a skid in which a car ends up facing in the reverse direction ...1950s Amer. car racing sl.
• HONKER in drag racing: a fast stock car ...1968 US sl.
• HUMPER in motor racing: a slick drag racing tire that has been grooved for use on a dirt track ...1980 US sl.
• HYDRAULIC in drag racing: a massive engine failure resulting from fuel failing to ignite within a cylinder ...2003 US sl.
• JUICE in drag racing and hot rodding: any special blend of racing fuel ...1962 US sl.
• JUICE BRAKES in hot rodding and drag racing: hydraulic brakes ...1968 US sl.
• MACHINE a hot rod ...1972 Amer. sl.
• POLE DAY in motor racing: the first day of qualifying heats when the pole position is decided ...1973 US sl.
• Q-SHIP among hot-rodders: a high-performing car that appears to be a conventional car ...1965 US sl.
• RACE FACE in motor racing: the look of total concentration and focus seen on drivers just before a race begins ...1993 US sl.
• RAGGED EDGE in hotrodding, drag racing, and motor racing: the absolute limit of the car's ability ...1965 US sl.
• RAGING FAVOURITE a hot favourite in racing ...L19 sl.
• RAIL a drag racing car with a chassis made of rail-like metal bars; a drag racing car regardless of the chassis construction ...1963 US sl.
• RAIL JOB a drag racing car with a chassis made of rail-like metal bars; a drag racing car regardless of the chassis construction ...1963 US sl.
• RAM TUBE in a drag racing car: an injector that forces air into a carburettor ...1970 US sl.
• RIDE THE RAILS in car racing: racing technique that calls for taking the outside course on the flats and the high part of the banked curves ...Bk1998 sl.
• SAUCE in drag racing: a fuel mixed from nitromethane and alcohol ...1968 US sl.
• SCAVENGER in drag racing and hot rodding: a car that wins often, that 'eats up' its competition ...1968 US sl.
• SCRAMBLE in motorcycle racing: a race in difficult terrain ...1965 US sl.
• SCUFF racing term for a tire that has been used at least once and is held for a future race ...Bk1998 sl.
• SLICKS wide, smooth-tread racing tires ...Bk1998 sl.
• SLINGSHOT 1. a dragster in which the driver sits behind the rear wheels, like a rock in a slingshot ...Bk1998 sl.
2. a racing manoeuvre in which a car following in the draft of another breaks out of the vacuum and gets a sudden burst of speed ...Bk1998 sl.
• SNEAKER in hot rodding or motor racing: an usually large tire ...1992 US sl.
• STACKS in hot rodding: an exhaust system ...1948 US sl.
• TACO WAGON in hot rodding: any car which has had its leaf springs shackled, lowering the body ...1962 Amer. dial.
• TAIL in hot rodding: a fox tail or raccoon tail tied to the car ...1960 US sl.
• TOY in drag racing: a dragster (a car designed specifically and exclusively for drag racing) ...1965 US sl.
• TRAP a timing light at the finish line of a drag race ...1970 US sl.
• UNCLE DANIEL in hot rodding: a deceptively normal-looking car that has been modified and enhanced for speed ...1958 US sl.
• WAILER in drag racing: a very fast car ...1970 US sl.
• WISHBONE in hot rodding: a triangular suspension control device ...1993 US sl.
RACING - nouns, person
• FACTORY DRIVER in motor racing: a driver officially representing a car manufacturer ...1980 US sl.
• GAFFER in motorcycle racing: a leader of a racing team ...1965 US sl.
• 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.
• SAM SLED in drag racing: a driver who consistently underperforms ...1965 US sl.
• WRENCH in drag and motor racing: a mechanic ...1980 US sl.
RACING - verbs
• BARF in hot rodding and drag racing: to damage something completely or partially, leaving parts scattered ...1993 US sl.
• BLIP in hot rodding or drag racing: to throttle up quickly and then release, momentarily increasing the revolutions per minute ...1965 US sl.
• DRIVE AT THE LIMIT in car racing: to drive as close as possible to the car's optimum performance ...1979 sl.
• DRIVE BLUE in car racing: to drive all out ...c1920 motor racers' usage
• EARHOLE in motorcycle racing: to bank the motorcycle to an extreme degree in a turn, bringing the driver and the driver's ear close to the ground ...1965 US sl.
• GUT in hot rodding: to remove all but the bare essentials from a car's interior ...1958 US sl.
• HARD-CHARGE in car racing, to drive aggressively ...1965 US sl.
• NERF in motor racing: to bump a competitor during a race ...1952 US sl.
• RACE FOR PINKS in drag racing: to compete for the prize of ownership of the opponent's car ...2003 US sl.
• RACE FOR PINK SLIPS in drag racing: to compete for the prize of ownership of the opponent's car ...2003 US sl.
• SHUNT in motor racing: to bump a competitor ...1965 US sl.
• SHUT THE GATE in motor racing: to pass another car and immediately pull in front of the other car, minimizing its ability to pass in return ...1965 US sl.
• SKIN in hot rodding: to remove a car's upholstery ...1958 US sl.
• UNGLUE in drag racing and hot rodding: to blow up an engine ...1968 US sl.
• VENTILATE THE BLOCK in hot rodding and drag racing: to blow a rod out through the engine ...1960s US sl.
• WRENCH in motor racing, and hot rodding: to perform mechanical work on a car, whether it literally involves the use of a wrench or not ...2004 US sl.
RACISM - interjections
• UP AGAINST THE WALL MOTHERFUCKER! be aware of racism; be conscious of one's social condition ...1960s US Black sl.
RACISM - phrases
• SAME MUD, SAME BLOOD used for explaining the absence of racism in combat troops ...1981 US sl.
RACIST - adjectives
• REBBISH poor, White, and racist ...1945 US sl.
• RED-NECKED pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
• RED-NECKY pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
RACIST - nouns, person
• JEFF a White person, esp. if a racist ...1950s sl.
• PAKI-BASHER a violent racist who, usually as part of a group, attacks members of the Asian community ...1970 UK sl.
• PAKKI-BASHER same as "PAKI-BASHER" ...1970 UK sl.
• REBBY a racist White man ...1993 Amer. dial. Black usage
• REDNECK (derogatory) a poor, White, rural Southerner; a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist ...1891 Amer. dial.
• YACOO a White racist bigot ...1960s US Black sl.
• YAKOO a White racist bigot ...1960s US Black sl.
RACKET (noise) - nouns
• DIRR loud noise or stir; a racket ...1804 Sc.
• RACK JACK †* a racket (disturbance) ...1582
• RATTOCK a great noise; a racket ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RICKET † a racket, disturbance ...1813 Sc.
• TANRACKET a racket, noise, confusion; a noisy crowd ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TINTAMARRE * a loud and confused noise, uproar, clamour, racket, din, hubbub ...1567
• TOW-ROW an uproar, a hubbub, a noisy disturbance; a din, a racket ...1877 orig. Eng. dial.
RACKET (scheme) - nouns
• DART an illicit activity; a racket ...c1870 Aust. sl.
• HUSTLE a swindle or racket ...1943 sl., orig. US criminals' usage
• LURK a dodge, racket, or scheme ...1891 Aust. & NZ sl.
• PROP GAME a fraud racket by which householders are coaxed into paying heavily for unnecessary repairs ...1966 Brit. sl.
• RAMP any form of swindle or fraud; a swindle or racket involving charging exorbitant prices ...1812 sl.
• RANICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RANI-CUM-BOOGERIE a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1945 Amer. dial.
• RANNIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1935 Amer. dial.
• REINIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY-BOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RORT a dodge, a trick, a scheme, a racket; a fraudulent or dishonest practice ...c1910 Aust. sl.
• SCAM a con-trick, swindle or racket, often specifically a fraudulent bankruptcy ...1963 sl., orig. US
RACKETEER, RACKETEERING - nouns, person
• BAGMAN someone who collects or administers the collection of money obtained by racketeering and other dishonest means ...1928 sl., orig. & chiefly US
RACQUETBALL - nouns
• GUN HAND in racquetball: the hand with which a player holds the racquet ...1971 US sl.
RACY - adjectives
• SALTY piquant, racy ...1866
RADAR - nouns
• ANGEL a false target propagated on a radar screen by weather conditions, flying birds, or other natural phenomena ...1947 Amer. sl.
RADIANCE - adjectives
• SUN-CLAD clothed in radiance like the sun ...1825 poetic
RADIANCE - nouns
• ÉCLAT † brilliancy, radiance, dazzling effect ...1676
• EFFULGENCE splendid radiance ...1667
• SUNNING †* shining like the sun; radiance ...c1586
RADIANT - adjectives
• BEAMISH shining brightly, radiant ...1530 arch.
• BEAMSOME † shedding beams, radiant ...1595
• BEAMY emitting beams of light, radiant ...1398
• EFFULGENT shining forth brilliantly; resplendent, radiant ...1738
• ORIENT brilliant, lustrous, shining, glowing, radiant, resplendent ...1430-40 arch.
• RADIOUS † radiant, bright ...1500-20
RADIANT - verbs
• ILLUMINE to brighten as with light; to make radiant ...1508
RADIATOR - nouns
• RAD a radiator ...c1905 UK servants' sl.
• READY-HEATER a radiator ...1943 Amer. dial.
• RED-HEATER a radiator ...1896 Amer. dial.
RADICAL - nouns, person
• JACKANAPE an undisciplined, albeit enthusiastic member of a radical movement, one who finds it hard to put the general good before their own pleasures ...1960s US Black radical sl.
RADIO - nouns
• AGONY BOX a radio ...1940s sl.
• ANCIENT MARY an AM radio ...1976 US sl.
• BOX a phonograph, radio, or tape recorder; a portable stereo radio and cassette player ...1924 Amer. sl.
• FIFTH ESTATE the radio brotherhood ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAM BOX a portable radio and cassette player with large speakers ...1982 US sl.
• JIVE ON THE BOX music on the radio ...1943 Amer. sl.
• MUSIC MACHINE a radio, jukebox, or phonograph ...1960s Amer. sl.
• RAD a radio ...1996 UK sl.
• RAMBLER a portable radio ...1996 UK sl.
• SAN QUENTIN BRIEFCASE a large, potable tape-recorder-cum-radio ...1990s US sl.
• TALKING HANDBAG a portable radio ...1996 UK sl.
• TRANNIE a transistor radio ...1969 UK sl.
• TRANNY a transistor radio ...1969 UK sl.
• WHIP a long radio antenna ...1976 US sl.
• ZOMBIE a radio or television ...1940s US & UK Black sl.
• ZOM BOX a radio or television ...1940s US & UK Black sl.
RADIO - nouns, person
• GABBER a radio commentator ...1940s US sl.
• PLATTER PUSHER a radio disc jockey ...1973 US sl.
RADISH - nouns
• RABONE †* a radish ...1597
• RADCOLLE † a radish ...1483
• RAPHANE †* the radish ...1398
• RAPHE †* the radish ...c1420
RAFFLE - verbs
• CHANCE OFF to raffle something off ...1930s Amer. dial.
RAFT - nouns
• CAT a simple raft ...1966 Amer. dial.
RAFTING - nouns, person
• RIVER RAT a river-rafting enthusiast ...1997 US sl.
RAG, RAGGED, RAGS - adjective
• ALL-A-BITS in pieces or rags, broken ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL TO RATS AND RIBBONS ragged, tattered ,,,,B1900 Eng. dial.
• BETATTERED all in tatters, ragged ...1618
• BRATTY ragged ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUMMY dirty and ragged; dishevelled ...1990s US Black sl.
• GUNGY messy, ugly, smelly, old, or ragged ...1962 UK sl.
• HAGGERTY-TAGGERTY in a ragged state; tattered; like a ragamuffin ...1891 Sc.
• HAGGERTY-TAG-LIKE ragged, tattered, ragamuffin ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HALLANSHAKER-LOOKING ragged, unkempt, like a tramp ...1828
• RAGA-RAGA ragged, worn-out; usually said of clothes ...1943 W. Indies sl.
• RAGGA-RAGGA ragged, worn-out; usually said of clothes ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• RAGGED AS A BUZZARD'S ASS very ragged ...1952 Amer. sl.
• RAGGED AS A MILE-IRON very rough and ragged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGED-ASS raw, inexperienced; unkempt, ragged ...1954 Amer. dial.
• RAGGED-ASSED raw, inexperienced; unkempt, ragged ...1984 Amer. dial.
• RAGGEDISH somewhat ragged ...1837
• RAGGEDY ragged, rough, dishevelled ...1890 US sl.
• RAGGEDY-ASS unkempt, ragged ...L19 Amer. sl.
• RAGGEDY-ASSED unkempt, ragged ...L19 Amer. sl.
• RAGGELT ragged, uneven, jagged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGELTLY ragged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGETY ragged, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGIE ragged ...1815 Sc.
• RAGGLED straggling, irregular, ragged ...1795 Sc.
• RAGGLY ragged, with an uneven edge ...1967 Sc.
• RAGGY ragged ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RAG-TAG reduced to rags by drink ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG-TAILED ragged, tattered ...1887 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• RATCHED ragged, in a ruinous state ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOURY shabby in appearance, threadbare, ragged ...1721 Sc.
• SCOWRY shabby in appearance, threadbare, ragged ...1721 Sc.
• TAGGOWY tattered, ragged ...1929 Sc.
• TAG-RAG dressed in rags, ragged; reduced to rags by drink ...1805
• TAG-TAILED ragged; of a woman whose petticoat trails: draggle-tailed ...1853 Sc.
• TALDERY tattered, ragged ...1929 Sc.
• TATTER tattered, ragged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTERED AS A FOAL † of a person: ragged; also, rough, shaggy ...c1340
• TATTERY tattered, ragged, frayed out ...1835 Eng. dial.
• TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAUTED shaggy; ragged ...1786 Sc.
• TIG-TAILED ragged; of a woman whose petticoat trails: draggle-tailed ...1853 Sc.
• TUZZY-MUZZY dishevelled, ragged, untidy; fuzzy ...1847 Eng. dial.
• UNMEANSOME ragged, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RAG, RAGGED - adverbs
• HAGGERTY-TAG in an untidy, ragged manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAG-RAG † all to tags and rags; in a mingled crowd or heap ...1582
RAG, RAGGED, RAGS - nouns
• CADDIS shreds, rags of any material; cotton wool, lint ...1708 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALIFORNIA MOCCASINS rags wrapped around the feet and ankles to provide warmth in cold weather ...1923 Amer. sl.
• CALIFORNIA OVERSHOES rags wrapped around the feet and ankles to provide warmth in cold weather ...1952 Amer. sl.
• CALIFORNIA SOCKS rags wrapped around the feet and ankles to provide warmth in cold weather ...1941 Amer. sl.
• DAG a rag ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DERLS rags ...B1900 Sc.
• DERRILS rags ...B1900 Sc.
• DEWGS † scraps, rags, shreds, small pieces ...1693 Sc.
• FALLOPS rags hanging about a dress; an untidy dress ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANEREL a rag, a tatter, a flapping piece of cloth ...1819 Sc.
• IRISH PENDANT a loose or frayed end; something that hangs loose or flaps untidily; ragged edges ...1840 Amer. dial.
• IRISH PENNANT a loose or frayed end; something that hangs loose or flaps untidily; ragged edges ...1942 Amer. dial.
• JAGS † rags, tatters ...1637 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JAMRAGS rags, tatters, shreds ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JIM-RAGS rags, tatters, shreds ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LACKIE a clout, a rag; a contemptuous name for a garment ...1892 Sc.
• LALLOPS rags, tatters ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PALLIONS rags, tatters, useless or worn-out articles of clothing ...1825 Sc.
• RAGAMOFI ragged clothes ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RAGAMORFI ragged clothes ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RAGGERY * 1. ragged people ...1843
* 2. rags, collectively ...1854
• RAGGING * ragged edges or projections ...1683
• RAGGLE a rag; a strip of fur, etc. ...1888 US
• RAGLET * a small rag; a scrap ...1836-48
• RALLOCK a tattered garment; a rag ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RALTALLACKS rags and tatters ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAT † a rag, a scrap ...a1240 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• RATS rags, tatters ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCHMATTE a ragged garment ...1970 US sl.
• SCHMOTTAH a ragged garment ...1970 US sl.
• SHMATTE a ragged garment ...1970 US sl.
• TABLE ZAMBONI a cleaning rag used by a bartender ...1987 US sl.
• TAG-RAG a fluttering rag, a tatter ...1827
• TAIVERS rags, tatters, tears ...1846 Sc.
• TAN-PAN-MI ragged, old work-clothes, esp. when very filthy ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• TANTERWALLOPS hanging tatters or rags ...c1850 Sc.
• TARETATHERS † tatters, shreds, rags ...1825 Sc.
• TAT a rag ...1851 Eng. dial.
• TATLOCK a trailing ragged part of the hem of a worn skirt; the matted tufts of wool at a sheep's tail ...1900 Sc.
• TATTER-WALLOP fluttering rag ...1887 Sc.
• TATTER-WALLOPS rags, tatters; torn flapping clothing ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TATTRELS rags, tatters ...1805 Sc.
• WALLOP a flapping or fluttering rag ...1776 Sc.
RAG, RAG-AND-BONE MAN, RAGMAN - nouns, person
• BONE-PICKER a collector and seller of bones, rags, and other refuse from the streets and garbage-tins ...c1850 colloq.
• CANDYBOB a hawker, a ragman; they generally gave a kind of toffee, called candy, in exchange for rags, etc. ...c1873 Sc.
• CANDYMAN a hawker, a ragman; they generally gave a kind of toffee, called candy, in exchange for rags, etc. ...1870 Sc.
• GATHER-UP a wandering ragman ...1900 N. Ireland
• HAW-GAW a rag or refuse gatherer ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MIDDEN-MAVIS a rag-picker, one who rakes up dunghills and dustbins for scraps ...1856 Sc.
• PAPER MAKER a gatherer of rags and other saleable rubbish from the streets and gutters ...M19 sl.
• RAG-AND-SNATCHER MAN a rag-and-bone man ...19C chimney sweeps' sl.
• RAG BRAMAH a rag-and-bone merchant ...c1925 police sl.
• RAGGER one who collects rags; a ragman ...1925 Sc.
• RAGGIE-FOLK rag-gatherers ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAGGY-WILLIE a ragman ...1866 Sc.
• RAGMAN a rag-gatherer, a rag-dealer ...1586
• RAG-MERCHANT a dealer in rags; also, in contempt, a banker of draper ...1690
• SHEENY a rag-picker ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SHEENY MAN a horse and cow dealer; a rag buyer ...1984 Amer. dial.
• TATTER a collector of rags, bones, etc. ...1898 Eng. dial.
• TOTTER a rag-and-bone collector ...1891 Brit. sl.
RAG, RAGGED - verbs
• JAG to make ragged or uneven by cutting or tearing ...1568
• RAG † to tear in pieces; to make ragged, to tear in a ragged manner ...c1440
• RAGGIFY to reduce to rags ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TAT to gather rags ...1851 Eng. dial.
• TATTERWALLOP to hang or flutter in rags ...1866 Sc.
• TO-RAG † to tear the clothes of, to make very ragged ...c1430
RAGAMUFFIN, RAGGED - nouns, person
• BAIVENJAR a tatterdemalion, a ragamuffin ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BASSALON a ragged man ...1952 Amer. dial.
• CADDIE a ragamuffin or rough fellow ...1929 Sc.
• DADGE a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
• DAGE a trollop; a dirty, mismanaging woman, a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
• DAWDGE a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
• GUTTER-BLOOD a base-born person; one of low birth; one of the rabble; a ragged rascal ...1818 Sc.
• HALLANSHAKER a ragged fellow; a vagabond or beggar; a knave, a rascal ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HELLENSHAKER a ragged fellow; a vagabond or beggar; a knave, a rascal ...1742 Sc.
• NEEDY a poor ragged person of either sex ...1893 sl.
• NEEDY-MIZZLER a poor ragged person of either sex ...1819 sl.
• OOBIT a ragged, shaggy, or unkempt, hairy person; an uncouth sort of person; an ill-behaved youngster; an insignificant rascal ...1856 Sc.
• 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 obs. rare
• RAGAMUFFIN a ragged or disorderly person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RAGAMUFFINESS a female ragamuffin ...1868
• RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a decrepit old woman; a woman in rags ...1910s sl.
• RAGAPELT a ragged person; an idle, good-for-nothing person ...1866 Sc.
• RAGBELT a ragged person; an idle, good-for-nothing person ...1866 Sc.
• RAGBILD a ragged person; an idle, good-for-nothing person ...1866 Sc.
• 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. Eng. dial.
• RAGGARD a wicked and abandoned wretch; a rough and ragged vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGED ROBIN a ragged person ...1826
• RAGGYDADS a ragamuffin ...1942 Sc.
• RAGMAG a ragged beggar; a woman all in tatters ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGMAN †* a ragged person ...c1440
• RAGSHAG a ragged person, esp. one who purposely dresses in grotesque rags for exhibition ...Amer. colloq.
• SANSCULOTTE a man shabbily dressed; a ragged person; a tatterdemalion; a ragamuffin ...1812
• SCARECROW a person in ragged clothes
• SHABAROON † a mean-spirited person; a disreputable person; an ill-dressed, shabby fellow; a ragamuffin ...a1700 sl.
• SHAG-BAG a poor, shabby or worthless fellow; an idle, ragged vagabond ...a1700 colloq.
• TAG-RAG * a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond ...1609
• TALLACK a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TALLOCK a good-for-nothing idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TALLOCKER a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TARLOCH a silly, inactive girl; a coarse, ragged, sluttish woman ...1825 Sc.
• TASHIE a ragged, down-at-heel person; a sloven ...1972 Sc.
• TATSHIE a ragged, down-at-heel person; a sloven ...1972 Sc.
• TATTER-CLOUT a poorly dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin; a beggar ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TATTER-RAGS a poorly dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin; a beggar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTER-WALLETS a poorly dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin; a beggar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTERWALLOP a ragged person, a tatterdemalion ...1910 Sc.
• TATTER-WALLOPS a woman with ragged clothes; an indecorous woman; a tatterdemalion ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TATTIE-BOGLE a ragged, unkempt, or grotesquely-dressed person; a coward ...1972 Sc.
• TATTIE DOOLIE a ragamuffin ...1954 Sc.
RAGE, RAGING - adjectives (also see ENRAGED)
• ANGERLY fierce, raging ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• BAITY bad-tempered; in a rage ...1921 sl.
• BRAIN furious, raging ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BULLRAGEOUS mad and raging like a bull ...19C Eng. dial.
• FREMESCENT * becoming murmurous, roaring; growing noisy and tumultuous; riotous, raging ...1837
• FRENZICAL † affected with frenzy; crazy, mad; frenzied, raging; wildly enthusiastic; frantic ...a1586
• FURIAL † furious, raging, violent ...c1386
• FURIBUND furious, raging, mad ...1490
• IN A PANSHARD in a rage, out of temper ...1883 Eng. dial.
• IROUS † wrathful, angry, enraged, raging ...a1300
• MAD AS A HATTER, AS very mad, utterly insane; in a rage ...M19 sl.
• RABIOUS † fierce, raging, rabid, mad ...1613-18
• RAGE † mad, raging; wanton ...a1300
• RAGEFUL full of rage or furious anger; furious, violent ...1580
• RAGELESS †* devoid of rage ...1578
• RAGEOUS † in a rage, furious, mad, angry, vexed; violent with pain or anger; full of passion ...1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMAGE of persons: furious, frenzied, raging ...c1470
• RAMAGEOUS † furious, frenzied, raging ...a1600
• RAMAGIOUS † furious, frenzied, raging ...a1600
• RAMISHED furious, raging, crazy ...1899 Sc.
• RAMMISH furious, crazed with rage or hunger ...1825 Sc.
• RAMPING romping; raging; distracted; raving; eager ...1892 Sc.
• RED-MAD raging mad, distracted, insane; furious; eager ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RED-WUD raging mad; furious ...1793 Sc.
• VESANOUS † mad, furious, raging, cruel, outrageous ...1656
RAGE - adverbs
• ABURST † in a burst, as of rage, etc. ...1205
RAGE - nouns
• BAIT a fit of bad temper; a rage ...1857 sl.
• BATE a fit of bad temper; a rage ...1857 sl.
• BLEEZE a rage, passion ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARPET-BITING a distressing exhibition of uncontrollable rage ...c1940 colloq.
• DESPERATION a great rage ...B1900 N. Ireland
• FAME a rage, passion ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAUNCH a rage ...1982 Amer. dial.
• IRISH passion, anger, rage, fury, temper ...Bk1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• IRY passion, anger, rage, fury ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MADDERAM madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity ...1866 Sc.
• MADDERDOM madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity ...1866 Sc.
• MAJESTY a rage, passion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ORGASM immoderate or violent excitement of feeling; rage, fury; a paroxysm of excitement or rage ...a1763
• PADDY a temper; a rage; a tantrum...1894 UK sl.
• PADDYWHACK a rage, a passion, a temper ...1899
• PANDAIRY a state of excitement; fluster; a fit of temper, rage, a tantrum ...1924 Sc.
• PANDIRT a state of excitement; fluster, a fit of temper, rage, a tantrum ...1898 Sc.
• PANKIN a rage, a violent passion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PLISKY a rage ...1847 Eng. dial.
• RASEDHEAD †* rage, fury ...c1440
• TAN a rage; a tantrum ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TANT a rage, tamper ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TANTER a rage; a tantrum ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. & Sc.
• TANTIVY a rage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAPTEE † a state of excitement, eagerness, desire, rage, etc. ...1825 Sc.
• TAPTOO † a state of excitement, eagerness, desire, rage, etc. ...1825 Sc.
• TATTER a rage; a long-continued condition of grumbling discontent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAUM a fit of rage, a bad temper, a sullen, sulky mood; a hysterical fit, a tantrum ...1808 Sc.
• TEARANSY rage, passion; violence; outrageous haste ...1896 Sc.
• TEEN wrath, anger, rage; vexation; revenge ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TILT a hasty temper; excitement, rage ...1884 Eng. dial.
• TIRRIVEE a fit of temper; a tantrum, rage, passion ...1813 Sc.
• VAKE a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VEAK a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
RAGE - nouns, person
• CARPET-BITER one who gets into a fearful rage; a visibly very angry man ...c1940 sl.
RAGE - verbs
• BLOW ONE'S LID to rage hysterically ...sl.
• CAVE to rave, to rage, to get in a passion; to be angry, to make a rumpus ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CAVE AROUND to rave, to rage, to get in a passion; to be angry, to make a rumpus ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CAVORT to rage, to create a disturbance ...1893 Amer. dial.
• DANCE HIS LANE to express great joy or violent rage ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DASH to become enraged with ...1990s UK Black sl.
• DEBACCHATE †* to rage or rave as a bacchanal; to revile one after the manner of drunkards ...1623
• FAME to be in a rage ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FARE † to 'go on' impetuously, to rage, to rail ...1603
• FLIP ONE'S LID to give way to heightened emotion; to lose one's composure; to rage hysterically ...1941 sl., orig. US
• FLIP ONE'S WIG to give way to heightened emotion; to lose one's composure; to rage hysterically ...1934 sl., orig. US
• FLY ALL TO GOSH to give way to emotion or rage ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S BACK UP to become enraged ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S DANDER UP to become angry, enraged ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GET ONE'S RAG OUT to provoke anyone to anger; to enrage ...c1880 Eng. dial.
• GO RAMMISH to be in so violent a rage as to be slightly insane ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HIT THE CEILING to fly into a rage ...1914 sl.
• NETTLE UP to become angry; to fly into a rage ...1875 Eng. dial.
• POPPLE to boil with rage or indignation; to seethe with anger; to be extremely excited ...1897 Sc.
• PUT ONE'S BEARD IN A BLAZE to be in a great rage ...1817 Sc.
• RAG to tease, to worry, to vex, to enrage ...1808 Eng. dial. & sl.
• RAISE SAND to make a disturbance; to get furiously angry; to go into a rage and stir up confusion ...1953 Amer. colloq.
• RAMP to storm and rage with violent gestures; to act in a furious or threatening manner ...c1386
• RANGE to storm, to rage ...1864 Eng. dial.
• RASE † to be furious, to rage; of dogs: to growl or bark in rage ...a1300
• RIP AND STAVE to rage and scold about ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE ON to rage, to rave; to be greatly agitated; to make a great fuss, outcry, or uproar; to distress oneself greatly ...c1430 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• TANT to argue or dispute in a quarrelsome manner, to rage ...1887 Sc.
• TANTER to argue, to quarrel, to dispute in a captious manner, to rage ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TARVE to rage, to storm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAVE to rage; to storm; to fly at angrily ...1671 Eng. dial.
• TEAR to rage; to get in a passion or rage ...1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TERVEE to rage, to storm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TERVY to rage, to storm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TURVE to rage, to storm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDO A THUNK to get into a rage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RAGE - interjections
• MOTHER OF SHIT! an exclamation of surprise, rage or exasperation ...1940s US
RAGGED - see RAG
RAGGEDLY - adverbs
• HAGGERTY-TAG raggedly ...1825 Sc.
RAGING - nouns
• DEBACCHATION †* a raging or madness ...1633
• RAGERY † raging; wantonness; a frolic ...c1386
• RAMPING the act of raging in fury ...1656
RAGING - nouns, person
• BELDAM a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
• BELDAME a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
RAID - nouns
• CHAPPOW a raid ...c1860 Anglo-Indian
• NAB an arrest; a police raid ...1940s US sl.
• RACE † a rush, onset, charge; a raid ...1535
• RIDE a raid, an inroad ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDING marauding, raiding; a border raid ...1897 Sc.
• SKECK †* an attack made for the sake of plunder; a petty raid ...1297
• SKEG † an attack made for the sake of plunder; a petty raid ...1542
• TAKE OFF to make a raid on ...1970s US Black & criminals' sl.
RAID - verbs
• HARRY 1. to make predatory raids or incursions; to commit ravages ...c893
† 2. to plunder, to carry off in a marauding raid (cattle, etc.) ...1579 obs. exc. Sc.
• MARAUD to make a raid for the purpose of plundering ...1711
• PANYAR to seize as plunder, to raid, to steal; to kidnap natives as slaves ...1735 W. Afr.
• PULL to raid ...1817 sl.
• SKECK †* to make a raid on; to plunder ...c1330
• SKICK †* to make a raid on; to plunder ...a1300
RAIDER - nouns, person
• RIDER † a moss-trooper, a border raider ...1846 Eng. dial.
RAIDING - nouns
• HARRYING warlike incursion; devastation, laying waste; ravaging, plundering, raiding ...c900
• MARAUD * the act of raiding or plundering ...1837
• SKICKING †* the act of raiding ...a1300
RAIL - verbs
• BAIRGE to speak in a loud and angry manner; to scold, to rail, to taunt loudly ...1887 Sc.
• BECALL to abuse, to call names, to rail at ...1682 Eng. dial.
• BERGE to speak in a loud and angry manner; to scold, to rail, to taunt loudly ...1887 Sc.
• CALLET † to scold, to rail ...a1673 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FARE † to 'go on' impetuously, to rage, to rail ...1603
• HEASCEN † to rail, to utter taunts ...c1000
• OBLATRATE †* to rail against one, to scold ...1623
RAILING - adjectives
• CONVICIATORY † wrangling, railing; reproachful, abusive ...1611
• OBLATRANT †* railing, reviling, scolding ...1601
RAILING - nouns
• OBLATRATION † a barking at a person, a railing, a scolding ...c1560
• RAIL * an act of railing or reviling ...a1529
• RAILLERY †* railing, reviling ...1709
• YATTER noisy or angry talk; brawling, scolding, grumbling, continual railing or carping ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
RAILING - nouns, person
• SKELLAT a scolding, railing woman; an ill-natured, shrewish woman ...1810 Sc.
RAILLERY - nouns
• BADDERS low raillery ...1768 Sc.
• BADDORDS low raillery or half-humorous abuse ...1768 Sc.
• BADINAGE light trifling raillery or humorous banter or ridicule ...1658
• BADINERIE badinage, raillery, banter ...1712
• BATHERS low raillery ...1768 Sc.
• RALLERY † raillery, banter, good-humoured ridicule ...1651
RAILLERY - nouns, person
• BADINEUR † one who indulges in badinage or raillery ...1734
• RAILLEUR † one who practices raillery; one who banters ...1667
RAILROAD, RAILWAY - nouns (also see TRAIN)
• ABANDONMENT bankruptcy of a railway company ...c1880 financiers' and brokers' usage
• AGGRAVATION a railway station ...1920s Brit. rhyming sl.
• AMBULANCE among railroad workers: a caboose ...1977 Amer. dial.
• ANCHOR among railroad workers: a brake, esp. a hand brake ...1942 Amer. dial.
• ANGEL'S SEAT among railroad workers: the cupola of a caboose ...1946 Amer. dial.
• ARKANSAS SPECIAL an unimportant branch railroad ...1950 Amer. dial. jocular
• ARKANSAS TRAVELER an unimportant branch railroad ...1969 Amer. dial. jocular
• BAD ORDER 1. among railroad workers: a defective locomotive or railroad car ...1945 Amer. dial.
2. among railroad workers: equipment in disrepair; defective material or equipment ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BIRD CAGE in the railroad: a brakeman's or switchman's lantern ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BLOCKADE a stoppage on a railway by snow or some accident ...1867-9 US
• BLUEBERRY SPECIAL a branch railroad that is not very important or does not give the best of service ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BROWNIE on the railroad: a demerit ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BUCKBERRY ROAD a ranch railroad that is not very important or gives poor service ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CABBAGE CUTTER on the railway: a freight engine ...1977 US sl.
• CABBY-CAR a hand-propelled railway trolley ...Ireland
• CALF'S TAIL the cord attached to a railway whistle ...1946 US sl.
• CARAVANSERA a railway station ...Bk1891 boxing usage
• CATCLAW AND UNDERBRUSH a branch railroad that is not very important ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CHICKENBONE SPECIAL a branch railroad that's not very important or gives poor service ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHIPPY on the railroad: a narrow-gauge track, car, or train ...1918 Amer. sl.
• CROSS-TIE TICKET an imaginary ticket entitling one to walk along a railroad track ...1904 Amer. dial.
• DANCING in railway usage: the condition of locomotive wheels slipping on the rail ...1970 UK sl.
• DEADHEAD a railroad car or engine being pulled empty ...1938 Amer. dial.
• DEEPOT a railway station or depot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DING-DONG a gas-powered railway coach used on a branch line ...1945 US sl.
• DINKEY a small locomotive; a train pulled by such a locomotive; a small branch railway ...1874 Amer. dial.
• DINKY a small locomotive; a train pulled by such a locomotive; a small branch railway ...1874 Amer. dial.
• FAIRYLAND a colour light multiple aspect gantry (a railway signal) ...1970 UK sl.
• GADFLY a small or remote hamlet or railway station ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GANDY GANG on the railway: a crew of track workers ...1977 US sl.
• GARDEN a railway yard ...1946 US sl.
• G.O.P. a nickname for a branch railway (Get Out and Push) ...1905 Amer. dial.
• GRAB among railroaders: a commissary car ...1946 Amer. dial.
• GRAPEVINE, THE a branch railroad that is not very important or gives poor service ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GUBLUNGSIT the name of any railway station as called out by a conductor ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH IRON the railroad, esp. as regards the main rather than branch lines ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• IRISH LOCAL a railway hand-car, propelled by pushing a handle backwards and forwards ...1900s sl.
• IRON, THE railway tracks ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IRON HARNESS railway tracks ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IRONS railroad rails ...1914 US tramps' sl.
• JOHN O'BRIEN a hand-car ...1920s US sl.
• KATY the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad ...L19 US sl.
• KATYDID a branch railroad that is not very important or gives poor service ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LADDER the main track in a railway yard ...1946 US sl.
• LEAKY ROAD a small branch railroad, or one that gives poor service ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LEAKY ROOF a small branch railroad ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LEMONADE TURN, THE the shift from 2 to 10 pm ...c1920 Brit. railwaymen's sl.
• MAIN a main railroad line ...1932-34 Amer. railroad usage
• MAIN IRON a principal railroad line ...1931 Amer. dial.
• MAIN STEEL a principal railroad line ...1977 Amer. dial.
• MANIVILINS odd money in the daily accounts ...c1863 Brit. railway clerks' usage
• MANIVLINS odd money in the daily accounts ...c1863 Brit. railway clerks' usage
• MENAVELINGS odd money remaining after the daily accounts are made up at railway offices ...1865 Brit. railway clerk's usage
• MENAVELINS. odd money in the daily accounts ...c1863 Brit. railway clerks' usage
• MONKEY SUIT any uniform worn by a railway employee on a passenger train ...1901 US
• OIL BURNER on the railroad: a smoking car ...1976 Amer. sl.
• OIL CAN a railway tank wagon ...1946 US sl.
• OLD HOUSE on the railway: a warehouse of salvaged parts ...1977 US sl.
• PADDLE on the railways: a semaphore signal ...1977 US sl.
• PALACE CAR a railway carriage fitted up in luxurious style ...1884
• PAPER a railroad ticket ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• PASTEBOARD a railway ticket ...M19 sl.
• PEANUT LINE a branch railroad that is not very important or gives poor service ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PEANUT ROASTER among railroaders and loggers: a small steam engine ...1945 Amer. sl.
• PEANUT SPECIAL a branch railroad that is not very important or gives poor service ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PEG a railway semaphore signal ...1911 sl.
• PLUG a small, local passenger train; a small branch railroad ...1931 Amer. dial.
• RABBIT on the railways: a side track on a downhill incline used to divert runaway trains and prevent crashes ...1946 US sl.
• RAILERY travelling by rail ...1852 nonce word
• RAILROADIANA matters pertaining to railroads ...1838
• RAILS railway stocks and shares ...1887 Stock Exchange coll.
• RAILS, THE railway stations ...c1919 sl.
• RAT STAND a railway station ...1910s UK criminals' sl.
• RED BOARD a railway stop signal ...1929 US sl.
• RED ONION a railroad eating house ...1931 Amer. dial.
• REEFER a refrigerator; a refrigerated railway wagon ...1914 US sl.
• RIFF a refrigerated railway wagon ...1946 US sl.
• RIP TRACK on the railways: a hospital ...1977 US sl.
• RUST, THE railway tracks ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SACRED COW on the railway: an extra engine used on a mountain ...1977 US
• SACRED OX on the railway: an extra engine used on a mountain ...1977 US
• SPILL a railway station or depot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEEL, THE railway tracks ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TEAPOT a railway station or depot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIE PASS an imaginary ticket entitling one to walk along a railroad track ...1879 Amer. dial.
• TIE-TICKET an imaginary ticket entitling one to walk along a railroad track ...1878 Amer. dial.
• TOONERVILLE CAR a small, run-down, or unreliable railroad, train, railcar, or trolley ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOONERVILLE EXPRESS a small, run-down, or unreliable railroad, train, railcar, or trolley ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOONERVILLE TROLLEY a small, run-down, or unreliable railroad, train, railcar, or trolley ...1919 Amer. dial.
• UKELELE on the railways: a short-handed shovel ...1977 US sl.
• UMPHFF the name of any railway station as called out by a conductor ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRECKING CREW on the railway: a relief crew ...1946 US sl.
• X an empty railway wagon ...1946 US sl.
RAILROAD, RAILWAY - nouns, person
• ASH CAN in railroading: a locomotive fireman ...1932 Amer. dial.
• ASH-CAT in railroading: a locomotive fireman ...1945 Amer. dial.
• ASH-EATER on the railroad: a fireman for a locomotive ...1948 Amer. sl.
• ASHPIT ENGINEER among railroad workers: a workman (usually the fireman) who services engines, esp. at division points and terminals ...1977 Amer. dial.
• BABY-LIFTER among railroad workers: a brakeman on a passenger train ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BACK-PORCH YARDMASTER among railroad workers: the foreman of the yard switchmen ...1977 Amer. dial.
• BAD ORDER among railroad workers: an incompetent employee ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BAGGAGE BOUNCER a railway porter ...M19 US sl.
• BAGGAGE SMASHER a railway porter ...M19 US sl.
• BAKEHEAD among railroad workers: a locomotive fireman ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BATTLESHIP a railway coal tender ...1946 US sl.
• BIG O in railroading: the conductor ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BIG OX in railroading: the conductor ...1943
• BRAINS on the railroad: a conductor ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BROKEN RAIL and old hand on the railroad ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAD a railway conductor ...1977 US sl.
• CALICO CLUCK a female railway worker ...1975 US sl.
• CALL BOY a boy or young man who called railway workers to work ...1898 US sl.
• CAR KNOCKER in railroading: a car repairman; a car inspector ...1925 Amer. dial.
• CAR TINK in railroading: a car repairman; a car inspector ...1945 Amer. dial.
• CAR TOAD in railroading: a car repairman; a car inspector ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CAR TONK in railroading: a car repairman; a car inspector ...1945 Amer. dial.
• CAR WHACKER in railroading: a car repairman; a car inspector ...1943 Amer. dial.
• CHAMBERMAID on the railroad: a machinist in roundhouse ...1943 Amer. dial.
• CHERRY PICKER 1. in railroading: a switchman ...1942 Amer. sl.
2. in railroading: one who is always figuring on the best jobs and sidestepping undesirable ones ...1945 Amer. dial.
• CHRISTMAS CARD a train guard, a military guard ...1950s rhyming sl.
• CINDER BULL a nickname for a railroad yard policeman or detective ...E20 US tramps' usage
• CINDER-CRUNCHER on the railway: a switchman ...1931 sl.
• CINDER DICK a nickname for a railroad yard policeman or detective ...E20 US tramps' usage
• DIAMOND CRACKER on the railroad: the fireman on a coal-burning locomotive ...1930 Amer. dial.
• DIAMOND PUSHER on the railroad: the fireman on a coal-burning locomotive ...1945 Amer. dial.
• DINGER a railway yardmaster ...1929 US sl.
• DIRT DAUBER on the railroad: a road grader ...1977 Amer. dial.
• DUDE a railway conductor ...1946 US sl.
• EAGLE-EYE on the railroad: a locomotive engineer ...1900 Amer. jocular
• ELECTRIC OWL on the railroad: a telegraph operator who works at night ...1943 Amer. dial.
• END MAN on the railroad: the rear brakeman on a freight train ...1932 Amer. dial.
• ENGINE TAMER on the railroad: an engineer who breaks in a new locomotive ...1977 Amer. dial.
• FIREBOY on the railroad: a fireman ...1916 Amer. dial.
• GAFFER on the railways: a track crew supervisor ...1977 US sl.
• GANDY DANCER a railway maintenance worker or section-hand ...1923 sl., orig. US
• GRABBER a railroad conductor ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GRANDPA on the railroad, and in logging: the general superintendent ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GREASEBALL on the railroad: a mechanic ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GROUNDHOG on the railway: a brakeman ...1926 Amer. sl.
• GRUNT on the railroad: a locomotive engineer ...1939 Amer. sl.
• HAIRY LEG a railway fettler, one who does repair or maintenance work on a railway ...1969 Aust. sl.
• HUMP RAT a railway yard brakeman ...1968 US sl.
• IRON BENDER amongst railroad workers and loggers: a railroad brakeman ...1958 Amer. dial.
• JAM-BUSTER an assistant yardmaster in a railroad yard ...1938 US sl.
• MAIN PIN among railroad workers: a company official ...1931 Amer. dial.
• MASTER MANIAC a master mechanic ...1930 US railroad usage
• MASTER MIND a master mechanic ...20C Can. railroadmen's sl.
• MUD HOP a clerk in a railway yard ...1929 US sl.
• NAB a railroad security man ...1950s US sl.
• NUMBER GRABBER a railroad yard clerk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NUTCRACKER a railway roundhouse mechanic ...1977 US sl.
• OLD HEAD and old hand on the railroad ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD RAIL a veteran railroader ...1930 US sl.
• PAPER WEIGHT n. a railroad yard clerk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PARLOUR MAID a rear railway brakeman ...1946 US sl.
• POCATELLO YARDMASTER on the railroad: an itinerant worker ..1940 Amer. dial.
• PUFFLER on the railway: a foreman or ganger ...20C railwaymen's usage
• RAG a railway pointsman ...1946 sl.
• RAIL any railway employee ...1931 Can. & US sl.
• RAILROAD DICK a railroad police officer, guard, or detective ...1910s US sl.
• RAISIN PICKER on the railway: a worker from Fresno, California ...1975 US sl.
• ROUNDER a transient railway worker ...1908 US sl.
• RUSTY RAIL and old hand on the railroad ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCALPER one who buys the unused portions of long-distance railroad tickets in order to sell them at a profit ...L19 sl.
• SCISSORS BILL a railroad detective ...1940 Amer. railroad usage
• SHAG a railroad brakeman ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SIZZER-BILL a yard or road brakeman; not complimentary ...1932 Amer. railroad usage
• SNAKE a railway worker ...1929 US & Aust. sl.
• SNAKE CHARMER a railway maintenance worker ...1937 Aust. sl.
• TALLOW in the railroad: a locomotive fireman ...1953 Amer. dial.
• TALLOW POT in the railroad: a locomotive fireman ...1888 Amer. dial.
• WHISKERS and old hand on the railroad ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRENCH ARTIST a railway mechanic ...1977 US sl.
• YARDBIRD on the railway: an injured employee assigned to limited duty in a railway yard ...1968 US sl.
• YARD BULL a railroad police officer, guard, or detective ...1910s US sl.
• YARD DICK a railroad police officer, guard, or detective ...1910s US sl.
• YARD GOOSE a railway pointsman ...1977 US sl.
RAILROAD, RAILWAY - verbs
• ANCHOR among railroad workers: to set the brakes ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BAKE A CAKE among railroad workers: to build up steam in a locomotive; to get a good fire going in a locie or donkey engine ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BAT OUT on the railways, to switch cars quickly and expertly ...1977 US sl.
• BEAT HER ON THE BACK in railroading: to make fast time, work an engine at full stroke ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BONE OUT to survey a stretch of rail in order to adjust the level ...20C railwaymen's sl.
• CLEAN THE CLOCK on the railroad: to apply the emergency brakes ...1929 Amer. sl.
• GOOSE in railroading: to apply the brakes or throw the engine into reverse while it is moving; to make an emergency stop ...1938 Amer. dial.
• HIT THE TIES among itinerants: to walk along a railway track ...1907 Amer. sl.
• SHUFFLE THE DECK on the railway: to switch wagons onto side tracks at stations along a line ...1946 US sl.
• SKIP THE CINDERS to walk along a railway track ...1977 US sl.
• SKIP THE TIES to walk along a railway track ...1977 US sl.
• STACK UP on the railway: to have a collision ...1977 US sl.
• TAKE A TIE-TICKET to walk the railroad ties ...1906 Amer. dial.
• UNLOAD on the railway: to end a work shift or to jump off a moving train ...1977 US sl.
• WIPE THE CLOCK railroad: to apply the emergency brakes ...1929 Amer. sl.
RAILROAD, RAILWAY - phrases
• BACK TO THE FARM among railroad workers: laid off; fired ...1945 Amer. dial.
• OFF THE STEEL not engaged in railway work ...1977 US sl.
• RATTLE to pronounce the letter "R" with a burr ...1787 Sc.
RABBIT - adjectives
• HARE-PIED resembling the colour of a hare ...1883 Eng. dial.
• HARISH † of the nature of a hare; mad, foolish ...1552
• LAGOTIC having ears like a hare's ...Bk1908
• LEPORINE pert. to a hare ...1656
RABBIT - nouns
• BABBART † an old name for the hare ...c1300
• BALLART †* the hare ...c1300
• BALLY a litter of pigs or of rabbits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BANDY a hare ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BATIE a hare ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BATTY a rabbit ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAWD † a hare ...1785 Eng. dial.
• BAWTY a hare ...c1536 Sc.
• BELLY a litter of pigs or of rabbits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BERREY a rabbit warren; a group of rabbit holes ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BERRY † a rabbit's burrow; a company of rabbits ...1486
• BLEAK-BLEAK the cry of the hare ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUEBELLY a wild rabbit ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BLUE DICK a wild rabbit ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BOROUGHMONGER a rabbit ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOURIE a rabbit's burrow; a fox's den ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUCK a male rabbit ...1838 Amer. dial.
• BUSH BACON a rabbit ...1941 Amer. dial.
• DEUBERT † one of the old appellations given to the hare ...a1325
• FARE † the track of a rabbit or hare ...1610 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FARMER a hare ...1864 Eng. dial. sl.
• GRASS-CAT a hare ...1892
• HAIZING following hares by night ...1854 Eng. dial.
• HAYSING following hares by night ...1854 Eng. dial.
• JACK a jackrabbit; a hare ...1864 Amer. dial.
• JACKASS HARE a jackrabbit; a hare ...1845 Amer. dial.
• JACKASS RABBIT a jackrabbit; a hare ...1845 Amer. dial.
• JACK-HARE a male hare ...1897 Eng. dial.
• JACK-RABBIT a half-grown rabbit ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KATIE a nickname for a hare ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KATTY a nickname for a hare ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAPRON † a young rabbit ...1547 Sc.
• LEPORIDE an alleged 'cross' between a hare and a rabbit ...1880
• LEPORINE an alleged 'cross' between a hare and a rabbit ...1862
• LEPRON † a young rabbit ...1501 Sc.
• LEVERET a young hare, strictly one in its first year ...a1400
• LIGHTFOOT † a name for the hare ...a1325
• MAKE-FARE † an alleged name for the hare ...c1300
• MALKIN a hare ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MALLY a hare ...1846 Sc.
• MAP a rabbit ...1825 Sc.
• MAPKIN † a rabbit ...1416 Sc.
• MAPPIE a rabbit ...1825 Sc.
• MAPPY a rabbit ...1879 Sc.
• MAPSIE a young hare ...1824 Sc.
• MAWK a hare ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAWKIN a hare ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MESS the number of rabbits found in a barrow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOLLIE COTTONTAIL a rabbit ...1835 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY a rabbit ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY COTTON a rabbit ...1889 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY COTTONTAIL a rabbit ...1835 Amer. dial.
• MOLLY HAR a hare ...1893 Amer. dial.
• NARROW-GAUGED MULE a jackrabbit; a hare ...1882 Amer. dial.
• NARROW-GAUGE MULE a jackrabbit; a hare ...1917 Amer. dial.
• NUN'S HABIT a rabbit ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• OLD AUNT a hare ...1895 Eng. dial.
• OLD SALLY a hare ...1895 Eng. dial.
• OLD SARAH a hare ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PADDLE-FOOT a cottontail rabbit ...1969 Amer. dial.
• PARRE a young leveret ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARSON a black rabbit ...1887 Eng. dial.
• PUSS a hare ...1996 Irish sl.
• RAB a rabbit ...1877 Sc.
• RABBIDGE a rabbit ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RABBIT-SPOUT a rabbit burrow ...1886 Eng. dial.
• RABBIT-STARTER † a young rabbit ...1651
• RABBIT-SUCKER † a sucking rabbit, a very young rabbit ...c1460
• RABBO a rabbit; rabbits as a group ...1900s sl.
• RACK the skin of a young rabbit ...1805
• SAILOR a cottontail rabbit ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SALLY a hare ...1879 Eng. dial.
• SCAVERNICK a hare ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCUT the tail of an animal, esp. that of a rabbit or deer ...16C
• SITTER † the hare ...a1300.
• SKIKART † an old name for the hare ...a1325
• SKULKER † the hare ...a1300
• UNDERGROUND CHICKEN rabbit ...1930s Aust. sl.
• UNDERGROUND MUTTON rabbit meat ...1919 Aust. sl.
• VERGEN a burrow of a fox, rabbit, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALDENEIE †* an alleged name of the hare ...a1300
• WAT † a hare ...a1500 hunting usage, obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WATTY a hare ...B1900 Eng. dial.
RABBIT - nouns, person
• LEPORICIDE a killer of hares ...1788 nonce word
• RABBIT-O(H) an itinerant seller of rabbits as food ...1902 Aust. sl.
• RABBO a street-seller of rabbits ...1900s sl.
RABBIT - verbs
• CLICKET of the fox or hare: to be in heat, to copulate ...1575
• CROTEY † of hares, rabbits, etc.: to evacuate their excrement ...a1425
• LAMPER of a hare: to jump leisurely ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TAP † of a hare or rabbit: to make a drumming noise with the feet in rutting-time ...1575
RABBIT - interjections
• RABBO! the street-cry of a seller of rabbits ...1900s sl.
RABBIT - phrases
• BAT THE EARS said of a rabbit or other animal when it lays its ears close to the body ...1892 Amer. dial.
RABBLE - adjectives
• RASCAL † pert. to the rabble ...1566
• RASCALLY † forming one or part of the rabble or common sort ...1642
• TAG-RAG † belonging to the rabble ...1601
RABBLE - nouns
• BAGGAGE † dregs, offscouring, riff-raff, rabble ...1603
• BAGGAGERY †* worthless rabble; the offscourings of society ...1589
• BLACK BEETLES the lower orders, the rabble ...Bk1890 sl.
• BOILING everyone, the whole lot; a crowd; the whole quantity, party, etc.; rabble ...1833 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• CANAILLE the rabble, the mob ...1676
• CANALLIARY †* the 'canaille' collectively ...1600
• CANALLY a rabble, a mob, a crew ...1708 Sc.
• CLOBBERIOUSNESS †* the rabble, the 'unwashed' ...1577
• HARRIAGE a moving, tumultuous assemblage of rough people; a rabble ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HELVERIE a rabble, a mass of people ...1932 Sc.
• MOB the rabble ...L17 sl.
• OFF-SCUM the rabble ...1858 Eng. dial.
• RABBLEMENT † a tumultuous crowd of people; a disorderly assemblage, a mob; a rabble ...1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RABBLE-RASH a dirty, noisy mob; the rabble ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RABBLE ROUT 1. a tumultuous or confused crowd of people; a mob; the noise of such a rabble ...1599
† 2. the rabble; the common, low, or disorderly part of the populace ...1654 now rare or obs.
• RABBLETY a small rabble or crowd ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAFF the rabble; the rag-tag; the lowest class of the populace ...1673
• RAFFLE † of persons: rabble; riff-raff ...1486 obs.
• RAGABASH a ragged crew of unmannerly people; the lowest of the low; the rabble, riff-raff ...1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGABOSH the rabble, the riff-raff ...1824 Sc.
• RAGABRASH a ragged, motley crew; riff-raff, rabble ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAGAMUFFINERY the disreputable classes of society; depraved actions or conduct ...1831
• RAGAMUFFINRY the disreputable classes of society; depraved actions or conduct ...1831
• RAGGABASH the rabble, the riff-raff ...1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGGABRASH the rabble, the riff-raff ...1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAG SHAG AND BOBTAIL(S) a motley group ...1887 Amer. dial.
• RAG-TAG the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; a member of the rabble ...1879
• RAG-TAG AND BOBTAIL the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; also, the whole lot ...1820
• RAMMATRACK a rabble ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMMATREK a rabble; a frolicsome, mischievous crowd, esp. of children ...1866 Sc.
• RANGALE † rabble, esp. of an army; camp-followers ...1375 Sc.
• RANGAT † rabble ...1535 Sc.
• RASCABILITY † rascality, rabble ...a1577
• RASCAL † 1. collectively, the rabble of an army or of the populace; common soldiers or camp-followers; persons of the lowest class ...c1330 obs. exc. arch.
†* 2. a rabble or mob ...c1330
• RASCALDRY †* the rabble, the lowest class ...1470
• RASCALITY the rabble; persons of the lowest class ...a1577
• RASCALRY the rabble ...1832
• REVEL-ROUT †* a crowd or party of revellers; a company of spreesters; a mob, rabble ...?1655 arch. or obs. rare
• RIBAUDRY the mob, the scum of society ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBBLE-RABBILL a disorderly crowd, rabble; a great confusion ...1771 Sc.
• RIBBLE-RABBLE a tumultuous crowd or array of people; a disorderly assemblage; a mob; the scum of society; a great confusion ...1635
• RIBBLE-RASH rabble; low, disorderly people ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIBBLE-ROW a list of the rabble ...Bk1903 sl.
• ROUGH-SCUFF the lowest people, the rabble ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCAFF of persons: riff-raff, the rabble ...1815 Sc.
• SCAFF-AND-RAFF † the dregs of the populace; the riff-raff, the rabble ...1815 Sc.
• SCAFF-RAFF of persons: riff-raff, the rabble ...1815 Sc.
• SCOOT a rabble, a disorderly crowd ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREEF anything inferior or valueless; the dregs of society ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRUFF OF THE EARTH, THE the rabble ...1929 Amer. dial.
• SINK † the scum or dregs of a place or set of persons ...1573
• SKIM † the rabble ...1606
• SKRIFF anything inferior or valueless; the dregs of society ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TAG † the rabble; the lowest class of people ...1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAG AND RAG † the rabble, the lower classes; an assemblage of people held in small esteem; everybody; all and any ...c1535
• TAG-RAG * the rabble; the riff-raff; the common people; a member of the rabble ...1609
RABBLE - nouns, person
• GUTTER-BLOOD a base-born person; one of low birth; one of the rabble; a ragged rascal ...1818 Sc.
• RASCAL † one belonging to the rabble or common herd; a man of low birth or station ...1461-83
• RASCALLER †* one of the rabble ...c1500
• RIFF-RAFF a low, disreputable person; the rabble, the mob ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial. & sl.
RABID - adjectives
• RABBIOUS † rabid ...1613-18
• RABIATE †* rabid ...c1470
• RABIOUS † fierce, raging, rabid, mad ...1613-18
• RABITIC rabid ...1888
RABIES - adjectives
• HYDROPHOBIOUS pertaining to rabies ...1843
• RABIC 1. pert. to rabies ...1885
2. affected with rabies ...1887
RABIES - nouns
• RABIOSITY * rabies ...1824
• RAGE † rabies ...1558
RACCOON - nouns
• ALL-NIGHTER an animal which prowls throughout the night, as a raccoon ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BANDIT a raccoon ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CHAOUI a raccoon ...1931 Amer. dial.
• COON a raccoon ...1742 sl., chiefly US
• RINGTAIL a raccoon ...1844 Amer. dial.
• RINGTAIL COON a raccoon ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WASH-BEAR the raccoon ...1891
• WASHING BEAR a raccoon ...1938 Amer. dial.
RACE (of people) - adjectives (also see MIXED RACE)
• SALT-AND-PEPPER said of anything involving both Blacks and Whites ...1950s US sl.
RACE - nouns
• AIRS AND GRACES races ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• BRUSH a rapid run or race; a contest in speed ...1860 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• PAST the starting-point of a race; the line drawn in a boys' game ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR rate, pace; a quick walk, a race ...1796 Sc.
• SCRAWL the starting-line of a race ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TIE a foot-race between two competitors ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RACE (of people) - nouns
• CASTE † a race, stock, or breed of men ...1555
• HAVAGE race, lineage, family stock, parentage ...1846 Eng. dial.
• MAKE race, family, lineage, species, kind ...1856 Eng. dial.
RACE (of people) - nouns, person
• GENARCH * the founder of a family or race ...1879
• GENARCHA †* the founder of a family or race ...1649
• SALT AND PEPPER 1. an inter-racial couple ...1950s sl., orig. US Black
2. friends or colleagues of different races ...1950s sl., orig. US Black
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION - nouns
• WRINGING AND TWISTING suffering racial discrimination and dealing with it either by rebellion or acquiescence ...1940s US Black sl.
RACING - adjectives
• ON THE WOOD in hot rodding and motor racing: throttled to the maximum ...1993 US sl.
• SIAMESED in motor racing and repair: closely connected or joined together ...1993 US sl.
• SIDEWAYS in motor racing: out of control, whether or not the car is actually sideways to the track traffic ...1973 US sl.
• SQUIRRELLY racing term describing a car that is given to sliding ...Bk1998 sl.
• X in drag racing: experimental ...1970 US sl.
RACING - nouns
• A-BOMB in drag racing: a converted Model-A Ford capable of exceptionally rapid acceleration ...1951 Amer. sl.
• A-BONE in drag racing: a Model-A Ford ...1951 Amer. sl.
• BABY MOON in hot rodding: a small, chrome convex wheel cover ...1993 US sl.
• DAGO in hot rodding: a dropped front axle, esp. on older Fords ...1965 US sl.
• FADEAWAY in hot rodding: a design feature that blends the front fender back into the car body ...1954 US sl.
• GARBAGE in hot rodding: a surfeit of accessories unrelated to the car's performance ...1960 US sl.
• GASOLINE ALLEY in motor racing: the area at the race track where race teams repair and prepare cars for the race ...1965 US sl.
• GASSER in drag racing, a car that only uses petrol for fuel ...1965 US sl.
• GILHOOLEY a skid in which a car ends up facing in the reverse direction ...1950s Amer. car racing sl.
• HONKER in drag racing: a fast stock car ...1968 US sl.
• HUMPER in motor racing: a slick drag racing tire that has been grooved for use on a dirt track ...1980 US sl.
• HYDRAULIC in drag racing: a massive engine failure resulting from fuel failing to ignite within a cylinder ...2003 US sl.
• JUICE in drag racing and hot rodding: any special blend of racing fuel ...1962 US sl.
• JUICE BRAKES in hot rodding and drag racing: hydraulic brakes ...1968 US sl.
• MACHINE a hot rod ...1972 Amer. sl.
• POLE DAY in motor racing: the first day of qualifying heats when the pole position is decided ...1973 US sl.
• Q-SHIP among hot-rodders: a high-performing car that appears to be a conventional car ...1965 US sl.
• RACE FACE in motor racing: the look of total concentration and focus seen on drivers just before a race begins ...1993 US sl.
• RAGGED EDGE in hotrodding, drag racing, and motor racing: the absolute limit of the car's ability ...1965 US sl.
• RAGING FAVOURITE a hot favourite in racing ...L19 sl.
• RAIL a drag racing car with a chassis made of rail-like metal bars; a drag racing car regardless of the chassis construction ...1963 US sl.
• RAIL JOB a drag racing car with a chassis made of rail-like metal bars; a drag racing car regardless of the chassis construction ...1963 US sl.
• RAM TUBE in a drag racing car: an injector that forces air into a carburettor ...1970 US sl.
• RIDE THE RAILS in car racing: racing technique that calls for taking the outside course on the flats and the high part of the banked curves ...Bk1998 sl.
• SAUCE in drag racing: a fuel mixed from nitromethane and alcohol ...1968 US sl.
• SCAVENGER in drag racing and hot rodding: a car that wins often, that 'eats up' its competition ...1968 US sl.
• SCRAMBLE in motorcycle racing: a race in difficult terrain ...1965 US sl.
• SCUFF racing term for a tire that has been used at least once and is held for a future race ...Bk1998 sl.
• SLICKS wide, smooth-tread racing tires ...Bk1998 sl.
• SLINGSHOT 1. a dragster in which the driver sits behind the rear wheels, like a rock in a slingshot ...Bk1998 sl.
2. a racing manoeuvre in which a car following in the draft of another breaks out of the vacuum and gets a sudden burst of speed ...Bk1998 sl.
• SNEAKER in hot rodding or motor racing: an usually large tire ...1992 US sl.
• STACKS in hot rodding: an exhaust system ...1948 US sl.
• TACO WAGON in hot rodding: any car which has had its leaf springs shackled, lowering the body ...1962 Amer. dial.
• TAIL in hot rodding: a fox tail or raccoon tail tied to the car ...1960 US sl.
• TOY in drag racing: a dragster (a car designed specifically and exclusively for drag racing) ...1965 US sl.
• TRAP a timing light at the finish line of a drag race ...1970 US sl.
• UNCLE DANIEL in hot rodding: a deceptively normal-looking car that has been modified and enhanced for speed ...1958 US sl.
• WAILER in drag racing: a very fast car ...1970 US sl.
• WISHBONE in hot rodding: a triangular suspension control device ...1993 US sl.
RACING - nouns, person
• FACTORY DRIVER in motor racing: a driver officially representing a car manufacturer ...1980 US sl.
• GAFFER in motorcycle racing: a leader of a racing team ...1965 US sl.
• 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.
• SAM SLED in drag racing: a driver who consistently underperforms ...1965 US sl.
• WRENCH in drag and motor racing: a mechanic ...1980 US sl.
RACING - verbs
• BARF in hot rodding and drag racing: to damage something completely or partially, leaving parts scattered ...1993 US sl.
• BLIP in hot rodding or drag racing: to throttle up quickly and then release, momentarily increasing the revolutions per minute ...1965 US sl.
• DRIVE AT THE LIMIT in car racing: to drive as close as possible to the car's optimum performance ...1979 sl.
• DRIVE BLUE in car racing: to drive all out ...c1920 motor racers' usage
• EARHOLE in motorcycle racing: to bank the motorcycle to an extreme degree in a turn, bringing the driver and the driver's ear close to the ground ...1965 US sl.
• GUT in hot rodding: to remove all but the bare essentials from a car's interior ...1958 US sl.
• HARD-CHARGE in car racing, to drive aggressively ...1965 US sl.
• NERF in motor racing: to bump a competitor during a race ...1952 US sl.
• RACE FOR PINKS in drag racing: to compete for the prize of ownership of the opponent's car ...2003 US sl.
• RACE FOR PINK SLIPS in drag racing: to compete for the prize of ownership of the opponent's car ...2003 US sl.
• SHUNT in motor racing: to bump a competitor ...1965 US sl.
• SHUT THE GATE in motor racing: to pass another car and immediately pull in front of the other car, minimizing its ability to pass in return ...1965 US sl.
• SKIN in hot rodding: to remove a car's upholstery ...1958 US sl.
• UNGLUE in drag racing and hot rodding: to blow up an engine ...1968 US sl.
• VENTILATE THE BLOCK in hot rodding and drag racing: to blow a rod out through the engine ...1960s US sl.
• WRENCH in motor racing, and hot rodding: to perform mechanical work on a car, whether it literally involves the use of a wrench or not ...2004 US sl.
RACISM - interjections
• UP AGAINST THE WALL MOTHERFUCKER! be aware of racism; be conscious of one's social condition ...1960s US Black sl.
RACISM - phrases
• SAME MUD, SAME BLOOD used for explaining the absence of racism in combat troops ...1981 US sl.
RACIST - adjectives
• REBBISH poor, White, and racist ...1945 US sl.
• RED-NECKED pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
• RED-NECKY pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud ...1986 Amer. dial.
RACIST - nouns, person
• JEFF a White person, esp. if a racist ...1950s sl.
• PAKI-BASHER a violent racist who, usually as part of a group, attacks members of the Asian community ...1970 UK sl.
• PAKKI-BASHER same as "PAKI-BASHER" ...1970 UK sl.
• REBBY a racist White man ...1993 Amer. dial. Black usage
• REDNECK (derogatory) a poor, White, rural Southerner; a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist ...1891 Amer. dial.
• YACOO a White racist bigot ...1960s US Black sl.
• YAKOO a White racist bigot ...1960s US Black sl.
RACKET (noise) - nouns
• DIRR loud noise or stir; a racket ...1804 Sc.
• RACK JACK †* a racket (disturbance) ...1582
• RATTOCK a great noise; a racket ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RICKET † a racket, disturbance ...1813 Sc.
• TANRACKET a racket, noise, confusion; a noisy crowd ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TINTAMARRE * a loud and confused noise, uproar, clamour, racket, din, hubbub ...1567
• TOW-ROW an uproar, a hubbub, a noisy disturbance; a din, a racket ...1877 orig. Eng. dial.
RACKET (scheme) - nouns
• DART an illicit activity; a racket ...c1870 Aust. sl.
• HUSTLE a swindle or racket ...1943 sl., orig. US criminals' usage
• LURK a dodge, racket, or scheme ...1891 Aust. & NZ sl.
• PROP GAME a fraud racket by which householders are coaxed into paying heavily for unnecessary repairs ...1966 Brit. sl.
• RAMP any form of swindle or fraud; a swindle or racket involving charging exorbitant prices ...1812 sl.
• RANICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RANI-CUM-BOOGERIE a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1945 Amer. dial.
• RANNIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1935 Amer. dial.
• REINIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RENICKY-BOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam ...1916 Amer. dial.
• RORT a dodge, a trick, a scheme, a racket; a fraudulent or dishonest practice ...c1910 Aust. sl.
• SCAM a con-trick, swindle or racket, often specifically a fraudulent bankruptcy ...1963 sl., orig. US
RACKETEER, RACKETEERING - nouns, person
• BAGMAN someone who collects or administers the collection of money obtained by racketeering and other dishonest means ...1928 sl., orig. & chiefly US
RACQUETBALL - nouns
• GUN HAND in racquetball: the hand with which a player holds the racquet ...1971 US sl.
RACY - adjectives
• SALTY piquant, racy ...1866
RADAR - nouns
• ANGEL a false target propagated on a radar screen by weather conditions, flying birds, or other natural phenomena ...1947 Amer. sl.
RADIANCE - adjectives
• SUN-CLAD clothed in radiance like the sun ...1825 poetic
RADIANCE - nouns
• ÉCLAT † brilliancy, radiance, dazzling effect ...1676
• EFFULGENCE splendid radiance ...1667
• SUNNING †* shining like the sun; radiance ...c1586
RADIANT - adjectives
• BEAMISH shining brightly, radiant ...1530 arch.
• BEAMSOME † shedding beams, radiant ...1595
• BEAMY emitting beams of light, radiant ...1398
• EFFULGENT shining forth brilliantly; resplendent, radiant ...1738
• ORIENT brilliant, lustrous, shining, glowing, radiant, resplendent ...1430-40 arch.
• RADIOUS † radiant, bright ...1500-20
RADIANT - verbs
• ILLUMINE to brighten as with light; to make radiant ...1508
RADIATOR - nouns
• RAD a radiator ...c1905 UK servants' sl.
• READY-HEATER a radiator ...1943 Amer. dial.
• RED-HEATER a radiator ...1896 Amer. dial.
RADICAL - nouns, person
• JACKANAPE an undisciplined, albeit enthusiastic member of a radical movement, one who finds it hard to put the general good before their own pleasures ...1960s US Black radical sl.
RADIO - nouns
• AGONY BOX a radio ...1940s sl.
• ANCIENT MARY an AM radio ...1976 US sl.
• BOX a phonograph, radio, or tape recorder; a portable stereo radio and cassette player ...1924 Amer. sl.
• FIFTH ESTATE the radio brotherhood ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAM BOX a portable radio and cassette player with large speakers ...1982 US sl.
• JIVE ON THE BOX music on the radio ...1943 Amer. sl.
• MUSIC MACHINE a radio, jukebox, or phonograph ...1960s Amer. sl.
• RAD a radio ...1996 UK sl.
• RAMBLER a portable radio ...1996 UK sl.
• SAN QUENTIN BRIEFCASE a large, potable tape-recorder-cum-radio ...1990s US sl.
• TALKING HANDBAG a portable radio ...1996 UK sl.
• TRANNIE a transistor radio ...1969 UK sl.
• TRANNY a transistor radio ...1969 UK sl.
• WHIP a long radio antenna ...1976 US sl.
• ZOMBIE a radio or television ...1940s US & UK Black sl.
• ZOM BOX a radio or television ...1940s US & UK Black sl.
RADIO - nouns, person
• GABBER a radio commentator ...1940s US sl.
• PLATTER PUSHER a radio disc jockey ...1973 US sl.
RADISH - nouns
• RABONE †* a radish ...1597
• RADCOLLE † a radish ...1483
• RAPHANE †* the radish ...1398
• RAPHE †* the radish ...c1420
RAFFLE - verbs
• CHANCE OFF to raffle something off ...1930s Amer. dial.
RAFT - nouns
• CAT a simple raft ...1966 Amer. dial.
RAFTING - nouns, person
• RIVER RAT a river-rafting enthusiast ...1997 US sl.
RAG, RAGGED, RAGS - adjective
• ALL-A-BITS in pieces or rags, broken ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL TO RATS AND RIBBONS ragged, tattered ,,,,B1900 Eng. dial.
• BETATTERED all in tatters, ragged ...1618
• BRATTY ragged ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUMMY dirty and ragged; dishevelled ...1990s US Black sl.
• GUNGY messy, ugly, smelly, old, or ragged ...1962 UK sl.
• HAGGERTY-TAGGERTY in a ragged state; tattered; like a ragamuffin ...1891 Sc.
• HAGGERTY-TAG-LIKE ragged, tattered, ragamuffin ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HALLANSHAKER-LOOKING ragged, unkempt, like a tramp ...1828
• RAGA-RAGA ragged, worn-out; usually said of clothes ...1943 W. Indies sl.
• RAGGA-RAGGA ragged, worn-out; usually said of clothes ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• RAGGED AS A BUZZARD'S ASS very ragged ...1952 Amer. sl.
• RAGGED AS A MILE-IRON very rough and ragged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGED-ASS raw, inexperienced; unkempt, ragged ...1954 Amer. dial.
• RAGGED-ASSED raw, inexperienced; unkempt, ragged ...1984 Amer. dial.
• RAGGEDISH somewhat ragged ...1837
• RAGGEDY ragged, rough, dishevelled ...1890 US sl.
• RAGGEDY-ASS unkempt, ragged ...L19 Amer. sl.
• RAGGEDY-ASSED unkempt, ragged ...L19 Amer. sl.
• RAGGELT ragged, uneven, jagged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGELTLY ragged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGETY ragged, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGIE ragged ...1815 Sc.
• RAGGLED straggling, irregular, ragged ...1795 Sc.
• RAGGLY ragged, with an uneven edge ...1967 Sc.
• RAGGY ragged ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RAG-TAG reduced to rags by drink ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG-TAILED ragged, tattered ...1887 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• RATCHED ragged, in a ruinous state ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOURY shabby in appearance, threadbare, ragged ...1721 Sc.
• SCOWRY shabby in appearance, threadbare, ragged ...1721 Sc.
• TAGGOWY tattered, ragged ...1929 Sc.
• TAG-RAG dressed in rags, ragged; reduced to rags by drink ...1805
• TAG-TAILED ragged; of a woman whose petticoat trails: draggle-tailed ...1853 Sc.
• TALDERY tattered, ragged ...1929 Sc.
• TATTER tattered, ragged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTERED AS A FOAL † of a person: ragged; also, rough, shaggy ...c1340
• TATTERY tattered, ragged, frayed out ...1835 Eng. dial.
• TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAUTED shaggy; ragged ...1786 Sc.
• TIG-TAILED ragged; of a woman whose petticoat trails: draggle-tailed ...1853 Sc.
• TUZZY-MUZZY dishevelled, ragged, untidy; fuzzy ...1847 Eng. dial.
• UNMEANSOME ragged, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RAG, RAGGED - adverbs
• HAGGERTY-TAG in an untidy, ragged manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAG-RAG † all to tags and rags; in a mingled crowd or heap ...1582
RAG, RAGGED, RAGS - nouns
• CADDIS shreds, rags of any material; cotton wool, lint ...1708 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALIFORNIA MOCCASINS rags wrapped around the feet and ankles to provide warmth in cold weather ...1923 Amer. sl.
• CALIFORNIA OVERSHOES rags wrapped around the feet and ankles to provide warmth in cold weather ...1952 Amer. sl.
• CALIFORNIA SOCKS rags wrapped around the feet and ankles to provide warmth in cold weather ...1941 Amer. sl.
• DAG a rag ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DERLS rags ...B1900 Sc.
• DERRILS rags ...B1900 Sc.
• DEWGS † scraps, rags, shreds, small pieces ...1693 Sc.
• FALLOPS rags hanging about a dress; an untidy dress ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANEREL a rag, a tatter, a flapping piece of cloth ...1819 Sc.
• IRISH PENDANT a loose or frayed end; something that hangs loose or flaps untidily; ragged edges ...1840 Amer. dial.
• IRISH PENNANT a loose or frayed end; something that hangs loose or flaps untidily; ragged edges ...1942 Amer. dial.
• JAGS † rags, tatters ...1637 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JAMRAGS rags, tatters, shreds ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JIM-RAGS rags, tatters, shreds ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LACKIE a clout, a rag; a contemptuous name for a garment ...1892 Sc.
• LALLOPS rags, tatters ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• PALLIONS rags, tatters, useless or worn-out articles of clothing ...1825 Sc.
• RAGAMOFI ragged clothes ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RAGAMORFI ragged clothes ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RAGGERY * 1. ragged people ...1843
* 2. rags, collectively ...1854
• RAGGING * ragged edges or projections ...1683
• RAGGLE a rag; a strip of fur, etc. ...1888 US
• RAGLET * a small rag; a scrap ...1836-48
• RALLOCK a tattered garment; a rag ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RALTALLACKS rags and tatters ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAT † a rag, a scrap ...a1240 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
• RATS rags, tatters ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCHMATTE a ragged garment ...1970 US sl.
• SCHMOTTAH a ragged garment ...1970 US sl.
• SHMATTE a ragged garment ...1970 US sl.
• TABLE ZAMBONI a cleaning rag used by a bartender ...1987 US sl.
• TAG-RAG a fluttering rag, a tatter ...1827
• TAIVERS rags, tatters, tears ...1846 Sc.
• TAN-PAN-MI ragged, old work-clothes, esp. when very filthy ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• TANTERWALLOPS hanging tatters or rags ...c1850 Sc.
• TARETATHERS † tatters, shreds, rags ...1825 Sc.
• TAT a rag ...1851 Eng. dial.
• TATLOCK a trailing ragged part of the hem of a worn skirt; the matted tufts of wool at a sheep's tail ...1900 Sc.
• TATTER-WALLOP fluttering rag ...1887 Sc.
• TATTER-WALLOPS rags, tatters; torn flapping clothing ...1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TATTRELS rags, tatters ...1805 Sc.
• WALLOP a flapping or fluttering rag ...1776 Sc.
RAG, RAG-AND-BONE MAN, RAGMAN - nouns, person
• BONE-PICKER a collector and seller of bones, rags, and other refuse from the streets and garbage-tins ...c1850 colloq.
• CANDYBOB a hawker, a ragman; they generally gave a kind of toffee, called candy, in exchange for rags, etc. ...c1873 Sc.
• CANDYMAN a hawker, a ragman; they generally gave a kind of toffee, called candy, in exchange for rags, etc. ...1870 Sc.
• GATHER-UP a wandering ragman ...1900 N. Ireland
• HAW-GAW a rag or refuse gatherer ...Bk1902 Sc.
• MIDDEN-MAVIS a rag-picker, one who rakes up dunghills and dustbins for scraps ...1856 Sc.
• PAPER MAKER a gatherer of rags and other saleable rubbish from the streets and gutters ...M19 sl.
• RAG-AND-SNATCHER MAN a rag-and-bone man ...19C chimney sweeps' sl.
• RAG BRAMAH a rag-and-bone merchant ...c1925 police sl.
• RAGGER one who collects rags; a ragman ...1925 Sc.
• RAGGIE-FOLK rag-gatherers ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAGGY-WILLIE a ragman ...1866 Sc.
• RAGMAN a rag-gatherer, a rag-dealer ...1586
• RAG-MERCHANT a dealer in rags; also, in contempt, a banker of draper ...1690
• SHEENY a rag-picker ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SHEENY MAN a horse and cow dealer; a rag buyer ...1984 Amer. dial.
• TATTER a collector of rags, bones, etc. ...1898 Eng. dial.
• TOTTER a rag-and-bone collector ...1891 Brit. sl.
RAG, RAGGED - verbs
• JAG to make ragged or uneven by cutting or tearing ...1568
• RAG † to tear in pieces; to make ragged, to tear in a ragged manner ...c1440
• RAGGIFY to reduce to rags ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TAT to gather rags ...1851 Eng. dial.
• TATTERWALLOP to hang or flutter in rags ...1866 Sc.
• TO-RAG † to tear the clothes of, to make very ragged ...c1430
RAGAMUFFIN, RAGGED - nouns, person
• BAIVENJAR a tatterdemalion, a ragamuffin ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BASSALON a ragged man ...1952 Amer. dial.
• CADDIE a ragamuffin or rough fellow ...1929 Sc.
• DADGE a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
• DAGE a trollop; a dirty, mismanaging woman, a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
• DAWDGE a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
• GUTTER-BLOOD a base-born person; one of low birth; one of the rabble; a ragged rascal ...1818 Sc.
• HALLANSHAKER a ragged fellow; a vagabond or beggar; a knave, a rascal ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HELLENSHAKER a ragged fellow; a vagabond or beggar; a knave, a rascal ...1742 Sc.
• NEEDY a poor ragged person of either sex ...1893 sl.
• NEEDY-MIZZLER a poor ragged person of either sex ...1819 sl.
• OOBIT a ragged, shaggy, or unkempt, hairy person; an uncouth sort of person; an ill-behaved youngster; an insignificant rascal ...1856 Sc.
• 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 obs. rare
• RAGAMUFFIN a ragged or disorderly person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RAGAMUFFINESS a female ragamuffin ...1868
• RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a decrepit old woman; a woman in rags ...1910s sl.
• RAGAPELT a ragged person; an idle, good-for-nothing person ...1866 Sc.
• RAGBELT a ragged person; an idle, good-for-nothing person ...1866 Sc.
• RAGBILD a ragged person; an idle, good-for-nothing person ...1866 Sc.
• 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. Eng. dial.
• RAGGARD a wicked and abandoned wretch; a rough and ragged vagabond ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGED ROBIN a ragged person ...1826
• RAGGYDADS a ragamuffin ...1942 Sc.
• RAGMAG a ragged beggar; a woman all in tatters ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGMAN †* a ragged person ...c1440
• RAGSHAG a ragged person, esp. one who purposely dresses in grotesque rags for exhibition ...Amer. colloq.
• SANSCULOTTE a man shabbily dressed; a ragged person; a tatterdemalion; a ragamuffin ...1812
• SCARECROW a person in ragged clothes
• SHABAROON † a mean-spirited person; a disreputable person; an ill-dressed, shabby fellow; a ragamuffin ...a1700 sl.
• SHAG-BAG a poor, shabby or worthless fellow; an idle, ragged vagabond ...a1700 colloq.
• TAG-RAG * a pitiful, ragged fellow; a slovenly, lazy or dirty fellow; a mean person; a vagabond ...1609
• TALLACK a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TALLOCK a good-for-nothing idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TALLOCKER a good-for-nothing, idle person; a ragamuffin; a slatternly woman ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TARLOCH a silly, inactive girl; a coarse, ragged, sluttish woman ...1825 Sc.
• TASHIE a ragged, down-at-heel person; a sloven ...1972 Sc.
• TATSHIE a ragged, down-at-heel person; a sloven ...1972 Sc.
• TATTER-CLOUT a poorly dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin; a beggar ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TATTER-RAGS a poorly dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin; a beggar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTER-WALLETS a poorly dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin; a beggar ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTERWALLOP a ragged person, a tatterdemalion ...1910 Sc.
• TATTER-WALLOPS a woman with ragged clothes; an indecorous woman; a tatterdemalion ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TATTIE-BOGLE a ragged, unkempt, or grotesquely-dressed person; a coward ...1972 Sc.
• TATTIE DOOLIE a ragamuffin ...1954 Sc.
RAGE, RAGING - adjectives (also see ENRAGED)
• ANGERLY fierce, raging ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• BAITY bad-tempered; in a rage ...1921 sl.
• BRAIN furious, raging ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BULLRAGEOUS mad and raging like a bull ...19C Eng. dial.
• FREMESCENT * becoming murmurous, roaring; growing noisy and tumultuous; riotous, raging ...1837
• FRENZICAL † affected with frenzy; crazy, mad; frenzied, raging; wildly enthusiastic; frantic ...a1586
• FURIAL † furious, raging, violent ...c1386
• FURIBUND furious, raging, mad ...1490
• IN A PANSHARD in a rage, out of temper ...1883 Eng. dial.
• IROUS † wrathful, angry, enraged, raging ...a1300
• MAD AS A HATTER, AS very mad, utterly insane; in a rage ...M19 sl.
• RABIOUS † fierce, raging, rabid, mad ...1613-18
• RAGE † mad, raging; wanton ...a1300
• RAGEFUL full of rage or furious anger; furious, violent ...1580
• RAGELESS †* devoid of rage ...1578
• RAGEOUS † in a rage, furious, mad, angry, vexed; violent with pain or anger; full of passion ...1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMAGE of persons: furious, frenzied, raging ...c1470
• RAMAGEOUS † furious, frenzied, raging ...a1600
• RAMAGIOUS † furious, frenzied, raging ...a1600
• RAMISHED furious, raging, crazy ...1899 Sc.
• RAMMISH furious, crazed with rage or hunger ...1825 Sc.
• RAMPING romping; raging; distracted; raving; eager ...1892 Sc.
• RED-MAD raging mad, distracted, insane; furious; eager ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RED-WUD raging mad; furious ...1793 Sc.
• VESANOUS † mad, furious, raging, cruel, outrageous ...1656
RAGE - adverbs
• ABURST † in a burst, as of rage, etc. ...1205
RAGE - nouns
• BAIT a fit of bad temper; a rage ...1857 sl.
• BATE a fit of bad temper; a rage ...1857 sl.
• BLEEZE a rage, passion ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARPET-BITING a distressing exhibition of uncontrollable rage ...c1940 colloq.
• DESPERATION a great rage ...B1900 N. Ireland
• FAME a rage, passion ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAUNCH a rage ...1982 Amer. dial.
• IRISH passion, anger, rage, fury, temper ...Bk1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• IRY passion, anger, rage, fury ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MADDERAM madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity ...1866 Sc.
• MADDERDOM madness, folly, frantic rage, tantrums; boisterous fun, wild pranks, hilarity ...1866 Sc.
• MAJESTY a rage, passion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ORGASM immoderate or violent excitement of feeling; rage, fury; a paroxysm of excitement or rage ...a1763
• PADDY a temper; a rage; a tantrum...1894 UK sl.
• PADDYWHACK a rage, a passion, a temper ...1899
• PANDAIRY a state of excitement; fluster; a fit of temper, rage, a tantrum ...1924 Sc.
• PANDIRT a state of excitement; fluster, a fit of temper, rage, a tantrum ...1898 Sc.
• PANKIN a rage, a violent passion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PLISKY a rage ...1847 Eng. dial.
• RASEDHEAD †* rage, fury ...c1440
• TAN a rage; a tantrum ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TANT a rage, tamper ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TANTER a rage; a tantrum ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. & Sc.
• TANTIVY a rage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAPTEE † a state of excitement, eagerness, desire, rage, etc. ...1825 Sc.
• TAPTOO † a state of excitement, eagerness, desire, rage, etc. ...1825 Sc.
• TATTER a rage; a long-continued condition of grumbling discontent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAUM a fit of rage, a bad temper, a sullen, sulky mood; a hysterical fit, a tantrum ...1808 Sc.
• TEARANSY rage, passion; violence; outrageous haste ...1896 Sc.
• TEEN wrath, anger, rage; vexation; revenge ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TILT a hasty temper; excitement, rage ...1884 Eng. dial.
• TIRRIVEE a fit of temper; a tantrum, rage, passion ...1813 Sc.
• VAKE a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
• VEAK a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim ...1857 Eng. dial.
RAGE - nouns, person
• CARPET-BITER one who gets into a fearful rage; a visibly very angry man ...c1940 sl.
RAGE - verbs
• BLOW ONE'S LID to rage hysterically ...sl.
• CAVE to rave, to rage, to get in a passion; to be angry, to make a rumpus ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CAVE AROUND to rave, to rage, to get in a passion; to be angry, to make a rumpus ...1916 Amer. dial.
• CAVORT to rage, to create a disturbance ...1893 Amer. dial.
• DANCE HIS LANE to express great joy or violent rage ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DASH to become enraged with ...1990s UK Black sl.
• DEBACCHATE †* to rage or rave as a bacchanal; to revile one after the manner of drunkards ...1623
• FAME to be in a rage ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FARE † to 'go on' impetuously, to rage, to rail ...1603
• FLIP ONE'S LID to give way to heightened emotion; to lose one's composure; to rage hysterically ...1941 sl., orig. US
• FLIP ONE'S WIG to give way to heightened emotion; to lose one's composure; to rage hysterically ...1934 sl., orig. US
• FLY ALL TO GOSH to give way to emotion or rage ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S BACK UP to become enraged ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• GET ONE'S DANDER UP to become angry, enraged ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GET ONE'S RAG OUT to provoke anyone to anger; to enrage ...c1880 Eng. dial.
• GO RAMMISH to be in so violent a rage as to be slightly insane ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HIT THE CEILING to fly into a rage ...1914 sl.
• NETTLE UP to become angry; to fly into a rage ...1875 Eng. dial.
• POPPLE to boil with rage or indignation; to seethe with anger; to be extremely excited ...1897 Sc.
• PUT ONE'S BEARD IN A BLAZE to be in a great rage ...1817 Sc.
• RAG to tease, to worry, to vex, to enrage ...1808 Eng. dial. & sl.
• RAISE SAND to make a disturbance; to get furiously angry; to go into a rage and stir up confusion ...1953 Amer. colloq.
• RAMP to storm and rage with violent gestures; to act in a furious or threatening manner ...c1386
• RANGE to storm, to rage ...1864 Eng. dial.
• RASE † to be furious, to rage; of dogs: to growl or bark in rage ...a1300
• RIP AND STAVE to rage and scold about ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAKE ON to rage, to rave; to be greatly agitated; to make a great fuss, outcry, or uproar; to distress oneself greatly ...c1430 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• TANT to argue or dispute in a quarrelsome manner, to rage ...1887 Sc.
• TANTER to argue, to quarrel, to dispute in a captious manner, to rage ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TARVE to rage, to storm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAVE to rage; to storm; to fly at angrily ...1671 Eng. dial.
• TEAR to rage; to get in a passion or rage ...1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TERVEE to rage, to storm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TERVY to rage, to storm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TURVE to rage, to storm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDO A THUNK to get into a rage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RAGE - interjections
• MOTHER OF SHIT! an exclamation of surprise, rage or exasperation ...1940s US
RAGGED - see RAG
RAGGEDLY - adverbs
• HAGGERTY-TAG raggedly ...1825 Sc.
RAGING - nouns
• DEBACCHATION †* a raging or madness ...1633
• RAGERY † raging; wantonness; a frolic ...c1386
• RAMPING the act of raging in fury ...1656
RAGING - nouns, person
• BELDAM a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
• BELDAME a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
RAID - nouns
• CHAPPOW a raid ...c1860 Anglo-Indian
• NAB an arrest; a police raid ...1940s US sl.
• RACE † a rush, onset, charge; a raid ...1535
• RIDE a raid, an inroad ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDING marauding, raiding; a border raid ...1897 Sc.
• SKECK †* an attack made for the sake of plunder; a petty raid ...1297
• SKEG † an attack made for the sake of plunder; a petty raid ...1542
• TAKE OFF to make a raid on ...1970s US Black & criminals' sl.
RAID - verbs
• HARRY 1. to make predatory raids or incursions; to commit ravages ...c893
† 2. to plunder, to carry off in a marauding raid (cattle, etc.) ...1579 obs. exc. Sc.
• MARAUD to make a raid for the purpose of plundering ...1711
• PANYAR to seize as plunder, to raid, to steal; to kidnap natives as slaves ...1735 W. Afr.
• PULL to raid ...1817 sl.
• SKECK †* to make a raid on; to plunder ...c1330
• SKICK †* to make a raid on; to plunder ...a1300
RAIDER - nouns, person
• RIDER † a moss-trooper, a border raider ...1846 Eng. dial.
RAIDING - nouns
• HARRYING warlike incursion; devastation, laying waste; ravaging, plundering, raiding ...c900
• MARAUD * the act of raiding or plundering ...1837
• SKICKING †* the act of raiding ...a1300
RAIL - verbs
• BAIRGE to speak in a loud and angry manner; to scold, to rail, to taunt loudly ...1887 Sc.
• BECALL to abuse, to call names, to rail at ...1682 Eng. dial.
• BERGE to speak in a loud and angry manner; to scold, to rail, to taunt loudly ...1887 Sc.
• CALLET † to scold, to rail ...a1673 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FARE † to 'go on' impetuously, to rage, to rail ...1603
• HEASCEN † to rail, to utter taunts ...c1000
• OBLATRATE †* to rail against one, to scold ...1623
RAILING - adjectives
• CONVICIATORY † wrangling, railing; reproachful, abusive ...1611
• OBLATRANT †* railing, reviling, scolding ...1601
RAILING - nouns
• OBLATRATION † a barking at a person, a railing, a scolding ...c1560
• RAIL * an act of railing or reviling ...a1529
• RAILLERY †* railing, reviling ...1709
• YATTER noisy or angry talk; brawling, scolding, grumbling, continual railing or carping ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
RAILING - nouns, person
• SKELLAT a scolding, railing woman; an ill-natured, shrewish woman ...1810 Sc.
RAILLERY - nouns
• BADDERS low raillery ...1768 Sc.
• BADDORDS low raillery or half-humorous abuse ...1768 Sc.
• BADINAGE light trifling raillery or humorous banter or ridicule ...1658
• BADINERIE badinage, raillery, banter ...1712
• BATHERS low raillery ...1768 Sc.
• RALLERY † raillery, banter, good-humoured ridicule ...1651
RAILLERY - nouns, person
• BADINEUR † one who indulges in badinage or raillery ...1734
• RAILLEUR † one who practices raillery; one who banters ...1667
RAILROAD, RAILWAY - nouns (also see TRAIN)
• ABANDONMENT bankruptcy of a railway company ...c1880 financiers' and brokers' usage
• AGGRAVATION a railway station ...1920s Brit. rhyming sl.
• AMBULANCE among railroad workers: a caboose ...1977 Amer. dial.
• ANCHOR among railroad workers: a brake, esp. a hand brake ...1942 Amer. dial.
• ANGEL'S SEAT among railroad workers: the cupola of a caboose ...1946 Amer. dial.
• ARKANSAS SPECIAL an unimportant branch railroad ...1950 Amer. dial. jocular
• ARKANSAS TRAVELER an unimportant branch railroad ...1969 Amer. dial. jocular
• BAD ORDER 1. among railroad workers: a defective locomotive or railroad car ...1945 Amer. dial.
2. among railroad workers: equipment in disrepair; defective material or equipment ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BIRD CAGE in the railroad: a brakeman's or switchman's lantern ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BLOCKADE a stoppage on a railway by snow or some accident ...1867-9 US
• BLUEBERRY SPECIAL a branch railroad that is not very important or does not give the best of service ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BROWNIE on the railroad: a demerit ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BUCKBERRY ROAD a ranch railroad that is not very important or gives poor service ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CABBAGE CUTTER on the railway: a freight engine ...1977 US sl.
• CABBY-CAR a hand-propelled railway trolley ...Ireland
• CALF'S TAIL the cord attached to a railway whistle ...1946 US sl.
• CARAVANSERA a railway station ...Bk1891 boxing usage
• CATCLAW AND UNDERBRUSH a branch railroad that is not very important ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CHICKENBONE SPECIAL a branch railroad that's not very important or gives poor service ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHIPPY on the railroad: a narrow-gauge track, car, or train ...1918 Amer. sl.
• CROSS-TIE TICKET an imaginary ticket entitling one to walk along a railroad track ...1904 Amer. dial.
• DANCING in railway usage: the condition of locomotive wheels slipping on the rail ...1970 UK sl.
• DEADHEAD a railroad car or engine being pulled empty ...1938 Amer. dial.
• DEEPOT a railway station or depot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DING-DONG a gas-powered railway coach used on a branch line ...1945 US sl.
• DINKEY a small locomotive; a train pulled by such a locomotive; a small branch railway ...1874 Amer. dial.
• DINKY a small locomotive; a train pulled by such a locomotive; a small branch railway ...1874 Amer. dial.
• FAIRYLAND a colour light multiple aspect gantry (a railway signal) ...1970 UK sl.
• GADFLY a small or remote hamlet or railway station ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GANDY GANG on the railway: a crew of track workers ...1977 US sl.
• GARDEN a railway yard ...1946 US sl.
• G.O.P. a nickname for a branch railway (Get Out and Push) ...1905 Amer. dial.
• GRAB among railroaders: a commissary car ...1946 Amer. dial.
• GRAPEVINE, THE a branch railroad that is not very important or gives poor service ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GUBLUNGSIT the name of any railway station as called out by a conductor ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIGH IRON the railroad, esp. as regards the main rather than branch lines ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• IRISH LOCAL a railway hand-car, propelled by pushing a handle backwards and forwards ...1900s sl.
• IRON, THE railway tracks ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IRON HARNESS railway tracks ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IRONS railroad rails ...1914 US tramps' sl.
• JOHN O'BRIEN a hand-car ...1920s US sl.
• KATY the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad ...L19 US sl.
• KATYDID a branch railroad that is not very important or gives poor service ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LADDER the main track in a railway yard ...1946 US sl.
• LEAKY ROAD a small branch railroad, or one that gives poor service ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LEAKY ROOF a small branch railroad ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LEMONADE TURN, THE the shift from 2 to 10 pm ...c1920 Brit. railwaymen's sl.
• MAIN a main railroad line ...1932-34 Amer. railroad usage
• MAIN IRON a principal railroad line ...1931 Amer. dial.
• MAIN STEEL a principal railroad line ...1977 Amer. dial.
• MANIVILINS odd money in the daily accounts ...c1863 Brit. railway clerks' usage
• MANIVLINS odd money in the daily accounts ...c1863 Brit. railway clerks' usage
• MENAVELINGS odd money remaining after the daily accounts are made up at railway offices ...1865 Brit. railway clerk's usage
• MENAVELINS. odd money in the daily accounts ...c1863 Brit. railway clerks' usage
• MONKEY SUIT any uniform worn by a railway employee on a passenger train ...1901 US
• OIL BURNER on the railroad: a smoking car ...1976 Amer. sl.
• OIL CAN a railway tank wagon ...1946 US sl.
• OLD HOUSE on the railway: a warehouse of salvaged parts ...1977 US sl.
• PADDLE on the railways: a semaphore signal ...1977 US sl.
• PALACE CAR a railway carriage fitted up in luxurious style ...1884
• PAPER a railroad ticket ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• PASTEBOARD a railway ticket ...M19 sl.
• PEANUT LINE a branch railroad that is not very important or gives poor service ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PEANUT ROASTER among railroaders and loggers: a small steam engine ...1945 Amer. sl.
• PEANUT SPECIAL a branch railroad that is not very important or gives poor service ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PEG a railway semaphore signal ...1911 sl.
• PLUG a small, local passenger train; a small branch railroad ...1931 Amer. dial.
• RABBIT on the railways: a side track on a downhill incline used to divert runaway trains and prevent crashes ...1946 US sl.
• RAILERY travelling by rail ...1852 nonce word
• RAILROADIANA matters pertaining to railroads ...1838
• RAILS railway stocks and shares ...1887 Stock Exchange coll.
• RAILS, THE railway stations ...c1919 sl.
• RAT STAND a railway station ...1910s UK criminals' sl.
• RED BOARD a railway stop signal ...1929 US sl.
• RED ONION a railroad eating house ...1931 Amer. dial.
• REEFER a refrigerator; a refrigerated railway wagon ...1914 US sl.
• RIFF a refrigerated railway wagon ...1946 US sl.
• RIP TRACK on the railways: a hospital ...1977 US sl.
• RUST, THE railway tracks ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SACRED COW on the railway: an extra engine used on a mountain ...1977 US
• SACRED OX on the railway: an extra engine used on a mountain ...1977 US
• SPILL a railway station or depot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEEL, THE railway tracks ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TEAPOT a railway station or depot ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TIE PASS an imaginary ticket entitling one to walk along a railroad track ...1879 Amer. dial.
• TIE-TICKET an imaginary ticket entitling one to walk along a railroad track ...1878 Amer. dial.
• TOONERVILLE CAR a small, run-down, or unreliable railroad, train, railcar, or trolley ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOONERVILLE EXPRESS a small, run-down, or unreliable railroad, train, railcar, or trolley ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOONERVILLE TROLLEY a small, run-down, or unreliable railroad, train, railcar, or trolley ...1919 Amer. dial.
• UKELELE on the railways: a short-handed shovel ...1977 US sl.
• UMPHFF the name of any railway station as called out by a conductor ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRECKING CREW on the railway: a relief crew ...1946 US sl.
• X an empty railway wagon ...1946 US sl.
RAILROAD, RAILWAY - nouns, person
• ASH CAN in railroading: a locomotive fireman ...1932 Amer. dial.
• ASH-CAT in railroading: a locomotive fireman ...1945 Amer. dial.
• ASH-EATER on the railroad: a fireman for a locomotive ...1948 Amer. sl.
• ASHPIT ENGINEER among railroad workers: a workman (usually the fireman) who services engines, esp. at division points and terminals ...1977 Amer. dial.
• BABY-LIFTER among railroad workers: a brakeman on a passenger train ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BACK-PORCH YARDMASTER among railroad workers: the foreman of the yard switchmen ...1977 Amer. dial.
• BAD ORDER among railroad workers: an incompetent employee ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BAGGAGE BOUNCER a railway porter ...M19 US sl.
• BAGGAGE SMASHER a railway porter ...M19 US sl.
• BAKEHEAD among railroad workers: a locomotive fireman ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BATTLESHIP a railway coal tender ...1946 US sl.
• BIG O in railroading: the conductor ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BIG OX in railroading: the conductor ...1943
• BRAINS on the railroad: a conductor ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BROKEN RAIL and old hand on the railroad ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAD a railway conductor ...1977 US sl.
• CALICO CLUCK a female railway worker ...1975 US sl.
• CALL BOY a boy or young man who called railway workers to work ...1898 US sl.
• CAR KNOCKER in railroading: a car repairman; a car inspector ...1925 Amer. dial.
• CAR TINK in railroading: a car repairman; a car inspector ...1945 Amer. dial.
• CAR TOAD in railroading: a car repairman; a car inspector ...1931 Amer. dial.
• CAR TONK in railroading: a car repairman; a car inspector ...1945 Amer. dial.
• CAR WHACKER in railroading: a car repairman; a car inspector ...1943 Amer. dial.
• CHAMBERMAID on the railroad: a machinist in roundhouse ...1943 Amer. dial.
• CHERRY PICKER 1. in railroading: a switchman ...1942 Amer. sl.
2. in railroading: one who is always figuring on the best jobs and sidestepping undesirable ones ...1945 Amer. dial.
• CHRISTMAS CARD a train guard, a military guard ...1950s rhyming sl.
• CINDER BULL a nickname for a railroad yard policeman or detective ...E20 US tramps' usage
• CINDER-CRUNCHER on the railway: a switchman ...1931 sl.
• CINDER DICK a nickname for a railroad yard policeman or detective ...E20 US tramps' usage
• DIAMOND CRACKER on the railroad: the fireman on a coal-burning locomotive ...1930 Amer. dial.
• DIAMOND PUSHER on the railroad: the fireman on a coal-burning locomotive ...1945 Amer. dial.
• DINGER a railway yardmaster ...1929 US sl.
• DIRT DAUBER on the railroad: a road grader ...1977 Amer. dial.
• DUDE a railway conductor ...1946 US sl.
• EAGLE-EYE on the railroad: a locomotive engineer ...1900 Amer. jocular
• ELECTRIC OWL on the railroad: a telegraph operator who works at night ...1943 Amer. dial.
• END MAN on the railroad: the rear brakeman on a freight train ...1932 Amer. dial.
• ENGINE TAMER on the railroad: an engineer who breaks in a new locomotive ...1977 Amer. dial.
• FIREBOY on the railroad: a fireman ...1916 Amer. dial.
• GAFFER on the railways: a track crew supervisor ...1977 US sl.
• GANDY DANCER a railway maintenance worker or section-hand ...1923 sl., orig. US
• GRABBER a railroad conductor ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GRANDPA on the railroad, and in logging: the general superintendent ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GREASEBALL on the railroad: a mechanic ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GROUNDHOG on the railway: a brakeman ...1926 Amer. sl.
• GRUNT on the railroad: a locomotive engineer ...1939 Amer. sl.
• HAIRY LEG a railway fettler, one who does repair or maintenance work on a railway ...1969 Aust. sl.
• HUMP RAT a railway yard brakeman ...1968 US sl.
• IRON BENDER amongst railroad workers and loggers: a railroad brakeman ...1958 Amer. dial.
• JAM-BUSTER an assistant yardmaster in a railroad yard ...1938 US sl.
• MAIN PIN among railroad workers: a company official ...1931 Amer. dial.
• MASTER MANIAC a master mechanic ...1930 US railroad usage
• MASTER MIND a master mechanic ...20C Can. railroadmen's sl.
• MUD HOP a clerk in a railway yard ...1929 US sl.
• NAB a railroad security man ...1950s US sl.
• NUMBER GRABBER a railroad yard clerk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NUTCRACKER a railway roundhouse mechanic ...1977 US sl.
• OLD HEAD and old hand on the railroad ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD RAIL a veteran railroader ...1930 US sl.
• PAPER WEIGHT n. a railroad yard clerk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PARLOUR MAID a rear railway brakeman ...1946 US sl.
• POCATELLO YARDMASTER on the railroad: an itinerant worker ..1940 Amer. dial.
• PUFFLER on the railway: a foreman or ganger ...20C railwaymen's usage
• RAG a railway pointsman ...1946 sl.
• RAIL any railway employee ...1931 Can. & US sl.
• RAILROAD DICK a railroad police officer, guard, or detective ...1910s US sl.
• RAISIN PICKER on the railway: a worker from Fresno, California ...1975 US sl.
• ROUNDER a transient railway worker ...1908 US sl.
• RUSTY RAIL and old hand on the railroad ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCALPER one who buys the unused portions of long-distance railroad tickets in order to sell them at a profit ...L19 sl.
• SCISSORS BILL a railroad detective ...1940 Amer. railroad usage
• SHAG a railroad brakeman ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SIZZER-BILL a yard or road brakeman; not complimentary ...1932 Amer. railroad usage
• SNAKE a railway worker ...1929 US & Aust. sl.
• SNAKE CHARMER a railway maintenance worker ...1937 Aust. sl.
• TALLOW in the railroad: a locomotive fireman ...1953 Amer. dial.
• TALLOW POT in the railroad: a locomotive fireman ...1888 Amer. dial.
• WHISKERS and old hand on the railroad ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRENCH ARTIST a railway mechanic ...1977 US sl.
• YARDBIRD on the railway: an injured employee assigned to limited duty in a railway yard ...1968 US sl.
• YARD BULL a railroad police officer, guard, or detective ...1910s US sl.
• YARD DICK a railroad police officer, guard, or detective ...1910s US sl.
• YARD GOOSE a railway pointsman ...1977 US sl.
RAILROAD, RAILWAY - verbs
• ANCHOR among railroad workers: to set the brakes ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BAKE A CAKE among railroad workers: to build up steam in a locomotive; to get a good fire going in a locie or donkey engine ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BAT OUT on the railways, to switch cars quickly and expertly ...1977 US sl.
• BEAT HER ON THE BACK in railroading: to make fast time, work an engine at full stroke ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BONE OUT to survey a stretch of rail in order to adjust the level ...20C railwaymen's sl.
• CLEAN THE CLOCK on the railroad: to apply the emergency brakes ...1929 Amer. sl.
• GOOSE in railroading: to apply the brakes or throw the engine into reverse while it is moving; to make an emergency stop ...1938 Amer. dial.
• HIT THE TIES among itinerants: to walk along a railway track ...1907 Amer. sl.
• SHUFFLE THE DECK on the railway: to switch wagons onto side tracks at stations along a line ...1946 US sl.
• SKIP THE CINDERS to walk along a railway track ...1977 US sl.
• SKIP THE TIES to walk along a railway track ...1977 US sl.
• STACK UP on the railway: to have a collision ...1977 US sl.
• TAKE A TIE-TICKET to walk the railroad ties ...1906 Amer. dial.
• UNLOAD on the railway: to end a work shift or to jump off a moving train ...1977 US sl.
• WIPE THE CLOCK railroad: to apply the emergency brakes ...1929 Amer. sl.
RAILROAD, RAILWAY - phrases
• BACK TO THE FARM among railroad workers: laid off; fired ...1945 Amer. dial.
• OFF THE STEEL not engaged in railway work ...1977 US sl.