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REMEDIABLE - REPRIMANDED
REMEDIABLE - adjectives
• HEALABLE * curable, remediable ...1570
REMEDY - adjectives
• PANCRASTICAL † good for all diseases, of the nature of a panacea ...1698
• PANPHARMACAL †* pert. to a universal medicine ...1657
• QUICK-AND-DIRTY used of any kind of instant remedy. possibly not the best one for long term dependence ...1970s sl.
• SINGULAR † of remedies, medicines, etc.: excellent; highly efficacious or beneficial ...a1340
REMEDY - nouns
• BOTE OF BEAM † remedy, improvement, restoration ...1330
• EASEMENT ease, relief of all kinds; relief of or alleviation from pain; a remedy which relieves pain ...1679
• GAIN † advantage, use, avail, benefit; remedy, help ...c1200
• HALE † health, well-being, welfare; cure, remedy ...a1200.
• LEECHCRAFT remedy, medicine ...c888 arch.
• LEECHDOM a medicine, remedy ...a900 arch.
• PAMPHARMACON * a remedy against all diseases and poisons; a universal remedy; a medicine for all diseases...1731
• PANACY †* panacea, a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...a1690
• PANCHREST † a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...1727
• PANCHRESTON † a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...1632
• PANPHARMACON * a remedy against all diseases and poisons; a universal remedy; a medicine for all diseases...1661
• PUNK a liquid or salve sold as a household remedy; patent medicine ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• QUICK FIX any kind of instant remedy, possibly not the best one for long term dependence ...1960s sl.
• REMETIC an emetic; a remedy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANATIVE † a remedy ...c1440
• SNAKE OIL a fraudulent remedy ...1927 Amer. sl.
REMEDY - nouns, person
• QUACKSALVER an ignorant person who pretends to a knowledge of medicine or of wonderful remedies ...1579
REMEDY - verbs
• SALVE † to heal or remedy a disease; also, to heal sin, sorrow, etc. ...1411
• SUBVENE †* to come as a relief or remedy ...1756
REMEMBER - verbs
• BEAR UP to recall to memory ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETHINK † to think upon or remember a person ...c1320
• CALL to remember, to recall, usually of names ...1887 Amer. dial.
• CALL HOME to remember, to recollect, to call to mind; to remember a person's name ...1887 Eng. dial.
• I-MUNE † to bear in mind, to remember ...971
• KEEP † to retain in the memory; to remember ...1573
• MEMORIZE to remember, to bring to mind ...1924 Amer. dial.
• MIND to remember, to recollect, to bear in mind; to recall to mind ...1769 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MIND ABOUT to remember ...1918 Amer. dial.
• RECKERMEMBER to remember ...1887 Amer. dial.
• RECKOMEMBER to remember ...1934 Amer. dial.
• RECOMEMBER to recollect, to remember ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RECOMMEMBER to remember ...1911 Amer. dial.
• REMEMORATE † to remind, to put in mind of; to remember, to recall something by means of memory ...1460-70
• REMIND † to remember; to keep in mind ...1790 Sc.
• RUN IN ONE'S MIND to remember, to keep in one's recollection ...1896 Sc.
• TELL to remember, to call to mind ...1880 Eng. dial.
• UMBETHINK † to think about, to consider; to remember ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc.
• UNBETHINK † to think about, to consider; to remember ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc.
• UNDERBETHINK to remember, to recollect ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
REMEMBERED - adjectives
• MEMORIOUS † memorable, worthy to be remembered ...1883 obs. or arch. rare
REMEBERING - nouns
• BETHINKING the act of thinking, considering, reflecting, or remembering ...1340
• RECOLLECTMENT the power of remembering ...1936 Amer. dial.
REMEMBRANCE - nouns
• MEMOIR a remembrance, recollection ...1872 Eng. dial.
• MEMORANDUM a memento, remembrance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MINDING a recollection, remembrance ...1887 Sc.
• REMEMBER SERVICE a religious service in remembrance of the dead, usually held on the first anniversary of death ...1950 Amer. dial. Black usage
REMIND - verbs
• BETHINK to remind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMP ON ONE'S TRAIL to follow or remind someone persistently ...1882 Amer. dial.
• IMMIND † to put in mind; to remind ...1647
• INMIND † to put in mind; to remind ...1657
• MIND to remind, to admonish ...1789 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE IN THE HEAD OF to remind one; to cause one to recollect ...1750 Eng. dial.
• REMEMBER to remind ...1817 Amer. dial.
• REMEMORATE † to remind, to put in mind of; to remember, to recall something by means of memory ...1460-70
• THINK to remind ...1913 Amer. dial.
• YANK SOMEONE'S CHAIN to irritate someone; to annoy someone; to remind or distract someone forcibly ...1980s sl.
REMINDER - nouns
• MIND a reminder, a hint ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MINDING a reminder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UMBETHINKING a reminder; a sudden act of reminding; often used of a reproof or sudden punishment ...1855 Eng. dial.
• UNBETHINKING a reminder; a sudden act of reminding; often used of a reproof or sudden punishment ...1855 Eng. dial.
REMINISCE - nouns
• ECHO PARTY a gathering to reminisce about a shared experience ...1968 Amer. dial.
REMINISCE - verbs
• CARVE UP SCORES to reminisce or chat with a friend ...1934 US criminals' sl.
REMISS - adjectives
• DEFAULTIVE † deficient, faulty, remiss ...a1400
• LACHES † lax, careless, remiss ...c1461
• LACHOUS † negligent, remiss ...1484
• LASH † culpably negligent or remiss ...c1374
REMISSNESS - nouns
• LACHEDNESS † laxness or slackness; remissness ...1484
• LACHES † slackness, remissness, negligence; also, an act of neglect ...1362
• LACHESNESS † carelessness, remissness ...1481-4
• LACHOUSNESS † remissness, neglect ...1496
• LASHNESS † remissness; also, cowardice ...c1477
REMNANT - nouns
• BAT a fragment, a remnant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BUTT-END the last part or remnant of anything ...17C
• DEADS remnants or remains in general ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GREASE SPOT a remnant; the smallest trace ...1829 Amer. dial.
• ODDMENT a scrap, a fragment, a remnant; a trifle ...1825 Eng. dial.
• OFFALS † fragments that fall off in breaking or using anything; crumbs, leavings; relics, remnants ...1563-87
• REMLANT a remnant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• REMLET a remnant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• REMLING a remnant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• REST † a remnant; a relic ...1700 Sc.
• RESTINGS remnants ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIMLET a remnant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• UIRS small particles or remnants, frequently used of small potatoes ...1929 Sc.
REMONSTRANCE - interjections
• TAIT! an exclamation of remonstrance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
REMORSE - nouns
• DIRDUMS the twingings of conscience, remorse ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAINBITE † a biting back again, i.e., remorse
• ILTA remorse, sorrow at one's own conduct ...1922 Sc.
• REMORDENCY †* compunction, remorse ...1717
REMORSE - verbs
• BEAL to swell with pain or remorse ...1768 Sc.
• WHIP THE CAT to feel remorse; to regret something ...1847 Aust. sl.
REMORSEFUL - adjectives
• ALL SNOT AND TEARS sorry, remorseful, mournful ...Brit. sl.
• COMPUNCTIOUS having or feeling compunction; pricking to the conscience; causing regret or misgiving; remorseful, repentant ...1605
REMOTE - adjectives
• ABACK-O'-BEHIND far away, remote ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK-ABOOT lonely, remote ...1886 Sc.
• BACK-A-BUSH far away, deep in the country, in the 'back of beyond' ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica
• BEYOND THE BEYOND unexpected, incredible, out of the way ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• DEAVELY lonely, solitary, unfrequented, retired, remote ...1611 Eng. dial.
• ECCENTRIC † of a locality: remote from the centre; out of the way ...1800
• ELENGE † remote, lonely, solitary; dreary, miserable ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FARTHERMORE † more remote ...1610
• OUT IN THE CACTUS in a very remote area ...1963 NZ sl.
• SAVAGE † remote from society; solitary ...1667
• TWICE OUT OF SIGHT somewhat remote; beyond visibility ...1960 Amer. dial.
• WAFF out-of-the-way, carelessly inaccessible ...1874 Sc.
• WANDERING †* of places: out-of-the-way, inaccessible, remote ...1600
REMOTE - adverbs
• BEHIND GOD SPEED at an out-of-the-way place ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• PLUMB NELLIE in a remote place ...1941 Amer. dial.
REMOTE - nouns
• ASS-END the most remote or hateful place or position ...1960 Amer. sl.
• ASS-END OF CREATION the most remote or hateful place or position ...1972 Amer. sl.
• ASS-END OF NOWHERE nowhere; a very out-of-the-way place ...1920s US sl.
• ASS-END OF THE WORLD the most remote or hateful place or position ...1960 Amer. sl.
ׇ• BACK BLOCK the country outside the margin of the settled districts ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BACK BLOCKS land in the remote and sparsely-inhabited interior; also, land distant or cut off from a river-front ...1872 Aust.
• BACK O' BEHINT an utterly remote spot ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK O' BEYOND a remote, obscure place ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACK OF BOURKE a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• BACK OF BURKE a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• BACK OF NOWHERE an out of the way place; a very unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACK O' SUNSET a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• BACKSIDE OF NOWHERE an out of the way place; a very unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1897 Sc.
• BALFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1933 Sc.
• BALLFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1912 Sc.
• BANDYWALLOP an imaginary town, far from civilization ...Aust. colloq.
• BELFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1932 Sc.
• BEYOND THE BEYOND a very out-of-the-way place ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• B.F.A. somewhere very far away (Butt Fucking Africa) ...1980s US college sl.
• B.F.E. somewhere very far away (Butt Fucking Egypt) ...1980s US college sl.
• BOOAY the remote rural districts ...M20 NZ colloq.
• BOOHAL the remote rural districts ...M20 NZ colloq.
• BOONDOCKS rough or wild country; rural backcountry; the sticks; an out-of-the-way place ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BOONIES the backwoods, an out-of-the-way or a very unimportant place ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER'S WOODS an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BUSHES, THE an insignificant or unimportant place; an out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CABBAGE-PATCH a place or thing of little importance; an out-of-the-way place ...1862 Amer. sl.
• CACTUS a remote place, the backblocks ...1944 Aust. sl.
• COW PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DEATH O' DAY anywhere considered by the speaker very far away or inaccessible ...1900s Aust. sl.
• DOGPATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EAST JABIB an imaginary, extremely remote place ...1984 Amer. dial.
• EAST JESUS a remote or small town or place ...1961 US sl.
• EAST JESUS, KANSAS an out-of-the-way place, a small town ...1950s sl.
• EAST JESUS NOWHERE the outback ...1961 US sl.
• ECCENTRICITY † the condition of not being centrally situated; distance from the centre ...1825
• END OF COMEBACK an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• END OF NOWHERE an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FALL-OFF an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FIFTH AND JAPIP an imaginary, extremely remote place ...1984 Amer. dial.
• GADFLY a small or remote hamlet or railway station ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLER HILL a nickname for an out-of-the-way or remote place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLER'S KNOB a nickname for an out-of-the-way or remote place ...1935 Amer. dial.
• HECKER a remote or out-of-the-way place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HELL-FOR-CERTAIN a nickname for some out-of-the-way or rundown place; a seedy place ...1931 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S BOTTOM a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HALF-ACRE a small, remote, disreputable or otherwise undesirable place; a low-class barroom or dive ...1874 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HOLLER a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HOLLOW a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S POINT a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HENPECK a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HOBOKEN an insignificant, out-of-the-way place ...20C US sl.
• HOLE IN THE ROAD a small, insignificant, remote place ...M19 US sl.
• HOLE IN THE WALL a small, insignificant, remote place ...M19 US sl.
• JABIB an imaginary, extremely remote place ...1983 Amer. dial.
• JABIP an imaginary, extremely remote place ...1984 Amer. dial.
• JERICHO a place of retirement or concealment, or a place far distant and out of the way; a secluded place ...1635
• LAND'S END an out-of-the-way place or an unimportant village ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAST CHANCE an out-of-the-way or unimportant place ...1968 Amer. dial. jocular
• MARLBORO COUNTRY rough or remote country; wilderness ...1968 US sl.
• MIDDLE OF NOWHERE an isolated place
• NESTERSVILLE an out-of-the-way place; a very small or unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NEVER-NEVER COUNTRY the confines of civilization; in Queensland, the occupied pastoral land furthest from the more settled districts ...1890 Aust. sl.
• ONE-HORSE TOWN a small or unimportant place; an out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OTHER SIDE OF BOURKE a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• OUT BACK O' SUNSET a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEA HILL a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PEANUT ROW (derogatory) a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PEANUTSVILLE (derogatory) a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PEA RIDGE a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PEA STICKS a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PLUMB NEARLY a name for an out-of-the-way place ...1942 Amer. dial.
• POCHUCK a small, out-of-the-way, or unimportant place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PODOCK a small, out-of-the-way, or unimportant place ...1971 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1840 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK CENTRE a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1901 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK HOLLOW a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PODUNKIA a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK JUNCTION a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PODUNKVILLE a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1916Amer. dial.
• RABBIT PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH-ANKLE an out-of-the-way place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH-ANKLE HOLLER an out-of-the-way place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SIX-FINGER COUNTRY a remote area in which the inhabitants are imagined to be inbred ...Aust. sl.
• SKUNK CITY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK HOLLOW a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK'S MISERY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1847 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK'S NECK a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNKTOWN a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1875 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK VALLEY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TALL GRASS an extremely remote location ...1981 US circus and carnival usage
• TANK TOWN a small or insignificant community, an out-of-the-way place; orig. one whose main function was to supply water for trains; also used as a nickname for such a community ...1895 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY RUN a remote or insignificant place ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY TOWN a remote or insignificant place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY TROT a remote or insignificant place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• WILLIWACKS, THE a remote, sparsely inhabited area ...1972 Amer. dial.
• WILLOW-WACKS, THE a remote, sparsely inhabited area ...2002 Amer. dial.
• WILLYWACKS, THE a remote, sparsely inhabited area ...1972 Amer. dial.
•. WILLYWAGS, THE a remote, sparsely inhabited area ...1965 Amer. dial.
REMOTE - nouns, person
• BACK-BLOCKER 1. a resident in the remote and sparsely-inhabited interior ...1892 Aust.
2. a resident of a remote area, esp. the area beyond the river gorges in Canterbury and Otago, New Zealand ...1910 NZ sl.
• BACKBLOCKSER one who livers in a remote or rural area ...c1920 Aust. colloq.
• BOONDOCK someone who comes from the boondocks ...1965 Amer. dial
REMOTE CONTROL - nouns
• BUTTONS the remote control for a television ...20C teen & high school sl.
REMOTELY - adverbs
• EMINOUSLY †* remotely, distantly ...1657
REMOVAL, REMOVING - nouns
• ABLATION the act or process of carrying away or removing; removal ...1577-87
• ABSCESSION †* departure, removal; cessation of a pain, etc. ...1599
• CAN, THE a dismissal, removal, expulsion, rejection ...1908 Amer. sl.
• OFF-GOING departure; going away; removal ...1727
• OFF-TAKING taking off, removal ...1742 Sc.
• REMMONING-BOUT a removal ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUBDUCTION * withdrawal, removal ...a1620
• SUBLATION the act of taking away; removal ...1626
• SUFFURATION † a taking away, removal ...1651
• SUMMOTION †* removal ...1653
• UP-RISING a rising up; a removal ...1898 Sc.
REMOVE - verbs
• ABLATE †* to take away, to remove ...1542
• AFFERRE †* to remove, to go to distance ...c1380
• AMOLISH † to remove forcibly, to do away with, to put away with an effort ...1624
• BENCH to remove someone from an activity ...20C Amer. sl.
• BEREFT † to snatch away a possession; to remove or take away by violence ...c1320
• CART AWAY to remove ...19C colloq.
• CART OFF to remove ...19C colloq.
• CART OUT to remove ...19C colloq.
• DEAD to remove, to steal ...2000s US prison sl.
• DISANNUL to abolish, to destroy, to do away with, to remove ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HAVE OFF to take off, to remove ...1906 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE † to lift and take away; to carry off; to remove ...a1240
• HEMO to loosen, to remove, to separate ...1938 Hawaii
• OOSH to remove; to send away; to eject ...1960s sl.
• OUTEN to take out, to remove something, to erase ...1928 Amer. dial.
• PACK IT IN to get rid of someone or something ...1960s Amer. sl.
• QUIT THE SHOP OF A PERSON to dismiss, to remove ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMP to remove or take away roughly ...1570
• RAMVERSE † to reverse, to withdraw; to remove, to take away ...1632
• RAP * to take up and carry off, to transport, to remove ...1599
• REMBLE to remove, esp. to move with violence; to change one's residence; to set in order by removing things to their proper place ...1671 Eng. dial.
• REMLE to remove, esp. to move with violence; to change one's residence; to set in order by removing things to their proper place ...1671 Eng. dial.
• REMMEL to remove, esp. to move with violence; to change one's residence; to set in order by removing things to their proper place ...1671 Eng. dial.
• REMMON to remove; to transfer from one place to another; to change one's place of abode ...1684 Eng. dial.
• SHUCK to throw off or remove clothes, etc. ...colloq., chiefly US & Can.
• SIDE to put aside; to remove; to clear away ...1848
• SKAIL * to separate, to remove ...a1833 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SUBDUCT * to take away or remove surreptitiously or fraudulently ...1758
• SUBLATE † to remove; to take away ...a1548
• SUBMOVE †* to remove ...1542
• SUBTRACT † to remove from a place or position ...1574
• WAIN † to remove ...1865 Eng. dial.
• WAIVE † to remove, to put away, to banish ...1377
• YANK to remove ...1940s sl., orig. US
REMOVED - adjectives
• ADEMPT † taken away, removed ...1432-50
• ADEMPTED †* taken away, removed ...1590
• SUBLATE †* removed ...1694
• YFLET † removed ...c1430
REMOVING - adjectives
• ABLATIVE † pert. to taking away or removing ...1567-9
REMUNERATE - verbs
• SATISFY † to remunerate; to pay for services ...1623
REMUNERATION - nouns
• SALARY † reward or remuneration for services rendered; fee ...c1440
REND - verbs
• BEREND to rend or tear badly ...1582
• RATCHET to tear, to rend ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCREED to tear, to rend ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIT to tear, to rend; to scratch ...1892 Sc.
• TAAVE to tear, to rend ...1972 Sc.
• TO-BREAK † to rend, to tear clothes or the like ...c1200 obs.
• TO-REND † to rend in pieces; to tear apart ...c950
• TO-RENT † to rend in pieces; to tear apart ...c1410
RENDEZVOUS - nouns
• ASSIG assignation, meeting, rendezvous ...1796 sl.
• BEND an appointment; a rendezvous ...20C Anglo-Irish
• RALLYIN'-SHOP a rendezvous; a meeting-place ...1881 Eng. dial.
• RENTERFUGE a rendezvous, esp. a place haunted by birds ...1892 Eng. dial.
RENEGADE - nouns, person
• BACKFALLER † a renegade ...1545
• LAND-LEAPER † a land-loper ...1377
• LAND-LOPER one who runs up and down the land; a vagabond; fig. a renegade; an adventurer ...a1500 now chiefly Sc.
• LAND-LOUPER one who runs up and down the land; a vagabond; fig. a renegade; an adventurer ...a1500 now chiefly Sc.
• RAT a renegade ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RENIANT †* a renegade ...1387-8
RENEGADE - verbs
• TURN ONE'S TIPPET † to change one's course or behaviour completely; in bad sense, to act the turncoat or renegade ...1546
RENEGE - verbs
• BAIL to leave, to depart, to go; to play truant; hence, to run out on, to renege on someone ...1977 US sl.
• COP OUT to avoid one's responsibility; to renege, to back out ...colloq.
• EAT ONE'S BONNET to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S BOOTS to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S CAP to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S HAT to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S HEAD vb. to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...M19 sl.
• EAT ONE'S PANTS to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S SHIRT to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• FADE to let down, to renege ...1990s US sl.
• FLUNK to give in; to back down or renege in a cowardly manner ...E19 US sl.
• GIP to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• JIP to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
RENOUNCE - verbs
• ABNEGATE 1. to deny oneself anything; to renounce or surrender a right or privilege ...1657
2. renounce or abjure; to deny ...1755
• ABRENOUNCE † to renounce, to repudiate; to contradict ...1537
• ABRENUNCIATE †* to renounce; to repudiate; to contradict ...1618
• EJURATE † to abjure, to renounce ...1622-62
• EJURE †* to abjure, to renounce ...1642
RENOUNCING - adjectives
• ABNEGATIVE * denying; renouncing; negative ...Bk1888
RENOUNCING - nouns
• EJURATION † a renouncing or resignation ...1656
RENOVATE - verbs
• GUSSY UP to refurbish, to renovate; to polish ...20C Amer. sl.
• RACHEL to rejuvenate; to renovate ...c1890s
• VAMP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore ...1599
• VAMP UP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore ...1599
RENOWN - nouns
• ÉCLAT 'lustre' of reputation; social distinction; celebrity, renown ...1742
• FAMOSITY †* celebrity, notoriety, renown ...1535
• FAMOUSNESS celebrity, renown ...1548
RENOWNED - adjectives
• CELEBRIOUS well-known, famous, renowned, noted ...1608 arch. or Eng. dial.
• EGREGIOUS † of persons and personal qualities: distinguished, eminent, excellent, renowned ...c1534
• EXIMIOUS † select, choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent, rare, distinguished, eminent, famous, renowned ...1547 rare or
obs.
• FAMEFUL full of fame, famous, renowned ...1591
• MAGNIFIC † renowned; glorious ...1490
• MAGNIFICAL † eminent, renowned, glorious ...1557
• MAGNIFICIAL † eminent, renowned, glorious ...1557
• NAME-COUTH † known by name; famous; renowned; well-known ...a1000 obs.
• ODD † singular in valour, worth, merit, or eminence; unique, remarkable; distinguished, famous, renowned; rare, choice ...c1400
RENT - adjectives
• BACK-GANGING behindhand with rent ...1824 Sc.
RENT - nouns
• DUKE OF KENT rent ...1932 UK rhyming sl.
• FALL rent; share, portion ...1768 Sc.
• MAIL rent, payment in money or kind made under a lease ...1710 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAIL-DUTY rent ...1638 Sc.
• MAILIN(G) the rent of a farm ...1725 Sc.
• MAIL-ROOMS hired rooms; rooms for which rent is paid ...c1626 Sc.
• RACK-RENT a very high, excessive, or extortionate rent; a rent equal (or nearly equal) to the full value of the land ...1607
• RANSOM an extravagant price or rent ...1882 Sc.
• REVE a rent or tithe ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SILVER MAIL rent paid in money ...1597 Sc.
• TACK-DUTY † rent ...1697-1707 Sc.
• TOLL † rent paid for a house, mill, etc. ...c1000
RENT (tear) - nouns
• CAG an angular tear or rent in cloth ...1870 Eng. dial.
• GAPE a rent or opening of any kind ...1658
• KAG an angular tear or rent in cloth ...1870 Eng. dial.
• REAM a tear, a rent ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REEF a rent, a tear ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SCREED a rent, a tear; a gap; the sound made by tearing or rending ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIT a tear, a rent; a scratch ...1892 Sc.
• SKEG a rent in a piece of cloth, such as would be made by a stump of a branch ...1839 Eng. dial.
RENT (hire) - nouns
• LET a letting for hire or rent ...1684
RENT - nouns, person
• FARMER † one who rents or has a lease of anything; a lessee ...1523
• MAILER one who pays rent ...1452 Sc.
• MAIL-MAN one who pays rent; a tenant ...1609 Sc.
• MAIL PAYER one liable to pay rent; a tenant ...1724 Sc.
• RENT-RACKER a 'rack-renter'; one who collects rents harshly ...1868 Sc.
RENT - verbs
• DO A FADE to disappear without paying the rent ...20C Can. carnival workers' sl.
• DO A POWDER to leave without paying one's rent ...1940s sl.
• MAIL to rent, to pay rent for ...1425 Sc.
• MOVE TO THE BLIND to leave one's rented premises without paying the rent ...L19
• RACK-RENT to subject to the payment of rack-rent ...1748
• TAKE A POWDER to leave without paying one's rent ...1940s sl.
RENTED - nouns
• RENT living quarters that are rented; an apartment or house to rent ...1913 Amer. dial.
RENUNCIATION - nouns
• ABNEGATION denial of anything to oneself; self-denial; renunciation of rights, things esteemed, etc. ...1639
• ABRENUNCIATION renunciation; retraction, repudiation ...1641
REORGANIZATION - nouns
• HOUSE-CLEANING a reorganization of a business or government department, esp. with dismissal of incompetent or dishonest employees ...1928 Amer. colloq.
REPAIR - adjectives/adverbs
• IN DOCK of an object, generally a car: undergoing repair ...1920s sl.
REPAIR - nouns
• BEETING † mending, repair; making a fire, kindling ...1517
• CANNIBALIZATION using parts from one machine to repair another ...World War II Amer. sl.
• MEND a patch, repair ...Bk1905 Sc.
REPAIR - nouns, person
• BUSHELMAN a man employed in repair tailoring ...1909 US
• DOCTOR a person who mends or repairs things ...colloq.
REPAIR - verbs
• ACCOMMODATE † to fit or equip a thing for use; to put in order; hence, to repair, to refit, to mend ...1624
• BODGIE to repair superficially; to quickly remove any obvious defects ...Aust. sl.
• BODGIE UP to repair superficially; to quickly remove any obvious defects ...Aust. sl.
• BOGGLE to do a clumsy or hurried job of repairing something ...1870 Amer. dial.
• BUSHEL to repair garments ...1889 US
• CADDLE to do small repairs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CODGE to repair, usually badly or clumsily ...19C sl.
• CODGE UP to repair, usually badly or clumsily ...19C sl.
• DEADLINE to remove from action for repairs ...1991 US Vietnam war usage
• DOCTOR to repair or mend, esp. in a makeshift manner
• FADGE to do a piece of work 'anyhow'; to repair temporarily' to 'fudge' ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAIT to put in working order, to fix up ...1846 Eng. dial.
• HAPHAZARD to do a clumsy or hurried job of repairing something ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HAYWIRE to mend or repair something; to do a hurried job of repairing something ...1928 Amer. dial.
• LICK THY CALF to improve or repair work that has been imperfectly or badly done ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• NIGGER RIG (derogatory) to make or repair something poorly or without proper materials ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER UP (derogatory) to do, make, or repair something in a careless, haphazard, or tasteless manner; to mess something up ...1967 Amer. dial.
• POOR BOY to make or repair in a hand-to-mouth or makeshift manner ...1979 Amer. dial.
• REHAUL to overhaul, to repair ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TACKLE UP to repair, to mend ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANKLE to repair; to tinker up ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOGGLE to repair, esp. in a makeshift way; to patch together ...1837 Amer. dial.
• UPHOLD to keep in repair or good order ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAMP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore ...1599
• VAMP UP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore ...1599
REPAIRED - adjectives
• VAMPED-UP mended or repaired with or as with patches; patched or furbished up; made up or composed of old materials and produced as new ...1729
REPAIRED - nouns
• MENDING something to be repaired ...c1860 Brit. nautical usage
REPARATION - nouns
• MENDS amends, reparation, recompense, satisfaction, revenge; atonement ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
REPARATION - verbs
• SATISFY † to make compensation or reparation for a wrong, injury; to atone for an offense ...c1460
REPARTEE - nouns
• ANSWER-BACK a rejoinder or repartee ...1925
• REJAG † a sharp retort; a repartee ...1554 obs. rare exc. Sc.
REPARTEE - nouns, person
• SMART MOUTH an insolent talker; also, one who is good at repartee ...1968 US sl.
REPARTEE - verbs
• TIFF-TAFFLE to talk in a bantering manner; to joke; to make repartee ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
REPARTEE - phrases
• I'LL PAY THAT an acknowledgement that one has been outwitted or bested in repartee ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
REPAY - verbs
• EFT-WHITE † to repay ...c1469
• QUITTANCE † to repay, to requite ...1590
• REPEAT of a sum of money: to recover, to repay ...1787 Sc.
• REWARD to repay ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
REPAYMENT - verbs
• CALL IN A MARKER to demand repayment of a favour ...1970s US sl.
• CALL IN ONE'S MARKER to demand repayment of a favour ...1970s US sl.
REPEAL - adjectives
• ABROGATIVE having the quality of abrogating
REPEAL - nouns
• ABROGATION repeal or abolition by authority ...1535
REPEAL - verbs
• ABROGATE to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally; to cancel ...1526
• ABROGE †* to abrogate ...c1450
REPEALED - adjectives
• ABROGATE repealed, annulled, cancelled, abolished by authority ...1460 arch.
REPEAT - adjectives
• RAMSHACKLE difficult to utter or repeat ...1923 Sc.
• TAUTEGORICAL saying the same thing with different words ...1825
REPEAT - nouns, person
• BATTOLOGIST one who needlessly repeats the same thing ...1653
REPEAT - verbs
• BANG ON to talk repetitiously about a particular subject ...1959 sl.
• BATTOLOGIZE to keep repeating a word or phrase; to repeat words or phrases with needless iteration ...1634
• BOIL ONE'S CABBAGE TWICE to repeat oneself ...1888 Amer. dial.
• CHEW ONE'S CABBAGE TWICE to repeat oneself ...1978 Amer. dial.
• CHEW ONE'S TOBACCO BUT ONCE to repeat what one has said ...1938 Amer. dial.
• CHEW ONE'S TOBACCO MORE THAN ONCE to repeat what one has said ...1893 Amer. dial.
• CHEW ONE'S TOBACCO TWICE to repeat what one has said ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DECANT † to sing or say over and over again; to repeat often ...1674
• DECANTATE † to sing or say over and over again; to repeat often ...1542
• DING to reiterate, to repeat, to importune; to harp on one subject ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DING IN TO SOMEONE to repeat till understood, to force into the understanding ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ECHO to repeat what was just said ...1967 US sl.
• ECHOIZE † to repeat as does an echo ...1600
• FLUMMER † to repeat indistinctly, to mumble ...1533
• HABBLE to stutter, to talk confusedly; to repeat something in a stammering or confused way; to gabble, to talk fast ...1806 Sc.
• HAM to repeat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARP UPON ONE STRING to repeat incessantly ...1546 colloq.
• LAG to talk repetitively and tediously ...1950s sl.
• LICK ONE'S CALF OVER to do something again; to repeat an action inadequately ...1931 Amer. dial.
• NAIT †* to go over, to recite, to repeat ...a1300
• OBGANIATE †* to trouble one with often repeating of one thing ...1623
• RABBLE to repeat by rote; to reel off in a confused manner ...1912 Sc.
• RAKE † to repeat; to tell over again ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAME to keep up the same cry; to continue repeating the same thing; to repeat, to recite, to declaim ...1703 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANE to repeat constantly the same thing; to murmur monotonously; to rhyme ...1899 Sc.
• RAT-RHYME to repeat from memory without attaching any meaning to the words ...B1900 Sc.
• RESUME † to repeat ...1824 Sc.
• RHYME to reiterate ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SELL ONE'S CABBAGE TWICE to repeat oneself ...L19 US sl.
• SNOW AGAIN to request someone to repeat an ill-heard statement ...1930s sl
• TAUTOLOGIZE to repeat the same thing in the same or different words; to say the same thing over and over ...1607
• TELL to repeat; to say by heart ...1880 Eng. dial.
• THRAIN to harp constantly on one subject ...1864 Sc.
• THRUM to repeat, to discuss, to tell over again; to make a fuss about ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VERBIGERATE to go on repeating the same word or phrase in a meaningless fashion, especially as a symptom of mental disease ...1892
REPEAT - phrases
• COME AGAIN? please repeat or restate what you just said ...1970 US
• I DON'T CHAW MY TERBACKER BUT ONCE I don't say something more than once, I don't repeat myself ...Bk1997 Amer. dial.
• SNOW AGAIN I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR DRIFT to request someone to repeat an ill-heard statement ...1930s sl.
• UP AND DOWN LIKE A HONEYMOON COCK repeatedly being performed, or taking place both upwards and downwards ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP AND DOWN LIKE A HONEYMOON NIGHTIE repeatedly being performed, or taking place both upwards and downwards ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP AND DOWN LIKE A LAVATORY SEAT repeatedly being performed, or taking place both upwards and downwards ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
REPEATED - adjectives
• DECANTATE † often repeated ...1620
• ITERABLE †* capable of being repeated ...1561
REPEATED - nouns
• CANT † a set form of words repeated perfunctorily or mechanically ...1681
• OFT frequent, numerous, repeated ...1868 Sc.
• RAT-RHYME anything repeated by rote; a long speech or rigmarole; nonsense ...1650 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SANCTUS † something repeated with wearisome iteration ...a1670
REPEATEDLY - adverbs
• BETTER repeatedly; with renewed efforts ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EFTSOON † from time to time, occasionally, repeatedly ...1398 obs. or arch.
• EFTSOONS † from time to time, occasionally, repeatedly ...1398 obs. or arch.
• OFTISH repeatedly, very often ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIME OUT OF NUMBER frequently, repeatedly ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TIMES AND OFTEN frequently, repeatedly, many times ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TO AND AGAIN † again and again, repeatedly ...1659
• UMPTEEN MILLION TIMES very many times, repeatedly ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
REPEL - verbs
• GROSS OUT to repel ...1965 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• RAMBARRE †* to beat or force back; to drive away, to repel, to repulse; to stop, to restrain ...1644 Sc.
• REFEL † to refute, to repel ...1796 Sc.
• REFELL † to refute, to repel ...1796 Sc.
• REPOUSS to repulse; to repel ...1882 Sc.
• RETUND † to drive or force back; to repel; to repress; to refute ...M17
• SKEEVE to disgust, to repel ...1976 US sl.
• SKEEVE OUT to disgust, to repel ...1976 US sl.
• TURN OFF to repel ...1965 sl.
REPELLENT - adjectives
• DAIN † repellent ...c1500 obs. or Eng. dial.
• GACKEY repellent; nasty: a child's word ...1914 Amer. dial.
• MUCKING repellent, filthy ...L19 sl.
• PUKEY disgusting, repellent ...19C sl.
• REBARBATIVE * repellent, forbidding; unattractive, dull; unpleasant, objectionable ...1892
• SKANK-O-RAMA nasty, repellent ...1980s Amer. teen sl.
• SKANKY nasty, repellent ...1980s Amer. teen sl.
• SKEEVY nasty, repellent; disgusting ...1976 Amer. student sl.
REPELLENT - nouns, person
• TUG a dirty, uncouth, repellent person ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
REPENT - verbs
• BEET † to repent, to amend ...c1200
• BETHINK † to regret, to repent, to grudge ...1682
• REBOUND to repent ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RETURN BY WEEPING CROSS to regret deeply some undertaking, and repent of it; to be in a state of lamentation; to fail; to suffer defeat ...1659
• RUE ONE'S RACE † to repent of the course one has taken ...c1440
• SIT OVER ONE'S SADS to regret something; to repent ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
REPENTANCE - nouns
• DEEDBOTE † amends-deed, penance, repentance ...c1000
• SIN-BOOT † repentance, penance ...c1175
REPENTANT - adjectives
• COMPUNCTIOUS having or feeling compunction; pricking to the conscience; causing regret or misgiving; remorseful, repentant ...1605
REPERCUSSIONS - nouns
• BACKWASH repercussions ...L19
REPETITION - adjectives
• PALILOGETIC † characterized by palilogy (the repetition of a word or phrase, esp. in immediate succession, for the sake of emphasis) ...1652
REPETITION - nouns
• ACTING OVER a re-enacting, repetition ...1646
• BATTISM †* tautological repetition; battology ...1617
• BATTOLOGY a needless and tiresome repetition in speaking of writing ...a1603
• GEMINATION a doubling, duplication, repetition ...1597
• HIBBER-GIBBER † a confused repetition or babble of talking; unmeaning sounds or phrases; gibberish ...1592
• PALILLOGY the repetition of a word or phrase, esp. in immediate succession, for the sake of emphasis ...1657
• PALILOGY the repetition of a word or phrase, esp. in immediate succession, for the sake of emphasis ...1657
• RAME a cry; a continuous repetition of the same words or sound ...1808 Sc.
• REAM a cry, esp. a reiterated cry; also, repetition, reiteration ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THRAIN constant repetition ...Bk1905 Sc.
REPLACE - verbs
• REPOSE † to replace; to restore to a situation ...1775 Sc.
REPLENISH - verbs
• RE-UP to replenish a stack of something; to re-supply something; to re-sign or re-enlist ...1906 US sl., orig. military usage for re-enlisting
REPLETE - adjectives
• IMPLETE † filled, replete with something ...1598
• TOR † full, replete ...c1400
REPLETION - nouns
• SATURITY † repletion, satisfaction ...1533
REPLY - nouns
• BACK-ANSWER a retort; a rude reply ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BACKCAP a sharp or witty reply, as offered in the ritual name-calling known as dozens; a verbal insult based upon the insulted person's background ...1883 Amer. dial.
• BACK-TALK a retort or reply which is regarded as superfluous or impertinent ...1858 orig. Eng. dial.
• BACK-WORD a contention, retort, reply ...1874 Eng. dial.
• CHOKING OYSTER, A a reply that leaves one nothing to say, as if choked with an oyster too large to swallow; a retort which puts another to silence ...B1900
• HEARING a letter; a reply ...1943 Amer. dial.
• QUESTIONFUL † a full reply to a question ...1647 nonce word
REPLY - verbs
• REJAG †* to controvert, to refute; to reply smartly ...c1440 obs. rare exc. Sc.
• REPONE to reply ...Bk1904 Sc.
REPLY - phrases
• CAT'S FUR TO MAKE KITTEN BRITCHES a nonsensical reply to a child's question, "What's that for", esp. when 'for' is pronounced 'fur' ...1942 Amer. dial.
REPORT - adjectives
• FAMIGEROUS † carrying news, tales, etc. ...1730
• WAFF of a story, report, or rumour: floating, general, of unspecified origin ...1753 Sc.
REPORT, REPORTING - nouns
• CACOLOGY † evil report ...1623
• CANARD an extravagant, or absurd story circulated to impose on people's credulity; a rumour, hoax, a false report ...1864
• CLISH-MA-CLAVER idle or foolish talk; gossip; nonsense; false or scandalous reports, rumour ..1728 Sc.
• DINDLE a vague report; a slight noise of anything ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAMIGERATION † a reporting abroad, a divulging ...1692
• FURPHY a false report or rumour; an absurd story ...1915 Aust. sl.
• HEARING something heard; information, a report, rumour, news; something to talk about ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• ILL-WIND scandal, slander, evil report of someone ...1866 Sc.
• MAIL a rumour; a report; a racing tip; information on crime ...1960s Aust. sl.
• OPINION † report, rumour ...c1380
• RAPPORT †* report, talk ...1539
• RAVE a vague report, an uncertain rumour; a story which is not very credible ...1882 Sc.
• REEMOUS a false report ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REVERIE a vague report, a rumour ...1787 Sc.
• RUMIGERATION a spreading a rumour or report abroad; a carrying tales ...B1900
• SAIDMENT an evil report or statement ...1877 Eng. dial.
• SAID-SO a report ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SHAVE an unauthenticated report ...E19 military sl.
• TALE-IDLE a false report; gossip ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THREAP a tradition, legend; an oft-repeated saying; a report ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UPSTORE a report, scandal ...1885 Eng. dial.
REPORT - nouns, person
• RAKE-ILL a circulator of evil reports ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TALE-MASTER the authority for a report ...a1661
REPORT - verbs
• BLANDER to babble; to waste time in gossiping; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate ...19C Sc.
• CALL to tattle, to gossip, to spread reports; to run about idly ...1872 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALL CLASHES to spread malicious or injurious reports; to gossip, to tattle ...1768 Sc.
• CANARD to fly abroad as a false report ...1862
• DEBUCCINATE † to report or trumpet abroad ...1623
• FAME † to tell or spread abroad; to report ...1303
• FAMIGERATE † to report abroad ...1623
• NORATE to rumour, to report; to advertise; to spread by word of mouth ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PASS to tell, to report ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAVE to rake up a story against anyone ...1847 Eng. dial.
• REVERIE to report ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RUMIFORATE to rumour; to spread about by report ...B1900
• WALK † of reports, fame, and of letters, money: to circulate, to pass from one to another ...a1300
REPORTED - adjectives
• BEGABBED talked over; reported from one to another ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HAND-GOING reported from one to another ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
REPORTER - nouns
• GANGBANG a cluster of reporters descending on a public figure with microphones, cameras, notepads and shouted questions ...2001 US sl.
REPORTER - nouns, person
• BUZZARD a war correspondent ...1914 Amer. army usage
• CHAUNTER COVE a newspaper reporter ...c1840 cant
• HACK a journalist; a reporter; formerly derogatory ...1810 UK sl.
• JENKINS a society reporter; a toady ...old colloq.
• LEG MAN a newspaper reporter who goes out to gather facts and may or may not write the story ...1923 Amer. newspaper sl.
• NEWS HAWK a newspaper reporter ...1910s sl. orig. US
• NEWSHOG a newspaper reporter ...1910s sl. orig. US
• NEWSHOUND a newspaper reporter ...1910s sl. orig. US
• NEWS WALKER a self-appointed reporter who would wander up and down the lines after battle to exchange information ...US Civil War usage
• RAPPORTEUR †* a reporter ...c1500
• SNIFFER AND SNORTER a reporter ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• SNITCHER a newspaper reporter or columnist, a writer ...1930s US Black sl.
REPOSE - nouns
• QUIET † freedom from work or occupation; rest, repose ...1340
REPOSE - verbs
• NEST † of persons; to repose or rest, to domicile or settle oneself in a place ...a1300
REPREHEND - verbs
• BEGRIPE † to take to task, to reprehend ...a1000
• CORREPT † to reprehend, to reprove ...c1449
• INCREPATE † to chide, to rebuke, to reprove, to scold, to reprehend ...1570
• TAKE † to take to task, to reprehend, to rebuke, to reprove ...c1250
• TARGE to scold, to reprehend severely ...1825 Sc.
• YAFF to chide, to carp, to scold, to nag, to reprehend sharply and critically ...1825 Sc.
REPREHENSIBLE - adjectives
• CORREPT † chiding, abusive, blameworthy, reprehensible ...1659
• FAULTWORTHY †* deserving of blame, blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible ...1586
• IMPUTABLE † open to accusation or censure; blameworthy, reprehensible, culpable ...1660
• INCONSISTENT reprehensible ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
REPREHENSIBLE - nouns, person
• ROTTER an objectionable or reprehensible person ...E17 sl.
REPREHENSIBLE - verbs
• SCAPEGALLOWS AROUND to go about in an idle or reprehensible manner; to loaf ...1953 Amer. dial.
REPREHENSION - nouns
• CORREPTION † a chiding, reprehension, reproof, reproach, rebuke ...c1380
• DIRDUM a punishment, a scolding; blame, reprehension ...1823 Sc.
• SCOUR severe reprehension ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOURING a beating, a drubbing; severe reprehension ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SET-DOWN a depressing or humiliating rebuke or reprehension; a rebuff ...1899 Amer. dial.
• SETTING-DOWN a depressing or humiliating rebuke or reprehension; a rebuff ...1899 Amer. dial.
REPREHENSIVE - adjectives
• CORREPTORY † conveying reproof, rebuking, chiding, reprehensive ...1659
REPRESENT - verbs
• EFFIGIATE * to present a likeness of; to portray, to represent by a picture or sculpture ...1608
• ICONIZE † to form into an image; to figure, to represent ...1678
• UNDERDRAW to represent or depict inadequately ...1865
REPRESENTATION - nouns
• EFFIGIATION the act of fashioning or of representing; a likeness, representation ...c1535
REPRESENTATIVE - nouns, person
• FACTOR * one who acts for another; an agent, deputy, or representative ...1485
• LEDGER † a representative; a commissioner; an agent ...1603
• NEGOTIANT one who negotiates or carries on negotiations; an agent, a representative ...1611
• SUFFRAGAN † an assistant; a deputy, a representative ...1481
REPRESS - verbs
• BOTTLE UP to repress or contain your feelings ...1853 UK sl.
• OFSIT † to sit upon, to occupy, to repress ...c888
• RETUND † to drive or force back; to repel; to repress; to refute ...M17
REPRESSING - nouns
• PULL-BACK a retarding or repressing act or influence ...L16 sl.
REPRESSION - nouns
• OPPRESSION † the act of forcibly putting down or crushing, repression ...c1385
REPRESSIVE - nouns, person
• TIPPER GORE one who is narrow-minded, puritanical, or repressive ...1990s US teen sl.
REPRIMAND - nouns
• ASS-CHEWING a harsh, prolonged scolding and reprimand, as from a superior officer; usually considered vulgar ...1954 Amer. military sl.
• BALLOCKING a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1938 Brit. sl.
• BALL-OUT a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1915 US sl.
• BAWLING OUT. a reprimand; a telling-off, a scolding ...20C sl.
• BAWL-OUT a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1915 US sl.
• BLAST a severe reprimand; a verbal attack; a very uncomplimentary remark; a sharp scolding ...1874 Amer. dial.
• BOLLOCKING a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1938 Brit. sl.
• BOTTLE a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1938 Brit. naval sl.
• CALL-DOWN a reprimand; a rebuke; a scolding ...1895 Amer. sl.
• CALLING-DOWN a reprimand; a scolding ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• CARPETING a thorough reprimand ...Bk1888 colloq.
• CARPET LECTURE an official reprimand ...1910s Aust. sl.
• CHAWING-UP a bawling-out; a reprimand ...1883 Amer. dial.
• CHEWING-OUT a sharp scolding, a reprimand ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DINGBAT a blow or slap on the buttocks; a paddling, a sharp scolding, reprimand, punishment ...1895
• DINGBATLER a blow or slap on the buttocks; a paddling, a sharp scolding, reprimand, punishment ...1895
• EARBASHING a lengthy scolding; a harsh reprimand ...1984 NZ sl.
• EARFUL a full or clear hearing of what is being said; hence, a voluble expression of opinions, esp. a sharp verbal rebuke or scolding; a strong and often lengthy reprimand ...1911 colloq.
• GOING-OVER a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1872 sl., orig. US
• HAIRBLOWER a severe telling-off, a scolding, a reprimand ...2002 UK sl.
• H.E. a severe reprimand ...1940s services' usage (High Explosive)
• JACKETING a thrashing; a reprimand ...1851-61 sl.
• JACKING UP a rebuke, a reprimand; a scolding ...1905 Amer. dial.
• JAWBATION a long and tedious harangue; a severe lecture or reprimand; a tedious rebuke or reproof; a scolding ...1840 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LINING OUT a scolding, a reprimand ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NASTYGRAM a written reprimand or record of misconduct; hence, an unpleasant written notice ...1966-67 US sl., chiefly military
• OVERHAUL a reprimand; a scolding; a thrashing ...1797 Amer. dial.
• OVERHAULING a reprimand; a scolding; a thrashing; chastisement ...1833 Amer. dial.
• PANDIE punishment in general, a severe reprimand, censure ...1808 Sc.
• PANDY punishment in general, a severe reprimand, censure ...1808 Sc.
• RAILROADING a reprimand ...1935 sl.
• RAKE-DOWN a scolding; a reprimand ...1859 Amer. dial.
• RAKING-DOWN a scolding; a reprimand ...1854 Amer. dial.
• RAP a rebuke or reprimand; blame, responsibility ...1777 sl.
• RAP ON THE KNUCKLES a scolding or reprimand ...19C
• RAP OVER THE KNUCKLES a scolding or reprimand ...19C
• RASPBERRY a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1920 sl.
• RAZZ a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1919 sl., orig. US
• RAZZBERRY a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1922 sl.
• READING a dressing down; a severe reprimand ...1942 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• READING-OFF a reprimand, a sharp scolding ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• READ-OFF a reprimand, a sharp scolding ...1947 Amer. dial.
• ROCKET a severe reprimand ...1841 sl., orig. military
• ROCKETING a severe reprimand ....E20 colloq.
• ROLLICKING a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1932 Brit. sl.
• SAYING-OVER a scolding, reprimand, swearing ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SCOTCH BLESSING a severe scolding or reprimand ...1907 Amer. dial.
• TALKING-TO a scolding, a reprimand ...M19
• THROUGH-GOING a severe examination; a thorough reprimand ...1817 Sc.
• THROUGH-PUTTING a severe examination; a thorough reprimand ...1899 Sc.
• TONGUE-LASHING a severe verbal reprimand
• VALENTINE a reprimand, a punishment ...1920s US police usage
• WALK THE CARPET of a servant: to be summoned before the master or mistress for a reprimand ...1823
• WHAT FOR a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1873 sl.
• WIG a severe reprimand ...L18 colloq.
• WIGGING a severe rebuke, reproof, or reprimand; a scolding ...1805 colloq.
REPRIMAND - verbs
• BALLOCK to reprimand ...1938 Brit. sl.
• BALL OUT to reprimand ...1899 sl., orig. US
• BANG PEOPLE'S HEADS TOGETHER to reprimand a group of people, often in order to get them to cooperate ...1957 sl.
• BAWL to scold, to reprimand, to criticize loudly ...M19 sl., orig. US
• BAWL OUT to reprimand ...1899 sl., orig. US
• BE FOR THE HIGH JUMP to be liable to receive a reprimand or punishment ...Brit. colloq.
• BLOW SOMEONE UP to reprimand ...1712 sl.
• BOLLOCK to reprimand ...1938 Brit. sl.
• BOTTLE to reprimand ...1946 Brit. naval sl.
• BRASS SOMEONE OFF to reprimand ...1943 Brit. sl., orig. services'
• CACK ON to reprimand ...1990s UK juvenile usage
• CALL DOWN to reprimand; to rebuke; to scold severely; to humble one ...1896 Amer. dial.
• CALL ON THE CARPET to reprimand; to scold ...1960s US sl.
• CALL OVER THE ROLLS to call up for reprimand ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CASE to reprove or reprimand sternly ...1971 Amer. dial.
• CARPET to call a servant into the parlour, etc., to be reprimanded; to 'call over the coals' ...1840 colloq.
• CHEW to annoy, to nag, to scold, to bawl someone out, to berate, to reprimand, to scold ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CHEW AT to annoy, to nag, to scold, to bawl someone out, to berate, to reprimand, to scold ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHEW OFF to dress down; to reprimand ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHEW ON to annoy, to nag, to scold, to bawl someone out, to berate, to reprimand, to scold ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHEW ONE'S ASS OUT to bawl out, to scold, to reprimand; to put pressure on somebody ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHEW ONE'S BALLOCKS OFF to rebuke or reprimand severely ...20C Services' sl., esp. army
• CHEW OUT to reprimand, to bawl out, to scold ...1937 US sl., orig. services'
• CHEW SOMEONE'S ASS to reprimand ...1946 US sl.
• CHEW THE BALLS OFF to reprimand severely ...20C military sl.
• CHEW UP to annoy, to nag, to scold, to bawl someone out, to berate, to reprimand, to scold ...1884 Amer. dial.
• COME DOWN ON to reprimand ...1888 sl.
• COME DOWN ON LIKE A TON OF BRICKS to reprimand ...1888 sl.
• COP A BAKE to receive a reprimand or a severe criticism ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
• COP A BAKING to receive a reprimand or a severe criticism ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
• DANCE THE CARPET to appear before an official for an investigation of one's work or behaviour; to receive a reprimand, criticism, or punishment ...20C Amer. sl.
• EAT OUT to tell off, to reprimand ...1944 US sl.
• FACE THE MUSIC to go through an ordeal; to face the possibility of a severe reprimand or other punishment ...20C
• GET A FALL OUT OF to reprimand someone ...L19 sl.
• GET A ROCKET to get a severe reprimand ...Brit. & NZ colloq.
• GIVE A PERSON A SERVE to criticize or reprimand a person sharply ...M20 Aust. sl.
• GIVE A PIECE OF ONE'S MIND to reprimand ...1861 sl.
• GIVE CURRY to reprimand ...1936 Aust. sl.
• GIVE GIP to reprimand ...1893 sl.
• GIVE GYP to reprimand ...1893 sl.
• GIVE IT TO SOMEONE HOT to reprimand ...1831 sl.
• GIVE IT TO SOMEONE HOT AND STRONG to reprimand ...1831 sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE A STRONG PULL to speak severely to; to reprimand ...c1930 sl.
• GO SOMEONE SCONE-HOT to reprimand ...1927 Aust. sl.
• HAUL to bring up for a reprimand; to call to account ...1795
• HAUL OVER THE COALS to reprimand ...1795 sl.
• HAVE OVER to reprimand, to complain at; to castigate ...1936 Amer. dial.
• JACK UP to call to account; to rebuke; to reprove severely, to reprimand; to scold; to irritate ...1896 Amer. dial.
• JUMP DOWN SOMEONE'S THROAT to reprimand ...1879 sl.
• KICK ASS to reprimand ...1976 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• KNOCK PEOPLE'S HEADS TOGETHER to reprimand a group of people, often in order to get them to cooperate ...1957 sl.
• LAND ON to scold; to reprimand; to rebuke or take decisive action against ...1910s US sl.
• LARN to reprimand ...1902 sl.
• LAY OUT to scold, to reprimand; to berate ...1900s Amer. dial.
• LET SOMEONE HAVE IT to challenge, to pose a difficult question, to reprimand severely, to criticize ...M19 sl., orig. US
• LINE OUT to reprimand, to discipline, to punish ...1927 Amer. dial.
• MAT to reprimand ...1948 Brit. sl.
• NAIL to reprimand ...1960s US sl.
• OPEN OUT to expose ill deeds; to censure, to reprimand, to use violent language, to abuse, to cry aloud ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OVERHAUL to scold, reprimand or discipline ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PI-JAW to reprimand ...1891 Brit. sl.
• PULL UP to reprimand ...1836 sl.
• RAG to scold, to talk severely to, to reproach; to abuse violently ...M18 sl.
• RAIL to criticize or reprimand someone ...1987 US sl.
• RAIL ON to criticize or reprimand someone ...1987 US sl.
• RAISE HELL to criticize or castigate thoroughly and in anger, to reprimand severely ...1920s sl.
• RAISE HELL AND STICK A PROP UNDER IT to castigate, to reprimand severely ...1920s sl.
• RAISE MERRY HELL AND PUT A SHINGLE UNDER IT to castigate, to reprimand severely ...1920s sl.
• RAKE DOWN to scold, to reprimand ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RAKE OVER THE COALS to reprimand ...20C colloq.
• RAP to reprimand ...1906 sl., orig. US
• RAP THE KNUCKLES OF to reprimand ...1759 sl.
• RAP OVER THE KNUCKLES to reprimand ...1759 sl.
• READ to reprimand ...1980s US Black & campus sl.
• READ A LECTURE to censure or reprimand, esp. in a long-winded manner ...colloq.
• READ A LESSON to censure or reprimand, esp. in a long-winded manner ...colloq.
• READ OFF to reprimand, to express blunt criticism of ...B1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• READ ONE'S TITLE CLEAR to tell a person just what one thinks of him; to reprimand someone ...1942 Amer. dial.
• READ OUT to reprimand, to express blunt criticism of; to rebuke strongly; to scold ...1958 Amer. dial.
• READ THE DOG-LAW to scold, to read the riot act, to reprimand, to upbraid, to chastise ...1903 Amer. dial.
• READ THE RIOT ACT to tell off severely and threateningly; to reprimand forcefully ...20C sl.
• READ UP to tell off; to reprimand ...20C Irish sl.
• REAM to reprimand ...1950 US sl.
• REAM OUT to reprimand ...1950 US sl.
• RECKOMAND to reprimand ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIG to tease, to mock, to vex; to deride; to reprimand, to scold ...1883 Amer. dial.
• ROAR SOMEONE UP to reprimand ...1917 sl., chiefly Aust.
• ROCKET to reprimand ...1948 sl., orig. military
• ROUNDSHAVE to scold; to reprimand severely; to abuse ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RUB ONE'S NOSE IN IT to reprimand someone by reminding them humiliatingly of their error ...1963 sl.
• RUCK to reprimand ...1936 sl.
• SALT DOWN to tell off, to reprimand ...1900s US sl.
• SAW OFF to berate, to reprimand ...1940s sl.
• SCALD to reprimand, to scold ...L19 Irish sl.
• SCRUB to reprimand ...1911 services' sl., chiefly naval
• SHOW SOMEONE WHERE TO HEAD IN to severely scold or reprimand ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SORT OUT to reprimand ...1941 sl.
• TAIRGE to reprimand, to scold loudly; to beat, to strike, to thrash ...1825 Sc.
• TAKE A FALL OUT OF to reprimand someone ...L19 US & Aust. sl.
• TAKE A PIECE OUT OF to scold, to reprimand severely ...1940s Aust. sl.
• TAKE INTO THE WOODSHED to reprimand ...1907 Amer. sl.
• TAKE ONE'S MEDICINE to accept a punishment or reprimand ...L19 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE APART to reprimand someone ...1950s sl.
• TAKE THROUGH HANDS to reprimand ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAKE TO THE WOODSHED to reprimand ...1907 Amer. sl.
• TARGE to reprimand, to scold loudly ...1825 Sc.
• TEAR A STRIP OFF SOMEONE to reprimand ...1940 sl., orig. R.A.F.
• TEAR DOWN to reprimand severely; to attack verbally ...L19 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE APART to absolutely defeat someone in a fight; to reprimand someone severely; to berate or abuse someone ...1984 sl.
• TAPE OFF to reprimand ...1920s Aust. sl.
• TEAR SOMEONE OFF A STRIP to reprimand ...1940 sl., orig. R.A.F.
• TELL OFF to reprimand ...1919 sl.
• TELL SOMEONE WHERE TO HEAD IN to severely scold or reprimand ...1945 Amer. dial.
• TICK OFF to reprimand ...1915 sl., orig. services'
• WALK DOWN ONE'S THROAT to tell off, to scold, to reprimand ...L19 sl.
• WALK INTO to scold, to reprimand ...M19 sl.
• WALK THE CARPET to reprimand ...1823 colloq.
• WIG to reprimand severely ...E19 colloq.
• WORD to reprimand ...1945 Aust. sl.
REPRIMAND - phrases
• TAKE YOU EVERYWHERE TWICE - THE SECOND TIME TO APOLOGISE used as a jocular reprimand to a companion who has just said or done something contrary to the accepted social code ...2002 UK sl.
REPRIMANDED - adjectives
• IN FOR IT in trouble, about to be reprimanded or punished ...M17 sl.
REPRIMANDED - verbs
• BE JIBBED to be called over the coals; to get into trouble; to be reprimanded ...Bk1896 sl.
• BE MADE TO RIDE THE HASP to be brought before one's superiors and reprimanded ...Bk1902 Sc.
• BE PUT THROUGH ONE'S FACINGS to be reprimanded or to show off ...c1865 colloq., orig. military sl.
• COP A FLOWER-POT to be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten ...1930s sl.
• GET THE RAZZ to be reprimanded ...1919 sl.
• GO THROUGH ONE'S FACINGS to be reprimanded or to show off ...c1865 colloq., orig. military sl.
REPRIMANDED - phrases
• DANCING ON THE CARPET summoned to the superintendent's office for investigation or reprimand ...1931 Can. railroadmen's usage
• ON THE CARPET being reprimanded ...1900 sl., orig.
• ON THE MAT being reprimanded ...1917 sl., orig. military
• HEALABLE * curable, remediable ...1570
REMEDY - adjectives
• PANCRASTICAL † good for all diseases, of the nature of a panacea ...1698
• PANPHARMACAL †* pert. to a universal medicine ...1657
• QUICK-AND-DIRTY used of any kind of instant remedy. possibly not the best one for long term dependence ...1970s sl.
• SINGULAR † of remedies, medicines, etc.: excellent; highly efficacious or beneficial ...a1340
REMEDY - nouns
• BOTE OF BEAM † remedy, improvement, restoration ...1330
• EASEMENT ease, relief of all kinds; relief of or alleviation from pain; a remedy which relieves pain ...1679
• GAIN † advantage, use, avail, benefit; remedy, help ...c1200
• HALE † health, well-being, welfare; cure, remedy ...a1200.
• LEECHCRAFT remedy, medicine ...c888 arch.
• LEECHDOM a medicine, remedy ...a900 arch.
• PAMPHARMACON * a remedy against all diseases and poisons; a universal remedy; a medicine for all diseases...1731
• PANACY †* panacea, a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...a1690
• PANCHREST † a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...1727
• PANCHRESTON † a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases ...1632
• PANPHARMACON * a remedy against all diseases and poisons; a universal remedy; a medicine for all diseases...1661
• PUNK a liquid or salve sold as a household remedy; patent medicine ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• QUICK FIX any kind of instant remedy, possibly not the best one for long term dependence ...1960s sl.
• REMETIC an emetic; a remedy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANATIVE † a remedy ...c1440
• SNAKE OIL a fraudulent remedy ...1927 Amer. sl.
REMEDY - nouns, person
• QUACKSALVER an ignorant person who pretends to a knowledge of medicine or of wonderful remedies ...1579
REMEDY - verbs
• SALVE † to heal or remedy a disease; also, to heal sin, sorrow, etc. ...1411
• SUBVENE †* to come as a relief or remedy ...1756
REMEMBER - verbs
• BEAR UP to recall to memory ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETHINK † to think upon or remember a person ...c1320
• CALL to remember, to recall, usually of names ...1887 Amer. dial.
• CALL HOME to remember, to recollect, to call to mind; to remember a person's name ...1887 Eng. dial.
• I-MUNE † to bear in mind, to remember ...971
• KEEP † to retain in the memory; to remember ...1573
• MEMORIZE to remember, to bring to mind ...1924 Amer. dial.
• MIND to remember, to recollect, to bear in mind; to recall to mind ...1769 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• MIND ABOUT to remember ...1918 Amer. dial.
• RECKERMEMBER to remember ...1887 Amer. dial.
• RECKOMEMBER to remember ...1934 Amer. dial.
• RECOMEMBER to recollect, to remember ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RECOMMEMBER to remember ...1911 Amer. dial.
• REMEMORATE † to remind, to put in mind of; to remember, to recall something by means of memory ...1460-70
• REMIND † to remember; to keep in mind ...1790 Sc.
• RUN IN ONE'S MIND to remember, to keep in one's recollection ...1896 Sc.
• TELL to remember, to call to mind ...1880 Eng. dial.
• UMBETHINK † to think about, to consider; to remember ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc.
• UNBETHINK † to think about, to consider; to remember ...c1200 obs. exc. Sc.
• UNDERBETHINK to remember, to recollect ...BK1905 Eng. dial.
REMEMBERED - adjectives
• MEMORIOUS † memorable, worthy to be remembered ...1883 obs. or arch. rare
REMEBERING - nouns
• BETHINKING the act of thinking, considering, reflecting, or remembering ...1340
• RECOLLECTMENT the power of remembering ...1936 Amer. dial.
REMEMBRANCE - nouns
• MEMOIR a remembrance, recollection ...1872 Eng. dial.
• MEMORANDUM a memento, remembrance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MINDING a recollection, remembrance ...1887 Sc.
• REMEMBER SERVICE a religious service in remembrance of the dead, usually held on the first anniversary of death ...1950 Amer. dial. Black usage
REMIND - verbs
• BETHINK to remind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMP ON ONE'S TRAIL to follow or remind someone persistently ...1882 Amer. dial.
• IMMIND † to put in mind; to remind ...1647
• INMIND † to put in mind; to remind ...1657
• MIND to remind, to admonish ...1789 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• PUT ONE IN THE HEAD OF to remind one; to cause one to recollect ...1750 Eng. dial.
• REMEMBER to remind ...1817 Amer. dial.
• REMEMORATE † to remind, to put in mind of; to remember, to recall something by means of memory ...1460-70
• THINK to remind ...1913 Amer. dial.
• YANK SOMEONE'S CHAIN to irritate someone; to annoy someone; to remind or distract someone forcibly ...1980s sl.
REMINDER - nouns
• MIND a reminder, a hint ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MINDING a reminder ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UMBETHINKING a reminder; a sudden act of reminding; often used of a reproof or sudden punishment ...1855 Eng. dial.
• UNBETHINKING a reminder; a sudden act of reminding; often used of a reproof or sudden punishment ...1855 Eng. dial.
REMINISCE - nouns
• ECHO PARTY a gathering to reminisce about a shared experience ...1968 Amer. dial.
REMINISCE - verbs
• CARVE UP SCORES to reminisce or chat with a friend ...1934 US criminals' sl.
REMISS - adjectives
• DEFAULTIVE † deficient, faulty, remiss ...a1400
• LACHES † lax, careless, remiss ...c1461
• LACHOUS † negligent, remiss ...1484
• LASH † culpably negligent or remiss ...c1374
REMISSNESS - nouns
• LACHEDNESS † laxness or slackness; remissness ...1484
• LACHES † slackness, remissness, negligence; also, an act of neglect ...1362
• LACHESNESS † carelessness, remissness ...1481-4
• LACHOUSNESS † remissness, neglect ...1496
• LASHNESS † remissness; also, cowardice ...c1477
REMNANT - nouns
• BAT a fragment, a remnant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BUTT-END the last part or remnant of anything ...17C
• DEADS remnants or remains in general ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GREASE SPOT a remnant; the smallest trace ...1829 Amer. dial.
• ODDMENT a scrap, a fragment, a remnant; a trifle ...1825 Eng. dial.
• OFFALS † fragments that fall off in breaking or using anything; crumbs, leavings; relics, remnants ...1563-87
• REMLANT a remnant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• REMLET a remnant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• REMLING a remnant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• REST † a remnant; a relic ...1700 Sc.
• RESTINGS remnants ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIMLET a remnant ...1825 Eng. dial.
• UIRS small particles or remnants, frequently used of small potatoes ...1929 Sc.
REMONSTRANCE - interjections
• TAIT! an exclamation of remonstrance ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
REMORSE - nouns
• DIRDUMS the twingings of conscience, remorse ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAINBITE † a biting back again, i.e., remorse
• ILTA remorse, sorrow at one's own conduct ...1922 Sc.
• REMORDENCY †* compunction, remorse ...1717
REMORSE - verbs
• BEAL to swell with pain or remorse ...1768 Sc.
• WHIP THE CAT to feel remorse; to regret something ...1847 Aust. sl.
REMORSEFUL - adjectives
• ALL SNOT AND TEARS sorry, remorseful, mournful ...Brit. sl.
• COMPUNCTIOUS having or feeling compunction; pricking to the conscience; causing regret or misgiving; remorseful, repentant ...1605
REMOTE - adjectives
• ABACK-O'-BEHIND far away, remote ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK-ABOOT lonely, remote ...1886 Sc.
• BACK-A-BUSH far away, deep in the country, in the 'back of beyond' ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica
• BEYOND THE BEYOND unexpected, incredible, out of the way ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• DEAVELY lonely, solitary, unfrequented, retired, remote ...1611 Eng. dial.
• ECCENTRIC † of a locality: remote from the centre; out of the way ...1800
• ELENGE † remote, lonely, solitary; dreary, miserable ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FARTHERMORE † more remote ...1610
• OUT IN THE CACTUS in a very remote area ...1963 NZ sl.
• SAVAGE † remote from society; solitary ...1667
• TWICE OUT OF SIGHT somewhat remote; beyond visibility ...1960 Amer. dial.
• WAFF out-of-the-way, carelessly inaccessible ...1874 Sc.
• WANDERING †* of places: out-of-the-way, inaccessible, remote ...1600
REMOTE - adverbs
• BEHIND GOD SPEED at an out-of-the-way place ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• PLUMB NELLIE in a remote place ...1941 Amer. dial.
REMOTE - nouns
• ASS-END the most remote or hateful place or position ...1960 Amer. sl.
• ASS-END OF CREATION the most remote or hateful place or position ...1972 Amer. sl.
• ASS-END OF NOWHERE nowhere; a very out-of-the-way place ...1920s US sl.
• ASS-END OF THE WORLD the most remote or hateful place or position ...1960 Amer. sl.
ׇ• BACK BLOCK the country outside the margin of the settled districts ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BACK BLOCKS land in the remote and sparsely-inhabited interior; also, land distant or cut off from a river-front ...1872 Aust.
• BACK O' BEHINT an utterly remote spot ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK O' BEYOND a remote, obscure place ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACK OF BOURKE a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• BACK OF BURKE a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• BACK OF NOWHERE an out of the way place; a very unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BACK O' SUNSET a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• BACKSIDE OF NOWHERE an out of the way place; a very unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BAFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1897 Sc.
• BALFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1933 Sc.
• BALLFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1912 Sc.
• BANDYWALLOP an imaginary town, far from civilization ...Aust. colloq.
• BELFUFF a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1932 Sc.
• BEYOND THE BEYOND a very out-of-the-way place ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• B.F.A. somewhere very far away (Butt Fucking Africa) ...1980s US college sl.
• B.F.E. somewhere very far away (Butt Fucking Egypt) ...1980s US college sl.
• BOOAY the remote rural districts ...M20 NZ colloq.
• BOOHAL the remote rural districts ...M20 NZ colloq.
• BOONDOCKS rough or wild country; rural backcountry; the sticks; an out-of-the-way place ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BOONIES the backwoods, an out-of-the-way or a very unimportant place ...1956 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER'S WOODS an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BUSHES, THE an insignificant or unimportant place; an out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CABBAGE-PATCH a place or thing of little importance; an out-of-the-way place ...1862 Amer. sl.
• CACTUS a remote place, the backblocks ...1944 Aust. sl.
• COW PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DEATH O' DAY anywhere considered by the speaker very far away or inaccessible ...1900s Aust. sl.
• DOGPATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EAST JABIB an imaginary, extremely remote place ...1984 Amer. dial.
• EAST JESUS a remote or small town or place ...1961 US sl.
• EAST JESUS, KANSAS an out-of-the-way place, a small town ...1950s sl.
• EAST JESUS NOWHERE the outback ...1961 US sl.
• ECCENTRICITY † the condition of not being centrally situated; distance from the centre ...1825
• END OF COMEBACK an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• END OF NOWHERE an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FALL-OFF an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• FIFTH AND JAPIP an imaginary, extremely remote place ...1984 Amer. dial.
• GADFLY a small or remote hamlet or railway station ...1906 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLER HILL a nickname for an out-of-the-way or remote place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GOBBLER'S KNOB a nickname for an out-of-the-way or remote place ...1935 Amer. dial.
• HECKER a remote or out-of-the-way place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HELL-FOR-CERTAIN a nickname for some out-of-the-way or rundown place; a seedy place ...1931 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S BOTTOM a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HALF-ACRE a small, remote, disreputable or otherwise undesirable place; a low-class barroom or dive ...1874 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HOLLER a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HOLLOW a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S POINT a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HENPECK a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HOBOKEN an insignificant, out-of-the-way place ...20C US sl.
• HOLE IN THE ROAD a small, insignificant, remote place ...M19 US sl.
• HOLE IN THE WALL a small, insignificant, remote place ...M19 US sl.
• JABIB an imaginary, extremely remote place ...1983 Amer. dial.
• JABIP an imaginary, extremely remote place ...1984 Amer. dial.
• JERICHO a place of retirement or concealment, or a place far distant and out of the way; a secluded place ...1635
• LAND'S END an out-of-the-way place or an unimportant village ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LAST CHANCE an out-of-the-way or unimportant place ...1968 Amer. dial. jocular
• MARLBORO COUNTRY rough or remote country; wilderness ...1968 US sl.
• MIDDLE OF NOWHERE an isolated place
• NESTERSVILLE an out-of-the-way place; a very small or unimportant place ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NEVER-NEVER COUNTRY the confines of civilization; in Queensland, the occupied pastoral land furthest from the more settled districts ...1890 Aust. sl.
• ONE-HORSE TOWN a small or unimportant place; an out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OTHER SIDE OF BOURKE a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• OUT BACK O' SUNSET a long way away, a place far away ...20C sl.
• PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEA HILL a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PEANUT ROW (derogatory) a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PEANUTSVILLE (derogatory) a small, unimportant, or out-of-the-way place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PEA RIDGE a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PEA STICKS a remote, small, or poor place ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PLUMB NEARLY a name for an out-of-the-way place ...1942 Amer. dial.
• POCHUCK a small, out-of-the-way, or unimportant place ...1968 Amer. dial.
• PODOCK a small, out-of-the-way, or unimportant place ...1971 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1840 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK CENTRE a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1901 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK HOLLOW a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PODUNKIA a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PODUNK JUNCTION a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PODUNKVILLE a nickname for a small, unimportant, remote, or backward place ...1916Amer. dial.
• RABBIT PATCH a remote place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH-ANKLE an out-of-the-way place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCRATCH-ANKLE HOLLER an out-of-the-way place, or a very small or unimportant place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SIX-FINGER COUNTRY a remote area in which the inhabitants are imagined to be inbred ...Aust. sl.
• SKUNK CITY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK HOLLOW a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK'S MISERY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1847 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK'S NECK a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKUNKTOWN a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1875 Amer. dial.
• SKUNK VALLEY a name or nickname for an unimportant or out-of-the-way place ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TALL GRASS an extremely remote location ...1981 US circus and carnival usage
• TANK TOWN a small or insignificant community, an out-of-the-way place; orig. one whose main function was to supply water for trains; also used as a nickname for such a community ...1895 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY RUN a remote or insignificant place ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY TOWN a remote or insignificant place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY TROT a remote or insignificant place ...1905 Amer. dial.
• WILLIWACKS, THE a remote, sparsely inhabited area ...1972 Amer. dial.
• WILLOW-WACKS, THE a remote, sparsely inhabited area ...2002 Amer. dial.
• WILLYWACKS, THE a remote, sparsely inhabited area ...1972 Amer. dial.
•. WILLYWAGS, THE a remote, sparsely inhabited area ...1965 Amer. dial.
REMOTE - nouns, person
• BACK-BLOCKER 1. a resident in the remote and sparsely-inhabited interior ...1892 Aust.
2. a resident of a remote area, esp. the area beyond the river gorges in Canterbury and Otago, New Zealand ...1910 NZ sl.
• BACKBLOCKSER one who livers in a remote or rural area ...c1920 Aust. colloq.
• BOONDOCK someone who comes from the boondocks ...1965 Amer. dial
REMOTE CONTROL - nouns
• BUTTONS the remote control for a television ...20C teen & high school sl.
REMOTELY - adverbs
• EMINOUSLY †* remotely, distantly ...1657
REMOVAL, REMOVING - nouns
• ABLATION the act or process of carrying away or removing; removal ...1577-87
• ABSCESSION †* departure, removal; cessation of a pain, etc. ...1599
• CAN, THE a dismissal, removal, expulsion, rejection ...1908 Amer. sl.
• OFF-GOING departure; going away; removal ...1727
• OFF-TAKING taking off, removal ...1742 Sc.
• REMMONING-BOUT a removal ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUBDUCTION * withdrawal, removal ...a1620
• SUBLATION the act of taking away; removal ...1626
• SUFFURATION † a taking away, removal ...1651
• SUMMOTION †* removal ...1653
• UP-RISING a rising up; a removal ...1898 Sc.
REMOVE - verbs
• ABLATE †* to take away, to remove ...1542
• AFFERRE †* to remove, to go to distance ...c1380
• AMOLISH † to remove forcibly, to do away with, to put away with an effort ...1624
• BENCH to remove someone from an activity ...20C Amer. sl.
• BEREFT † to snatch away a possession; to remove or take away by violence ...c1320
• CART AWAY to remove ...19C colloq.
• CART OFF to remove ...19C colloq.
• CART OUT to remove ...19C colloq.
• DEAD to remove, to steal ...2000s US prison sl.
• DISANNUL to abolish, to destroy, to do away with, to remove ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HAVE OFF to take off, to remove ...1906 Amer. dial.
• HEAVE † to lift and take away; to carry off; to remove ...a1240
• HEMO to loosen, to remove, to separate ...1938 Hawaii
• OOSH to remove; to send away; to eject ...1960s sl.
• OUTEN to take out, to remove something, to erase ...1928 Amer. dial.
• PACK IT IN to get rid of someone or something ...1960s Amer. sl.
• QUIT THE SHOP OF A PERSON to dismiss, to remove ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMP to remove or take away roughly ...1570
• RAMVERSE † to reverse, to withdraw; to remove, to take away ...1632
• RAP * to take up and carry off, to transport, to remove ...1599
• REMBLE to remove, esp. to move with violence; to change one's residence; to set in order by removing things to their proper place ...1671 Eng. dial.
• REMLE to remove, esp. to move with violence; to change one's residence; to set in order by removing things to their proper place ...1671 Eng. dial.
• REMMEL to remove, esp. to move with violence; to change one's residence; to set in order by removing things to their proper place ...1671 Eng. dial.
• REMMON to remove; to transfer from one place to another; to change one's place of abode ...1684 Eng. dial.
• SHUCK to throw off or remove clothes, etc. ...colloq., chiefly US & Can.
• SIDE to put aside; to remove; to clear away ...1848
• SKAIL * to separate, to remove ...a1833 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SUBDUCT * to take away or remove surreptitiously or fraudulently ...1758
• SUBLATE † to remove; to take away ...a1548
• SUBMOVE †* to remove ...1542
• SUBTRACT † to remove from a place or position ...1574
• WAIN † to remove ...1865 Eng. dial.
• WAIVE † to remove, to put away, to banish ...1377
• YANK to remove ...1940s sl., orig. US
REMOVED - adjectives
• ADEMPT † taken away, removed ...1432-50
• ADEMPTED †* taken away, removed ...1590
• SUBLATE †* removed ...1694
• YFLET † removed ...c1430
REMOVING - adjectives
• ABLATIVE † pert. to taking away or removing ...1567-9
REMUNERATE - verbs
• SATISFY † to remunerate; to pay for services ...1623
REMUNERATION - nouns
• SALARY † reward or remuneration for services rendered; fee ...c1440
REND - verbs
• BEREND to rend or tear badly ...1582
• RATCHET to tear, to rend ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCREED to tear, to rend ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIT to tear, to rend; to scratch ...1892 Sc.
• TAAVE to tear, to rend ...1972 Sc.
• TO-BREAK † to rend, to tear clothes or the like ...c1200 obs.
• TO-REND † to rend in pieces; to tear apart ...c950
• TO-RENT † to rend in pieces; to tear apart ...c1410
RENDEZVOUS - nouns
• ASSIG assignation, meeting, rendezvous ...1796 sl.
• BEND an appointment; a rendezvous ...20C Anglo-Irish
• RALLYIN'-SHOP a rendezvous; a meeting-place ...1881 Eng. dial.
• RENTERFUGE a rendezvous, esp. a place haunted by birds ...1892 Eng. dial.
RENEGADE - nouns, person
• BACKFALLER † a renegade ...1545
• LAND-LEAPER † a land-loper ...1377
• LAND-LOPER one who runs up and down the land; a vagabond; fig. a renegade; an adventurer ...a1500 now chiefly Sc.
• LAND-LOUPER one who runs up and down the land; a vagabond; fig. a renegade; an adventurer ...a1500 now chiefly Sc.
• RAT a renegade ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RENIANT †* a renegade ...1387-8
RENEGADE - verbs
• TURN ONE'S TIPPET † to change one's course or behaviour completely; in bad sense, to act the turncoat or renegade ...1546
RENEGE - verbs
• BAIL to leave, to depart, to go; to play truant; hence, to run out on, to renege on someone ...1977 US sl.
• COP OUT to avoid one's responsibility; to renege, to back out ...colloq.
• EAT ONE'S BONNET to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S BOOTS to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S CAP to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S HAT to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S HEAD vb. to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...M19 sl.
• EAT ONE'S PANTS to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• EAT ONE'S SHIRT to go back on one's words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong ...L18 sl.
• FADE to let down, to renege ...1990s US sl.
• FLUNK to give in; to back down or renege in a cowardly manner ...E19 US sl.
• GIP to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
• JIP to renege on one's debts ...1880 Amer. colloq.
RENOUNCE - verbs
• ABNEGATE 1. to deny oneself anything; to renounce or surrender a right or privilege ...1657
2. renounce or abjure; to deny ...1755
• ABRENOUNCE † to renounce, to repudiate; to contradict ...1537
• ABRENUNCIATE †* to renounce; to repudiate; to contradict ...1618
• EJURATE † to abjure, to renounce ...1622-62
• EJURE †* to abjure, to renounce ...1642
RENOUNCING - adjectives
• ABNEGATIVE * denying; renouncing; negative ...Bk1888
RENOUNCING - nouns
• EJURATION † a renouncing or resignation ...1656
RENOVATE - verbs
• GUSSY UP to refurbish, to renovate; to polish ...20C Amer. sl.
• RACHEL to rejuvenate; to renovate ...c1890s
• VAMP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore ...1599
• VAMP UP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore ...1599
RENOWN - nouns
• ÉCLAT 'lustre' of reputation; social distinction; celebrity, renown ...1742
• FAMOSITY †* celebrity, notoriety, renown ...1535
• FAMOUSNESS celebrity, renown ...1548
RENOWNED - adjectives
• CELEBRIOUS well-known, famous, renowned, noted ...1608 arch. or Eng. dial.
• EGREGIOUS † of persons and personal qualities: distinguished, eminent, excellent, renowned ...c1534
• EXIMIOUS † select, choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent, rare, distinguished, eminent, famous, renowned ...1547 rare or
obs.
• FAMEFUL full of fame, famous, renowned ...1591
• MAGNIFIC † renowned; glorious ...1490
• MAGNIFICAL † eminent, renowned, glorious ...1557
• MAGNIFICIAL † eminent, renowned, glorious ...1557
• NAME-COUTH † known by name; famous; renowned; well-known ...a1000 obs.
• ODD † singular in valour, worth, merit, or eminence; unique, remarkable; distinguished, famous, renowned; rare, choice ...c1400
RENT - adjectives
• BACK-GANGING behindhand with rent ...1824 Sc.
RENT - nouns
• DUKE OF KENT rent ...1932 UK rhyming sl.
• FALL rent; share, portion ...1768 Sc.
• MAIL rent, payment in money or kind made under a lease ...1710 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MAIL-DUTY rent ...1638 Sc.
• MAILIN(G) the rent of a farm ...1725 Sc.
• MAIL-ROOMS hired rooms; rooms for which rent is paid ...c1626 Sc.
• RACK-RENT a very high, excessive, or extortionate rent; a rent equal (or nearly equal) to the full value of the land ...1607
• RANSOM an extravagant price or rent ...1882 Sc.
• REVE a rent or tithe ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SILVER MAIL rent paid in money ...1597 Sc.
• TACK-DUTY † rent ...1697-1707 Sc.
• TOLL † rent paid for a house, mill, etc. ...c1000
RENT (tear) - nouns
• CAG an angular tear or rent in cloth ...1870 Eng. dial.
• GAPE a rent or opening of any kind ...1658
• KAG an angular tear or rent in cloth ...1870 Eng. dial.
• REAM a tear, a rent ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REEF a rent, a tear ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SCREED a rent, a tear; a gap; the sound made by tearing or rending ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIT a tear, a rent; a scratch ...1892 Sc.
• SKEG a rent in a piece of cloth, such as would be made by a stump of a branch ...1839 Eng. dial.
RENT (hire) - nouns
• LET a letting for hire or rent ...1684
RENT - nouns, person
• FARMER † one who rents or has a lease of anything; a lessee ...1523
• MAILER one who pays rent ...1452 Sc.
• MAIL-MAN one who pays rent; a tenant ...1609 Sc.
• MAIL PAYER one liable to pay rent; a tenant ...1724 Sc.
• RENT-RACKER a 'rack-renter'; one who collects rents harshly ...1868 Sc.
RENT - verbs
• DO A FADE to disappear without paying the rent ...20C Can. carnival workers' sl.
• DO A POWDER to leave without paying one's rent ...1940s sl.
• MAIL to rent, to pay rent for ...1425 Sc.
• MOVE TO THE BLIND to leave one's rented premises without paying the rent ...L19
• RACK-RENT to subject to the payment of rack-rent ...1748
• TAKE A POWDER to leave without paying one's rent ...1940s sl.
RENTED - nouns
• RENT living quarters that are rented; an apartment or house to rent ...1913 Amer. dial.
RENUNCIATION - nouns
• ABNEGATION denial of anything to oneself; self-denial; renunciation of rights, things esteemed, etc. ...1639
• ABRENUNCIATION renunciation; retraction, repudiation ...1641
REORGANIZATION - nouns
• HOUSE-CLEANING a reorganization of a business or government department, esp. with dismissal of incompetent or dishonest employees ...1928 Amer. colloq.
REPAIR - adjectives/adverbs
• IN DOCK of an object, generally a car: undergoing repair ...1920s sl.
REPAIR - nouns
• BEETING † mending, repair; making a fire, kindling ...1517
• CANNIBALIZATION using parts from one machine to repair another ...World War II Amer. sl.
• MEND a patch, repair ...Bk1905 Sc.
REPAIR - nouns, person
• BUSHELMAN a man employed in repair tailoring ...1909 US
• DOCTOR a person who mends or repairs things ...colloq.
REPAIR - verbs
• ACCOMMODATE † to fit or equip a thing for use; to put in order; hence, to repair, to refit, to mend ...1624
• BODGIE to repair superficially; to quickly remove any obvious defects ...Aust. sl.
• BODGIE UP to repair superficially; to quickly remove any obvious defects ...Aust. sl.
• BOGGLE to do a clumsy or hurried job of repairing something ...1870 Amer. dial.
• BUSHEL to repair garments ...1889 US
• CADDLE to do small repairs ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CODGE to repair, usually badly or clumsily ...19C sl.
• CODGE UP to repair, usually badly or clumsily ...19C sl.
• DEADLINE to remove from action for repairs ...1991 US Vietnam war usage
• DOCTOR to repair or mend, esp. in a makeshift manner
• FADGE to do a piece of work 'anyhow'; to repair temporarily' to 'fudge' ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAIT to put in working order, to fix up ...1846 Eng. dial.
• HAPHAZARD to do a clumsy or hurried job of repairing something ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HAYWIRE to mend or repair something; to do a hurried job of repairing something ...1928 Amer. dial.
• LICK THY CALF to improve or repair work that has been imperfectly or badly done ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• NIGGER RIG (derogatory) to make or repair something poorly or without proper materials ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NIGGER UP (derogatory) to do, make, or repair something in a careless, haphazard, or tasteless manner; to mess something up ...1967 Amer. dial.
• POOR BOY to make or repair in a hand-to-mouth or makeshift manner ...1979 Amer. dial.
• REHAUL to overhaul, to repair ...1903 Amer. dial.
• TACKLE UP to repair, to mend ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANKLE to repair; to tinker up ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOGGLE to repair, esp. in a makeshift way; to patch together ...1837 Amer. dial.
• UPHOLD to keep in repair or good order ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAMP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore ...1599
• VAMP UP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore ...1599
REPAIRED - adjectives
• VAMPED-UP mended or repaired with or as with patches; patched or furbished up; made up or composed of old materials and produced as new ...1729
REPAIRED - nouns
• MENDING something to be repaired ...c1860 Brit. nautical usage
REPARATION - nouns
• MENDS amends, reparation, recompense, satisfaction, revenge; atonement ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
REPARATION - verbs
• SATISFY † to make compensation or reparation for a wrong, injury; to atone for an offense ...c1460
REPARTEE - nouns
• ANSWER-BACK a rejoinder or repartee ...1925
• REJAG † a sharp retort; a repartee ...1554 obs. rare exc. Sc.
REPARTEE - nouns, person
• SMART MOUTH an insolent talker; also, one who is good at repartee ...1968 US sl.
REPARTEE - verbs
• TIFF-TAFFLE to talk in a bantering manner; to joke; to make repartee ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
REPARTEE - phrases
• I'LL PAY THAT an acknowledgement that one has been outwitted or bested in repartee ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
REPAY - verbs
• EFT-WHITE † to repay ...c1469
• QUITTANCE † to repay, to requite ...1590
• REPEAT of a sum of money: to recover, to repay ...1787 Sc.
• REWARD to repay ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
REPAYMENT - verbs
• CALL IN A MARKER to demand repayment of a favour ...1970s US sl.
• CALL IN ONE'S MARKER to demand repayment of a favour ...1970s US sl.
REPEAL - adjectives
• ABROGATIVE having the quality of abrogating
REPEAL - nouns
• ABROGATION repeal or abolition by authority ...1535
REPEAL - verbs
• ABROGATE to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally; to cancel ...1526
• ABROGE †* to abrogate ...c1450
REPEALED - adjectives
• ABROGATE repealed, annulled, cancelled, abolished by authority ...1460 arch.
REPEAT - adjectives
• RAMSHACKLE difficult to utter or repeat ...1923 Sc.
• TAUTEGORICAL saying the same thing with different words ...1825
REPEAT - nouns, person
• BATTOLOGIST one who needlessly repeats the same thing ...1653
REPEAT - verbs
• BANG ON to talk repetitiously about a particular subject ...1959 sl.
• BATTOLOGIZE to keep repeating a word or phrase; to repeat words or phrases with needless iteration ...1634
• BOIL ONE'S CABBAGE TWICE to repeat oneself ...1888 Amer. dial.
• CHEW ONE'S CABBAGE TWICE to repeat oneself ...1978 Amer. dial.
• CHEW ONE'S TOBACCO BUT ONCE to repeat what one has said ...1938 Amer. dial.
• CHEW ONE'S TOBACCO MORE THAN ONCE to repeat what one has said ...1893 Amer. dial.
• CHEW ONE'S TOBACCO TWICE to repeat what one has said ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DECANT † to sing or say over and over again; to repeat often ...1674
• DECANTATE † to sing or say over and over again; to repeat often ...1542
• DING to reiterate, to repeat, to importune; to harp on one subject ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DING IN TO SOMEONE to repeat till understood, to force into the understanding ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ECHO to repeat what was just said ...1967 US sl.
• ECHOIZE † to repeat as does an echo ...1600
• FLUMMER † to repeat indistinctly, to mumble ...1533
• HABBLE to stutter, to talk confusedly; to repeat something in a stammering or confused way; to gabble, to talk fast ...1806 Sc.
• HAM to repeat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARP UPON ONE STRING to repeat incessantly ...1546 colloq.
• LAG to talk repetitively and tediously ...1950s sl.
• LICK ONE'S CALF OVER to do something again; to repeat an action inadequately ...1931 Amer. dial.
• NAIT †* to go over, to recite, to repeat ...a1300
• OBGANIATE †* to trouble one with often repeating of one thing ...1623
• RABBLE to repeat by rote; to reel off in a confused manner ...1912 Sc.
• RAKE † to repeat; to tell over again ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAME to keep up the same cry; to continue repeating the same thing; to repeat, to recite, to declaim ...1703 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANE to repeat constantly the same thing; to murmur monotonously; to rhyme ...1899 Sc.
• RAT-RHYME to repeat from memory without attaching any meaning to the words ...B1900 Sc.
• RESUME † to repeat ...1824 Sc.
• RHYME to reiterate ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SELL ONE'S CABBAGE TWICE to repeat oneself ...L19 US sl.
• SNOW AGAIN to request someone to repeat an ill-heard statement ...1930s sl
• TAUTOLOGIZE to repeat the same thing in the same or different words; to say the same thing over and over ...1607
• TELL to repeat; to say by heart ...1880 Eng. dial.
• THRAIN to harp constantly on one subject ...1864 Sc.
• THRUM to repeat, to discuss, to tell over again; to make a fuss about ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VERBIGERATE to go on repeating the same word or phrase in a meaningless fashion, especially as a symptom of mental disease ...1892
REPEAT - phrases
• COME AGAIN? please repeat or restate what you just said ...1970 US
• I DON'T CHAW MY TERBACKER BUT ONCE I don't say something more than once, I don't repeat myself ...Bk1997 Amer. dial.
• SNOW AGAIN I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR DRIFT to request someone to repeat an ill-heard statement ...1930s sl.
• UP AND DOWN LIKE A HONEYMOON COCK repeatedly being performed, or taking place both upwards and downwards ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP AND DOWN LIKE A HONEYMOON NIGHTIE repeatedly being performed, or taking place both upwards and downwards ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UP AND DOWN LIKE A LAVATORY SEAT repeatedly being performed, or taking place both upwards and downwards ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
REPEATED - adjectives
• DECANTATE † often repeated ...1620
• ITERABLE †* capable of being repeated ...1561
REPEATED - nouns
• CANT † a set form of words repeated perfunctorily or mechanically ...1681
• OFT frequent, numerous, repeated ...1868 Sc.
• RAT-RHYME anything repeated by rote; a long speech or rigmarole; nonsense ...1650 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SANCTUS † something repeated with wearisome iteration ...a1670
REPEATEDLY - adverbs
• BETTER repeatedly; with renewed efforts ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EFTSOON † from time to time, occasionally, repeatedly ...1398 obs. or arch.
• EFTSOONS † from time to time, occasionally, repeatedly ...1398 obs. or arch.
• OFTISH repeatedly, very often ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIME OUT OF NUMBER frequently, repeatedly ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TIMES AND OFTEN frequently, repeatedly, many times ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TO AND AGAIN † again and again, repeatedly ...1659
• UMPTEEN MILLION TIMES very many times, repeatedly ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
REPEL - verbs
• GROSS OUT to repel ...1965 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• RAMBARRE †* to beat or force back; to drive away, to repel, to repulse; to stop, to restrain ...1644 Sc.
• REFEL † to refute, to repel ...1796 Sc.
• REFELL † to refute, to repel ...1796 Sc.
• REPOUSS to repulse; to repel ...1882 Sc.
• RETUND † to drive or force back; to repel; to repress; to refute ...M17
• SKEEVE to disgust, to repel ...1976 US sl.
• SKEEVE OUT to disgust, to repel ...1976 US sl.
• TURN OFF to repel ...1965 sl.
REPELLENT - adjectives
• DAIN † repellent ...c1500 obs. or Eng. dial.
• GACKEY repellent; nasty: a child's word ...1914 Amer. dial.
• MUCKING repellent, filthy ...L19 sl.
• PUKEY disgusting, repellent ...19C sl.
• REBARBATIVE * repellent, forbidding; unattractive, dull; unpleasant, objectionable ...1892
• SKANK-O-RAMA nasty, repellent ...1980s Amer. teen sl.
• SKANKY nasty, repellent ...1980s Amer. teen sl.
• SKEEVY nasty, repellent; disgusting ...1976 Amer. student sl.
REPELLENT - nouns, person
• TUG a dirty, uncouth, repellent person ...L19 sl., chiefly Aust.
REPENT - verbs
• BEET † to repent, to amend ...c1200
• BETHINK † to regret, to repent, to grudge ...1682
• REBOUND to repent ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RETURN BY WEEPING CROSS to regret deeply some undertaking, and repent of it; to be in a state of lamentation; to fail; to suffer defeat ...1659
• RUE ONE'S RACE † to repent of the course one has taken ...c1440
• SIT OVER ONE'S SADS to regret something; to repent ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
REPENTANCE - nouns
• DEEDBOTE † amends-deed, penance, repentance ...c1000
• SIN-BOOT † repentance, penance ...c1175
REPENTANT - adjectives
• COMPUNCTIOUS having or feeling compunction; pricking to the conscience; causing regret or misgiving; remorseful, repentant ...1605
REPERCUSSIONS - nouns
• BACKWASH repercussions ...L19
REPETITION - adjectives
• PALILOGETIC † characterized by palilogy (the repetition of a word or phrase, esp. in immediate succession, for the sake of emphasis) ...1652
REPETITION - nouns
• ACTING OVER a re-enacting, repetition ...1646
• BATTISM †* tautological repetition; battology ...1617
• BATTOLOGY a needless and tiresome repetition in speaking of writing ...a1603
• GEMINATION a doubling, duplication, repetition ...1597
• HIBBER-GIBBER † a confused repetition or babble of talking; unmeaning sounds or phrases; gibberish ...1592
• PALILLOGY the repetition of a word or phrase, esp. in immediate succession, for the sake of emphasis ...1657
• PALILOGY the repetition of a word or phrase, esp. in immediate succession, for the sake of emphasis ...1657
• RAME a cry; a continuous repetition of the same words or sound ...1808 Sc.
• REAM a cry, esp. a reiterated cry; also, repetition, reiteration ...Bk1904 Sc.
• THRAIN constant repetition ...Bk1905 Sc.
REPLACE - verbs
• REPOSE † to replace; to restore to a situation ...1775 Sc.
REPLENISH - verbs
• RE-UP to replenish a stack of something; to re-supply something; to re-sign or re-enlist ...1906 US sl., orig. military usage for re-enlisting
REPLETE - adjectives
• IMPLETE † filled, replete with something ...1598
• TOR † full, replete ...c1400
REPLETION - nouns
• SATURITY † repletion, satisfaction ...1533
REPLY - nouns
• BACK-ANSWER a retort; a rude reply ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BACKCAP a sharp or witty reply, as offered in the ritual name-calling known as dozens; a verbal insult based upon the insulted person's background ...1883 Amer. dial.
• BACK-TALK a retort or reply which is regarded as superfluous or impertinent ...1858 orig. Eng. dial.
• BACK-WORD a contention, retort, reply ...1874 Eng. dial.
• CHOKING OYSTER, A a reply that leaves one nothing to say, as if choked with an oyster too large to swallow; a retort which puts another to silence ...B1900
• HEARING a letter; a reply ...1943 Amer. dial.
• QUESTIONFUL † a full reply to a question ...1647 nonce word
REPLY - verbs
• REJAG †* to controvert, to refute; to reply smartly ...c1440 obs. rare exc. Sc.
• REPONE to reply ...Bk1904 Sc.
REPLY - phrases
• CAT'S FUR TO MAKE KITTEN BRITCHES a nonsensical reply to a child's question, "What's that for", esp. when 'for' is pronounced 'fur' ...1942 Amer. dial.
REPORT - adjectives
• FAMIGEROUS † carrying news, tales, etc. ...1730
• WAFF of a story, report, or rumour: floating, general, of unspecified origin ...1753 Sc.
REPORT, REPORTING - nouns
• CACOLOGY † evil report ...1623
• CANARD an extravagant, or absurd story circulated to impose on people's credulity; a rumour, hoax, a false report ...1864
• CLISH-MA-CLAVER idle or foolish talk; gossip; nonsense; false or scandalous reports, rumour ..1728 Sc.
• DINDLE a vague report; a slight noise of anything ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAMIGERATION † a reporting abroad, a divulging ...1692
• FURPHY a false report or rumour; an absurd story ...1915 Aust. sl.
• HEARING something heard; information, a report, rumour, news; something to talk about ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• ILL-WIND scandal, slander, evil report of someone ...1866 Sc.
• MAIL a rumour; a report; a racing tip; information on crime ...1960s Aust. sl.
• OPINION † report, rumour ...c1380
• RAPPORT †* report, talk ...1539
• RAVE a vague report, an uncertain rumour; a story which is not very credible ...1882 Sc.
• REEMOUS a false report ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REVERIE a vague report, a rumour ...1787 Sc.
• RUMIGERATION a spreading a rumour or report abroad; a carrying tales ...B1900
• SAIDMENT an evil report or statement ...1877 Eng. dial.
• SAID-SO a report ...1882 Eng. dial.
• SHAVE an unauthenticated report ...E19 military sl.
• TALE-IDLE a false report; gossip ...1931 Amer. dial.
• THREAP a tradition, legend; an oft-repeated saying; a report ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UPSTORE a report, scandal ...1885 Eng. dial.
REPORT - nouns, person
• RAKE-ILL a circulator of evil reports ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TALE-MASTER the authority for a report ...a1661
REPORT - verbs
• BLANDER to babble; to waste time in gossiping; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate ...19C Sc.
• CALL to tattle, to gossip, to spread reports; to run about idly ...1872 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALL CLASHES to spread malicious or injurious reports; to gossip, to tattle ...1768 Sc.
• CANARD to fly abroad as a false report ...1862
• DEBUCCINATE † to report or trumpet abroad ...1623
• FAME † to tell or spread abroad; to report ...1303
• FAMIGERATE † to report abroad ...1623
• NORATE to rumour, to report; to advertise; to spread by word of mouth ...1851 Amer. dial.
• PASS to tell, to report ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAVE to rake up a story against anyone ...1847 Eng. dial.
• REVERIE to report ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RUMIFORATE to rumour; to spread about by report ...B1900
• WALK † of reports, fame, and of letters, money: to circulate, to pass from one to another ...a1300
REPORTED - adjectives
• BEGABBED talked over; reported from one to another ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HAND-GOING reported from one to another ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
REPORTER - nouns
• GANGBANG a cluster of reporters descending on a public figure with microphones, cameras, notepads and shouted questions ...2001 US sl.
REPORTER - nouns, person
• BUZZARD a war correspondent ...1914 Amer. army usage
• CHAUNTER COVE a newspaper reporter ...c1840 cant
• HACK a journalist; a reporter; formerly derogatory ...1810 UK sl.
• JENKINS a society reporter; a toady ...old colloq.
• LEG MAN a newspaper reporter who goes out to gather facts and may or may not write the story ...1923 Amer. newspaper sl.
• NEWS HAWK a newspaper reporter ...1910s sl. orig. US
• NEWSHOG a newspaper reporter ...1910s sl. orig. US
• NEWSHOUND a newspaper reporter ...1910s sl. orig. US
• NEWS WALKER a self-appointed reporter who would wander up and down the lines after battle to exchange information ...US Civil War usage
• RAPPORTEUR †* a reporter ...c1500
• SNIFFER AND SNORTER a reporter ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• SNITCHER a newspaper reporter or columnist, a writer ...1930s US Black sl.
REPOSE - nouns
• QUIET † freedom from work or occupation; rest, repose ...1340
REPOSE - verbs
• NEST † of persons; to repose or rest, to domicile or settle oneself in a place ...a1300
REPREHEND - verbs
• BEGRIPE † to take to task, to reprehend ...a1000
• CORREPT † to reprehend, to reprove ...c1449
• INCREPATE † to chide, to rebuke, to reprove, to scold, to reprehend ...1570
• TAKE † to take to task, to reprehend, to rebuke, to reprove ...c1250
• TARGE to scold, to reprehend severely ...1825 Sc.
• YAFF to chide, to carp, to scold, to nag, to reprehend sharply and critically ...1825 Sc.
REPREHENSIBLE - adjectives
• CORREPT † chiding, abusive, blameworthy, reprehensible ...1659
• FAULTWORTHY †* deserving of blame, blameworthy, culpable, reprehensible ...1586
• IMPUTABLE † open to accusation or censure; blameworthy, reprehensible, culpable ...1660
• INCONSISTENT reprehensible ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
REPREHENSIBLE - nouns, person
• ROTTER an objectionable or reprehensible person ...E17 sl.
REPREHENSIBLE - verbs
• SCAPEGALLOWS AROUND to go about in an idle or reprehensible manner; to loaf ...1953 Amer. dial.
REPREHENSION - nouns
• CORREPTION † a chiding, reprehension, reproof, reproach, rebuke ...c1380
• DIRDUM a punishment, a scolding; blame, reprehension ...1823 Sc.
• SCOUR severe reprehension ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOURING a beating, a drubbing; severe reprehension ...1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SET-DOWN a depressing or humiliating rebuke or reprehension; a rebuff ...1899 Amer. dial.
• SETTING-DOWN a depressing or humiliating rebuke or reprehension; a rebuff ...1899 Amer. dial.
REPREHENSIVE - adjectives
• CORREPTORY † conveying reproof, rebuking, chiding, reprehensive ...1659
REPRESENT - verbs
• EFFIGIATE * to present a likeness of; to portray, to represent by a picture or sculpture ...1608
• ICONIZE † to form into an image; to figure, to represent ...1678
• UNDERDRAW to represent or depict inadequately ...1865
REPRESENTATION - nouns
• EFFIGIATION the act of fashioning or of representing; a likeness, representation ...c1535
REPRESENTATIVE - nouns, person
• FACTOR * one who acts for another; an agent, deputy, or representative ...1485
• LEDGER † a representative; a commissioner; an agent ...1603
• NEGOTIANT one who negotiates or carries on negotiations; an agent, a representative ...1611
• SUFFRAGAN † an assistant; a deputy, a representative ...1481
REPRESS - verbs
• BOTTLE UP to repress or contain your feelings ...1853 UK sl.
• OFSIT † to sit upon, to occupy, to repress ...c888
• RETUND † to drive or force back; to repel; to repress; to refute ...M17
REPRESSING - nouns
• PULL-BACK a retarding or repressing act or influence ...L16 sl.
REPRESSION - nouns
• OPPRESSION † the act of forcibly putting down or crushing, repression ...c1385
REPRESSIVE - nouns, person
• TIPPER GORE one who is narrow-minded, puritanical, or repressive ...1990s US teen sl.
REPRIMAND - nouns
• ASS-CHEWING a harsh, prolonged scolding and reprimand, as from a superior officer; usually considered vulgar ...1954 Amer. military sl.
• BALLOCKING a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1938 Brit. sl.
• BALL-OUT a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1915 US sl.
• BAWLING OUT. a reprimand; a telling-off, a scolding ...20C sl.
• BAWL-OUT a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1915 US sl.
• BLAST a severe reprimand; a verbal attack; a very uncomplimentary remark; a sharp scolding ...1874 Amer. dial.
• BOLLOCKING a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1938 Brit. sl.
• BOTTLE a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1938 Brit. naval sl.
• CALL-DOWN a reprimand; a rebuke; a scolding ...1895 Amer. sl.
• CALLING-DOWN a reprimand; a scolding ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• CARPETING a thorough reprimand ...Bk1888 colloq.
• CARPET LECTURE an official reprimand ...1910s Aust. sl.
• CHAWING-UP a bawling-out; a reprimand ...1883 Amer. dial.
• CHEWING-OUT a sharp scolding, a reprimand ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DINGBAT a blow or slap on the buttocks; a paddling, a sharp scolding, reprimand, punishment ...1895
• DINGBATLER a blow or slap on the buttocks; a paddling, a sharp scolding, reprimand, punishment ...1895
• EARBASHING a lengthy scolding; a harsh reprimand ...1984 NZ sl.
• EARFUL a full or clear hearing of what is being said; hence, a voluble expression of opinions, esp. a sharp verbal rebuke or scolding; a strong and often lengthy reprimand ...1911 colloq.
• GOING-OVER a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1872 sl., orig. US
• HAIRBLOWER a severe telling-off, a scolding, a reprimand ...2002 UK sl.
• H.E. a severe reprimand ...1940s services' usage (High Explosive)
• JACKETING a thrashing; a reprimand ...1851-61 sl.
• JACKING UP a rebuke, a reprimand; a scolding ...1905 Amer. dial.
• JAWBATION a long and tedious harangue; a severe lecture or reprimand; a tedious rebuke or reproof; a scolding ...1840 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LINING OUT a scolding, a reprimand ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NASTYGRAM a written reprimand or record of misconduct; hence, an unpleasant written notice ...1966-67 US sl., chiefly military
• OVERHAUL a reprimand; a scolding; a thrashing ...1797 Amer. dial.
• OVERHAULING a reprimand; a scolding; a thrashing; chastisement ...1833 Amer. dial.
• PANDIE punishment in general, a severe reprimand, censure ...1808 Sc.
• PANDY punishment in general, a severe reprimand, censure ...1808 Sc.
• RAILROADING a reprimand ...1935 sl.
• RAKE-DOWN a scolding; a reprimand ...1859 Amer. dial.
• RAKING-DOWN a scolding; a reprimand ...1854 Amer. dial.
• RAP a rebuke or reprimand; blame, responsibility ...1777 sl.
• RAP ON THE KNUCKLES a scolding or reprimand ...19C
• RAP OVER THE KNUCKLES a scolding or reprimand ...19C
• RASPBERRY a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1920 sl.
• RAZZ a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1919 sl., orig. US
• RAZZBERRY a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1922 sl.
• READING a dressing down; a severe reprimand ...1942 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
• READING-OFF a reprimand, a sharp scolding ...c1950 Amer. dial.
• READ-OFF a reprimand, a sharp scolding ...1947 Amer. dial.
• ROCKET a severe reprimand ...1841 sl., orig. military
• ROCKETING a severe reprimand ....E20 colloq.
• ROLLICKING a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1932 Brit. sl.
• SAYING-OVER a scolding, reprimand, swearing ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SCOTCH BLESSING a severe scolding or reprimand ...1907 Amer. dial.
• TALKING-TO a scolding, a reprimand ...M19
• THROUGH-GOING a severe examination; a thorough reprimand ...1817 Sc.
• THROUGH-PUTTING a severe examination; a thorough reprimand ...1899 Sc.
• TONGUE-LASHING a severe verbal reprimand
• VALENTINE a reprimand, a punishment ...1920s US police usage
• WALK THE CARPET of a servant: to be summoned before the master or mistress for a reprimand ...1823
• WHAT FOR a reprimand or instance of reprimanding ...1873 sl.
• WIG a severe reprimand ...L18 colloq.
• WIGGING a severe rebuke, reproof, or reprimand; a scolding ...1805 colloq.
REPRIMAND - verbs
• BALLOCK to reprimand ...1938 Brit. sl.
• BALL OUT to reprimand ...1899 sl., orig. US
• BANG PEOPLE'S HEADS TOGETHER to reprimand a group of people, often in order to get them to cooperate ...1957 sl.
• BAWL to scold, to reprimand, to criticize loudly ...M19 sl., orig. US
• BAWL OUT to reprimand ...1899 sl., orig. US
• BE FOR THE HIGH JUMP to be liable to receive a reprimand or punishment ...Brit. colloq.
• BLOW SOMEONE UP to reprimand ...1712 sl.
• BOLLOCK to reprimand ...1938 Brit. sl.
• BOTTLE to reprimand ...1946 Brit. naval sl.
• BRASS SOMEONE OFF to reprimand ...1943 Brit. sl., orig. services'
• CACK ON to reprimand ...1990s UK juvenile usage
• CALL DOWN to reprimand; to rebuke; to scold severely; to humble one ...1896 Amer. dial.
• CALL ON THE CARPET to reprimand; to scold ...1960s US sl.
• CALL OVER THE ROLLS to call up for reprimand ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CASE to reprove or reprimand sternly ...1971 Amer. dial.
• CARPET to call a servant into the parlour, etc., to be reprimanded; to 'call over the coals' ...1840 colloq.
• CHEW to annoy, to nag, to scold, to bawl someone out, to berate, to reprimand, to scold ...1942 Amer. dial.
• CHEW AT to annoy, to nag, to scold, to bawl someone out, to berate, to reprimand, to scold ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHEW OFF to dress down; to reprimand ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHEW ON to annoy, to nag, to scold, to bawl someone out, to berate, to reprimand, to scold ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHEW ONE'S ASS OUT to bawl out, to scold, to reprimand; to put pressure on somebody ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHEW ONE'S BALLOCKS OFF to rebuke or reprimand severely ...20C Services' sl., esp. army
• CHEW OUT to reprimand, to bawl out, to scold ...1937 US sl., orig. services'
• CHEW SOMEONE'S ASS to reprimand ...1946 US sl.
• CHEW THE BALLS OFF to reprimand severely ...20C military sl.
• CHEW UP to annoy, to nag, to scold, to bawl someone out, to berate, to reprimand, to scold ...1884 Amer. dial.
• COME DOWN ON to reprimand ...1888 sl.
• COME DOWN ON LIKE A TON OF BRICKS to reprimand ...1888 sl.
• COP A BAKE to receive a reprimand or a severe criticism ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
• COP A BAKING to receive a reprimand or a severe criticism ...1980s Aust. prison sl.
• DANCE THE CARPET to appear before an official for an investigation of one's work or behaviour; to receive a reprimand, criticism, or punishment ...20C Amer. sl.
• EAT OUT to tell off, to reprimand ...1944 US sl.
• FACE THE MUSIC to go through an ordeal; to face the possibility of a severe reprimand or other punishment ...20C
• GET A FALL OUT OF to reprimand someone ...L19 sl.
• GET A ROCKET to get a severe reprimand ...Brit. & NZ colloq.
• GIVE A PERSON A SERVE to criticize or reprimand a person sharply ...M20 Aust. sl.
• GIVE A PIECE OF ONE'S MIND to reprimand ...1861 sl.
• GIVE CURRY to reprimand ...1936 Aust. sl.
• GIVE GIP to reprimand ...1893 sl.
• GIVE GYP to reprimand ...1893 sl.
• GIVE IT TO SOMEONE HOT to reprimand ...1831 sl.
• GIVE IT TO SOMEONE HOT AND STRONG to reprimand ...1831 sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE A STRONG PULL to speak severely to; to reprimand ...c1930 sl.
• GO SOMEONE SCONE-HOT to reprimand ...1927 Aust. sl.
• HAUL to bring up for a reprimand; to call to account ...1795
• HAUL OVER THE COALS to reprimand ...1795 sl.
• HAVE OVER to reprimand, to complain at; to castigate ...1936 Amer. dial.
• JACK UP to call to account; to rebuke; to reprove severely, to reprimand; to scold; to irritate ...1896 Amer. dial.
• JUMP DOWN SOMEONE'S THROAT to reprimand ...1879 sl.
• KICK ASS to reprimand ...1976 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• KNOCK PEOPLE'S HEADS TOGETHER to reprimand a group of people, often in order to get them to cooperate ...1957 sl.
• LAND ON to scold; to reprimand; to rebuke or take decisive action against ...1910s US sl.
• LARN to reprimand ...1902 sl.
• LAY OUT to scold, to reprimand; to berate ...1900s Amer. dial.
• LET SOMEONE HAVE IT to challenge, to pose a difficult question, to reprimand severely, to criticize ...M19 sl., orig. US
• LINE OUT to reprimand, to discipline, to punish ...1927 Amer. dial.
• MAT to reprimand ...1948 Brit. sl.
• NAIL to reprimand ...1960s US sl.
• OPEN OUT to expose ill deeds; to censure, to reprimand, to use violent language, to abuse, to cry aloud ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OVERHAUL to scold, reprimand or discipline ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PI-JAW to reprimand ...1891 Brit. sl.
• PULL UP to reprimand ...1836 sl.
• RAG to scold, to talk severely to, to reproach; to abuse violently ...M18 sl.
• RAIL to criticize or reprimand someone ...1987 US sl.
• RAIL ON to criticize or reprimand someone ...1987 US sl.
• RAISE HELL to criticize or castigate thoroughly and in anger, to reprimand severely ...1920s sl.
• RAISE HELL AND STICK A PROP UNDER IT to castigate, to reprimand severely ...1920s sl.
• RAISE MERRY HELL AND PUT A SHINGLE UNDER IT to castigate, to reprimand severely ...1920s sl.
• RAKE DOWN to scold, to reprimand ...1942 Amer. dial.
• RAKE OVER THE COALS to reprimand ...20C colloq.
• RAP to reprimand ...1906 sl., orig. US
• RAP THE KNUCKLES OF to reprimand ...1759 sl.
• RAP OVER THE KNUCKLES to reprimand ...1759 sl.
• READ to reprimand ...1980s US Black & campus sl.
• READ A LECTURE to censure or reprimand, esp. in a long-winded manner ...colloq.
• READ A LESSON to censure or reprimand, esp. in a long-winded manner ...colloq.
• READ OFF to reprimand, to express blunt criticism of ...B1900 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• READ ONE'S TITLE CLEAR to tell a person just what one thinks of him; to reprimand someone ...1942 Amer. dial.
• READ OUT to reprimand, to express blunt criticism of; to rebuke strongly; to scold ...1958 Amer. dial.
• READ THE DOG-LAW to scold, to read the riot act, to reprimand, to upbraid, to chastise ...1903 Amer. dial.
• READ THE RIOT ACT to tell off severely and threateningly; to reprimand forcefully ...20C sl.
• READ UP to tell off; to reprimand ...20C Irish sl.
• REAM to reprimand ...1950 US sl.
• REAM OUT to reprimand ...1950 US sl.
• RECKOMAND to reprimand ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIG to tease, to mock, to vex; to deride; to reprimand, to scold ...1883 Amer. dial.
• ROAR SOMEONE UP to reprimand ...1917 sl., chiefly Aust.
• ROCKET to reprimand ...1948 sl., orig. military
• ROUNDSHAVE to scold; to reprimand severely; to abuse ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RUB ONE'S NOSE IN IT to reprimand someone by reminding them humiliatingly of their error ...1963 sl.
• RUCK to reprimand ...1936 sl.
• SALT DOWN to tell off, to reprimand ...1900s US sl.
• SAW OFF to berate, to reprimand ...1940s sl.
• SCALD to reprimand, to scold ...L19 Irish sl.
• SCRUB to reprimand ...1911 services' sl., chiefly naval
• SHOW SOMEONE WHERE TO HEAD IN to severely scold or reprimand ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SORT OUT to reprimand ...1941 sl.
• TAIRGE to reprimand, to scold loudly; to beat, to strike, to thrash ...1825 Sc.
• TAKE A FALL OUT OF to reprimand someone ...L19 US & Aust. sl.
• TAKE A PIECE OUT OF to scold, to reprimand severely ...1940s Aust. sl.
• TAKE INTO THE WOODSHED to reprimand ...1907 Amer. sl.
• TAKE ONE'S MEDICINE to accept a punishment or reprimand ...L19 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE APART to reprimand someone ...1950s sl.
• TAKE THROUGH HANDS to reprimand ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TAKE TO THE WOODSHED to reprimand ...1907 Amer. sl.
• TARGE to reprimand, to scold loudly ...1825 Sc.
• TEAR A STRIP OFF SOMEONE to reprimand ...1940 sl., orig. R.A.F.
• TEAR DOWN to reprimand severely; to attack verbally ...L19 sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE APART to absolutely defeat someone in a fight; to reprimand someone severely; to berate or abuse someone ...1984 sl.
• TAPE OFF to reprimand ...1920s Aust. sl.
• TEAR SOMEONE OFF A STRIP to reprimand ...1940 sl., orig. R.A.F.
• TELL OFF to reprimand ...1919 sl.
• TELL SOMEONE WHERE TO HEAD IN to severely scold or reprimand ...1945 Amer. dial.
• TICK OFF to reprimand ...1915 sl., orig. services'
• WALK DOWN ONE'S THROAT to tell off, to scold, to reprimand ...L19 sl.
• WALK INTO to scold, to reprimand ...M19 sl.
• WALK THE CARPET to reprimand ...1823 colloq.
• WIG to reprimand severely ...E19 colloq.
• WORD to reprimand ...1945 Aust. sl.
REPRIMAND - phrases
• TAKE YOU EVERYWHERE TWICE - THE SECOND TIME TO APOLOGISE used as a jocular reprimand to a companion who has just said or done something contrary to the accepted social code ...2002 UK sl.
REPRIMANDED - adjectives
• IN FOR IT in trouble, about to be reprimanded or punished ...M17 sl.
REPRIMANDED - verbs
• BE JIBBED to be called over the coals; to get into trouble; to be reprimanded ...Bk1896 sl.
• BE MADE TO RIDE THE HASP to be brought before one's superiors and reprimanded ...Bk1902 Sc.
• BE PUT THROUGH ONE'S FACINGS to be reprimanded or to show off ...c1865 colloq., orig. military sl.
• COP A FLOWER-POT to be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten ...1930s sl.
• GET THE RAZZ to be reprimanded ...1919 sl.
• GO THROUGH ONE'S FACINGS to be reprimanded or to show off ...c1865 colloq., orig. military sl.
REPRIMANDED - phrases
• DANCING ON THE CARPET summoned to the superintendent's office for investigation or reprimand ...1931 Can. railroadmen's usage
• ON THE CARPET being reprimanded ...1900 sl., orig.
• ON THE MAT being reprimanded ...1917 sl., orig. military