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RICH - adjectives (also see WEALTHY)
• ABLE rich, well-to-do ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK AND TICH rich ...2004 UK rhyming sl.
• EADI † rich, wealthy, luxurious ...a1000
• FAT † of a person: affluent, wealthy, well-to-do, rich ...1611 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• FLUSH rich ...1603 sl.
• HEELED rich; now usually preceded by 'well' ...1880 sl.
• INGOTTED rich ...1864 sl.
• IN THE MONEY rich; orig. used to denote being among the prize-winners in a competition, show, etc. ...1902 sl.
• LAANIE moneyed, rich, wealthy ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LAHNIE moneyed, rich, wealthy ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LANI moneyed, rich, wealthy ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LANIE moneyed, rich, wealthy ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LARNEY moneyed, rich, wealthy ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LOUSY-RICH very rich, wealthy ...1942 Amer. sl.
• LOUSY WITH MONEY rich ...1843 Amer. dial.
• MADE OF MONEY rich; mainly used in negatives and questions ...1849 sl.
• OOFY rich ...1896 sl.
• OPIME † rich, abundant, sumptuous, splendid ...1533
• OPIMOUS † rich, abundant, plentiful, sumptuous, splendid ...1656
• OPIPAROUS †* rich, sumptuous ...1621
• RARELY OFF in comfortable circumstances; well-to-do; rich ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RHINOCERAL rich ...M19 sl.
• RHINOCERICAL † having plenty of 'the rhino'; rich; full of money ...1688 sl.
• RHINO-FAT rich ...Bk1903 sl.
• RICH AS INDEE, AS very wealthy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• RICH AS JAY GOULD very rich ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ROLLING IN IT rich ...1782 sl.
• STAKEY rich ...1919 sl., chiefly Can.
• STAKY rich ...1919 sl., chiefly Can.
• TINNY having plenty of 'tin'; rich, wealthy ...1871 sl.
• VERY FAMILLIONAIRE typical of a nouveau riche ...M19 UK society usage
• WADDED well-off, rich ...2002 UK sl.
• WARM comfortably off, well-to-do; rich, affluent ...1571 colloq.
• WARM-POCKETED rich, well-to-do ...1899 Eng. dial.
• WELL-HEELED rich ...1880 sl.
• WELL-SHOD rich ...L19 US sl.
• WORTH A PLUM rich ...c1710 colloq.
RICH - nouns
• DIVITIOSITY † abundance of riches; a being very rich ...1656
• HOB'S KNOB the smart, rich area of a town ...20C US sl.
RICH - nouns, person
• BALLA one who is extremely rich, esp. from the profits of criminality ...1990s US Black sl.
• BALLER one who is extremely rich, esp. from the profits of criminality ...1990s US Black sl.
• BAWLA one who is extremely rich, esp. from the profits of criminality ...1990s US Black sl.
• FAT CULL a rich fellow ...1848 Amer. dial.
• FAT SQUIRE a rich fool ...17C sl.
• GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOORAY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• HOORAY HENRY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• IT GIRL a rich, usually attractive, young woman who spends most of her time shopping or socializing ...20C
• JAKE GOULD one who is rich and important ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JOHN D a very rich person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LAANIE a White person; a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LAHNEE a White person; a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl
• LANI a White person; a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LANIE a White person; a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LARNEY a White person; a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LEVIATHAN a man of vast and formidable power or enormous wealth, a rich and powerful person ...1607
• MONEY-BUG a millionaire ...c1898 sl., orig. US
• MR. GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MRS. GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MRS. JAY GOULD a woman who is rich and important ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NABOB a person of great wealth; one who returned from India with a large fortune acquired there; a very rich and luxurious person ...1764
• NABOBESS female nabob; the wife of a nabob ...1767
• NARIKIN a nouveau riche ...1910s sl.
• NEECEE PRINCESS a nouveau riche young woman ...L19 UK society usage
• NOOV(E) (derogatory) a member of the nouveuax riches ...1984 Brit. sl.
• OAK a rich man; a man of substance ...17C sl.
• OKE a rich man; a man of substance ...17C sl.
• OLD GAGER a rich old man ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• PLOOT (derogatory) a rich person ...1908 sl., chiefly US
• PLUTE (derogatory) a rich person ...1908 sl., chiefly US
• RABBIT SUCKER a rich young man who is gulled into running up large bills by confidence tricksters who later dun him for their debts ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
• RAG-GORGER a wealthy or rich man ...c1820 sl.
• RAG-GORGY a wealthy or rich man ...c1820 sl.
• RAG SPLAWDGER a wealthy or rich man ...c1858 sl.
• RAG SPLAWGER a wealthy or rich man ...c1858 sl.
• RICH BUG one who has plenty of money ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RICHIE a rich person ...1966 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• RICHLING * a rich person (said with contemptuous force) ...a1500
• RICHY a rich person ...1966 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• ROCKEFELLER an immensely rich person; a millionaire ...M20
• SAPPODIL a rich man with the sweet nature of a daffodil who is easily induced to spend his money ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SILK HAT a rich person ...L19 US sl., later US Black usage
• SILK STOCKING a rich or wealthy person ...L19 US sl., later US Black usage
• SQUILLIONAIRE a multi-millionaire; hence, an extremely rich person ...1979 sl.
• STINK-O'-BRASS an extremely rich person who is also a niggard ...1878 Eng. dial.
• TINMAN a very rich man; a millionaire ...L19 sporting sl.
• UPJUMP an upstart, a nouveau riche; a term of abuse ...1910s Aust. sl.
• VANDERBILT a very rich man ...L19 US sl.
• VICTORIA a nouveau riche person ...2003 UK sl.
• ZILLIONAIRE a multi-millionaire; hence, an extremely rich person ...1946 sl.
RICH - verbs
• BE WORTH A PLUM to be rich ...c1710 colloq.
• DIVITIATE † to enrich, to make rich ...1627
• FALL HEAVY to die rich ...1854 Eng. dial.
• GET CURED to get rich ...1957 US sl.
• HAVE MONEY TO BURN to be rich, to have plenty to spend ...20C sl.
• MAKE A BOMB to become rich; to 'make a packet' ...c1945 Brit. sl.
• MAKE ONE'S PILE to become rich ...1854 sl., orig. US
• RICH † to become rich ...1641 Sc.
• STINK OF MONEY (derogatory) to be rich ...1877 sl.
• STRIKE IT RICH to become rich ...1884 sl., orig. US
• WALLOW IN WEALTH to be very rich ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RICHES - nouns
• MAMMON riches, wealth regarded as an evil influence or as an idol ...1362
• MAMMONISM devotion to the pursuit of riches ...1843
• MAMMONOLATRY the worship of riches or wealth ...1820 nonce word
• SUBSTANCES † riches, possessions ...1382
• TALENT † treasure, riches, wealth, abundance ...a1400-50
RICHES - nouns, person
• MAMMONIST a person devoted to the acquisition of wealth; one that worships or seeks after riches ...1550
• MAMMONITE a worshipper of mammon; one who sets his heart on riches ...1712
RICHLY - adverbs
• DEARWORTHILY † worthily, honourably; preciously, richly; affectionately ...a1300
• DEARWORTHLY † worthily, honourably; preciously, richly; affectionately ...c1205
RICKETY - adjectives
• ADDLE tumbledown, loose, rickety, shaky ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CLICK-MA-DOODLE badly done; rickety ...19C Eng. dial.
• COGGLETY shaky, unsteady, unstable, rickety ...19C Eng. dial.
• DICKY of things, conditions, etc.: uncertain, doubtful, critical, hazardous; rickety, shaky, tottering ...1851
• EMMIS insecurely placed, unsteady, rickety ...Bk1900 Sc.
• LAVADATED rickety, dilapidated ...1927 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKERING † rickety, dilapidated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE loose and shaky as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, in disorder; orig. said chiefly of carriages and houses ...1830
• RAMSHACKLED dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair, rickety, tumbledown ...1675
• RAMSHACKLEY rickety ...1895 Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLING rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated ...1868
• RAMSHACKLY rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair ...1857
• RANSHACKLED rickety, dilapidated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-GUT rickety, shaky, rattling ...1877 Eng. dial.
• RICKET † unsteady, rickety ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RICKETED rickety, shaky, unsteady ...1896 Eng. dial.
• RICKLETY rickety, unstable, dilapidated, unsteady ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RICKLEY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated ...1865 Sc.
• RICKLY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated ...1865 Sc.
• RIMRACKED ruined, worn out, rickety ...1862 Amer. dial.
• SHACKELTY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKELY shaky, rickety ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLEDY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLETY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLEY ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tottering ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLING ramshackle, rickety, run-down ...c1784 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLY ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tottering ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SHAMBLY ramshackle, rickety ...M20 colloq.
• SHATTERY of furniture, etc., loose, rickety ...E19 Eng. dial.
• SQUEEGEE distorted, damaged, rickety ...1959 Amer. dial.
• TITTUPING unsteady, rickety ...1824
• TITTUPY apt to tip up; unsteady, shaky, rickety ...1798 colloq.
• WAPPERGEE * rickety ...1959 Amer. dial.
• WEE-WAW askew; crooked; more on one side than the other; rickety, shaky, loose, unsteady, wobbling ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
RICKETY - nouns
• BONE-SETTER a horse hard in the riding; a rickety conveyance or vehicle ...M18 sl.
• BRAIGGLE an old and dangerously rickety article ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CLICK-MA-DOODLE a rickety article; a badly finished piece of work ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE something rickety or tumbledown ...1865 nonce use
RICKETY - verbs
• WEEWAW to set askew; to proceed unsteadily; to be shaky, wobbly or rickety ...1914 Amer. dial.
• WEE-WOW to be shaky, rickety, or wobbly ...1927 Amer. dial.
RICOCHET - verbs
• SCALE to skip, to bounce, to ricochet ...a1870 Amer. dial.
RID - adjectives
• RIDDY rid ...1889 Eng. dial.
RID - verbs
• ARSEHOLE to dismiss; to get rid of ...1960s Aust. sl.
• ASHCAN to throw in an ashcan; to discard, to throw away, to get rid of ...1938 Amer. sl.
• BE SHUT OF to dismiss, to get rid of ...1575
• CAN to get rid of, to expel, to discharge, to eject, to jilt, to dismiss; to discharge from employment ...1905 Amer. sl.
• CASHIER to discard, to get rid off, to banish a thing ...1603
• DECARD † to reject, to set aside, to get rid of, to dismiss ...1605
• DUST to get rid of; to dump ...20C teen & high school sl.
• EASE to get rid of, to leave behind ...1920s US sl.
• FADE to ignore, to erase, to get rid of ...1990s US Black sl.
• GET SHOT OF to dismiss; to get rid of ...1802
• GET SHUT OF to dismiss, to get rid of ...1575
• GIVE ONE THE GO-AHEAD SIGNAL to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE GO-AWAY SIGN to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE GO-LIGHT to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE GO-SIGN to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE GO-SIGNAL to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GIVE THE ARSE to get rid of a person or thing; to dismiss ...1955 Aust.
• GIVE THE LONSDALE to dismiss, to get rid of ...c1940 Brit. sl.
• GIVE THE LONSDALE BELT to dismiss, to get rid of ...c1940 Brit. sl.
• MAKE SHORT METER OF to dispose or rid of quickly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• NET † to rid of ...1536
• OFF to get rid of, to reject, to dismiss ...L19 sl.
• PARK to get rid of someone or something ...1940s sl.
• REDD to rid, to free ...1848 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SANDBAG to get rid of ...1910s sl.
• SKID(S) to get rid of ...1950s US criminals' sl.
• TIE A CAN TO to get rid of or dismiss; to quit or stop ...1899 US sl.
• UNLOAD to drop, to dispose of, to get rid of ...M19 sl.
RIDDANCE - nouns
• RID riddance ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
RIDDLE - adjectives
• OEDIPEAN clever at guessing a riddle ...1621
RIDDLE - nouns
• GUESSING-STORY a conundrum, a riddle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OPPOSAL † the putting of posing questions; examination, interrogation; a posing question; a puzzle, enigma, riddle ...1426
• QUIRK a riddle, a catch-question, an arithmetical problem ...1929 Sc.
• QUIRKLE a riddle, a catch-question, an arithmetical problem ...1929 Sc.
• QUIRKLUM a riddle, a catch-question, an arithmetical problem ...1929 Sc.
• REDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RIDDLEUM a riddle, a conundrum ...1824 Sc.
• RIDDLING a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RIDDLUM a riddle, a conundrum ...1824 Sc.
• RIDLESS a conundrum, a riddle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• YED † a song, a poem, a speech, a tale, a riddle ...c1205
RIDDLE - nouns, person
• EDIPUS one who is clever at guessing riddles ...1557
• OEDIPUS one who is clever at guessing riddles ...1557
RIDDLE - verbs
• REE ME THIS RIDDLE to read, guess, or solve this riddle ...1955 Amer. dial.
RIDE - nouns
• JAZZ a short flight or ride ...1918 Amer. sl.
RIDE - see HORSE RIDING
RIDGE - nouns
• BALK † a ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground, as a grave-mound ...c885
• BARF a long low ridge or hill, generally isolated ...1678 Eng. dial.
• BAULK † a ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground, as a grave-mound ...c885
• CAM the crest of a hill, a ridge ...1864 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KAME a long, narrow, steep-sided mound or ridge; a hill-ridge ...1814 Sc.
• LEAD a mountain spur; a steep ridge ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LOMA a hill, mound, or ridge ...1857 Amer. dial.
• RIDGELET a small narrow ridge of land ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIFF a ridge ...1883 Eng. dial.
• SCOUT † a high rock or hill; a projecting ridge; a precipice ...1781 Eng. dial.
• WHALEBACK a sharply rising hill or ridge of land ...1879 Amer. dial.
• WHALEBACK RIDGE a sharply rising hill or ridge of land ...1879 Amer. dial.
• WHALESBACK a sharply rising hill or ridge of land ...1946 Amer. dial.
RIDICULE - adjectives
• NARROW IN THE SHOULDERS † incapable of bearing ridicule ...1516
• SARDONIAN † characterized by ironic ridicule ...1586
• SARDONIC of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule ...1638
• SARDONICAL of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule ...1859
RIDICULE - adverbs
• SARDONICALLY with ironic ridicule ...1842-51
RIDICULE - nouns
• BADINAGE light trifling raillery or humorous banter or ridicule ...1658
• BANTER † a matter of ridicule or jest ...1719
• CHAFF nonsense, humbug, foolishness, ridicule; small, unimportant things or acts ...1859 Amer. dial.
• DIRDUMS ridicule, scoffs, sneers, slanders ...1825 Sc.
• GAFF, THE a dismissal, ridicule ...L19 US sl.
• GUYING ridicule ...c1890 colloq.
• OFF-TAKING jeering, ridicule ...1864 Sc.
• POP-OUT a jeer, a ridicule ...1920s sl.
• RAILLERY good-humoured ridicule, banter ...1653
• RAILLYING * banter, good-humoured ridicule ...1760
• RALLERY † raillery, banter, good-humoured ridicule ...1651
• SCORN jest, ridicule; banter; satire ...1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
RIDICULE - nouns, person
• FRIGHT one who is an object of ridicule ...1751 sl.
• GAME † an object of ridicule; a laughingstock ...1562
• GUY a person who is an object of ridicule or derision; broadly, a fool ...1823 Amer. sl.
• JESTING-STOCK † an object of jest or ridicule; a laughingstock ...1535
• LAUGHING GAME † an object of ridicule; a laughingstock ...1564
• RANK one who is a subject of ridicule; a ridiculous or socially unacceptable person ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SCOGGIN a butt for ridicule ...1938 Amer. dial.
• SCOGGINS a butt for ridicule and tricks ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SKETCH one who is an object of ridicule ...1917 sl.
• WAFT one who under the appearance of friendship, holds another up to ridicule ...1825 Sc.
RIDICULE - verbs
• BANTER † to ridicule, to make a jest of a thing ...1704
• BASE to disparage or ridicule; to confront someone ...1970 Amer. Black usage
• BORE to ridicule, to humiliate, to embarrass ...1800 Amer. dial.
• GAG to ridicule...Bk1900 Sc. & N. Ireland
• GIVE SOMEONE THE HA-HA to laugh at, to ridicule and take advantage of ...L19 US sl.
• GUY to mock, to ridicule; to taunt; to tease...1854 Amer. sl.
• HOAX to deceive; to ridicule ...L18 sl.
• JERK † to lash with satire or ridicule ...1602
• LEAN ON to disparage or ridicule ...1960s US Black sl.
• MAKE A MONKEY (OUT) OF to make a fool of; also, to hold up to ridicule ...1895 Amer. sl.
• MESS WITH to laugh at, to ridicule, to tease ...1980s sl.
• PLAY HORSE WITH to tease, to ridicule, to annoy, to make merry with ...1896 US sl.
• POKE FUN AT to ridicule ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• QUEER to quiz or ridicule; to puzzle ...1790 sl.
• QUIZ to make sport or fun of a person or thing, to turn to ridicule; occasionally, to regard with an air of mockery ...1796
• RAG to annoy, to tease, to mock, to bully; to ridicule; to vex; to enrage ...1808 UK sl.
• RAILLY † to ridicule or tease a person ...1673
• RALLY to treat or assail with banter, pleasantry, or good-humoured ridicule; to make fun or game of ...1679 arch.
• RANK to kid or tease a person; to annoy, to harass; to ridicule ...1934 Amer. dial.
• RIDE ONE BUG-HUNTING to subject one to merciless sarcasm or ridicule ...1923 Amer. dial.
• ROAST to ridicule ...1732 sl.
• ROT to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease; to ridicule, denigrate ...1890 Brit. sl.
• SCAFF to scoff, to ridicule ...1844 Sc.
• SCANDALIZE to slander, to malign, to defame, to ridicule ...1844
• SCOFFLE to speak contemptuously or mockingly; to ridicule; to scoff ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SCONCE to joke, to ridicule; to scold ...1884 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
• SCORN to ridicule by mimicry, to mock ...1790 Sc.
• SKIRP †* to mock, to deride, to ridicule ...c1450
• TAKE OFF to imitate, to mimic, to parody, to ridicule ...1750 sl.
• THROW OFF ON to disparage, to ridicule, to make fun of, to revile, to cast aspersions on ...1887 Amer. dial.
RIDICULE - interjections
• HELL AND SCISSORS! an exclamation of surprise and ridicule ...1852 Amer. sl.
• ROT! excl. expressing incredulity or ridicule ...M19 colloq.
RIDICULOUS - adjectives
• COCK-EYED absurd, ridiculous; topsy-turvy ...1896 UK sl.
• FRIBBLE trifling, frivolous, ridiculous, silly ...1798
• JAPE-WORTHY † ridiculous ...c1374
• LAPUTAN pertaining to Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver's Travels; hence, visionary, absurd, fanciful, preposterous, ridiculous, impossible ...1866
• LUDIBRIOUS † apt to be a subject of jest or mockery; ridiculous, laughable ...1563
• OBSOCKY of events: absurd, ridiculous ...20C W. Indies sl.
• OKEY-DOKE absurd; ridiculous ...1988 Amer. sl.
• OKEY-DOKEY absurd; ridiculous ...1993 Amer. sl.
• PAPPY-SHOW foolish, ridiculous ...L19 W. Indies
• PERRIDICULOUS †* thoroughly ridiculous ...c1600
• POPPY-SHOW foolish, ridiculous ...L19 W. Indies
• PUPPY-SHOW foolish, ridiculous ...L19 W.Indies
• RICH ridiculous ...1760 colloq.
• SCANDICULOUS scandalous and ridiculous ...1881 Amer. dial.
• STULTITIOUS † foolish, ridiculous ...1547
RIDICULOUS - nouns
• FADOODLE †* something foolish or ridiculous; nonsense; a mere nothing; a useless trifle ...a1670
• FIGGLE-FAGGLE conduct which is foolish, ludicrous, or unbecoming; silly or trifling conduct; ridiculous behaviour ...19C Sc.
• FLUMMADIDDLE silly or delusive nonsense; something trivial or ridiculous; balderdash ...1848 Amer.
• OBJECT a person or thing that appears ridiculous or pitiable; a laughingstock ...c1820 colloq.
• PALAMITY ridiculous or excessive speech; much ado about nothing ...1928 Amer. dial.
• PALMITY ridiculous or excessive speech; much ado about nothing ...1938 Amer. dial.
• PALMITY TALK ridiculous or excessive speech; much ado about nothing ...1938 Amer. dial.
• PANIC someone or something ridiculous or amusing ...1940s Irish sl.
• QUIGNOGS ridiculous or foolish notions or conceits ...1888 Eng. dial.
• RIDICULOSITY * ridiculousness; a ridiculous matter; anything that arouses laughter; a jest or joke ...1725 rare or arch.
• SAUCE-CROON a ridiculous or grotesque object ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIGHT a shocking, repulsive or ridiculous spectacle; esp. used of people who see themselves or others improperly or inelegantly dressed ...1862 sl.
• SKETCH a ridiculous or amusing sight ...20C sl.
• SNORTER something ridiculous ...Brit. sl.
RIDICULOUS - nouns, person
• CARTOON a ridiculous person; a fool ...1927 Amer. sl.
• COCKAMAMIE a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
• COCKAMAMY a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
• COCKAMANIE a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
• COCKAMANY a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
• DORK a stupid or ridiculous person; a jerk, a nerd ...1960 sl.
• GOOF an oaf, a ridiculous jerk; an incompetent fool ...20C US sl. & colloq.
• HODDY-DODDY † a foolish or ridiculous person; a simpleton; a dupe ...1646
• MACAROON a ridiculous or doltish person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• OBJECT a person or thing that appears ridiculous or pitiable; a laughingstock ...c1820 colloq.
• PANIC someone or something ridiculous or amusing ...1940s Irish sl.
• RANK one who is a subject of ridicule; a ridiculous or socially unacceptable person ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SKETCH a ridiculous or amusing person or sight ...20C sl.
• SNORTER someone ridiculous ...Brit. sl.
• TOKEN an odd ridiculous person ...1825 Sc.
RIDICULOUS - verbs
• GET A RISE OUT OF ONE to mortify; to make ridiculous; to outwit ...1600 sl.
• GO BEFORE ONE'S MARE TO MARKET to do ridiculous things ...c1670 Brit. colloq.
• HAVE A RISE OUT OF ONE to mortify; to make ridiculous; to outwit ...Bk1903 sl.
• MAKE A HARE OF to make ridiculous ...17C
• MAKE CHILDREN'S SHOES to be occupied absurdly or trivially; to look ridiculous; to be made to look ridiculous; to trifle with ...L17
• MAKE WIMWAMS FOR WATER-WHEELS to do an absurd or ridiculous thing ...1865 Eng. dial.
• MAUL RAILS to make oneself ridiculous ...1884 Amer. dial.
• RIDICULIZE †* to make ridiculous ...1615 obs. rare
• TAKE A RISE OUT OF ONE to mortify; to make ridiculous; to outwit ...a1850 sl.
RIDICULOUS - interjections
• BALLS! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BALONEY! int. nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEANS! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE YOUR AGE! don't be ridiculous! ...1920s Amer. sl.
• BLAH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOOEY! int. nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOW WISE TO YOURSELF! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLUEY! int. nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME OFF OF IT! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE A DOPE! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE A GOOP! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE AN AIRDALE! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE A SAP! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE A SILL! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE A SUCKER! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE AN ESKIMO ALL YOUR LIFE! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE BATTY! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE COO-COO! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE FUNNY! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE LIKE THAT! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE RIDICK! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE SAPPY! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T TALK ROT! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLE-DE-DEE! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLE-FADDLE! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLESTICKS! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 colloq.
• GET ON TO YOURSELF! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GET WISE TO YOURSELF! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO CHASE YOURSELF! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO WAY BACK AND SIT DOWN! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO WAY BACK IN THE WOODS AND SIT DOWN! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GROW UP! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOW DO YOU GET THAT WAY? don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HURRY UP AND GET BORN! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE NAME OF THE PROPHET - FIGS! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN YOUR HAT! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IS THAT A LAUGH! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IT IS TO LAUGH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IT'S ALL MY EYE! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IT'S BALONEY NO MATTER HOW THIN YOU SLICE IT! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAUGH? I THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE DIED! used as a reaction to the ridiculous ...c1880 Brit.
• OH, LA-LA! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PHO! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PHOOEY! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PHOOEY TO YOUEY! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PISH-PASH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POPPYCOCK! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POSH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POUF! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RASPBERRIES! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAZZBERRIES! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOOSH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPOOF! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THAT COPS THE LAUGH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THAT RATES A HEE-HAW! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THAT'S A LAUGH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THAT SLAYS ME! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THAT'S RIDICK! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOSH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHATTA LAUGH! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHY DON'T YOU GIVE YOURSELF UP? don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YOU SLAY ME! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
RIDICULOUS - phrases
• WHEN THE SKY FALLS WE SHALL CATCH LARKS a way of stating to a person that his scheme is absurd or ridiculous ...1822
RIFLE - see GUN
RIGGED - adjectives
• GAFF rigged ...1930s US gambling sl.
RIGHT - adjectives
• DEAD ON exactly right; correct ...1888 US sl.
• FINE AS FEATHERS in good shape; just right; fine ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ON THE NOSE correct, right ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• R right, correct ...1900s sl.
• RATIONABLE † reasonable, just, right ...1436 chiefly Sc.
• SKILFUL † endowed with reason; rational; also, following reason, doing right ...a1300
RIGHT - adverbs
• DEASIL towards the right ...1771
• OFFWARD to the right or off side ...1863 Eng. dial.
• RAMARD to the right ...1883 Eng dial.
• RAMWARD to the right ...1883 Eng dial.
• REMWARD to the right ...1883 Eng dial.
RIGHT - nouns
• SKILL † a sense of what is right or fitting ...1338
• TICKET, THE the exact thing, the right or correct thing ...1836
• TICKET FOR SOUP, THE the exact thing, the right or correct thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RIGHT (side) - nouns
• INDIAN SIDE the right-hand side, esp. of a horse; hence, the wrong side or wrong way of doing something ...1942 Amer. dial.
• ISLE OF WIGHT the right side ...1950s rhyming sl.
• OFF-SIDE the further or right side ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
RIGHT - verbs
• ADDRESS † to right what is wrong; to redress wrongs, to reform abuses ...1525
• BEET † to bring into better state, to put right, to correct, to amend, to reform faults, evil ways, etc.; to make good misdeeds ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EDZACT to perfect, to render exact; to make precisely right, to adjust precisely ...1917 Amer. dial.
• HAUL UPON THE RIGHT TOW to say the right thing ...Bk1902 Sc.
• RACCOMMODE † to restore to good relations with a person; to set right ...1673
• REDD to correct, to set right; to rebuke, to scold; to sum up the faults of, to criticize ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THINK DEAR † to seem right or proper; to seem good ...1340-70
RIGHT - phrases
• YOU'RE MIGHTY COME A-RIGHT you're quite right ...1941 Amer. dial.
• YOU'RE MIGHTY COME A-SHOUTING you're quite right ...1905 Amer. dial.
• YOU'RE MIGHTY COME A-TOOTING you're quite right ...1970 Amer. dial.
RIGHT ANGLE - nouns
• QUADRATE †* a right angle ...1686
RIGHTEOUS - adjectives
• DO-RIGHT righteous, diligent ...1936 US sl.
RIGHT-HAND MAN - nouns, person
• MAN'S ACE, THE the right-hand man ...1960s Amer. sl.
RIGHTLY - adverbs
• HANDILY rightly, justly ...1913 Amer. dial.
• HANDY justly, rightly ...1939 Amer. dial.
RIGHTS - nouns
• DIBBIES a claim; rights; right of priority ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DIBS a claim; rights; right of priority ...1930 Amer. dial.
• GOOFIES a claim; rights, dibs ...1905 Amer. dial.
RIGHTS - interjection
• GOODS! that's mine; used as a claim or rights to something ...1944 Amer. dial.
• GOODS ON IT! that's mine; used as a claim or rights to something ...1944 Amer. dial.
RIGID - adjectives
• CAST-IRON hard, insensible to fatigue; rigid, stern, unbending; inflexible, unyielding, wanting in pliancy or adaptiveness ...1830
• RIGENT † stiff, rigid ...c1440
• UNBOWSOME unbending, unyielding, stiff, rigid ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
RIGMAROLE - nouns
• FAHLIDAH a rigmarole ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MAPMENT nonsense; foolish talk; a silly rigmarole ...1877 Eng. dial.
• PADINODDY a long, tedious rigmarole; a 'cock-and-bull' story ...1865 Eng. dial.
• RABBLE † a disorderly outpouring of words, or noises; a rigmarole; an incoherent discourse, nonsensical talk ...1592 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAGMAN a long discourse, rhapsody, rigmarole ...1506 Sc.
• RAGMAREEL a rigmarole ...a1807 Sc.
• RAME a refrain, rigmarole; a continuous, whining complaint ...1808 Sc.
• RANE * a prolonged cry or utterance; a long string of words; a rigmarole...c1425 Sc.
• RAT-RHYME anything repeated by rote; a long speech or rigmarole; nonsense ...1650 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RIDLESS a doggerel rhyme; an improbable story, a rigmarole ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLORE rubbishy talk; nonsense; rigmarole; a long, rambling story ...1869 Sc.
• SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE confused or worthless discourse; irregular talk; wild, rambling nonsense; rigmarole ...1619
RIGOR MORTIS - nouns
• RIGMO rigor mortis ...1966 Brit. undertakers' sl.
RIGOUR - nouns
• RIGOROSITY † austerity, rigour, extreme strictness ...c1531
RILE - verbs
• CANTANKERATE to provoke to anger, to rile; to produce strife; to make or become cross-grained, ill-humoured or disagreeable ...1839 Amer.
RIM - nouns
• NEB an edge, a rim; the edge of a cake ...1856 Eng. dial.
• RAND * a rim, a margin ...1830
• REAM the rim or surface of anything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKIRT * a rim or border; an edging ...1576 NED Murray 1919
RIND - nouns
• BARK † the rind, husk, or shell of fruit and grains ...1377
RING (jewellery) - adjectives
• FAWNEYED wearing a ring or rings ...1812 sl.
• FAWNEY-FAM'D having one or more rings on the finger ...1812 sl.
RING (jewellery) - nouns
• BAGUE † a ring; a brooch ...1475
• BEE † a ring or torque of metal, usually meant for the arm or neck, but also a finger ring ... c1000
• FAM a gold ring ...1789 sl.
• FAMBLE † a ring ...1688 sl.
• FAMBLE-CHEAT † a ring on the hand ...1692 sl.
• FAMBLING-CHEAT † a ring on the hand ...1567 sl.
• FAM-CHEAT a ring ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• FAWNEY a finger-ring ...L18 sl.
• FAWNEY-BOUNCING selling a ring to a victim; the justification for the sale is a supposed wager, which the seller can win only by selling the ring ...1851 sl.
• FAWNEY-DROPPING a common fraud: a fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposed of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value ...1796 sl.
• FAWNEY RIG a common fraud: "a fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposed of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value ...1796 sl.
• FAWNY a ring ...L18 sl.
• FORNEY a ring ...L18 sl.
• FORNY a ring ...L18 sl.
• GAGE-RING an engagement ring ...1880 Eng. dial.
• GROIN a ring (jewellery) ...1931 sl., chiefly criminals' usage
• HIGHLAND FLING a (wedding) ring ...20C rhyming sl.
• HOOP a ring (jewellery)...1507
• JAM a ring ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• JEM a gold ring ...1725 cant
• KEEPER a ring that keeps another (esp. the wedding-ring) on the finger ...1851
• MARRYING-RING † a wedding-ring ...1504
• MARTINI a ring ...2002 Brit. sl.
• RUM-GEM a diamond ring ...Bk1896 cant
• SCARVE a ring ...L19 sl.
• ST. MARTIN'S RINGS † imitation gold rings ...1589
• TING-A-LING a ring ...1940s Aust. rhyming sl.
• TOURNIQUET an engagement or wedding ring ...1961 US sl.
RING (jewellery) - nouns, person
• FAMBLE † a villain that sells counterfeit rings, etc. ...1673 sl.
• FAMBLER † a villain that sells counterfeit rings, etc. ...1725 sl.
• FAWNEY-DROPPER one who practices the 'fawney-rig' ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
RING (jewellery) - verbs
• FLASH A FAWNEY to wear a ring ...Bk1893 sl.
RING (noise) - verbs
• JAMBLE † to jangle, to jingle, to ring, as bells ...1715
• TANG to emit a sharp and loud ringing or clanging sound; to ring, to clang ...1686
• TANGLE † to give out a quick succession of ringing sounds ...c1580
• TANK to make a ringing noise by striking anything together ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TINNITATE to ring, to give forth a ringing sound ...1866 nonce word
• TINTINNABULATE to ring, to tinkle ...1906
• TINTINNATE †* to ring, as a bell; to tinkle ...1623
• TWINK to make a light clear abrupt ringing sound, to clink, to chink ...a1529
RINGING - adjectives
• CANOROUS singing, melodious, musical; resonant, ringing ...1646
• TINGLE-TANGLE tinkling or ringing, as bells ...1653
• TINNIENT † emitting a clear ringing or tinkling sound; ringing, resonant...1668
• TINTINNABULANT ringing or tinkling as a small bell; jingling ...1812
RINGING - adverbs
• ACHIME chiming, ringing ...1860
RINGING - nouns
• TANKLE a ringing noise; a tinkling ...1894
• TANKLING a ringing noise; a tinkling ...1864
• TINGLE-TANGLE a confused tinkling or ringing, as a number of bells ...1670
• TINNIMENT †* a ringing or tinkling, as metals do ...1656
• TINTINNABULATION a ringing of a bell; bell-ringing; the sound of music so produced ...1831
• TINTINNATION †* a ringing like a bell ...1658
RINGING - verbs
• DING to make a heavy, ringing sound ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
RINGWORM - adjectives
• SCALD scabbed, scurfy, affected with eczema or ringworm ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
RINGWORM - nouns
• ARRALS pimples; a rash or eruption on the skin; esp. applied to ringworm ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CHESTNUT SORE ringworm ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RING-AROUND ringworm; shingles ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TETTER ringworm; generally in plural ...1876 Eng. dial.
RINSE - nouns
• NET a wash or rinse ...1703 Eng. dial.
RINSE - verbs
• DABBLE to wash or rinse quickly ...1938 Amer. dial.
• NET † to clean, to wash, to rinse out clothes ...1634 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RANGE to clean out; to rinse ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RENCH to rinse ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SIND to rinse; to wash out or down ...a1350 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SLISH to rinse by throwing water upon ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLOOSH to rinse by throwing water upon ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WRENCH to rinse ...1781 Eng. dial.
RINSING - nouns
• NET a rinsing in fresh water, a supply of clean water for rinsing ...1703 Eng. dial.
• RENCH a rinsing ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIND a rinsing; a draught, a potation ...a1774
RIOT - nouns
• AXE HANDLE PARTY a riot or brawl ...20C US sl.
• HASHY a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot ...1866 Sc.
• HASSIE a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot ...1866 Sc.
• RABBLEMENT † a riot, a disturbance ...1548 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAIRD † a loud noise or clamour; a riot; confusion; a sudden report ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RALLY UP a prison riot ...1960s Aust. sl.
• RAN-DAN a drunken carousal or riot; unsteady, riotous conduct ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAN-TAN a riot; a drinking bout; a spree ...1886 Eng. dial. & sl.
• REARDIE a wild frolic, a quarrel, a riot ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REARIE a wild frolic, a quarrel, a riot ...1871 Sc.
• REEKIM a smart blow; a riot, a quarrel ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REERIE a wild frolic, a quarrel, a riot ...1871 Sc.
• ROKO a riot, a protest or demonstration ...2003 India
• SCHILLOCH an uproar, an outcry, a riot ...1845 Sc.
• SKIMMINGTON * a row, quarrel, disturbance, riot ...1753
• ST. LUBBOCK a drunken riot ...L19 sl.
RIOT - nouns, person
• OLD GOOSEBERRY anyone who puts an end to a riot or disturbance whether by threats or actual force ...L18 sl.
RIOT - verbs
• ROAR to riot; to swagger ...Bk1903 sl.
• RUN AMAIN to get beyond control, to run riot ...1843 Eng. dial.
RIOTING - nouns
• HASH a noise, tumult; strife, rioting; ribald talk, nonsense ...1801 Sc.
RIOTOUS - adjectives
• ACOLASTIC † 'that liveth under no correction, riotous'; prodigal, licentious ...1656
• CAMSTAIRY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTEERY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTERRY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTRARIE perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• FREMESCENT * becoming murmurous, roaring; growing noisy and tumultuous; riotous, raging ...1837
• ON THE RAMPAGE rushing about in a reckless or riotous fashion ...1861
• RACKAPELT noisy, riotous ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKAPELTERLY noisy, riotous ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKETTY boisterous, noisy, riotous ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKLE disorderly, riotous, unruly ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAGMATICAL †* wild, rowdy, ill-behaved, riotous ...1742
• RAMBUSTIOUS spirited, boisterous, lively; unruly, riotous ...1853
• RAMP riotous, boisterous, disorderly, violent ...1715 Sc.
• RAMPACIOUS * riotously violent; unruly, riotous; boisterous ...1837
• RAMSACKING riotous, brawling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMSTOUGAR rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGEROUS rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTUGEROUS rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RANDIE boisterous, riotous, disorderly, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDY disorderly, disreputable, given to drink; boisterous, riotous, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLING riotous, boisterous ...1876 Eng. dial.
• RANTY lively, riotous, eager; wildly excited with passion, pain, anger, etc.; almost mad ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REE-RAW rough, riotous, noisy; untidy; confused ...1842
• ROARING riotous ...1658 sl.
• ROUTIOUS † disorderly, riotous ...1602
• SCOW-BANK riotous, noisy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
RIOTOUS, RIOTOUSNESS - nouns
• BALTIORUM riotous proceedings; the boisterous merrymaking which often accompanies a bonfire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLI-HOOIN' riotousness ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EVILLING acting in a deliberately negative manner, e.g. riotously, argumentatively, criminally ...1930s US Black sl.
• NEPOTATION †* wasting or riotousness ...1656
• RABBLEMENT * confusion, disturbance, or tumult like that of a rabble; riotous conduct ...1590
• RAGE † extravagant, riotous, or wanton behaviour; sport, game; jest, jesting talk ...c1320
• RAMBLE a piece of noisy or riotous behaviour; a row, uproar ...1705 Sc.
• RAMPAGEOUSNESS reckless or riotous behaviour ...1883
• RAN-DAN a drunken carousal or riot; unsteady, riotous conduct ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDY † riotous living ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TIMES OF MOLLY BÁN, THE a riotous good time ...20C Irish sl.
• VANDEMONIANISM rowdyism, riotousness ...1863
RIOTOUS - nouns, person
• RANDAN * a riotous or disorderly person; a dissolute or debauched person ...a1809
• RANTER † a noisy, riotous, dissipated fellow; a rake ...1654
RIOTOUS - verbs
• PITCH A BALL to have a riotous time at any social gathering ...1929 US sl.
• RAGE † to behave wantonly or riotously; to take one's pleasure; to play ...a1300
• RAMP to behave with reckless or riotous violence ...1627
• RIMRACK to ruin, to cheat; to behave riotously ...1841 Amer. dial.
• SWAY AWAY ON ALL TOP ROPES to live extravagantly or riotously ...c1810 nautical colloq.
• TOM-AND-JERRY to drink and indulge in riotous behaviour, like the young bloods of the Regency period ...1828
RIOTOUSLY - adverbs
• RAMPAGEOUSLY recklessly, riotously ...1840
• RAMPANTLY with reckless or riotous violence ...1426
• RANTINGLY in a jovial, riotous manner ...1816 Sc.
RIP - nouns
• DING a dent, scratch, scrape, or rip ...1945 US sl.
• EAGLE-HAWK a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing; a rip, a cut ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NAGELHAWK a rip or tear in a piece of clothing ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WINKLE-HAWK a tear in the shape of the letter L in a cloth; a rip or cut ...1848 Amer. dial.
RIP - verbs
• CAG to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• DING to dent, scratch, scrape or rip ...1968 US sl.
• KAG to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAB to rip or tear skin or cloth so as to leave a shred or strip hanging loose ...1958 Sc.
• SCALE to rip a seam; to tear ...1768 Sc.
RIPE - adjectives
• BEETHY overripe, sodden ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HASTY † that ripens or comes to maturity early in the season ...c1440
• MILD ripe ...1894 Eng. dial.
• RANK RIPE of fruit: quite ripe; overripe ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RICKING-RIPE dead ripe; applied to corn ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUMMER-RIPE † fully ripe ...a1670
RIPENING - adjectives
• RARE-RIPE ripening or flowering early ...1799 US
• RATHE-RIPE † of fruits, grains, etc.: coming early to maturity; ripening early in the year ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATH-RIPE † of fruits, grains, etc.: coming early to maturity; ripening early in the year ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
RIPPLE - nouns
• ACKER a ripple, furrow, or disturbance of the surface of water ...1808 Eng. dial.
• CAT'S-PAW a small patch of ripple on the water from a slight breeze ...1769 nautical
• JABBLE a ripple on the surface of water; a choppy sea, esp. that caused by meeting of tide and wind from opposite directions ...1824 Sc.
RIPPLE - verbs
• BICKER to move quickly; of a stream: to ripple, to flow ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIMP to mark with dimples or ripples ...1821 Eng. dial.
• JABBLE of water: to ripple, to break in small waves; to agitate or shake the liquid contents of a vessel ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAPPER of water: to lap, to splash gently, to ripple ...1893 Sc.
• LOPPER of water: to lap, to splash gently, to ripple ...1893 Sc.
RISE - nouns
• RAISEMENT an advance, increase, rise ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RISE - verbs
• HEAVE † to rise, to mount, to come up, to spring up ...c1325
• HEAVE AND SET to rise and fall, as a floating object upon the waves ...1509
• NAUNTLE to raise, to rear; to elevate; to rise up ...1820 Eng. dial.
• RELEVATE †* to rise up ...1661
• RISE LIKE A ROCKET to rise suddenly and dramatically
• RISE LIKE A ROCKET AND FALL LIKE A STICK to rise suddenly and dramatically and subsequently fall equally suddenly
• RISE WITH THE LARK to rise from bed very early in the morning ...1580
• TAPER † to rise or shoot up like a flame, spire, or pyramid; to rise or mount up continuously in honour, dignity, rank, etc. ...1589
• YERK † to spring or rise suddenly; esp. of animals ...1611 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
RISING - adjectives
• ACCLIVE †* rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending ...a1697
• ACCLIVITOUS rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending ...1815
• ACCLIVOUS rising with a slope; sloping upwards; steep ...1731
RISING - see REVOLT
RISK - adjectives
• HAZARDOUS † addicted to risks; venturesome ...1580
• JEOPARDOUS addicted to risks; venturesome, daring ...1494
• ON THE LINE at risk, at stake, in jeopardy ...1940 US
RISK - nouns
• ADVENTUREMENT †* running of risk ...1599
• APPERIL risk, peril ...1848 Ireland
• BALANCE † objective uncertainty or suspense; risk, hazard ...1330
• DAZZITY the performance of a challenging action of strength, skill, or risk by boys ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAHT † peril, risk ...c1200
• HAUHT † peril, risk ...c1200
• HAVE-AT-ALL † a desperate risk ...1622
• HAZARDIZE † a hazardous position; a condition of peril or risk ...1590 nonce use
• HAZARDRY †* the incurring of risk; venturesomeness ...1590
RISK - nouns, person
• BENGAL LANCER an opportunity, esp. one who takes risks in pursuit of criminal gain ...2005 Sc. rhyming sl. for ‘chancer’
RISK - verbs
• BALL THE JACK to risk everything on one attempt ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BRING ASS TO GET ASS to risk one's own well-being in order to defeat someone else ...1959 Amer. sl.
• CHANCE HER to take risks, to gamble ...E19 sl.
• CHANCE IT to take risks, to gamble ...E19 sl.
• CHANCE ONE'S ARM to take risks ...L19 sl.
• CHANCE ONE'S MITT to take risks ...L19 sl.
• GAGE † to stake, to wager; to risk, to bet ...1599 obs. or arch.
• GO THE WHOLE FIGURE to risk or do everything possible ...1833 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY to make a risky bet or call ...1940s US sl. gambling sl.
• HAZARDIZE †* to put in hazard; to jeopardize, to risk ...1628
• JEOPARD 1. to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss, injury, or death; to hazard, to risk, to imperil ...c1374
† 2. to risk oneself, to run the risk; to venture, to adventure ...1430-40
† 3. to risk doing something ...1456
• JEOPARDY * to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss, injury, death; to hazard, to risk, to imperil ...1460
• MONKEY WITH THE BUZZ-SAW to risk injury of any kind ...1912 Amer. dial.
• ODDS to risk, to take a chance ...1958 sl.
• PERICLITATE † to expose to peril, endanger, risk, hazard ...1623
• PLAY WITH THE BULL to run needless risks; to be foolhardy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PUT ONE'S ASS ON THE LINE to put oneself into a position of responsibility; to take risks; to face punishment ...1980s US sl.
• PUT ONE'S BALLS ON THE LINE to put oneself into a position of responsibility; to take risks; to face punishment ...1980s US sl.
• PUT ONE'S HEAD ON THE BLOCK to declare oneself openly; to take a risk or stand that may be dangerous ...1950s sl.
• PUT ONE'S HEAD UNDER THE KNIFE to declare oneself openly; to take a risk or stand that may be dangerous ...1950s sl.
• RUN THE VENTURE OF † to run the risk of ...1722
• SAIL CLOSE TO THE WIND to take risks, esp. with a set of rules and regulations ...M19 sl.
• TAKE A BEAR BY THE TOOTH to take foolhardy risks ...1719
• VENTURE ABROAD † to risk publishing an article, etc. ...1674
• VENTURE A JOINT † to take some risk ...1573-80
RISK - phrases
• NECK OR NOTHING at every risk; desperately ...1708-10 colloq.
RISKY - adjectives
• ADVENTUROUS † full of risk or peril; hazardous, perilous ...c1350
• CAZZARDLY precarious, risky, uncertain ...1849 Eng. dial.
• DODGY risky, difficult, or dangerous ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• HAZARDABLE † involving hazard; hazardous, risky ...1623
• HAZARDFUL †* risky, hazardous, perilous ...1626
• HAZARDLY †* risky, dangerous ...1575
• JEOPARDIOUS † fraught with danger or risk; hazardous, risky, perilous, dangerous ...1502
• JEOPARDOUS † fraught with risk or danger; hazardous, risky, perilous, dangerous ...1451
• KAZZARDLY precarious, risky, uncertain ...1849 Eng. dial.
• NECK OR NOUGHT risky, venturesome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NERVY requiring nerve or daring, risky ...1897
• SKETCH risky, dangerous ...1970s US campus sl.
• TICKLE † risky, dangerous ...1579 obs. or arch.
• TICKLISH liable to end in disaster unless treated with great care; needing cautious handling or action; delicate, critical, precarious, risky, hazardous ...1592
• UNCHANCY mischievous; dangerous; risky; not safe to meddle with ...1786 chiefly Sc.
• WANCHANCY dangerous, risky ...a1774 Sc.
• WOBBLY uncertain, undecided; risky ...1884 UK sl.
RISSOLE - nouns
• FAGGOT a rissole ...c1850 colloq.
• FAGOT a rissole ...c1850 colloq.
RITE - nouns
• HAS-BEEN ancient rite or custom; an antiquity ...1820 Sc.
RIVAL - nouns, person
• BREEK-BROTHER a rival in love ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MATCH † an opponent, an antagonist, a rival ...c1400
RIVAL - verbs
• SIDE to rival, equal, match ...1603
RIVALRY - nouns
• FEEDING FRENZY an episode of frantic competition or rivalry for something, esp. among journalists covering a story, personality, etc.
RIVALRY - verbs
• WAGE † to struggle, to contend against; to struggle through difficulties, to contend in rivalry ...1605
RIVER - adjectives
• BIG of a river or water: swollen, in flood ...1890 Eng. dial.
• FLUMINOUS † pertaining to rivers; abounding in rivers ...1656
• POTAMOPHILOUS * loving rivers; having an affinity for rivers ...1827
• SUBFLUVIAL extending under a river ...1863
RIVER - adverbs
• ASPAIT of a river: in flood ...1820 Sc.
RIVER - nouns
• AE † a river, a running water ...896
• AIT an island in a river ...1840 Eng. dial.
• ANA † a river-island ...1820 Sc.
• BACH(E) a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BARRANCO a bluff or the steep bank of a river ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BAT a river-island ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATCH a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BIGHT a bay, a creek; a projection in a river ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BLUE HOLE a deep hole in a river or stream ...1951 Amer. dial.
• BRAE the bank of a river ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CATHOLE a deep place in a river, creek, pond, etc. ...1842 Amer. dial.
• EA a river or the channel; a watercourse; also, water generally ...1662 Eng. dial.
• ELBOW a sharp bend in the course of a river, stream, road, etc. ...1591
• HEAD the source or spring of a stream or river ...1879 Eng. dial.
• KEECHAN a small rivulet ...Bk1901 Sc.
• KELD a well, a fountain, a spring; a deep, still, smooth part of a river ...1697 N. Eng. dial.
• KELL a well, a fountain, a spring; a deep, still, smooth part of a river ...1697 N. Eng. dial.
• LAKE a brook, rivulet, or stream ...1888 Eng. dial.
• LAND-WATERS rivers overflowing and flooding the land ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LEAP the sudden fall of a river to a lower level ...1796
• MOAT a river ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• OPEN the mouth or estuary of a river ...1710
• PRONG a branch of either a tree or a river ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RACE a strong current in the sea or a river ...1375
• RACK a stretch or reach of a river ...1755 Sc.
• RANT a stream; a river ...1874 Eng. dial.
• RATCH a long stretch of a river, a straight course of navigable river, a reach; an intermediate distance between two points ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REE † a river; a flood ...1721 Eng. dial.
• RETCH a long stretch of a river, a straight course of navigable river, a reach; an intermediate distance between two points ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIVERLING * a small stream or river; a rivulet ...1591
• RUNDLE † a small stream or rivulet ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCOUR a rapid flow over shallows in rivers or brooks; a rapid turn in brooks; the shallow part of a river or brook ...1865 Eng. dial.
• SHAKE a river ...1960 UK rhyming sl. (Shake and Shiver)
• SHAKE AND SHIVER a river ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• SINUOSITY a curve, bend, or winding in a road, river, valley, etc. ...a1774
• SPLASH any form of water, eg. a river, a lake, a sea, a bath ...1940s US Black sl.
• STAND-AND-SHIVER a river ...Bk1903 rhyming sl.
• SUCCOUR † a tributary of a river ...1570-6
• VADE † a shallow place in a river ...1538
• VEIN † a streamlet or rivulet; a current ...1600
• YENLADE † an estuary; the mouth of a river ...1656 Eng. dial.
• YENLET † an estuary; the mouth of a river ...1656 Eng. dial.
RIVER - nouns, person
• AMNICOLIST † one who dwells by a river ...1731
RIVER - verbs
• QUIRT †* of a river: to be dammed back ...1602
• WAFT † to convey safely by water; to carry over or across a river, sea, etc. ...1593 obs. exc. poetic
RIVER-RAFTING - nouns, person
• RIVER RAT a river-rafting enthusiast ...1997 US sl.
• ABLE rich, well-to-do ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK AND TICH rich ...2004 UK rhyming sl.
• EADI † rich, wealthy, luxurious ...a1000
• FAT † of a person: affluent, wealthy, well-to-do, rich ...1611 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• FLUSH rich ...1603 sl.
• HEELED rich; now usually preceded by 'well' ...1880 sl.
• INGOTTED rich ...1864 sl.
• IN THE MONEY rich; orig. used to denote being among the prize-winners in a competition, show, etc. ...1902 sl.
• LAANIE moneyed, rich, wealthy ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LAHNIE moneyed, rich, wealthy ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LANI moneyed, rich, wealthy ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LANIE moneyed, rich, wealthy ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LARNEY moneyed, rich, wealthy ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LOUSY-RICH very rich, wealthy ...1942 Amer. sl.
• LOUSY WITH MONEY rich ...1843 Amer. dial.
• MADE OF MONEY rich; mainly used in negatives and questions ...1849 sl.
• OOFY rich ...1896 sl.
• OPIME † rich, abundant, sumptuous, splendid ...1533
• OPIMOUS † rich, abundant, plentiful, sumptuous, splendid ...1656
• OPIPAROUS †* rich, sumptuous ...1621
• RARELY OFF in comfortable circumstances; well-to-do; rich ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RHINOCERAL rich ...M19 sl.
• RHINOCERICAL † having plenty of 'the rhino'; rich; full of money ...1688 sl.
• RHINO-FAT rich ...Bk1903 sl.
• RICH AS INDEE, AS very wealthy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• RICH AS JAY GOULD very rich ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ROLLING IN IT rich ...1782 sl.
• STAKEY rich ...1919 sl., chiefly Can.
• STAKY rich ...1919 sl., chiefly Can.
• TINNY having plenty of 'tin'; rich, wealthy ...1871 sl.
• VERY FAMILLIONAIRE typical of a nouveau riche ...M19 UK society usage
• WADDED well-off, rich ...2002 UK sl.
• WARM comfortably off, well-to-do; rich, affluent ...1571 colloq.
• WARM-POCKETED rich, well-to-do ...1899 Eng. dial.
• WELL-HEELED rich ...1880 sl.
• WELL-SHOD rich ...L19 US sl.
• WORTH A PLUM rich ...c1710 colloq.
RICH - nouns
• DIVITIOSITY † abundance of riches; a being very rich ...1656
• HOB'S KNOB the smart, rich area of a town ...20C US sl.
RICH - nouns, person
• BALLA one who is extremely rich, esp. from the profits of criminality ...1990s US Black sl.
• BALLER one who is extremely rich, esp. from the profits of criminality ...1990s US Black sl.
• BAWLA one who is extremely rich, esp. from the profits of criminality ...1990s US Black sl.
• FAT CULL a rich fellow ...1848 Amer. dial.
• FAT SQUIRE a rich fool ...17C sl.
• GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOORAY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• HOORAY HENRY (derogatory) orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man ...1936 Brit. sl.
• IT GIRL a rich, usually attractive, young woman who spends most of her time shopping or socializing ...20C
• JAKE GOULD one who is rich and important ...1965 Amer. dial.
• JOHN D a very rich person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LAANIE a White person; a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LAHNEE a White person; a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl
• LANI a White person; a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LANIE a White person; a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LARNEY a White person; a rich person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• LEVIATHAN a man of vast and formidable power or enormous wealth, a rich and powerful person ...1607
• MONEY-BUG a millionaire ...c1898 sl., orig. US
• MR. GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MRS. GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MRS. JAY GOULD a woman who is rich and important ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NABOB a person of great wealth; one who returned from India with a large fortune acquired there; a very rich and luxurious person ...1764
• NABOBESS female nabob; the wife of a nabob ...1767
• NARIKIN a nouveau riche ...1910s sl.
• NEECEE PRINCESS a nouveau riche young woman ...L19 UK society usage
• NOOV(E) (derogatory) a member of the nouveuax riches ...1984 Brit. sl.
• OAK a rich man; a man of substance ...17C sl.
• OKE a rich man; a man of substance ...17C sl.
• OLD GAGER a rich old man ...18C UK criminals' sl.
• PLOOT (derogatory) a rich person ...1908 sl., chiefly US
• PLUTE (derogatory) a rich person ...1908 sl., chiefly US
• RABBIT SUCKER a rich young man who is gulled into running up large bills by confidence tricksters who later dun him for their debts ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
• RAG-GORGER a wealthy or rich man ...c1820 sl.
• RAG-GORGY a wealthy or rich man ...c1820 sl.
• RAG SPLAWDGER a wealthy or rich man ...c1858 sl.
• RAG SPLAWGER a wealthy or rich man ...c1858 sl.
• RICH BUG one who has plenty of money ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RICHIE a rich person ...1966 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• RICHLING * a rich person (said with contemptuous force) ...a1500
• RICHY a rich person ...1966 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• ROCKEFELLER an immensely rich person; a millionaire ...M20
• SAPPODIL a rich man with the sweet nature of a daffodil who is easily induced to spend his money ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SILK HAT a rich person ...L19 US sl., later US Black usage
• SILK STOCKING a rich or wealthy person ...L19 US sl., later US Black usage
• SQUILLIONAIRE a multi-millionaire; hence, an extremely rich person ...1979 sl.
• STINK-O'-BRASS an extremely rich person who is also a niggard ...1878 Eng. dial.
• TINMAN a very rich man; a millionaire ...L19 sporting sl.
• UPJUMP an upstart, a nouveau riche; a term of abuse ...1910s Aust. sl.
• VANDERBILT a very rich man ...L19 US sl.
• VICTORIA a nouveau riche person ...2003 UK sl.
• ZILLIONAIRE a multi-millionaire; hence, an extremely rich person ...1946 sl.
RICH - verbs
• BE WORTH A PLUM to be rich ...c1710 colloq.
• DIVITIATE † to enrich, to make rich ...1627
• FALL HEAVY to die rich ...1854 Eng. dial.
• GET CURED to get rich ...1957 US sl.
• HAVE MONEY TO BURN to be rich, to have plenty to spend ...20C sl.
• MAKE A BOMB to become rich; to 'make a packet' ...c1945 Brit. sl.
• MAKE ONE'S PILE to become rich ...1854 sl., orig. US
• RICH † to become rich ...1641 Sc.
• STINK OF MONEY (derogatory) to be rich ...1877 sl.
• STRIKE IT RICH to become rich ...1884 sl., orig. US
• WALLOW IN WEALTH to be very rich ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RICHES - nouns
• MAMMON riches, wealth regarded as an evil influence or as an idol ...1362
• MAMMONISM devotion to the pursuit of riches ...1843
• MAMMONOLATRY the worship of riches or wealth ...1820 nonce word
• SUBSTANCES † riches, possessions ...1382
• TALENT † treasure, riches, wealth, abundance ...a1400-50
RICHES - nouns, person
• MAMMONIST a person devoted to the acquisition of wealth; one that worships or seeks after riches ...1550
• MAMMONITE a worshipper of mammon; one who sets his heart on riches ...1712
RICHLY - adverbs
• DEARWORTHILY † worthily, honourably; preciously, richly; affectionately ...a1300
• DEARWORTHLY † worthily, honourably; preciously, richly; affectionately ...c1205
RICKETY - adjectives
• ADDLE tumbledown, loose, rickety, shaky ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CLICK-MA-DOODLE badly done; rickety ...19C Eng. dial.
• COGGLETY shaky, unsteady, unstable, rickety ...19C Eng. dial.
• DICKY of things, conditions, etc.: uncertain, doubtful, critical, hazardous; rickety, shaky, tottering ...1851
• EMMIS insecurely placed, unsteady, rickety ...Bk1900 Sc.
• LAVADATED rickety, dilapidated ...1927 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKERING † rickety, dilapidated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE loose and shaky as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, in disorder; orig. said chiefly of carriages and houses ...1830
• RAMSHACKLED dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair, rickety, tumbledown ...1675
• RAMSHACKLEY rickety ...1895 Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLING rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated ...1868
• RAMSHACKLY rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair ...1857
• RANSHACKLED rickety, dilapidated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-GUT rickety, shaky, rattling ...1877 Eng. dial.
• RICKET † unsteady, rickety ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RICKETED rickety, shaky, unsteady ...1896 Eng. dial.
• RICKLETY rickety, unstable, dilapidated, unsteady ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RICKLEY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated ...1865 Sc.
• RICKLY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated ...1865 Sc.
• RIMRACKED ruined, worn out, rickety ...1862 Amer. dial.
• SHACKELTY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKELY shaky, rickety ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLEDY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLETY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLEY ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tottering ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLING ramshackle, rickety, run-down ...c1784 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLY ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tottering ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SHAMBLY ramshackle, rickety ...M20 colloq.
• SHATTERY of furniture, etc., loose, rickety ...E19 Eng. dial.
• SQUEEGEE distorted, damaged, rickety ...1959 Amer. dial.
• TITTUPING unsteady, rickety ...1824
• TITTUPY apt to tip up; unsteady, shaky, rickety ...1798 colloq.
• WAPPERGEE * rickety ...1959 Amer. dial.
• WEE-WAW askew; crooked; more on one side than the other; rickety, shaky, loose, unsteady, wobbling ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
RICKETY - nouns
• BONE-SETTER a horse hard in the riding; a rickety conveyance or vehicle ...M18 sl.
• BRAIGGLE an old and dangerously rickety article ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CLICK-MA-DOODLE a rickety article; a badly finished piece of work ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE something rickety or tumbledown ...1865 nonce use
RICKETY - verbs
• WEEWAW to set askew; to proceed unsteadily; to be shaky, wobbly or rickety ...1914 Amer. dial.
• WEE-WOW to be shaky, rickety, or wobbly ...1927 Amer. dial.
RICOCHET - verbs
• SCALE to skip, to bounce, to ricochet ...a1870 Amer. dial.
RID - adjectives
• RIDDY rid ...1889 Eng. dial.
RID - verbs
• ARSEHOLE to dismiss; to get rid of ...1960s Aust. sl.
• ASHCAN to throw in an ashcan; to discard, to throw away, to get rid of ...1938 Amer. sl.
• BE SHUT OF to dismiss, to get rid of ...1575
• CAN to get rid of, to expel, to discharge, to eject, to jilt, to dismiss; to discharge from employment ...1905 Amer. sl.
• CASHIER to discard, to get rid off, to banish a thing ...1603
• DECARD † to reject, to set aside, to get rid of, to dismiss ...1605
• DUST to get rid of; to dump ...20C teen & high school sl.
• EASE to get rid of, to leave behind ...1920s US sl.
• FADE to ignore, to erase, to get rid of ...1990s US Black sl.
• GET SHOT OF to dismiss; to get rid of ...1802
• GET SHUT OF to dismiss, to get rid of ...1575
• GIVE ONE THE GO-AHEAD SIGNAL to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE GO-AWAY SIGN to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE GO-LIGHT to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE GO-SIGN to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE GO-SIGNAL to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GIVE THE ARSE to get rid of a person or thing; to dismiss ...1955 Aust.
• GIVE THE LONSDALE to dismiss, to get rid of ...c1940 Brit. sl.
• GIVE THE LONSDALE BELT to dismiss, to get rid of ...c1940 Brit. sl.
• MAKE SHORT METER OF to dispose or rid of quickly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• NET † to rid of ...1536
• OFF to get rid of, to reject, to dismiss ...L19 sl.
• PARK to get rid of someone or something ...1940s sl.
• REDD to rid, to free ...1848 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SANDBAG to get rid of ...1910s sl.
• SKID(S) to get rid of ...1950s US criminals' sl.
• TIE A CAN TO to get rid of or dismiss; to quit or stop ...1899 US sl.
• UNLOAD to drop, to dispose of, to get rid of ...M19 sl.
RIDDANCE - nouns
• RID riddance ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
RIDDLE - adjectives
• OEDIPEAN clever at guessing a riddle ...1621
RIDDLE - nouns
• GUESSING-STORY a conundrum, a riddle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• OPPOSAL † the putting of posing questions; examination, interrogation; a posing question; a puzzle, enigma, riddle ...1426
• QUIRK a riddle, a catch-question, an arithmetical problem ...1929 Sc.
• QUIRKLE a riddle, a catch-question, an arithmetical problem ...1929 Sc.
• QUIRKLUM a riddle, a catch-question, an arithmetical problem ...1929 Sc.
• REDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RIDDLEUM a riddle, a conundrum ...1824 Sc.
• RIDDLING a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• RIDDLUM a riddle, a conundrum ...1824 Sc.
• RIDLESS a conundrum, a riddle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum ...1873 Eng. dial.
• YED † a song, a poem, a speech, a tale, a riddle ...c1205
RIDDLE - nouns, person
• EDIPUS one who is clever at guessing riddles ...1557
• OEDIPUS one who is clever at guessing riddles ...1557
RIDDLE - verbs
• REE ME THIS RIDDLE to read, guess, or solve this riddle ...1955 Amer. dial.
RIDE - nouns
• JAZZ a short flight or ride ...1918 Amer. sl.
RIDE - see HORSE RIDING
RIDGE - nouns
• BALK † a ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground, as a grave-mound ...c885
• BARF a long low ridge or hill, generally isolated ...1678 Eng. dial.
• BAULK † a ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground, as a grave-mound ...c885
• CAM the crest of a hill, a ridge ...1864 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KAME a long, narrow, steep-sided mound or ridge; a hill-ridge ...1814 Sc.
• LEAD a mountain spur; a steep ridge ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LOMA a hill, mound, or ridge ...1857 Amer. dial.
• RIDGELET a small narrow ridge of land ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIFF a ridge ...1883 Eng. dial.
• SCOUT † a high rock or hill; a projecting ridge; a precipice ...1781 Eng. dial.
• WHALEBACK a sharply rising hill or ridge of land ...1879 Amer. dial.
• WHALEBACK RIDGE a sharply rising hill or ridge of land ...1879 Amer. dial.
• WHALESBACK a sharply rising hill or ridge of land ...1946 Amer. dial.
RIDICULE - adjectives
• NARROW IN THE SHOULDERS † incapable of bearing ridicule ...1516
• SARDONIAN † characterized by ironic ridicule ...1586
• SARDONIC of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule ...1638
• SARDONICAL of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule ...1859
RIDICULE - adverbs
• SARDONICALLY with ironic ridicule ...1842-51
RIDICULE - nouns
• BADINAGE light trifling raillery or humorous banter or ridicule ...1658
• BANTER † a matter of ridicule or jest ...1719
• CHAFF nonsense, humbug, foolishness, ridicule; small, unimportant things or acts ...1859 Amer. dial.
• DIRDUMS ridicule, scoffs, sneers, slanders ...1825 Sc.
• GAFF, THE a dismissal, ridicule ...L19 US sl.
• GUYING ridicule ...c1890 colloq.
• OFF-TAKING jeering, ridicule ...1864 Sc.
• POP-OUT a jeer, a ridicule ...1920s sl.
• RAILLERY good-humoured ridicule, banter ...1653
• RAILLYING * banter, good-humoured ridicule ...1760
• RALLERY † raillery, banter, good-humoured ridicule ...1651
• SCORN jest, ridicule; banter; satire ...1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
RIDICULE - nouns, person
• FRIGHT one who is an object of ridicule ...1751 sl.
• GAME † an object of ridicule; a laughingstock ...1562
• GUY a person who is an object of ridicule or derision; broadly, a fool ...1823 Amer. sl.
• JESTING-STOCK † an object of jest or ridicule; a laughingstock ...1535
• LAUGHING GAME † an object of ridicule; a laughingstock ...1564
• RANK one who is a subject of ridicule; a ridiculous or socially unacceptable person ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SCOGGIN a butt for ridicule ...1938 Amer. dial.
• SCOGGINS a butt for ridicule and tricks ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SKETCH one who is an object of ridicule ...1917 sl.
• WAFT one who under the appearance of friendship, holds another up to ridicule ...1825 Sc.
RIDICULE - verbs
• BANTER † to ridicule, to make a jest of a thing ...1704
• BASE to disparage or ridicule; to confront someone ...1970 Amer. Black usage
• BORE to ridicule, to humiliate, to embarrass ...1800 Amer. dial.
• GAG to ridicule...Bk1900 Sc. & N. Ireland
• GIVE SOMEONE THE HA-HA to laugh at, to ridicule and take advantage of ...L19 US sl.
• GUY to mock, to ridicule; to taunt; to tease...1854 Amer. sl.
• HOAX to deceive; to ridicule ...L18 sl.
• JERK † to lash with satire or ridicule ...1602
• LEAN ON to disparage or ridicule ...1960s US Black sl.
• MAKE A MONKEY (OUT) OF to make a fool of; also, to hold up to ridicule ...1895 Amer. sl.
• MESS WITH to laugh at, to ridicule, to tease ...1980s sl.
• PLAY HORSE WITH to tease, to ridicule, to annoy, to make merry with ...1896 US sl.
• POKE FUN AT to ridicule ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• QUEER to quiz or ridicule; to puzzle ...1790 sl.
• QUIZ to make sport or fun of a person or thing, to turn to ridicule; occasionally, to regard with an air of mockery ...1796
• RAG to annoy, to tease, to mock, to bully; to ridicule; to vex; to enrage ...1808 UK sl.
• RAILLY † to ridicule or tease a person ...1673
• RALLY to treat or assail with banter, pleasantry, or good-humoured ridicule; to make fun or game of ...1679 arch.
• RANK to kid or tease a person; to annoy, to harass; to ridicule ...1934 Amer. dial.
• RIDE ONE BUG-HUNTING to subject one to merciless sarcasm or ridicule ...1923 Amer. dial.
• ROAST to ridicule ...1732 sl.
• ROT to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease; to ridicule, denigrate ...1890 Brit. sl.
• SCAFF to scoff, to ridicule ...1844 Sc.
• SCANDALIZE to slander, to malign, to defame, to ridicule ...1844
• SCOFFLE to speak contemptuously or mockingly; to ridicule; to scoff ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SCONCE to joke, to ridicule; to scold ...1884 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
• SCORN to ridicule by mimicry, to mock ...1790 Sc.
• SKIRP †* to mock, to deride, to ridicule ...c1450
• TAKE OFF to imitate, to mimic, to parody, to ridicule ...1750 sl.
• THROW OFF ON to disparage, to ridicule, to make fun of, to revile, to cast aspersions on ...1887 Amer. dial.
RIDICULE - interjections
• HELL AND SCISSORS! an exclamation of surprise and ridicule ...1852 Amer. sl.
• ROT! excl. expressing incredulity or ridicule ...M19 colloq.
RIDICULOUS - adjectives
• COCK-EYED absurd, ridiculous; topsy-turvy ...1896 UK sl.
• FRIBBLE trifling, frivolous, ridiculous, silly ...1798
• JAPE-WORTHY † ridiculous ...c1374
• LAPUTAN pertaining to Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver's Travels; hence, visionary, absurd, fanciful, preposterous, ridiculous, impossible ...1866
• LUDIBRIOUS † apt to be a subject of jest or mockery; ridiculous, laughable ...1563
• OBSOCKY of events: absurd, ridiculous ...20C W. Indies sl.
• OKEY-DOKE absurd; ridiculous ...1988 Amer. sl.
• OKEY-DOKEY absurd; ridiculous ...1993 Amer. sl.
• PAPPY-SHOW foolish, ridiculous ...L19 W. Indies
• PERRIDICULOUS †* thoroughly ridiculous ...c1600
• POPPY-SHOW foolish, ridiculous ...L19 W. Indies
• PUPPY-SHOW foolish, ridiculous ...L19 W.Indies
• RICH ridiculous ...1760 colloq.
• SCANDICULOUS scandalous and ridiculous ...1881 Amer. dial.
• STULTITIOUS † foolish, ridiculous ...1547
RIDICULOUS - nouns
• FADOODLE †* something foolish or ridiculous; nonsense; a mere nothing; a useless trifle ...a1670
• FIGGLE-FAGGLE conduct which is foolish, ludicrous, or unbecoming; silly or trifling conduct; ridiculous behaviour ...19C Sc.
• FLUMMADIDDLE silly or delusive nonsense; something trivial or ridiculous; balderdash ...1848 Amer.
• OBJECT a person or thing that appears ridiculous or pitiable; a laughingstock ...c1820 colloq.
• PALAMITY ridiculous or excessive speech; much ado about nothing ...1928 Amer. dial.
• PALMITY ridiculous or excessive speech; much ado about nothing ...1938 Amer. dial.
• PALMITY TALK ridiculous or excessive speech; much ado about nothing ...1938 Amer. dial.
• PANIC someone or something ridiculous or amusing ...1940s Irish sl.
• QUIGNOGS ridiculous or foolish notions or conceits ...1888 Eng. dial.
• RIDICULOSITY * ridiculousness; a ridiculous matter; anything that arouses laughter; a jest or joke ...1725 rare or arch.
• SAUCE-CROON a ridiculous or grotesque object ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIGHT a shocking, repulsive or ridiculous spectacle; esp. used of people who see themselves or others improperly or inelegantly dressed ...1862 sl.
• SKETCH a ridiculous or amusing sight ...20C sl.
• SNORTER something ridiculous ...Brit. sl.
RIDICULOUS - nouns, person
• CARTOON a ridiculous person; a fool ...1927 Amer. sl.
• COCKAMAMIE a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
• COCKAMAMY a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
• COCKAMANIE a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
• COCKAMANY a foolish or ridiculous person ...1936 US sl.
• DORK a stupid or ridiculous person; a jerk, a nerd ...1960 sl.
• GOOF an oaf, a ridiculous jerk; an incompetent fool ...20C US sl. & colloq.
• HODDY-DODDY † a foolish or ridiculous person; a simpleton; a dupe ...1646
• MACAROON a ridiculous or doltish person ...1942 Amer. sl.
• OBJECT a person or thing that appears ridiculous or pitiable; a laughingstock ...c1820 colloq.
• PANIC someone or something ridiculous or amusing ...1940s Irish sl.
• RANK one who is a subject of ridicule; a ridiculous or socially unacceptable person ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SKETCH a ridiculous or amusing person or sight ...20C sl.
• SNORTER someone ridiculous ...Brit. sl.
• TOKEN an odd ridiculous person ...1825 Sc.
RIDICULOUS - verbs
• GET A RISE OUT OF ONE to mortify; to make ridiculous; to outwit ...1600 sl.
• GO BEFORE ONE'S MARE TO MARKET to do ridiculous things ...c1670 Brit. colloq.
• HAVE A RISE OUT OF ONE to mortify; to make ridiculous; to outwit ...Bk1903 sl.
• MAKE A HARE OF to make ridiculous ...17C
• MAKE CHILDREN'S SHOES to be occupied absurdly or trivially; to look ridiculous; to be made to look ridiculous; to trifle with ...L17
• MAKE WIMWAMS FOR WATER-WHEELS to do an absurd or ridiculous thing ...1865 Eng. dial.
• MAUL RAILS to make oneself ridiculous ...1884 Amer. dial.
• RIDICULIZE †* to make ridiculous ...1615 obs. rare
• TAKE A RISE OUT OF ONE to mortify; to make ridiculous; to outwit ...a1850 sl.
RIDICULOUS - interjections
• BALLS! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BALONEY! int. nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEANS! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE YOUR AGE! don't be ridiculous! ...1920s Amer. sl.
• BLAH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOOEY! int. nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLOW WISE TO YOURSELF! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLUEY! int. nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COME OFF OF IT! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE A DOPE! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE A GOOP! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE AN AIRDALE! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE A SAP! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE A SILL! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE A SUCKER! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE AN ESKIMO ALL YOUR LIFE! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE BATTY! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE COO-COO! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE FUNNY! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE LIKE THAT! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE RIDICK! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T BE SAPPY! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DON'T TALK ROT! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLE-DE-DEE! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLE-FADDLE! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLESTICKS! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 colloq.
• GET ON TO YOURSELF! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GET WISE TO YOURSELF! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO CHASE YOURSELF! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO WAY BACK AND SIT DOWN! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GO WAY BACK IN THE WOODS AND SIT DOWN! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GROW UP! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOW DO YOU GET THAT WAY? don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HURRY UP AND GET BORN! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN THE NAME OF THE PROPHET - FIGS! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN YOUR HAT! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IS THAT A LAUGH! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IT IS TO LAUGH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IT'S ALL MY EYE! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IT'S BALONEY NO MATTER HOW THIN YOU SLICE IT! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LAUGH? I THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE DIED! used as a reaction to the ridiculous ...c1880 Brit.
• OH, LA-LA! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PHO! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PHOOEY! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PHOOEY TO YOUEY! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PISH-PASH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POOH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POPPYCOCK! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POSH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POUF! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RASPBERRIES! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAZZBERRIES! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOOSH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPOOF! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THAT COPS THE LAUGH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THAT RATES A HEE-HAW! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THAT'S A LAUGH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THAT SLAYS ME! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THAT'S RIDICK! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TOSH! nonsense! it is ridiculous ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHATTA LAUGH! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHY DON'T YOU GIVE YOURSELF UP? don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YOU SLAY ME! don't be ridiculous! ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
RIDICULOUS - phrases
• WHEN THE SKY FALLS WE SHALL CATCH LARKS a way of stating to a person that his scheme is absurd or ridiculous ...1822
RIFLE - see GUN
RIGGED - adjectives
• GAFF rigged ...1930s US gambling sl.
RIGHT - adjectives
• DEAD ON exactly right; correct ...1888 US sl.
• FINE AS FEATHERS in good shape; just right; fine ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ON THE NOSE correct, right ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• R right, correct ...1900s sl.
• RATIONABLE † reasonable, just, right ...1436 chiefly Sc.
• SKILFUL † endowed with reason; rational; also, following reason, doing right ...a1300
RIGHT - adverbs
• DEASIL towards the right ...1771
• OFFWARD to the right or off side ...1863 Eng. dial.
• RAMARD to the right ...1883 Eng dial.
• RAMWARD to the right ...1883 Eng dial.
• REMWARD to the right ...1883 Eng dial.
RIGHT - nouns
• SKILL † a sense of what is right or fitting ...1338
• TICKET, THE the exact thing, the right or correct thing ...1836
• TICKET FOR SOUP, THE the exact thing, the right or correct thing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RIGHT (side) - nouns
• INDIAN SIDE the right-hand side, esp. of a horse; hence, the wrong side or wrong way of doing something ...1942 Amer. dial.
• ISLE OF WIGHT the right side ...1950s rhyming sl.
• OFF-SIDE the further or right side ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
RIGHT - verbs
• ADDRESS † to right what is wrong; to redress wrongs, to reform abuses ...1525
• BEET † to bring into better state, to put right, to correct, to amend, to reform faults, evil ways, etc.; to make good misdeeds ...c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EDZACT to perfect, to render exact; to make precisely right, to adjust precisely ...1917 Amer. dial.
• HAUL UPON THE RIGHT TOW to say the right thing ...Bk1902 Sc.
• RACCOMMODE † to restore to good relations with a person; to set right ...1673
• REDD to correct, to set right; to rebuke, to scold; to sum up the faults of, to criticize ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THINK DEAR † to seem right or proper; to seem good ...1340-70
RIGHT - phrases
• YOU'RE MIGHTY COME A-RIGHT you're quite right ...1941 Amer. dial.
• YOU'RE MIGHTY COME A-SHOUTING you're quite right ...1905 Amer. dial.
• YOU'RE MIGHTY COME A-TOOTING you're quite right ...1970 Amer. dial.
RIGHT ANGLE - nouns
• QUADRATE †* a right angle ...1686
RIGHTEOUS - adjectives
• DO-RIGHT righteous, diligent ...1936 US sl.
RIGHT-HAND MAN - nouns, person
• MAN'S ACE, THE the right-hand man ...1960s Amer. sl.
RIGHTLY - adverbs
• HANDILY rightly, justly ...1913 Amer. dial.
• HANDY justly, rightly ...1939 Amer. dial.
RIGHTS - nouns
• DIBBIES a claim; rights; right of priority ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DIBS a claim; rights; right of priority ...1930 Amer. dial.
• GOOFIES a claim; rights, dibs ...1905 Amer. dial.
RIGHTS - interjection
• GOODS! that's mine; used as a claim or rights to something ...1944 Amer. dial.
• GOODS ON IT! that's mine; used as a claim or rights to something ...1944 Amer. dial.
RIGID - adjectives
• CAST-IRON hard, insensible to fatigue; rigid, stern, unbending; inflexible, unyielding, wanting in pliancy or adaptiveness ...1830
• RIGENT † stiff, rigid ...c1440
• UNBOWSOME unbending, unyielding, stiff, rigid ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
RIGMAROLE - nouns
• FAHLIDAH a rigmarole ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MAPMENT nonsense; foolish talk; a silly rigmarole ...1877 Eng. dial.
• PADINODDY a long, tedious rigmarole; a 'cock-and-bull' story ...1865 Eng. dial.
• RABBLE † a disorderly outpouring of words, or noises; a rigmarole; an incoherent discourse, nonsensical talk ...1592 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAGMAN a long discourse, rhapsody, rigmarole ...1506 Sc.
• RAGMAREEL a rigmarole ...a1807 Sc.
• RAME a refrain, rigmarole; a continuous, whining complaint ...1808 Sc.
• RANE * a prolonged cry or utterance; a long string of words; a rigmarole...c1425 Sc.
• RAT-RHYME anything repeated by rote; a long speech or rigmarole; nonsense ...1650 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RIDLESS a doggerel rhyme; an improbable story, a rigmarole ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLORE rubbishy talk; nonsense; rigmarole; a long, rambling story ...1869 Sc.
• SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE confused or worthless discourse; irregular talk; wild, rambling nonsense; rigmarole ...1619
RIGOR MORTIS - nouns
• RIGMO rigor mortis ...1966 Brit. undertakers' sl.
RIGOUR - nouns
• RIGOROSITY † austerity, rigour, extreme strictness ...c1531
RILE - verbs
• CANTANKERATE to provoke to anger, to rile; to produce strife; to make or become cross-grained, ill-humoured or disagreeable ...1839 Amer.
RIM - nouns
• NEB an edge, a rim; the edge of a cake ...1856 Eng. dial.
• RAND * a rim, a margin ...1830
• REAM the rim or surface of anything ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKIRT * a rim or border; an edging ...1576 NED Murray 1919
RIND - nouns
• BARK † the rind, husk, or shell of fruit and grains ...1377
RING (jewellery) - adjectives
• FAWNEYED wearing a ring or rings ...1812 sl.
• FAWNEY-FAM'D having one or more rings on the finger ...1812 sl.
RING (jewellery) - nouns
• BAGUE † a ring; a brooch ...1475
• BEE † a ring or torque of metal, usually meant for the arm or neck, but also a finger ring ... c1000
• FAM a gold ring ...1789 sl.
• FAMBLE † a ring ...1688 sl.
• FAMBLE-CHEAT † a ring on the hand ...1692 sl.
• FAMBLING-CHEAT † a ring on the hand ...1567 sl.
• FAM-CHEAT a ring ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• FAWNEY a finger-ring ...L18 sl.
• FAWNEY-BOUNCING selling a ring to a victim; the justification for the sale is a supposed wager, which the seller can win only by selling the ring ...1851 sl.
• FAWNEY-DROPPING a common fraud: a fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposed of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value ...1796 sl.
• FAWNEY RIG a common fraud: "a fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposed of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value ...1796 sl.
• FAWNY a ring ...L18 sl.
• FORNEY a ring ...L18 sl.
• FORNY a ring ...L18 sl.
• GAGE-RING an engagement ring ...1880 Eng. dial.
• GROIN a ring (jewellery) ...1931 sl., chiefly criminals' usage
• HIGHLAND FLING a (wedding) ring ...20C rhyming sl.
• HOOP a ring (jewellery)...1507
• JAM a ring ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• JEM a gold ring ...1725 cant
• KEEPER a ring that keeps another (esp. the wedding-ring) on the finger ...1851
• MARRYING-RING † a wedding-ring ...1504
• MARTINI a ring ...2002 Brit. sl.
• RUM-GEM a diamond ring ...Bk1896 cant
• SCARVE a ring ...L19 sl.
• ST. MARTIN'S RINGS † imitation gold rings ...1589
• TING-A-LING a ring ...1940s Aust. rhyming sl.
• TOURNIQUET an engagement or wedding ring ...1961 US sl.
RING (jewellery) - nouns, person
• FAMBLE † a villain that sells counterfeit rings, etc. ...1673 sl.
• FAMBLER † a villain that sells counterfeit rings, etc. ...1725 sl.
• FAWNEY-DROPPER one who practices the 'fawney-rig' ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
RING (jewellery) - verbs
• FLASH A FAWNEY to wear a ring ...Bk1893 sl.
RING (noise) - verbs
• JAMBLE † to jangle, to jingle, to ring, as bells ...1715
• TANG to emit a sharp and loud ringing or clanging sound; to ring, to clang ...1686
• TANGLE † to give out a quick succession of ringing sounds ...c1580
• TANK to make a ringing noise by striking anything together ...1875 Eng. dial.
• TINNITATE to ring, to give forth a ringing sound ...1866 nonce word
• TINTINNABULATE to ring, to tinkle ...1906
• TINTINNATE †* to ring, as a bell; to tinkle ...1623
• TWINK to make a light clear abrupt ringing sound, to clink, to chink ...a1529
RINGING - adjectives
• CANOROUS singing, melodious, musical; resonant, ringing ...1646
• TINGLE-TANGLE tinkling or ringing, as bells ...1653
• TINNIENT † emitting a clear ringing or tinkling sound; ringing, resonant...1668
• TINTINNABULANT ringing or tinkling as a small bell; jingling ...1812
RINGING - adverbs
• ACHIME chiming, ringing ...1860
RINGING - nouns
• TANKLE a ringing noise; a tinkling ...1894
• TANKLING a ringing noise; a tinkling ...1864
• TINGLE-TANGLE a confused tinkling or ringing, as a number of bells ...1670
• TINNIMENT †* a ringing or tinkling, as metals do ...1656
• TINTINNABULATION a ringing of a bell; bell-ringing; the sound of music so produced ...1831
• TINTINNATION †* a ringing like a bell ...1658
RINGING - verbs
• DING to make a heavy, ringing sound ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
RINGWORM - adjectives
• SCALD scabbed, scurfy, affected with eczema or ringworm ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
RINGWORM - nouns
• ARRALS pimples; a rash or eruption on the skin; esp. applied to ringworm ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CHESTNUT SORE ringworm ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RING-AROUND ringworm; shingles ...1909 Amer. dial.
• TETTER ringworm; generally in plural ...1876 Eng. dial.
RINSE - nouns
• NET a wash or rinse ...1703 Eng. dial.
RINSE - verbs
• DABBLE to wash or rinse quickly ...1938 Amer. dial.
• NET † to clean, to wash, to rinse out clothes ...1634 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RANGE to clean out; to rinse ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RENCH to rinse ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SIND to rinse; to wash out or down ...a1350 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SLISH to rinse by throwing water upon ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLOOSH to rinse by throwing water upon ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• WRENCH to rinse ...1781 Eng. dial.
RINSING - nouns
• NET a rinsing in fresh water, a supply of clean water for rinsing ...1703 Eng. dial.
• RENCH a rinsing ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIND a rinsing; a draught, a potation ...a1774
RIOT - nouns
• AXE HANDLE PARTY a riot or brawl ...20C US sl.
• HASHY a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot ...1866 Sc.
• HASSIE a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot ...1866 Sc.
• RABBLEMENT † a riot, a disturbance ...1548 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAIRD † a loud noise or clamour; a riot; confusion; a sudden report ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RALLY UP a prison riot ...1960s Aust. sl.
• RAN-DAN a drunken carousal or riot; unsteady, riotous conduct ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAN-TAN a riot; a drinking bout; a spree ...1886 Eng. dial. & sl.
• REARDIE a wild frolic, a quarrel, a riot ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REARIE a wild frolic, a quarrel, a riot ...1871 Sc.
• REEKIM a smart blow; a riot, a quarrel ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REERIE a wild frolic, a quarrel, a riot ...1871 Sc.
• ROKO a riot, a protest or demonstration ...2003 India
• SCHILLOCH an uproar, an outcry, a riot ...1845 Sc.
• SKIMMINGTON * a row, quarrel, disturbance, riot ...1753
• ST. LUBBOCK a drunken riot ...L19 sl.
RIOT - nouns, person
• OLD GOOSEBERRY anyone who puts an end to a riot or disturbance whether by threats or actual force ...L18 sl.
RIOT - verbs
• ROAR to riot; to swagger ...Bk1903 sl.
• RUN AMAIN to get beyond control, to run riot ...1843 Eng. dial.
RIOTING - nouns
• HASH a noise, tumult; strife, rioting; ribald talk, nonsense ...1801 Sc.
RIOTOUS - adjectives
• ACOLASTIC † 'that liveth under no correction, riotous'; prodigal, licentious ...1656
• CAMSTAIRY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTEERY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTERRY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• CAMSTRARIE perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable ...1769 Sc.
• FREMESCENT * becoming murmurous, roaring; growing noisy and tumultuous; riotous, raging ...1837
• ON THE RAMPAGE rushing about in a reckless or riotous fashion ...1861
• RACKAPELT noisy, riotous ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKAPELTERLY noisy, riotous ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKETTY boisterous, noisy, riotous ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RACKLE disorderly, riotous, unruly ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAGMATICAL †* wild, rowdy, ill-behaved, riotous ...1742
• RAMBUSTIOUS spirited, boisterous, lively; unruly, riotous ...1853
• RAMP riotous, boisterous, disorderly, violent ...1715 Sc.
• RAMPACIOUS * riotously violent; unruly, riotous; boisterous ...1837
• RAMSACKING riotous, brawling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMSTOUGAR rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGEROUS rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSTUGEROUS rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome ...1864 Sc.
• RANDIE boisterous, riotous, disorderly, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDY disorderly, disreputable, given to drink; boisterous, riotous, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLING riotous, boisterous ...1876 Eng. dial.
• RANTY lively, riotous, eager; wildly excited with passion, pain, anger, etc.; almost mad ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REE-RAW rough, riotous, noisy; untidy; confused ...1842
• ROARING riotous ...1658 sl.
• ROUTIOUS † disorderly, riotous ...1602
• SCOW-BANK riotous, noisy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
RIOTOUS, RIOTOUSNESS - nouns
• BALTIORUM riotous proceedings; the boisterous merrymaking which often accompanies a bonfire ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLI-HOOIN' riotousness ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EVILLING acting in a deliberately negative manner, e.g. riotously, argumentatively, criminally ...1930s US Black sl.
• NEPOTATION †* wasting or riotousness ...1656
• RABBLEMENT * confusion, disturbance, or tumult like that of a rabble; riotous conduct ...1590
• RAGE † extravagant, riotous, or wanton behaviour; sport, game; jest, jesting talk ...c1320
• RAMBLE a piece of noisy or riotous behaviour; a row, uproar ...1705 Sc.
• RAMPAGEOUSNESS reckless or riotous behaviour ...1883
• RAN-DAN a drunken carousal or riot; unsteady, riotous conduct ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDY † riotous living ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TIMES OF MOLLY BÁN, THE a riotous good time ...20C Irish sl.
• VANDEMONIANISM rowdyism, riotousness ...1863
RIOTOUS - nouns, person
• RANDAN * a riotous or disorderly person; a dissolute or debauched person ...a1809
• RANTER † a noisy, riotous, dissipated fellow; a rake ...1654
RIOTOUS - verbs
• PITCH A BALL to have a riotous time at any social gathering ...1929 US sl.
• RAGE † to behave wantonly or riotously; to take one's pleasure; to play ...a1300
• RAMP to behave with reckless or riotous violence ...1627
• RIMRACK to ruin, to cheat; to behave riotously ...1841 Amer. dial.
• SWAY AWAY ON ALL TOP ROPES to live extravagantly or riotously ...c1810 nautical colloq.
• TOM-AND-JERRY to drink and indulge in riotous behaviour, like the young bloods of the Regency period ...1828
RIOTOUSLY - adverbs
• RAMPAGEOUSLY recklessly, riotously ...1840
• RAMPANTLY with reckless or riotous violence ...1426
• RANTINGLY in a jovial, riotous manner ...1816 Sc.
RIP - nouns
• DING a dent, scratch, scrape, or rip ...1945 US sl.
• EAGLE-HAWK a three-cornered tear in a piece of clothing; a rip, a cut ...1967 Amer. dial.
• NAGELHAWK a rip or tear in a piece of clothing ...1951 Amer. dial.
• WINKLE-HAWK a tear in the shape of the letter L in a cloth; a rip or cut ...1848 Amer. dial.
RIP - verbs
• CAG to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• DING to dent, scratch, scrape or rip ...1968 US sl.
• KAG to tear, to rip; to make an angular tear in cloth; to cut unevenly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAB to rip or tear skin or cloth so as to leave a shred or strip hanging loose ...1958 Sc.
• SCALE to rip a seam; to tear ...1768 Sc.
RIPE - adjectives
• BEETHY overripe, sodden ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HASTY † that ripens or comes to maturity early in the season ...c1440
• MILD ripe ...1894 Eng. dial.
• RANK RIPE of fruit: quite ripe; overripe ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RICKING-RIPE dead ripe; applied to corn ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SUMMER-RIPE † fully ripe ...a1670
RIPENING - adjectives
• RARE-RIPE ripening or flowering early ...1799 US
• RATHE-RIPE † of fruits, grains, etc.: coming early to maturity; ripening early in the year ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATH-RIPE † of fruits, grains, etc.: coming early to maturity; ripening early in the year ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
RIPPLE - nouns
• ACKER a ripple, furrow, or disturbance of the surface of water ...1808 Eng. dial.
• CAT'S-PAW a small patch of ripple on the water from a slight breeze ...1769 nautical
• JABBLE a ripple on the surface of water; a choppy sea, esp. that caused by meeting of tide and wind from opposite directions ...1824 Sc.
RIPPLE - verbs
• BICKER to move quickly; of a stream: to ripple, to flow ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIMP to mark with dimples or ripples ...1821 Eng. dial.
• JABBLE of water: to ripple, to break in small waves; to agitate or shake the liquid contents of a vessel ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAPPER of water: to lap, to splash gently, to ripple ...1893 Sc.
• LOPPER of water: to lap, to splash gently, to ripple ...1893 Sc.
RISE - nouns
• RAISEMENT an advance, increase, rise ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RISE - verbs
• HEAVE † to rise, to mount, to come up, to spring up ...c1325
• HEAVE AND SET to rise and fall, as a floating object upon the waves ...1509
• NAUNTLE to raise, to rear; to elevate; to rise up ...1820 Eng. dial.
• RELEVATE †* to rise up ...1661
• RISE LIKE A ROCKET to rise suddenly and dramatically
• RISE LIKE A ROCKET AND FALL LIKE A STICK to rise suddenly and dramatically and subsequently fall equally suddenly
• RISE WITH THE LARK to rise from bed very early in the morning ...1580
• TAPER † to rise or shoot up like a flame, spire, or pyramid; to rise or mount up continuously in honour, dignity, rank, etc. ...1589
• YERK † to spring or rise suddenly; esp. of animals ...1611 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
RISING - adjectives
• ACCLIVE †* rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending ...a1697
• ACCLIVITOUS rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending ...1815
• ACCLIVOUS rising with a slope; sloping upwards; steep ...1731
RISING - see REVOLT
RISK - adjectives
• HAZARDOUS † addicted to risks; venturesome ...1580
• JEOPARDOUS addicted to risks; venturesome, daring ...1494
• ON THE LINE at risk, at stake, in jeopardy ...1940 US
RISK - nouns
• ADVENTUREMENT †* running of risk ...1599
• APPERIL risk, peril ...1848 Ireland
• BALANCE † objective uncertainty or suspense; risk, hazard ...1330
• DAZZITY the performance of a challenging action of strength, skill, or risk by boys ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAHT † peril, risk ...c1200
• HAUHT † peril, risk ...c1200
• HAVE-AT-ALL † a desperate risk ...1622
• HAZARDIZE † a hazardous position; a condition of peril or risk ...1590 nonce use
• HAZARDRY †* the incurring of risk; venturesomeness ...1590
RISK - nouns, person
• BENGAL LANCER an opportunity, esp. one who takes risks in pursuit of criminal gain ...2005 Sc. rhyming sl. for ‘chancer’
RISK - verbs
• BALL THE JACK to risk everything on one attempt ...1927 Amer. dial.
• BRING ASS TO GET ASS to risk one's own well-being in order to defeat someone else ...1959 Amer. sl.
• CHANCE HER to take risks, to gamble ...E19 sl.
• CHANCE IT to take risks, to gamble ...E19 sl.
• CHANCE ONE'S ARM to take risks ...L19 sl.
• CHANCE ONE'S MITT to take risks ...L19 sl.
• GAGE † to stake, to wager; to risk, to bet ...1599 obs. or arch.
• GO THE WHOLE FIGURE to risk or do everything possible ...1833 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY to make a risky bet or call ...1940s US sl. gambling sl.
• HAZARDIZE †* to put in hazard; to jeopardize, to risk ...1628
• JEOPARD 1. to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss, injury, or death; to hazard, to risk, to imperil ...c1374
† 2. to risk oneself, to run the risk; to venture, to adventure ...1430-40
† 3. to risk doing something ...1456
• JEOPARDY * to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss, injury, death; to hazard, to risk, to imperil ...1460
• MONKEY WITH THE BUZZ-SAW to risk injury of any kind ...1912 Amer. dial.
• ODDS to risk, to take a chance ...1958 sl.
• PERICLITATE † to expose to peril, endanger, risk, hazard ...1623
• PLAY WITH THE BULL to run needless risks; to be foolhardy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PUT ONE'S ASS ON THE LINE to put oneself into a position of responsibility; to take risks; to face punishment ...1980s US sl.
• PUT ONE'S BALLS ON THE LINE to put oneself into a position of responsibility; to take risks; to face punishment ...1980s US sl.
• PUT ONE'S HEAD ON THE BLOCK to declare oneself openly; to take a risk or stand that may be dangerous ...1950s sl.
• PUT ONE'S HEAD UNDER THE KNIFE to declare oneself openly; to take a risk or stand that may be dangerous ...1950s sl.
• RUN THE VENTURE OF † to run the risk of ...1722
• SAIL CLOSE TO THE WIND to take risks, esp. with a set of rules and regulations ...M19 sl.
• TAKE A BEAR BY THE TOOTH to take foolhardy risks ...1719
• VENTURE ABROAD † to risk publishing an article, etc. ...1674
• VENTURE A JOINT † to take some risk ...1573-80
RISK - phrases
• NECK OR NOTHING at every risk; desperately ...1708-10 colloq.
RISKY - adjectives
• ADVENTUROUS † full of risk or peril; hazardous, perilous ...c1350
• CAZZARDLY precarious, risky, uncertain ...1849 Eng. dial.
• DODGY risky, difficult, or dangerous ...Aust. & NZ colloq.
• HAZARDABLE † involving hazard; hazardous, risky ...1623
• HAZARDFUL †* risky, hazardous, perilous ...1626
• HAZARDLY †* risky, dangerous ...1575
• JEOPARDIOUS † fraught with danger or risk; hazardous, risky, perilous, dangerous ...1502
• JEOPARDOUS † fraught with risk or danger; hazardous, risky, perilous, dangerous ...1451
• KAZZARDLY precarious, risky, uncertain ...1849 Eng. dial.
• NECK OR NOUGHT risky, venturesome ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NERVY requiring nerve or daring, risky ...1897
• SKETCH risky, dangerous ...1970s US campus sl.
• TICKLE † risky, dangerous ...1579 obs. or arch.
• TICKLISH liable to end in disaster unless treated with great care; needing cautious handling or action; delicate, critical, precarious, risky, hazardous ...1592
• UNCHANCY mischievous; dangerous; risky; not safe to meddle with ...1786 chiefly Sc.
• WANCHANCY dangerous, risky ...a1774 Sc.
• WOBBLY uncertain, undecided; risky ...1884 UK sl.
RISSOLE - nouns
• FAGGOT a rissole ...c1850 colloq.
• FAGOT a rissole ...c1850 colloq.
RITE - nouns
• HAS-BEEN ancient rite or custom; an antiquity ...1820 Sc.
RIVAL - nouns, person
• BREEK-BROTHER a rival in love ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MATCH † an opponent, an antagonist, a rival ...c1400
RIVAL - verbs
• SIDE to rival, equal, match ...1603
RIVALRY - nouns
• FEEDING FRENZY an episode of frantic competition or rivalry for something, esp. among journalists covering a story, personality, etc.
RIVALRY - verbs
• WAGE † to struggle, to contend against; to struggle through difficulties, to contend in rivalry ...1605
RIVER - adjectives
• BIG of a river or water: swollen, in flood ...1890 Eng. dial.
• FLUMINOUS † pertaining to rivers; abounding in rivers ...1656
• POTAMOPHILOUS * loving rivers; having an affinity for rivers ...1827
• SUBFLUVIAL extending under a river ...1863
RIVER - adverbs
• ASPAIT of a river: in flood ...1820 Sc.
RIVER - nouns
• AE † a river, a running water ...896
• AIT an island in a river ...1840 Eng. dial.
• ANA † a river-island ...1820 Sc.
• BACH(E) a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BARRANCO a bluff or the steep bank of a river ...1892 Amer. dial.
• BAT a river-island ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATCH a river or stream; the valley through which a stream flows ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BIGHT a bay, a creek; a projection in a river ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BLUE HOLE a deep hole in a river or stream ...1951 Amer. dial.
• BRAE the bank of a river ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CATHOLE a deep place in a river, creek, pond, etc. ...1842 Amer. dial.
• EA a river or the channel; a watercourse; also, water generally ...1662 Eng. dial.
• ELBOW a sharp bend in the course of a river, stream, road, etc. ...1591
• HEAD the source or spring of a stream or river ...1879 Eng. dial.
• KEECHAN a small rivulet ...Bk1901 Sc.
• KELD a well, a fountain, a spring; a deep, still, smooth part of a river ...1697 N. Eng. dial.
• KELL a well, a fountain, a spring; a deep, still, smooth part of a river ...1697 N. Eng. dial.
• LAKE a brook, rivulet, or stream ...1888 Eng. dial.
• LAND-WATERS rivers overflowing and flooding the land ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LEAP the sudden fall of a river to a lower level ...1796
• MOAT a river ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• OPEN the mouth or estuary of a river ...1710
• PRONG a branch of either a tree or a river ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RACE a strong current in the sea or a river ...1375
• RACK a stretch or reach of a river ...1755 Sc.
• RANT a stream; a river ...1874 Eng. dial.
• RATCH a long stretch of a river, a straight course of navigable river, a reach; an intermediate distance between two points ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REE † a river; a flood ...1721 Eng. dial.
• RETCH a long stretch of a river, a straight course of navigable river, a reach; an intermediate distance between two points ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIVERLING * a small stream or river; a rivulet ...1591
• RUNDLE † a small stream or rivulet ...1587 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCOUR a rapid flow over shallows in rivers or brooks; a rapid turn in brooks; the shallow part of a river or brook ...1865 Eng. dial.
• SHAKE a river ...1960 UK rhyming sl. (Shake and Shiver)
• SHAKE AND SHIVER a river ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• SINUOSITY a curve, bend, or winding in a road, river, valley, etc. ...a1774
• SPLASH any form of water, eg. a river, a lake, a sea, a bath ...1940s US Black sl.
• STAND-AND-SHIVER a river ...Bk1903 rhyming sl.
• SUCCOUR † a tributary of a river ...1570-6
• VADE † a shallow place in a river ...1538
• VEIN † a streamlet or rivulet; a current ...1600
• YENLADE † an estuary; the mouth of a river ...1656 Eng. dial.
• YENLET † an estuary; the mouth of a river ...1656 Eng. dial.
RIVER - nouns, person
• AMNICOLIST † one who dwells by a river ...1731
RIVER - verbs
• QUIRT †* of a river: to be dammed back ...1602
• WAFT † to convey safely by water; to carry over or across a river, sea, etc. ...1593 obs. exc. poetic
RIVER-RAFTING - nouns, person
• RIVER RAT a river-rafting enthusiast ...1997 US sl.