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ROISTER - ROWDYISM
ROISTER - verbs
• ROIST † to roister; enjoy oneself noisily or boisterously; to behave uproariously; to revel ...M16
ROISTERER - nouns, person
• BACCHANT a drunken reveller; a roisterer ...1774
• CARE-AWAY † a reckless fellow, a roisterer ...1575
• EPHESIAN † a boon companion; a jolly fellow; a roisterer; a toper, a drunkard ...1597
• FLAG OF DEFIANCE a drunken roisterer ...Bk1893 sl.
• OATMEAL a profligate roisterer; an urban rowdy ...c1620 colloq.
• RAG-RIVER one addicted to romping; a tomboy, a roisterer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLER a roisterer; a wild liver ...1831 Eng. dial.
• ROISTER a roisterer ...M16 arch.
• ROISTER-DOISTER † a roisterer or swaggering or noisy reveller...a1553
• SCOW-BANGERILL. a roisterer ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TORY-RORY † a roisterer, a swaggerer ...B1857
ROISTERING - adjectives
• BACCHANAL indulging in drunken revelry; riotously drunken; roistering ...1711
• BACCHANALIAN given to drunken revelry; riotously drunken, roistering ...1565
• BACCHICAL † riotously drunken, roistering, jovial ...1663
• BACCHIC riotously drunken, roistering, jovial ...1699
• RACKETTYING noisy; roistering; pleasure-seeking ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAFFIN roistering, merry, boisterously hearty ...1721 Sc.
• RANTING romping, roistering ...1888 Eng. dial.
• RATCHETTY noisy, roistering; pleasure-seeking, mischievous ...1894 Eng. dial.
• RATCHETY noisy, roistering; pleasure-seeking, mischievous ...1894 Eng. dial.
• TORY-RORY † boisterous, uproarious, roaring, roistering, swaggering, wild ...1678
ROISTERING - nouns
• HAYDIGEES high spirits; merriment, roistering ...1829 Eng. dial.
• HIGH-DEGREES high spirits; merriment, roistering ...1829 Eng. dial.
• HIGHDIGEES high spirits; merriment, roistering ...1829 Eng. dial.
• TOM-AND-JERRYISM drunken roistering, window-breaking, and the like ...1852
ROLE MODEL - nouns, person
• MY NIGGA a major influence, a role-model, a close friend ...1960s US Black sl.
• MY NIGGER a major influence, a role-model, a close friend ...1960s US Black sl.
ROLL - adjectives
• VOLUBILOUS † apt to roll or turn ...1658
ROLL - verbs
• FUSSOCK † to roll about in an unwieldy way ...1782
• OBVOLVE † to cause to roll round or revolve ...1649
• REEMLE to roll or push forward ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RUMPLE-TUMPLE to roll; to roll in play down a declivity .,..1885 Sc.
• SCAMBLE to scramble, to sprawl, to roll awkwardly about ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOW-BANK of a child: to roll, to loll about ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLE to struggle; to force one's way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKRAFFLE to struggle; to force one's way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TITUBATE * to stagger, to stumble, to trip, to reel, to totter; to rock, roll ...1575
• WALLOW † of a round object (stone, wheel): to roll along the ground; to move, be revolving or rotating ...c888
• WALLOW AROUND to roll, to rumble someone or something on a surface or in some soft or sticky substance; to push or stir something about ...1833 Amer. dial.
• WALTER † 1. to roll about; to toss to and fro ...c1375
† 2. to roll to and fro; to move from side to side; to tumble or toss about; to lie sprawling on the ground, in mire, etc. ...c1400
• WAMBLE † to turn and twist the body about; to roll or wriggle about, to roll over and over ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ROLLER DERBY - nouns
• KILL in roller derby: an extended attack on the other team's jammer (a skater who is eligible to score) ...1999 US sl.
• RACE, THE the game of roller derby ...1960s US sl.
ROLLER DERBY - nouns, person
• WHITE SHIRT in roller derby: a skater who plays honourably and is seen as the 'good guy', usually from the team designated as the home team ...1999 US sl.
ROLLICKING - adjectives
• MERRICKING rollicking, 'up to a lark' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATTLING lively, brisk, noisy; rollicking, wild ...1749 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEMLE-RAMMLE a great noise; noisy, rollicking conduct; a noisy, rambling speech or tale ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TEARING-DOWN of a person or occasion: boisterous, rollicking, rip-roaring ...1845 Amer. dial.
• TITTUPING rollicking, lively, merry ...1796
• TITUBANT * rollicking, tipsy ...1817
ROLLING - nouns
• ADVOLUTION † a rolling towards ...1731
ROLL OVER - verbs
• BELK to roll over, to fall down ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ROMAN CATHOLIC - see CATHOLIC
ROMANCE - nouns
• YEDDING † a song; a speech, a discourse; romance in verse ...c950
ROMANCE, ROMANTIC - nouns, person
• HOT ITEM a couple having a romantic relationship ...1980s US sl.
• SIDE SQUEEZE a partner in romance other than your primary partner; a romantic affair ...1991 US sl.
ROMANCE, ROMANTIC - verbs
• CARRY SOMEONE'S BAGS to be romantically involved with someone ...1973 US sl.
• HITCH ON to strike up an acquaintance or a romance with a young woman ...1860 Amer. sl.
ROMANTIC - adjectives
• ROMANICAL † characterized by romance, romantic ...1665
ROMANTIC - nouns
• DIRTY WEEKEND a romantic or sexually adventurous weekend (away from home) spent with your lover, or with your partner or spouse but without your children ...1963 UK sl.
• ITEM two people having a romantic or sexual relationship ...colloq.
• ROMANTRICKS romantic tricks, lovers' acts ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ROME - nouns, person
• ROME-RUNNER a person, esp. a cleric, constantly running off to Rome in search of spiritual and monetary profit ...M14 colloq.
ROMP, ROMPING - nouns
• DAFFERY merriment, fun; romping ...1790 Sc.
• DAFFRY merriment, fun; romping ...1790 Sc.
• GALLIERS a confused noise among a number of people; a romping bout ...1810 Eng. dial.
• MENDING THE MUCK-HEAP a vulgar romp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLIPRANCE rude, boisterous merriment; a romp ...c1700 Eng. dial.
• RAG-ROWSTERING rough games, romps, rustic play ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG-ROWTERING rough games, romps, rustic play ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RALLY a piece of boisterous fun; a romp ...1815 Sc.
• RAMP a romp, a scuffle; a boisterous struggle ...1818 Sc.
• RAMPING † a frolicking, romping ...1657 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMPS †* romps, frolics ...1747
• RAMSKEERIE a wild, hilarious romp; one who is almost hysterical as a result of this ...1880 Sc.
• REE-RAW a drinking bout; a noisy romp; a state of confusion; a disturbance, turmoil ...1854
• SCOPPERLOIT a romp; rough, indelicate play ...1878 Eng. dial.
• TEARATION romping; noisy, boisterous play ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TRAIN a frolic, a romp ...a1861 Amer. dial.
ROMP. ROMPER, ROMPING - nouns, person
• BESSY an ill-mannered, romping, or bad-tempered woman or girl; a light-headed girl; an idiot ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAMP a romp; applied to both sexes ...1825 Sc.
• GAL-BOY a romping girl, a tomboy; a mannish or masculine woman ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GIGLET a giddy, laughing, romping girl; a merry, light-hearted, playful girl ...a1340
• HALLOCKIT a noisy, restless person; a romp, a hoyden ...1787 Sc.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY † a romping or rude girl ...a1700
• HOMMOCKS an awkward, clumsy person; a tall, slatternly or romping girl ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAD-LASS a rough, romping girl; a tomboy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAD-LOUPER a romp, a tomboy; a forward girl ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAD-WENCH a rough, romping girl; a tomboy ...1895 Eng. dial.
• RAG-RIVER one addicted to romping; a tomboy, a roisterer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAG-ROWTER one who plays roughly, a romper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMMACKS a romp; a boisterous child ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAMP a romp; a tomboy ...1896 Sc.
• RAMP-SCUTTLE a romp; a tomboy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSKEERIE a wild, hilarious romp; one who is almost hysterical as a result of this ...1880 Sc.
• RANTIPOLE * a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person ...a1700
• RANTIPOLL a rude, romping boy or girl ...L17 sl.
• RANTIPOW a termagant; a romping, boisterous child; a clumsy person ...1807 Eng. dial.
• REEL-ABOUT a lively romping person ...B1900 Sc.
• REUL an unruly person or animal; a rude, unmannerly clown, a romp, a fidget ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALLOP(S) an awkward girl; an untidy, romping girl; a tomboy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCATHELY a young romp ...Bk1904 Sc.
• STRIDEWALLOPS a tall, long-legged girl; a tomboy, a romp ...B1900 Eng. dial. obsolescent
• TAG a wild, romping girl ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TASSEY a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TASSY a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAZIE a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAZZY a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow; a simpleton ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEAR-BACK a romping child; a romping. hoydenish person ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEAR-RAG a rude, boisterous child; a romp, one always getting into mischief and tearing his clothes ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOMBOY a wild, romping girl ...1592
• TOM-RIG † a strumpet; a romping girl, a tomboy ...1668
• TRAINER one who romps ...1890 Amer. dial.
ROMP - verbs
• CAMP to play the romp ...1825 Sc.
• GAMMOCK to frolic, to romp, to lark about, to play pranks ...1854 chiefly Eng. dial.
• LILDER to lounge about idly; to behave in a giddy, romping manner ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MANK to prank, to romp; to play tricks; to pretend to work, to gossip ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MARLOCK to play, to frolic, to gambol, to romp ...1863 Eng. dial.
• RAG-ROWTER to romp, to indulge in rough play ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RALLACK to romp; to run after pleasure instead of attending to business ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RALLY to crowd, to press round, to bunch together; to romp around together ...1866 Sc.
• RAMBLE to romp, to dance with gusto ...1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMBLE UP to romp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMMACK to romp; to rush about riotously; to clamber about ...1884 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMMICK to romp; to rush about riotously; to clamber about ...1884 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMMOCK to romp; to rush about riotously; to clamber about ...1884 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMMUCK to romp; to rush about riotously; to clamber about ...1884 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMP † to romp, to frolic, to prance ...1657 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMPLE to romp, to scramble ...1873 Sc.
• RAMSACK to romp; to turn topsy-turvy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RANGE to rush about noisily and roughly; to romp ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANNACK to be noisy and rough; to romp about wildly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANT to frolic, to romp; to be jovial, boisterous, uproariously gay or merry; to lead a gay or dissolute life; also, to sing or talk loudly ...1598
• RANTIPOLE to go about or behave in a romping, rude, or noisy fashion ...1712
• RATTLE to play noisily, to romp ...1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEL to romp, to rush; to travel, to roam ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEL-ABOUT to go to and fro in a rambling and noisy way; to romp; to whirl round in a dance ...1737 Sc.
• RIP-ROODLE to romp, to go tearing about ...1909 Amer. dial.
• ROIL † to play or frolic, esp. in a rough manner; to romp ...L18 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCABER to dash, to romp ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SCAPER to dash, to romp ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SCOPPERLOIT to romp; to play roughly and rudely ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEEHOSS to romp vulgarly or rudely ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TRAIN to frolic, to romp, to 'carry on' ...1877 Amer. dial.
ROMPING - adjectives
• HALLOCKIT wild, romping; light, giddy; crazy, half-witted ...1787 Sc.
• MECKANT romping, frolicsome ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMMISH of children: boisterous, romping ...1825 Sc.
• RAMPING † romping, frolicking, frolicsome ...1697
• RAMPISH †* giving to romping or frolicking ...1530
• RAMPY romping ...1896 Sc.
• RANTING romping, roistering ...1888 Eng. dial.
ROMPING - verbs
• LADDER to lounge about idly; to behave in a giddy, romping manner ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALDER to lounge about idly; to behave in a giddy, romping manner ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
ROMPISH - adjectives
• RAMP wild, bold, wanton, unrestrained, rompish; full of rude health and spirits ...1713 Sc.
ROOF - adjectives
• SIDE † of a house roof: high or steep ...c1440
ROOF - nouns
• DECK the roof of a building or its highest floor at a stage of building ...20C sl.
• EAVESING † the eaves of a house or stack; formerly used also for 'roof' and hence, for 'dwelling' ...a1225
• ESKING a sloping roof ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LAQUEAR. a roof, the inward roof of a house; the roof of a chamber embowed, channelled, and done with fret-work ...1706
• LAQUEARY †* the roof of a chamber ...1656
• LIGHTNING-SPLITTER a roof that comes to a sharp peak ...1992 Amer. dial.
• RIFFLE a break in a roof made by a strong wind carrying away the slates or thatch ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIDENESS † height of a roof ...c1440
• TILE †* the covering of a roof, roofing ...1611
ROOF - verbs
• REAR to put the roof on a new house; to finish a building ...1853 Eng. dial.
• RIFFLE of the wind: to tear off the roof of a house ...1891 Eng. dial.
ROOKIE - nouns, person
• STRAWFOOT a rookie ...US Civil War usage
ROOM - adjectives
• FAT † of a room: full of dense air ...1596
• GABBERN of rooms, houses, etc.: comfortless, bare; large, ill-proportioned or ill-contrived ...1790 Eng. dial.
ROOM - nouns (see HOUSE for various rooms)
• ACHE a large comfortable room or place ...1895 Eng. dial.
• AEDICULE a small house or room; also, a niche for a statue ...1832
• BACHIE a room or any small place kept by a man for sole living or for conducting love affairs away from the family home ...20C W. Indies
• BATCHY a room where a man lives alone or brings women for sex ...1996 Guyana
• BAY one of the rooms of a cottage or one-storied house ...Bk1898 Eng. dial. & Ireland
• BEN the inner room ...1791-9 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEN-END the best room in a house; hence, the best part of anything ...1892 Sc.
• BEN-HOUSE the inner or principal room ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEN-ROOM the best room in a house ...1891 Sc.
• BOAR'S NEST an untidy or messy room or house ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BOAR'S ROOM an untidy or messy room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOWER an inner room; a parlour ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUT the outer room of a house, esp. of a two-roomed cottage ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CABIN † a small room; a bedroom, a boudoir ...1594
• CABINET † a small chamber or room; a private apartment, a boudoir ...1565 arch. or obs.
• CABOOSE 1. a cubby-hole, a small room ...M19 US sl.
2. any form of place or room ...M19 US sl.
• CAGE a depressing room or apartment ...1970s US gay sl.
• DIMMERY a dark, ill-lighted room or passage ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALDERIC a large room; a gallery ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GARDEROBE properly, a locked-up chamber in which articles of dress, stores, etc. are kept, a storeroom, wardrobe; hence, a private room, a bed-chamber; also, a privy ...1333-4 now only Hist.
• HAKE a large comfortable room or place ...1895 Eng. dial.
• MAIL-ROOMS hired rooms; rooms for which rent is paid ...1845 Sc.
• MUCKHOLE a filthy, unappetizing place or room ...1900s sl.
• PIGGERY a room that is rarely cleaned or tidied but which is very much the private concern of its occupant ...L19 sl.
• RACK a room or apartment ...1993 US sl.
• RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a very dirty, filthy, untidy room ...c1880 colloq.
• REC ROOM a room in a house used by the family for relaxation and entertainment ...US & Can. colloq.
• SNUGGERY a snug, cosy, or comfortable room, house, etc., esp. a room of small size into which a person retires for seclusion or quiet ...1815
• TIP a dirty or untidy room ...1983 sl.
• WALL-ROOTS the bottom part of the room, usually covered by a skirting-board ...Bk1905 Eng, dial.
• WARDROBE † a private chamber; esp. a sleeping apartment ...a1300
ROOM (space) - nouns
• SCOTS ROOM room to swing the arms to their full extent ...1866 Sc.
• SCOUTH AND ROUTH freedom, room to range ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOUTH room, freedom, liberty to range, scope ...1742 Sc.
• SCOWTH room, freedom, liberty to range, scope ...1742 Sc.
ROOM - verbs
• DO OUT to clean a room ...1728 sl.
• TAKE THE DOOR OVER ONE'S HEAD to leave a room ...1892 Sc.
ROOM - phrases
• DEVIL HAD A FIT IN HERE, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION AND HASN'T TAKEN HIS GOODS AWAY, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAS STIRRED IT UP WITH A PITCHFORK, THE said of an untidy house or room ...1967 Amer. dial.
ROOMING HOUSE - see LODGING
ROOMMATE - nouns, person
• BUNKIE a roommate; a sleeping companion ...Amer. World War I sl.
• OLD GAL a roommate (of the same sex) ...1929 US college sl.
• OLD GIRL a college boy's roommate ...1940s US Black campus sl.
• OLE GIRL a college boy's roommate ...1940s US Black campus sl.
• OLD LADY a roommate (of the same sex) ...1929 US college sl.
ROOMY - adjectives
• CAPABLE † able to hold much; roomy, capacious ...1594
• LARGE † allowing plenty of room; spacious, roomy, capacious ...a1225
• ROOMTHSOME † spacious, roomy ...1599
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE
• BULL MOOSE Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIVING FORCE, THE Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DYNAMO OF POWER Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOUR EYES Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREAT WHITE CHIEF Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAPPY WARRIOR, THE Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAROUNAL ROOSEVELT Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HERO OF SAN JUAN HILL Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAN ON HORSEBACK Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD LION Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROUGH RIDER Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TEDDY Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TELESCOPE TEDDY Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THEODORE THE MEDDLER Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRUST-BUSTER, THE Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIELDER OF THE BIG STICK Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ROOSTER - nouns
• CHICKEN-COCK a rooster ...1859 Amer. dial.
ROOT - nouns
• ABLAQUEATION † the breaking up or removal of the soil around the roots of trees; the laying bare of roots ...c1420
ROOT - verbs
• ABERUNCATE † to pull up by the roots; to extirpate utterly ...1731
• ABLAQUEATE †* to loosen or remove the soil round the roots of trees, so as to let their fibres spread out; a term of Roman husbandry ...c1420
ROOT CELLAR - nouns
• SASS HOLE a place to store vegetables, esp. garden vegetables; a root cellar ...1906 Amer. dial.
ROPE - adjectives
• SLACK-TWISTED of a rope; not tightly twisted ...1794
ROPE - nouns
• BAND rope ...1849 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BUNCH OF BASTARDS a hopelessly tangled jumble of rope ...c1946 Royal Navy sl.
• BUNDLE OF BASTARDS a hopelessly tangled jumble of rope ...c1946 Royal Navy sl.
• BUTT-END of ropes: the end of, or a part near the end of ...E18
• CATGUT a rawhide rope ...1961 Amer. dial.
• DAMP the end of a line or rope ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAG the fringe at the end of a rope ...1775
• FAG-END of a rope: an untwisted end ...1775
• FAIK a strand of rope ...1907 Sc.
• FAKE the strand of a rope ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FANG a coil or bend of a rope ...1802 Sc.
• FANK a coil of rope; a noose ...1825 Sc.
• FAULD a strand of rope ..1908 Sc.
• JEFF a rope ...1854 circus sl.
• OCKER a stretchable rope with hooks on either end used for securing luggage to roof-racks, etc. ...Aust. sl.
• OCKIE STRAP a stretchable rope with hooks on either end used for securing luggage to roof-racks, etc. ...Aust. sl.
• SALT EEL a rope's end, used for flogging ...E17 sl.
• SUGGAN a straw rope ...1722 Anglo-Irish
ROPE - verbs
• FANK to coil a rope, to twist, to knot; to entangle the feet, to impede ...1660 Sc.
• FEAZE † to unravel a rope, etc.; of a rope or thread: to unravel at the end ...1568 obs. exc. nautical usage
• SWING A CATGUT. to use a rope ...1933 Amer. dial.
• UNREAVE of a rope, yarn, etc.: to unravel, to unwind ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ROPE-WALKER - nouns
• WALKER ON ROPES † a rope-walker, a funambulist ...1545
ROPE-WALKING - adjectives
• WALKING † rope-walking ...1730
ROSEMARY - nouns
• ROSMARINE † rosemary ...a1300
ROSY-COLOURED - adjectives
• BEPURFURATE purpled, rosy-tinged, rosy-coloured ...1584
ROT - verbs
• PALL †* to decay, to waste away, to rot ...c1475
• RAIT to cause to rot or to injure by exposure ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TO-ROT † to rot utterly ...1382
• WROX † to decay or rot ...1649 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ROTATE - verbs
• TIRL to turn; to cause to rotate or revolve; to twirl, to spin; to turn over and over; to move by rolling ...1543 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALLOW † of a round object (stone, wheel): to roll along the ground; to move, be revolving or rotating ...c888
ROTTED - adjectives
• JUZZLED rotted away ...B1900 Eng. dial.
ROTTEN - adjectives
• AMPERY of things, as cheese: rotten, beginning to decay ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ASS-HOLE bad, rotten ...20C US
• DADDOCKY decayed, rotten ...1852 Eng. dial.
• DARRICKY rotten, decayed ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DICKY of vegetable matter: rotten, decayed ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FRACID † more then ripe, rotten from over-ripeness, hoary and putrefied ...1655
• FULL-FLAVOURED really rotten; obscene ...sl.
• JOHNNY COTTON rotten ...20C rhyming sl.
• MARCID † withered, wasted, decayed, rotten ...1656
• MARCIDIOUS †* rotten, decayed, withered; feeble, weak, exhausted ...1656
• MUSH rotten ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NEEDLE AND COTTON rotten ...20C rhyming sl.
• OFF LIKE A BUCKET OF PRAWNS extremely rotten; stinking ...Aust. sl.
• OFF LIKE A BUCKET OF PRAWNS IN THE HOT SUN stinking, rotten ...1960s Aust. sl.
• OFF LIKE A BUCKET OF PRAWNS IN THE MIDDAY SUN extremely rotten; stinking ...Aust. sl.
• OLD musty, rotten; fetid ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PUTREDINOUS † characterized by putrefaction; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten ...1641
• RAIT rotten ...1851 Eng. dial.
• RIXY of wood: rickety, rotten ...B1900 Eng. dial.
ROTTEN, ROTTENNESS - nouns
• DADDOCK rotten wood; a rotten log ...1845 Amer. dial.
• MARCIDITY †* a wasted or withered condition; leanness, the want of flesh; rottenness ...1658
ROTTEN - verbs
• DAISE to wither; to become rotten or spoiled from keeping, dampness, etc. ...1825 Sc.
• GO TO DADDOCKS to be utterly rotten, to go to pieces ...1887 Eng. dial.
• ROTY † to make rotten ...1387
ROUGH - adjectives
• BANGSTER rough, violent ...19C Sc.
• BEARISH rough, rude, and uncouth. growling, surly ...1744
• BENSILING of persons: rough, awkward, overbearing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOISTOUS † 1. of persons etc.: rough, rude; untaught, rustic; coarse, unpolished ...c1300
† 2. full of rude strength and fierce vigour; rough, fierce, savage; powerful, violent in action ...c1325
• BORREL rough, rude, clownish ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASH hard, harsh, rough ...1868 US
• BRONCHO wild, mean, rough ...1866 Amer. dial.
• BRONCO wild, mean, rough ...1866 Amer. dial.
• BRUFF rough and blunt in manner ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BULLWHACKING full of rough activity ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CABBA-CABBA rough, vulgar, badly dressed ...1990s W. Indies
• CHURLY * churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent ...1620
• DASHY rough and indistinct ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DERF of things: hard, rough ...1804 Sc.
• EARTHLY rough, austere ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAGARIAN oafish, uncouth, rough ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• HAGER ugly, deformed, rough ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLIE rough, unevenly cut ...1825 Sc.
• HAGGLY rough, unevenly cut ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HAIRY unkempt, untidy, rough, slovenly ...1956 Sc.
• HALLOCKING teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARD CUT rough, tough, hard-living ...1962 Can. sl.
• HASK † 1. rough and hard to the touch or taste, esp. from the absence of moisture; coarse and dry ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. rough to the touch; stiff, unyielding; brittle and difficult to work ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HASKY harsh, rough, coarse, unyielding ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HOMMOCKY rough, uneven ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• IMPOLITE † wanting polish or refinement; unpolished, rude, rough ...1612
• IMPOLITED † wanting polish or refinement; unpolished, rude, rough ...1597
• IRON-SIDED hardy, rough, unmanageable; impudent, defiant ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MICKEY DUFF rough, unwell ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• MICKY DUFF rough, unwell ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• RABBISH † unruly, turbulent; inconsiderate, rash; rough or precipitate in action ...1387
• RACKLE † hasty, rash, reckless, impetuous, headstrong; rough or coarse in action; violent ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGABASH rough, uncouth, beggarly; good-for-nothing ...1818 Sc.
• RAGAMUFF †* rough, beggarly, good-for-nothing, disorderly ...1591
• RAGGED AS A MILE-IRON very rough and ragged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGEDY ragged, rough, dishevelled ...1890 US sl.
• RAGGLISH rough, boisterous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAGLISH rough, boisterous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAG-ROWSTERING rough games, romps, rustic play ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG-ROWTERING rough games, romps, rustic play ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG TOUSILY rough, dishevelled ...1950 Sc.
• RAMBASKIOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBASKISH uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBUSTEOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough, rude, and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMMELSOME rough, troublesome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSHACKLE of persons: unkempt, untidy, rough ...1882 Sc.
• RAMSTAGEOUS rough, coarse, uncouth ...1811 Sc.
• RAMSTAMPHISH rough, blunt, unrefined; unceremonious; forward and noisy ...1818 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGAR 1. rough, with the implication of strength ...1825 Sc.
2. 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.
• RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RANGING rough, unruly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANISH rash, giddy, rough; furious, violent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANNISH rash, giddy, rough; furious, violent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLE * wild, disorderly, rakish, noisy, rough ...1700
• RANTIPOW wild, noisy, rough ...1800 Eng. dial.
• RAPLOCH coarse, rough, homely ...1724 Sc.
• RASH rough, awkward in handling ...1874 Eng. dial.
• REECHNIE rough in appearance or manner ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REE-RAW rough, riotous, noisy; untidy; confused ...1842
• RENNISH rash, giddy, rough; furious, violent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROID † stout, strong; violent, rough ...a1400 obs exc. Eng. dial.
• ROUGH-HEWN † of rough or coarse manners; rude, ill-mannered, uncultivated, unpolished; blunt, rugged; also, rough-natured, cruel ...1600
• RUDAS of women: rude, unmannerly, rough, coarse; haggard, old ...a1802 Sc.
• RUFFY-TUFFY dishevelled; disordered, rough ...a1821 nonce word
• RUFTY-TUFTY † rude, rough; boisterous; impudent ...1606
• RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious ...1778 colloq.
• RUVID * rough, rugged ...1837
• SALEBROUS rough, rugged ...1633
• SCAMMISH rough, awkward, untidy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAG prickly, rough ...1876 Eng. dial.
• STRINGY-BARK rough, uncultured; hence mean, ne'er-do-well ...1833 Aust. sl.
• TARF coarse, harsh, acrid; rough in manner ...1880 Sc.
• TARTAR rough and violent, savage, cruel ...1809
• TATTERED AS A FOAL † of a person: ragged; also, rough, shaggy ...c1340
• TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged; untidy and in poor condition ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
• THRUM † blunt, sullen, sour of aspect; rough, bearish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKY untidy, rough, shabby, unpolished, messy ...1886 Amer. dial.
• UMBERSORROW † rough, rude, uncultivated; of a rugged or surly disposition ...1808 Sc.
• UNFEEL uncomfortable, unpleasant; coarse, rough ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNHEWN rough, unpolished ...1659
• UNKIND rough, crooked ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VORLUS SNORLUS blustering, rough ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YEDDEREN of a person: rough and ready ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ROUGH - nouns
• BEAR-PLAY rough tumultuous behaviour ...1883
• CAVORTION rough behaviour, rude manners ...1908 Amer. dial.
• HAULLY † rough handling ...1792 Sc.
• SALEBROSITY † a rough or uneven place ...1775 Sc.
• SKY-LARKING any kind of rough play ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TAISLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• TASSLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• TEAZLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• VANDEMONIANISM rough or unmannerly behaviour; rowdyism ...1863
ROUGH - nouns, person
• AMARUGIAN a crude, unruly person; a member of a rough party of fun-makers; orig. applied to residents of Fulton Co., Illinois ...1856 Amer. dial.
• AMERUGIAN an 'Amarugian' ...1856 Amer. dial.
• ANAROOGIAN an 'Amarugian' ...1856 Amer. dial.
• ANNARUGIAN an 'Amarugian' ...1856 Amer. dial.
• AUBUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1807 Eng. dial.
• BANGISTER † a burly, rough, violent fellow; a bully; a braggart ...c1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BANGSTER † a rough, violent fellow; a bully, a braggart, a blustering fellow; a ruffian; a thug ...c1570 obs. exc. Sc.
• BEAR a rough, unmannerly, or uncouth person ...1751
• BICKER a rough, stupid, and noisy person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOY a rough or rowdy ...1843
• CABBAGE-TREE MOB a class of layabouts or roughs, typified by the wearing of a 'cabbage-tree hat' (a hat made of woven cabbage-tree or cabbage-palm leaves) ...c1850 Aust. sl.
• CABBAGITES same as "Cabbage-Tree Mob: ...c1850 Aust. sl.
• CADDIE a ragamuffin or rough fellow ...1929 Sc.
• CLUB-FIST † a large clenched fist that can deal a heavy blow; hence, a rough, brutal fellow, a thug ...1575
• GLOWBASON an ignorant, rough woman; a term of great contempt ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HALLACKS a tall, lazy, ungainly fellow; a rough, uncouth person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCK a tall, lazy, ungainly fellow; a rough, uncouth person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARDNOSE an angry, mean, or rude person; a tough man; an abusive offensively driving motorist ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HASPERT a rough, uncultivated fellow ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAWBUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1805
• HAYSEED a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person; a rough, uncouth fellow ...1834 Amer. sl.
• HESPERT a rough, uncultivated fellow ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HOBUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1807 Eng. dial.
• HOE-BUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1807 Eng. dial.
• JADE a rough and contemptible girl or woman ...1560 sl.
• KABA-KABA a low-class, worthless, rough person ...20C W. Indies sl.
• KEELIE a low or vulgar boy; a street-loafer or rough; a ruffian ...1863 Sc.
• KENSY †* a rough or rude fellow; an unmannerly person; a rustic ...c1500 Sc.
• LAD-LASS a rough, romping girl; a tomboy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAD-WENCH a rough, romping girl; a tomboy ...1895 Eng. dial.
• LARRIKIN a street rowdy, usually juvenile; a rough, a wild fellow; a hoodlum or hooligan ...1870 chiefly Aust.
• LARRIKINA a female larrikin ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LARRIKINESS a female larrikin ...1871 chiefly Aust.
• LARY a rough, a wild fellow ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• OLD HARRY a rough-looking, strange man ...1903 Amer. dial.
• RAMGUNSHOCH a boorish, rude clown; a person with rough, crude manners ...1825 Sc.
• RAMMEL a rough person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSTUGGEN a rough-mannered person ...1923 Sc.
• RATTIPELT a rough, noisy child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REECHNIE a person of rough, ungainly appearance or manners ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RUFFINER a rough person, a ruffian; a sturdy, wayward character, savage when excited ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RUGGY-DUGGY a rough, boisterous person ...B1900 Sc.
• RUSKIE a strong person of rough manners ...B1900 Sc.
• SAGAN a term of contempt for a person, generally implying surliness, uncouthness, or clumsiness in build or movements; a rough, boorish person ...1904 Sc.
• SCRUFF-HOUND a rough, tough person ...1940s sl.
• SHELL-BARK a rough, rugged person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• STREET-HOUND a rough, a bully, a loafer ...1872 Amer. sl.
• TARGER a person of bad or eccentric character; a rough fellow; a mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARTAR a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a vixen, a termagant ...1663
ROUGH - verbs
• BALLAWHANG to beat or handle roughly ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BANG to beat violently, to knock about; to thrash, to strike with the fist or with a whip, to handle roughly ...1604
• BULL-DOG to attack like a bull-dog; to assail or treat roughly ...1842
• DEAL TO to treat roughly ...1980s NZ sl.
• ELT to handle roughly, to injure anything, such as an animal, the nap of cloth, etc., by too much rough handling; to pull about ...1866 Sc.
• HAIK to treat roughly, to drive hard ...1842 Sc.
• HANCH to seize, to snatch; to take hold of rough; to handle roughly or unkindly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HORSE to flog, to whip; also, to treat roughly ...1775 US sl.
• JERK ONE BALD-HEADED to manhandle; to treat roughly ...1945 Amer. dial.
• PLAY REX to handle roughly and terribly ...1586 sl.
• PLAY THE BEAR to behave rudely and roughly ...1579
• PULL ABOUT to treat roughly or without ceremony ...19C colloq. & Eng. dial.
• RACKLE †* to act rashly or roughly ...c1374
• RANNACK to be noisy and rough; to romp about wildly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAZOO to manhandle; to use roughly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SNATCH ONE BALD-HEADED to manhandle; to treat roughly ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SPIFLICATE to treat or handle roughly or severely; to beat severely ...1785 humorous or colloq.
• TAFFLE to handle roughly, to ruffle, to rumple, to disarrange ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEASE to handle roughly; to tear; to toss about ...1892 Sc.
• THUMB to use roughly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOW to handle roughly or inappropriately ...1995 Amer. dial.
• WALLOW AROUND to handle roughly or inappropriately ...1995 Amer. dial.
• WOOL to rumple, to tousle; to play roughly with ...1864 Amer. sl.
ROUGHLY - adverbs
• BY THE HEAD AND EARS roughly, violently, as one drags a beast ...1590
• RASH roughly, awkwardly ...1875 Eng. dial.
• WITH THE BARK ON in a rough or unpolished form ...1872 US
ROUGHNESS - nouns
• FASCH a roughness upon anything; an uneven surface or edge ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASH a roughness upon anything; an uneven surface or edge ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SALEBROUSNESS † ruggedness, roughness ...1727
ROULETTE - nouns
• DAMNATION ALLEY in roulette: the twelve-number column on the left of the layout ...1979 US sl.
ROUND, ROUNDISH - adjectives
• BALGH † round, rounded ...c1340
• NATTY round ...1870 Eng. dial.
• ROTUNDANT † a round thing ...1661
• ROUND AS A KAG quite round (kag = a keg or small cask) ...1818 Eng. dial.
• SUBROTUND somewhat or almost rotund, roundish ...1743
• SUBROTUNDATE somewhat or almost rotund, roundish ...1847
• SUBROTUNDOUS approaching to roundness ...1775
• SUBROUND roundish ...c1789
• TISTY-TOSTY plump and comely; round like a ball ...1888 Eng. dial.
ROUND - nouns
• RUNDLE † a circle; a circular or annular form, appearance, or arrangement; a round ...c1305
• SCONE anything round, flat, and soft, resembling a scone ...1825 Sc.
• WAFER n. a round spot ...1853
ROUNDABOUT - adjectives
• CIRCUMAMBAGIOUS * roundabout in speech, etc.; not keeping to the point ...1834-43
• RIGMAROLE roundabout, nonsensical ...Bk1903 sl.
• SINUOUS intricate, complex; roundabout ...1853
• UNGAIN not near at hand; indirect; roundabout; difficult of access; inconveniently situated; generally used of a direction or road ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ROUNDABOUT - nouns
• ABOUT-SPEECH † a roundabout phrase; circumlocution ...1513
• BOUT-GATE a roundabout way; an underhand means; a deceitful course ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CIRCUMBENDIBUS a roundabout or indirect way or method; a roundabout, long-winded story; circumlocution ...1681
ROUNDABOUT - verbs
• CIRCUMBILIVAGINATE † to speak in a roundabout way; to use circumlocution ...a1693
• GO ALL AROUND THE ELEPHANT'S SNOUT TO GET TO HIS TAIL to follow a roundabout course or course of action ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO AROUND ONE'S ELBOW to follow a roundabout course or course of action ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO AROUND ONE'S ELBOW TO GET TO HIS THUMB to follow a roundabout course or course of action ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO AROUND ONE'S FINGERS TO GET TO HIS THUMB to follow a roundabout course or course of action ...1914 Amer. dial.
• GO ROUND ONE'S FIST TO GET HIS THUMB to follow a roundabout course or course of action ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO ROUND THE DEVIL'S ELBOW to follow a roundabout course or course of action ...1965 Amer. dial.
ROUNDED - adjectives
• BELLIED made large and full, rounded; bulging; blown or puffed out ...a1593
• OBROTUND of a rounded form, but longer in one direction than in the other; somewhat round ...1650
• OBROUND † of a rounded form, but longer in one direction than in the other; somewhat round ...1668
ROUND-SHOULDERED - see SHOULDER
ROUSE - verbs
• ALACRIFY * to make cheerful; to rouse to action; to excite ...1864
• CONCITATE †* to provoke, excite, rouse, stir up ...1574
• DARE UP to wake or rouse up a person that is asleep or dying ...1873 Eng. dial.
• EXCITATE † to excite, to rouse, to stir up ...1548
• RAFT to rouse, disturb, alarm ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAISE to rouse, to awaken ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RALLY to rouse; to wake a person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REAR to rouse up, to disturb; also, to behave violently or excitedly ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TAP UP to rouse, to cause to get up by tapping at the door ...1840
• UPSTIR † to excite, to rouse; to thrown into confusion ...1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ROUSING - adjectives
• WAKEFUL † rousing one from sleep; awakening ...1629
ROUSING - nouns
• RAISING a rousing, an alarm ...1820 Sc.
ROUTE - nouns
• GAINWAY a short or direct route to a house or place ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
ROUTINE - adjectives
• OFF ONE'S BEAT drifting away from the subject in hand, out of one's usual routine ...1900s Aust. sl.
ROUTINE - nouns
• ALYO any routine task ...Amer. sl.
• DAILY DOZEN a set of calisthenic exercises done daily; also, set of routine or duties or tasks ...1919 sl.
• DAILY GRIND the routine of everyday life ...20C Amer. sl.
• ROUTINARITY tendency to routine ...1868 nonce word
ROUTINELY - adverbs
• BY THE NUMBERS in a routine manner; as rehearsed ...World War II Amer. sl.
ROVE, ROVER, ROVING - nouns, person
• GADABOUT one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ...1837
• GAD-ABROAD † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ...1810
• GADDER one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip; a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip ...1550
• GADDER-ABOUT † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ... 1568
• GADDER-ABROAD † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ... 1577
• GAD-FLY † a person who is constantly wandering or roving about ...1614
• RAIK a roving, gadabout person or animal; one who wanders about from place to place in search of gossip or entertainment ...1825 Sc.
• RAKER a vagabond, a wanderer, a rover ...1866 Sc.
• RALLACK a roving character; an idle good-for-nothing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPLER a rowdy, devil-may-care, roving lad ...1889 Sc.
• RAMPLOR a gay, roving fellow ...1822 Sc.
• RANGER a rover, a wanderer ...1593
• RANGLER † a rover ...1575
• VAIGER a wanderer, a rover, a vagrant ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ROVE, ROVING - verbs
• BELLRAIVE to rove about; to be unsteady; to act on impulse ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HAVE A GAD-FLY † to be fond of wandering or roving about ...1591
• OWL AROUND to rove about at night ...1975 Amer. dial.
• PERAGRATE * to wander through the country; to rove about; to travel over or through ...1542
• RANGLE † to rove, to wander, to stray ...1567
• ROIL † to roam or rove about ...ME
• SCAFE to lead a roving, vagabond life ...1847 Eng. dial.
• SCAMP to go about in an idle manner, to roam, to rove around, often with the idea of intended mischief ...1866 Sc.
• SCANT to rove; to race about ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SHAG to stroll, to rove about, to amble along, to saunter ...1928 Amer. dial.
• SPATIATE to walk about, to stroll; to wander, roam, rove, or ramble ...1626
ROVING - adjectives
• GADABOUT wandering; given to roving or gadding ...1817
• GADDY †* given to wandering or roving about ...1637
• GALLANTING roving, roaming ...1873 Sc.
• LAND-LOPING † wandering, roving, vagabond ...1577 obs. exc. Sc.
• LAND-LOUPING † wandering, roving, vagabond ...1577 obs. exc. Sc.
• RAMPLOR roving, unsettled, restless ...1821 Sc.
• VAGANT † wandering, roaming, roving; travelling or moving from place to place; having no settled home or abiding place ...1382
• VAGARIOUS wandering, roaming, roving ...1882
ROVING - nouns
• EVAGATION the act of wandering; a rambling, roving; a departing from a specified locality, prescribed course, etc. ...1691
• RAMPLOSITY a boisterousness, roving disposition ...1887 Sc.
ROW (disturbance) - nouns
• ARGY-BARGY an argument, a row ...1887 orig. Sc.
• BARNEY an argument, a row ...1858 Brit., Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLUE an argument, a row ...1943 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLOW-OUT an outbreak of anger; a quarrel, a disturbance, a row ...1826 Eng. dial. & US
• BLOW-UP an outbreak of anger; a quarrel, a disturbance, a row ...1809 chiefly US
• BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation ...1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
• BREEZE an argument, a row ...1785 sl.
• BULL AND COW a row, an argument ...1859 Brit. rhyming sl.
• BUST-UP an argument, a row ...1899 sl.
• CAFLUGALTY a row, an argument ...1910s US sl.
• CAFUGELTY trouble; a row ...1910s US sl.
• CAG an argument, a row ...L18 sl.
• CATOUSE an uproar, a commotion, a din, tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• DUST-UP an argument, a row ...1897 sl.
• FLAMER a stiff criticism; a row; a quarrel ...c1805
• FLARE a row; a dispute ...Bk1893 colloq.
• GARRAY † commotion, disturbance, noise, row ...c1460 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HELL A-HOOTING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1972 Amer. dial.
• HELL-A-POPPING a tremendous row or dispute ...1890 Amer. sl.
• HELL A-WHOOPING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1968 Amer. dial.
• KAGG an argument, a dispute; a row ...1916 nautical sl.
• KATOWSE an uproar, a commotion, a tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1859 Amer. dial.
• KICKUP a fight or argument; a row; a disturbance ...1843 Amer. dial.
• MACHREACH a fuss, a to-do, an outcry, a row ...1952 Sc.
• MARLOCK a noisy disturbance, an uproar, a row ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MAYLOCK a noisy disturbance, an uproar, a row ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MORLOCK a noisy disturbance, an uproar, a row ...1864 Eng. dial.
• PALAVA an argument; a row ...1970s W. Indies usage
• PANTOMIME COW a row; an argument ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• RALLIE a quarrel, a row ...1929 Sc.
• RALLY a quarrel, a row ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMBLE a piece of noisy or riotous behaviour; a row, uproar ...1705 Sc.
• RAMMY a general fight; a brawl; a scuffle; a violent disturbance or commotion; a noisy argument; a row; a bustling crowd ...1935 Sc. sl.
• RAWLEY a quarrel, a row ...1929 Sc.
• REEMISH a disturbance, a row; stir, bustle ...1879 Sc.
• REMISH a disturbance, a row; stir, bustle ...1879 Sc.
• RHUBARB a noisy dispute or row; an argument on the field of play in baseball ...1943 US sl.
• RUCK an argument; a row ...1958 sl.
• RUN-IN an argument, a row ...1905 sl., orig. US
• SET-TO an argument, a row ...1829 sl.
• SHINDY a commotion; a ruckus; a row, a disturbance; a fuss ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SHIVOO a disturbance, a row ...M19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• SKIMMINGTON * a row, quarrel, disturbance, riot ...1753
• SPAT a small or unimportant argument, a row ...1804 sl., orig. US
• STRAMULLION a row, a broil ...B1900 Sc.
• TARE-UP a row, a rampage ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TEAR-UP a row, a rampage ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TIFF an argument, a row ...1754
• WALLOP a row, a quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YIKE an argument, a row ...1941 Aust. sl.
• YOBBINS an uproar, a row ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ROW (line) - nouns
• RACE a row; a number of units set in line ...1914 Sc.
• RAIL † a line or row ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANGE * a row, line, file or rank of persons or animals ...a1300
• RANK * a row or line of persons ...1571
• RASH a row; a number of anything ...1820 Sc.
ROW (disturbance) - verbs
• MAKE A TOUSE to make a row, or fight ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
ROW - see ROWING
ROWDINESS - nouns
• RAMPLOSITY rowdiness, boisterous behaviour ...1887 Sc.
ROWDY - adjectives
• ANIMAL wildly disorderly, rowdy; wild, unrestrained ...1965 Amer. sl.
• RABBLING † disorderly, rowdy, noisy ...1575 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAGMATICAL †* wild, rowdy, ill-behaved, riotous ...1742
• RAMPLER rowdy, devil-may-care ...1822 Sc.
• RORTY boisterous or noisy, rowdy; coarse or earthy; crudely comic ...1882 sl.
• ROUGHNECK tough, rowdy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TEAR-BRASS rowdy, boisterous ...1880 Eng. dial.
• TEARING passionate, headstrong; violent, rowdy or reckless in behaviour ...M17
• YOBBISH loutish; rowdy, aggressive, violent ...1955 sl.
• YOBBY rowdy, aggressive, violent ...1955 sl.
ROWDY, ROWDYISM - nouns
• FANDANGO a rowdy or boisterous social gathering ...1848 Amer. dial.
• MAFFICKING celebrating in the streets in an uproarious manner, esp. during a national celebration; general street rowdyism ...1900s sl.
• VANDEMONIANISM rough or unmannerly behaviour; rowdyism ...1863
ROWDY - nouns, person
• BARRATOR † a quarrelsome person; one given to brawling and riot; a rowdy ...c1440
• B'HOY a rough or rowdy ...1846 US
• BO-HOY a rowdy young man ...1846 Amer. dial.
• BOY a rough or rowdy ...1843
• DANCING MASTER an upper-class rowdy who found his amusement in making his victims 'dance' by stabbing at their legs with his sword ...M17 sl.
• DANIEL a rowdy person ...1990s Aust. teen sl.
• DEAD RABBIT a very athletic rowdy fellow ...1859 Amer. sl.
• HITTER a rowdy usually working-class white youth ...1972 Amer. sl.
• LARRIKIN a street rowdy, usually juvenile; a rough, a wild fellow; a hoodlum or hooligan ...1870 chiefly Aust.
• LARRIKINESS a female larrikin ...1871 chiefly Aust.
• MOLL orig., a girl or woman; one's wife or sweetheart ; a tough or rowdy young woman ...1753
• OATMEAL a profligate roisterer; an urban rowdy ...c1620 colloq.
• RAB a lawless, rowdy person ...20C W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• RABBIT a rowdy person ...M19 US sl.
• RAMPLER a rowdy, devil-may-care, roving lad ...1889 Sc.
• SCOZZA a rowdy person, esp. one who drinks a lot of alcohol ...Aust. sl.
• SCUDDER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCUTTER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person ...1934 Amer. dial.
ROWDY - verbs
• BEAR-FIGHT to behave rowdily ...1892
• BE FULL OF JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion ...1872 Amer. dial.
• CUT UP JACK AND KILL JINNY to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CUT UP SAM to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance ...1945 Amer., dial.
• GO ANIMAL to go wild; to become disorderly or rowdy ...1968 Amer. sl.
• GO THE WHOLE ANIMAL to act without any restraint ...1832 Amer. sl.
• KICK UP HIGH JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion ...1908 Amer. dial.
• KICK UP JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion ...1908 Amer. dial.
• RAISE JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion ...1867 Amer. dial.
• RAISE SAM to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance ...1968 Amer., dial.
• TEAR UP JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion ...1845 Amer. dial.
• ZOO to be noisy and rowdy ...1960s US college sl.
• ROIST † to roister; enjoy oneself noisily or boisterously; to behave uproariously; to revel ...M16
ROISTERER - nouns, person
• BACCHANT a drunken reveller; a roisterer ...1774
• CARE-AWAY † a reckless fellow, a roisterer ...1575
• EPHESIAN † a boon companion; a jolly fellow; a roisterer; a toper, a drunkard ...1597
• FLAG OF DEFIANCE a drunken roisterer ...Bk1893 sl.
• OATMEAL a profligate roisterer; an urban rowdy ...c1620 colloq.
• RAG-RIVER one addicted to romping; a tomboy, a roisterer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLER a roisterer; a wild liver ...1831 Eng. dial.
• ROISTER a roisterer ...M16 arch.
• ROISTER-DOISTER † a roisterer or swaggering or noisy reveller...a1553
• SCOW-BANGERILL. a roisterer ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TORY-RORY † a roisterer, a swaggerer ...B1857
ROISTERING - adjectives
• BACCHANAL indulging in drunken revelry; riotously drunken; roistering ...1711
• BACCHANALIAN given to drunken revelry; riotously drunken, roistering ...1565
• BACCHICAL † riotously drunken, roistering, jovial ...1663
• BACCHIC riotously drunken, roistering, jovial ...1699
• RACKETTYING noisy; roistering; pleasure-seeking ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAFFIN roistering, merry, boisterously hearty ...1721 Sc.
• RANTING romping, roistering ...1888 Eng. dial.
• RATCHETTY noisy, roistering; pleasure-seeking, mischievous ...1894 Eng. dial.
• RATCHETY noisy, roistering; pleasure-seeking, mischievous ...1894 Eng. dial.
• TORY-RORY † boisterous, uproarious, roaring, roistering, swaggering, wild ...1678
ROISTERING - nouns
• HAYDIGEES high spirits; merriment, roistering ...1829 Eng. dial.
• HIGH-DEGREES high spirits; merriment, roistering ...1829 Eng. dial.
• HIGHDIGEES high spirits; merriment, roistering ...1829 Eng. dial.
• TOM-AND-JERRYISM drunken roistering, window-breaking, and the like ...1852
ROLE MODEL - nouns, person
• MY NIGGA a major influence, a role-model, a close friend ...1960s US Black sl.
• MY NIGGER a major influence, a role-model, a close friend ...1960s US Black sl.
ROLL - adjectives
• VOLUBILOUS † apt to roll or turn ...1658
ROLL - verbs
• FUSSOCK † to roll about in an unwieldy way ...1782
• OBVOLVE † to cause to roll round or revolve ...1649
• REEMLE to roll or push forward ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RUMPLE-TUMPLE to roll; to roll in play down a declivity .,..1885 Sc.
• SCAMBLE to scramble, to sprawl, to roll awkwardly about ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOW-BANK of a child: to roll, to loll about ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLE to struggle; to force one's way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKRAFFLE to struggle; to force one's way with difficulty; to scramble; to creep, to roll; to tumble ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TITUBATE * to stagger, to stumble, to trip, to reel, to totter; to rock, roll ...1575
• WALLOW † of a round object (stone, wheel): to roll along the ground; to move, be revolving or rotating ...c888
• WALLOW AROUND to roll, to rumble someone or something on a surface or in some soft or sticky substance; to push or stir something about ...1833 Amer. dial.
• WALTER † 1. to roll about; to toss to and fro ...c1375
† 2. to roll to and fro; to move from side to side; to tumble or toss about; to lie sprawling on the ground, in mire, etc. ...c1400
• WAMBLE † to turn and twist the body about; to roll or wriggle about, to roll over and over ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ROLLER DERBY - nouns
• KILL in roller derby: an extended attack on the other team's jammer (a skater who is eligible to score) ...1999 US sl.
• RACE, THE the game of roller derby ...1960s US sl.
ROLLER DERBY - nouns, person
• WHITE SHIRT in roller derby: a skater who plays honourably and is seen as the 'good guy', usually from the team designated as the home team ...1999 US sl.
ROLLICKING - adjectives
• MERRICKING rollicking, 'up to a lark' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RATTLING lively, brisk, noisy; rollicking, wild ...1749 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEMLE-RAMMLE a great noise; noisy, rollicking conduct; a noisy, rambling speech or tale ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TEARING-DOWN of a person or occasion: boisterous, rollicking, rip-roaring ...1845 Amer. dial.
• TITTUPING rollicking, lively, merry ...1796
• TITUBANT * rollicking, tipsy ...1817
ROLLING - nouns
• ADVOLUTION † a rolling towards ...1731
ROLL OVER - verbs
• BELK to roll over, to fall down ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ROMAN CATHOLIC - see CATHOLIC
ROMANCE - nouns
• YEDDING † a song; a speech, a discourse; romance in verse ...c950
ROMANCE, ROMANTIC - nouns, person
• HOT ITEM a couple having a romantic relationship ...1980s US sl.
• SIDE SQUEEZE a partner in romance other than your primary partner; a romantic affair ...1991 US sl.
ROMANCE, ROMANTIC - verbs
• CARRY SOMEONE'S BAGS to be romantically involved with someone ...1973 US sl.
• HITCH ON to strike up an acquaintance or a romance with a young woman ...1860 Amer. sl.
ROMANTIC - adjectives
• ROMANICAL † characterized by romance, romantic ...1665
ROMANTIC - nouns
• DIRTY WEEKEND a romantic or sexually adventurous weekend (away from home) spent with your lover, or with your partner or spouse but without your children ...1963 UK sl.
• ITEM two people having a romantic or sexual relationship ...colloq.
• ROMANTRICKS romantic tricks, lovers' acts ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ROME - nouns, person
• ROME-RUNNER a person, esp. a cleric, constantly running off to Rome in search of spiritual and monetary profit ...M14 colloq.
ROMP, ROMPING - nouns
• DAFFERY merriment, fun; romping ...1790 Sc.
• DAFFRY merriment, fun; romping ...1790 Sc.
• GALLIERS a confused noise among a number of people; a romping bout ...1810 Eng. dial.
• MENDING THE MUCK-HEAP a vulgar romp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLIPRANCE rude, boisterous merriment; a romp ...c1700 Eng. dial.
• RAG-ROWSTERING rough games, romps, rustic play ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG-ROWTERING rough games, romps, rustic play ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RALLY a piece of boisterous fun; a romp ...1815 Sc.
• RAMP a romp, a scuffle; a boisterous struggle ...1818 Sc.
• RAMPING † a frolicking, romping ...1657 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMPS †* romps, frolics ...1747
• RAMSKEERIE a wild, hilarious romp; one who is almost hysterical as a result of this ...1880 Sc.
• REE-RAW a drinking bout; a noisy romp; a state of confusion; a disturbance, turmoil ...1854
• SCOPPERLOIT a romp; rough, indelicate play ...1878 Eng. dial.
• TEARATION romping; noisy, boisterous play ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TRAIN a frolic, a romp ...a1861 Amer. dial.
ROMP. ROMPER, ROMPING - nouns, person
• BESSY an ill-mannered, romping, or bad-tempered woman or girl; a light-headed girl; an idiot ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAMP a romp; applied to both sexes ...1825 Sc.
• GAL-BOY a romping girl, a tomboy; a mannish or masculine woman ...1848 Amer. dial.
• GIGLET a giddy, laughing, romping girl; a merry, light-hearted, playful girl ...a1340
• HALLOCKIT a noisy, restless person; a romp, a hoyden ...1787 Sc.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY † a romping or rude girl ...a1700
• HOMMOCKS an awkward, clumsy person; a tall, slatternly or romping girl ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAD-LASS a rough, romping girl; a tomboy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAD-LOUPER a romp, a tomboy; a forward girl ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAD-WENCH a rough, romping girl; a tomboy ...1895 Eng. dial.
• RAG-RIVER one addicted to romping; a tomboy, a roisterer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAG-ROWTER one who plays roughly, a romper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMMACKS a romp; a boisterous child ...19C Eng. dial.
• RAMP a romp; a tomboy ...1896 Sc.
• RAMP-SCUTTLE a romp; a tomboy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSKEERIE a wild, hilarious romp; one who is almost hysterical as a result of this ...1880 Sc.
• RANTIPOLE * a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person ...a1700
• RANTIPOLL a rude, romping boy or girl ...L17 sl.
• RANTIPOW a termagant; a romping, boisterous child; a clumsy person ...1807 Eng. dial.
• REEL-ABOUT a lively romping person ...B1900 Sc.
• REUL an unruly person or animal; a rude, unmannerly clown, a romp, a fidget ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALLOP(S) an awkward girl; an untidy, romping girl; a tomboy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCATHELY a young romp ...Bk1904 Sc.
• STRIDEWALLOPS a tall, long-legged girl; a tomboy, a romp ...B1900 Eng. dial. obsolescent
• TAG a wild, romping girl ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TASSEY a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TASSY a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAZIE a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAZZY a mischievous child; a foolish, romping girl; a silly fellow; a simpleton ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEAR-BACK a romping child; a romping. hoydenish person ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEAR-RAG a rude, boisterous child; a romp, one always getting into mischief and tearing his clothes ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOMBOY a wild, romping girl ...1592
• TOM-RIG † a strumpet; a romping girl, a tomboy ...1668
• TRAINER one who romps ...1890 Amer. dial.
ROMP - verbs
• CAMP to play the romp ...1825 Sc.
• GAMMOCK to frolic, to romp, to lark about, to play pranks ...1854 chiefly Eng. dial.
• LILDER to lounge about idly; to behave in a giddy, romping manner ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MANK to prank, to romp; to play tricks; to pretend to work, to gossip ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MARLOCK to play, to frolic, to gambol, to romp ...1863 Eng. dial.
• RAG-ROWTER to romp, to indulge in rough play ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RALLACK to romp; to run after pleasure instead of attending to business ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RALLY to crowd, to press round, to bunch together; to romp around together ...1866 Sc.
• RAMBLE to romp, to dance with gusto ...1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMBLE UP to romp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMMACK to romp; to rush about riotously; to clamber about ...1884 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMMICK to romp; to rush about riotously; to clamber about ...1884 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMMOCK to romp; to rush about riotously; to clamber about ...1884 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMMUCK to romp; to rush about riotously; to clamber about ...1884 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMP † to romp, to frolic, to prance ...1657 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMPLE to romp, to scramble ...1873 Sc.
• RAMSACK to romp; to turn topsy-turvy ...1892 Eng. dial.
• RANGE to rush about noisily and roughly; to romp ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANNACK to be noisy and rough; to romp about wildly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANT to frolic, to romp; to be jovial, boisterous, uproariously gay or merry; to lead a gay or dissolute life; also, to sing or talk loudly ...1598
• RANTIPOLE to go about or behave in a romping, rude, or noisy fashion ...1712
• RATTLE to play noisily, to romp ...1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEL to romp, to rush; to travel, to roam ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REEL-ABOUT to go to and fro in a rambling and noisy way; to romp; to whirl round in a dance ...1737 Sc.
• RIP-ROODLE to romp, to go tearing about ...1909 Amer. dial.
• ROIL † to play or frolic, esp. in a rough manner; to romp ...L18 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCABER to dash, to romp ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SCAPER to dash, to romp ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SCOPPERLOIT to romp; to play roughly and rudely ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEEHOSS to romp vulgarly or rudely ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TRAIN to frolic, to romp, to 'carry on' ...1877 Amer. dial.
ROMPING - adjectives
• HALLOCKIT wild, romping; light, giddy; crazy, half-witted ...1787 Sc.
• MECKANT romping, frolicsome ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMMISH of children: boisterous, romping ...1825 Sc.
• RAMPING † romping, frolicking, frolicsome ...1697
• RAMPISH †* giving to romping or frolicking ...1530
• RAMPY romping ...1896 Sc.
• RANTING romping, roistering ...1888 Eng. dial.
ROMPING - verbs
• LADDER to lounge about idly; to behave in a giddy, romping manner ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALDER to lounge about idly; to behave in a giddy, romping manner ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
ROMPISH - adjectives
• RAMP wild, bold, wanton, unrestrained, rompish; full of rude health and spirits ...1713 Sc.
ROOF - adjectives
• SIDE † of a house roof: high or steep ...c1440
ROOF - nouns
• DECK the roof of a building or its highest floor at a stage of building ...20C sl.
• EAVESING † the eaves of a house or stack; formerly used also for 'roof' and hence, for 'dwelling' ...a1225
• ESKING a sloping roof ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LAQUEAR. a roof, the inward roof of a house; the roof of a chamber embowed, channelled, and done with fret-work ...1706
• LAQUEARY †* the roof of a chamber ...1656
• LIGHTNING-SPLITTER a roof that comes to a sharp peak ...1992 Amer. dial.
• RIFFLE a break in a roof made by a strong wind carrying away the slates or thatch ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIDENESS † height of a roof ...c1440
• TILE †* the covering of a roof, roofing ...1611
ROOF - verbs
• REAR to put the roof on a new house; to finish a building ...1853 Eng. dial.
• RIFFLE of the wind: to tear off the roof of a house ...1891 Eng. dial.
ROOKIE - nouns, person
• STRAWFOOT a rookie ...US Civil War usage
ROOM - adjectives
• FAT † of a room: full of dense air ...1596
• GABBERN of rooms, houses, etc.: comfortless, bare; large, ill-proportioned or ill-contrived ...1790 Eng. dial.
ROOM - nouns (see HOUSE for various rooms)
• ACHE a large comfortable room or place ...1895 Eng. dial.
• AEDICULE a small house or room; also, a niche for a statue ...1832
• BACHIE a room or any small place kept by a man for sole living or for conducting love affairs away from the family home ...20C W. Indies
• BATCHY a room where a man lives alone or brings women for sex ...1996 Guyana
• BAY one of the rooms of a cottage or one-storied house ...Bk1898 Eng. dial. & Ireland
• BEN the inner room ...1791-9 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEN-END the best room in a house; hence, the best part of anything ...1892 Sc.
• BEN-HOUSE the inner or principal room ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEN-ROOM the best room in a house ...1891 Sc.
• BOAR'S NEST an untidy or messy room or house ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BOAR'S ROOM an untidy or messy room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOWER an inner room; a parlour ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUT the outer room of a house, esp. of a two-roomed cottage ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CABIN † a small room; a bedroom, a boudoir ...1594
• CABINET † a small chamber or room; a private apartment, a boudoir ...1565 arch. or obs.
• CABOOSE 1. a cubby-hole, a small room ...M19 US sl.
2. any form of place or room ...M19 US sl.
• CAGE a depressing room or apartment ...1970s US gay sl.
• DIMMERY a dark, ill-lighted room or passage ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALDERIC a large room; a gallery ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GARDEROBE properly, a locked-up chamber in which articles of dress, stores, etc. are kept, a storeroom, wardrobe; hence, a private room, a bed-chamber; also, a privy ...1333-4 now only Hist.
• HAKE a large comfortable room or place ...1895 Eng. dial.
• MAIL-ROOMS hired rooms; rooms for which rent is paid ...1845 Sc.
• MUCKHOLE a filthy, unappetizing place or room ...1900s sl.
• PIGGERY a room that is rarely cleaned or tidied but which is very much the private concern of its occupant ...L19 sl.
• RACK a room or apartment ...1993 US sl.
• RAG-AND-BONE SHOP a very dirty, filthy, untidy room ...c1880 colloq.
• REC ROOM a room in a house used by the family for relaxation and entertainment ...US & Can. colloq.
• SNUGGERY a snug, cosy, or comfortable room, house, etc., esp. a room of small size into which a person retires for seclusion or quiet ...1815
• TIP a dirty or untidy room ...1983 sl.
• WALL-ROOTS the bottom part of the room, usually covered by a skirting-board ...Bk1905 Eng, dial.
• WARDROBE † a private chamber; esp. a sleeping apartment ...a1300
ROOM (space) - nouns
• SCOTS ROOM room to swing the arms to their full extent ...1866 Sc.
• SCOUTH AND ROUTH freedom, room to range ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOUTH room, freedom, liberty to range, scope ...1742 Sc.
• SCOWTH room, freedom, liberty to range, scope ...1742 Sc.
ROOM - verbs
• DO OUT to clean a room ...1728 sl.
• TAKE THE DOOR OVER ONE'S HEAD to leave a room ...1892 Sc.
ROOM - phrases
• DEVIL HAD A FIT IN HERE, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION AND HASN'T TAKEN HIS GOODS AWAY, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAD AN AUCTION, THE suggests a very untidy or messy house or room ...1950 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL HAS STIRRED IT UP WITH A PITCHFORK, THE said of an untidy house or room ...1967 Amer. dial.
ROOMING HOUSE - see LODGING
ROOMMATE - nouns, person
• BUNKIE a roommate; a sleeping companion ...Amer. World War I sl.
• OLD GAL a roommate (of the same sex) ...1929 US college sl.
• OLD GIRL a college boy's roommate ...1940s US Black campus sl.
• OLE GIRL a college boy's roommate ...1940s US Black campus sl.
• OLD LADY a roommate (of the same sex) ...1929 US college sl.
ROOMY - adjectives
• CAPABLE † able to hold much; roomy, capacious ...1594
• LARGE † allowing plenty of room; spacious, roomy, capacious ...a1225
• ROOMTHSOME † spacious, roomy ...1599
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE
• BULL MOOSE Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIVING FORCE, THE Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DYNAMO OF POWER Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOUR EYES Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREAT WHITE CHIEF Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAPPY WARRIOR, THE Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAROUNAL ROOSEVELT Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HERO OF SAN JUAN HILL Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MAN ON HORSEBACK Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD LION Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROUGH RIDER Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TEDDY Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TELESCOPE TEDDY Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THEODORE THE MEDDLER Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRUST-BUSTER, THE Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIELDER OF THE BIG STICK Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ROOSTER - nouns
• CHICKEN-COCK a rooster ...1859 Amer. dial.
ROOT - nouns
• ABLAQUEATION † the breaking up or removal of the soil around the roots of trees; the laying bare of roots ...c1420
ROOT - verbs
• ABERUNCATE † to pull up by the roots; to extirpate utterly ...1731
• ABLAQUEATE †* to loosen or remove the soil round the roots of trees, so as to let their fibres spread out; a term of Roman husbandry ...c1420
ROOT CELLAR - nouns
• SASS HOLE a place to store vegetables, esp. garden vegetables; a root cellar ...1906 Amer. dial.
ROPE - adjectives
• SLACK-TWISTED of a rope; not tightly twisted ...1794
ROPE - nouns
• BAND rope ...1849 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BUNCH OF BASTARDS a hopelessly tangled jumble of rope ...c1946 Royal Navy sl.
• BUNDLE OF BASTARDS a hopelessly tangled jumble of rope ...c1946 Royal Navy sl.
• BUTT-END of ropes: the end of, or a part near the end of ...E18
• CATGUT a rawhide rope ...1961 Amer. dial.
• DAMP the end of a line or rope ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAG the fringe at the end of a rope ...1775
• FAG-END of a rope: an untwisted end ...1775
• FAIK a strand of rope ...1907 Sc.
• FAKE the strand of a rope ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FANG a coil or bend of a rope ...1802 Sc.
• FANK a coil of rope; a noose ...1825 Sc.
• FAULD a strand of rope ..1908 Sc.
• JEFF a rope ...1854 circus sl.
• OCKER a stretchable rope with hooks on either end used for securing luggage to roof-racks, etc. ...Aust. sl.
• OCKIE STRAP a stretchable rope with hooks on either end used for securing luggage to roof-racks, etc. ...Aust. sl.
• SALT EEL a rope's end, used for flogging ...E17 sl.
• SUGGAN a straw rope ...1722 Anglo-Irish
ROPE - verbs
• FANK to coil a rope, to twist, to knot; to entangle the feet, to impede ...1660 Sc.
• FEAZE † to unravel a rope, etc.; of a rope or thread: to unravel at the end ...1568 obs. exc. nautical usage
• SWING A CATGUT. to use a rope ...1933 Amer. dial.
• UNREAVE of a rope, yarn, etc.: to unravel, to unwind ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ROPE-WALKER - nouns
• WALKER ON ROPES † a rope-walker, a funambulist ...1545
ROPE-WALKING - adjectives
• WALKING † rope-walking ...1730
ROSEMARY - nouns
• ROSMARINE † rosemary ...a1300
ROSY-COLOURED - adjectives
• BEPURFURATE purpled, rosy-tinged, rosy-coloured ...1584
ROT - verbs
• PALL †* to decay, to waste away, to rot ...c1475
• RAIT to cause to rot or to injure by exposure ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TO-ROT † to rot utterly ...1382
• WROX † to decay or rot ...1649 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ROTATE - verbs
• TIRL to turn; to cause to rotate or revolve; to twirl, to spin; to turn over and over; to move by rolling ...1543 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALLOW † of a round object (stone, wheel): to roll along the ground; to move, be revolving or rotating ...c888
ROTTED - adjectives
• JUZZLED rotted away ...B1900 Eng. dial.
ROTTEN - adjectives
• AMPERY of things, as cheese: rotten, beginning to decay ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ASS-HOLE bad, rotten ...20C US
• DADDOCKY decayed, rotten ...1852 Eng. dial.
• DARRICKY rotten, decayed ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DICKY of vegetable matter: rotten, decayed ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FRACID † more then ripe, rotten from over-ripeness, hoary and putrefied ...1655
• FULL-FLAVOURED really rotten; obscene ...sl.
• JOHNNY COTTON rotten ...20C rhyming sl.
• MARCID † withered, wasted, decayed, rotten ...1656
• MARCIDIOUS †* rotten, decayed, withered; feeble, weak, exhausted ...1656
• MUSH rotten ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NEEDLE AND COTTON rotten ...20C rhyming sl.
• OFF LIKE A BUCKET OF PRAWNS extremely rotten; stinking ...Aust. sl.
• OFF LIKE A BUCKET OF PRAWNS IN THE HOT SUN stinking, rotten ...1960s Aust. sl.
• OFF LIKE A BUCKET OF PRAWNS IN THE MIDDAY SUN extremely rotten; stinking ...Aust. sl.
• OLD musty, rotten; fetid ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PUTREDINOUS † characterized by putrefaction; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten ...1641
• RAIT rotten ...1851 Eng. dial.
• RIXY of wood: rickety, rotten ...B1900 Eng. dial.
ROTTEN, ROTTENNESS - nouns
• DADDOCK rotten wood; a rotten log ...1845 Amer. dial.
• MARCIDITY †* a wasted or withered condition; leanness, the want of flesh; rottenness ...1658
ROTTEN - verbs
• DAISE to wither; to become rotten or spoiled from keeping, dampness, etc. ...1825 Sc.
• GO TO DADDOCKS to be utterly rotten, to go to pieces ...1887 Eng. dial.
• ROTY † to make rotten ...1387
ROUGH - adjectives
• BANGSTER rough, violent ...19C Sc.
• BEARISH rough, rude, and uncouth. growling, surly ...1744
• BENSILING of persons: rough, awkward, overbearing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOISTOUS † 1. of persons etc.: rough, rude; untaught, rustic; coarse, unpolished ...c1300
† 2. full of rude strength and fierce vigour; rough, fierce, savage; powerful, violent in action ...c1325
• BORREL rough, rude, clownish ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASH hard, harsh, rough ...1868 US
• BRONCHO wild, mean, rough ...1866 Amer. dial.
• BRONCO wild, mean, rough ...1866 Amer. dial.
• BRUFF rough and blunt in manner ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BULLWHACKING full of rough activity ...1941 Amer. dial.
• CABBA-CABBA rough, vulgar, badly dressed ...1990s W. Indies
• CHURLY * churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent ...1620
• DASHY rough and indistinct ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DERF of things: hard, rough ...1804 Sc.
• EARTHLY rough, austere ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAGARIAN oafish, uncouth, rough ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• HAGER ugly, deformed, rough ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLIE rough, unevenly cut ...1825 Sc.
• HAGGLY rough, unevenly cut ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HAIRY unkempt, untidy, rough, slovenly ...1956 Sc.
• HALLOCKING teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARD CUT rough, tough, hard-living ...1962 Can. sl.
• HASK † 1. rough and hard to the touch or taste, esp. from the absence of moisture; coarse and dry ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. rough to the touch; stiff, unyielding; brittle and difficult to work ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HASKY harsh, rough, coarse, unyielding ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HOMMOCKY rough, uneven ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• IMPOLITE † wanting polish or refinement; unpolished, rude, rough ...1612
• IMPOLITED † wanting polish or refinement; unpolished, rude, rough ...1597
• IRON-SIDED hardy, rough, unmanageable; impudent, defiant ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MICKEY DUFF rough, unwell ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• MICKY DUFF rough, unwell ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• RABBISH † unruly, turbulent; inconsiderate, rash; rough or precipitate in action ...1387
• RACKLE † hasty, rash, reckless, impetuous, headstrong; rough or coarse in action; violent ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGABASH rough, uncouth, beggarly; good-for-nothing ...1818 Sc.
• RAGAMUFF †* rough, beggarly, good-for-nothing, disorderly ...1591
• RAGGED AS A MILE-IRON very rough and ragged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGEDY ragged, rough, dishevelled ...1890 US sl.
• RAGGLISH rough, boisterous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAGLISH rough, boisterous ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAG-ROWSTERING rough games, romps, rustic play ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG-ROWTERING rough games, romps, rustic play ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAG TOUSILY rough, dishevelled ...1950 Sc.
• RAMBASKIOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBASKISH uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMBUSTEOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough, rude, and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMMELSOME rough, troublesome ...1864 Sc.
• RAMSHACKLE of persons: unkempt, untidy, rough ...1882 Sc.
• RAMSTAGEOUS rough, coarse, uncouth ...1811 Sc.
• RAMSTAMPHISH rough, blunt, unrefined; unceremonious; forward and noisy ...1818 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGAR 1. rough, with the implication of strength ...1825 Sc.
2. 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.
• RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RANGING rough, unruly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANISH rash, giddy, rough; furious, violent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANNISH rash, giddy, rough; furious, violent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLE * wild, disorderly, rakish, noisy, rough ...1700
• RANTIPOW wild, noisy, rough ...1800 Eng. dial.
• RAPLOCH coarse, rough, homely ...1724 Sc.
• RASH rough, awkward in handling ...1874 Eng. dial.
• REECHNIE rough in appearance or manner ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REE-RAW rough, riotous, noisy; untidy; confused ...1842
• RENNISH rash, giddy, rough; furious, violent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ROID † stout, strong; violent, rough ...a1400 obs exc. Eng. dial.
• ROUGH-HEWN † of rough or coarse manners; rude, ill-mannered, uncultivated, unpolished; blunt, rugged; also, rough-natured, cruel ...1600
• RUDAS of women: rude, unmannerly, rough, coarse; haggard, old ...a1802 Sc.
• RUFFY-TUFFY dishevelled; disordered, rough ...a1821 nonce word
• RUFTY-TUFTY † rude, rough; boisterous; impudent ...1606
• RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious ...1778 colloq.
• RUVID * rough, rugged ...1837
• SALEBROUS rough, rugged ...1633
• SCAMMISH rough, awkward, untidy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAG prickly, rough ...1876 Eng. dial.
• STRINGY-BARK rough, uncultured; hence mean, ne'er-do-well ...1833 Aust. sl.
• TARF coarse, harsh, acrid; rough in manner ...1880 Sc.
• TARTAR rough and violent, savage, cruel ...1809
• TATTERED AS A FOAL † of a person: ragged; also, rough, shaggy ...c1340
• TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged; untidy and in poor condition ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
• THRUM † blunt, sullen, sour of aspect; rough, bearish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKY untidy, rough, shabby, unpolished, messy ...1886 Amer. dial.
• UMBERSORROW † rough, rude, uncultivated; of a rugged or surly disposition ...1808 Sc.
• UNFEEL uncomfortable, unpleasant; coarse, rough ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNHEWN rough, unpolished ...1659
• UNKIND rough, crooked ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VORLUS SNORLUS blustering, rough ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YEDDEREN of a person: rough and ready ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ROUGH - nouns
• BEAR-PLAY rough tumultuous behaviour ...1883
• CAVORTION rough behaviour, rude manners ...1908 Amer. dial.
• HAULLY † rough handling ...1792 Sc.
• SALEBROSITY † a rough or uneven place ...1775 Sc.
• SKY-LARKING any kind of rough play ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TAISLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• TASSLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• TEAZLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle ...1808 Sc.
• VANDEMONIANISM rough or unmannerly behaviour; rowdyism ...1863
ROUGH - nouns, person
• AMARUGIAN a crude, unruly person; a member of a rough party of fun-makers; orig. applied to residents of Fulton Co., Illinois ...1856 Amer. dial.
• AMERUGIAN an 'Amarugian' ...1856 Amer. dial.
• ANAROOGIAN an 'Amarugian' ...1856 Amer. dial.
• ANNARUGIAN an 'Amarugian' ...1856 Amer. dial.
• AUBUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1807 Eng. dial.
• BANGISTER † a burly, rough, violent fellow; a bully; a braggart ...c1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BANGSTER † a rough, violent fellow; a bully, a braggart, a blustering fellow; a ruffian; a thug ...c1570 obs. exc. Sc.
• BEAR a rough, unmannerly, or uncouth person ...1751
• BICKER a rough, stupid, and noisy person ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOY a rough or rowdy ...1843
• CABBAGE-TREE MOB a class of layabouts or roughs, typified by the wearing of a 'cabbage-tree hat' (a hat made of woven cabbage-tree or cabbage-palm leaves) ...c1850 Aust. sl.
• CABBAGITES same as "Cabbage-Tree Mob: ...c1850 Aust. sl.
• CADDIE a ragamuffin or rough fellow ...1929 Sc.
• CLUB-FIST † a large clenched fist that can deal a heavy blow; hence, a rough, brutal fellow, a thug ...1575
• GLOWBASON an ignorant, rough woman; a term of great contempt ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• HALLACKS a tall, lazy, ungainly fellow; a rough, uncouth person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCK a tall, lazy, ungainly fellow; a rough, uncouth person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARDNOSE an angry, mean, or rude person; a tough man; an abusive offensively driving motorist ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HASPERT a rough, uncultivated fellow ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAWBUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1805
• HAYSEED a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person; a rough, uncouth fellow ...1834 Amer. sl.
• HESPERT a rough, uncultivated fellow ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HOBUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1807 Eng. dial.
• HOE-BUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man ...1807 Eng. dial.
• JADE a rough and contemptible girl or woman ...1560 sl.
• KABA-KABA a low-class, worthless, rough person ...20C W. Indies sl.
• KEELIE a low or vulgar boy; a street-loafer or rough; a ruffian ...1863 Sc.
• KENSY †* a rough or rude fellow; an unmannerly person; a rustic ...c1500 Sc.
• LAD-LASS a rough, romping girl; a tomboy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAD-WENCH a rough, romping girl; a tomboy ...1895 Eng. dial.
• LARRIKIN a street rowdy, usually juvenile; a rough, a wild fellow; a hoodlum or hooligan ...1870 chiefly Aust.
• LARRIKINA a female larrikin ...L19 sl., orig. US
• LARRIKINESS a female larrikin ...1871 chiefly Aust.
• LARY a rough, a wild fellow ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• OLD HARRY a rough-looking, strange man ...1903 Amer. dial.
• RAMGUNSHOCH a boorish, rude clown; a person with rough, crude manners ...1825 Sc.
• RAMMEL a rough person ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSTUGGEN a rough-mannered person ...1923 Sc.
• RATTIPELT a rough, noisy child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REECHNIE a person of rough, ungainly appearance or manners ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RUFFINER a rough person, a ruffian; a sturdy, wayward character, savage when excited ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RUGGY-DUGGY a rough, boisterous person ...B1900 Sc.
• RUSKIE a strong person of rough manners ...B1900 Sc.
• SAGAN a term of contempt for a person, generally implying surliness, uncouthness, or clumsiness in build or movements; a rough, boorish person ...1904 Sc.
• SCRUFF-HOUND a rough, tough person ...1940s sl.
• SHELL-BARK a rough, rugged person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• STREET-HOUND a rough, a bully, a loafer ...1872 Amer. sl.
• TARGER a person of bad or eccentric character; a rough fellow; a mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TARTAR a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a vixen, a termagant ...1663
ROUGH - verbs
• BALLAWHANG to beat or handle roughly ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BANG to beat violently, to knock about; to thrash, to strike with the fist or with a whip, to handle roughly ...1604
• BULL-DOG to attack like a bull-dog; to assail or treat roughly ...1842
• DEAL TO to treat roughly ...1980s NZ sl.
• ELT to handle roughly, to injure anything, such as an animal, the nap of cloth, etc., by too much rough handling; to pull about ...1866 Sc.
• HAIK to treat roughly, to drive hard ...1842 Sc.
• HANCH to seize, to snatch; to take hold of rough; to handle roughly or unkindly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HORSE to flog, to whip; also, to treat roughly ...1775 US sl.
• JERK ONE BALD-HEADED to manhandle; to treat roughly ...1945 Amer. dial.
• PLAY REX to handle roughly and terribly ...1586 sl.
• PLAY THE BEAR to behave rudely and roughly ...1579
• PULL ABOUT to treat roughly or without ceremony ...19C colloq. & Eng. dial.
• RACKLE †* to act rashly or roughly ...c1374
• RANNACK to be noisy and rough; to romp about wildly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAZOO to manhandle; to use roughly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SNATCH ONE BALD-HEADED to manhandle; to treat roughly ...1869 Amer. dial.
• SPIFLICATE to treat or handle roughly or severely; to beat severely ...1785 humorous or colloq.
• TAFFLE to handle roughly, to ruffle, to rumple, to disarrange ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEASE to handle roughly; to tear; to toss about ...1892 Sc.
• THUMB to use roughly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOW to handle roughly or inappropriately ...1995 Amer. dial.
• WALLOW AROUND to handle roughly or inappropriately ...1995 Amer. dial.
• WOOL to rumple, to tousle; to play roughly with ...1864 Amer. sl.
ROUGHLY - adverbs
• BY THE HEAD AND EARS roughly, violently, as one drags a beast ...1590
• RASH roughly, awkwardly ...1875 Eng. dial.
• WITH THE BARK ON in a rough or unpolished form ...1872 US
ROUGHNESS - nouns
• FASCH a roughness upon anything; an uneven surface or edge ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASH a roughness upon anything; an uneven surface or edge ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SALEBROUSNESS † ruggedness, roughness ...1727
ROULETTE - nouns
• DAMNATION ALLEY in roulette: the twelve-number column on the left of the layout ...1979 US sl.
ROUND, ROUNDISH - adjectives
• BALGH † round, rounded ...c1340
• NATTY round ...1870 Eng. dial.
• ROTUNDANT † a round thing ...1661
• ROUND AS A KAG quite round (kag = a keg or small cask) ...1818 Eng. dial.
• SUBROTUND somewhat or almost rotund, roundish ...1743
• SUBROTUNDATE somewhat or almost rotund, roundish ...1847
• SUBROTUNDOUS approaching to roundness ...1775
• SUBROUND roundish ...c1789
• TISTY-TOSTY plump and comely; round like a ball ...1888 Eng. dial.
ROUND - nouns
• RUNDLE † a circle; a circular or annular form, appearance, or arrangement; a round ...c1305
• SCONE anything round, flat, and soft, resembling a scone ...1825 Sc.
• WAFER n. a round spot ...1853
ROUNDABOUT - adjectives
• CIRCUMAMBAGIOUS * roundabout in speech, etc.; not keeping to the point ...1834-43
• RIGMAROLE roundabout, nonsensical ...Bk1903 sl.
• SINUOUS intricate, complex; roundabout ...1853
• UNGAIN not near at hand; indirect; roundabout; difficult of access; inconveniently situated; generally used of a direction or road ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ROUNDABOUT - nouns
• ABOUT-SPEECH † a roundabout phrase; circumlocution ...1513
• BOUT-GATE a roundabout way; an underhand means; a deceitful course ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CIRCUMBENDIBUS a roundabout or indirect way or method; a roundabout, long-winded story; circumlocution ...1681
ROUNDABOUT - verbs
• CIRCUMBILIVAGINATE † to speak in a roundabout way; to use circumlocution ...a1693
• GO ALL AROUND THE ELEPHANT'S SNOUT TO GET TO HIS TAIL to follow a roundabout course or course of action ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO AROUND ONE'S ELBOW to follow a roundabout course or course of action ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO AROUND ONE'S ELBOW TO GET TO HIS THUMB to follow a roundabout course or course of action ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO AROUND ONE'S FINGERS TO GET TO HIS THUMB to follow a roundabout course or course of action ...1914 Amer. dial.
• GO ROUND ONE'S FIST TO GET HIS THUMB to follow a roundabout course or course of action ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GO ROUND THE DEVIL'S ELBOW to follow a roundabout course or course of action ...1965 Amer. dial.
ROUNDED - adjectives
• BELLIED made large and full, rounded; bulging; blown or puffed out ...a1593
• OBROTUND of a rounded form, but longer in one direction than in the other; somewhat round ...1650
• OBROUND † of a rounded form, but longer in one direction than in the other; somewhat round ...1668
ROUND-SHOULDERED - see SHOULDER
ROUSE - verbs
• ALACRIFY * to make cheerful; to rouse to action; to excite ...1864
• CONCITATE †* to provoke, excite, rouse, stir up ...1574
• DARE UP to wake or rouse up a person that is asleep or dying ...1873 Eng. dial.
• EXCITATE † to excite, to rouse, to stir up ...1548
• RAFT to rouse, disturb, alarm ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAISE to rouse, to awaken ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RALLY to rouse; to wake a person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REAR to rouse up, to disturb; also, to behave violently or excitedly ...1876 Eng. dial.
• TAP UP to rouse, to cause to get up by tapping at the door ...1840
• UPSTIR † to excite, to rouse; to thrown into confusion ...1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ROUSING - adjectives
• WAKEFUL † rousing one from sleep; awakening ...1629
ROUSING - nouns
• RAISING a rousing, an alarm ...1820 Sc.
ROUTE - nouns
• GAINWAY a short or direct route to a house or place ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
ROUTINE - adjectives
• OFF ONE'S BEAT drifting away from the subject in hand, out of one's usual routine ...1900s Aust. sl.
ROUTINE - nouns
• ALYO any routine task ...Amer. sl.
• DAILY DOZEN a set of calisthenic exercises done daily; also, set of routine or duties or tasks ...1919 sl.
• DAILY GRIND the routine of everyday life ...20C Amer. sl.
• ROUTINARITY tendency to routine ...1868 nonce word
ROUTINELY - adverbs
• BY THE NUMBERS in a routine manner; as rehearsed ...World War II Amer. sl.
ROVE, ROVER, ROVING - nouns, person
• GADABOUT one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ...1837
• GAD-ABROAD † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ...1810
• GADDER one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip; a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip ...1550
• GADDER-ABOUT † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ... 1568
• GADDER-ABROAD † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip ... 1577
• GAD-FLY † a person who is constantly wandering or roving about ...1614
• RAIK a roving, gadabout person or animal; one who wanders about from place to place in search of gossip or entertainment ...1825 Sc.
• RAKER a vagabond, a wanderer, a rover ...1866 Sc.
• RALLACK a roving character; an idle good-for-nothing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPLER a rowdy, devil-may-care, roving lad ...1889 Sc.
• RAMPLOR a gay, roving fellow ...1822 Sc.
• RANGER a rover, a wanderer ...1593
• RANGLER † a rover ...1575
• VAIGER a wanderer, a rover, a vagrant ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
ROVE, ROVING - verbs
• BELLRAIVE to rove about; to be unsteady; to act on impulse ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HAVE A GAD-FLY † to be fond of wandering or roving about ...1591
• OWL AROUND to rove about at night ...1975 Amer. dial.
• PERAGRATE * to wander through the country; to rove about; to travel over or through ...1542
• RANGLE † to rove, to wander, to stray ...1567
• ROIL † to roam or rove about ...ME
• SCAFE to lead a roving, vagabond life ...1847 Eng. dial.
• SCAMP to go about in an idle manner, to roam, to rove around, often with the idea of intended mischief ...1866 Sc.
• SCANT to rove; to race about ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SHAG to stroll, to rove about, to amble along, to saunter ...1928 Amer. dial.
• SPATIATE to walk about, to stroll; to wander, roam, rove, or ramble ...1626
ROVING - adjectives
• GADABOUT wandering; given to roving or gadding ...1817
• GADDY †* given to wandering or roving about ...1637
• GALLANTING roving, roaming ...1873 Sc.
• LAND-LOPING † wandering, roving, vagabond ...1577 obs. exc. Sc.
• LAND-LOUPING † wandering, roving, vagabond ...1577 obs. exc. Sc.
• RAMPLOR roving, unsettled, restless ...1821 Sc.
• VAGANT † wandering, roaming, roving; travelling or moving from place to place; having no settled home or abiding place ...1382
• VAGARIOUS wandering, roaming, roving ...1882
ROVING - nouns
• EVAGATION the act of wandering; a rambling, roving; a departing from a specified locality, prescribed course, etc. ...1691
• RAMPLOSITY a boisterousness, roving disposition ...1887 Sc.
ROW (disturbance) - nouns
• ARGY-BARGY an argument, a row ...1887 orig. Sc.
• BARNEY an argument, a row ...1858 Brit., Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLUE an argument, a row ...1943 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLOW-OUT an outbreak of anger; a quarrel, a disturbance, a row ...1826 Eng. dial. & US
• BLOW-UP an outbreak of anger; a quarrel, a disturbance, a row ...1809 chiefly US
• BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation ...1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
• BREEZE an argument, a row ...1785 sl.
• BULL AND COW a row, an argument ...1859 Brit. rhyming sl.
• BUST-UP an argument, a row ...1899 sl.
• CAFLUGALTY a row, an argument ...1910s US sl.
• CAFUGELTY trouble; a row ...1910s US sl.
• CAG an argument, a row ...L18 sl.
• CATOUSE an uproar, a commotion, a din, tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• DUST-UP an argument, a row ...1897 sl.
• FLAMER a stiff criticism; a row; a quarrel ...c1805
• FLARE a row; a dispute ...Bk1893 colloq.
• GARRAY † commotion, disturbance, noise, row ...c1460 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HELL A-HOOTING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1972 Amer. dial.
• HELL-A-POPPING a tremendous row or dispute ...1890 Amer. sl.
• HELL A-WHOOPING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1968 Amer. dial.
• KAGG an argument, a dispute; a row ...1916 nautical sl.
• KATOWSE an uproar, a commotion, a tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1859 Amer. dial.
• KICKUP a fight or argument; a row; a disturbance ...1843 Amer. dial.
• MACHREACH a fuss, a to-do, an outcry, a row ...1952 Sc.
• MARLOCK a noisy disturbance, an uproar, a row ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MAYLOCK a noisy disturbance, an uproar, a row ...1864 Eng. dial.
• MORLOCK a noisy disturbance, an uproar, a row ...1864 Eng. dial.
• PALAVA an argument; a row ...1970s W. Indies usage
• PANTOMIME COW a row; an argument ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• RALLIE a quarrel, a row ...1929 Sc.
• RALLY a quarrel, a row ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMBLE a piece of noisy or riotous behaviour; a row, uproar ...1705 Sc.
• RAMMY a general fight; a brawl; a scuffle; a violent disturbance or commotion; a noisy argument; a row; a bustling crowd ...1935 Sc. sl.
• RAWLEY a quarrel, a row ...1929 Sc.
• REEMISH a disturbance, a row; stir, bustle ...1879 Sc.
• REMISH a disturbance, a row; stir, bustle ...1879 Sc.
• RHUBARB a noisy dispute or row; an argument on the field of play in baseball ...1943 US sl.
• RUCK an argument; a row ...1958 sl.
• RUN-IN an argument, a row ...1905 sl., orig. US
• SET-TO an argument, a row ...1829 sl.
• SHINDY a commotion; a ruckus; a row, a disturbance; a fuss ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SHIVOO a disturbance, a row ...M19 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• SKIMMINGTON * a row, quarrel, disturbance, riot ...1753
• SPAT a small or unimportant argument, a row ...1804 sl., orig. US
• STRAMULLION a row, a broil ...B1900 Sc.
• TARE-UP a row, a rampage ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TEAR-UP a row, a rampage ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TIFF an argument, a row ...1754
• WALLOP a row, a quarrel ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YIKE an argument, a row ...1941 Aust. sl.
• YOBBINS an uproar, a row ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ROW (line) - nouns
• RACE a row; a number of units set in line ...1914 Sc.
• RAIL † a line or row ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANGE * a row, line, file or rank of persons or animals ...a1300
• RANK * a row or line of persons ...1571
• RASH a row; a number of anything ...1820 Sc.
ROW (disturbance) - verbs
• MAKE A TOUSE to make a row, or fight ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
ROW - see ROWING
ROWDINESS - nouns
• RAMPLOSITY rowdiness, boisterous behaviour ...1887 Sc.
ROWDY - adjectives
• ANIMAL wildly disorderly, rowdy; wild, unrestrained ...1965 Amer. sl.
• RABBLING † disorderly, rowdy, noisy ...1575 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAGMATICAL †* wild, rowdy, ill-behaved, riotous ...1742
• RAMPLER rowdy, devil-may-care ...1822 Sc.
• RORTY boisterous or noisy, rowdy; coarse or earthy; crudely comic ...1882 sl.
• ROUGHNECK tough, rowdy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TEAR-BRASS rowdy, boisterous ...1880 Eng. dial.
• TEARING passionate, headstrong; violent, rowdy or reckless in behaviour ...M17
• YOBBISH loutish; rowdy, aggressive, violent ...1955 sl.
• YOBBY rowdy, aggressive, violent ...1955 sl.
ROWDY, ROWDYISM - nouns
• FANDANGO a rowdy or boisterous social gathering ...1848 Amer. dial.
• MAFFICKING celebrating in the streets in an uproarious manner, esp. during a national celebration; general street rowdyism ...1900s sl.
• VANDEMONIANISM rough or unmannerly behaviour; rowdyism ...1863
ROWDY - nouns, person
• BARRATOR † a quarrelsome person; one given to brawling and riot; a rowdy ...c1440
• B'HOY a rough or rowdy ...1846 US
• BO-HOY a rowdy young man ...1846 Amer. dial.
• BOY a rough or rowdy ...1843
• DANCING MASTER an upper-class rowdy who found his amusement in making his victims 'dance' by stabbing at their legs with his sword ...M17 sl.
• DANIEL a rowdy person ...1990s Aust. teen sl.
• DEAD RABBIT a very athletic rowdy fellow ...1859 Amer. sl.
• HITTER a rowdy usually working-class white youth ...1972 Amer. sl.
• LARRIKIN a street rowdy, usually juvenile; a rough, a wild fellow; a hoodlum or hooligan ...1870 chiefly Aust.
• LARRIKINESS a female larrikin ...1871 chiefly Aust.
• MOLL orig., a girl or woman; one's wife or sweetheart ; a tough or rowdy young woman ...1753
• OATMEAL a profligate roisterer; an urban rowdy ...c1620 colloq.
• RAB a lawless, rowdy person ...20C W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• RABBIT a rowdy person ...M19 US sl.
• RAMPLER a rowdy, devil-may-care, roving lad ...1889 Sc.
• SCOZZA a rowdy person, esp. one who drinks a lot of alcohol ...Aust. sl.
• SCUDDER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCUTTER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person ...1934 Amer. dial.
ROWDY - verbs
• BEAR-FIGHT to behave rowdily ...1892
• BE FULL OF JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion ...1872 Amer. dial.
• CUT UP JACK AND KILL JINNY to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion ...1930 Amer. dial.
• CUT UP SAM to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance ...1945 Amer., dial.
• GO ANIMAL to go wild; to become disorderly or rowdy ...1968 Amer. sl.
• GO THE WHOLE ANIMAL to act without any restraint ...1832 Amer. sl.
• KICK UP HIGH JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion ...1908 Amer. dial.
• KICK UP JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion ...1908 Amer. dial.
• RAISE JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion ...1867 Amer. dial.
• RAISE SAM to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance ...1968 Amer., dial.
• TEAR UP JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion ...1845 Amer. dial.
• ZOO to be noisy and rowdy ...1960s US college sl.