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RUMPLE - RUTHLESSNESS
RUMPLE - verbs
• GRUGGLE to disorder or disfigure by much handling; to rumple, to crumple, to crease ...1804 Sc.
• MISCOMFRUMPLE to rumple, to crease; e.g. if one female sits so close to another as to rumple or crease her dress by pressing or sitting on it, she is said to 'miscomfrumple' it ...1854 Eng. dial.
• MUSS to make untidy; to rumple ...19C sl.
• NAFFLE to rumple; to mess ...1864 Sc.
• SCRUPLE to rumple; to twist up; to wrinkle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAFFLE to handle roughly, to ruffle, to rumple, to disarrange ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEW to shake, to toss; to keep in motion; to rumple, to disarrange; to tumble; to pull about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE to crease, to crinkle, to rumple ...1825 Sc.
• WOOL to rumple, to tousle; to play roughly with ...1864 Amer. sl.
RUMPLED - adjectives
• DOG-EARED worn, creased, and rumpled; shabby, unkempt ...19C Amer. sl.
• MALAGRUIZED in disorder, rumpled ...1864 Sc.
• MALAGRUZED in disorder, rumpled ...1864 Sc.
• RUMPLETY crumpled, rumpled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
RUMPUS - nouns
• CATARUMPUS a commotion, a rumpus ...1848 US sl.
• CATOUSE an uproar, a commotion, a din, tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• HICKBOO a rumpus; a bombardment ...Amer. World War I sl.
• KATOWSE an uproar, a commotion, a tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1859 Amer. dial.
RUMPUS - verbs
• CAVE to rave, to rage, to get in a passion; to be angry, to make a rumpus ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CAVE AROUND to rave, to rage, to get in a passion; to be angry, to make a rumpus ...1916 Amer. dial.
RUN - nouns
• BREAK a continuous or unbroken run ...1898 colloq.
• BRUSH a rapid run or race; a contest in speed ...1860 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAKE a run, rush; speed, a swift pace ...c1460 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. rare
• RUN-AN'-GO a run before leaping ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SALLY a run from side to side; a rush, a dash; a swaying, swinging motion; a tottering situation ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAMPER a scampering, a quick run
RUN, RUNNER - nouns, person
• LEAPER † a runner; a dancer ...a1000
• PED a professional runner, walker ...1863 sl.
RUN - verbs
• ALLAY to go, to hurry, to run ...1918 US military sl.
• ALLEY to go, to hurry, to run ...1918 US military sl.
• ALLEZ to go, to hurry, to run ...1918 US military sl.
• ANOINT to run, to hurry away ...1876 Eng. dial.
• AUDI to run ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BAIGLE to walk or run with short steps; to walk as if much fatigued ...1825 Sc.
• BASEL to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZZLE to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner; to bustle ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEAT THE STREETS to walk up and down; to run about idly ...c1375
• BIDDY-BASE of children: to run backwards and forwards, to patter about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIN to move or run swiftly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOK to move fast; to run like crazy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BOOK IT to move fast; to run like crazy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BRATTLE to run quickly; to hurry ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUCKLE to run fast ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE BREEZE to run or travel very fast ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE EARTH LIKE A CANNED DOG to run or travel very fast ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE PRAIRIE to run or travel very fast ...1881 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE WIND to run or travel very fast ...1910 Amer. dial.
• BURN UP THE TRACK to run or travel very fast ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUST THE WIND to run or travel fast ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• CATCH † to chase, to run, to hasten; to press on ...c1325
• CATCH AIR to run very fast ...1937 Amer. dial.
• CHARGE to run at full speed ...c1860 colloq.
• CHASE to run, hurry; to depart rapidly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHECK OUT to leave, esp. in a hurry; to run fast ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CLIP to move or run quickly ...M19 US colloq.
• COME A-ZOONIN' to come running ...1884 Amer. dial.
• CURSITATE * to run this way and that; to flit ...1866
• DAGGLE to trudge about, to run like a child ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEECE to run fast ...1909 Amer. dial., chiefly used among boys
• DIG to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DIG IT UP to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DIG OUT to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...a1855 Amer. dial.
• DO A LAM to run; to run away ...1897 US sl.
• DRAW A RACE to take a short run ...1829 Sc.
• FAN to move around quickly; to run; to escape ...L19 US sl.
• FAN ABOUT to move about quickly; to run ...1899 Amer. dial.
• FAN OUT to move about quickly; to run ...1905 Amer. dial.
• FAN THE DUST to move about quickly; to run ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FOOT to run fast ...1965 US sl.
• GO ON WHEELS to run swiftly and smoothly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREYHOUND to run fast ....1940s US Black sl.
• HACKNEY † to drive hard; to hurry; also, to run hard, to race ...1617
• HARE IT to move or run with great speed ...E20
• HAT UP to run fast ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HAUL THE MAIL to run or travel rapidly ...1935 Amer. sl.
• HYKER to go quickly, to run ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HYPER to go quickly, to run ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• JAUL to stroll, to run, to depart ...1940s S. Afr.
• JAWL to stroll, to run, to depart ...1940s S. Afr.
• JICKER to ride or run smartly, to trot ...1897 Sc.
• JOL to stroll, to run, to depart ...1940s S. Afr.
• LAM to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway ...1886 Amer. & Eng. dial.
• LAM IT to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway ...1886 Amer. dial.
• LAMMAS to run, to go off in a hurry, to disappear quickly ...1866 Eng. dial.
• LAM OUT to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway ...1886 Amer. dial.
• LEAP † to run, to go hastily or with violence; to rush ...a1100
• LEG IT to walk rapidly or run ...colloq.
• LIGHT A RAG to leave in a hurry; to depart hurriedly; to run fast ...1903 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT A SHUCK to leave in a hurry; to depart hurriedly; to run fast ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LOUNDER to lounge; to walk about idly or awkwardly; to flounder, run, scamper ...1893 Eng. dial.
• MAKE BY to excel; to walk or run past ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAKE TRACKS to go, to run; to leave; to depart hurriedly ...1833 sl.
• MOBILE to run or move fast ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MODOCK to run ...1974 Amer. sl.
• NOINT to run, to hurry away ...1876 Eng. dial.
• OF-RUN † to overtake by running; to run away from; to flee from ...c888
• PACK THE MAIL to ride or move quickly; to go fast, to run ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PAIL to hurry; to run at full speed ...1819 Eng. dial.
• PEEL to hurry; to run at full speed ...1819 Eng. dial.
• PEEL IT to go or leave rapidly; to depart hurriedly; to run fast ...1858 Amer. dial.
• QUETCH † to stir or move from one place to another; to go, to run. to hasten ...c1205
• QUITCH † to stir or move from one place to another; to go, to run. to hasten ...c1205
• RAKE † to go, to proceed, esp. with speed; to run; also, to go or wander about, to roam, to stray, to ramble; to stroll about idly; to gad about ...a1023 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RASE †* to run quickly; to rush ...a1300
• RATTLE to move, run, or drive quickly, esp. with much noise ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RUN ALL DAY ON A CABBAGE-LEAF to be a poor runner ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• RUN LIKE A RED-SHANK to run as fast as possible ...1877 Eng. dial.
• RUN LIKE A WHITE-HEAD to run very fast ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RUN LIKE SCOOTER to run very nimbly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAGE to run violently ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAMBLE to shamble, to walk awkwardly; to run hastily and irregularly ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCAMMER to scamper, to run quickly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAMPER to run, to run off ...L17 sl.
• SCAMPO to scamper; to run quickly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAPE to run at large, to scamper ...1903 Sc.
• SCARPER to run ...1920s sl.
• SCOOCH to hasten, to run ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SCOOR to run quickly; to scamper, to hurry; of a horse: to rush off sideways ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOOT to run ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCOUF to run, to scamper ...1960 Sc.
• SCOUP to run, to move hastily; to scamper; to leap, to skip ...1721 Sc.
• SCOUR to run quickly; to scamper, to hurry; of a horse: to rush off sideways ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOUSE to frolic, to frisk about; to run fast ...1842 Eng. dial.
• SCOVE to run swiftly, to scour along ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOWER to run quickly; to scamper, to hurry; of a horse: to rush off sideways ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SELL OUT to depart, to leave, usually hastily; to run away; to skedaddle; to run in fear ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SHUCKLE to run fast, to hurry, to bustle about, to make haste ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SKEET to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly ...1838 Amer. dial.
• SKEETER to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SKICE † to move quickly and briskly; to skip or frisk about; to run ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SKID * to run or go quickly, to scud ...1815 NED Murray 1919
• SKIFF to move lightly and quickly, esp. so as to barely touch a surface; to glide, to run, etc. in this manner ...1725 Sc.
• SKIFT † to move lightly and quickly; to skip, to run, to glide ...a1586
• SKIFTER to move lightly and quickly; to skip, to run, to glide ...1887
• SKIRR to move, run, fly, sail, etc., rapidly or with great impetus ...1567
• SKITE to dart swiftly, esp. in an oblique direction; to run lightly and rapidly; to leave hastily ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKITTER to move or run rapidly; to hurry about; to scamper off ...1845
• SKIVE to go, to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble ...1854 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SKIVE AROUND to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SKY to run swiftly ...1837
• SPLIT to walk or run at great speed ...L18 sl.
• STIVVER to go, to run, to hasten ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STREAK to run around; to run around wildly ...1970 US sl.
• TAKE A HEAD † to make a rush forward, to start running ...1760-72
• TAKE HEAD † to make a rush forward, to start running ...1674.
• TAKE IT ON THE DAN O'LEARY to run, to run off, to escape ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE JESSE OWENS to run, to run off, to escape ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE TO ONE'S LEGS to run; to run away ...1530
• TIG to run from place to place as if chased ...1834 Eng. dial.
• TIP GRAND to walk fast; to run; to leave quickly ...1934 Amer. sl.
• TOTE THE MAIL to run quickly; to move in a hurry; to ride or move quickly; to go fast ...1893 Amer. dial.
• TROLLOP to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither ...1838 Amer. dial.
• TROLLOP ABOUT to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither ...1838 Amer. dial.
• TROLLOP AROUND to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither ...1838 Amer. dial.
• VAP to run quickly ...1941 Amer. dial.
• WAAS to run, to hurry; to exercise oneself vigorously ...c1912 sl.
• WASS to run, to hurry; to exercise oneself vigorously ...c1912 sl.
• YERN † to run ...c900
RUN ABOUT, RUN AROUND - verbs
• BIRL to move quickly; to hurry along; to run about ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALEEVER to skip, to jump, to frolic about; to run about heedlessly or foolishly ...1875 Eng. dial.
• RAM AROUND to run around boisterously; to gad about, to go out in search of pleasure ...1939 Amer. dial.
RUN AFTER - verbs
• CHIVEY to run after, to chase; to move off quickly ,,,Bk1890
• SHACK to run after ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TAKE AFTER to run after, to pursue ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RUN AWAY, RUN OFF - nouns
• AIR LOFT a warning to run away ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• RABBIT the desire to run away ...1920s US sl.
• RABBIT FEVER the compelling desire to run off whenever things get difficult ...1920s US criminals' sl.
RUN AWAY, RUN OFF - nouns, person
• ABSCOTCHALATER one who runs away ...L19 US sl.
• CATCH ACTION a young woman, typically runaways who have just arrived in the big city and are vulnerable to being recruited as prostitutes ...1960s US Black sl.
• RABBIT a runaway ...1970s US sl.
RUN AWAY, RUN OFF - verbs
• ABSQUAT of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...19C sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATILATE to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away ...1830 Amer. sl.
• ABSQUATTLE of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond ...M19 sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATULATE to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away ...1830 Amer. sl.
• ABSQUOTULATE of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...19C sl., orig. US
• APPLY LAWYER FOOT to run away ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• BAIL OUT to leave in a hurry, to run off to escape from a difficult situation ...1940s US sl.
• BALL THE JACK to run away ...1913 US sl.
• BETAKE ONESELF TO ONE'S HEELS to retreat in flight, to run away ...1598
• BONE OUT to back down from a confrontation; to run away from danger ...1993 US sl.
• BOTANY BAY to run away ...1945 Aust. rhyming sl.
• BREAK to set out or run off briskly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUDGE A BEAK to run away ...16C sl.
• BUNK to escape, to run off ...18C sl.
• CAP ONE'S LUCKY to run away ...Bk1891 Amer. thieves' sl.
• CHASE to run off, to leave ...L19 US sl.
• CHEESE IT to run away or disperse ...c1810 Amer. sl.
• COP A HEEL to run off, to escape ...20C US criminal sl.
• COP AND HEEL to run off, to escape ...20C US criminal sl.
• DIG to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DIG IT UP to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DIG OUT to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...a1855 Amer. dial.
• DO A LAM to run; to run away ...1897 US sl.
• DO AN ARTHUR DUFFY to run away, to escape ...1905 Amer. sl.
• DO A POWDER to escape, to run away ...1910s sl.
• DO ONE to leave, to run away ...1950s sl.
• DO THE BOLT to run away, esp. when caught committing a misdemeanour ...Aust. sl.
• DUST IT to leave quickly, to run off ...L19 US sl.
• FADE to depart; to disappear; to run away; to leave; to vanish ...1848 sl.
• FADE AWAY to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave; to vanish ...1820 sl.
• FADE OUT to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave ...1820 Amer. sl.
• FALL BACK to run off ...E19 US sl.
• FLY THE COOP to run off, to depart abruptly; to escape
• GIVE LEG BAIL to be beholden to one's own legs for escape, to run away, esp. from a debt or a responsibility; to escape ...1759 jocular
• GIVE LEG BAIL AND LAND SECURITY to run away ...1796 sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE GUY to run away ...L19 sl.
• GIVE THE GUY TO to run away; to give someone the slip ...1899
• GUY to run away, to leave quickly, to escape ...1874 sl.
• GUY-A-WHACK to run off, to leave quickly ...L19 Aust. sl.
• GUY OFF to run away., to escape ...L19 sl.
• HAVE IT ON YOUR DANCERS to run away ...1977 UK sl.
• HIT THE LAM to run away; to flee; esp. from authorities; to escape ...1986 US sl.
• HIT THE TOE to leave quickly, to run off ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• HIT THE WIND to leave quickly, to run away ...20C US Black sl.
• HOOK IT to run away, to clear out ...c1776 Amer. sl.
• JACK to run away quickly from ...c1840 sl.
• JARK IT to run away ...1823 sl.
• LAM OFF to escape, to run away ...2003 UK sl.
• LAM OUT to run away from someone ...1940s sl.
• LAM OUT ON to run away from someone ...1940s sl.
• LAY ONE'S LEGS ON ONE'S NECK to run away; to decamp ...17C Brit. colloq.
• LAY ONE'S LEGS TO GROUND to run away; to decamp ...17C Brit. colloq.
• LEG IT to run away ...Amer. World War I sl.
• MAKE A BOLT OF IT to run away; to decamp ...c1850 Brit. colloq.
• MAKE A BREAK to run away from the police ...1932 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MAKE ONE'S FEET THEIR FRIEND to go off quickly; to run away ...1896 Sc.
• MIZZIL to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLE to abscond; to run away; to clear out, to disappear; to go, to walk ...1781
• OBSQUATULATE of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...19C sl., orig. US
• OF-RUN to overtake by running; to run away from; to flee from ...c888 obs.
• PADDLE to run away, to leave ...M19 sl.
• PLAY RABBIT to leave quickly; to run away ...1930s sl.
• PULL FOOT to run away, to take to one's heels ...arch.
• RABBIT to run away ...1887 UK sl.
• RACK OFF to run off; to move rapidly; to depart ...1884 Amer. dial.
• RAT IT to run away quickly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCADDLE to run off in a fright ...1901 Eng. dial.
• SCADOODLE to run off, to leave in a hurry ...M19 sl.
• SCALE to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one's own motion ...20C sl.
• SCALE OFF to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one's own motion; to leave surreptitiously or speedily ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAMP to run away from, to leave, to decamp ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAMPER to run, to run off ...L17 sl.
• SCAPA to go, esp. to run off ...1910s rhyming sl.
• SCAPA FLOW to go, esp. to run off ...1910s rhyming sl.
• SCAPALI to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCAPER to run off quickly; to scamper ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SCAPPER to go, to run off ...1960s Irish sl.
• SCARP to escape; to run off ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SCARPA to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCARPER to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCARPY to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCOPPER to scamper off, to run away ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR ONE'S WALLS to run away, to 'scuttle' off ...1790 Sc.
• SCURR to run away hastily; to flee, to make off ...a1548
• SELL OUT to depart, to leave, usually hastily; to run away; to skedaddle; to run in fear ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SHELL OUT to run away precipitously, to leave or depart hastily ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SKEDADDLE to run away, to flee, to depart or leave hastily, to desert; to rush off ...1861 sl., orig US Civil War
• SKIN to leave quickly; to run away ...1903 Amer. sl.
• SKIN OUT to leave quickly; to run away ...1876 Amer. dial.
• SKIRR to run away hastily; to flee, to make off ...a1548
• SLIP CABLE to run away; to depart ...1805 US nautical sl.
• SPEEL to run away; to decamp ...M19 sl.
• TAIL OUT to run away, to depart hurriedly, to make one's escape ...L19 US sl.
• TAKE A DROP to run off ...L19 sl.
• TAKE A FLIER to escape, to run away from ...1950s sl.
• TAKE A FLYER to escape, to run away from ...1950s sl.
• TAKE A POWDER to escape, to run away ...1910s sl.
• TAKE A RUN-OUT to escape, to run away ...20C sl.
• TAKE A RUN-OUT POWDER to escape, to run away ...20C sl.
• TAKE A WALK to run off ...1930s sl.
• TAKE BEEF to run away ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR DUFFY to run away, to escape ...1926 Amer. sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR K. DUFFY to run away, to escape ...1936 Amer. sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE DAN O'LEARY to run, to run off, to escape ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE HOOF to run off, to leave quickly ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE JESSE OWENS to run, to run off, to escape ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE LAM to run away; to flee, esp. from authorities; to escape; to depart hurriedly ...1904 US sl., orig. criminals' usage
• TAKE IT ON THE TROT to run off, to leave at speed ...1930s sl.
• TAKE LEG-BAIL to run away, esp. from a debt or a responsibility; to escape ...1774 Sc.
• TAKE ONE'S LAMMAS to go off, to run away ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TAKE THE SABINE SLIDE to run off, leaving one's debts unpaid ...M19 US sl.
• TAKE TO ONE'S BEATERS to run away ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• TAKE TO ONE'S LEGS to run; to run away ...1530
• TAKE TO ONE'S SCRAPERS to run away quickly ...1824 Ireland
• TAKE TO ONE'S TOES to run away
• TAKE TO THE TALL TIMBER to run off ...M19 sl.
• TAKE TO THE TIMBER to run off ...M19 sl.
• TAKE TO THE TOE to leave quickly, to run off ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• TURN ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly; to run away; to escape ...1935 Amer. sl., esp. prison usage
• TURN RABBIT to leave quickly; to run away ...1930s sl.
• TURN THE CORNER OF BOLT STREET to run away; to escape ...L19 colloq.
• UP AND DUST to leave in a hurry, to run away ...20C US Black sl.
• VAMOS to make a hasty departure, to run away hurriedly, to go away, to leave, to disappear ...1834 Amer. sl.
• WALK ONE'S CHALKS to go or move, esp. away, quickly; to depart quickly; to run away ...1840 US sl.
• WYLO to run away ...L19 UK criminals' sl., orig. Anglo-Chinese
RUN AWAY, RUNNING AWAY, RUNNING OFF - nouns
• GUY an act of running off, of leaving surreptitiously ...L19 sl.
• SCRAMSVILLE desertion, running off ...1950s sl.
• SKEDADDLE a rush, a hurry, an act of running away or escaping ...M19 sl.
RUN-DOWN - adjectives
• ASS-DRAGGING run-down, worn-out ...1990s US sl.
• BUNGED UP beaten, bruised, injured; out of order, damaged, run-down ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GRUNGY ugly, run-down or dilapidated ...1965 sl.
• OES seedy, run-down, 'under the weather' ...20C S. Afr. sl.
• OLD-ASS run-down, dilapidated ...1960s US sl.
• RAGGLY run-down, dilapidated ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAGGLY-ASS run-down, dilapidated ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACK run-down, in disrepair ...1941 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKELDY dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down ...1911 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLED dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair, rickety, tumbledown ...1675
• RAMSHACKLETY dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down ...1905 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLY rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair ...1857
• RATTY run-down, ramshackle, unkempt, shabby; untidy and in poor condition ...1856 US sl.
• SCALY sick, run-down ...L18 sl.
• SHACKELTY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLEDY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLETY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLEY ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tottering ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLING ramshackle, rickety, run-down ...c1784 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLY ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tottering ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TACKEY of poor quality, shoddy; run-down; cheap. common; in poor taste ...1886 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of poor quality, shoddy; run-down; cheap. common; in poor taste ...1886 Amer. sl.
• TORE-UP rundown, damaged, out of order ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TORN DOWN run down, dilapidated ...1916 Amer. dial.
• TORN-UP rundown, damaged, out of order ...1965 Amer. dial.
RUN-DOWN - nouns
• CABBAGETOWN the poor area of a town; any run-down urban area; a slum ...1967 sl.
RUNNER - nouns, person
• YERNER † a runner ...a1400
RUNNING - adjectives
• IRRUENT †* running hastily, or rushing in violently ...1656
• ON THE LAM on the run; running; at top speed ...1911 US sl.
RUNNING - nouns
• BELLOWSING panting or exhaustion after running ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LAM an act of running or flight, esp. a dash to escape from custody; escape; a hasty or unceremonious departure ...1914 US sl.
RUNNING - verbs
• GET UNDER ONE'S WIND to begin to recover from the stitch in the side caused by fast running ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RUNNING AWAY - nouns
• SCARPER an escape; an act of running away ...L19 sl.
RUNT - nouns
• ACORN CALF a poor specimen, a runt, a weakling (refers to humans as well as cattle and other animals) ...1929 Amer. dial.
• SCRUNT the smallest pig in a litter; a runt ...1967 Amer. dial.
RUNTY - adjectives
• SCRUNTY stunted, runty; measly; small ...1889 Amer. dial.
RUPTURE - verbs
• TO-BREAK † to break to pieces; to shatter, to rupture; to break down, to destroy, to demolish ...c888
RUPTURED - adjectives
• BELLY-BRUSSEN distended, ruptured ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BUSSEN ruptured ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BUSSENED ruptured ...1845 Amer. dial.
RUPTURED - verbs
• TO-BREAK † to break into pieces; to burst asunder; to be ruptured, shattered, or fractured ...c1205
RURAL - adjectives
• CRACKER-BARREL rural, rustic, of homely philosophy ...US
• EPICHORIAL * pertaining to the country; rural ...1840
• PUMKIN a small town or rural community ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
• PUMPKIN a small town or rural community ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
• PUNKIN a small town or rural community ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
• RURURBAN partly rural and party urban ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNOB-NOB the self-appointed rural 'aristocracy' ...1900s NZ sl.
• TALL TIMBER the rural areas, the backwoods ...M19 US sl.
RURAL - nouns
• BOONDOCKS rough or wild country; rural backcountry; the sticks; an out-of-the-way place ...1944 Amer. dial.
• CHITLIN SWITCH any small, rural southern town ...1926 US Black sl.
• LANDFOLK country people, rural population ...1891 Sc.
RURAL - nouns, person
• ACORN-CRACKER a rustic, a yokel, a country jake; an uncouth rural person ...1905 Amer. sl.
• ANAROOGIAN a very rural old fellow ...1912 Amer. dial.
• APPLE-KNOCKER a rural, unsophisticated person ...1910s US sl.
• APPLE-SHAKER a rural, unsophisticated person ...M19 US sl.
• APPLE-SQUEEZER a rural, unsophisticated person ...1930s US sl.
• BACKBLOCKSER one who livers in a remote or rural area ...c1920 Aust. colloq.
• BARN FLY a rustic person; one from a rural area ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CAKE (derogatory) a rural person ...1991 Irish sl.
• MAN ON THE LAND a farmer or other rural worker ...1911 Aust. sl.
• REB any poor, rural, White southerner ...1978 US sl.
• REDNECK (derogatory) a poor, White, rural Southerner; a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist ...1891 Amer. dial.
• WOLLYBACK anyone living in a rural area ...1995 Ireland sl.
• WOOL HAT a member of the White rural working class; a small farmer; a redneck; used chiefly in reference to such a person as a political force ...1828 Amer. dial.
• WOOL HATTER a member of the White rural working class; a small farmer; a redneck; used chiefly in reference to such a person as a political force ...1986 Amer. dial.
RUSE - nouns
• DAP a trick, ruse, artifice ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
RUSH - adverbs
• AT FULL TEAR in a great hurry or frantic rush ...1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
RUSH - nouns
• BRAISSIL a rush, start ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASSLE a rush, start ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK a break-out; a rush ...1834 US
• FAIRD † motion, rush, impetus; hence, impetuosity, ardour; a violent onset ...1513 Sc.
• FARD † motion, rush, impetus; hence, impetuosity, ardour; a violent onset ...1513 Sc.
• FIRE-FLAUGHT a sudden burst or rush ...1637
• RACE † a rush, onset, charge; a raid ...1535
• RACK † a rush, shock, collision; a noise, as of a shock; a crash ...a1300
• RAKE * a run, rush; speed, a swift pace ...c1460 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RALLY a sudden rush, a quick involuntary movement, a lurch, like the staggering of a drunk man; a quick pace ...1880 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAM-RACE a precipitate, headlong rush, like that of a ram ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAM-STAM headstrong, impetuous action; furious rush, precipitateness ...1790 Sc.
• RANDON † a rush or stream, as of words, fire ...c1440
• SALLY a run from side to side; a rush, a dash; a swaying, swinging motion; a tottering situation ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKEDADDLE a rush, a hurry, an act of running away or escaping ...M19 sl.
• THROW pressure; a press, crowd; a rush ...1868 Sc.
• VAIGE an impetus; a rush; a short run before taking a leap ...1842 Eng. dial.
• VAYGE an impetus; a rush; a short run before taking a leap ...1842 Eng. dial.
• VEASE † a rush, impetus; a run before a leap ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VEGE an impetus; a rush; a short run before taking a leap ...1842 Eng. dial.
• VESE a rush ...1875 Eng. dial.
• VREX a rush ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHEW a hurry, a rush ...1847 Amer. dial.
RUSH, RUSH AWAY, RUSH OFF - verbs
• ASS OUT to rush away ...1990s US Black sl.
• BAISSLE to rush about in a busied or hurried manner; to busy or exert oneself ...1923 Sc.
• BANG to move, work, speak, etc., with rapidity; to rush violently ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BARREL-ASS to rush headlong, to charge at; to drive fast ...1960s US sl.
• BASEL to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZZ to move quickly or energetically; to rush, to dash ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZZLE to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner; to bustle ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEAT ASS to rush ...1974 Amer. sl.
• BINNER to move swiftly, to dash, to rush; to work with noise and energy ...1803 Sc. & N. Ireland
• BLENTER to rush, to make haste ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLINTER to rush, to make haste ...1804 Sc.
• BRAINYELL to rush headlong; to break forth violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAINZEL to rush headlong; to break forth violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASH to rush headlong ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIRL to move briskly; to rush ...1879 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DO A SKATE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• LANCE † to bound, to spring, to move quickly, to rush ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LASH to move swiftly and suddenly; to make a sudden movement, to dash, to rush ...c1330
• LAUNCH † to throw (a person); to hurl oneself; to dart, to rush ...a1300
• LEAP † to run, to go hastily or with violence; to rush ...a1100
• MASH to do anything in a bustling hurry, to rush about ...1882 Eng. dial.
• ONRESE † to rush, to make an onset ...c825
• PULL ONE'S FREIGHT to rush off, to leave in a hurry ...M19 US sl.
• RAAS to rush about ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RAILROAD to go fast, to hurry unduly or excessively, to rush somewhere; to deal with something quickly or hastily ...1884 sl.
• RAM AWAY to rush ...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.
• RAMMIS to behave frantically; to rush wildly about ...a1585 Sc.
• RAMMISH to behave frantically; to rush wildly about; to go about in a state approaching frenzy ...a1585 Sc.
• 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 rush about in a wild or excited manner ...1627
• RAMPER to rush about; to act violently ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPSE to rush or roam about, esp. in search of sexual encounters; to gad about, to gallivant ...1929 Amer. dial.
• RAM-STAM to walk, rush or blunder about in a headlong, impetuous manner ...1816 Sc.
• RANGE to rush about noisily and roughly; to romp ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAP † to move with speed; to hasten, to rush ...a1300
• RASE †* to run quickly; to rush ...a1300
• RASH † to dash or rush hastily or violently ...a1400 chiefly Sc. rare or obs.
• REEL to romp, to rush; to travel, to roam ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCHUSSEL to hurry, to rush; to do something in a quick and sloppy manner ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SKATE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• SKATE OFF to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• SKEDADDLE to run away, to flee, to depart or leave hastily, to desert; to rush off ...1861 sl., orig US Civil War
• SKEDOO to rush off, to scamper, to escape ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKEETE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• SKELTER to dash along, to hurry, to rush, to scurry ...1852
• SKIDADDLE to rush off, to scamper, to escape ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKIDOODLE to rush off, to scamper, to escape ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKITE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• STREAK to decamp swiftly; to go with a rush; to leave in a great hurry; to move very rapidly ...1604 sl.
• STREAK OFF LIKE GREASED LIGHTNING to decamp swiftly, to go with a rush ...Bk1904 sl.
• TARRYHOOT to rush; to gallivant ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TEAR-ASS AROUND to hasten or rush around ...1942 Amer. sl.
• THRING † to press or push forward, as against obstacles; to push or force one's way hastily or eagerly; to press, rush, hasten, push on ...c893 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THUD † to fall heavily; to move quickly; of wind: to blow in gusts; to rush with a hollow sound ...1800 Sc.
• WAIN † to go, to rush ...c1400
• ZOOM to rush, to move fast ...1920s sl.
• ZOOM AROUND to rush, to move fast ...1920s sl.
• ZOOM OFF to rush, to move fast ...1920s sl.
RUSHING - adjectives
• BICKERING hurrying, rushing ...1865 Sc.
• IRRUENT †* running hastily, or rushing in violently ...1656
RUSSIA - nouns
• GODLESS COUNTRY, THE Russia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IVAN IVANOVITCH the Russian Nation personified ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REDLAND Russia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
RUSSIAN - nouns, person
• CANDLE-EATER a foreigner of Russian origin ...1942 Amer. sl.
• IVAN a Russian soldier ...Amer. World War I sl.
• ROOSKY a Russian ...1858 sl.
• RUSKI a Russian ...1858 sl.
• RUSKY a Russian ...1858 sl.
• RUSSKI a Russian ...1858 sl.
RUST, RUSTY - adjectives
• AERUGINOUS of nature or colour of verdigris, or copper rust ...1605
• CANKERFRET † corroded with rust ...1603
• CANKEROUS † rusty, like rust ...1651
• CANKERY † rusty; affected as if with rust; corroded ...1744 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• PISS-BURNT BROWN rusty red ...1961 Amer. dial.
• REASTY rusty; discoloured; foul ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
RUST - nouns
• AERUGO the rust of copper or brass, verdigris; occasionally used for the rust of metals generally ...1753
• CANCER severe rust on an automobile ...1970s US sl.
• CANKER † rust ...1533 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CANKERFRET † corrosion by rust ...1618
• REAST rust ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TIN TERMITES rust ...1972 UK sl.
RUST - verbs
• AKERATE to rust as iron does ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANKER † to corrode, to rust, to tarnish ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CANKERFRET † to rust ...1642
• MASKER to decay, to rust ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RUSTED - adjectives
• CANKERED † rusted, corroded; tarnished ...1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
RUSTIC - adjectives
• AIN'TING rustic, uneducated ...20C US sl.
• ALFALFA rustic, slow, peasant-like ...1910s US sl.
• BACKWOODSY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BACON-FED rustic, clownish ...1596
• BOHUNK boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOHUNKISH boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOISTOUS † of persons etc.: rough, rude; untaught, rustic; coarse, unpolished ...c1300
• BOOB boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOOBISH boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOOBY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUCKWHEAT boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUSHWA boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUSHWHACKING boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BY-HECK boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BY-HECKITY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHINWHISKER boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHINWHISKERED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLODHOPPING large and clumsy; awkward; loutish, boorish, rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• CLODPOLISH stupid; boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLUCKY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CORNY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRACKER-BARREL rural, rustic, of homely philosophy ...US
• FATBACK lacking sophistication, rustic ...1934 US sl.
• HAIN'TING rustic, uneducated ...20C US sl.
• HAIN'TING-AIN'TING uneducated, rustic ...1951 Amer. dial.
• HAMMY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAY-FOOTED rustic; used derisively ...1886 Amer. sl.
• HAYSEED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAYSEEDY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HECKITY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HICK boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HICKIFIED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HICKISH boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HICKY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOBNAILED rustic; boorish ...18C sl.
• HOOSIER boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOOSIERFIED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOOSIERIFIED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOOSIERISH boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOOSIERIZED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNKY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAKE boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAY rustic, boorish; ignorant, unsophisticated ...1889 Amer. dial.
• LANDWARD having country manner, rustic; awkward, uncouth ...1725 Sc.
• LANE-BORN country-born, rustic ...1834
• LENTY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE-GALLOWS of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people ...1882 Amer. dial.
• ONE-GALLUS of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people ...1899 Amer. dial.
• ONE-GALLUSED of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people ...1904 Amer. dial.
• PINEY dwelling in the backwoods; rustic, primitive ...1809 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOOD dwelling in the backwoods; rustic, primitive ...1809 Amer. dial.
• REDNECK boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROOKY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RURIGENOUS * born or dwelling in the country, rustic ...1730
• SAVAGE boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEEDY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SILLY † unlearned, unsophisticated, simple, rustic, ignorant ...a1547 obs. or arch.
• SLOBBY. boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STICK boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STICKIFIED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STICKSY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STICKY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WADDY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YAHOO boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YAHOOISH boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YAP boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YAPPY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YOKELIFIED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YOKELISH boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YOKEY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
RUSTIC, RUSTICITY - nouns
• BUCOLISM a rustic phrase or characteristic ...1830 nonce word
• LANDWARDNESS rusticity ...1882 Sc.
• PUMKIN a rustic place; a town in the sticks ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
• PUMPKIN a rustic place; a town in the sticks ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
• PUNKIN a rustic place; a town in the sticks ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
RUSTIC - nouns, person
• ACORN-CRACKER a rustic, a yokel, a country jake; an uncouth rural person ...1905 Amer. sl.
• ACRE-FOOT a rustic ......World War II Amer. sl.
• ANCIENT a rustic or countrified person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• APPLEKNOCKER (often derogatory) a rustic or countrified person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• ARKIE (derogatory) a rustic person or one considered insignificant ...1942 Amer. dial.
• ARKY (derogatory) a rustic person or one considered insignificant ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BACK COUNTRYMAN a rustic ...1845 Amer. dial.
• BACKWOODER a rustic; a countrified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BACKWOODSER a countrified person; a rustic ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BACKWOODSTER a rustic; a countrified person ...c1935 Amer. dial.
• BACON † a rustic, a clown ...1596
• BACON-BONCE a dullard; a simpleton; a rustic, a yokel ...1950s sl.
• BACON-SLICER † a rustic ...1653
• 'BAMA CHUKKER a rustic or countrified person, esp. one from the South ...1966 Amer. sl.
• BARN FLY a rustic person; one from a rural area ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BARNYARD BEAUTY a buxom rustic beauty ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BERGIER †* a peasant, a rustic, a woodman ...1480
• BERRY PICKER a rustic or countrified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BILLY-MARIA a countrified or rustic person ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BOGHOPPER (derogatory) a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOOR a rustic, a yokel; a clumsy or unrefined person; a rude, ill-mannered, inconsiderate person ...L16
• BOZO a rustic or countrified person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BRIAR HOPPER a poor farmer or worker; a rustic ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRIER HEISTER a poor farmer or worker; a rustic ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRIER HOPPER a poor farmer or worker; a rustic ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH APE (derogatory) a rustic, a hillbilly ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BUCK a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...1959 Amer. dial.
• BUCK FARMER a rustic, a countrified person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BUCKWHEAT a rustic, a countrified person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1866 Amer. dial.
• BUCKWHEATER a rustic, a countrified person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BULL DRIVER a rough farmer from the back country; a rustic ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BUSH-BUSTER a hillbilly; a rustic ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BUTTERED BUN a country fool; a rustic simpleton ...E18 sl.
• CÁBÓG an ignorant male; a rustic clodhopper ...2004 Irish sl.
• CAJUN a rustic or countrified person ...1932 Amer. dial.
• CARLLEIN †* a little carl, rustic, or peasant ...c1460
• CARLOT †* a churl, a rustic, a peasant ...1600
• CEDAR CHOPPER a rustic, a countrified person; an insignificant person ...1962 Amer. dial.
• CEDAR SAVAGE (derogatory) a farmer; a rustic ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CHARCOAL BURNER a rustic, a hillbilly ...1962 Amer. dial.
• CHAWBACON a rustic, a country person ...1834 Amer. dial.
• CHERRY PICKER an ignorant rustic; a fool ...1929 US sl.
• CHOOKEE a rustic person; a country hick; used derisively ...1968 Amer. sl.
• CLOD-HOPPER a bumpkin; a rustic ploughman; an oaf who walks among clods of dirt ...L17 rural colloq.
• CLOVER-KICKER a yokel; a rustic; a farmer ...1918 US sl.
• CLOWN a bumpkin or rustic oaf ...16C
• CLUMPERTON † a bumpkin or rustic ...c1534
• CORNCRACKER a poor White farmer; a rustic ...M19 US sl.
• COUNTRY BOOKIE a naive rustic ...1904 Trinidad and Tobago
• COUNTRY BUCK a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...1959 Amer. dial.
• COUNTRY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• COUNTRY JACK a rustic, a countrified person; a simple fellow ...1930 Amer. dial.
• COUNTRY SAGER a rustic; a country bumpkin; a poor White person ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1915 Amer. dial.
• CULCHIE (derogatory) a rustic; a country labourer ...Irish colloq.
• DUMB FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER (derogatory) a peasant; an unsophisticated country person, whether an actual farmer or not; a rustic hillbilly ...1864 US sl.
• FARMER BOY (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER JACK (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER JAKE (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GAFFER an elderly rustic; an old fellow; also, simply, a fellow ...1589
• GAGGER a rustic old man; an old bumpkin ...L16 sl.
• GOAT ROPER a rustic or countrified person ...1983 Amer. dial.
• GOOBER-GRABBER a poor rustic or countrified person; used as a nickname, esp. for an inhabitant of Georgia ...1867 Amer. dial.
• GOOBER-GRUBBER a poor rustic or countrified person; used as a nickname, esp. for an inhabitant of Georgia ...1880 Amer. dial.
• HAYBACK a rustic; a countrified person; an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAYFOOT a farmer; a rustic; used derisively ...1901 Amer. sl.
• HAY KICKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAYMAKER a farmer, a rustic...1847 Amer. sl., esp. nautical
• HAYPITCHER a farmer, a rustic ...1888 Amer. sl.
• HAY POUNDER a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAYRAKER a farmer; a rustic ...1954 Amer. sl.
• HAY RUBE a farmer; an ignorant rustic ...1900 Amer. sl.
• HAYSEED a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person; a rough, uncouth fellow ...1834 Amer. sl.
• HAYSEEDER a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person ...1891 Amer. dial.
• HAYSHAGGER a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HAYSHAKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• HAYTOSSER a farmer, a rustic ...1904-11 Amer. sl.
• HECKER a rustic or countrified person ...1904 Amer. dial.
• HECTOR a rustic or countrified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HICK FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOB a rustic, a simpleton ...L17 sl.
• HOBBINOL a rustic, a simpleton ...L17 sl.
• HOBLOB † a lout; a rustic; a clown ...1583
• HOBNAIL a rustic; a simpleton ...L17 sl.
• IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1896 Amer. dial.
• JACK a rustic, a countrified person; a simple fellow ...1930 Amer. dial.
• JACKFISH FARMER a rustic ...1973 Amer. dial.
• JAKE (derogatory) a rustic, uncouth, awkward, or inexperienced person; a lout; an oaf; a bumpkin ...1884 Amer. dial.
• JAMIE a peasant, a rustic ...1804 Sc.
• JASPER (often derogatory) a fellow, a guy; a rustic, a countrified person, a farmer, a stranger ...1896 Amer. dial.
• JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1881 Amer. dial.
• JEFF (derogatory) a White rustic, a peasant, esp. a Southerner ...1930s US Black sl.
• JEFF DAVIS a rustic; a peasant, usually from the South ...1940s US Black sl.
• JEFFER a rustic, a peasant ...1960s US Black sl.
• JOCK a countryman; a rustic; a clown ...M16 Sc.
• JOHNNY WHOP-STRAW a clodhopper; a rustic ...19C colloq.
• KENSY †* a rough or rude fellow; an unmannerly person; a rustic ...c1500 Sc.
• LANDWARD a country dweller, a rustic ...1821 Sc.
• MOSSBACK a person living in the backwoods; a rustic ...colloq.
• MOSS-JUMPER a rustic ...L18 Brit. sl.
• MUNCHIE. (derogatory) a country person, a rustic ...2000s Irish sl.
• NECK a rustic or countrified person; a redneck; one regarded as socially unacceptable ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OLD FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD GAFFER a rustic old man; an old bumpkin ...L16 sl.
• PEA PICKER a rustic or countrified person; a bumpkin; an unskilled labourer ...1927 Amer. dial.
• PEASANT a person who lives in the country; a rustic ...colloq.
• PINEY WOOD a rustic ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PINEY WOODS a rustic ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PINEY WOODS PECKERWOOD a rustic ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOOD TICK a rustic or countrified person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAIL-SPLITTER a rustic or countrified person ...1867 Amer. dial.
• REUB a rustic ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• REUBEN an unsophisticated countryman; a farmer or rustic, a countrified person; a boorish person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• RIDGE RUNNER a rustic, esp. a mountaineer; an uncouth, stupid fellow; a hillbilly ...1917 Amer. dial.
• RUBE a rustic ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RUSTICAN †* a countryman, a rustic, a peasant ...1570
• SAGER a rustic; a country bumpkin; a poor White person ...1893 Amer. dial.
• SEED a rustic or countrified person ...1900 Amer. dial.
• SHIRTTAIL PLOWBOY a young countrified or rustic person
• SHIT-KICKER a rustic, unsophisticated, or countrified person; a cowboy or would-be cowboy ...1964 Amer. dial.
• SHORTWOODARD a rustic person; a country bumpkin ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SHORTWOODS a rustic person; a country bumpkin ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SWEDE-BASHER (derogatory) a farm worker; hence, any rustic ...1943 sl.
• TARHEEL a poor White, esp. from the piney woods of North Carolina; a rustic or countrified person; any north Carolinian; an insignificant person ...1846 Amer. dial.
• WADDIE a cattle rustler; also, a cowboy, esp. a temporary cowhand ...1897 US sl.
• WAHOO a rustic or countrified person; a dull and stupid person ...1882 Amer. dial.
• WEED-BENDER a rustic or countrified person ...1933 Amer. dial.
• WEED-MONKEY a rustic or countrified person ...1955 Amer. dial.
• WEED-SUCKER a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...2002 Amer. dial.
• WHOP-STRAW a clodhopper; a rustic ...19C colloq.
• WOODBILLY a rustic or countrified person...1942 Amer. dial.
• WOODCHUCK a rustic or countrified person ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WOOLLY BACK a country dweller; a rustic ...Brit. sl.
• YAHOE a loutish, ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1851 Amer. dial.
• YAHOO a degraded or bestial person; a lout, a boor; an ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1726
• YAP (derogatory) a peasant, a rustic simpleton ...L19 US sl.
• ZEKE a dull, stupid person; a rustic, a dolt ...1970 Amer. dial.
RUSTIC - phrases
• MEAN ENOUGH TO STEAL ACORNS FROM A BLIND HOG possessing the characteristics of 'poor White trash'; stupid, rustic, unsophisticated ...L19 US Black sl.
RUSTLE - nouns
• REESHLE a rustle; a loud, clattering sound ...1773 Sc.
RUSTLE - verbs
• RATTLE to make a rustling or crackling noise ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REESHLE to rustle; to make a clattering, cracking sound ...1826 Sc.
• RUTTLE to rustle, to rattle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCRAVVLE to rustle ...Bk1904 Sc.
RUSTLING - adjectives
• REESHLING rustling, noisy, rattling ...1827 Sc.
RUSTLING - adverbs
• REESHLE with a rustling, crackling sound ...Bk1904 Sc.
RUSTLING - nouns
• REESTLIN'-RUSTLIN a rustling sound or movement ...1865 Sc.
RUSTY - see RUST
RUT - nouns
• RACK the rut made by a cart wheel ...1923 Sc.
• RAT the track of a wheel in a road; a rut ...B1900 Sc.
• RIDE a rut or wheel-mark ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDGE a deep wagon-rut ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
RUTHLESS - adjectives
• IMPITEOUS ruthless, pitiless ...1877
RUTHLESS, RUTHLESSNESS - nouns
• DOG EAT DOG ruthless competition or self-interest
• ICE courage, ruthlessness ...1990s US Black sl.
RUTHLESS - nouns, person
• GALLAYNIEL † a big, gluttonous, ruthless man ...1838 Sc.
• RABIATOR a plunderer; a violent, ruthless person; a lout, a boor, a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• ROBIATOR a plunderer; a violent, ruthless person; a lout, a boor, a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• RUBIATOR a plunderer; a violent, ruthless person; a lout, a boor, a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• GRUGGLE to disorder or disfigure by much handling; to rumple, to crumple, to crease ...1804 Sc.
• MISCOMFRUMPLE to rumple, to crease; e.g. if one female sits so close to another as to rumple or crease her dress by pressing or sitting on it, she is said to 'miscomfrumple' it ...1854 Eng. dial.
• MUSS to make untidy; to rumple ...19C sl.
• NAFFLE to rumple; to mess ...1864 Sc.
• SCRUPLE to rumple; to twist up; to wrinkle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TAFFLE to handle roughly, to ruffle, to rumple, to disarrange ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEW to shake, to toss; to keep in motion; to rumple, to disarrange; to tumble; to pull about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE to crease, to crinkle, to rumple ...1825 Sc.
• WOOL to rumple, to tousle; to play roughly with ...1864 Amer. sl.
RUMPLED - adjectives
• DOG-EARED worn, creased, and rumpled; shabby, unkempt ...19C Amer. sl.
• MALAGRUIZED in disorder, rumpled ...1864 Sc.
• MALAGRUZED in disorder, rumpled ...1864 Sc.
• RUMPLETY crumpled, rumpled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
RUMPUS - nouns
• CATARUMPUS a commotion, a rumpus ...1848 US sl.
• CATOUSE an uproar, a commotion, a din, tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• HICKBOO a rumpus; a bombardment ...Amer. World War I sl.
• KATOWSE an uproar, a commotion, a tumult, rumpus, row, disturbance ...1859 Amer. dial.
RUMPUS - verbs
• CAVE to rave, to rage, to get in a passion; to be angry, to make a rumpus ...1902 Amer. dial.
• CAVE AROUND to rave, to rage, to get in a passion; to be angry, to make a rumpus ...1916 Amer. dial.
RUN - nouns
• BREAK a continuous or unbroken run ...1898 colloq.
• BRUSH a rapid run or race; a contest in speed ...1860 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAKE a run, rush; speed, a swift pace ...c1460 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. rare
• RUN-AN'-GO a run before leaping ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SALLY a run from side to side; a rush, a dash; a swaying, swinging motion; a tottering situation ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAMPER a scampering, a quick run
RUN, RUNNER - nouns, person
• LEAPER † a runner; a dancer ...a1000
• PED a professional runner, walker ...1863 sl.
RUN - verbs
• ALLAY to go, to hurry, to run ...1918 US military sl.
• ALLEY to go, to hurry, to run ...1918 US military sl.
• ALLEZ to go, to hurry, to run ...1918 US military sl.
• ANOINT to run, to hurry away ...1876 Eng. dial.
• AUDI to run ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BAIGLE to walk or run with short steps; to walk as if much fatigued ...1825 Sc.
• BASEL to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZZLE to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner; to bustle ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEAT THE STREETS to walk up and down; to run about idly ...c1375
• BIDDY-BASE of children: to run backwards and forwards, to patter about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIN to move or run swiftly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOK to move fast; to run like crazy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BOOK IT to move fast; to run like crazy ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BRATTLE to run quickly; to hurry ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUCKLE to run fast ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE BREEZE to run or travel very fast ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE EARTH LIKE A CANNED DOG to run or travel very fast ...1903 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE PRAIRIE to run or travel very fast ...1881 Amer. dial.
• BURN THE WIND to run or travel very fast ...1910 Amer. dial.
• BURN UP THE TRACK to run or travel very fast ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BUST THE WIND to run or travel fast ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• CATCH † to chase, to run, to hasten; to press on ...c1325
• CATCH AIR to run very fast ...1937 Amer. dial.
• CHARGE to run at full speed ...c1860 colloq.
• CHASE to run, hurry; to depart rapidly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHECK OUT to leave, esp. in a hurry; to run fast ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CLIP to move or run quickly ...M19 US colloq.
• COME A-ZOONIN' to come running ...1884 Amer. dial.
• CURSITATE * to run this way and that; to flit ...1866
• DAGGLE to trudge about, to run like a child ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEECE to run fast ...1909 Amer. dial., chiefly used among boys
• DIG to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DIG IT UP to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DIG OUT to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...a1855 Amer. dial.
• DO A LAM to run; to run away ...1897 US sl.
• DRAW A RACE to take a short run ...1829 Sc.
• FAN to move around quickly; to run; to escape ...L19 US sl.
• FAN ABOUT to move about quickly; to run ...1899 Amer. dial.
• FAN OUT to move about quickly; to run ...1905 Amer. dial.
• FAN THE DUST to move about quickly; to run ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FOOT to run fast ...1965 US sl.
• GO ON WHEELS to run swiftly and smoothly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREYHOUND to run fast ....1940s US Black sl.
• HACKNEY † to drive hard; to hurry; also, to run hard, to race ...1617
• HARE IT to move or run with great speed ...E20
• HAT UP to run fast ...1969 Amer. dial.
• HAUL THE MAIL to run or travel rapidly ...1935 Amer. sl.
• HYKER to go quickly, to run ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HYPER to go quickly, to run ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• JAUL to stroll, to run, to depart ...1940s S. Afr.
• JAWL to stroll, to run, to depart ...1940s S. Afr.
• JICKER to ride or run smartly, to trot ...1897 Sc.
• JOL to stroll, to run, to depart ...1940s S. Afr.
• LAM to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway ...1886 Amer. & Eng. dial.
• LAM IT to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway ...1886 Amer. dial.
• LAMMAS to run, to go off in a hurry, to disappear quickly ...1866 Eng. dial.
• LAM OUT to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway ...1886 Amer. dial.
• LEAP † to run, to go hastily or with violence; to rush ...a1100
• LEG IT to walk rapidly or run ...colloq.
• LIGHT A RAG to leave in a hurry; to depart hurriedly; to run fast ...1903 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT A SHUCK to leave in a hurry; to depart hurriedly; to run fast ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LOUNDER to lounge; to walk about idly or awkwardly; to flounder, run, scamper ...1893 Eng. dial.
• MAKE BY to excel; to walk or run past ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAKE TRACKS to go, to run; to leave; to depart hurriedly ...1833 sl.
• MOBILE to run or move fast ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MODOCK to run ...1974 Amer. sl.
• NOINT to run, to hurry away ...1876 Eng. dial.
• OF-RUN † to overtake by running; to run away from; to flee from ...c888
• PACK THE MAIL to ride or move quickly; to go fast, to run ...1942 Amer. dial.
• PAIL to hurry; to run at full speed ...1819 Eng. dial.
• PEEL to hurry; to run at full speed ...1819 Eng. dial.
• PEEL IT to go or leave rapidly; to depart hurriedly; to run fast ...1858 Amer. dial.
• QUETCH † to stir or move from one place to another; to go, to run. to hasten ...c1205
• QUITCH † to stir or move from one place to another; to go, to run. to hasten ...c1205
• RAKE † to go, to proceed, esp. with speed; to run; also, to go or wander about, to roam, to stray, to ramble; to stroll about idly; to gad about ...a1023 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RASE †* to run quickly; to rush ...a1300
• RATTLE to move, run, or drive quickly, esp. with much noise ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RUN ALL DAY ON A CABBAGE-LEAF to be a poor runner ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• RUN LIKE A RED-SHANK to run as fast as possible ...1877 Eng. dial.
• RUN LIKE A WHITE-HEAD to run very fast ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RUN LIKE SCOOTER to run very nimbly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAGE to run violently ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAMBLE to shamble, to walk awkwardly; to run hastily and irregularly ...1777 Eng. dial.
• SCAMMER to scamper, to run quickly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAMPER to run, to run off ...L17 sl.
• SCAMPO to scamper; to run quickly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAPE to run at large, to scamper ...1903 Sc.
• SCARPER to run ...1920s sl.
• SCOOCH to hasten, to run ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SCOOR to run quickly; to scamper, to hurry; of a horse: to rush off sideways ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOOT to run ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCOUF to run, to scamper ...1960 Sc.
• SCOUP to run, to move hastily; to scamper; to leap, to skip ...1721 Sc.
• SCOUR to run quickly; to scamper, to hurry; of a horse: to rush off sideways ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOUSE to frolic, to frisk about; to run fast ...1842 Eng. dial.
• SCOVE to run swiftly, to scour along ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOWER to run quickly; to scamper, to hurry; of a horse: to rush off sideways ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SELL OUT to depart, to leave, usually hastily; to run away; to skedaddle; to run in fear ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SHUCKLE to run fast, to hurry, to bustle about, to make haste ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SKEET to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly ...1838 Amer. dial.
• SKEETER to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly ...1954 Amer. dial.
• SKICE † to move quickly and briskly; to skip or frisk about; to run ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SKID * to run or go quickly, to scud ...1815 NED Murray 1919
• SKIFF to move lightly and quickly, esp. so as to barely touch a surface; to glide, to run, etc. in this manner ...1725 Sc.
• SKIFT † to move lightly and quickly; to skip, to run, to glide ...a1586
• SKIFTER to move lightly and quickly; to skip, to run, to glide ...1887
• SKIRR to move, run, fly, sail, etc., rapidly or with great impetus ...1567
• SKITE to dart swiftly, esp. in an oblique direction; to run lightly and rapidly; to leave hastily ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKITTER to move or run rapidly; to hurry about; to scamper off ...1845
• SKIVE to go, to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble ...1854 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SKIVE AROUND to run, to dart, to hurry; to tumble ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SKY to run swiftly ...1837
• SPLIT to walk or run at great speed ...L18 sl.
• STIVVER to go, to run, to hasten ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STREAK to run around; to run around wildly ...1970 US sl.
• TAKE A HEAD † to make a rush forward, to start running ...1760-72
• TAKE HEAD † to make a rush forward, to start running ...1674.
• TAKE IT ON THE DAN O'LEARY to run, to run off, to escape ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE JESSE OWENS to run, to run off, to escape ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE TO ONE'S LEGS to run; to run away ...1530
• TIG to run from place to place as if chased ...1834 Eng. dial.
• TIP GRAND to walk fast; to run; to leave quickly ...1934 Amer. sl.
• TOTE THE MAIL to run quickly; to move in a hurry; to ride or move quickly; to go fast ...1893 Amer. dial.
• TROLLOP to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither ...1838 Amer. dial.
• TROLLOP ABOUT to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither ...1838 Amer. dial.
• TROLLOP AROUND to traipse around; to gad about; to run hither and thither ...1838 Amer. dial.
• VAP to run quickly ...1941 Amer. dial.
• WAAS to run, to hurry; to exercise oneself vigorously ...c1912 sl.
• WASS to run, to hurry; to exercise oneself vigorously ...c1912 sl.
• YERN † to run ...c900
RUN ABOUT, RUN AROUND - verbs
• BIRL to move quickly; to hurry along; to run about ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CALEEVER to skip, to jump, to frolic about; to run about heedlessly or foolishly ...1875 Eng. dial.
• RAM AROUND to run around boisterously; to gad about, to go out in search of pleasure ...1939 Amer. dial.
RUN AFTER - verbs
• CHIVEY to run after, to chase; to move off quickly ,,,Bk1890
• SHACK to run after ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• TAKE AFTER to run after, to pursue ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RUN AWAY, RUN OFF - nouns
• AIR LOFT a warning to run away ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• RABBIT the desire to run away ...1920s US sl.
• RABBIT FEVER the compelling desire to run off whenever things get difficult ...1920s US criminals' sl.
RUN AWAY, RUN OFF - nouns, person
• ABSCOTCHALATER one who runs away ...L19 US sl.
• CATCH ACTION a young woman, typically runaways who have just arrived in the big city and are vulnerable to being recruited as prostitutes ...1960s US Black sl.
• RABBIT a runaway ...1970s US sl.
RUN AWAY, RUN OFF - verbs
• ABSQUAT of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...19C sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATILATE to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away ...1830 Amer. sl.
• ABSQUATTLE of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond ...M19 sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATULATE to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away ...1830 Amer. sl.
• ABSQUOTULATE of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...19C sl., orig. US
• APPLY LAWYER FOOT to run away ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• BAIL OUT to leave in a hurry, to run off to escape from a difficult situation ...1940s US sl.
• BALL THE JACK to run away ...1913 US sl.
• BETAKE ONESELF TO ONE'S HEELS to retreat in flight, to run away ...1598
• BONE OUT to back down from a confrontation; to run away from danger ...1993 US sl.
• BOTANY BAY to run away ...1945 Aust. rhyming sl.
• BREAK to set out or run off briskly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUDGE A BEAK to run away ...16C sl.
• BUNK to escape, to run off ...18C sl.
• CAP ONE'S LUCKY to run away ...Bk1891 Amer. thieves' sl.
• CHASE to run off, to leave ...L19 US sl.
• CHEESE IT to run away or disperse ...c1810 Amer. sl.
• COP A HEEL to run off, to escape ...20C US criminal sl.
• COP AND HEEL to run off, to escape ...20C US criminal sl.
• DIG to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DIG IT UP to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DIG OUT to run fast, to run away, to dash away, to depart rapidly ...a1855 Amer. dial.
• DO A LAM to run; to run away ...1897 US sl.
• DO AN ARTHUR DUFFY to run away, to escape ...1905 Amer. sl.
• DO A POWDER to escape, to run away ...1910s sl.
• DO ONE to leave, to run away ...1950s sl.
• DO THE BOLT to run away, esp. when caught committing a misdemeanour ...Aust. sl.
• DUST IT to leave quickly, to run off ...L19 US sl.
• FADE to depart; to disappear; to run away; to leave; to vanish ...1848 sl.
• FADE AWAY to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave; to vanish ...1820 sl.
• FADE OUT to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave ...1820 Amer. sl.
• FALL BACK to run off ...E19 US sl.
• FLY THE COOP to run off, to depart abruptly; to escape
• GIVE LEG BAIL to be beholden to one's own legs for escape, to run away, esp. from a debt or a responsibility; to escape ...1759 jocular
• GIVE LEG BAIL AND LAND SECURITY to run away ...1796 sl.
• GIVE SOMEONE THE GUY to run away ...L19 sl.
• GIVE THE GUY TO to run away; to give someone the slip ...1899
• GUY to run away, to leave quickly, to escape ...1874 sl.
• GUY-A-WHACK to run off, to leave quickly ...L19 Aust. sl.
• GUY OFF to run away., to escape ...L19 sl.
• HAVE IT ON YOUR DANCERS to run away ...1977 UK sl.
• HIT THE LAM to run away; to flee; esp. from authorities; to escape ...1986 US sl.
• HIT THE TOE to leave quickly, to run off ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• HIT THE WIND to leave quickly, to run away ...20C US Black sl.
• HOOK IT to run away, to clear out ...c1776 Amer. sl.
• JACK to run away quickly from ...c1840 sl.
• JARK IT to run away ...1823 sl.
• LAM OFF to escape, to run away ...2003 UK sl.
• LAM OUT to run away from someone ...1940s sl.
• LAM OUT ON to run away from someone ...1940s sl.
• LAY ONE'S LEGS ON ONE'S NECK to run away; to decamp ...17C Brit. colloq.
• LAY ONE'S LEGS TO GROUND to run away; to decamp ...17C Brit. colloq.
• LEG IT to run away ...Amer. World War I sl.
• MAKE A BOLT OF IT to run away; to decamp ...c1850 Brit. colloq.
• MAKE A BREAK to run away from the police ...1932 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MAKE ONE'S FEET THEIR FRIEND to go off quickly; to run away ...1896 Sc.
• MIZZIL to depart in haste, to abscond, to run away ...1867 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLE to abscond; to run away; to clear out, to disappear; to go, to walk ...1781
• OBSQUATULATE of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...19C sl., orig. US
• OF-RUN to overtake by running; to run away from; to flee from ...c888 obs.
• PADDLE to run away, to leave ...M19 sl.
• PLAY RABBIT to leave quickly; to run away ...1930s sl.
• PULL FOOT to run away, to take to one's heels ...arch.
• RABBIT to run away ...1887 UK sl.
• RACK OFF to run off; to move rapidly; to depart ...1884 Amer. dial.
• RAT IT to run away quickly ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCADDLE to run off in a fright ...1901 Eng. dial.
• SCADOODLE to run off, to leave in a hurry ...M19 sl.
• SCALE to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one's own motion ...20C sl.
• SCALE OFF to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one's own motion; to leave surreptitiously or speedily ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAMP to run away from, to leave, to decamp ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAMPER to run, to run off ...L17 sl.
• SCAPA to go, esp. to run off ...1910s rhyming sl.
• SCAPA FLOW to go, esp. to run off ...1910s rhyming sl.
• SCAPALI to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCAPER to run off quickly; to scamper ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SCAPPER to go, to run off ...1960s Irish sl.
• SCARP to escape; to run off ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SCARPA to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCARPER to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCARPY to escape, to run off ...M19 sl.
• SCOPPER to scamper off, to run away ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR ONE'S WALLS to run away, to 'scuttle' off ...1790 Sc.
• SCURR to run away hastily; to flee, to make off ...a1548
• SELL OUT to depart, to leave, usually hastily; to run away; to skedaddle; to run in fear ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SHELL OUT to run away precipitously, to leave or depart hastily ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SKEDADDLE to run away, to flee, to depart or leave hastily, to desert; to rush off ...1861 sl., orig US Civil War
• SKIN to leave quickly; to run away ...1903 Amer. sl.
• SKIN OUT to leave quickly; to run away ...1876 Amer. dial.
• SKIRR to run away hastily; to flee, to make off ...a1548
• SLIP CABLE to run away; to depart ...1805 US nautical sl.
• SPEEL to run away; to decamp ...M19 sl.
• TAIL OUT to run away, to depart hurriedly, to make one's escape ...L19 US sl.
• TAKE A DROP to run off ...L19 sl.
• TAKE A FLIER to escape, to run away from ...1950s sl.
• TAKE A FLYER to escape, to run away from ...1950s sl.
• TAKE A POWDER to escape, to run away ...1910s sl.
• TAKE A RUN-OUT to escape, to run away ...20C sl.
• TAKE A RUN-OUT POWDER to escape, to run away ...20C sl.
• TAKE A WALK to run off ...1930s sl.
• TAKE BEEF to run away ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR DUFFY to run away, to escape ...1926 Amer. sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR K. DUFFY to run away, to escape ...1936 Amer. sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE DAN O'LEARY to run, to run off, to escape ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE HOOF to run off, to leave quickly ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE JESSE OWENS to run, to run off, to escape ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE LAM to run away; to flee, esp. from authorities; to escape; to depart hurriedly ...1904 US sl., orig. criminals' usage
• TAKE IT ON THE TROT to run off, to leave at speed ...1930s sl.
• TAKE LEG-BAIL to run away, esp. from a debt or a responsibility; to escape ...1774 Sc.
• TAKE ONE'S LAMMAS to go off, to run away ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TAKE THE SABINE SLIDE to run off, leaving one's debts unpaid ...M19 US sl.
• TAKE TO ONE'S BEATERS to run away ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• TAKE TO ONE'S LEGS to run; to run away ...1530
• TAKE TO ONE'S SCRAPERS to run away quickly ...1824 Ireland
• TAKE TO ONE'S TOES to run away
• TAKE TO THE TALL TIMBER to run off ...M19 sl.
• TAKE TO THE TIMBER to run off ...M19 sl.
• TAKE TO THE TOE to leave quickly, to run off ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• TURN ON THE FAN to hurry, to move quickly; to depart hurriedly; to run away; to escape ...1935 Amer. sl., esp. prison usage
• TURN RABBIT to leave quickly; to run away ...1930s sl.
• TURN THE CORNER OF BOLT STREET to run away; to escape ...L19 colloq.
• UP AND DUST to leave in a hurry, to run away ...20C US Black sl.
• VAMOS to make a hasty departure, to run away hurriedly, to go away, to leave, to disappear ...1834 Amer. sl.
• WALK ONE'S CHALKS to go or move, esp. away, quickly; to depart quickly; to run away ...1840 US sl.
• WYLO to run away ...L19 UK criminals' sl., orig. Anglo-Chinese
RUN AWAY, RUNNING AWAY, RUNNING OFF - nouns
• GUY an act of running off, of leaving surreptitiously ...L19 sl.
• SCRAMSVILLE desertion, running off ...1950s sl.
• SKEDADDLE a rush, a hurry, an act of running away or escaping ...M19 sl.
RUN-DOWN - adjectives
• ASS-DRAGGING run-down, worn-out ...1990s US sl.
• BUNGED UP beaten, bruised, injured; out of order, damaged, run-down ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GRUNGY ugly, run-down or dilapidated ...1965 sl.
• OES seedy, run-down, 'under the weather' ...20C S. Afr. sl.
• OLD-ASS run-down, dilapidated ...1960s US sl.
• RAGGLY run-down, dilapidated ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAGGLY-ASS run-down, dilapidated ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACK run-down, in disrepair ...1941 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKELDY dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down ...1911 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLED dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair, rickety, tumbledown ...1675
• RAMSHACKLETY dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down ...1905 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLY rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair ...1857
• RATTY run-down, ramshackle, unkempt, shabby; untidy and in poor condition ...1856 US sl.
• SCALY sick, run-down ...L18 sl.
• SHACKELTY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLEDY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLETY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLEY ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tottering ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLING ramshackle, rickety, run-down ...c1784 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLY ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tottering ...1843 Amer. dial.
• TACKEY of poor quality, shoddy; run-down; cheap. common; in poor taste ...1886 Amer. sl.
• TACKY of poor quality, shoddy; run-down; cheap. common; in poor taste ...1886 Amer. sl.
• TORE-UP rundown, damaged, out of order ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TORN DOWN run down, dilapidated ...1916 Amer. dial.
• TORN-UP rundown, damaged, out of order ...1965 Amer. dial.
RUN-DOWN - nouns
• CABBAGETOWN the poor area of a town; any run-down urban area; a slum ...1967 sl.
RUNNER - nouns, person
• YERNER † a runner ...a1400
RUNNING - adjectives
• IRRUENT †* running hastily, or rushing in violently ...1656
• ON THE LAM on the run; running; at top speed ...1911 US sl.
RUNNING - nouns
• BELLOWSING panting or exhaustion after running ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LAM an act of running or flight, esp. a dash to escape from custody; escape; a hasty or unceremonious departure ...1914 US sl.
RUNNING - verbs
• GET UNDER ONE'S WIND to begin to recover from the stitch in the side caused by fast running ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RUNNING AWAY - nouns
• SCARPER an escape; an act of running away ...L19 sl.
RUNT - nouns
• ACORN CALF a poor specimen, a runt, a weakling (refers to humans as well as cattle and other animals) ...1929 Amer. dial.
• SCRUNT the smallest pig in a litter; a runt ...1967 Amer. dial.
RUNTY - adjectives
• SCRUNTY stunted, runty; measly; small ...1889 Amer. dial.
RUPTURE - verbs
• TO-BREAK † to break to pieces; to shatter, to rupture; to break down, to destroy, to demolish ...c888
RUPTURED - adjectives
• BELLY-BRUSSEN distended, ruptured ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BUSSEN ruptured ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BUSSENED ruptured ...1845 Amer. dial.
RUPTURED - verbs
• TO-BREAK † to break into pieces; to burst asunder; to be ruptured, shattered, or fractured ...c1205
RURAL - adjectives
• CRACKER-BARREL rural, rustic, of homely philosophy ...US
• EPICHORIAL * pertaining to the country; rural ...1840
• PUMKIN a small town or rural community ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
• PUMPKIN a small town or rural community ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
• PUNKIN a small town or rural community ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
• RURURBAN partly rural and party urban ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNOB-NOB the self-appointed rural 'aristocracy' ...1900s NZ sl.
• TALL TIMBER the rural areas, the backwoods ...M19 US sl.
RURAL - nouns
• BOONDOCKS rough or wild country; rural backcountry; the sticks; an out-of-the-way place ...1944 Amer. dial.
• CHITLIN SWITCH any small, rural southern town ...1926 US Black sl.
• LANDFOLK country people, rural population ...1891 Sc.
RURAL - nouns, person
• ACORN-CRACKER a rustic, a yokel, a country jake; an uncouth rural person ...1905 Amer. sl.
• ANAROOGIAN a very rural old fellow ...1912 Amer. dial.
• APPLE-KNOCKER a rural, unsophisticated person ...1910s US sl.
• APPLE-SHAKER a rural, unsophisticated person ...M19 US sl.
• APPLE-SQUEEZER a rural, unsophisticated person ...1930s US sl.
• BACKBLOCKSER one who livers in a remote or rural area ...c1920 Aust. colloq.
• BARN FLY a rustic person; one from a rural area ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CAKE (derogatory) a rural person ...1991 Irish sl.
• MAN ON THE LAND a farmer or other rural worker ...1911 Aust. sl.
• REB any poor, rural, White southerner ...1978 US sl.
• REDNECK (derogatory) a poor, White, rural Southerner; a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist ...1891 Amer. dial.
• WOLLYBACK anyone living in a rural area ...1995 Ireland sl.
• WOOL HAT a member of the White rural working class; a small farmer; a redneck; used chiefly in reference to such a person as a political force ...1828 Amer. dial.
• WOOL HATTER a member of the White rural working class; a small farmer; a redneck; used chiefly in reference to such a person as a political force ...1986 Amer. dial.
RUSE - nouns
• DAP a trick, ruse, artifice ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
RUSH - adverbs
• AT FULL TEAR in a great hurry or frantic rush ...1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
RUSH - nouns
• BRAISSIL a rush, start ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASSLE a rush, start ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK a break-out; a rush ...1834 US
• FAIRD † motion, rush, impetus; hence, impetuosity, ardour; a violent onset ...1513 Sc.
• FARD † motion, rush, impetus; hence, impetuosity, ardour; a violent onset ...1513 Sc.
• FIRE-FLAUGHT a sudden burst or rush ...1637
• RACE † a rush, onset, charge; a raid ...1535
• RACK † a rush, shock, collision; a noise, as of a shock; a crash ...a1300
• RAKE * a run, rush; speed, a swift pace ...c1460 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RALLY a sudden rush, a quick involuntary movement, a lurch, like the staggering of a drunk man; a quick pace ...1880 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAM-RACE a precipitate, headlong rush, like that of a ram ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAM-STAM headstrong, impetuous action; furious rush, precipitateness ...1790 Sc.
• RANDON † a rush or stream, as of words, fire ...c1440
• SALLY a run from side to side; a rush, a dash; a swaying, swinging motion; a tottering situation ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKEDADDLE a rush, a hurry, an act of running away or escaping ...M19 sl.
• THROW pressure; a press, crowd; a rush ...1868 Sc.
• VAIGE an impetus; a rush; a short run before taking a leap ...1842 Eng. dial.
• VAYGE an impetus; a rush; a short run before taking a leap ...1842 Eng. dial.
• VEASE † a rush, impetus; a run before a leap ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VEGE an impetus; a rush; a short run before taking a leap ...1842 Eng. dial.
• VESE a rush ...1875 Eng. dial.
• VREX a rush ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WHEW a hurry, a rush ...1847 Amer. dial.
RUSH, RUSH AWAY, RUSH OFF - verbs
• ASS OUT to rush away ...1990s US Black sl.
• BAISSLE to rush about in a busied or hurried manner; to busy or exert oneself ...1923 Sc.
• BANG to move, work, speak, etc., with rapidity; to rush violently ...1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BARREL-ASS to rush headlong, to charge at; to drive fast ...1960s US sl.
• BASEL to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZZ to move quickly or energetically; to rush, to dash ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAZZLE to rush about; to run in a hurried and laborious manner; to bustle ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEAT ASS to rush ...1974 Amer. sl.
• BINNER to move swiftly, to dash, to rush; to work with noise and energy ...1803 Sc. & N. Ireland
• BLENTER to rush, to make haste ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLINTER to rush, to make haste ...1804 Sc.
• BRAINYELL to rush headlong; to break forth violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAINZEL to rush headlong; to break forth violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRASH to rush headlong ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DIRL to move briskly; to rush ...1879 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DO A SKATE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• LANCE † to bound, to spring, to move quickly, to rush ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LASH to move swiftly and suddenly; to make a sudden movement, to dash, to rush ...c1330
• LAUNCH † to throw (a person); to hurl oneself; to dart, to rush ...a1300
• LEAP † to run, to go hastily or with violence; to rush ...a1100
• MASH to do anything in a bustling hurry, to rush about ...1882 Eng. dial.
• ONRESE † to rush, to make an onset ...c825
• PULL ONE'S FREIGHT to rush off, to leave in a hurry ...M19 US sl.
• RAAS to rush about ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• RAILROAD to go fast, to hurry unduly or excessively, to rush somewhere; to deal with something quickly or hastily ...1884 sl.
• RAM AWAY to rush ...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.
• RAMMIS to behave frantically; to rush wildly about ...a1585 Sc.
• RAMMISH to behave frantically; to rush wildly about; to go about in a state approaching frenzy ...a1585 Sc.
• 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 rush about in a wild or excited manner ...1627
• RAMPER to rush about; to act violently ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPSE to rush or roam about, esp. in search of sexual encounters; to gad about, to gallivant ...1929 Amer. dial.
• RAM-STAM to walk, rush or blunder about in a headlong, impetuous manner ...1816 Sc.
• RANGE to rush about noisily and roughly; to romp ...1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAP † to move with speed; to hasten, to rush ...a1300
• RASE †* to run quickly; to rush ...a1300
• RASH † to dash or rush hastily or violently ...a1400 chiefly Sc. rare or obs.
• REEL to romp, to rush; to travel, to roam ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCHUSSEL to hurry, to rush; to do something in a quick and sloppy manner ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SKATE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• SKATE OFF to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• SKEDADDLE to run away, to flee, to depart or leave hastily, to desert; to rush off ...1861 sl., orig US Civil War
• SKEDOO to rush off, to scamper, to escape ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKEETE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• SKELTER to dash along, to hurry, to rush, to scurry ...1852
• SKIDADDLE to rush off, to scamper, to escape ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKIDOODLE to rush off, to scamper, to escape ...M19 sl., orig. US
• SKITE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• STREAK to decamp swiftly; to go with a rush; to leave in a great hurry; to move very rapidly ...1604 sl.
• STREAK OFF LIKE GREASED LIGHTNING to decamp swiftly, to go with a rush ...Bk1904 sl.
• TARRYHOOT to rush; to gallivant ...1933 Amer. dial.
• TEAR-ASS AROUND to hasten or rush around ...1942 Amer. sl.
• THRING † to press or push forward, as against obstacles; to push or force one's way hastily or eagerly; to press, rush, hasten, push on ...c893 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THUD † to fall heavily; to move quickly; of wind: to blow in gusts; to rush with a hollow sound ...1800 Sc.
• WAIN † to go, to rush ...c1400
• ZOOM to rush, to move fast ...1920s sl.
• ZOOM AROUND to rush, to move fast ...1920s sl.
• ZOOM OFF to rush, to move fast ...1920s sl.
RUSHING - adjectives
• BICKERING hurrying, rushing ...1865 Sc.
• IRRUENT †* running hastily, or rushing in violently ...1656
RUSSIA - nouns
• GODLESS COUNTRY, THE Russia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IVAN IVANOVITCH the Russian Nation personified ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• REDLAND Russia ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
RUSSIAN - nouns, person
• CANDLE-EATER a foreigner of Russian origin ...1942 Amer. sl.
• IVAN a Russian soldier ...Amer. World War I sl.
• ROOSKY a Russian ...1858 sl.
• RUSKI a Russian ...1858 sl.
• RUSKY a Russian ...1858 sl.
• RUSSKI a Russian ...1858 sl.
RUST, RUSTY - adjectives
• AERUGINOUS of nature or colour of verdigris, or copper rust ...1605
• CANKERFRET † corroded with rust ...1603
• CANKEROUS † rusty, like rust ...1651
• CANKERY † rusty; affected as if with rust; corroded ...1744 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• PISS-BURNT BROWN rusty red ...1961 Amer. dial.
• REASTY rusty; discoloured; foul ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
RUST - nouns
• AERUGO the rust of copper or brass, verdigris; occasionally used for the rust of metals generally ...1753
• CANCER severe rust on an automobile ...1970s US sl.
• CANKER † rust ...1533 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CANKERFRET † corrosion by rust ...1618
• REAST rust ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TIN TERMITES rust ...1972 UK sl.
RUST - verbs
• AKERATE to rust as iron does ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CANKER † to corrode, to rust, to tarnish ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CANKERFRET † to rust ...1642
• MASKER to decay, to rust ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RUSTED - adjectives
• CANKERED † rusted, corroded; tarnished ...1570 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
RUSTIC - adjectives
• AIN'TING rustic, uneducated ...20C US sl.
• ALFALFA rustic, slow, peasant-like ...1910s US sl.
• BACKWOODSY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BACON-FED rustic, clownish ...1596
• BOHUNK boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOHUNKISH boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOISTOUS † of persons etc.: rough, rude; untaught, rustic; coarse, unpolished ...c1300
• BOOB boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOOBISH boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BOOBY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUCKWHEAT boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUSHWA boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUSHWHACKING boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BY-HECK boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BY-HECKITY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHINWHISKER boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CHINWHISKERED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLODHOPPING large and clumsy; awkward; loutish, boorish, rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. colloq.
• CLODPOLISH stupid; boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLUCKY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CORNY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRACKER-BARREL rural, rustic, of homely philosophy ...US
• FATBACK lacking sophistication, rustic ...1934 US sl.
• HAIN'TING rustic, uneducated ...20C US sl.
• HAIN'TING-AIN'TING uneducated, rustic ...1951 Amer. dial.
• HAMMY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAY-FOOTED rustic; used derisively ...1886 Amer. sl.
• HAYSEED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAYSEEDY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HECKITY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HICK boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HICKIFIED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HICKISH boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HICKY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOBNAILED rustic; boorish ...18C sl.
• HOOSIER boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOOSIERFIED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOOSIERIFIED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOOSIERISH boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HOOSIERIZED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUNKY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAKE boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JAY rustic, boorish; ignorant, unsophisticated ...1889 Amer. dial.
• LANDWARD having country manner, rustic; awkward, uncouth ...1725 Sc.
• LANE-BORN country-born, rustic ...1834
• LENTY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE-GALLOWS of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people ...1882 Amer. dial.
• ONE-GALLUS of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people ...1899 Amer. dial.
• ONE-GALLUSED of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people ...1904 Amer. dial.
• PINEY dwelling in the backwoods; rustic, primitive ...1809 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOOD dwelling in the backwoods; rustic, primitive ...1809 Amer. dial.
• REDNECK boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROOKY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RURIGENOUS * born or dwelling in the country, rustic ...1730
• SAVAGE boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEEDY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SILLY † unlearned, unsophisticated, simple, rustic, ignorant ...a1547 obs. or arch.
• SLOBBY. boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STICK boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STICKIFIED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STICKSY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STICKY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WADDY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YAHOO boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YAHOOISH boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YAP boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YAPPY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YOKELIFIED boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YOKELISH boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YOKEY boorish; rustic ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
RUSTIC, RUSTICITY - nouns
• BUCOLISM a rustic phrase or characteristic ...1830 nonce word
• LANDWARDNESS rusticity ...1882 Sc.
• PUMKIN a rustic place; a town in the sticks ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
• PUMPKIN a rustic place; a town in the sticks ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
• PUNKIN a rustic place; a town in the sticks ...Bk1974 Amer. carnival, circus, & theatre use
RUSTIC - nouns, person
• ACORN-CRACKER a rustic, a yokel, a country jake; an uncouth rural person ...1905 Amer. sl.
• ACRE-FOOT a rustic ......World War II Amer. sl.
• ANCIENT a rustic or countrified person ...1970 Amer. dial.
• APPLEKNOCKER (often derogatory) a rustic or countrified person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• ARKIE (derogatory) a rustic person or one considered insignificant ...1942 Amer. dial.
• ARKY (derogatory) a rustic person or one considered insignificant ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BACK COUNTRYMAN a rustic ...1845 Amer. dial.
• BACKWOODER a rustic; a countrified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BACKWOODSER a countrified person; a rustic ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BACKWOODSTER a rustic; a countrified person ...c1935 Amer. dial.
• BACON † a rustic, a clown ...1596
• BACON-BONCE a dullard; a simpleton; a rustic, a yokel ...1950s sl.
• BACON-SLICER † a rustic ...1653
• 'BAMA CHUKKER a rustic or countrified person, esp. one from the South ...1966 Amer. sl.
• BARN FLY a rustic person; one from a rural area ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BARNYARD BEAUTY a buxom rustic beauty ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BERGIER †* a peasant, a rustic, a woodman ...1480
• BERRY PICKER a rustic or countrified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BILLY-MARIA a countrified or rustic person ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BOGHOPPER (derogatory) a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BOOR a rustic, a yokel; a clumsy or unrefined person; a rude, ill-mannered, inconsiderate person ...L16
• BOZO a rustic or countrified person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BRIAR HOPPER a poor farmer or worker; a rustic ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRIER HEISTER a poor farmer or worker; a rustic ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRIER HOPPER a poor farmer or worker; a rustic ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH APE (derogatory) a rustic, a hillbilly ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BUCK a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...1959 Amer. dial.
• BUCK FARMER a rustic, a countrified person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BUCKWHEAT a rustic, a countrified person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1866 Amer. dial.
• BUCKWHEATER a rustic, a countrified person; a greenhorn, a novice ...1905 Amer. dial.
• BULL DRIVER a rough farmer from the back country; a rustic ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BUSH-BUSTER a hillbilly; a rustic ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BUTTERED BUN a country fool; a rustic simpleton ...E18 sl.
• CÁBÓG an ignorant male; a rustic clodhopper ...2004 Irish sl.
• CAJUN a rustic or countrified person ...1932 Amer. dial.
• CARLLEIN †* a little carl, rustic, or peasant ...c1460
• CARLOT †* a churl, a rustic, a peasant ...1600
• CEDAR CHOPPER a rustic, a countrified person; an insignificant person ...1962 Amer. dial.
• CEDAR SAVAGE (derogatory) a farmer; a rustic ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CHARCOAL BURNER a rustic, a hillbilly ...1962 Amer. dial.
• CHAWBACON a rustic, a country person ...1834 Amer. dial.
• CHERRY PICKER an ignorant rustic; a fool ...1929 US sl.
• CHOOKEE a rustic person; a country hick; used derisively ...1968 Amer. sl.
• CLOD-HOPPER a bumpkin; a rustic ploughman; an oaf who walks among clods of dirt ...L17 rural colloq.
• CLOVER-KICKER a yokel; a rustic; a farmer ...1918 US sl.
• CLOWN a bumpkin or rustic oaf ...16C
• CLUMPERTON † a bumpkin or rustic ...c1534
• CORNCRACKER a poor White farmer; a rustic ...M19 US sl.
• COUNTRY BOOKIE a naive rustic ...1904 Trinidad and Tobago
• COUNTRY BUCK a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...1959 Amer. dial.
• COUNTRY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• COUNTRY JACK a rustic, a countrified person; a simple fellow ...1930 Amer. dial.
• COUNTRY SAGER a rustic; a country bumpkin; a poor White person ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1915 Amer. dial.
• CULCHIE (derogatory) a rustic; a country labourer ...Irish colloq.
• DUMB FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER (derogatory) a peasant; an unsophisticated country person, whether an actual farmer or not; a rustic hillbilly ...1864 US sl.
• FARMER BOY (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER JACK (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FARMER JAKE (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GAFFER an elderly rustic; an old fellow; also, simply, a fellow ...1589
• GAGGER a rustic old man; an old bumpkin ...L16 sl.
• GOAT ROPER a rustic or countrified person ...1983 Amer. dial.
• GOOBER-GRABBER a poor rustic or countrified person; used as a nickname, esp. for an inhabitant of Georgia ...1867 Amer. dial.
• GOOBER-GRUBBER a poor rustic or countrified person; used as a nickname, esp. for an inhabitant of Georgia ...1880 Amer. dial.
• HAYBACK a rustic; a countrified person; an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAYFOOT a farmer; a rustic; used derisively ...1901 Amer. sl.
• HAY KICKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAYMAKER a farmer, a rustic...1847 Amer. sl., esp. nautical
• HAYPITCHER a farmer, a rustic ...1888 Amer. sl.
• HAY POUNDER a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAYRAKER a farmer; a rustic ...1954 Amer. sl.
• HAY RUBE a farmer; an ignorant rustic ...1900 Amer. sl.
• HAYSEED a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person; a rough, uncouth fellow ...1834 Amer. sl.
• HAYSEEDER a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person ...1891 Amer. dial.
• HAYSHAGGER a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HAYSHAKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• HAYTOSSER a farmer, a rustic ...1904-11 Amer. sl.
• HECKER a rustic or countrified person ...1904 Amer. dial.
• HECTOR a rustic or countrified person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HICK FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HOB a rustic, a simpleton ...L17 sl.
• HOBBINOL a rustic, a simpleton ...L17 sl.
• HOBLOB † a lout; a rustic; a clown ...1583
• HOBNAIL a rustic; a simpleton ...L17 sl.
• IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1896 Amer. dial.
• JACK a rustic, a countrified person; a simple fellow ...1930 Amer. dial.
• JACKFISH FARMER a rustic ...1973 Amer. dial.
• JAKE (derogatory) a rustic, uncouth, awkward, or inexperienced person; a lout; an oaf; a bumpkin ...1884 Amer. dial.
• JAMIE a peasant, a rustic ...1804 Sc.
• JASPER (often derogatory) a fellow, a guy; a rustic, a countrified person, a farmer, a stranger ...1896 Amer. dial.
• JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1881 Amer. dial.
• JEFF (derogatory) a White rustic, a peasant, esp. a Southerner ...1930s US Black sl.
• JEFF DAVIS a rustic; a peasant, usually from the South ...1940s US Black sl.
• JEFFER a rustic, a peasant ...1960s US Black sl.
• JOCK a countryman; a rustic; a clown ...M16 Sc.
• JOHNNY WHOP-STRAW a clodhopper; a rustic ...19C colloq.
• KENSY †* a rough or rude fellow; an unmannerly person; a rustic ...c1500 Sc.
• LANDWARD a country dweller, a rustic ...1821 Sc.
• MOSSBACK a person living in the backwoods; a rustic ...colloq.
• MOSS-JUMPER a rustic ...L18 Brit. sl.
• MUNCHIE. (derogatory) a country person, a rustic ...2000s Irish sl.
• NECK a rustic or countrified person; a redneck; one regarded as socially unacceptable ...1966 Amer. dial.
• OLD FARMER (derogatory) a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD GAFFER a rustic old man; an old bumpkin ...L16 sl.
• PEA PICKER a rustic or countrified person; a bumpkin; an unskilled labourer ...1927 Amer. dial.
• PEASANT a person who lives in the country; a rustic ...colloq.
• PINEY WOOD a rustic ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PINEY WOODS a rustic ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PINEY WOODS PECKERWOOD a rustic ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PINEY-WOOD TICK a rustic or countrified person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAIL-SPLITTER a rustic or countrified person ...1867 Amer. dial.
• REUB a rustic ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• REUBEN an unsophisticated countryman; a farmer or rustic, a countrified person; a boorish person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• RIDGE RUNNER a rustic, esp. a mountaineer; an uncouth, stupid fellow; a hillbilly ...1917 Amer. dial.
• RUBE a rustic ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RUSTICAN †* a countryman, a rustic, a peasant ...1570
• SAGER a rustic; a country bumpkin; a poor White person ...1893 Amer. dial.
• SEED a rustic or countrified person ...1900 Amer. dial.
• SHIRTTAIL PLOWBOY a young countrified or rustic person
• SHIT-KICKER a rustic, unsophisticated, or countrified person; a cowboy or would-be cowboy ...1964 Amer. dial.
• SHORTWOODARD a rustic person; a country bumpkin ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SHORTWOODS a rustic person; a country bumpkin ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SWEDE-BASHER (derogatory) a farm worker; hence, any rustic ...1943 sl.
• TARHEEL a poor White, esp. from the piney woods of North Carolina; a rustic or countrified person; any north Carolinian; an insignificant person ...1846 Amer. dial.
• WADDIE a cattle rustler; also, a cowboy, esp. a temporary cowhand ...1897 US sl.
• WAHOO a rustic or countrified person; a dull and stupid person ...1882 Amer. dial.
• WEED-BENDER a rustic or countrified person ...1933 Amer. dial.
• WEED-MONKEY a rustic or countrified person ...1955 Amer. dial.
• WEED-SUCKER a rustic or countrified person; a hillbilly ...2002 Amer. dial.
• WHOP-STRAW a clodhopper; a rustic ...19C colloq.
• WOODBILLY a rustic or countrified person...1942 Amer. dial.
• WOODCHUCK a rustic or countrified person ...1969 Amer. dial.
• WOOLLY BACK a country dweller; a rustic ...Brit. sl.
• YAHOE a loutish, ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1851 Amer. dial.
• YAHOO a degraded or bestial person; a lout, a boor; an ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1726
• YAP (derogatory) a peasant, a rustic simpleton ...L19 US sl.
• ZEKE a dull, stupid person; a rustic, a dolt ...1970 Amer. dial.
RUSTIC - phrases
• MEAN ENOUGH TO STEAL ACORNS FROM A BLIND HOG possessing the characteristics of 'poor White trash'; stupid, rustic, unsophisticated ...L19 US Black sl.
RUSTLE - nouns
• REESHLE a rustle; a loud, clattering sound ...1773 Sc.
RUSTLE - verbs
• RATTLE to make a rustling or crackling noise ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REESHLE to rustle; to make a clattering, cracking sound ...1826 Sc.
• RUTTLE to rustle, to rattle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCRAVVLE to rustle ...Bk1904 Sc.
RUSTLING - adjectives
• REESHLING rustling, noisy, rattling ...1827 Sc.
RUSTLING - adverbs
• REESHLE with a rustling, crackling sound ...Bk1904 Sc.
RUSTLING - nouns
• REESTLIN'-RUSTLIN a rustling sound or movement ...1865 Sc.
RUSTY - see RUST
RUT - nouns
• RACK the rut made by a cart wheel ...1923 Sc.
• RAT the track of a wheel in a road; a rut ...B1900 Sc.
• RIDE a rut or wheel-mark ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIDGE a deep wagon-rut ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
RUTHLESS - adjectives
• IMPITEOUS ruthless, pitiless ...1877
RUTHLESS, RUTHLESSNESS - nouns
• DOG EAT DOG ruthless competition or self-interest
• ICE courage, ruthlessness ...1990s US Black sl.
RUTHLESS - nouns, person
• GALLAYNIEL † a big, gluttonous, ruthless man ...1838 Sc.
• RABIATOR a plunderer; a violent, ruthless person; a lout, a boor, a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• ROBIATOR a plunderer; a violent, ruthless person; a lout, a boor, a bully ...c1745 Sc.
• RUBIATOR a plunderer; a violent, ruthless person; a lout, a boor, a bully ...c1745 Sc.