Dictionary: RAC – RACZ

► RACAN n. a lanky, raw-boned person → 20C Irish sl.
► RACCOMMODE vb. to restore to good relations with a person; to set right → 1673 obs.
► RACE adj. of ships: lying lie in the water → 1622 obs.
n. 1. a space of time; a while → 1300 obs.
n. 2. a strong current in the sea or a river → 1375
n. 3. the act of riding rapidly on horseback → 1400 obs.
n. 4. a journey or voyage → 1400 obs.
n. 5. impact; a shock, blow → 1400 obs.
n. 6. a cut, slit, mark, scratch → 1500 obs.
n. 7. a rush, onset, charge; a raid → 1535 obs.
n. 8. a stud or herd of horses → 1547 obs.
n. 9. a white mark down the face of a horse or dog → 1523 obs.
n. 10. a generation; a class, kind, or species of beings other than humans or animals → 1549 obs.
n. 11. the distance or space between two points → 1562 obs.
n. 12. natural or inherited disposition → 1603 obs.
n. 13. breeding; the production of offspring → 1607 obs.
n. 14. the heart, liver, and lungs, esp. of a calf → 1661 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 15. one of the three ‘kingdoms’ of nature (minerals, vegetables, and animals) → 1697 obs.
n. 16. a pursuit of a game animal by dogs; a hunt → 1894 Amer. dial.
n. 17 a bet on a horserace → L19 sl.
n. 18. a short visit → 20C Ulster sl.
n. 19. a row; a number of units set in line → 1914 Sc.
n. 20. the shimmering appearance of rising air on a hot day, esp. over the brow of a slope → 1929 Sc.
n. 21. the chase to escape law enforcement officers, either by car or on foot → 1974 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to tear, to go in pieces → 1375
vb. 2. to scrape out, to erase → 1403 obs.
vb. 3. to scratch or tear with something sharp; to cut or slash → 1440 obs. exc. techn.
vb. 4. of a parent bird: to impart its nature to its offspring → 1727 obs.
► THE RACE n. the game of roller derby → 1960 US sl
► RACE BIRD n. an enthusiastic fan of horse racing → 1971 US sl.
► RACE-CARD n. the morning sick-report → 1915 World War I Army jocular usage
► RACED adj. scratched; cut, slashed → 1576 obs.
► RACE FACE n. in motor racing: the look of total concentration and focus seen on drivers just before a race begins → 1993 US sl.
► RACE FOR PINKS vb. in drag racing: to compete for the prize of ownership of the opponent’s car → 2003 US sl.
► RACE FOR PINK SLIPS vb. in drag racing: to compete for the prize of ownership of the opponent’s car → 2003 US sl.
► RACE FOR THE STEWARD’S BASIN n. sea-sickness → 20C jocular usage
vb. to experience sea-sickness → 20C jocular usage
► RACEHORSE n. 1. a thinly rolled cigarette → 1930 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a thin pack → 1950 Aust. & NZ sl.
n. 3. an accomplished, sought-after prostitute → 1960 US sl.
► RACEHORSE CHARLEY n. heroin; cocaine → 1936 US sl.
► RACEHORSE CHARLIE n. 1. heroin; cocaine; any narcotic drug → 1936 US sl.
n. 2. a morphine user → 1930 drug culture sl.
► RACE MAN n. a culturally conscious Black person, esp. one who advocates Black civil rights → 1902 US sl.
► RACEMATION n. 1. the gleaning or gathering of grapes → 1623 obs.
n. 2. a collection or cluster of things or persons → 1641 obs.
► RACE OFF vb. to seduce a woman → 1940 Aust. sl.
► RACE ONE’S MOTOR vb. to become over-excited → 1947 US sl.
► RACER n. 1. a scalpel, a razor → 1570 obs.
n. 2. a nickname given to a loose woman; a common trull → 1785 Sc.
► RACERHEAD n. in mountain biking: someone who competes in races → 1992 US sl.
► RACER-HORSE n. a racehorse → 1898 Sc.
► RACERS n. close-fitting nylon swimwear used for competitive swimming → 2003 Aust. sl.
► RACETRACKER n. in horse racing: a person who makes their living in some capacity at racetracks → 1951 US sl.
► RACE WOMAN n. a culturally conscious Black woman, esp. one who advocates Black civil rights → 1918 US sl.
► RACHE n. 1. a hunting-dog which pursues its prey by scent → 1000
n. 2. a white line or streak down a horse’s face → 1523 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 1. ? to hasten, to make ready in haste → 1400 obs.
vb. 2. to pull off → 1400 obs.
► RACHEL vb. to rejuvenate; to renovate → 1890
► RACIAL adj. generous, open-handed → 1940 W. Indies usage
► RACING adj. of a cow: in heat → 1907 Amer. dial.
n. the act of scratching, cutting, or scraping out → 1576 obs.
► RACING-LOSER n. one who loses in or by horse-racing → 1680 obs.
► RACING MACHINE n. a racehorse → 1942 Amer. turf sl. (Bk.)
► RACING STRIPE n. a faecal stain in the underpants → 1991 US sl.
► RACING TACKLE n. amphetamines or other central nervous system stimulants → 1986 UK sl.
► RACING TOOL n. a racehorse → 1942 Amer. turf sl. (Bk.)
► RACK n. 1. clouds, or a mass of cloud, driven before the wind in the upper air → 1300
n. 2. driving mist or fog → 1300 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 3. a rush, shock, collision; a noise, as of a shock; a crash → 1300 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 4. a rush of wind; a gale, a storm → 1400 obs.
n. 5. a narrow path or track → 1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 6. that which causes acute suffering, physical or mental; also, the result produced by this; intense pain or suffering → 1591
n. 7. the track made by an animal, esp. that of a deer, as marked by gaps in hedges, etc. → 1611
n. 8. a segment of the backbone → 1615 obs.
n. 9. a wrecked ship → 1658 obs.
n. 10. a crash as of something breaking → 1671 obs.
n. 11. a shallow ford in a river → 1705 Sc.
n. 12. a dissolute, unprincipled young man; a rake; a wag → 1724 Sc.
n. 13. a stretch or reach of a river → 1755 Sc.
n. 14. a sprain, wrench, dislocation → 1761 Sc.
n. 15. a curling rink; the number of players required to play on a rink → 1784 Sc.
n. 16. rain → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 17. the skin of a young rabbit → 1805
n. 18. the restless, driving movement of the waves; sea-foam → 1822 Sc.
n. 19. coarse hair → M19 Irish sl.
n. 20. a comb → M19 Irish sl.
n. 21. the bones of a dead horse; a horse consisting of ‘skin and bone’ → 1851
n. 22. a stretch → 1860 Sc.
n. 23. a rib of mutton → 1870 colloq.
n. 24. an omnibus → L19 US sl.
n. 25. the rut made by a cart wheel → 1923 Sc.
n. 26. the female breasts, esp. when large and firm → 1930 US sl.
n. 27. a bed → 1940 sl., orig. US military
n. 28 a set of antlers → 1945 US sl.
n. 29. a hotel’s front desk → 1954 US sl.
n. 30. a very thin, bony animal → 1967 Amer. dial.
n. 31. a set of teeth; false teeth → 1968 Amer dial.
n. 32. a woman with a large bust → 1970 Amer. sl.
n. 33. a card holding bubble-packed birth control pills → 1970 African-American sl.
n. 34. the body → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 35. a packet of five barbiturate capsules or other drugs, give or take several → 1972 US sl.
n. 36. a maximum security prison cell → 1982 US sl.
n. 37. a six-pack of beer → 1991 US sl.
n. 38. a room or apartment → 1993 US sl.
n. 39. a foil-wrapped package of amphetamines → 1997 US sl.
n. 40. a case (24 cans) of beer → 2000 US sl.
n. 41. a large quantity of money → 2000 African-American sl.
vb. 1. to stretch, to pull out, to increase the length of a thing, period of time, etc. → 14634 obs.
vb. 2. to pull or tear apart; to separate by force; to break up → 1549 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 3. of clouds: to drive before the wind → 1590
vb. 4. to extort money, etc. → 1591 obs.
vb. 5. to inflict mental pain or torture on a person; to torture, to distract the mind, soul, etc. → 1601
vb. 6. to wrench, to sprain, to dislocate, to twist → 1761 Sc.
vb. 7. to comb the hair → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to heed, care, mind → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 9. to judge of, to guess → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 10. to beat, to belabour → 1822 Sc.
vb. 11. of the neck: to stretch, i.e. to hang, to be hanged → 1835 Sc. obs.
vb. 12. to stack → 1839 Amer. dial.
vb. 13. to reach, to extend → 1888 Sc.
vb. 14. to worry needlessly, to be over-anxious → 1923 Sc.
vb. 15. to work hard → 1940 US students’ sl.
vb. 16. to go to sleep → 1940 sl., orig. African-American
vb. 17. to seduce a woman, to make love → 1950 sl.
vb. 18. to move rapidly, to make haste → 1953 Amer. dial.
vb. 19. to admonish → 1980 UK juvenile sl.
vb. 20. to kick in the testicles → 1980 UK juvenile sl.
vb. 21. to steal → 1997 US sl.
vb. 22. to load a gun → 1997 US sl.
vb. 23. to shoplift → 2001 US sl.
► RACKABACK n. a man on horseback with a woman behind him riding side-saddle → L18 sl.
► RACKABIMUS n. a sudden or unexpected stroke, jolt, or fall; a thud → 1808 Sc.
► RACKABONE n. 1. a skeleton; an emaciated person or animal → E19 US sl.
n. 2. a lean horse→ 1900 Amer. dial.
► RACKABONES n. a scrawny horse → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RACKAN n. a chain, a fetter → 888 obs.
► RACK AND MANGER n. want of proper economy or management; waste and destruction → 1687 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RACK AND REND n. rack and ruin; destruction → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RACKANSACKER n. 1. a hard-bitten outdoorsman fighting for the South, who would, presumably, be quick to ‘wrack and sack’ (ruin and pillage) in a war → 1860 US Civil War usage
n. 2. a person from Arkansas → 1958 Amer. dial.
► RACKAPELT adj. noisy, riotous → 19C Eng. dial.
n. a man of dissolute habits; a scamp; a noisy person or animal → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACKAPELTERLY adj. noisy, riotous → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACK AROUND vb. to go out a great deal, not to stay at home much → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RACKATAG n. a worthless, disreputable fellow → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACK ATTACK n. a nap, sleep; a sudden onset of sleepiness → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► RACK BACK vb. to accumulate; to register; to achieve → 1960 US sl.
► RACK-BONE n. a vertebra → 1615 obs.
► RACK-DATE n. a seducible woman → 1950 sl.
► RACKED  adj. 1. drunk → 20C US sl.
adj. 2. intoxicated with marijuana → 20C US drug culture sl.
adj. 3. tired out, exhausted → 1960 sl.
adj. 4. asleep → 1975 US sl.
► RACKED-OUT adj. 1. completely exhausted → 1870
adj. 2. asleep → 1950 US sl.
► RACKED-UP adj. 1. drunk → 20C US sl.
adj. 2. intoxicated with marijuana → 20C US drug culture sl.
adj. 3. neat, smartly turned out → 1950 sl.
adj. 4. upset → 1970 US sl.
► RACKENSAC n. Arkansas → 1851 Amer. dial.
► RACKENSACK n. 1. Arkansas → 1845 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a person from Arkansas → 1845 Amer. dial.
► RACKENSACKER n. a person from Arkansas → 1906 Amer. dial.
► RACKER n. 1. a skeleton; an emaciated person or animal → E19 US sl.
n. 2. a vagabond → 1866 Irish
n. 3. a hard-trotting horse → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► RACKERBONE n. a skeleton; an emaciated person or animal → 1854 US sl.
► RACKERGAITED adj. loose-jointed → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RACKET n. 1. a snowshoe, or similar device for traversing snow or soft ground → 1626
n. 2. a hard blow; a severe slap → 1710 Sc.
n. 3. a pang, a blow to the emotions → 1720 Sc.
n. 4. a swindle or a means of deception; criminal trickery; hoaxing; a trick, dodge, scheme, game, line of business or action → 1812 sl.
n. 5. a reproof → 1818 Sc.
n. 6. a job, trade, occupation or profession → 1891 UK sl.
n. 7. an organized social event, designed to make money for the sponsor → L19 sl.
n. 8. a story, a ‘line’ → L19 sl.
n. 9. a theory, an idea → L19 sl.
n. 10. a large party → 20C sl.
n. 11. a plan, a scheme, a trick → 1900 US sl.
n. 12. an organized dance, held in a dancehall and frequented by working-class young people → 1910 sl.
n. 13. an easy job or situation, esp. a sinecure → 1920 US sl.
n. 14. in weak use, any form of activity → 1920 US sl.
n. 15. a branch of rotten wood broken off a tree for firewood → 1928 Sc. obs.
n. 16. a quarrel, fight, altercation; a disturbance → 1934 Amer. dial.
n. 17. any rigged carnival game or attraction → 1960 US sl.
n. 18. a private, police-only party → 1987 US sl.
vb. 1. to strike with, or as with, a racket; to toss or bandy about → 1603  obs.
vb. 2. to keep lively, to disturb, destroy, etc. by racketing → 1753
vb. 3. to live a gay life, to take part in social excitement → 1760
vb. 4. to behave in a rude, noisy manner → 19C Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to make a noise or disturbance → 19C Eng. dial.
► THE RACKET n. prostitution → 1960 US sl.
► RACKET BOY n. a member of an organized criminal enterprise → 1953 US sl.
► RACKETEER n. a member of an organized crime syndicate; a criminal → 1920 US sl.
vb. to practise any form of criminal deception, trickery, extortion, etc. → 1920 sl.
► RACKETER n. 1. a gay or noisy person → 1661
n. 2. one who walks on ‘rackets’ or snowshoes → 1893
► RACKET GHEE n. a member of an organized crime syndicate → 1930 US sl.
► RACKET GUY n. a member of an organized crime syndicate → 1930 US sl.
► RACKETING adj. noisy, boisterous → 19C Eng. dial.
n. a noise, disturbance → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACKET JACKET n. the jacket of a  ‘zoot suit’ → 1930 African-American sl.
► RACKET MAN n. 1. a thief → 1850 sl.
n. 2. a member of an organized crime syndicate → 1930 US sl.
► RACKETRY n. continuous noise or disturbance → 1884
► THE RACKETS n. organized crime → 1920 US sl.
► RACKET STORE n. a variety store; a store that sells many kinds of goods, as shoes, clothing, cloth, curtain material, etc. → 1832 Amer. dial.
► RACKETT n. a snowshoe, or similar device for traversing snow or soft ground → 1704
► RACKETTY adj. 1. angry, annoyed → 19C Eng. dial.
adj. 2. boisterous, noisy, riotous → 19C Eng. dial.
adj. 3. careless, thoughtless, wild → 19C Eng. dial.
adj. 4. of places: low, shady → 1840 sl.
► RACKETTY COO n. a Jewish person → 1971 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘Jew’
► RACKETTYING adj. noisy; roistering; pleasure-seeking → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACKETY adj. 1. noisy, gay, fond of excitement → 1773
adj. 2. unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly → 1824 Amer. dial.
adj. 3. characterized by noise, excitement, dissipation, or disturbance → 1827
adj. 4. of places: low, shady → 1840 sl.
adj. 5. insalubrious, unhealthy → M19 sl.
► RACK FACE n. lines on your face left from a blanket, sheet, or pillow → 1996 US sl.
► RACK-HELL n. a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake → 1554 arch.
► RACKILY adj. unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RACKING adj. 1. extortionate, exacting → 1580
adj. 2. torturing causing intense pain, physical or mental → 1667
n. 1. wrecking, destruction → 1689 obs.
n. 2. intense pain → 1896
► RACK-IN-SACK n. Arkansas → 1845 Amer. dial.
► RACKIN SACK n. Arkansas → 1930 Amer. dial.
► RACKINSAW n. Arkansas → 1841 Amer. dial.
► RACKISH adj. rakish → 1712 Sc.
► RACK IT vb. to work hard → 1940 US students’ sl.
► RACK JACK n. a racket (disturbance) → 1582 obs.
► RACK LAB n. a period of sleep during the day → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► RACKLE adj. 1. hasty, rash, reckless, impetuous, headstrong; rough or coarse in action; violent → 1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of speech: rough, blunt → 1405 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 3. possessed of rude strength, vigorous at an advanced age → 1785 Sc.
adj. 4. disorderly, riotous, unruly → 19C Eng. dial.
adj. 5. strong, firm, stout → 19C Sc.
n. 1. a chain → 1726 Sc.
n. 2. a spendthrift → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 3. a thoroughly bad man → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 4. a very talkative person → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 5. noisy, senseless talk; a rattle of words → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 6. the rattling, jingling noise made by a chain → 1866 Sc.
vb. 1. to act rashly or roughly → 1374 obs.
vb. 2. to clank or rattle like a chain → 1866 Sc.
vb. 3. to fasten up with a chain → 1866 Sc.
vb. 4. to shake violently → 1866 Sc.
► RACKLEBAN n. a fetter → 1893 Sc. obs.
► RACKLEDOM n. ruin, wreck → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACKLEDOWN adj. tumble-down, neglected → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACKLE-HANDED adj. careless, rash, precipitate → 19C Eng. dial. obs.
► RACKLENESS n. 1. rashness, hastiness → 1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. disorderly conduct → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 3. vigour and freshness in an advanced period of life → 1825 Sc.
► A RACKLE OF BONES n. a thin, emaciated person → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACKLE-PATE n. a rash, heedless fellow → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACKLER n. a nickname for a land surveyor → 1825 Sc.
► RACKLESOME adj. 1. boisterous, noisy, reckless → 19C Eng. dial.
adj. 2. quarrelsome, disputative → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACKLESS-HANDED adj. apt to do things in a heedless, slapdash manner; reckless, headstrong → 1778 Sc.
► RACKLETY adj. unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RACKLIGENCE n. an unforeseen chance or accident → 1768 Sc.
► RACKLING n. the youngest or smallest of a brood or litter; the youngest or weakest of a family, a weakling → 1781 Eng. dial.
► RACKLY adv. rapidly, impetuously → 1470 Sc. obs.
► RACK MAN n. an official in a crap game who deals with making change, paying winners, etc. → 1930 sl.
► RACKMEREESLE adj. confused, mixed up, higgledy-piggledy → 1825 Sc.
► RACK MONSTER n. 1. sleepiness, the result either of boredom or exhaustion → 1960 sl.
n. 2. a person who spends a great deal of time in bed → 1976 US sl.
n. 3. a bed → 1980 sl.
► RACK-O’-BONES adj. emaciated; ramshackle → 1872 Amer. dial.
► RACK OF BONES n. a skeleton; an emaciated person or animal → 1804 US sl.
► RACK OFF int. go away! → 1975 Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to run off; to move rapidly; to depart. to go away → 1884 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to urinate → L19 sl.
► RACK OFF HAIRY LEGS! int. go away! → 1988 Aust. sl.
► THE RACK OF THE WEATHER n. the track in which the clouds move → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACK ONE’S BREATH vb. to speak; usually used in negative → 1867 African-American
► RACK OUT vb. 1. to depart, to start out for → 1903 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to fall asleep; to go to bed → 1960 US sl.
vb. 3. to reprimand; to demand action from → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► RACK PICK n. a comb designed specifically for use on an Afro type of hairstyle → 1960 African-American sl.
► RACK-RENT n. a very high, excessive, or extortionate rent; a rent equal (or nearly equal) to the full value of the land → 1607
vb. to subject to the payment of rack-rent → 1748
► RACK-RIDER n. a young salmon or parr → 1838 Sc.
► THE RACK RIDES phr. used of the clouds when driven by the wind → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACKS n. 1. bones; the bones of a dead horse → 1890 slaughterers’ usage
n. 2. the female breasts → 20C rhyming sl. for teat/tit  (racks of meat)
► RACK-SAUCH n. a gallows-bird → 1508 Sc. obs.
► RACKS OF MEAT n. the female breasts → 20C rhyming sl. for ‘teat/tit’
► RACK THE BARS vb. to open or close a prison cell door → 1992 US sl.
► RACKTIFY vb. to damage; to break down; to destroy → 1922 Amer. dial.
► RACK TIME n. sleep; a nap → 1940 sl., orig. US military usage
► RACK UP vb. 1. of the sky or clouds: to clear up → 1626
vb. 2. to stack → 1839 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to go to bed → M19 sl.
vb. 4. to retire; to abandon an occupation or action → 1940 sl.
vb. 5. to damage; to wreck; to harm → 1950 US sl.
vb. 6. to accumulate; to register; to achieve; to accumulate things; to score points → 1961 US sl.
vb. 7. to get drunk → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. 8. in a casino or gambling establishment: to have your chips placed in a chip rack to be cashed in → 1982 US sl.
vb. 9. in prison: to return prisoners to their cells → 1990 US sl.
vb. 10. to cut up lines of a narcotic, usually cocaine → 1997 drug culture sl.
► RACKWAY n. a path made by deer in a forest → 19C Eng. dial.
► RACK WITH vb. to seduce a woman, to make love → 1950 sl.
► RACKY adj. 1. of clouds: stormy → 1967 Sc.
adj. 2. of an animal: very thin, bony → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RACLAN n. a married woman → 1830 UK tramps’ sl.
► RACONTEUR n. one skilled in relating anecdotes or stories → 1829
► RACONTEUSE n. a female skilled in relating anecdotes or stories → 1863
► RACOON vb. to walk about at night, like a raccoon → 1855
► RACQUET n. a snowshoe, or similar device for traversing snow or soft ground → 1949 Amer. dial.
► RACQUETTE n. a snowshoe, or similar device for traversing snow or soft ground → 1897 Can.
► RACTIFY vb. to damage; to break down; to destroy → 1950 Amer. dial.
► RACY adj. 1. of wine or other liquors, vegetable juices, fruits, etc.: having a characteristically excellent taste, flavour or quality → 1654
adj. 2. of speech, writing, etc.: having a characteristic sprightliness, liveliness, or piquancy → 1667
adj. 3. noble, superior → 1675 obs.
adj. 4. of plants: full of sap, succulent → 1675 obs.
adj. 5. of pleasure, enjoyment, etc.: peculiarly agreeable → 1690
adj. 6. of the air: pure, exhilarating → 1838
adj. 7. sexy → 20C US
► RACY BOPPER n. a female fan of motor racing whose attraction to the sport is a function of her attraction to the race participants → 1993 US sl.