Dictionary: REB – RED

► REB n. 1. a southern soldier; an inhabitant of the Confederate States of America → 1860 US Civil War usage
n. 2. any poor, rural, White southerner → 1978 US sl.
► REBARBATIVE adj. repellent, forbidding; unattractive, dull; unpleasant, objectionable → 1892 
► REBAT vb. to retort → 1871 Sc.
► REBBISH adj. poor, White, and racist → 1945 US sl.
► REBBLE n. a revel → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► REBBY n. a racist White man → 1993 Amer. dial., African-American usage
► REBEC(K) n. an old woman: in reproach → 1383 colloq.
► REBEL n. 1. a southern soldier; an inhabitant of the Confederate States of America → 1860 US Civil War usage
n. 2. a revel → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. of food: to rise in the stomach → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► REBELESS n. a female rebel → 1863 Amer.
► REBELLANT adj. rebellious → 1475 obs.
n. a rebel → 1586 obs.
► REBELLION n. the American Civil War → 1862 Amer. dial.
► REBELLIOUS HENCHMAN n. the penis → 2003 Brit. sl.
► REBEL SOLDIER n. rye whisky → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► REBEL TRAP n. in pool: the largest regulation-size table → 1990 US sl.
► REBEL WAR n. the American Civil War → 1943 Amer. dial.
► REBEL YELL n. the Confederate battle cry; a prolonged, high-pitched cry issued before combat → 1860 US Civil War usage
► REBIG vb. to rebuild → 1792 Sc. obs.
► REBINE n. a great stroke on man or beast → 1904 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► REBOANT adj. resounding, reverberating; loudly echoing → 1830 chiefly literary and poetic usage 
► REBOUND vb. 1.to vomit; to be squeamish, to have an inclination to vomit → 1883 Sc.
vb. 2. to repent → 1904 Sc.(Bk.)
► REBOUS n. threatening speech or behaviour → 1600 Sc. obs.
► REBUKOUS adj. given to rebuke, full of rebuke, containing rebuke, rebuking, chiding → 1494 obs.
► REBUNCTIOUS adj. stubborn or unmanageable → 1820 Sc. obs.
► RECANT vb. to revive from debility or sickness → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► RECEIPT n. 1. the harbouring or entertainment of outlaws or criminals; a shelter → 1631 Sc.
n. 2. the receiving of stolen goods → 1681 Sc.
n. 3. a receiver of stolen goods → 1773 Sc.
n. 4. accommodation, capacity → 1844 Sc.
n. 5. a recipe → 1847 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to receive stolen goods → 1685 Sc.
vb. 2. to harbour or shelter an outlaw or criminal → 1715 Sc.
vb. 3. to receive, to welcome, to give reception to → 1791 Sc.
► RECEIPTER n. one who shelters or assists outlaws or criminals → 1681 Sc.
► RECEIPT-OF-CUSTOM n. the female pudendum → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RECEIVER-GENERAL n. 1. a boxer giving nothing for what he gets → 1903 pugilists’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. a prostitute → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RECEIVE THE CANVASS vb. to be dismissed; to ‘get the sack’ → 1652 colloq.
► RECEIVING STATION n. the catcher’s position → 1926 US baseball sl. (Bk.)
► RECESS n. a prison lavatory → 1950 criminals’ sl.
► RECITATION BENCH n. a bench, esp. at the front of a one-room schoolhouse, for students being examined orally → 1841 Amer. dial.
► RECITATION SEAT n. 1. a bench, esp. at the front of a one-room schoolhouse, for students being examined orally → 1850 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a seat in the front of a church for people concerned about their spiritual well-being → 1969 Amer. dial.
► RECITING BENCH n. a bench, esp. at the front of a one-room schoolhouse, for students being examined orally → 1932 Amer. dial.
► RECK vb. 1. to take heed of; to care for, to regard → 1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to reckon, to deem, to think → 1791 Sc.
► RECKERMEMBER vb. to remember → 1887 Amer. dial.
► RECKLEYS adv. directly, instantly → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RECKLIN n. 1. the youngest or smallest of a brood or litter; the youngest or weakest of a family, a weakling → 1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a reckoning, a bill, account → 1886 Eng. dial.
► RECKLING adj. reckless → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. the youngest or smallest of a brood or litter; the youngest or weakest of a family, a weakling → 1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RECKLINS adv. directly → 1866 Eng. dial.
► RECKOMAND vb. to reprimand → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RECKOMEMBER vb. to remember → 1934 Amer. dial.
► RECKONING n. 1. arithmetic → 1877 Eng. dial.
n. 2. comprehension, understanding, knowledge → 1891 Eng. dial.
n. 3. the time or process of paying wages, payday → 1895 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a balancing of accounts → 1901 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RECKON ONE’S REAM PENNIES vb. to confess one’s faults → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RECKON UP vb. to slander, to backbite → 19C sl.
► RECLAIM vb. to speak out or protest against → 1566 obs.
► RECOGNIZATE vb. to recognize → 1891 Amer. dial.
► RECOGNIZATION n. recognition → 1934 Amer. dial.
► RECOGNIZE vb. to show due respect and recognition → 1993 African-American sl.
► RECOLLECTMENT n. the power of remembering → 1936 Amer. dial.
► RECOLLECTS n. memory → 1875 Eng. dial.
► RECOMEMBER vb. to recollect, to remember → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RE-COMING n. a return → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RECOMMEMB’ANCE n. memory → 1899 Amer. dial.
► RECOMMEMBER vb. to remember → 1911 Amer. dial.
► RECOMMEND n. a recommendation → 1804 Amer. dial.
► RECRAYED adj. 1. cowardly, craven → 1330 obs.
adj. 2. slothful, lazy; physically or spiritually weary or weak → 1340 obs.
► RECREANT n. a disloyal or cowardly person → 14C 
► REC ROOM n. a room in a house used by the family for relaxation and entertainment → 20C US & Can. colloq.
► RECROOTS n. boots → M19 rhyming sl.
► RECRUITING SERVICE n. robbing on the highway → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RECRUITS n. boots → M19 rhyming sl.
► RECT n. to direct → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RECTAL RANGER n. a male homosexual → 1990 sl.
► RECTANGULOUS adj. rectangular → 1680 obs.
► RECTIFY vb. 1. to damage; to break down; to destroy → 1909 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to have anal intercourse → 1970 US homosexual sl.
► RECTOR n. 1. a poker kept only for show → L19 sl.
n. 2. the bottom half of a sliced teacake, which received the most butter → L19 sl.
► RECTOR OF THE FEMALES n. the penis → 1647 sl.
► RECTUM RANGER n. a male homosexual → 1990 sl.
► RECULE vb. to recoil, to retreat, to revert → 1667 Sc. obs.
► RECUMBENTIBUS n. a powerful blow, a knockdown blow → M19  obs.
► RECUSATIVE adj. that tends to refuse or prohibit; denying, refusing, negative → 1660 obs.
► RED adj. 1. golden, made of gold → 17C sl.
adj. 2. bloody → 1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 3. communist, socialist, left-wing → M19  sl.
adj. 4. in cash (rather than paper) money → L19  sl.
adj. 5. light-skinned → 1920 African-American sl.
adj. 6. having red or ginger hair → 1930 Aust. sl.
adj. 7. used of an impoverished, bigoted White Southerner → 1960 US sl.
adj. 8. conservative, strait-laced → 1970 US students’ sl.
adj. 9. intoxicated by drugs → 1990 W. Indies sl.
n. 1. a soldier → 18C sl.
n. 2. a smoked herring → 19C sl.
n. 3. a cent, a penny → M19  US sl.
n. 4. gold, thus money, i.e. sovereigns → M19  UK criminals’ sl.
n. 5. an anarchist or republican, a Russian Bolshevik, or a Communist or extreme socialist → 1851 sl., derogatory
n. 6. a red-headed person, esp. as a nickname or direct address → L19  sl.
n. 7. chili → 20C US sl.
n. 8. a person with a lighter skin colour from brown to near-White, but not pure Black → 1920 W. Indies sl.
n. 9. a red-coloured tablet of the barbiturate Seconal → 1967 drug culture sl.
n. 10. the yolk of an egg → 1970 African-American
n. 11. a difficult or problematic situation → 1990 W. Indies sl.
► RED-ACE n. 1. the female pubic hair → M19  sl.
n. 2. the vagina → M19  sl.
► RED-AITIN n. a savage, barbarous person → 1610 Sc.
► REDAMANCY n. the act of loving in return → 1656 obs.
► REDAMATION n. the act of loving in return; reciprocal or mutual love → 1658 obs.
► REDAMBULATE vb. to walk back → 1623 obs.
► RED-APPLER n. 1. a toady → 1892 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. a favoured student → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► REDARGUE vb. to accuse, to blame → 1768 Sc. 
► RED AS A FOX’S TAIL adj. quite red → Bk1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RED AS A SPANKED BABY’S ASS adj. very red → 1945 Amer. sl.
► RED AS MARTLESHAM LION adj. very red → 1892 Eng. dial.
► RED-ASS adj. light-skinned → 1920 African-American sl.
► RED AS YATLIN-BLOOD adj. used of anything of a bright red colour → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► REDBAIT vb. in politics: to harass communists or people with left-wing beliefs → 1938
► RED BAND n. a privileged prisoner, allowed to carry out special duties → 1950 sl.
► RED BARON n. the menstrual period → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► RED BIDDY n. cheap red wine fortified with methylated spirits; inferior red wine → 1928 colloq.
► RED BIRD n. a red-coloured tablet of the barbiturate Seconal → 1969 drug culture sl.
► RED-BLOODED adj. vigorous, virile → 1836 colloq.
► RED BOARD n. a railway stop signal → 1929 US sl.
► RED BONE n. a person of mixed race, esp. one believed to be partly American Indian and belonging to a distinct social group in parts of South Carolina, Louisiana, and eastern Texas → 1891 Amer. dial.
► RED-CAP n. 1. a sprite or elf supposed to haunt especially old castles or ruins → 1802 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. (as ‘redcap’) a porter at an airport station → 20C US & Can.
n. 3. (as ‘redcap’) a military police officer → 1919 Brit. colloq.
► RED-CAPER n. rum when taken in tea → 1904 Eng. dial., jocular usage (Bk.)
► RED CENT n. any money; a trivial amount of money → 1839 sl., orig. US
► RED-CLOSE n. the throat → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RED CLOVER STATE n. Vermont → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RED-COAT n. 1. formerly, a British soldier → 1485 sl.
n. 2. (usually as ‘redcoat’) the bedbug → 1911 Amer. dial.
► RED-COCK n. incendiary fire → 1815 Sc.
► RED-COMB n. a large-toothed comb → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► RED-COWL n. a sprite or elf supposed to haunt especially old castles or ruins → 1816 Sc.
► RED CREEK n. menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► REDD adj. 1. afraid, frightened → 1721 Sc.
adj. 2. ready, willing, prepared → 1790 Sc.
adj. 3. clear, distinct, fluent → 1836 Sc.
adj. 4. active, able to accomplish much → 1866 Sc.
n. 1. a will, testament → 1853 Eng. dial.
n. 2. rubbish, litter, remains → 1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. energy, speed, ability to work → 1892 Sc.
n. 4. the act of setting in order, tidying, cleaning; arrangement, settlement → 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 5. a clearance, the removal of an obstruction or annoyance; separation → 1904 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to disentangle, to unravel; to clear up, to sort → 1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to dress or comb the hair → 1721 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to quell, to subdue a fray; to compose a quarrel; to separate combatants → 1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to speak critically of; to criticize sharply → 1776 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to set in order, to arrange; to prepare; to tidy, to clean up → 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to correct, to set right; to rebuke, to scold → 1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to rid, to free → 1848 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► REDDEN UP vb. to tidy up a house → 1926 Amer. dial.
► REDDER n. one who endeavours to settle a dispute or to part combatants → 1631 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► REDDER’S-BLOW n. a blow which falls upon one who interferes in a quarrel or tries to part combatants → 1802 Sc.
► REDDER’S-LICK n. a blow which falls upon one who interferes in a quarrel or tries to part combatants → 1820 Sc.
► REDDER’S-PART n. a blow which falls upon one who interferes in a quarrel or tries to part combatants → 1802 Sc.
► RED DEVIL n. 1. a type of Italian hand-grenade → 1944 sl.
n. 2. a hot pepper → 1950 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a red-coloured tablet of the barbiturate Seconal → 1967 drug culture sl.
► THE RED DEVIL n. menstruation → 1954 Amer. dial.
► REDDIES n. money; usually applied to bank notes → 1937 sl.
► REDDING n. a combing the hair → 1878 Amer. dial.
► REDDING-BLOW n. a blow which falls upon one who interferes in a quarrel or tries to part combatants → 1790 Sc.
► REDDING-COMB n. a large-toothed comb → 1812 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► REDDING-STROKE n. a blow which falls upon one who interferes in a quarrel or tries to part combatants → 1737 Sc.
► RED DISTURBANCE n. whisky → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► REDDLIN n. a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum → 1873 Eng. dial.
► REDDOCK n. the robin redbreast → 1777 Eng. dial.
► REDD OFF vb. to clear off a table, esp. after a meal → 1940 Amer. dial.
► RED-DOUP n. a bee → 1870 Sc.
► REDD OUT vb. to comb one’s hair; to groom oneself → 1895 Amer. dial.
► REDD THE CRAP vb. to scold → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► REDD THE TOPPIN vb. to pull the hair → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► REDD UP  vb. 1. to speak critically of; to criticize sharply → 1776 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to put in order, to tidy up; to clean up an apartment or house → 1867 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to clear off a table, esp. after a meal → 1942 Amer. dial.
► THE RED DUSTER n. the red ensign. the flag of the British merchant navy → 1925 sl.
► REDD-UP adj. tidy, neat, put in order → 1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► REDDY n. cash → 1688 sl.
► REDDYING COMB n. a comb for ordering the hair → 1887 Amer. dial.
► REDE adj. 1. afraid, frightened → 1721 Sc.
adj. 2. advised; warned; aware, certain → 1791 Sc.
adj. 3. fierce, impetuous, wild; excited; drunk → 1843 Sc.
n. 1. speech, discourse; an utterance → 1275 obs.
n. 2. the ghost or ‘double’ of a living person → 1930 Amer. dial.
► RED-EEL n. a term of contempt → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► REDEEM vb. to consider; to give as opinion → 1894 Eng. dial.
► REDELESS adj. helpless, unwilling to take advice → 1880 Eng. dial. obs.
► REDESHIP n. confidence, trust; dependence, trustworthiness, reliability → 1829 Eng. dial.
► REDESMAN n. an adviser → 1841 Ireland obs.
► RED-ETIN n. a savage, barbarous person → 1610 Sc.
► RED-EYE n. 1. low-quality liquor; cheap whisky → 1819 Amer. dial.
n. 2. ketchup → 1915 World War I sl.
n. 3. a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 4. the devil → 1968 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a long, hard stare, usually directed at a person → 1994 Amer. dial.
► REDEYE AND BLOODYBONES n. a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RED-EYED adj. crazy, furious, angry, mad → 1935 Amer. dial.
► RED-EYE GRAVY n. a reddish, usually unthickened, gravy made from the drippings of ham or other cured meat → 1945 Amer. dial.
► RED-EYE JUICE n. low-quality liquor; cheap whisky → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED-EYE SOUR n. whisky and lemon → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RED-EYEWHISKY n. low-quality liquor; cheap whisky → 1851 Amer. dial.
► RED-FISHER n. a salmon-fisher → 1856 Eng. dial.
► RED-FLANNEL n. the tongue → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RED-FUSTIAN n. 1. claret → 1834 sl.
n. 2. port → 1834 sl.
► REDGE n. 1. gold: manufactured or specie; in latter case specifically, a guinea → 1696 sl.
n. 2. money →  1903 sl. (Bk.)
► REDGE-CULLY n. a goldsmith → 1665 sl.
► RED-GRATE n. a tavern or brothel, or both combined → 1622 sl.
► RED GRAVY n. 1. a reddish, usually unthickened, gravy made from the drippings of ham or other cured meat → 1939 Amer. dial.
n. 2. tomato sauce → 1968 Amer. dial.
► REDGUT n. a sausage → 1910 US criminals’ sl.
► REDHAMMER n. a woodpecker → 1968 Amer. dial.
► RED-HANDED adj. 1. active, neat → 1820 Sc.
adj. 2. murderous, applied to one who has shed blood → 1898 Sc.
adj. 3. having little to do → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► RED HAT n. an army staff officer → 1916 Brit. sl.
► RED-HEAD n. fiery whisky → 1852 sl.
► REDHEAD-BLOODYBONES n. a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RED-HEADED adj. angry → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RED-HEADED STEPCHILD n. someone or something that is unwanted or badly treated → 1941 Amer. dial.
► RED-HEADED WOODCOCK n. a pileated woodpecker → 1845 Amer. dial.
► RED-HEADED WOOD HEN n. a pileated woodpecker → 1986 Amer. dial.
► RED-HEAD WOODCOCK n. a pileated woodpecker → 1864 Amer. dial.
► RED-HEATER n. a radiator → 1896 Amer. dial.
► RED-HERRING n. a soldier → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RED HORSE n. 1. corned beef → 1864 sl.
n. 2. (usually as ‘Red-Horse’) a native of Kentucky → 1833 US
► RED-HOT adj. 1. excellent, perfect, magnificent → 1866 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. feeling sexual desire, lustful → 1887 sl.
adj. 3. eager, anxious, desirous → 1896 Eng. dial.
adj. 4. unfair, unreasonable → 1896 Aust. sl.
adj. 5. wild, dissipated → 1897 Eng. dial.
adj. 6. violent, extreme → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
adj. 7. lively, peppy, pleasing → 1927 Amer. sl.
adj. 8. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
adj. 9. impatient → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
adj. 10. filled with scandal → 1950 Amer. sl.
adv. at high speed → 1853 UK sl.
n. a frankfurter or hot dog → 1892 US sl.
► RED-HOT MAMA n. 1. a sexually attractive woman → 1925 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a girlfriend or female lover → 1936 US sl.
► RED-HOT STUFF n. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RED INK n. 1. cheap red wine → 1919 sl., chiefly US
n. 2. whisky → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► RED IN THE COMB adj. 1. eager to get married → 1906 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. sexually excited → 1929 Amer. dial.
► RED JEANS n. long underwear, long johns → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED-KETTLE n. a gold watch → 1879 sl.
► RED KING n. menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► REDLAND n. Russia → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RED-LANE n. the throat → 1566 sl.
► RED LANTERN OIL n. a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED-LATTICE n. an ale-house sign → 1596 sl.
► RED LEAD n. ketchup → 1918 naval sl.
► RED LEG n. a member of a racially mixed group of people living in Orangeburg County, South Carolina → 1945 Amer. dial.
► RED LEGS n. an artilleryman → 1900 US sl.
► RED-LETTER DAY n. a happy day or lucky occasion → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RED-LETTER DAYS phr. refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED-LETTER MAN n. a Roman Catholic → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► REDLIGHT n. a traffic light of any colour → 1957 Amer. dial.
► REDLINS adv. 1. perhaps, probably → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
adv. 2. readily → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► RED LION LANE n. the throat → 1865 sl.
► RED LIQUOR n. low grades of spirituous liquor → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RED LOT n. a gold watch → 1933 sl.
► RED-MAD adj. raging mad, distracted, insane; furious; eager → 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RED-MAN n. 1. a sprite or elf supposed to haunt especially old castles or ruins → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. (as ‘red man’) a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 3. (as ‘red man’) Seconal → 1980 drug culture sl.
vb. 1. to punish by mob action or by vigilante organization → 1975 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to treat unfairly → 2000 Amer. dial.
► RED MEAT n. a speech, action, etc. which is likely to arouse strong feelings or to be contentious → 1950 orig. US
► REDMENT n. the act of putting in order, a settlement → 1892 Sc.
► RED-MOUTHED LAWYER n. an uncomplimentary name for a lawyer → 1967 Amer. dial., derogatory
► REDMOUTH LAWYER n. an uncomplimentary name for a lawyer → 1967 Amer. dial., derogatory
► REDNECK ► RED-NECK adj. boorish; rustic → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 1. a Roman Catholic → 1873 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a poor, White, rural Southerner; a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist → 1891 Amer. dial., derogatory
n. 3. ill temper; anger → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 4. an Irishman → 1929 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a Communist; a revolutionary → 1931 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a union sympathizer → 1931 Amer. dial.
n. 7. a reactionary → 1960 sl., orig. US
n. 8. a person of mixed race, esp. one believed to be partly American Indian → 1963 Amer. dial.
vb. to become angry → 1998 Amer. dial.
► RED-NECKED adj. 1. ill-tempered, bad-tempered, angry → 1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud → 1986 Amer. dial.
► RED-NECKY adj. pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud → 1986 Amer. dial.
► RED NED n. cheap wine, or other similar drink → 1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
► RED NIGGER n. a light-skinned Black person; a member of a mixed-race group believed to be partly American Indian in origin → 1929 Amer. dial., derogatory
► RED NOISE n. tomato soup → 1936 Amer. sl.
► RED-NOSE n. discouragement, the blues → 1911 Amer. dial.
vb. to be downcast or discouraged → 1911 Amer. dial.
► RED OIL n. a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke → 1921 Amer. dial.
► RED OIL FOR THE RED LIGHT n. a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED ONION n. 1. a speakeasy → 1930 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a railroad eating house → 1931 Amer. dial.
► RED-OWL vb. to spank → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RED PETTICOAT n. the common poppy, Papaver Rhoeas → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RED-RAG n. 1. the tongue → 1791 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a source of annoyance or disgust → 1883 sl.
n. 3. a sanitary napkin → L19 Brit. sl.
n. 4. the red comb of a turkey-cock → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 5. (usually as ‘red rag’) the pennant flying during meals → 1913 Amer. navy sl. (Bk.)
► RED-RAGGER n. a Communist or socialist → 1916 Aust. sl., derogatory
► RED-RAGGISM n. unrestrained, critical speech → 1939 Aust. sl.
► A RED-RAG TO A MAD-BULL n. a source of annoyance or disgust → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RED-RED n. the red comb of a turkey-cock → 1887 Eng. dial.
► RED-RIBBON n. brandy → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RED RIVER n. menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial.
► RED RIVER IS FLOWING phr. refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED RIVER IS RISING phr. refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED RIVER IS RUNNING phr. refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED RIVER IS UP phr. refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED ROAD n. the throat, the gullet → 1995 Amer. dial.
► RED ROBIN SNOW n. late spring snow → 1954 Amer. dial.
► RED-ROGUE n. a gold piece → 1617 sl.
► RED-ROW n. a sore before it begins to heal → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► REDS n. 1. red clouds or tints in the sky → 1889 Eng. dial.
n. 2. blushes → 1896 Eng. dial.
n. 3. menstruation → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. amphetamine capsules → M20 US drug culture sl.
► THE REDS n. 1. communists, socialists → 20C sl.
n. 2. a state of depression, the blues, a gloomy mood → 1967 Amer. dial.
► RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET phr. refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED-SEA n. the throat → 1903 sl.
► RED SEA PEDESTRIAN n. a Jew → 1984 jocular usage, offensive
► THE RED SEA’S OUT phr. refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1948 Amer. dial.
► RED-SHANK n. 1. a turkey→ 1707 cant
n. 2. a term of contempt for a Highlander; a bare-legged person → 1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. a duck or drake → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► REDSKIN n. 1. a North American Indian → L17 colloq., sometimes derogator
n. 2. (as ‘Red-skin’) a person with a lighter skin colour from brown to near-White, but not pure Black → 1920 W. Indies sl.
► RED-SKINNED adj. light-skinned → 1920 African-American sl.
► REDSMAN n. one who endeavours to settle a dispute or to part combatants → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► RED SPERM OIL n. a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke → 1921 Amer. dial.
► RED-TACKLE n. a gold chain → 1879 sl.
► RED TAILLIGHT OIL n. a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED TAPE n. brandy → 1725 sl.
► RED-TAPEISM n. official routine → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RED-TAPERY n. official routine → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RED-TAPIST n. an excessively bureaucratic government official; a government clerk → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RED TIGER n. a puma → 1774 obs.
► RED-TOPPIN n. red hair → 1898 Eng. dial.
► RED-TOY n. a gold watch → 1879 sl.
► RED TUMMY-ACHE n. the menses → 20C US sl.
► REDUCT vb. to deduct, to subtract → 1896 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► RED-UN n. 1. gold → 1886 sl.
n. 2. (usually as ‘red ‘un’) a pound; a sovereign → 1890 Brit. sl.
► RED-UP n. the act of setting in order, tidying, cleaning; arrangement, settlement → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
 (verbs as ‘red up’)
vb. 1. to put in order, to tidy up; to clean up an apartment or house → 1842 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to comb one’s hair; to groom oneself → 1931 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to clear off a table, esp. after a meal → 1942 Amer. dial.
► RED WAGON IS DOWN phr. refers to a woman’s menstruation → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED-WAT adj. blood-stained, wet with blood → 1785 Sc.
► RED, WHITE AND BLUE n. a shoe → 1972 UK rhyming sl.
► RED WINGS n. sexual intercourse or oral sex with a woman who is menstruating → 1971 US motorcycle gang usage
► RED-WOOSTED n. rum → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► REDWORM n. an earthworm → 1840 Amer. dial.
► RED-WUD adj. raging mad; furious → 1793 Sc.