Dictionary: RI – RIC

• RIACH
adj. dun, ill-coloured …1742 Sc. obs.

• RIANCY
n. a bright or smiling character …1831 rare

• RIAND
adj. streaked, of two colours …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

• RIANT
adj. smiling, laughing, mirthful, cheerful, gay …1567

• RIB
n. 1. a wife …1609 sl.
n. 2. a single hair …1888 Ireland
n. 3. a strip of anything …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to beat, pummel or punch in the sides …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease …1930 sl., orig. US

• RIBALD
n. 1. a profligate, male or female …1360 sl.
n. 2. a harlot …Bk1903 sl.
n. 3. a ponce …Bk1903 sl.

• RIBALDRY
n. 1. indecency; profligate talk …1599 sl.
n. 2. the mob, the scum of society …Bk1903 sl.

• RIBAUD
n. 1. a profligate, male or female …1360 sl.
n. 2. a harlot …Bk1903 sl.
n. 3. a ponce …Bk1903

• RIBAUDOUR
n. a retailer of smut …Bk1903 sl.

• RIBAUDRY
n. 1. indecency; profligate talk …1599 sl.
n. 2. the mob, the scum of society …Bk1903 sl.

• RIBBAND
n. money …Bk1903 sl.

► RIB-BASTE vb. to thrash, to beat severely, especially about the ribs → 1598 obs.

• RIBBED ROAD
n. a rough road; a road having an irregular or corrugated surface …1950 Amer. dial.

• RIB-BENDER
n. a blow to the ribs …1876 boxing sl.

• RIB-BENDING
n. a thrashing, a beating …Bk1903 sl.

• RIBBER
n. a blow to the ribs …Bk1903 boxing sl.

• ֳRIBBIN
n. money …Bk1903 sl.

• RIBBING
n. a thrashing, a beating …Bk1903 sl.

• THE RIBBIN RUNS THICK
phr. ‘the breeches are well lined’ (there’s plenty of money) …c1696 sl.

• THE RIBBIN RUNS THIN
phr. there’s little money …c1696 sl.

• RIBBINS
n. reins …1837 sl.

• RIBBLE
n. 1. an unlikely story …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 2. careless, hurried work …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 3. careless, indistinct speech or reading …Bk1904 Sc.
n. 4. one who works in a careless, hurried manner …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 1. to read or recite quickly; to gabble …1872 Sc.
vb. 2. to work hastily and carelessly; to do anything in a confused manner …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 3. to wrinkle …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• RIBBLE OFF
vb. to recite quickly, by rote; to speak rapidly a list or series one knows well …1900 Amer. dial.

• RIBBLE-RABBILL
n. a disorderly crowd, rabble; a great confusion …1771 Sc.

• RIBBLE-RABBLE
adv. in great confusion …c1460 rare or Sc.
n. 1. confused meaningless language; rigmarole, gibble-gabble …1601 arch. or Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a tumultuous crowd or array of people; a disorderly assemblage; a mob; the scum of society; a great confusion …1635
n. 3. indecent or profligate talk, ribaldry …B1900 Eng. dial.
vb. to crowd in great confusion …B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.

• RIBBLE-RASH
n. rabble; low, disorderly people …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• RIBBLE-ROW
n. 1. a list of the rabble …Bk1903 sl.
n. 2. an inventory …Bk1903 sl.

• RIBBLIE-RABBLIE
adj. confused, disorderly …B1900 Sc.

• RIBBLY
n. the end slice of a loaf of bread …1991 Amer. dial.

• RIBBON
n. 1. a bridle rein …1846 Amer. dial.
n. 2. money …Bk1903 sl.

• RIBBONS
n. the husks left on an ear of corn …1947 Amer. dial.

• RIBBY
adj. 1. of low quality; bad; inferior; applied esp. to something shabby …1936 sl.
adj. 2. thin; skinny …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• RIBE
n. a thin, lean person or animal; an animal in poor condition …1820 Sc.

• RIBEY
adj. poor, skinny, scrawny …1927 Amer. dial.

• RIBEY-ASSED
adj. having skinny buttocks …2000 Amer. dial.

• RIBIBE
n. 1. a term of contempt or abuse for an old woman; a shrill-voiced old woman …c1386 obs.
n. 2. originally, a stringed instrument like a rebeck or guitar …c1425 obs.
vb. to play on the ribibe …a1400 obs.

• RIBIE
adj. tall and thin; lank, slender, spare …Bk1904 Sc.

• RIBISH
adj. tall and thin; lank, slender, spare …Bk1904 N. Ireland

• RIB-JOINT
n. a brothel …1943 US sl.

• RIBLAS
n. a vagabond …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• RIB MEAT
n. bacon …1967 Amer. dial.

• A RIB OF ROAST
n. a blow to the ribs …Bk1903 boxing sl.

• RIB ROAD
n. a rough road; a road having an irregular or corrugated surface …1967 Amer. dial.

• RIB-ROAST
n. a severe beating; a cudgelling …1595 obs.
vb. to belabour with a cudgel; to beat soundly, to thrash …1570 now arch.

• RIB-ROASTING
n. a thrashing, a beating …1663 sl.

• RIBS
n. a stout person …Bk1903 sl.

• RIB-TICKLE
vb. to thrash; to beat up …Bk1903 sl.

• RIB-TICKLER
n. 1. a blow to the ribs …Bk1903 boxing sl.
n. 2. thick soup …Bk1903 sl.

• RIBUCK
adj. excellent …1892 sl., chiefly Aust.

• RIC
int. a call to pigs …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• RICAN
n. 1. a Puerto Rican; a person of Puerto Rican descent …1968 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a Cuban …1986 Amer. dial.

• RICCO
n. a ricocheting bullet …World War I Amer. sl.

• RICE
n. 1. a louse …1967 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a West Indian Black person …1970 Amer. dial.

• RICE-BAG
n. a rice planter …Bk1903 Amer. sl.

• RICE-BAGS
n. trousers …Bk1903 sl.

• RICE BURNER
n. a Japanese motorcycle or car …Bk1998 sl.

• RICEMAN
n. a Chinese or other Oriental person …20C US sl., derogatory

• RICH
adj. 1. outrageous …c1350 colloq.
adj. 2. very funny or amusing; or used ironically, to suggest unreasonableness; ridiculous …1760
adj. 3. full …1827 Sc. obs.
adj. 4. entertaining …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
adj. 5. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. to become rich …1641 Sc. obs.

• RICHARD
n. 1. a booing, barracking …L19 rhyming. sl. for ‘bird’ (Richard the Third)
n. 2. a piece of excrement; thus, an unpleasant person …L19 rhyming sl. for ‘turd’ (Richard the Third)
n. 3. a word …L19 rhyming sl. (Richard the Third)
n. 4. a dictionary …Bk1903 sl.
n. 5. the cock bird in poultry …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a detective …1914 sl., chiefly US
n. 7. a young woman, a girlfriend …1940s rhyming sl. for ‘bird’ (Richard the Third)
n. 8. a bird …1960s rhyming sl. (Richard the Third)
n. 9. a third-class degree …1980s sl.

• RICHARDANARY
n. a dictionary …Bk1903 rhyming sl.

• RICHARD SNARY
n. a dictionary …1796 rhyming sl.

• RICHARD THE THIRD
n. 1. a booing, barracking …L19 rhyming. sl. for ‘bird’
n. 2. a piece of excrement; thus, an unpleasant person …L19 rhyming sl. for ‘turd’
n. 3. a word …L19 rhyming sl.
n. 4. a young woman, a girlfriend …1940s rhyming sl. for ‘bird’
n. 5. a bird …1960s rhyming sl.
n. 6. a third-class degree …1980s sl.

• RICH AS A NEW-SHORN SHEEP
adj. 1510 – ‘fleeced’. penniless

• RICH AS INDEE
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – very wealthy  

• RICH AS JAY GOULD
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – very rich  

• RICH AS MUCK
adj. L19 sl. – extremely rich

• RICH BUG
n. one who has plenty of money …1968 Amer. dial.

• RICH-FACE
n. a red face …c1696 sl.

• RICHIE
n. a rich person …1966 sl., orig. & chiefly US

• RICHLING
n. a rich person (said with contemptuous force) …a1500 rare

• RICHMENT
n. manure …1870 Eng. dial.

• RICH STUFF
n. nonsense …Bk1942 Amer. sl.

• RICHTOCRAT
n. an aristocrat …1942 Amer. dial.

• RICHY
n. a rich person …1966 sl., orig. & chiefly US

• RICK
n. 1. a pile …1616 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a noise …1819 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a sprain, strain, wrench …1852 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a number of people living in one neighbourhood; a lot, company, band …1876 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a tug or pull; a sharp movement …1892 Sc.
n. 6. an ankle …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 7. the noise made by a polecat or ferret, or by a pheasant when roosting …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
n. 8. a swindler’s accomplice planted in a crowd; e.g. to start bidding …1928 sl.
vb. 1. to rattle, to jingle, to make a noise; to chatter …1740 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to sprain, to strain, to twist, to wrench …1809 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to pierce with a hook by means of a sudden jerk or pull …1899 Sc.
vb. 4. to stack in an orderly fashion, esp. firewood …1899 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to grumble, to scold …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
vb. 6. to utter the noise made by a guinea-fowl, polecat, or ferret, or by a pheasant when roosting …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• RICKER
n. a rattle …1865 Eng. dial.
vb. to rattle …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• RICKET
adj. unsteady, rickety …Bk1904 Sc. obs.
n. 1. a racket, disturbance …1813 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a narrow gutter …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• RICKETED
adj. rickety, shaky, unsteady …1896 Eng. dial.

• RICKET FENCE
n. a fence made of split logs …1969 Amer. dial.

• RICKETY
adj. weak, ill-nourished; lame, suffering from rickets …1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.

• RICKETY-DICKETY
n. a toy made of wood for children; a wooden rattle …1824 Sc. obs.

• RICKETY-RACKETY
adj. shaky, dilapidated, unstable …1968 Amer. dial.

• RICKIDIDDLE
n. a dumpling …1967 Amer. dial.

• RICKING
adj. noisy …1740 Eng. dial.
n. 1. a rattling, a jingling noise …1873 Eng. dial.
n. 2. scandalous talk …1873 Eng. dial.

• RICKING-RIPE
adj. dead ripe; applied to corn …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• RICK INTO
vb. to do anything with energy, esp. to rate, to scold, to abuse vigorously …1894 Eng. dial.

• RICKLE
n. 1. a loose heap or pile; a stack…1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a very lean person or animal, a skeleton …1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. a rattle, a jingle …1867 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a low stone fence built before a drain …Bk1904 Sc.
vb. 1. to rattle, to jingle; to make a noise, to chatter …1863 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to gather into a loose heap; to pile up loose matter …1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.

• RICKLED
adj. loosely built, piled loosely together …1824 Sc.

• RICKLE-DIKE
n. a wall of stones …Bk1904 Sc.

• RICKLE OF BONES
n. a very lean person or animal, a skeleton …1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.

• RICKLER
n. a bad architect or builder …1824 Sc.

• RICKLETY
adj. rickety, unstable, dilapidated, unsteady …1969 Amer. dial.

• RICKLE UP
vb. to restore anything which is in a dilapidated condition …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• RICKLEY
adj. loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated …1865 Sc.

• RICKLING
n. the youngest or smallest of a brood or litter; the youngest or weakest of a family, a weakling …1781 Sc.

• RICKLY
adj. loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated …1865 Sc.

• RICKMATICK
n. 1. concern, affair; collection …1864 Sc.
n. 2. arithmetic …Bk1903 school sl.

• RICK-RACK
adj. 1. of the weather: stormy, boisterous …B1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of fence: laid out in a zigzag pattern …1968 Amer. dial.
adv. diagonally, obliquely …1986 Amer. dial.
n. a schoolboy’s rattle, being two flat bones placed between the fingers, struck against each other, and so forming a chattering sort of music; also, a child’s rattle …1790 Eng. dial.

• RICKS
n. delirium tremens …1966 Amer. dial.

• RICKY
adj. masterly …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

• RICKY-RACKY
adj. shaky, dilapidated, unstable …1968 Amer. dial.

• RICOCHET
adj. gay; splendid …Bk1903 American cadet usage

• RIC-SIC
int. a call to pigs …Bk1904 Eng. dial.