• RIOT
n. 1. a very amusing performance, situation, or person …1909 sl., orig. theatrical
n. 2. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIOTOUS-LIVING
n. luxuries …Bk1903 colloq.
• RIP
n. a reprobate; anything censurable; a shabby mean fellow …1827 sl.
vb. 1. to search; to rummage, esp. with a view to plunder …c1388 sl.
vb. 2. to go as one will; to drive furiously …1600 sl.
vb. 3. to steal …1816 sl.
vb. 4. to go fast …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP ALONG
vb. to go fast …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP AND STAVE
vb. to rage and scold about …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RIP AND TEAR
vb. to be furious …Bk1903 sl.
• RIPE
adj. 1. drunk …1609 sl.
adj. 2. ready …c1615 sl.
adj. 3. very funny or amusing; usually used ironically, to suggest unreasonableness …1923 sl.
• RIPE SUCK
n. a gullible person; a dupe …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP-HUMMER
n. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP-HUMMING
adj. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP ME!
int. an oath ….1895 sl.
• RIP-OFF
n. deception, swindling, fraud …1970 sl.
vb. (as ‘rip off’) of a male: to have sexual intercourse …1950s African-American sl.
• RIP OFF A HEAP OF SHINGLES
vb. to snore …1956 Amer. dial.
• RIP OFF A PIECE OF ASS
vb. of a male: to have sexual intercourse …1950s African-American sl.
• RIP ON
vb. of a male: to have sexual intercourse …1950s African-American sl.
• RIPON
n. a sword …1785 sl.
• RIP ONE A NEW ASSHOLE
vb. to injure or rebuke someone …1971 Amer. sl.
• RIP OUT
vb. to explode …1848 sl.
• RIPPED
adj. 1. drunk; high …1950s African-American sl.
adj. 2. unhappy; in grief …1950s African-American sl.
adj. 3. in a drugged state …1971 sl., orig. US
• RIPPER
n. 1. an excellent person or thing …1809 sl., chiefly Aust. US
n. 2. anything special; in cricket, a good ball; in boxing, a knock-down blow; a fine woman; an outrageous lie; anything of particular excellence …1851 sl.
n. 3. a tool for opening safes, etc. …1889 sl.
n. 4. a robber …Bk1903 sl.
n. 5. one who has a reputation for cutting others with a knife
…1940s African-American sl.
n. 6. a fast throw …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPPING
adj. 1. excellent; first-rate, splendid, great …1858 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPPING GOOD
adj. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPPON
n. a sword …1785 sl.
• RIP-RAP
n. loose, crushed stone used to form embankments …1822 US
• RIP-ROARER
n. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP-ROARING
adj. 1. vigorous, boisterous, full of spirit; wildly noisy …1834 colloq., orig. US
adj. 2. excellent, first-rate …M19 colloq. orig. US
• RIPROARIOUS
adj. vigorous, boisterous; violent …1830 colloq., orig. US
• RIP-ROODLE
vb. to romp, to go tearing about …1909 Amer. dial.
• RIPROODLING
adj. excellent …1954 US sl.
• RIPRORIOUS
adj. vigorous, boisterous …1830 sl., orig. US
• RIP, SHIT, OR BUST
vb. to throw yourself wholeheartedly into a task without fear of the consequences …1999 US sl.
• RIP SOMEONE OFF
vb. to overcharge …1971 sl.
• RIPSNIPTIOUS
adj. 1. resplendently beautiful; gorgeous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIPSNORTER
n. 1. a person or thing of exceptionally remarkable appearance, quality, strength, etc.; an exceptional thing …1842 colloq. orig. US
n. 2. a storm, a gale …M19 colloq. orig. US
n. 3. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIP-SNORTING
adj. 1. vigorous, boisterous, full of spirit; wildly noisy …1846 colloq., orig. US
adj. 2. excellent, first-rate …M19 colloq. orig. US
• RIPSTAVER
n. 1828 US colloq. – an impressive, exceptional, or first-rate person or thing; something or someone who is exceptionally remarkable in appearance, quality, strength, etc.
• RIPSY ROUSERS
n. 20C Aust. sl. – trousers
• RIPTORIOUS
adj. 1866 Eng. dial. – uproarious, refractory
• RIP TRACK
n. 1977 US sl. – on the railways: a hospital
• RIP VAN WINKLE
vb. 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘tinkle’ – to urinate
• RIQUILANT
adj. B1900 – nimble, quick
• RISCALDATION
n. 1599 obs. – the act of warming or heating something
• RISCONTER
n. 1592 obs. rare – a meeting, an encounter
• RISE
n. 1998 US sl. – an erection
vb. 1. 1856 sl. – to play into one’s hands; to listen credulously
vb. 2. 1984 sl. – to achieve an erection when the moment requires
• RISE A BARNEY
vb. Bk1903 showmen’s jargon – to collect a crowd
• RISE AND SHINE
n. 1992 UK rhyming sl. – wine
• RISE LIKE A ROCKET
vb. to rise suddenly and dramatically …1782
• RISE LIKE A ROCKET AND FALL LIKE A STICK
vb. to rise suddenly and dramatically and subsequently fall equally suddenly …1782
• RISE ON THE RIGHT SIDE
n. a happy augury …1607 sl.
• RISE TO THE FLY
vb. to be taken in by a hoax; to be deceived …1884
• RISE TO THE OCCASION
vb. to achieve an erection when the moment requires …1984 sl.
• RISE WITH THE LARK
vb. to rise from bed very early in the morning …1580
• RISIN’
n. a boil, ulcer, tumour, swelling …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RISING
adj. astonishing …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RISING DAMP
n. a cramp …1992 UK rhyming sl.
• RISORIAL
adj. inclined or given to laughter; producing laughter …1855 rare
• RISSOLE
n. the anus …1971 Aust. euphemism for ‘arsehole’
• RITES OF LOVE
n. copulation …c1658 sl.
• RITHERS
n. preference, choice …1920s African-American sl.
• RITUAL SPIRIT
n. MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy …2003 UK sl.
• RITZY
adj. classy, stylish, fashionable …1920 US sl.
• RIV
n. a Buick Riviera car …1970s US sl.
• RIVER
n. in a hand of poker, the final card received by a player …2003 UK sl.
• THE RIVER
n. strong drink …1930 UK rhyming sl. for ‘booze’ (River Ooze)
• RIVER-DRAGON
n. a crocodile …1667 obs.
• RIVER HOG
n. someone who guides logs downstream …1902 Amer. sl.
• RIVER HORSE
n. a hippopotamus …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RIVERINA
n. a shilling; hence 5p …1943 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘deaner’
• RIVER JOB
n. as a result of betting, an enormous loss; so great is the loss that the bettor thinks of jumping in a river …1989 Aust. sl.
• RIVER LEA
n. 1. tea, esp. a poor quality cup of tea …1859 UK rhyming sl.
n. 2. the sea …Bk1903 rhyming sl.
• RIVERLING
n. a small stream or river; a rivulet …1591 rare
• RIVER NILE
n. 1992 – a smile (UK rhyming sl.)
• RIVER OOZE • RIVER OUSE
n. 1930 – strong drink; alcohol (UK rhyming sl. for ‘booze’)
• RIVER PIP
n. 1921 – someone who guides logs downstream (Amer. sl.)
• RIVER RAT
n. 1. Bk1903 – a riverside thief; one who robs the corpses of drowned men (sl.)
n. 2. 1997 – a river-rafting enthusiast (US sl.)
• RIVER TYNE
n. 1992 – wine, esp. inferior wine (US rhyming sl.)
• RIVET
vb. 1700 – to marry (sl.)
• RIVETER
n. 1910s – a machine gun (Amer. sl.)
• RIVETS
n. 1846 – money (sl.)
• RIVIATION
n. a1676 – fishing; in old English law, the use of a river for the purposes of fishing (obs.)
• RIVIE
n. 1970s – a Buick Riviera car (US sl.)
• RIVIE HOG
n. 1980 – a Buick Riviera car (US sl.)
• RIVIERA
n. 1963 – any place in Antarctica viewed to be slightly warmer than the rest of the continent, esp. the Antarctica Peninsula or Davis station (Antarctica)
• RIVIERA OF THE SOUTH
n. 1963 – any place in Antarctica viewed to be slightly warmer than the rest of the continent, esp. the Antarctica Peninsula or Davis station (Antarctica)
• RIVVEL
n. 1999 – among Nova Scotians of German origin: a noodle soup (Can.)
• RIXABUND
adj. B1900 – quarrelsome, contentious
• RIXATION
n. 1623 – the act of scolding or brawling; a quarrel, a brawl (obs.)
• RIXATRIX
n. 1745 – a scolding or quarrelsome woman (orig. Old English law obs.)
• RIXOSOUS
adj. 1623 – given to brawling, pugnacious, quarrelsome (obs.)
• RIXY
adj. 1. 1746 – quarrelsome, carping, scolding (Eng. dial.)
adj. 2. 1746 – wanton, lewd (Eng. dial.)
adj. 3. B1900 – of wood: rickety, rotten (Eng. dial.)
n. 1. 1777 – a quarrelsome hussy (Eng. dial. obs.)
n. 2. 1885 – the common tern, Sterna fluviatilis (Eng. dial.)
n. 3. B1900 – an imperfectly castrated animal, especially a horse (Eng. dial.)
• RIZLA
n. 1996 – a cigarette rolling paper (UK sl.)
• RIZ-RAZ
n. Bk1942 – disorder (Amer. sl.)
• RIZZLE
n. 1788 – a weasel (Eng. dial.)
vb. 1890 – to enjoy a short period of absolute idleness after a meal (Eng. dial.)
• R.J. KNOWLES
n. c1892 – holes (theatrical rhyming sl.)
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