Reverse Dictionary: R – RAC

RABBIT – ADJECTIVES (includes HARE)
1552 • HARISH of the nature of a hare; mad, foolish (obs.)
1634 • CUNICULOUS full of holes and windings, like a rabbit warren; also, full of rabbits
1656 • LEPORINE pert. to a hare
1727 • CUNICULOSE full of holes and windings, like a rabbit warren; also, full of rabbits
1759 • CUNICULAR rabbit-like, living in burrows under ground
1883 • HARE-PIED resembling the colour of a hare  
1908Bk • LAGOTIC having ears like a hare’s
 
RABBIT – INTERJECTIONS/PHRASES
1892 • BAT THE EARS said of a rabbit when it lays its ears close to the body  
1900s • RABBO! the street-cry of a seller of rabbits  
 
RABBIT – NOUNS
1300 • BABBART an old name for the hare (obs.)
1300 • BALLART the hare (obs.)
1300 • MAKE-FARE an alleged name for the hare (obs.)
1300 • POLLART a hare (obs.)
1300 • SITTER the hare (obs.)
1300 • SKULKER the hare (obs.)
1300 • SWIKEBERT a hare (obs.)
1300 • WALDENEIE an alleged name of the hare (obs.)
1325 • DEUBERT one of the old appellations given to the hare (obs.)
1325 • FURZE CAT the hare (obs.)
1325 • LIGHTFOOT a name for the hare (obs.)
1325 • SKIKART an old name for the hare (obs.)
1398 • DOWER a burrow of rabbits or the like (obs.)
1400 • CLAPPER a rabbit-burrow; also, a place constructed for keeping tame rabbits (obs.)
1400 • LEVERET a young hare, strictly one in its first year
1416 • MAPKIN a rabbit (obs.)
1424 • CUNNIGAR a rabbit warren
1425 • CROTEY the globular dung or excrement of hares, etc. (obs.)
1460 • RABBIT-SUCKER a sucking rabbit, a very young rabbit (obs.)
1486 • BERRY a rabbit’s burrow; a company of rabbits (obs.)
16C • SCUT the tail of an animal, esp. that of a rabbit or deer
1500 • WAT a hare (obs.)
1501 • LEPRON a young rabbit (obs.)
1536 • BAWTY a hare  
1538 • BUN the tail of a hare
1547 • LAPRON a young rabbit (obs.)
1575 • PUSS a hare
1598 • CROTISING • CROTIZING the excrement of a hare or deer (obs.)
1598 • CROTTELS the globular dung or excrement of hares, etc.
1610 • FARE the track of a rabbit or hare (obs.)
1651 • RABBIT-STARTER a young rabbit (obs.)
1679 • LAP a rabbit
1684 • BUTTONS the dung or droppings of sheep or rabbits
1715 • PUSSY a hare, a rabbit
1724 • MALKIN a hare  
1731 • BEAVERETTE rabbit fur dyed to look like beaver
1742 • MAWKIN a hare  
1785 • BAWD a hare (obs.)
1787 • BUCKIE the hind-quarters of a hare (obs.)
19C • RABBIDGE a rabbit  
19C • WATTY a hare  
1801 • HUSKE a company of hares (obs.)
1802 • BUNTthe tail of a hare or rabbit
1805 • RACK the skin of a young rabbit
1819 • CUTTIE • CUTTY the hare
1824 • MAPSIE a young hare  
1825 • MAP a rabbit  
1825 • MAPPIE • MAPPY a rabbit  
1835 • MOLLIE COTTONTAIL • MOLLY COTTONTAIL a rabbit  
1838 • BUCK a male rabbit  
1845 • JACKASS HARE a jackrabbit; a hare
1845 • JACKASS RABBIT a jackrabbit; a hare  
1846 • MALLY a hare  
1847 • BUN a rabbit
1854 • HAIZING • HAYSING following hares by night
1862 • LEPORINE an alleged ‘cross’ between a hare and a rabbit
1864 • FARMER a hare  
1864 • JACK a jackrabbit; a hare  
1877 • RAB a rabbit  
1879 • SALLY a hare  
1880 • LEPORIDE an alleged ‘cross’ between a hare and a rabbit
1882 • NARROW-GAUGED MULE a jackrabbit; a hare  
1886 • RABBIT-SPOUT a rabbit burrow  
1887 • PARSON a black rabbit  
1889 • MOLLY COTTON a rabbit  
1889 • MONKEY a young hare (obs.)
1892 • GRASS-CAT a hare
1893 • MOLLY HAR a hare  
1895 • OLD AUNT a hare
1895 • OLD SALLY a hare  
1897 • JACK-HARE a male hare  
1898Bk • BALLY a litter of pigs or of rabbits
1898Bk • BANDY a hare
1898Bk • BATTY a rabbit
1898Bk • BELLY a litter of pigs or of rabbits
1898Bk • BERREY a rabbit warren; a group of rabbit holes
20C • NUN’S HABIT a rabbit (rhyming sl.)
1900s • RABBO a rabbit; rabbits as a group  
1902Bk • JACK-RABBIT a half-grown rabbit
1902Bk • KATIE a nickname for a hare
1902Bk • KATTY a nickname for a hare
1902Bk • LAVEROCK a hare, a leveret
1904Bk • SCAVERNICK a hare
1905Bk • MAWK a hare
1905Bk • MESS the number of rabbits found in a barrow
1905Bk • OLD SARAH a hare
1905Bk • PARRE a young leveret
1905Bk • TIRLINGS the excrement of sheep or rabbits
1905Bk • VERGEN a burrow of a fox, rabbit, etc.
1911Bk • BATIE a hare
1911Bk • BLEAK-BLEAK the cry of the hare
1911Bk • BOROUGHMONGER a rabbit
1911Bk • BOURIE a rabbit’s burrow; a fox’s den
1917 • NARROW-GAUGE MULE a jackrabbit; a hare  
1917 • SMALL MULE a hare
1919 • UNDERGROUND MUTTON rabbit meat  
1930s • UNDERGROUND CHICKEN rabbit  
1941 ​• BUSH BACON a rabbit  
1960 • MOLLY a rabbit  
1966 • DODGERa cottontail rabbit
1966 • SAILOR a cottontail rabbit  
1967 • BLUEBELLY a wild rabbit  
1969 • BLUE DICK a wild rabbit  
1969 • PADDLE-FOOT a cottontail rabbit  
1996 • PUSS a hare  
1999Bk • UNDERGROUND MUTTON rabbits
 
RABBIT – NOUNS, PERSON
1788 • LEPORICIDE a killer of hares 
1902 • RABBIE a travelling seller of rabbit meat
1902 • RABBIT-O(H) an itinerant seller of rabbits as food 
1908 • RABBO a street-seller of rabbits 
 
RABBIT – VERBS
1425 • CROTEY of hares, rabbits, etc.: to evacuate their excrement (obs.)
1486 • FUMAY of the hare and some other animals: to evacuate excrement (obs.)
1575 • CLICKET of the fox or hare: to be in heat, to copulate
1575 • TAP of a hare or rabbit: to make a drumming noise with the feet in rutting-time (obs.)
1902Bk • LAMPER of a hare: to jump leisurely 

RABBLE – ADJECTIVES
1566 • RASCAL pert. to the rabble (obs.)
1601 • TAG-RAG belonging to the rabble (obs.)
1642 • RASCALLY forming one or part of the rabble or common sort (obs.)
 
RABBLE – NOUNS
1330 • RASCAL a rabble or mob (obs.)
1330 • RASCAL collectively, the rabble of an army or of the populace; common soldiers or camp-followers; persons of the lowest class (obs.)
1375 • RANGALE rabble, esp. of an army; camp-followers (obs.)
1425 • PUTAYLE followers, rabble (obs.)
1470 • RASCALDRY the rabble, the lowest class (obs.)
1486 • RAFFLE of persons: rabble; riff-raff (obs.)
1535 • RANGAT rabble (obs.)
1535 • TAG AND RAG the rabble, the lower classes; an assemblage of people held in small esteem; everybody; all and any (obs.)
1548 • RABBLEMENT a tumultuous crowd of people; a disorderly assemblage, a mob; a rabble (obs.)
1573 • SINK the scum or dregs of a place or set of persons (obs.)
1577 • CLOBBERIOUSNESS the rabble, the ‘unwashed’  (obs.)
1577 • RASCABILITY rascality, rabble (obs.)
1577 • RASCALITY the rabble; persons of the lowest class
1589 • BAGGAGERY worthless rabble; the offscourings of society  (obs.)
1599 • RABBLE ROUT a tumultuous or confused crowd of people; a mob; the noise of such a rabble
1600 • CANALLIARY the ‘canaille’ collectively  (obs.)
1603 • BAGGAGE dregs, offscouring, riff-raff, rabble (obs.)
1606 • SKIM the rabble (obs.)
1607 • TAG the rabble; the lowest class of people (obs.)
1609 • TAG-RAG the rabble; the riff-raff; the common people; a member of the rabble
1635 • RIBBLE-RABBLE a tumultuous crowd or array of people; a disorderly assemblage; a mob; the scum of society; a great confusion 
1654 • RABBLE ROUT the rabble; the common, low, or disorderly part of the populace (obs.)
1655 • REVEL-ROUT a crowd or party of revellers; a company of spreesters; a mob, rabble (obs.)
1673 • RAFF the rabble; the rag-tag; the lowest class of the populace
1676 • CANAILLE the rabble, the mob
L17 • MOB the rabble  
1708 • CANALLY a rabble, a mob, a crew  
1771 • RIBBLE-RABBILL a disorderly crowd, rabble; a great confusion  
19C • RABBLE-RASH a dirty, noisy mob; the rabble  
19C • RABBLETY a small rabble or crowd  
1805 • CANALLYE • CANALYIE a mob, a rabble  
1815 • SCAFF of persons: riff-raff, the rabble  
1815 • SCAFF-AND-RAFF the dregs of the populace; the riff-raff, the rabble (obs.)
1815 • SCAFF-RAFF of persons: riff-raff, the rabble  
1820 • RAG-TAG AND BOBTAIL the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; also, the whole lot
1824 • RAGABASH • RAGGABASH a ragged crew of unmannerly people; the lowest of the low; the rabble, riff-raff 
1824 • RAGABOSH the rabble, the riff-raff
1824 • RAGABRASH • RAGGABRASH a ragged, motley crew; riff-raff, rabble  
1831 • RAGAMUFFINERY • RAGAMUFFINRY the disreputable classes of society; depraved actions or conduct
1832 • RASCALRY the rabble
1833 • BOILING everyone, the whole lot; a crowd; the whole quantity, party, etc.; rabble  
1858 • OFF-SCUM the rabble  
1866 • RAMMATREK a rabble; a  frolicsome, mischievous crowd, esp. of children  
1879 • RAG-TAG the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; a member of the rabble
1881 • HARRIAGE a moving, tumultuous assemblage of rough people; a rabble  
1887 • RAG SHAG AND BOBTAIL(S) a motley group  
1890Bk • BLACK BEETLES the lower orders, the rabble
1903Bk • RIBAUDRY the mob, the scum of society
1903Bk • RIBBLE-ROW a list of the rabble
1904Bk • RIBBLE-RASH rabble; low, disorderly people
1904Bk • SCOOT a rabble, a disorderly crowd
1904Bk • SCREEF • SKRIFF anything inferior or valueless; the dregs of society
1905Bk • RAMMATRACK a rabble
1905Bk • ROUGH-SCUFF the lowest people, the rabble
1929 • THE SCRUFF OF THE EARTH the rabble  
1932 • HELVERIE a rabble, a mass of people  
 
RABBLE – NOUNS, PERSON
1461 • RASCAL one belonging to the rabble or common herd; a man of low birth or station (obs.)
1500 • RASCALLER one of the rabble (obs.)
1818 • GUTTER-BLOOD a base-born person; one of low birth; one of the rabble; a ragged rascal  
1836 • RIFF-RAFF a low, disreputable person; the rabble, the mob  

RABID, RABIES – ADJECTIVES
1470 • RABIATE rabid (obs.)
1613 • RABBIOUS  • RABIOUS fierce, raging, rabid, mad (obs.)
1843 • HYDROPHOBIOUS pertaining to rabies
1885 • RABIC pert. to rabies
1887 • RABIC affected with rabies
1888 • RABITIC rabid
 
RABID etc. – NOUNS
1558 • RAGE rabies (obs.)
1678 • DOG MADNESS rabies  
1824 • RABIOSITY rabies  
1991Bk • HYDROPHOBIA rabies in human beings
1991Bk • HYDROPHOBOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of rabies
1991Bk • KYNOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of rabies
1991Bk • LYSSOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of rabies

RACCOON – NOUNS
1742 • COON a raccoon  
1844 • RINGTAIL a raccoon  
1891 • WASH-BEAR the raccoon
1895 • ALL-NIGHTER an animal which prowls throughout the night, as a raccoon 
1931 • CHAOUI a raccoon  
1938 • WASHING BEAR a raccoon
1965 • RINGTAIL COON a raccoon  
1967 • BANDIT a raccoon  

RACE (of people) – ADJECTIVES (also see MIXED RACE)
1950s • SALT-AND-PEPPER said of anything involving both Blacks and Whites  
 
RACE (of people) – NOUNS
1555 • CASTE a race, stock, or breed of men (obs.)
1846 • HAVAGE race, lineage, family stock, parentage  
1856 • MAKE race, family, lineage, species, kind  
 
RACE (of people) – NOUNS, PERSON
1649 • GENARCHA the founder of a family or race (obs.)
1879 • GENARCH the founder of a family or race  
1950s • SALT AND PEPPER an inter-racial couple
1950s • SALT AND PEPPER friends or colleagues of different races  

RACE (event) – NOUNS
1796 • SCOUR rate, pace; a quick walk, a race  
1860 • BRUSH a rapid run or race; a contest in speed  
1864 • DING-DONG RACE a neck-and-neck race
20C • AIRS AND GRACES races  
1904Bk • SCRAWL the starting-line of a race
1905Bk • PAST the starting-point of a race; the line drawn in a boys’ game
1905Bk • TIE a foot-race between two competitors 

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION – NOUNS
1940s • WRINGING AND TWISTING suffering racial discrimination and dealing with it either by rebellion or acquiescence

RACING – ADJECTIVES
1970 • X in drag racing: experimental  
1973 • SIDEWAYS in motor racing: out of control, whether or not the car is actually sideways to the track traffic  
1993 • ON THE WOOD in hot rodding and motor racing: throttled to the maximum  
1993 • SIAMESED in motor racing and repair: closely connected or joined together
1998Bk • SQUIRRELLY racing term describing a car that is given to sliding
 
RACING – NOUNS
L19 • RAGING FAVOURITE a hot favourite in racing  
1948 • STACKS in hot rodding: an exhaust system  
1950s • GILHOOLEY a skid in which a car ends up facing in the reverse direction  
1951 • A-BOMB in drag racing: a converted Model-A Ford capable of exceptionally rapid acceleration  
1951 • A-BONE in drag racing: a Model-A Ford  
1954 • FADEAWAY in hot rodding: a design feature that blends the front fender back into the car body  
1954 • JUICER in hot rodding: hydraulic brakes  
1954 • TON a speed of 100 miles an hour; a high speed
1958 • FLAMETHROWER in hot rodding and drag racing: an ignition system that has been greatly enhanced
1958 • HOLLYWOOD in hot rodding: an extravagant, ostentatious exhaust system  
1958 • UNCLE DANIEL in hot rodding: a deceptively normal-looking car that has been modified and enhanced for speed .
1960 • FLOOR BOX in hot rodding: a card with a manual transmission  
1960 • GARBAGE in hot rodding: a surfeit of accessories unrelated to the car’s performance  
1960 • TAIL in hot rodding: a fox tail or raccoon tail tied to the car  
1962 • JUICE in drag racing and hot rodding: any special blend of racing fuel  
1962 • TACO WAGON in hot rodding: any car which has had its leaf springs shackled, lowering the body  
1963 • LAKE PIPES in hot rodding: straight exhaust pipes, originally designed for speed runs on dry lake beds  
1963 • RAIL (JOB) a drag racing car with a chassis made of rail-like metal bars; a drag racing car regardless of the chassis construction  
1965 • DAGO in hot rodding: a dropped front axle, esp. on older Fords  
1965 • FLAME-OUT in hot rodding and motor racing: a complete failure of the ignition system while the car is operating  
1965 • GASOLINE ALLEY in motor racing: the area at the race track where race teams repair and prepare cars for the race  
1965 • GASSER in drag racing, a car that only uses petrol for fuel  
1965 • KOOKY in drag racing and hot rodding: a bobtail roadster with a sort rear overhang  
1965 • MONKEY MOTION in hot rodding and drag racing: unwanted movement in any mechanical device  
1965 • Q-SHIP among hot-rodders: a high-performing car that appears to be a conventional car  
1965 • RAGGED EDGE in hotrodding, drag racing, and motor racing: the absolute limit of the car’s ability  
1965 • SCRAMBLE in motorcycle racing: a race in difficult terrain  
1965 • TOY in drag racing: a dragster (a car designed specifically and exclusively for drag racing)  
1968 • GLASS in drag racing and hot rodding: fibreglass, used to reduce weight  
1968 • HONKER in drag racing: a fast stock car  
1968 • JUICE BRAKES in hot rodding and drag racing: hydraulic brakes  
1968 • SAUCE in drag racing: a fuel mixed from nitromethane and alcohol  
1968 • SCAVENGER in drag racing and hot rodding: a car that wins often, that ‘eats up’ its competition
1970 • BURN-THROUGH the process of cleaning tires on a dragster with bleach poured on the ground over which the tires are spun
1970 • RAM TUBE in a drag racing car: an injector that forces air into a carburettor  
1970 • TRAP a timing light at the finish line of a drag race  
1970 • WAILER in drag racing: a very fast car  
1972 • MACHINE a hot rod  
1973 • POLE DAY in motor racing: the first day of qualifying heats when the pole position is decided  
1975Bk • BENT EIGHT a car with an eight-cylinder engine; an eight-cylinder engine
1980 • HUMPER in motor racing: a slick drag racing tire that has been grooved for use on a dirt track  
1980 • JUDDER in motor racing: a shuddering effect felt during braking because of tire imbalance  
1988 • BURNOUTin drag racing: the pre-race spinning of the car’s rear tires to clean and heat the tires, producing crowd-pleasing smoke and noise
1992 • SNEAKER in hot rodding or motor racing: an usually large tire  
1993 • BABY MOON in hot rodding: a small, chrome convex wheel cover  
1993 • BURNOUT BOX in drag racing: the area where tires are heated and cleaned before a race
1993 • DOUBLE TON in motor racing: 200 miles per hour
1993 • FLOPPER a modified stock car in which the entire fibreglass body lifts from the front to gain access to the engine and driver seat
1993 • LAKESTER in hot rodding: a car with a streamlined body and exposed wheels, designed for racing on dry lake beds  
1993 • RACE FACE in motor racing: the look of total concentration and focus seen on drivers just before a race begins  
1993 • WISHBONE in hot rodding: a triangular suspension control device  
1997 • ROCK in slot car racing: a slow car
1998Bk • RIDE THE RAILS in car racing: racing technique that calls for taking the outside course on the flats and the high part  of the banked curves
1998Bk • SCUFF racing term for a tire that has been used at least once and is held for a future race
1998Bk • SLICKS wide, smooth-tread racing tires
1998Bk • SLINGSHOT a dragster in which the driver sits behind the rear wheels, like a rock in a slingshot
1998Bk • SLINGSHOT a racing manoeuvre in which a car following in the draft of another breaks out of the vacuum and gets a sudden burst of speed
2003 • HYDRAULIC in drag racing: a massive engine failure resulting from fuel failing to ignite within a cylinder  
2006Bk • DRAGGIN’-WAGON a fast car; a car customized for racing
 
RACING – NOUNS, PERSON
1929 • GAS JOCKEY a racing car driver  
1962 • DIRT-EATER in auto racing: a driver who races on a dirt track  
1965 • GAFFER in motorcycle racing: a leader of a racing team  
1965 • SAM SLED in drag racing: a driver who consistently underperforms  
1969 • MOTOCROSSER a person who rides a motorcycle designed for use in motocross (cross-country motorcycle racing)
1977 • CAR JOCKEYa race car driver
1978 • MOTORCROSSER a person who rides a motorcycle designed for use in motocross (cross-country motorcycle racing)
1980 • FACTORY DRIVER in motor racing: a driver officially representing a car manufacturer  
1980 • WRENCH in drag and motor racing: a mechanic
1980 • ZOOKEEPER in motor racing: the official in charge of the pit area  
1982Bk • BACK MARKER in auto racing: one who falls far behind in a race
1993 • COLD PIT in motor racing: a member of the pit crew who works behind the wall separating the pit from the race track
1993 • JACK THE BEAR in motor racing: a driver who performs very well
1993 • MONEY-GRABBER in motor racing: a driver who enters an event and competes only long enough to claim the fee for appearing and then quits the race  
1993 • RACY BOPPER a female fan of motor racing whose attraction to the sport is a function of her attraction to the race participants  
2006Bk • PACER a driver who drives on a race-track at a predetermined speed before the green flag is dropped
 
RACING – VERBS
1920 • DRIVE BLUE in car racing: to drive all out  
1952 • NERF in motor racing: to bump a competitor during a race  
1955 • BATCH OUT to start and accelerate a hot rod from a standing start
1958 • GUT in hot rodding: to remove all but the bare essentials from a car’s interior  
1958 • SKIN in hot rodding: to remove a car’s upholstery  
1960 • GLASS in hot rodding: to repair a car body with lead compound, or fibreglass  
1960s • VENTILATE THE BLOCK in hot rodding and drag racing: to blow a rod out through the engine  
1965 • BLIP in hot rodding or drag racing: to throttle up quickly and then release, momentarily increasing the revolutions per minute  
1965 • DROP THE HAMMER at the start of a drag race: to release (engage) the clutch in a sudden and forceful move  
1965 • EARHOLE in motorcycle racing: to bank the motorcycle to an extreme degree in a turn, bringing the driver and the driver’s ear close to the ground  
1965 • HARD-CHARGE in car racing, to drive aggressively  
1965 • LIGHT THE RUGS in drag racing: to accelerate in a fashion that makes the tires smoke  
1965 • LIGHT THE WIENIES in drag racing: to smoke the tires when the race begins 1965 • SHUNT in motor racing: to bump a competitor  
1965 • SHUT THE GATE in motor racing: to pass another car and immediately pull in front of the other car, minimizing its ability to pass in return
1968 • SMOOTH in hot rodding and drag racing: to remove ornaments and hardware from the car body  
1968 • UNGLUE in drag racing and hot rodding: to blow up an engine
1979 • DRIVE AT THE LIMIT in car racing: to drive as close as possible to the car’s optimum performance  
1993 • BARF in hot rodding and drag racing: to damage something completely or partially, leaving parts scattered  
2003 • RACE FOR PINKS in drag racing: to compete for the prize of ownership of the opponent’s car
2003 • RACE FOR PINK SLIPS in drag racing: to compete for the prize of ownership of the opponent’s car  
2004 • WRENCH in motor racing, and hot rodding: to perform mechanical work on a car, whether it literally involves the use of a wrench or not  

RACISM, RACIST – ADJECTIVES
1945 • REBBISH poor, White, and racist  
1986 • RED-NECKED pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist
1986 • RED-NECKY pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist
 
RACISM etc. –  INTERJECTIONS/PHRASES
1960s • UP AGAINST THE WALL MOTHERFUCKER! be aware of racism; be conscious of one’s social condition  
1981 • SAME MUD, SAME BLOOD used for explaining the absence of racism in combat troops  

RACISM etc. –  NOUNS
2007Bk • BABYLON racist White society, Britain
 
RACISM etc. –  NOUNS, PERSON
1891 • REDNECK a poor, White, rural Southerner; a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist (derogatory)
1917 • RACIALIST an advocate or practitioner of racialism
1928 • CRACKER a White racist (derogatory)
1932 • RACIST an advocate of the belief in the superiority of a particular race, leading to prejudice and antagonism towards people of other races; a bigot
1950s • JEFF a White person, esp. if a racist  
1960s • YACOO • YAKOO a White racist bigot  
1970 • PAKI-BASHER • PAKKI-BASHER a violent racist who, usually as part of a group, attacks members of the Asian community  
1993 • REBBY a racist White man  

RACKET (noise) – NOUNS
1567 • TINTAMARRE a loud and confused noise, uproar, clamour, racket, din, hubbub 1582 • RACK JACK a racket (disturbance) (obs.)
19C • RATTOCK a great noise; a racket
1804 • DIRR loud noise or stir; a racket  
1813 • RICKET a racket, disturbance (obs.)
1851 • CLATTERWACKING • CLATTERWHACKING a clatter, a racket; noisy talking
1872 • BOB’S-A-DYING a great row or racket; boisterous merriment
1877 • TOW-ROW an uproar, a hubbub, a noisy disturbance; a din, a racket  
1905Bk • TANRACKET a racket, noise, confusion; a noisy crowd 

RACKET (scheme) – NOUNS
1812 • RAMP any form of swindle or fraud; a swindle or racket involving charging exorbitant prices
1870 • DART an illicit activity; a racket  
1891 • LURK a dodge, racket, or scheme  
1901 • REINIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam  
1910 • RORT a dodge, a trick, a scheme, a racket; a fraudulent or dishonest practice  
1916 • RANICKY • RENICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam  
1916 • RENICKY-BOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam  
1935 • RANNIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam  
1943 • HUSTLE a swindle or racket  
1945 • RANI-CUM-BOOGERIE a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam  
1955 • HYPE deception, cheating; a confidence trick, a racket, a swindle, a publicity stunt  
1963 • SCAM a con-trick, swindle or racket, often specifically a fraudulent bankruptcy  
1966 • PROP GAME a fraud racket by which householders are coaxed into paying heavily for unnecessary repairs 

RACKETEER, RACKETEERING – NOUNS, PERSON
1928 • BAGMAN someone who collects or administers the collection of money obtained by racketeering and other dishonest means

RACQUETBALL – NOUNS
1971 • GUN HAND in racquetball: the hand with which a player holds the racquet

RACY – ADJECTIVES
1866 • SALTY piquant, racy
1883 • JUICY suggestive, esp. in a sexual way; piquant, racy, sensational