Reverse Dictionary: RH – RIF

RHETORIC, RHETORICAL, RHETORICALLY – ADJECTIVES
– ORATORY pert. to an orator; oratorial; rhetorical …1534 obs.
 
RHETORIC etc. – ADVERBS
– ORATORIOUSLY after the manner of an orator; rhetorically; eloquently …1563 obs.
 
RHETORIC etc. – NOUNS
– ORATORY the art of the orator or of public speaking; the art of speaking eloquently according to definite rules, so as to please or persuade; rhetoric …1593
 
RHEUMATISM – ADJECTIVES
– ALL IN A PIECE stiff with cold or rheumatism …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ALL OF A PIECE stiff, crippled by rheumatism …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– RHEUMATISMED afflicted with rheumatism …c1938 Amer. dial.
– RHEUMATIST afflicted with rheumatism or stiff joints …1804 Sc. obs.
 
RHEUMATISM – NOUNS
– ARTHURATICS arthritis, rheumatism …1967 Amer. dial.
– ARTHURITIS arthritis, rheumatism …1954 Amer. dial.
– HALT rheumatism …1865 Eng. dial.
– PAINS chronic rheumatism, rheumatic twinges …1795 Sc.
– RHEUM rheumatism; an attack of rheumatism …1966 Amer. dial.
– RHEUMATIC rheumatism; a rheumatic attack or pain …1835 Amer. dial.
– RHEUMATICS rheumatism …1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– RHEUMATIZ rheumatism; a rheumatic attack or pain …1844 Amer. dial.
– RHEUMS rheumatism …1886 Sc.
– RHEUMS, THE rheumatism; an attack of rheumatism …1966 Amer. dial.
– ROOMATICS rheumatism …1826 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ROOMATISM rheumatism …1901 Sc.
– ROOMYTICS rheumatism …1826 Ireland
– RUMATICKS rheumatism …1826 Sc.
– SCREWMATIC-FEVER rheumatic fever …1896 Eng. dial.
– SCREWMATICKS rheumatism …1895 sl.
– SCREWMATICS rheumatism …1895 sl.
– THE SCREWS rheumatism …1897 sl.
– SCROOMATICS rheumatism …1895 Eng. dial.
– TUCKS stiffness; rheumatism …1916 Amer. dial.
 
RHEUMATISM – PHRASES
– HE MUST HAVE BEEN DRINKING OUT OF A DAMP GLASS refers to someone who has caught a cold or who has a touch of rheumatism …20C Brit.
– HE MUST HAVE BEEN DRINKING OUT OF A DAMP MUG refers to someone who has caught a cold or who has a touch of rheumatism …20C Brit.
– HE MUST HAVE BEEN DRINKING OUT OF A DAMP POT refers to someone who has caught a cold or who has a touch of rheumatism …20C Brit.
 
RHINOCEROS – NOUNS
– ABADA a rhinoceros …1541 Anglo-Indian 
– HORNED-SNOUT the rhinoceros …1661 obs.
– RHINO a rhinoceros …1884 sl.
– SNOUT-HORN a rhinoceros …1625 poetic usage
 
RHODE ISLAND – NOUNS
– LITTLE RHODY the state of Rhode Island …Bk1903 Amer. sl.
– RHODY the state of Rhode Island …Bk1903 Amer. sl.
 
RHODE ISLAND – NOUNS, PERSON
– NUTMEG a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island …1821 sl.
– NUTMEG-MAKER a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island …1883 sl.
 
RHODESIA – NOUNS, PERSON
– YARPIE a Rhodesian …1997 UK sl.
 
RHODODENDRON – NOUNS
– LITTLE LAUREL a rhododendron …1901 Amer. dial.
 
RHUBARB – NOUNS
– APPLE CABBAGE rhubarb …1896 Amer. dial. obs.
– APPLE-PERU rhubarb …1895 Amer. dial.
– ELEPHANT EARS rhubarb …1968 Amer. dial.
– PIE-PLANT rhubarb …1838 Amer. dial.
– PIE STEM rhubarb …1969 Amer. dial.
 
RHYME – ADJECTIVES
– NIPPERTY-TIPPERTY of rhymes or tunes: quick and rattling in rhythm …1817 Sc.
 
RHYME – NOUNS
– CHIME a rhyme …1897 Amer. dial.
– JARGON a jingle or assonance of rhymes …1570 rare
– RHYMING-WARE compositions in rhyme; poetry …1785 Sc. obs.
– RIDLESS a doggerel rhyme; an improbable story, a rigmarole …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– TING-TANG a jingling repetition of sounds, rhyme …1686
 
RHYME – NOUNS, PERSON
– CHIMER one who composes rhymes …1897 Amer. dial.
– TAGRHYME a rhymester …Bk1903 sl.
– TINKLER a rhymester …1840
 
RHYME – VERBS
– BERIME to compose rhymes about; to celebrate in rhyme; often, to lampoon …1589
– RANE to rhyme …1899 Sc.
– SHOOT THE GIFT to talk in rhyme or rhythm; to converse; to rap …1980s African-American sl.
– TINKLE to rhyme or jingle …1626
 
RHYTHM, RHYTHMICAL – NOUNS
– BOUNCE a buoyant rhythm …1937 
– CASURE cadence, rhythm …1565 obs. rare
 
RHYTHM etc. – VERBS
– SKANK to move rhythmically …1980s Black British sl.
 
RIB – NOUNS
– PALINGS the ribs …M19 boxing usage
– PAP-BONE each of the pair of ribs beneath the paps ..1581 obs.
– RAILINGS the ribs …M19 sl.
– SIDE-BONE a rib …1848
– SLATS the ribs …1898 sl., orig. and chiefly US
 
RIBALD, RIBALDRY – NOUNS
– BORBOROLOGY filthy talk; ribaldry …1649 obs. rare
– HARLOTRY buffoonery, jesting; ribaldry, scurrility, scurrilous talk; obscene talk or behaviour …c1325 obs.
– HASH a noise, tumult; strife, rioting; ribald talk, nonsense …1801 Sc.
– JAPERY jesting speech; ribaldry; a jest …c1340 obs.
– RIBBLE-RABBLE indecent or profligate talk, ribaldry …B1900 Eng. dial.
 
RIBALD etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– HOLOUR a fornicator, a whoremonger, an adulterer; a debauchee, rake, ribald, scoundrel …c1230 obs.
– RAFFLE-COFFIN a ruffian; a ribald fellow …c1696 sl.
 
RIBBON – NOUNS
– BAB a posy or nosegay of flowers; a tassel or bunch of ribbons …1816 Sc.
– BEND a ribbon, strap, band, used for ornament or as part of a dress; a sash, hat-band, bandage …c1000 obs.
– DAUB a ribbon …M19 US criminals’ sl.
– FATTERALS;  FATTRALS;  FATTRELS ribbon ends, loose pieces of trimming; anything loose and trailing; rarely in singular …1786 Sc. obs.
– FAVOUR-RIBBON a ribbon worn as a love token …1762 obs.
– NECKLACE a lace or ribbon for the neck …1697 obs.
 
RICE – NOUNS
– CHINESE GRITS rice …1967 Amer. dial.
– CHINKBERRIES rice …World War II Amer. sl.
– MOONSHINE rice …1933 Amer. dial.
– MOONSHINE rice and raisins cooked together (eaten by cowboys) …1966 Amer. dial.
– SKIPPING JENNY rice and peas cooked together …1952 Amer. dial.
– STRIKE-ME-BLIND rice …Bk1904 nautical sl.
– SWAMP-SEED among sailors: rice …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– THREE BLIND MICE a sack of rice …20C rhyming sl.
 
RICE – NOUNS, PERSON
– RICE-BAG a rice planter …Bk1903 Amer. sl.
 
RICH – ADJECTIVES (also see WEALTHY)
– ABLE rich, well-to-do …1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BETTER-HEELED better off, wealthier, richer …1873 sl., orig. US
– DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK AND TICH rich …2004 UK rhyming sl.
– EADI rich, wealthy, luxurious …a1000 obs.
– FAT of a person: affluent, wealthy, well-to-do, rich …1611 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
– FLUSH rich …1603 sl.
– HEELED rich; now usually preceded by ‘well’ …1880 sl.
– INGOTTED rich …1864 sl.
– IN THE MONEY rich; orig. used to denote being among the prize-winners in a competition, show, etc. …1902 sl.
– LAANIE;  LAHNIE;  LANI;   LANIE;  LARNEY moneyed, rich, wealthy …1970s S. Afr. sl.
– LOADED rich …Bk1995 US sl.
– LOUSY-RICH very rich, wealthy …1942 Amer. sl.
– LOUSY WITH MONEY rich …1843 Amer. dial.
– MADE OF MONEY rich; mainly used in negatives and questions …1849 sl.
– OOFY rich …1896 sl.
– OPIME rich, abundant, sumptuous, splendid …1533 obs.
– OPIMOUS rich, abundant, plentiful, sumptuous, splendid …1656 obs.
– OPIPAROUS rich, sumptuous …1621 obs. rare
– RARELY OFF in comfortable circumstances; well-to-do; rich …B1900 Eng. dial. 
– RHINOCERAL rich …M19 sl.
– RHINOCERICAL having plenty of ‘the rhino’; rich; full of money …1688 sl. obs.
– RHINO-FAT rich …Bk1903 sl.
– RICH AS INDEE very wealthy …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– RICH AS JAY GOULD very rich …1965 Amer. dial.
– ROLLING IN IT rich …1782 sl.
– ROTTEN WITH MONEY very rich …1871 colloq.
– STAKEY;  STAKY rich …1919 sl., chiefly Can.
– TINNY having plenty of ‘tin’; rich, wealthy …1871 sl.
– VERY FAMILLIONAIRE typical of a nouveau riche …M19 UK society usage
– WADDED well-off, rich …2002 UK sl.
– WARM comfortably off, well-to-do; rich, affluent …1571 colloq.
– WARM-POCKETED rich, well-to-do …1899 Eng. dial.
– WELL-HEELED rich …1880 sl.
– WELL-SHOD rich …L19 US sl.
– WORTH A PLUM rich …c1710 colloq.
 
RICH – NOUNS
– DIVITIOSITY abundance of riches; a being very rich …1656 obs.
– HOB’S KNOB the smart, rich area of a town …20C US sl.
 
RICH – NOUNS, PERSON
– ABOUNDER one who has plenty or is rich or wealthy …1755 chiefly poetic usage, obs. rare
– BALLA;  BALLER one who is extremely rich, esp. from the profits of criminality …1991 African-American sl.
– BARLEY-BUN GENTLEMAN a rich gentleman eating poorly and otherwise living in a miserly way …17C
– BARON anyone who has money …1841 sl.
– BAWLA one who is extremely rich, esp. from the profits of criminality …1991 African-American sl.
– THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE rich and fashionable people, regarded as a social group; the members of a social or celebrity elite …1950 colloq. orig. US
– BIFFTAD a rich kid …Bk1993 teen sl.
– BIG LEGS a big spender; a rich man …Bk1972 homosexual sl.
– BIG NOTE MAN a rich man; a wealthy person …1950 Aust. sl.
– DEEP POCKETS a rich person …Bk2006 US sl.
– FAT CULL a rich fellow …1848 Amer. dial.
– FAT SQUIRE a rich fool …17C sl.
– GAGER a rich man …18C UK sl. 
– GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person …1965 Amer. dial.
– HOORAY (HENRY)  orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a  fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man …1936 Brit. sl., derogatory
– ICKY a rich person …1953 US sl. 
– IT GIRL a woman who is very famous, fashionable, or successful at a particular time; esp. a glamorous, vivacious, or sexually attractive actress, model, etc., or a young, rich woman who has achieves celebrity because of her socialite lifestyle …1927 colloq., orig. US
– JACK FULL OF MONEY a rich and easy-spending man, especially if young …Bk1896 Amer.  student sl.
– JAKE GOULD one who is rich and important …1965 Amer. dial.
– JOHN D a very rich person …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– LAANIE;  LAHNEE;  LANI;  LANIE;  LARNEY a White person; a rich person …1970s S. Afr. sl.
– LEVIATHAN a man of vast and formidable power or enormous wealth, a rich and powerful person …1607
– MONEYBAGS (sometimes derogatory) a person characterized as having or desiring money; a wealthy or rich person …1820 colloq.
– MONEY-BUG a millionaire …c1898 sl., orig. US
– MONEYED MAN a rich or wealthy man …a1593
– MONEY GRIP a rich man; one who has money and flaunts it …1991 US college sl.
– MONEY’S MAMMY a very rich person …1942 African-American sl.
– MR. ASTORBILT a rich or high-class person; a member of the ‘best society’ of a community; a self-important person …1965 Amer. dial.
– MR. GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person …1965 Amer. dial.
– MRS. GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person …1965 Amer. dial.
– MRS. JAY GOULD a woman who is rich and important …1965 Amer. dial.
– NABOB a person of great wealth; one who returned from India with a large fortune acquired there; a very rich and luxurious person …1764
– NABOBESS female nabob; the wife of a nabob …1767
– NARIKIN a nouveau riche …1910s sl.
– NEECEE PRINCESS a nouveau riche young woman …L19 UK society usage
– NOBBY a person of social distinction or pretensions, a rich or high-class person …1882 Sc. 
– NOOV;  NOOVE a member of the nouveuax riches …1984 Brit. sl., derogatory
– OAK, OKE a rich man; a man of substance …17C sl.
– OLD GAGER a rich old man …18C UK criminals’ sl.
– PARVE a parvenu, a person from a humble background who has rapidly gained wealth or an influential social position; a nouveau riche; an upstart, a social climber …1980s Aust. sl. 
– PLOOT;  PLUTE a rich person …1908 sl., chiefly US, derogatory
– RABBIT SUCKER a rich young man who is gulled into running up large bills by confidence tricksters who later dun him for their debts …L16 UK criminals’ sl.
– RAG-GORGER a wealthy or rich man …c1820 sl.
– RAG-GORGY a wealthy or rich man …c1820 sl.
– RAG SPLAWDGER a wealthy or rich man …c1858 sl.
– RAG SPLAWGER a wealthy or rich man …c1858 sl.
– RICH BUG one who has plenty of money …1968 Amer. dial.
– RICHIE a rich person …1966 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– RICHLING a rich person (said with contemptuous force) …a1500 rare
– RICHY a rich person …1966 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– ROCKEFELLER an immensely rich person; a millionaire …M20
– SAPPODIL a rich man with the sweet nature of a daffodil who is easily induced to spend his money …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SARAH a single, rich, and happy woman …2002 UK sl.
– SILK HAT a rich person …L19 US sl., later African-American usage
– SILK STOCKING a rich or wealthy person …L19 US sl., later African-American usage
– SQUILLIONAIRE a multi-millionaire; hence, an extremely rich person …1979 sl.
– STINK-O’-BRASS an extremely rich person who is also a niggard …1878 Eng. dial.
– TINMAN a very rich man; a millionaire …L19 sporting sl.
– TURKEY-BUYER a rich person …L19 sl.
– UMIALIK a boat captain; a boss; a rich man …1866 Alaska
– UPJUMP an upstart, a nouveau riche; a term of abuse …1910s Aust. sl.
– VANDERBILT a very rich or wealthy man; a multi-millionaire …1909 US sl. 
– VICTORIA a nouveau riche person …2003 UK sl.
– WARM MAN a rich man, flush in the pocket …1766 sl.
– ZILLIONAIRE a multi-millionaire; hence, an extremely rich person …1944
 
RICH – VERBS
– BE WORTH A PLUM to be rich …c1710 colloq.
– DIVITIATE to enrich, to make rich …1627 obs.
– FALL HEAVY to die rich …1854 Eng. dial.
– GET CURED to get rich …1957 US sl.
– HAVE MONEY TO BURN to be rich, to have plenty to spend …20C sl.
– MAKE A BOMB to become rich; to ‘make a packet’ …c1945 Brit. sl.
– MAKE ONE’S PILE to become rich …1854 sl., orig. US
– RICH to become rich …1641 Sc. obs.
– STINK OF MONEY to be rich …1877 sl., derogatory
– STINK WITH PRIDE to be ‘offensively’ rich …1877 Eng. dial.
– STRIKE IT RICH to become rich …1884 sl., orig. US
– WALLOW IN WEALTH to be very rich …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
RICHES – NOUNS
– MAMMON riches, wealth regarded as an evil influence or as an idol …1362
– MAMMONISM devotion to the pursuit of riches …1843
– MAMMONOLATRY the worship of riches or wealth …1820 nonce word
– SUBSTANCES riches, possessions …1382 obs.
– TALENT treasure, riches, wealth, abundance …a1400-50 obs.
 
RICHES – NOUNS, PERSON
– MAMMONIST a person devoted to the acquisition of wealth; one that worships or seeks after riches …1550
– MAMMONITE a worshipper of mammon; one who sets his heart on riches …1712
 
RICHLY – ADVERBS
– DEARWORTHILY worthily, honourably; preciously, richly; affectionately …a1300 obs.
– DEARWORTHLY worthily, honourably; preciously, richly; affectionately …c1205 obs.
 
RICKETY – ADJECTIVES
– ADDLE tumbledown, loose, rickety, shaky …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CLICK-MA-DOODLE badly done; rickety …19C Eng. dial.
– COCKLETY rickety; tottering; unsteady; applied to what is likely to tumble or fall off …Bk1883 Eng. dial,
– COGGLETY shaky, unsteady, unstable, rickety …19C Eng. dial.
– DICKY of things, conditions, etc.: uncertain, doubtful, critical, hazardous; rickety, shaky, tottering …1851
– EMMIS insecurely placed, unsteady, rickety …Bk1900 Sc.
– LAVADATED rickety, dilapidated …1927 Amer. dial.
– PARALYTIC shaky, rickety …1824 humorous usage, obs.
– RAMSHACKERING rickety, dilapidated …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
– RAMSHACKLE loose and shaky as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, in disorder; orig. said chiefly of carriages and houses …1830
– RAMSHACKLED dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair, rickety, tumbledown …1675
– RAMSHACKLEY rickety …1895 Eng. dial.
– RAMSHACKLING rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated …1868
– RAMSHACKLY rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair …1857
– RANSHACKLED rickety, dilapidated …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RATTLE-GUT rickety, shaky, rattling …1877 Eng. dial.
– RICKET unsteady, rickety …Bk1904 Sc. obs.
– RICKETED rickety, shaky, unsteady …1896 Eng. dial.
– RICKLETY rickety, unstable, dilapidated, unsteady …1969 Amer. dial.
– RICKLEY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated …1865 Sc.
– RICKLY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated …1865 Sc.
– RIMRACKED ruined, worn out, rickety …1862 Amer. dial.
– SHACKELTY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky …1905 Amer. dial.
– SHACKELY shaky, rickety …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– SHACKLEDY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky …1905 Amer. dial.
– SHACKLETY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky …1905 Amer. dial.
– SHACKLEY ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tottering …1897 Amer. dial.
– SHACKLING ramshackle, rickety, run-down …c1784 Amer. dial.
– SHACKLY ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tottering …1843 Amer. dial.
– SHAMBLY ramshackle, rickety …M20 colloq.
– SHATTERY of furniture, etc., loose, rickety …E19 Eng. dial.
– SQUEEGEE distorted, damaged, rickety …1959 Amer. dial.
– TITTUPING unsteady, rickety …1824
– TITTUPY apt to tip up; unsteady, shaky, rickety …1798 colloq.
– WAPPERGEE rickety …1959 Amer. dial. rare
– WEE-WAW  askew; crooked; more on one side than the other;  rickety, shaky, loose, unsteady, wobbling …1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
 
RICKETY – NOUNS
– BONE-SETTER a horse hard in the riding; a rickety conveyance or vehicle …M18 sl.
– BRAIGGLE an old and dangerously rickety article …Bk1911 Sc.
– CLICK-MA-DOODLE a rickety article; a badly finished piece of work …19C Eng. dial.
– RAMSHACKLE something rickety or tumbledown …1865 nonce use
 
RICKETY – VERBS
– WEEWAW to set askew; to proceed unsteadily; to be shaky, wobbly or rickety …1914 Amer. dial.
– WEE-WOW to be shaky, rickety, or wobbly …1927 Amer. dial.
 
RICKSHAW – NOUNS
– CYCLO a rickshaw pulled by a bicycle …1972 US sl.
 
RICOCHET – VERBS
– SCALE to skip, to bounce, to ricochet …a1870 Amer. dial.
 
RID, RIDDANCE – ADJECTIVES
– RIDDY rid …1889 Eng. dial.
 
RID, etc. – NOUNS
– RID riddance …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
RID etc. – VERBS
– ARSEHOLE to dismiss; to get rid of …1960s Aust. sl.
– ASHCAN to throw in an ashcan; to discard, to throw away, to get rid of …1938 Amer. sl.
– BE SHUT OF to dismiss, to get rid of …1575
– CAN to get rid of, to expel, to discharge, to eject, to jilt, to dismiss; to discharge from employment …1905 Amer. sl.
– CASHIER to discard, to get rid off, to banish a thing …1603
– CONSIGN TO THE ASHCAN to dispose of, to get rid of; to forget about …1906
– DECARD to reject, to set aside, to get rid of, to dismiss …1605 obs.
– DUST to bring to ruin, to defeat, to kill; to discard, to get rid of …1938 sl., orig. US
– DUST OFF to bring to ruin; to defeat, to kill; to discard, to get rid of …1938 sl., orig. US
– EASE to get rid of, to leave behind …1920s US sl.
– EXTREAT to eliminate, to get rid of …1628 obs.
– EXTURB to hustle out; to get rid of …1603 obs.
– FADE to ignore, to erase, to get rid of …1990s African-American sl.
– GET SHOT OF to dismiss; to get rid of …1802
– GET SHUT OF to dismiss, to get rid of …1575
– GIVE ONE THE GO-AHEAD SIGNAL to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off …1967 Amer. dial.
– GIVE ONE THE GO-AWAY SIGN to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off …1967 Amer. dial.
– GIVE ONE THE GO-LIGHT to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off …1967 Amer. dial.
– GIVE ONE THE GO-SIGN to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off …1950 Amer. dial.
– GIVE ONE THE GO-SIGNAL to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off …1967 Amer. dial.
– GIVE THE ARSE to get rid of a person or thing; to dismiss …1955 Aust.
– GIVE THE LONSDALE to dismiss, to get rid of …c1940 Brit. sl.
– GIVE THE LONSDALE BELT to dismiss, to get rid of …c1940 Brit. sl.
– MAKE SHORT METER OF to dispose or rid of quickly …1916 Amer. dial.
– NET to rid of …1536 obs.
– OFF to get rid of, to reject, to dismiss …L19 sl.
– PARK to get rid of someone or something …1940s sl.
– REDD to rid, to free …1848 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SANDBAG to get rid of …1910s sl.
– SEND GANDER-HUNTING to send away, to get rid of …1865 Eng. dial.
– SHOOT THE HAT to discard, to get rid of …1877 sl.
– SKID(S) to get rid of …1950s US criminals’ sl.
– TIE A CAN TO to get rid of or dismiss; to quit or stop …1899 US sl.
– UNLOAD to drop, to dispose of, to get rid of …M19 sl.
 
RIDDLE – ADJECTIVES
– OEDIPEAN clever at guessing a riddle …1621
 
RIDDLE – NOUNS
– GUESSING-STORY a conundrum, a riddle …B1900 Eng. dial.
– OPPOSAL the putting of posing questions; examination, interrogation; a posing question; a puzzle, enigma, riddle …1426 obs.
– QUIRK a riddle, a catch-question, an arithmetical problem …1929 Sc.
– QUIRKLE a riddle, a catch-question, an arithmetical problem …1929 Sc.
– QUIRKLUM a riddle, a catch-question, an arithmetical problem …1929 Sc.
– REDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum …1873 Eng. dial.
– RIDDLEUM a riddle, a conundrum …1824 Sc.
– RIDDLING a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum …1873 Eng. dial.
– RIDDLUM a riddle, a conundrum …1824 Sc.
– RIDLESS a conundrum, a riddle …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– RUDDLIN a riddle, a puzzle, a conundrum …1873 Eng. dial.
– YED a song, a poem, a speech, a tale, a riddle …c1205 obs.
 
RIDDLE – NOUNS, PERSON
– EDIPUS;  OEDIPUS one who is clever at guessing riddles …1557
 
RIDDLE – VERBS
– REE ME THIS RIDDLE to read, guess, or solve this riddle …1955 Amer. dial.
 
RIDE – NOUNS
– JAZZ a short flight or ride …1918 Amer. sl.
 
RIDE – see HORSE RIDING
 
RIDGE – NOUNS
– BALK a ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground, as a grave-mound …c885 obs.
– BARF a long low ridge or hill, generally isolated …1678 Eng. dial.
– BAULK a ridge, heap, or mound upon the ground, as a grave-mound …c885 obs.
– CAM the crest of a hill, a ridge …1864 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– KAME a long, narrow, steep-sided mound or ridge; a hill-ridge …1814 Sc.
– LEAD a mountain spur; a steep ridge …1913 Amer. dial.
– LOMA a hill, mound, or ridge …1857 Amer. dial.
– RIDGELET a small narrow ridge of land …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– RIFF a ridge …1883 Eng. dial.
– SCOUT a high rock or hill; a projecting ridge; a precipice …1781 Eng. dial. obs.
– WHALEBACK a sharply rising hill or ridge of land …1879 Amer. dial.
– WHALEBACK RIDGE a sharply rising hill or ridge of land …1879 Amer. dial.
– WHALESBACK a sharply rising hill or ridge of land …1946 Amer. dial.
 
RIDICULE – ADJECTIVES
– NARROW IN THE SHOULDERS incapable of bearing ridicule …1516 obs.
– SARDONIAN characterized by ironic ridicule …1586 obs.
– SARDONIC of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule …1638
– SARDONICAL of laughter, a smile: bitter, scornful, mocking; hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: exhibiting bitterness, scorn, mockery, or ironic ridicule …1859
 
RIDICULE – ADVERBS
– SARDONICALLY with ironic ridicule …1842-51
 
RIDICULE – INTERJECTIONS
– HELL AND SCISSORS! an exclamation of surprise and ridicule …1852 Amer. sl.
– ROT! excl. expressing incredulity or ridicule …M19 colloq.
 
RIDICULE – NOUNS
– AUNT SALLY something or someone who is an object of criticism, ridicule, etc. …1859
– BADINAGE light trifling raillery or humorous banter or ridicule …1658
– BANTER a matter of ridicule or jest …1719 obs.
– CHAFF nonsense, humbug, foolishness, ridicule; small, unimportant things or acts …1859 Amer. dial.
– DIRDUMS ridicule, scoffs, sneers, slanders …1825 Sc.
– THE GAFF a dismissal, ridicule …L19 US sl.
– GUYING ridicule …c1890 colloq.
– OFF-TAKING jeering, ridicule …1864 Sc.
– POP-OUT a jeer, a ridicule …1920s sl.
– RAILLERY good-humoured ridicule, banter …1653
– RAILLYING banter, good-humoured ridicule …1760 rare
– RALLERY raillery, banter, good-humoured ridicule …1651 obs.
– SCORN jest, ridicule; banter; satire …1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
RIDICULE – NOUNS, PERSON
– AUNT SALLY something or someone who is an object of criticism, ridicule, etc. …1859
– BIRD one who deserves ridicule; a stupid person …1908 US sl.
– FRIGHT one who is an object of ridicule …1751 sl.
– GAME an object of ridicule; a laughingstock …1562 obs.
– GAZING-STOCK an object of the people’s gaze; a person on whom others gaze or stare; an object of ridicule …1535
– GIBER one who utters jibes and taunts; one who ridicules or sneers at another; a scoffer …1563
– GIRDLER one who mocks at or ridicules another; one who grins …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– GUY a person who is an object of ridicule or derision; broadly, a fool …1823 Amer. sl.
– JESTING-STOCK an object of jest or ridicule; a laughingstock …1535 obs.
– LAUGHING GAME an object of ridicule; a laughingstock …1564 obs.
– MOCKERY a person who deserves contempt or ridicule; an object of derision; a laughingstock …a1500
– MONARCHO;  MONARKO a person who is the object of ridicule for absurdly grandiose beliefs …1580 obs.
– MOWAR a mocker; one who holds others up to ridicule …1825 Sc.
– OLD FRIGHT one who is an object of ridicule …1751 sl.
– PISS-TAKER one who mocks or ridicules …1976 Brit. sl. 
– RANK one who is a subject of ridicule; a ridiculous or socially unacceptable person …1956 Amer. dial.
– SCOGGIN a butt for ridicule …1938 Amer. dial.
– SCOGGINS a butt for ridicule and tricks …1890 Amer. dial.
– SKETCH one who is an object of ridicule …1917 sl.
– WAFT one who under the appearance of friendship, holds another up to ridicule …1825 Sc.
 
RIDICULE – VERBS
– BANTER to ridicule, to make a jest of a thing …1704 obs.
– BASE to disparage or ridicule; to confront someone …1970 African-American
– BORE to ridicule, to humiliate, to embarrass …1800 Amer. dial.
– GAG to ridicule…Bk1900 Sc. & N. Ireland
– GIVE SOMEONE THE HA-HA to laugh at, to ridicule and take advantage of …L19 US sl.
– GUY to mock, to ridicule; to taunt; to tease…1854 Amer. sl.
– HOAX to deceive; to ridicule …L18 sl.
– JERK to lash with satire or ridicule …1602 obs.
– JOE to insult and ridicule a person …1861 Aust. & NZ sl.
– LEAN ON to disparage or ridicule …1960s African-American sl.
– MAKE A LONG NOSE to put the thumb to the nose as a gesture of mockery or ridicule …1828
– MAKE A MONKEY (OUT) OF to make a fool of; to deceive, to dupe; to ridicule …1767 sl., orig. US
– MESS WITH to laugh at, to ridicule, to tease …1980s sl.
– MONKEY to ape the manners of, to mimic; to mock, to ridicule …a1658 rare
– PLAY HORSE WITH to tease, to ridicule, to annoy, to make merry with …1896 US sl.
– POKE FUN AT to ridicule …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– POKE MULLOCK AT to tease, to make fun of, to deride, to ridicule …1901 Aust. sl.
– QUEER to quiz or ridicule; to puzzle …1790 sl.
– QUIZ to make sport or fun of a person or thing, to turn to ridicule; occasionally, to regard with an air of mockery …1796
– RAG to annoy, to tease, to mock, to bully; to ridicule; to vex; to enrage …1808 UK sl.
– RAILLY to ridicule or tease a person …1673 obs.
– RALLY to treat or assail with banter, pleasantry, or good-humoured ridicule; to make fun or game of …1679 arch.
– RANK to kid or tease a person; to annoy, to harass; to ridicule …1934 Amer. dial.
– RIDE ONE BUG-HUNTING to subject one to merciless sarcasm or ridicule …1923 Amer. dial.
– ROAST to ridicule …1732 sl.
– ROT to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease; to ridicule, denigrate …1890 Brit. sl.
– SCAFF to scoff, to ridicule …1844 Sc.
– SCANDALIZE to slander, to malign, to defame, to ridicule …1844
– SCOFFLE to speak contemptuously or mockingly; to ridicule; to scoff …1927 Amer. dial.
– SCONCE to joke, to ridicule; to scold …1884 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
– SCORN to ridicule by mimicry, to mock …1790 Sc.
– SKIRP to mock, to deride, to ridicule …c1450 obs. rare
– TAKE OFF to imitate, to mimic, to parody, to ridicule …1750 sl.
– TAKE THE MICKEY OUT OF to ridicule or tease …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– THROW OFF ON to disparage, to ridicule, to make fun of, to revile, to cast aspersions on …1887 Amer. dial.
 
RIDICULOUS – ADJECTIVES
– COCK-EYED absurd, ridiculous; topsy-turvy …1896 UK sl.
– CORNBALL ridiculous …Bk1995 US sl.
– CRACKBRAINED stupid; ridiculous …Bk2006 US sl.
– FRIBBLE trifling, frivolous, ridiculous, silly …1798
– FRIBBLISH having the quality of a fribble; ​frivolous, trifling, ridiculous …1768
​- JAPE-WORTHY ridiculous …c1374 obs.
– LAPUTAN pertaining to Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver’s Travels; hence, visionary, absurd, fanciful, preposterous, ridiculous, impossible …1866
– LUDIBRIOUS apt to be a subject of jest or mockery; ridiculous, laughable …1563 obs.
– OBSOCKY of events: absurd, ridiculous …20C W. Indies sl.
– OKEY-DOKE absurd; ridiculous …1988 Amer. sl.
– OKEY-DOKEY absurd; ridiculous …1993 Amer. sl.
– PAPPY-SHOW foolish, ridiculous …L19 W. Indies
– PERRIDICULOUS thoroughly ridiculous …c1600 obs. rare
– POPPY-SHOW foolish, ridiculous …L19 W. Indies
– PUPPY-SHOW foolish, ridiculous …L19 W.Indies
– RICH ridiculous …1760 colloq.
– SCANDICULOUS scandalous and ridiculous …1881 Amer. dial.
– STULTITIOUS foolish, ridiculous …1547 obs.
 
RIDICULOUS – INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
– BALLS! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BALONEY! int. nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BEANS! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BE YOUR AGE! don’t be ridiculous! …1920s Amer. sl.
– BLAH! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BLOOEY! int. nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BLOW WISE TO YOURSELF! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BLUEY! int. nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– COME OFF OF IT! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T BE A DOPE! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T BE A GOOP! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T BE AN AIRDALE! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T BE A SAP! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T BE A SILL! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T BE A SUCKER! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T BE AN ESKIMO ALL YOUR LIFE! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T BE BATTY! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T BE COO-COO! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T BE FUNNY! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T BE LIKE THAT! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T BE RIDICK! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T BE SAPPY! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DON’T TALK ROT! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FIDDLE-DE-DEE! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FIDDLE-FADDLE! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FIDDLESTICKS! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 colloq.
– GET ON TO YOURSELF! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GET WISE TO YOURSELF! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GO CHASE YOURSELF! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GO WAY BACK AND SIT DOWN! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GO WAY BACK IN THE WOODS AND SIT DOWN! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GROW UP! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HOW DO YOU GET THAT WAY? don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HURRY UP AND GET BORN! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN THE NAME OF THE PROPHET – FIGS! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN YOUR HAT! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IS THAT A LAUGH! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IT IS TO LAUGH! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IT’S ALL MY EYE! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IT’S BALONEY NO MATTER HOW THIN YOU SLICE IT! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LAUGH? I THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE DIED! used as a reaction to the ridiculous …c1880 Brit.
– OH, LA-LA! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PHO! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PHOOEY! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PHOOEY TO YOUEY! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PISH-PASH! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– POOH! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– POPPYCOCK! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– POSH! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– POUF! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RASPBERRIES! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RAZZBERRIES! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SOOSH! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPOOF! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– THAT COPS THE LAUGH! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– THAT RATES A HEE-HAW! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– THAT’S A LAUGH! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– THAT SLAYS ME! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– THAT’S RIDICK! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TOSH! nonsense! it is ridiculous …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WHATTA LAUGH! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WHEN THE SKY FALLS WE SHALL CATCH LARKS a way of stating to a person that his scheme is absurd or ridiculous …1822
– WHY DON’T YOU GIVE YOURSELF UP? don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR HEAD READ to have ridiculous ideas …1938 Aust. sl.
– YOU SLAY ME! don’t be ridiculous! …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
RIDICULOUS – NOUNS
– FADOODLE something foolish or ridiculous; nonsense; a mere nothing; a useless trifle …a1670 obs. rare
– FIGGLE-FAGGLE conduct which is foolish, ludicrous, or unbecoming; silly or trifling conduct; ridiculous behaviour …19C Sc.
– FLUMMADIDDLE silly or delusive nonsense; something trivial or ridiculous; balderdash …1848 Amer.
– FRIGHT a person or thing of a shocking, grotesque, unkempt, or ridiculous appearance …1751 colloq.
– MIRACLE an object of amazement; a ridiculous spectacle, a mockery …1898 Sc. 
– OBJECT a person or thing that appears ridiculous or pitiable; a laughingstock …c1820 colloq.
– PALAMITY ridiculous or excessive speech; much ado about nothing …1928 Amer. dial.
– PALMITY ridiculous or excessive speech; much ado about nothing …1938 Amer. dial.
– PALMITY TALK ridiculous or excessive speech; much ado about nothing …1938 Amer. dial.
– PANIC someone or something ridiculous or amusing …1940s Irish sl.
– QUIGNOGS ridiculous or foolish notions or conceits …1888 Eng. dial.
– RIDICULOSITY ridiculousness; a ridiculous matter; anything that arouses laughter; a jest or joke …1725 rare or arch.
– SAUCE-CROON a ridiculous or grotesque object …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SIGHT a shocking, repulsive or ridiculous spectacle; esp. used of people who see themselves or others improperly or inelegantly dressed …1862 sl.
– SKETCH a ridiculous or amusing sight …20C sl.
– SNORTER something ridiculous …Brit. sl.
 
RIDICULOUS – NOUNS, PERSON
– CARTOON a ridiculous person; a fool …1927 Amer. sl.
– COCKAMAMIE;  COCKAMAMY a foolish or ridiculous person …1936 US sl.
– COCKAMANIE;  COCKAMANY a foolish or ridiculous person …1936 US sl.
– DORK a stupid or ridiculous person; a jerk, a nerd …1960 sl.
– FUNNY BUNNY a peculiar or ridiculous person …1966 US sl.
– GOOF an oaf, a ridiculous jerk; an incompetent fool …20C US sl. & colloq.
– HODDY-DODDY a foolish or ridiculous person; a simpleton; a dupe …1646 obs.
– MACAROON a buffoon; a stupid or foolish person; an affected blockhead; a ridiculous or doltish person …a1631 obs.
– MONIMENT a ridiculous or objectionable person; a laughingstock, a fool, a rogue …1866 Sc.
– MONUMENT a ridiculous or objectionable person; a laughingstock, a fool, a rogue …1866 Sc.
– OBJECT a person or thing that appears ridiculous or pitiable; a laughingstock …c1820 colloq.
– PANIC someone or something ridiculous or amusing …1940s Irish sl.
– RANK one who is a subject of ridicule; a ridiculous or socially unacceptable person …1956 Amer. dial.
– SKETCH a ridiculous or amusing person or sight …20C sl.
– SNORTER someone ridiculous …Brit. sl.
– TACKNE an old ridiculous person …Bk1866 Sc.
– TAIKNE an odd, ridiculous person …Bk1825 Sc.
– TOKEN  an odd ridiculous person …1825 Sc.
– ZANY one who resembles, or acts like a merry-andrew or buffoon; one who plays the fool for the amusement, or so as to be the laughingstock, of others; a ridiculous person …1606 rare or obs.
 
RIDICULOUS – VERBS
– GET A RISE OUT OF ONE to mortify; to make ridiculous; to outwit …1600 sl.
– GO BEFORE ONE’S MARE TO MARKET to do ridiculous things …c1670 Brit. colloq.
– HAVE A RISE OUT OF ONE to mortify; to make ridiculous; to outwit …Bk1903 sl.
– MAKE A HARE OF to make ridiculous …17C
– MAKE CHILDREN’S SHOES to be occupied absurdly or trivially; to look ridiculous; to be made to look ridiculous; to trifle with …L17
– MAKE WIMWAMS FOR WATER-WHEELS to do an absurd or ridiculous thing …1865 Eng. dial.
– MAUL RAILS to make oneself ridiculous …1884 Amer. dial.
– RIDICULIZE to make ridiculous …1615 obs. rare
– TAKE A RISE OUT OF ONE to mortify; to make ridiculous; to outwit …a1850 sl.
 
RIFLE – see GUN