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RAIN - RASG

RAIN, RAINING, RAINY - adjectives  (also see SHOWER)
• AINISH unpleasant, used esp. of the weather; showery, rainy ...1814 Eng. dial.
• ALTERY of the weather: looking like rain ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• BASHY wet, rainy, muddy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLASHY rainy, wet, gusty ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLATELY adj. of rain: soft, gentle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRTIE of the weather: changeable, uncertain, cheerless; characterized by 'blirts' or gusts of wind and rain ...1807 Sc.
• BLOBBY very rainy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUSTERSOME of weather: rainy and stormy in fits and starts ...19C Eng. dial.
• DABBLY of the weather: wet, rainy, showery, damp ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DAGGING of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DAGGY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DANK † wet, watery, wetting: said of dew, rain, clouds, water, etc. ...? a1400
• DINGY misty, rainy ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DRIPPLETY wet, rainy ...19C Eng. dial.
• DRIPPY wet, rainy ...1818
• EIDENT of rain, snow, etc.: steady, continuous, unceasing ...1794 Sc.
• EVEN-DOWN perpendicular, straight down, downright; esp. used of a heavy continuous rain ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FLISKY minute, small; of rain: fine, drizzling ...19C Eng. dial.
• GROUTY of the sky, weather: thundery, threatening rain ...1744-50 Eng. dial.
• HAINISH unpleasant, used esp. of the weather; showery, rainy ...1814 Eng. dial.
• HASTY of rain: heavy, violent ...1882 Eng. dial.
• HURRY-DURRY † of the weather: rough, boisterous, windy, rainy; hence, impatient, irritable ...1672 nautical
• HYETAL * belonging to rain ...1864
• IMBRID † wet, rainy ...1623
• IMBRIFEROUS * rain-bringing; showery ...1813
• IMPLUVIOUS †* wet with rain ...1656
• LABBERLY wet; rainy ...1842 Eng. dial.
• LABBERY wet; rainy ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MISTY-MOISTY of the weather: misty, foggy; threatening rain ...1856 Amer. dial.
• PASHY wet, dirty, rainy ...1867 Eng. dial.
• PLUVIATILE †* of rain, of rain water ...1599
• PLUVIOUS pertaining to rain, rainy ...c1420
• RAGGY misty, stormy and cold, with drizzling rain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAINBREED † producing rain ...1582 nonce word
• RAINFUL rainy ...1484
• RAINIFIED likely to rain ...1918 Amer. dial.
• RAINISH †* somewhat rainy ...1530
• ROTTEN of weather or climate: damp, wet, rainy ...1567
• SAFT wet, rainy, damp ...1812 Sc.
• SAP wet, rainy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAPPIE wet, dripping, sodden; rainy ...1821 Sc.
• SAPPY † full of moisture; moist; wet; sodden; rainy ...c1470 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCAFFY of a shower of rain: heavy, but soon over ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCARLY of the weather: boisterous, windy, threatening rain ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOWTHERED spoilt by rain ...1894 Sc.
• SCOWTHERIE, SCOWTHERY beginning or threatening to rain or snow ...1825 Sc. 
• TENDER of the weather: inclined to rain, threatening ...1900 Eng. dial.
• THONKY dank, misty, rainy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VATSGAARI rainy ...1897 Sc.
• WACK † moist, watery, damp, wet, rainy ...1513 Sc.
rain, raining, rainy - adverbs
• HEAVENS-HARD of falling rain: heavily, very hard ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.  
• HEAVENS-HIGH of falling rain: heavily, very hard ...1889 Bk1902 Eng. dial.  
• TIFFLING TOITY raining in a drizzling, slopping manner ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
rain, raining, rainy - nouns​
• ABEL AND CAIN rain ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• ACHE AND PAIN rain ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• ALACOMPAIN rain ...M19 rhyming sl.
• ALLACOMPAIN rain ...M19 rhyming sl.
• ALL COMPLAIN rain ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• ANDY CAIN rain ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
• ANGEL JUICE rainwater; water ...1944 Amer. jocular
• ARKANSAS DEW a sudden heavy rain ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BAFFIN a severe drenching; usually applied to the drenching and buffeting one gets by being exposed to a storm of wind and rain ...1929 Sc.
• BANGE light, fine rain; drizzle ...1839 Eng. dial.
• BAPTIST DAM-BUSTER a sudden heavy rain ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BASKING a drenching in a heavy shower ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELLY WASHER a very heavy rain ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BITCH a very heavy rain ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLACK WEATHER rainy weather ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BLAD a heavy fall of rain ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BLANDIGO † a shower of rain ...1691 Eng. dial.
• BLASH a heavy shower of rain ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLINGER a very hard rain ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BLIRT a storm of wind and rain; a cold drift of snow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOUT the bursting of a storm; a sudden fall of rain, snow, or hail, with wind ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOYS the resounding raindrops after they hit the surface ...1952 Amer. dial., chiefly a child's word
• BRACK a sudden fall of earth or snow on a slope; a flood from a thaw; a sudden and heavy fall of rain ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK a heavy fall of rain or snow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRIDGE LIFTER a heavy rain ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRUSH MOVER a heavy rainfall ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BUSTER a sudden, very heavy rain ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CALIFORNIA DEW a light rain ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CALIFORNIA MIST a light rain ...1968 Amer. dial.
• CATARACT a violent downpour or rush of water ...1634
• CAT-MIRER a very heavy rain ...1970 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN-DROWNDER a very heavy rain, a downpour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CHICKEN RAIN a light rain that doesn't last ...1969 Amer. dial.
• COW-STORM a drizzling rain unaccompanied by wind ...1914 Amer. dial.
• DAB a fine rain, a drizzle ...1929 Sc.
• DAG a thin or gentle rain ...1808 Eng. dial.
• DAG OF RAIN a slight, misty shower; thick, small rain ...1878 Eng. dial.
• DAG OF WET a slight, misty shower; thick, small rain ...1878 Eng. dial.
• DAM-BUSTER a sudden heavy rain ...1962 Amer. dial.
• DAMP fine rain ...1911 Sc.
• DASH O' WET, A a sudden fall of rain ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWCH a very heavy dew or drizzling rain ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DAWK a drizzling rain ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DEAL OF WEATHER, A heavy rain or snow ...1874 Eng. dial.  
• DEATH RAIN a heavy rain, a downpour ...1949 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• DEATH SHOWER a heavy rain, a downpour ...c1970 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• DELUGE a heavy rain ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEW-MIST a drizzle or small rain resembling dew ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIRT rain, snow, or sleet; 'dirty' or stormy weather ...1887 Eng. dial.
• DITCH WASHER a very heavy rain or the runoff it occasions ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DUCK-DRENCHER a very heavy rain, a downpour ...1962 Amer. dial.
• DUCK-DROWNDER a very heavy rain, a downpour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• EARTH MOVER a very heavy rain ...1969 Amer. jocular
• EASTICK soft, cold, drizzling rain ...1908 Sc.
• EESK a slight rain or drizzle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ELEPHANTER a heavy rain ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ESK a slight rain or drizzle ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAIRIES' BAKIN' DAY a day of alternate rain and sunshine ...1894 Sc.
• FAIRY BOWER a shower (of rain) ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• FALL a fall of rain or snow; a shower of rain, a snowstorm ...1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FALLING a downfall of snow, rain, or hail; a snowstorm; generally in plural ...1892 Eng. dial.
• FENCE BREAKER a severe rainstorm ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FENCE-LIFTER a very heavy rain ...1933 Amer. dial.
• FISH-DROWNDER a very heavy rain ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FROG STRANGLER a heavy rain ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GANDIEGOW a squall of wind and rain; a heavy shower ...1908 Sc.
• GOOSE-DRENCHER a very heavy rain, a downpour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE-DROWNDER a very heavy rain, a downpour ...1929 Amer. dial.
• GOOSE DROWNER a heavy rain ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOSE-STRANGLER a very heavy rain, a downpour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GOSLING-DROWNDER a very heavy rain, a downpour ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRASS RAIN a light rain that doesn't last ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GRASS SHOWER a sudden, very heavy rain ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GROWING SHOWER a light rain that doesn't last, but is enough to make gardens grow ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GULLY CUTTER a very heavy rain or the runoff it occasions ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GULLY MAKER a very heavy rain or the runoff it occasions ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GULLY POUR a very heavy rain or the runoff it occasions ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GULLY-WASHER a heavy rain that washes gullies in the ground; a heavy downpour ...1903 Amer. dial.
• GULLY WHOPPER a very heavy rain or the runoff it occasions ...1965 Amer. dial.
• GUNDABLUEY a heavy downpour; a rainstorm ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• GUSHER a heavy rain ...1961 Amer. dial.
• GUST a thunderstorm; heavy rain ...1772 Amer. dial.
• GUTTER WASHER a very heavy rain ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GUZZLE a rain ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HADDER a fine rain or drizzle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGER a fine small rain ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HALE-WATER a heavy fall of rain ...1820 Sc.
• HASH a heavy fall of rain ...1898 Sc.
• HASTER a violent storm of rain ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HAY ROTTER a very heavy rain ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HEAT-DROPS raindrops ...1651
• HEN-DROWNDER a very heavy rain, a downpour ...1960 Amer. dial.
• HUGGER a drizzle, a gentle rain ...1929 Sc.
• HYETOMETER a rain gauge ...1730
• HYOMETER a rain gauge ...1886
• ISTICK a slight, temporary frost; cold weather with rain ...Bk1902 Sc.
• JUPITER PLUVIUS rain ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KAAVIE a heavy, driving rain ...1908 Sc.
• LADY RAIN a gentle rain ...1993 Amer. dial.
• LAMB-BLASTS passing showers of snow, rain, or hail accompanied by high wind, occurring about the time of young lambs ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMB-SHOWERS passing showers of snow, rain, or hail accompanied by high wind, occurring about the time of young lambs ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMB-STORMS passing showers of snow, rain, or hail accompanied by high wind, occurring about the time of young lambs ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LAND-LASH a heavy fall of rain accompanied by high wind ...1820 Sc.
• LAND RAIN rainfall ...1950 Amer. dial.
• LEAF MOVER a sudden heavy rain ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LEAK FINDER a very heavy rain ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LIGHTWOOD-KNOT FLOATER. a heavy rain ...1944 Amer. dial.
• LIQUID SUNSHINE California rain ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LOG-FLOATER a very heavy rain ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LOG-ROLLER a very heavy rain ...1985 Amer. dial.
• MEXICAN CARWASH a rainstorm ...1950 US sl.
• MIDDLESPLITTER a heavy fall of rain ...1991 Amer. dial.
• MILLDEW wet, rain, fog; cold raw weather ...1900 Sc.
• MIST RAIN a very light rain; a drizzle ...1986 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLE a very fine or misty rain; drizzle ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLING a very fine rain, drizzle, mist ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MUD-HEN CLEANER a very heavy rain ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MUD-SENDER a heavy rain ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MUG a mist, a fog; a light rain or drizzle; a dull, damp, or gloomy atmosphere ...a1728 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAIR rain ...L19 back-slang
• NISK a slight or passing shower ...1908 Sc. 
• OMBRIFUGE * a refuge or shelter against rain ...1868
• OMBROLOGY the branch of meteorology that deals with rain ...1845
• ONCOME a heavy fall of snow or rain ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ONDAG a shower, a heavy fall of rain ...1924 Sc.
• ON-DING a persistent heavy fall of rain or snow ...1776 Sc.
• ONDINGING a heavy fall of rain or snow ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ONFALL a heavy fall of rain or snow ...1808 Sc.
• ONLAY a heavy fall of snow or rain ...1881 Sc.
• ONSET a heavy fall or rain or snow ...1808 Sc.
• ORANGE JUICE California rain ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OREGON DEW a light rain or mist; used ironically, a prolonged rain ...1967  Amer. dial.
• OREGON MIST a light rain or mist; used ironically, a prolonged rain ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PANEE water in the form of rain ...1923 Sc.
• PANI water in the form of rain ...1923 Sc.
• PARISH-WAITER rain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARNEE rain; tears ...1859 UK sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
• PARNEY rain ...1851 Anglo-Indian
• PARNIE rain; tears ...1859 UK sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
• PARNY a shower of rain ...1859 sl. Anglo-Indian
• PASH a sudden or heavy fall of rain or snow ...1796 Eng. dial.
• PAYLING a driving, beating shower ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RACK rain ...Bk19C Eng, dial.
• PALMETTO POUNDER a heavy rain ...1980 Amer. dial.
• PATTERMENTS the splashing of raindrops ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
• POUR-DOWN a torrential rain, a downpour ...1939 Amer. dial.
• POURING-DOWN a torrential rain, a downpour ...1966 Amer. dial.
• POUR-OUT a torrential rain ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAFF a short sharp shower of rain or snow, accompanied by gusts of wind; a driving shower ...1790 Sc.
• RAG fog, mist, accompanied by drizzling rain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAIN-KING rain personified as a king ...1880
• RAIN-PIT an indentation made in the ground by a raindrop ...1841
• RAINPOUR a downpour;  a sudden, very heavy rain ...1970 Amer. dial.
• RAIN SMIRR fine misty rain ...1925 Sc.
• RASH a splashing shower of rain; a sudden fall of rain ...1513 Sc.
• RAYMOND rain personified ...2000 Amer. dial.
• REGULAR PELTER a cat-and-dog rain ...Bk1903 colloq.
• ROOT SEARCHER a heavy rain ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RUG drizzling rain; wet mist; also, wet weather ...c1540 Sc.
• SAB a soaking, saturating, esp. of a heavy downpour of rain, a thunder shower ...1768 Sc.
• SAFT a thaw; rain, moisture ...1895 Sc.
• SCAD a sudden and brief shower of rain ...1825 Eng. dial.
• SCADDER a brief shower of rain ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAFF † a heavy but brief shower of rain ...1824 Sc.
• SCAT a sudden passing shower of rain ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCAUR a shower, a short flying scurry of rain ...1893 Eng. dial.
• SCOORIE a shower; a sudden gust of wind accompanied by rain ...1895 Sc.
• SCOTCH MIST a drizzling rain or heavy fog ...1844 Amer. dial.
• SCOUR a shower of rain, esp. of a passing or intermittent fall, and usually one driven by gusts of wind ...c1780 Sc. 
• SCOUTHER, SCOWTHER a slight shower of rain ...1794 Sc. 
• SCOUTHRY a slight shower of rain ...1794 Sc. 
• SCOW a squally shower of rain; a wind and rain storm ...1895 Sc. 
• SCOWTHERUM a slight shower of rain ...1866 Sc. 
• SET RAIN a steady rain or drizzle ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SHIRT WETTER a very light rain ...1971 Amer. dial.
• SILVER THAW the phenomenon of rain freezing as it falls and forming a glassy coating on the ground, trees, etc. ...1891
• SIZZLE a gentle rain, drizzle ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLE-SAZZLE a gentle rain, drizzle ...1979 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLE-SOZZLE a gentle rain, drizzle ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLY SOD-SOAKER a steady rain ...1991 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLY-SOZZLY a gentle rain, drizzle ...1946 Amer. dial.
• SKELP heavy rain 
• SKEW a drizzling rain; a driving mist ...1839 Eng. dial.
• SKID a light fall of snow or rain ...1977 Amer. dial.
• SKIFF a light gust of wind or shower of rain, etc. ...1819 Sc.
• SKIFT a light fall of snow or rain; a thin layer of snow or frost on the ground, or of ice on water ...1808 Amer. dial.
• SKIT a slight shower of rain or snow ...1847
• SKOUR a shower; a sudden gust of wind accompanied by rain ...1895 Sc.
• SKY JUICE rain; water ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SOAK a heavy rainfall ...Brit. colloq.
• SOAKER a heavy rain ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TARANAKI SUNSHINE rain or drizzle ...1990s NZ sl.
• TEEM a heavy downpour or long-continued fall of rain ...1793 Sc. & Ireland
• TEXAS DEW a heavy rain ...1965 Amer. dial.
• THRESH a beating, dashing noise, as of rain ...1899 Sc.
• THUNDER-BERRIES the large heavy drops of rain that fall from a thunder-cloud...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THUNDERBLUST a heavy rain which doesn't last long ...2000 Amer. dial.
• THUNDERBOOMER a thunder-cloud; a thunderstorm; a very heavy rain ...1984 Amer. dial.
• THUNDERBUSTER a thunder-cloud, a thunderstorm, a very heavy rain ...1950 Amer. dial.
• THUNDERGUSH a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning ...1825 Amer. dial.
• THUNDERGUST a violent thunderstorm; rain accompanied by thunder and lightning ...1734 Amer. dial.
• THUNDER-SPLATS the large, heavy drops that fall from a thunder-cloud ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TOAD-CHOKER a very heavy rain ...1985 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-FLOATER a very heavy rain ...1950 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-FROG STRANGLER a very heavy rain ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-STRANGLER a very heavy rain ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-STRINGER a very heavy rain ...1986 Amer. dial.
• TOAD-WASHER n. a very heavy rain ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TRASH-BREAKER a sudden heavy rain ...1952 Amer. dial.
• TRASH-FLOATER a sudden heavy rain ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TRASH-LIFTER a sudden heavy rain ...1905 Amer. dial.
• TRASH MOVER a sudden heavy rain ...1879 Amer. dial.
• TRASH MOVER AND GULLY WASHER a very heavy rain or the runoff it occasions ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TRASH-TOTER a sudden heavy rain ...1971 Amer. dial.
• TRASH-WASHER a sudden heavy rain ...1952 Amer. dial.
• TREE BENDER a sudden heavy rain ...1969 Amer. dial.
• TREE MOVER a sudden heavy rain ...1969 Amer. dial.
• TURD-FLOATER a heavy rain ...1962 Amer. dial.
• UDOMETER a rain-gauge ...1825
• UMBRELLA-RAIN rain which comes straight down ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UMPLIST a sudden outburst of wind and rain ...1892 Sc.
• VANDILUP a downpour of rain ...1897 Sc.
• VANDLOB. a downpour of rain ...1897 Sc.
• VANLUP a downpour of rain ...1897 Sc.
• VEGA † in fisher taboo usage: rain ...1814 Sc.
• VERGLA freezing rain ...2002 Can. sl.
• WATERSPOUT a terrestrial tornado, esp. one accompanied by torrential rain; broadly, a violent downpour of rain ...1822 Amer. dial.
• WEATHER FALL a period of rain, snow, hail, or heavy fog ...1965 Amer. dial.
• WET, THE the rainy season ...L19 Aust. sl.
• YASK fine rain, drizzle ...1974 Sc.
rain, raining, rainy - verbs
• ASK to rain slightly; to drizzle ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATTER of rain: to beat against anything; to drive ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BERAIN † to rain upon ...a1225
• BLAD of wind and rain: to beat against, to drive in gusts ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BLASH to rain heavily and noisily ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRT to rain or snow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK OFF to become less cloudy; to clear up; to stop raining ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DAG to rain gently, to drizzle ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAGGLE to drizzle; to rain continuously; to pour in torrents ...1825 Sc.
• DAMP to drizzle, to rain slightly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEG(G) to drizzle with rain ...B1900 Eng. dial.  
• DEW to rain slightly, to drizzle ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DING of rain: to fall heavily or continuously ...1766 Sc.
• DINGE to rain mistily, to drizzle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGLE to drizzle, to rain lightly ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOZZLE to drizzle, to rain finely ...1866 Eng. dial.
• EESK to rain slightly, to drizzle; to sleet ...1845 Sc.
• EITHER to rain slightly, to drizzle ...1929 Sc.
• ENT DOWN to rain heavily, to pour in torrents ...1895 Eng. dial.
• ESK to rain slightly, to drizzle; to sleet ...1845 Sc.
• FINE of rain: to fall in tiny drops; to drizzle ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HADDER to drizzle, rain finely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGER to drizzle, to rain gently ...1808 Sc.
• HAIN of rain: to leave off, to cease ...1892 Sc.
• HEAL UP to leave off raining ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEALD of rain: to pour, to come down in torrents ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAMBASTE of rain: to beat down ...1892 Ireland
• LAVISH * of rain: to pour along in torrents ...1830
• LEAK to rain ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LET DOWN to rain heavily ...1972 Amer. dial.
• LET DOWN RAIN to rain heavily ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LODGE of wind or rain: to beat down or flatten ...1828 Amer. dial.
• MIESLI to rain ...E18
• MISLAIN to rain ...E18
• MISLE to rain ...E18
• MISLI to rain ...E18
• MISTER to rain very finely ...1970 Amer. dial.
• MIST RAIN to rain lightly with very small drops; to drizzle ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLE to rain in very fine drops; to drizzle ...1838 Amer. dial.
• MUG to rain lightly; to drizzle ...c1400 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NATTER to rain slightly while there is a high wind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONDING to rain or snow heavily ...1825 Sc.
• PAIL of rain: to come pelting down ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARNEE to rain ...1859 UK sl.
• PASH of rain or water: to come down suddenly and heavily; to gush out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PIDDLE to rain ...1887 sl.
• PISS to rain heavily, to pour ...1948 sl.
• PISS DOWN to rain heavily, to pour ...1950 sl.
• PISS WITH RAIN to rain heavily, to pour ...1948 sl.
• POUR OUT to rain heavily ...1945 Amer. dial.
• RAG to be foggy; to rain slightly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAIN BLACK CATS to rain very heavily ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RAIN BLUE BLAZES to rain hard ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAIN BLUE THUNDERBOLTS to rain hard ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAIN BULL FROGS to rain hard ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAIN BULL FROGS AND HEIFER YEARLINGS to rain hard ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAIN BULLFROGS AND PITCHFORKS to rain very hard ...1954 Amer. dial.
• RAIN BULLOCK STERKS to rain very hard ...20C sl.
• RAIN BULL YEARLINGS to rain very hard ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAIN CATS AND DOGS to rain very heavily ...1738
• RAIN CATS AND DOGS AND LITTLE NIGGER BABIES to rain heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN CATS AND DOGS AND NIGGER BABIES to rain heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN CURTAIN-RODS to rain hard ...20C sl.
• RAIN DOWN BULL YEARLINGS to rain very hard ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAIN DOWN MONKEYS to rain heavily ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAIN DOWN NIGGER BABIES to rain heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN DOWN TOAD-FROGS to rain heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN DUKE GEORGES to rain heavily ...1930s sl.
• RAIN FROGS AND HAPPY TOADS to rain heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN GO-DEVILS to rain very hard ...1932 Amer. dial.
• RAIN HAMMER HANDLES to rain very heavily ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAIN HAMMER HANDLES AND PITCHFORKS to rain very heavily ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RAIN HATCHETS AND DUCKETS to rain very heavily (ducket = bill-hook) ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAIN HOPPY TOADS to rain heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN HOP-TOADS to rain heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN HUMP-TOADS to rain heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN LIKE A BULL PISSING ON A FLAT ROCK to rain heavily ...1950s sl.
• RAIN LIKE A COW PISSING ON A FLAT ROCK to rain heavily ...1950s sl.
• RAIN LIKE A DUNKEN DOG to rain heavily ...1930s sl.
• RAIN LIKE THE OLD HARRY to rain very hard ...1991 Amer. dial.
• RAIN METHER to pour with rain ...1888 Ireland
• RAIN NIGGER-BABIES (offensive) to rain hard ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAIN PITCHFORKS vb. to rain very hard ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN PITCHFORKS AND BULL YEARLINGS to rain very hard ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RAIN PITCHFORKS AND CHICKEN COOPS to rain in torrents ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• RAIN PITCHFORKS AND DARNING NEEDLES to rain in torrents ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• RAIN PITCHFORKS AND LITTLE NIGGER BABIES to rain heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN PITCHFORKS AND NIGGER-BABIES to rain hard ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAIN PITCHFORKS AND SHOVELS to rain hard ...19C sl.
• RAIN PITCHFORKS WITH THE TINES DOWNWARD to rain very heavily ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAIN PITCHFORKS WITH THE TINES ON BOTH ENDS to rain hard ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAIN PUPPY DOGS AND NIGGER BABIES to rain heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN PUPS AND PUSSIES to rain very hard ...1990 US sl.
• RAIN STAIR-RODS to rain hard ...20C sl.
• RAIN TADPOLES to rain hard ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAIN THE DEVIL AND PITCHFORKS to rain very heavily ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAIN TOAD-FROGS to rain heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN TOADS to rain heavily ...1927 Amer. dial.
• RAIN TOADS AND FROGS to rain heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN TOADS AND PITCHFORKS to rain heavily ...1908 Amer. dial.
• RAIN TOMCATS AND NIGGER BABIES to rain heavily ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RAIN TRAMS AND OMNIBUSES to rain hard ...E20 sl.
• RASH to descend heavily; to dash down, as rain .,..1824 Sc.
• REEK AGAIN of rain: to come on very heavily ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAT to rain hard ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOUTHER to rain or snow slightly, to drizzle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCOWDER to rain or snow slightly; to drizzle ...1866 Sc. 
• SILE of rain: to pour down ...1703 Eng. dial.
• TAKE OFF of the weather: to clear up; to cease raining or blowing ...1878
• TIRL * of rain: to sound on a roof ...1886
• WEATHER to rain, to storm ...1896 Amer. dial.
rain, raining, rainy - phrases
• AIR WEEPS, THE it rains ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ANGELS ARE CRYING, THE said when the first drops of rain begin to fall ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BOTTOM FELL OUT, THE describing a very heavy rain ...1966 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE, THE it's raining or snowing, used esp. when the sun is also shining ...1930 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL IS FIGHTING WITH HIS WIFE, THE it's raining or snowing, used esp. when the sun is also shining ...1899 Amer. dial.
• DEVIL IS WHIPPING HIS WIFE, THE it's raining or snowing, used esp. when the sun is also shining ...1899 Amer. dial.
• IT'S COMING DOWN IN BUCKETS it's raining heavily ...1950 Amer. dial.
• IT'S FALLING BY THE BUCKETS it's raining heavily ...1950 Amer. dial.
• IT'S POURING BUCKETS it's raining heavily ...1950 Amer. dial.
• IT'S RAINING BUCKETS it's raining heavily ...1950 Amer. dial.
• IT'S RAINING POISON what people say when sunshine and rain come together ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
RAINBOW - nouns
• BOW a rainbow ...1930 Amer. dial.
• GAD a small rainbow in the horizon portending bad weather ...Bk1900 Sc.
• HEAVEN-BOW † a rainbow ...c1320
• RAINY BOW † the rainbow ...a1649
• RAWN a fragment of a rainbow ...B1900 Sc.
• WATER DOG a halo around the sun; a short strip of rainbow ...1954 Amer. dial.
• WIND-GALL fragments of rainbows seen on detached clouds ...1823 Amer. dial.
 
RAIN GAUGE - nouns
• RAIN-MACHINE † a rain-gauge ...1767
 
RAISE - adjectives
• ELATIVE † that raises, elevates ...1595
raise - verbs 
• ADDRESS † to straighten up, to erect; to raise, to set up; to raise oneself, to stand erect; to assume an upright position ...c1375
• ALLEVATE †* to raise up, to lift ...1613
• ARRECT † to raise, to lift up, to direct upwards ...a1529
• BEYURN to raise ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ELATE † to lift on high, to raise, to elevate ...1578
• EXTOL † to lift up, to raise, to elevate ...1549
• GROW OUT to raise, to bring up ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HAIN to raise, to heighten, to set up ...c1440 Eng. dial.
• HALSE † to raise, to exalt, to hoist ...c1500
• HANCE † to raise, to lift, to elevate, to exalt ...1303
• HANG UP to raise up, to lift ...1942 Amer. dial.
• HAUSE † to raise, to exalt, to hoist ...c1500
• HAUT † to raise, to elevate, to exalt ...a1400
• HAWSE † to raise, to exalt, to hoist ...c1500
• HAWSE UP to raise, to lift ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAVE † 1. to raise, to exalt, to elevate in feeling, dignity, etc.; to extol ...c825
2. to lift, to raise, to bear up ...971 now arch. or Eng. dial.
• HEIGN to raise; to heighten; to raise in price ...1787 Eng. dial.
• HEYNE to raise; to heighten; to raise in price ...1787 Eng. dial.
• HIGHEN to raise; to heighten; to raise in price ...1787 Eng. dial.
• KECK to raise up one end of anything, esp. to tip up a cart in order to unload it ...1884 Eng. dial.
• NANTLE to raise; to elevate gently ...1820 Eng. dial.
• NAUNTLE to raise, to rear; to elevate; to rise up ...1820 Eng. dial.
• NONTLE to raise; to elevate gently ...1820 Eng. dial.
• ONHEAVE † to lift up, to raise ...971
• ONHEVE † to lift up, to raise ...971
• PAISE to raise with a lever; to force open; to lift ...1783 Eng. dial.
• PAZE to raise with a lever; to force open; to lift ...1783 Eng. dial.
• REAR to raise up, to prop up in a perpendicular or semi-perpendicular position ...1849 Eng. dial.
• REAST to raise with a lever ...1881 Eng. dial.
• RELEVATE † to raise, to elevate ...1623
• SUBLEVATE † to raise, to lift up, to elevate ...1597
• SUBLIMATE † to raise to a high place, dignity, or honour ...c1566
• SUBRIGE † to raise up; to lift up by little and little ...1623
• TAIT to lift up, to raise; to get into a high position ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPCAST to raise up ...1873 Eng. dial.
• UPHOLD to raise ...1899 Sc.
• VERE † to raise up; to uplift ...a1300
• WAIVE UP to raise up ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
​RAISED - adjectives
• ADDRESSED † erected, raised ...1595
• ADVANCED † raised, elevated (physically) ...1576
• ELATE †* lifted, raised ...a1730
• SUBLEVATE † raised, exalted ...1523
• SUBLIMATE † raised, elevated, exalted ...1460
• UPPISH raised up ...1891 Eng. dial.
• UPSEATED raised; exalted ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
RAISIN - nouns
• LENTEN FIG a raisin ...Bk1908 Eng. dial.
 
RAISING - nouns
• HANCING † raising, elevation ...1382
• RAISE † the act of raising; uplifting, elevation ...1538
• RAISEMENT the act of raising ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SUBLEVATION † the act of raising or lifting; elevation; also, a particular point of elevation or height ...1556
 
RAKE (tool) - nouns
• FORK TAIL a rake or fork handle ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RATELL †* a rake (tool) ...1489
• TAIL a rake ...1914 Amer. dial.
rake - verbs
• HARL(E) to scrape or rake together; to peel, to come off in pieces ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAMB † to pull or rake together with the hands; to gather a handful of anything from the ground ...1781 Eng. dial.
• SCRAMBLE to collect; to pull or rake together with the hands ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT to dig; to rake together ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAWM to gather hastily together; to rake together; to seek after greedily ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
RAKE (dissipated person) - person
• BLOOD a rake; a roisterer; an aristocratic rowdy ...M16 sl.
• RAAG an idle lounging person; a low, worthless person; a vagabond; a rake ...Bk1866 Sc.
• RACK a dissolute, unprincipled young man; a rake; a wag ...1724 Sc.
• RANGER † a rake, a dissolute or debauched person ...1599
• RANTER † a noisy, riotous, dissipated fellow; a rake ...1654
• TARRON a scamp, a rake ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• WILD OATS † originally a term for a rakish, dissipated, or extravagant person ...a1564
• YOUNG BLOOD a lively, vigorous, or energetic young man; a confident, high-spirited young man; a rake, a dandy; an unruly young aristocrat ...1557
 
RAKISH - adjectives
• BLOOD hearty, rakish ...M19 sl.
• RACKISH rakish ...1712 Sc.
• RANNAKY rakishly inclined ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLE * wild, disorderly, rakish, noisy, rough ...1700
rakish - verbs 
• COME UPON THE RAKE to live in a rakish or dissolute manner ...18C sl.
 
RALLY - verbs
• RALLIER †* to rally ...1619
 
RALLYING - nouns
• RALLIANCE the act of rallying ...1848
• RALLIMENT †* rallying ...1655
• RALLY * a piece of rallying or banter ...1832
 
RAMBLE, RAMBLING (talking) - adjectives
• DANDERING foolish, weak-minded, twaddling; incoherent, rambling in speech ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MOWY-MOUTHED characterizing speech that is rambling, mumbling, evasive ...1936 Amer. dial.
• RAVELLED confused in mind, muddled; rambling, incoherent, delirious ...1866 Sc.
• SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE confused, incoherent, rambling, nonsensical ...1596
ramble, rambling (talking) - adverbs
• SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE in a confused or rambling manner; incoherently ...1775
ramble, rambling (talking) - nouns 
• BELL-WAVERING fluttering; rambling ...1820 Sc.
• PARINODY a rambling statement; a long uninteresting tale ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REEMLE-RAMMLE a great noise; noisy, rollicking conduct; a noisy, rambling speech or tale ...Bk1904 Sc.
ramble, rambling (talking) - verbs
• DANDER to talk incoherently, to ramble ...1847 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DROOL to talk foolishly, to ramble on ...L19
• EXTRAVAGE † to deviate in discourse from the proper subject; to digress; to talk incoherently; to ramble ...c1690 obs. exc. Sc.
• GANDER to ramble in talk, to waffle ...1858
• MADDLE to ramble, to talk incoherently, to wander in speech ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANDER to ramble in discourse; to talk idly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANNEL to talk in a rambling, gossiping way ...1896 Eng. dial.
• RAVEL to speak in a wandering, incoherent manner; to ramble, to maunder, to be delirious ...1877 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAFFLE to talk ramblingly ...1900 sl.
• WHITTER to talk ramblingly ...1808 sl., orig. Sc.
• WITTER to talk ramblingly ...1808 sl., orig. Sc.
• WOFFLE to talk ramblingly ...1900 sl.
• YATTER to chatter, to ramble on in a confused or foolish manner; to prattle, to talk interminably ...1825 Sc.
• YATTER-YATTER to chatter, to ramble on in a confused or foolish manner; to prattle, to talk interminably ...1825 Sc.
 
RAMBLE, RAMBLING (roaming) - adjectives
• EXCURSIVE rambling, wandering; given to making excursions ...1781
• LAND-LOUPING rambling, migratory, shifting from place to place ...Bk1902 Sc.
• ON THE DAIDLE rambling ...1818 Sc.
• ON THE RAMBLE rambling ...1700
• RAMMACKING rambling, scrambling ...19C Eng. dial.
• SCAMBLING - rambling, irregular, scattered ...1592
• UPON THE RAMBLE rambling ...1733
ramble, rambling (roaming) - nouns
• EVAGATION the act of wandering; a rambling, roving; a departing from a specified locality, prescribed course, etc. ...1691
• SCOVER a ramble with a view to discovery ...1807 Eng. dial.
• VAGARY † a wandering or devious journey or tour; a roaming about or abroad; an excursion, ramble, stroll ...1577
• VAGATION † the act of wandering, straying, or departing from the proper or regular course;  a wandering, rambling, or roaming ...c1340
ramble, rambling (roaming) - person
• DUB-SKELPER a rambling person: in contempt ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• GADABOUT one who gads about, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip; an idle, rambling person; a person who is always roaming from home, usually applied to a woman who is over-fond of visiting ...1837 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• GAMMALKIN an awkward rambling fellow ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• VAGER an idle stroller or wanderer; a vagrant; one who rambles idly or without good reason ...1646 Sc. 
ramble, roaming (roam) - verbs
• BANGLE to ramble without a fixed purpose; to bustle about awkwardly and fruitlessly ...1878 Eng. dial.
• HACK AROUND to loaf, to lounge, to idle; to ramble around; to waste time ...1888 Amer. sl.
• HARRIGOAD to go about in a wild, flighty manner; to ramble, to roam about ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HARRY-GAUD to go about in a wild, flighty manner; to ramble, to roam about ...1876 Eng. dial.
• RAGGARD to ramble about; to live in a disorderly way ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAKE † to go, to proceed, esp. with speed; to run; also, to go or wander about, to roam, to stray, to ramble; to stroll about idly; to gad about ...a1023 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATCH to ransack, to ferret about; to sneak about like a ravenous dog; to ramble ...1874 Eng. dial.
• SCAMBLE to ramble, to roam up and down ...1859 Eng. dial.
• SCOVER to search; to discover; to ramble about ostentatiously ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SI-FOG to roam or loaf about; to ramble about aimlessly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SI-FOG AROUND to roam or loaf about; to ramble about aimlessly ...1993  Amer. dial.
• SPATIATE to walk about, to stroll; to wander, roam, rove, or ramble ...1626
• VAGRANT * to behave like a vagrant; to ramble or roam ...1886
• VAGUE † to wander; to range, to roam; to ramble idly or as a vagrant ...c1425 Sc. now rare or obs.
• VOCATE † to ramble about idly; to gad about ...1825 Eng. dial.
 
RAMBUNCTIOUS - adjectives
• HALF-ALLIGATOR aggressive, tough, rambunctious ...M19 sl.
• RAMSTUDIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGINOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGIOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate ...1811 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUJOUS violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate ...1847 Amer. dial.
rambunctious - person
• BILLY GOAT a rambunctious, cantankerous, or bad-tempered man ...1921 US sl.

​RAMPAGE - nouns
• BENDER a rampage ...M19 US sl.
• TARE-UP a row, a rampage ...1906 Amer. dial.
• TEAR-UP a row, a rampage ...1906 Amer. dial.
• WILDING rampaging by a gang of youths through a public place, attacking or mugging people along the way ...1989 US sl.
rampage - verbs 
• RAISE HELL to make a lot of trouble; to go on a rampage
• YAMPH to rampage; to career noisily ...1890 Sc.
 
RAMPAGEOUS - adjectives
• RAGROWTERING - going on the rampage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.

RAMPART - nouns
• VALLIE † rampart, wall ...1602
 
RAMSHACKLE - adjectives
• RATTLE-BAG ramshackle, tumbledown, worn out ...1885 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-BONE ramshackle, tumbledown, worn out ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-DOWN ramshackle, tumbledown, worn out ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-TRAP dilapidated, worn-out, ramshackle ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RATTY run-down, ramshackle, unkempt, shabby; untidy and in poor condition ...1856 US sl.
• SHACKELTY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky ...1905 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.
ramshackle - nouns 
• PATCH a small town or neighourhood of ramshackle houses, esp. one associated with a mine; a shantytown; also used with 'the' ...1877 Amer. dial.
 
RANCH - nouns (also see FARM)
• CAP-AND-BALL LAYOUT a shiftless and unprogressive ranch or outfit ...1944 Amer. cowboys' usage
• SHIRTTAIL OUTFIT a small ranch which employs only one or two men ...1944 Amer. dial.
ranch - person 
• BIG AUGER the owner of a ranch ...Bk1936 cowboy usage 
• BIG SUGAR the owner of a ranch, a cattleman ...1942 Amer. sl.
• CAPORAL a foreman on a ranch ...1892 Amer. dial.
• DUDE WRANGLER a dude-ranch employee who entertains tourists ...1928 US West sl.
• HEN WRANGLER a chore boy on a farm or ranch ...1944 Amer. dial.
• MAJORDOMO the overseer of a ranch or mission; a person in charge of a group or project ...1834 Amer. dial.
• MAYORDOMO the overseer of a ranch or mission; a person in charge of a group or project ...1834 Amer. dial.
• NIGHTHAWK a ranch hand in charge of horses or cattle at night ...1903 Amer. dial.
• PEELER a ranch hand or cowboy; one who tames wild horses; a bronco-buster ...1894 Amer. dial.
• RANCHERO a rancher, usually one who is a Mexican or Mexican-American ...1826 Amer. dial.
• WADDY one who fills in or rounds out a ranch outfit in busy times ...1936 US Western sl. 5
• WRANGO a ranch hand who takes care of saddle horses and sometimes performs other menial tasks ...1921 Amer. dial.
 
RANCID - adjectives
• AREST † rancid ...Bk1852
• FUNKIFIED of food, clothing, etc.: that has become rancid or rank; that gives off a powerful and unpleasant smell ...1965 US
• FUNKY of food or drink: having a rich, intense, or overripe smell or flavour; also, rancid, mouldy ...1747
• NARSH disagreeable, harsh, or bitter in taste, rancid ...1866 Sc. 
• NIRSE disagreeable, harsh, or bitter in taste, rancid ...1866 Sc. 
• RAFTY † stale, rancid; usually said of bacon ...a1722 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAM offensive in smell or taste; rancid, strong-flavoured ...1863 Eng. dial.
• RAMMISH † of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMMY rank, rancid, stinking ...1607 now chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• RAMP rank, rancid, having a strong smell ...1824 Sc.
• RANCESCENT * becoming rancid ...1832
• RANCIDUOUS † rancid, rank ...1688
• RANCY rancid ...1899 Eng. dial.
• RANK having an offensively strong smell; rancid ...a1529
• RANKED † rancid ...1660
• RASTY † rancid ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• REASTED rancid ...1790 Eng. dial.
• REASTY rancid ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• REASY rancid ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• REECHY rancid; esp. said of bacon or butter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REESTY rancid, discoloured and having a bad taste ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TARF bitter, rancid in taste ...1920 Sc.
rancid - verbs
• RANCIFY to make rancid, to sour ...1826 Sc.
• REAST to become rancid ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REEZE to become rancid ...Bk1868 Eng. dial.

RANCIDITY - nouns
• ARESTENESSE † rancidity: applied to meat ...Bk1852
• RAMMISHNESS rancidity ...1552
• RANCOUR †* rancid smell; rancidity; rankness ...c1400
 
RANCIDLY - adverbs
• RAMMISHLY stinkingly, rancidly ...1567

RANCOUR - nouns
• ACID rancour, spite; bitterness, sourness ...1768

RANDOM, RANDOMLY - adjectives
• TEMERARIOUS † acting or happening at random; fortuitous, casual, haphazard ...1660
• TUMULTUARIOUS * hurriedly done; irregular, disorderly, confused; haphazard, random ...1607
random, randomly - adverbs 
• ALL ANYHOW at random; carelessly ...Bk1903
• ALLAVOLIE at random ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ALLEVOLIE at random ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ANY-WHICH-WAY randomly, in disorderly manner ...1989 Irish sl.
• AT ADVENTURE † at hazard, randomly, recklessly ...c1420
• AT ALL ADVENTURE † at random, anyhow; hence, at all hazards, at any risk, whatever may be the consequence; recklessly ...1485
• AT RANGE † at random ...c1450
• AT THE GAYNESTE † at random ...1399
• BY GOD AND BY GUESS haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY DAMNED haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GAR haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GOD haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GODFREY haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GOLLY haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GORRY haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GOSH haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GRACIOUS haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GUY haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY JINGO haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS OR BY GOD haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1963 Amer. dial.
• HAB NAB † get or lose, hit or miss, succeed or fail; however it may turn out, anyhow; at a venture, at random ...1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAB-NABS at random, hit or miss ...M16
• HAB OR NAB † get or lose, hit or miss, succeed or fail; however it may turn out, anyhow; at a venture, at random ...1542 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HABS-NABS at random, hit or miss ...c1540
• HAPSHER-HAPSHER haphazard, at random ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAPSHER-RAPSHA haphazard, at random ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HAPSHER-RAPSHER haphazard, at random ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HAPSHER-RAPSHY haphazard, at random ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HOB-NOB at random, hit or miss ...c1540
• INTO UNCERTAIN † at random ...1382
• RAMSTAM at random ...19C Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDOM †* randomly ...1618
• SMACK-SMOOTH in a reckless or random manner, regardless of consequences ...1847 Eng. dial.
• VORLUS SNORLUS at random, negligently ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VORUS-NORUS at random, negligently ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
random, randomly - verbs
• HAB OR NAB † to have or not have ...1546
 
RANDY - adjectives
• MAHATMA GANDHI randy ...2000s rhyming sl.
 
RANGER - person
• SALTUARY † a forester, a ranger ...1674
• WALKER † a keeper or ranger who  had a specified 'walk' in the forest; a gamekeeper ...1481-90
 
RANK - adjectives
• FUNKIFIED of food, clothing, etc.: that has become rancid or rank; that gives off a powerful and unpleasant smell ...1965 US
• FUNKY having a strong or offensive smell; smelling of sweat or other bodily excretions; musky, pungent, rank ...a1680
• OLID having a strong disagreeable smell; fetid, rank ...1680
• OLIDOUS †* having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid, rank, stinking ...1646
• RAMMISH † of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMMY rank, rancid, stinking ...1607 now chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• RAMP rank, rancid, having a strong smell ...1824 Sc.
• RAMSH harsh to the taste; rank, foul; of alcohol: strong, fiery ...1898 Sc.
• RANCIDUOUS † rancid, rank ...1688
rank - nouns 
• RANGE * rank, class, order ...1625
rank - verbs
• ORDER †* to class, to rank ...1662
 
RANKLE - verbs
• RANGLE to rankle ...B1900 Eng. dial.
 
RANKLY - adverbs
• RANKFULLY †* rankly ...1607
 
RANKNESS - nouns
• RANCOUR †* rancid smell; rancidity; rankness ...c1400
• RANK †* rankness, strength ...a1300
 
RANSACK - verbs
• RAMACK to search, to ransack ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RAMSACK to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage ...1837 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACK to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE to ransack, to search for closely; to plunder ...1802 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial. 
• RAMSHAG to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage ...1959 Amer. dial.
• RANCEL to search for; to grope; to ransack ...1898 Sc.
• RANSACKLE to ransack, to search for closely ...1802 Eng. dial. 
• RANSHACKLE † to ransack, to search for closely ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAT vb. to pilfer, to steal, to ransack ...1919 chiefly Aust. & NZ
• RATCH to ransack, to ferret about; to sneak about like a ravenous dog; to ramble ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TURN OVER to ransack a place, usually in order to commit robbery, or searching a person ...1859 sl.
 
RANSOMED - adjectives
• RANSOM †* the thing ransomed ...a1300
 
RANT - person
• TEARER a person who tears or rushes along or about; a blustering or violent person; a ranter, roisterer, swaggerer, thug, or bully ...1664
rant - verbs
• ELATRATE † to bluster, to rant, to roar; to speak loudly or violently ...1623
• FAUNCH to rant, to rave, to rage; to make an outcry against ...1911 Amer. dial.
• POP OFF to rant; to criticize; to brag ...Amer. World War I sl.
• RAND †* to rave, to rant and roar like bacchanals ...1601 obs. rare exc. Eng. dial.
• RODOMONTADE to boast; to brag; to rant ...L17
 
​RANTING - adjectives
• RODOMONTADE bragging, boastful, ranting ...M18
• RODOMONTADO † bragging, boastful, ranting ...M17
ranting - nouns 
• RANDING †* a raving, a ranting ...1609
 
RAP - nouns
• TUNK a rap, or blow, a thump ...1843 Amer. dial.
rap - verbs
• RAP-TAP to make a rapping noise ...1821
 
RAPACIOUS - adjectives
• CABBRACH † rapacious, laying hold of everything ...1768 Sc.
• CABROCH lean, rapacious ...1768 Sc.
• GAIR greedy, covetous, rapacious, intent on gain ...1721 Sc.
• GAIR-GAUN rapacious, greedy ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GARE greedy, covetous, rapacious, intent on gain ...1721 Sc.
• LARGE-HANDED † grasping, rapacious ...1607
• RAPINOUS † given to rapine; rapacious ...1483
rapacious - person 
• GLED † a person of a greedy disposition; one who preys upon his fellow men; a rapacious person; a plunderer ...1823 Sc.
• HARPY a rapacious, plundering, or grasping person; one that preys upon others ...1589
• HAWK one who preys on others; a rapacious person; a sharper, swindler, or cheat; one who is keen and grasping ...1548
• KITE a rapacious person 
• LEECH one who 'sticks to' another for the purpose of getting gain out of him; a rapacious person ...1784
• MONEY-GRABBER a covetous or rapacious person ...1892
• MONEY-GRUBBER a person who seeks assiduously to acquire or accumulate money, esp. by sordid or contemptible methods; a person motivated chiefly by avarice or commercialism; an avaricious or rapacious person...1825
• SANGUISUGE † a rapacious person ...a1550
• TIGER a person of fierce, cruel, rapacious, or bloodthirsty disposition; also, a person of very great activity, strength, or courage ...1500-20
 
RAPACIOUSLY - adverbs
• GAIRLY greedily, rapaciously ...1832 Sc.
 
RAPE - adjectives
• RAPEFUL † characterized by rape or violence ...1605
rape - nouns 
• BABY RAPE statutory rape ...1975 Amer. sl.
• DAISY CHAIN the group of men engaged in a gang-rape or orgy with a single woman ...1960s sl.
• DATE RAPE the rape by a man of his partner on a date ...1983 sl., orig. US
• HAIRY APE rape ...1970s NZ prison sl.
• OPPRESSION † forcible violation of a woman, rape ...c1385
• PACK-RAPE rape by a gang of men in succession ...1969 Aust. sl.
• RAPT † rape (abduction or ravishing) ...1535 Sc.
• RAPTURE † forcible defilement of women; rape ...1615
• SEXED IN the gang rape of a female ...1990s US Black sl.
• SKIN-HEIST a rape ...M20 US criminals' sl.
rape - person 
• ABUSER one who uses badly or injures; an ill-user, a violator; one who seduces, a ravisher, one who rapes ...1584
• BABY-RAPER a person who commits statutory rape; broadly, a despicable man ...1961 US sl., esp. prison usage
• GANG FUCKER one who joins in the multiple rape of a woman ...1969 US sl.
• GASH a White woman raped by an African-American ...Bk2002 US criminals' sl.
• GRANNY-DODGER a raper of elderly women ...1976 US prison sl.
• PACK-RAPIST a person who commits pack-rape ...1972 Aust. sl.
• RAPE ARTIST a rapist ...1960s sl.
• RAPE HOUND a rapist ...1960s sl.
• RAPE-O a rapist ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• RAPO a rapist ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• TAKE-OFF ARTIST a successful robber, rapist, or killer ...1966 US criminals' sl.
• VAGINA VANDAL a rapist ...1962 US sl.
rape - verbs
• BETRAVAIL † to do violence to, to violate, to rape ...1388
• BLOCK to gang-rape ...1970s NZ sl.
• PACK-RAPE of a gang of men: to serially rape a woman ....1965 Aust. sl.
• ROGER to rape a woman ...1900s US dial.
• SADIE THOMPSON to rape a man ...1985 US sl.
 
RAPED - adjectives
• RAPT of a woman: carried away by force; raped ...1432-50
• UPPED raped; having experienced coition; usually said by men of women ...E20 Brit. & US sl.
raped - person 
• RAPE one who is raped, esp. a woman ...1586
 
RAPID, RAPIDLY - adjectives
• A-GO-GO of a rapid and dizzying tempo ...Amer. sl.
• FAST-GATED going at a rapid rate ...1875 Eng. dial.
• HASTY speedy, quick, expeditious; swift, rapid; sudden ...c1340 arch.
• PERNICIOUS † rapid, swift, quick ...a1656
• PFQ extremely rapid (Pretty Fucking Quick) ...Brit. sl.
• QUIVER † active, nimble; quick, rapid ...c960 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RASPING extremely or unpleasantly rapid ..1875
• SUDDENLY †* quick, rapid ...1556
• VELOCIOUS * rapid, speedy, fast ...1680
• YERN † swift, rapid; brisk, lively; nimble, active ...a1300
rapid, rapidly - adverbs
• AT THE DOUBLE rapidly ...colloq.
• FAST AND FURIOUS rapidly, uproariously, noisily ...1790
• HASTY † hastily; quickly, rapidly, soon ...c1450
• HEAD UP AND TAIL A-RISING with great rapidity and temper ...1923 Amer. dial.
• HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION in a hurried, excited, or reckless manner; rapidly, furiously ... 1905 Amer. dial.
• HELL-TO-SPLIT very fast, in great haste, rapidly; energetically ...1871 Amer. dial.
• HELL-TO-SPLIT FOR BOSTON very fast, in great haste, rapidly; energetically ...1871 Amer. dial.
• HELL-TO-TOOT very fast, in great haste, rapidly; energetically ...1917 Amer. dial.
• IN JIG('S) TIME rapidly, in a very short period of time ...1916 Amer. dial.
• LICKETY-SPLIT at great speed; rapidly ...1835 Amer.
• LICK-SPLITTING in haste, very rapidly ...1931 Amer. dial.
• LIPPITY-CLICK rapidly ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIPPITY-CLIP rapidly ...1909 Amer. dial.
• LIPPITY-CUT rapidly ...1912 Amer. dial.
• ON THE DOUBLE without delay; rapidly ...colloq.
• RACKLY †* rapidly, impetuously ...c1470 Sc.
• RANK † rapidly, violently, headlong ...1590
• RASHLY † quickly, rapidly, hastily ...a1547 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATHE † denoting rapidity in the performance or completion of an action; quickly, rapidly, swiftly, esp. without delay, promptly, soon ...c825
• RATHELY † quickly, rapidly, swiftly ...a950
• VELOCIOUSLY * rapidly, swiftly ...1680
• WHOOPITY SCOOT rapidly, speedily, recklessly fast, vigorously ...1923 Amer. dial.
• YERNE † quickly, swiftly, rapidly, fast, briskly, at a great rate ...a1023
rapid, rapidly - nouns
• BICKER a rapid and noisy movement ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• FRIGABOB anything dancing up and down, jerking from side to side, or moving about rapidly ...19C Eng. dial.
• WAFT a rapid movement; energy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
rapid, rapidly - verbs
• BALL THE JACK to move rapidly or swiftly; to make haste; to go fast (said esp. of a railroad train); to work swiftly or energetically ...1913 Amer. sl.
• BIRR to move rapidly, to bustle; to act with energy ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BREEL to move with rapidity; to reel; to make a noise ...19C Sc.
• FRIGABOB to dance or jerk up and down, to move about rapidly ...19C Eng. dial.
• GO HEAD UP to go rapidly ...1959 Amer. dial.
• GO HEAD UP AND TAIL A-RISING to go rapidly and with some sprightliness ...1959 Amer. dial.
• HAUL ASS to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to move fast, to travel rapidly ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HAUL PORK to travel rapidly ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LACE to walk or go rapidly; to go along at great speed ...1936 Amer. dial.
• MOGATE to move rapidly ...1938 Amer. dial., Black usage
• RACK to move rapidly, to make haste ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RACK OFF to run off; to move rapidly; to depart ...1884 Amer. dial.
• SCURR to move, run, fly, sail, etc., rapidly or with great impetus ...1567
• SKATE to leave, to go; to move rapidly, to hurry ...1900 Amer. dial.
• SKIMMER to flutter, to move rapidly; to frisk about lightly ...1824
• SKIP to hasten, to hurry, to move lightly and rapidly; to make off, to abscond ...1338
• SKIRM † to dart about, to move rapidly ...a1300
• SKIRR to move, run, fly, sail, etc., rapidly or with great impetus ...1567
• SKIT to shy or be skittish; to move lightly and rapidly; to caper, to leap, to spring ...1611
• SKITTER to move or run rapidly; to hurry about; to scamper off ...1845
• STREAK to decamp swiftly; to go with a rush; to leave in a great hurry; to move very rapidly ...1604 sl.
• TOTE THE MAIL to run or travel rapidly ...1908 Amer. sl.
• TRUCKLE to proceed, to go, esp. in haste, to hurry, to move rapidly ...1859 Amer. dial.
 
RAPID (water) - nouns
• RIFT a patch of broken water; a rapid ...1727 Amer. dial.
• SAULT a waterfall or rapid ...1600 N. Amer.
• SKOOKUM CHUCK a turbulent channel of water, as a rapids in a river, or a tidal channel, falls ...1854 Amer. dial.

RAPIDITY - nouns
• HASTINESS † quickness, swiftness, rapidity; suddenness ...c1330
• RADEUR †* rapidity, impetus, force ...c1477
• RADOUR †* rapidity, impetus, force ...c1477
 
RAPIER - see SWORD
 
RAPIST - see RAPE

RAP MUSIC - person
 • B-BOY orig. a Black male break-dancer; later, and more generally, a young man involved with rap and the ghetto street lifestyle (B = Beat) ...1981 orig. & chiefly US Black sl.
• B-BOYETTE a young man involved with rap and the ghetto street lifestyle ...2000 orig. & chiefly US Black sl.
• BEAT BOX the person who provides the (verbal) rhythmic beat in a rap song ...Bk1995 Amer. sl.
• BEAT BOY a rapper ...Bk1992 rap sl.
• B-GIRL a female involved with rap and the ghetto street lifestyle ...1987 orig. & chiefly US Black sl.
• GANGSTA a performer or fan of gangsta rap ...1989
• GANGSTA RAPPER a rap artist, who reflects on the Black urban experience in an explicitly sexual and violent manner ...1990 US
• GANGSTER RAPPER a rap artist, who reflects on the Black urban experience in an explicitly sexual and violent manner ...1989 US 

RAPPORT - verbs
• CONNECT to get along with; to establish rapport with ...1940s Amer. sl.
 
RAPT - adjectives
• CORREPT † rapt ...1659
 
RAPTURE - nouns
• RAPT * a trance, ecstasy, rapture ...1526
• RAPTERY †* rapture ...1640
• RAPTNESS * rapt condition ...1891
• RAPTUS * a state of rapture or excitement ...1844
rapture - verbs  (also see ENRAPTURE)
• RAP to affect with rapture; to transport with joy, etc. ...1599
 
RAPTUROUSLY - adverbs
• RAPTLY * rapturously ...1890
 
RARE, RARITY - adjectives
• ANTIOUS ancient, beautiful with age, rare ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ANTRIN occasional, rare ...1785 Sc.
• AUNTERIN occasional, rare ...1785 Sc.
• DAIMEN rare, occasional ...1790 Sc.
• DAINTY † precious; hence, rare, scarce ...? a1500
• GAYSON † scantily produced; rare, scarce, uncommon ...1377
• GEASON † scantily produced; rare, scarce, uncommon ...1377
• ODD † singular in valour, worth, merit, or eminence; unique, remarkable; distinguished, famous, renowned; rare, choice ...c1400
• RARACHOSE †* rare, unusual ...1676
• RARE AS A PREGNANT NUN extremely rare ...1940s Aust. sl.
• RARE AS FAIRIES extremely rare ...1940s Aust. sl.
• RARE AS ROCKING HORSE MANURE extremely rare ...1943 Aust. sl.
• RARE AS ROCKING-HORSE SHIT extremely rare ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• RARITIVE † indicating rareness of occurrence ...1668 nonce word
• RATHE † rare ...1548
• SCARCE AS ROCKING HORSE DROPPINGS very rare or scarce ...2003 sl.
rare, rarity - nouns
• BLUE DAHLIA something impossible or unattainable; something rare or unheard of ...1865
• DAINTESS a delicacy, a rarity; a luxury ...1825 Sc.
• DAINTY † anything estimable, choice, fine, pleasing, or delightful; hence, occasionally, a luxury, a rarity ...1340
• DENTICE a delicacy, a rarity; a luxury ...1825 Sc.
• EISTACK † something rare, singular, or surprising; that which arrests the eye ...1773 Sc.
• GEASON †* rarity, scarcity ...1509
• KEERIORUM, QUEERIORUM an object, person, or animal exhibiting some singularity, something rare; puzzling, or peculiar; an oddity ...1959 Sc.
• RARE † a rare thing; a rarity ...1566
• RARIETY 1. † something very rare or extraordinary ...1596
2. † rareness; excellence ...1636
rare, rarity - verbs
• SCARCE UP to decline in abundance; to become rare ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
RARELY - adverbs
• ODDLY † singularly; remarkably; nobly, rarely, choicely ...a1300
• RARE † rarely ...1721
 
RASCAL, RASCALLY - adjectives
• FURCIFEROUS * rascally ...1823
• GALLOWS villainous, rascally, wicked, depraved ...c1425
• GALLOWS-FACED rascally-looking ...1769
• LIMMER knavish, scoundrelly, roguish, rascally ...1500-20 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGGILY rascally, unprincipled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAPSCALLION roguish, rascally, knavish ...1711
• RAPSCALLIONLY rascally, roguish, knavish ...1832
• RASCALITY base, worthless, rascally ...1828 Eng. dial.
• RASCOTLY rascally, knavish ...1857 Eng. dial.
• SCOONERAL scoundrelly, rascally ...1844 Sc.
rascal, rascally - adverbs
• QUEERLY † in a bad or rascally manner ...a1700 cant
rascal, rascally - nouns 
• RAPSCALLIONRY rascals collectively ...1858
• RASCABILIA †* rascalry, rascals ...1573
• RASCABILITY † rascality, rabble ...a1577
• RASCALDOM 1. the world or body of rascals ...1837
2. rascally conduct; a rascally act ...1862
• RASCALISM the character or practices of a rascal ...1837
• RASCALITY rascally character or conduct; a rascally act or practice ...1592
• RASCALMENT roguery, knavery, rascalry ...1832 nonce word
• RASCALSHIP the condition of being a rascal; used as a mock title ...1639
rascal, rascally - person
• ANOINTER a scapegrace, a complete rogue or rascal, a mischievous fellow ...1884 Eng. dial.
• BAD EGG a rogue, a villain, a scoundrel, a rascal, a worthless fellow ...1847 sl., orig. US
• BAD HAT a mischievous or wayward person; a rascal; a troublemaker; an habitual brawler; a dangerous person ...1884
• BADLING * a worthless person; a good-for-nothing; a rascal; a scamp; a naughty child ...c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal, a scoundrel ...1843 Anglo-Indian
• BALATRON, BALLATRON †* a babbling, prating fellow; a vain talking fellow; a jester, a buffoon; a rascally base knave, a thief; a  contemptible fellow ...1623
• BALATROON a buffoon; a contemptible fellow; a rascally, base knave ...1623
• BESONIAN, BEZONIAN † a term of contempt: a needy beggar; a poor wretch; a base fellow; a mean, low person; a knave;  a rascal; a scoundrel ...1611
• BILDERT a term of contempt; a slightly mischievous, irresponsible youth; a rascal ...Bk1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BISOGNIO † a term of contempt; a needy beggar, a base fellow, a knave, a rascal ...1612
• BISOGNO † a term of contempt; a needy beggar, a base fellow, a knave, a rascal ...1612
• BOINARD † a fool, a simpleton; a rogue, a rascal, a scoundrel, a low person; a term of reproach ...a1300
• BUDMASH n. one following evil courses; a bad character; a villain, a rascal ...1870 orig. Ind. army
• CARTSO, CARTZO a rogue or rascal ...L16 sl.
• CATAIAN † a rogue, a scoundrel, a rascal, a knave, a blackguard; a sharper ...1598
• CATSO † a base fellow; a rogue, rascal, scamp ...1602 sl.
• CAYNARD † a lazy fellow, a sluggard; a worthless fellow, a rascal, a scoundrel; a term of reproach ...1303
• CULLION † a term of great contempt; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a bad fellow; a mean wretch; a scoundrel, a rascal ...1575
• DAMBER a rogue, a rascal ...M17 sl.
• FARTLICKER a low rascal; a sycophant ...18C Brit. sl.
• GALLOWS a rascal, one deserving the gallows ...1588
• GALLOWS-FACE a rascal; one having the look of a villain ...1724
• GALLOWS-ROGUE a jailbird, a rascal; a good-for-nothing ...1894 Eng. dial.
• GALLOWS-TAG a jailbird, a rascal; a good-for-nothing ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALLOWS-TANG a jailbird, a rascal; a good-for-nothing ...1887 Eng. dial.
• GALLUS TAG a good-for-nothing; a rascal ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• GARLACH a little rascal; an impish youngster; a spoiled child ...1930 Sc.
• GIMMERS a rascal ...Bk1896 Eng. dial.
• GLUTTON † a general term of reproach or contempt; a vile wretch; a knave, rascal, filthy fellow ...c1300
• GUTTER-BLOOD a base-born person; one of low birth; one of the rabble; a ragged rascal ...1818 Sc.
• HALLAN-SHAKER a beggar who stands shaking the 'hallan'; a vagabond, a sturdy beggar; a knave, a rascal ...1500-20 Sc.
• HALLION a clown; a clumsy fellow; a good-for-nothing idle scamp; a sloven; a rascal ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARLOT † a vagabond, a vagrant; a beggar, a rogue, a rascal, a villain, a low fellow, a knave ...a1225
• HELLENSHAKER a ragged fellow; a vagabond or beggar; a knave, a rascal ...1742 Sc.
• HOUNDSFOOT † a scoundrel; a rascal; a worthless fellow; a term of contempt ...1710
• HULLION a clown; a clumsy fellow; a good-for-nothing idle scamp; a sloven; a rascal ...1789 Sc. & Ireland
• JAVEL † a low or worthless fellow; a rascal, a vagabond; a wandering, dirty fellow; a tramp ...a1300
• JAY an oaf or a rascal; a frivolous person ...L16
• KAYNARD † a worthless fellow; a lazy cowardly person; a sluggard; a rascal ...1782
• LADRONE a vague term of reproach; a rogue, rascal, blackguard; a lazy knave ...a1557 Sc.
• LAMMOCK a rogue, a rascal ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LARIKIN a rascal; a villain; a Bohemian; one who acts without regard for conventions ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• LARKER a person given to fun or mischief'; a frolicking rascal ...c1825 sl.
• LARRY a rascal; a villain; a Bohemian; one who acts without regard for conventions ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• LICKPENNY a scamp, a rascal ...1899 Sc.
• LIMMER † a rogue, a rascal, a knave, a scoundrel ...1456 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LITHERBY †* a base or rascally person; a bad, wicked person ...1598
• LITTLE MONKEY a mischievous person; a rascal, a scamp ...1930
• LITTLE SCUT a little boy; a scamp, a rascal ...1953 Amer. dial.
• LURCHER a rascal, a villain ...20C Aust. sl.
• MAMZER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a rascal ...1955 US sl.
• MOBARD, MOBBARD †* a villain, a rascal; a fool; a clown, a boor ...a1450
• MOMZER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a rascal; a detestable or disliked person ...1955 US sl. 
• MONKEY a mimic; a person who acts comically; a mischievous person; a rascal, a scamp ...1589
• NEETY-NECK a rascal ...Bk1905 Ireland
• NINETER a scapegrace, a mischievous fellow, a rascal ...1884 Eng. dial.
• NOINTER a scapegrace, a mischievous fellow or child; a brat ...1884 Eng. dial.
• OLD SCOOT a rascal ...1906 Amer. dial.
• OOBIT a ragged, shaggy, or unkempt, hairy person; an uncouth sort of person; an ill-behaved youngster; an insignificant rascal ...1856 Sc.
• PALLIARD a lewd person, a thorough rascal ...1567 arch.
• QUAIST † a rascal, a rogue, a wag ...1880 Sc.
• RABSCALLION a rascal, a knave, a rogue; a vagabond, a scamp; a worthless wretch ...1699
• RACAPELT, RACKAPELT a noisy, riotous person; a scamp; an idle rascal; a man of dissolute habits; a worthless fellow ...Bk1852 Eng. dial.
• RACK-HELL a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1554 now arch.
• RADICAL a troublesome boy; an impudent, dissipated fellow; a wild, unruly fellow; a rogue, a blackguard; a rascal ...Bk1886 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAGABASH an idle, worthless, or disreputable fellow; a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a scoundrel; a ragamuffin ...1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGABRASH, RAGGABRASH an idle, worthless fellow; a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a ragamuffin ...1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGGIL a rascal, a scoundrel; a worthless vagabond; a careless or mischievous person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAKE-HELL a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1554 now arch.
• RAKEHELLY a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...a1762
• RAKEL † a rake-hell; a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1622 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAKESHAME * a man of loose character; a base, rascally fellow; a lewd, debauched fellow; a vile, dissolute wretch; an uncouth and wicked boy ...1599
• RAMPALLION † 1. a ruffian, a villain, a scoundrel, a rogue, a knave, a rascal ...1593
† 2. a female rampallion, knave, rogue, rascal ...1602
• RAMSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ... 1733 now chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAMSCULLION † an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne'er-do-well ...1866 Sc.
• RAPPIS a dissolute person; a rascal ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RAPSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal, a rogue, a scamp; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne'er-do-well ...1699
• RAPTRIL a rascal ...1843
• RASCABILIAN † a worthless wretch; a rascal ...1622
• RASCALESS † a female rascal ...1748 nonce word
• RASCALLION * a low, mean or worthless wretch or rascal; a rogue, a knave ...1649
• RASCOT, RASKOT a rascal, a knave ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RASKALLION † a thorough rascal ...1777 Eng. dial.
• RASKELT a rascal, a knave ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RENEGATE a reprobate, an unprincipled person, a rogue, a rascal ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SACKET a term of abuse; a scamp, a rascal, a pert, impudent person ...1853 Sc.
• SCAB a term of abuse; a mean, low scurvy fellow; an unpleasant or despicable man; a mean or contemptible person; a rascal, a scoundrel, a rogue ...1590 
• SCAFE a wild, thoughtless person, esp. a boy or young man; a rascal; a lazy ne'er-do-well ...Bk1868 Eng. dial. 
• SCALAWAG, SCALLAWAG a rogue; a rascal; a scamp; a good-for-nothing; a deceiver ...1848 Amer. dial.
• SCALLOWAG a disreputable or very mischievous fellow; a good-for-nothing; a good-tempered scamp; a ne'er-do-well; a scapegrace, a blackguard; a worthless person; a rascal; a naughty child ...1848
• SCALLYWAG a rogue; a rascal; a scamp; a good-for-nothing; a deceiver ...1848 
• SCAMP a good-for-nothing, worthless person, a ne’er-do-well, a rascal ...1808
• SCANDAL a scoundrel, a rascal ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCANDERBEG † a rogue, a rascal, a knave ...a1635
• SCAPEGALLOWS a dedicated villain who has (so far) escaped the gallows; a scoundrel; a rascal ...1799
• SCAPEGRACE a man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; a careless, idle, harebrained fellow; a graceless, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne'er-do-well; a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; a scamp (rarely applied to a female) ...1809
• SCAPER a rascal; a critter, a varmint ...1933 Amer. dial.
• SCARAMOUCH a disreputable fellow; a rascal, a scamp; a term of contempt ...1676
• SCELLUM, SCHELLAM a rascal, a scamp, a rogue, a scoundrel, a villain ...1611 arch.
• SCHELLUM † a rogue, a rascal ...1814 Sc.
• SCHELM † a rogue, a rascal ...1814 Sc
• SCHNICKLEFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SCOOT a rascal ...1906 Amer. dial.
• SCOPPERIL a lively, restless person or animal; an active, agile child; a young rascal ...1874 Eng. dial.
• SCOUR a term of contempt for a rascally sort of person ...1887 Sc. 
• SCOWBANK a loafer, a rogue, a rascal ...1881 sl.
• SCOW-BANKER a sneak, a thief, a rascal ...1863 Eng. dial.
• SCOWRIE a scruffy, disreputable-looking person; a blackguard, a rascally fellow ...1721 Sc. 
• SCRAFFLES an empty boaster; a rascal ...1808 Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLIN a rascal ...1858 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPEGALLOWS a scoundrel, a rascal ...1946 Amer. dial.
• SCROYLE † a mean fellow; a rascal, a scoundrel, a wretch; a term of contempt ...1595
• SCUD a little boy; a scamp, a rascal ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SCUDDER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCULPIN a derogatory term for an animal or person; a rascal; a backbiter ...1836 Amer. dial.
• SCUT a little boy; a scamp, a rascal ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SCUTTER a scoundrel, a rascal, a mischievous person; a rowdy, mean person ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SHAG a low, rascally fellow ...1620
• SHAG-RAG a ragged, disreputable person; a low rascally fellow ...L16 sl.
• SHREW a wicked rascal; a vexatious person of either sex ...14C
• SKALAWAG, SKALLAWAG a rogue; a rascal; a scamp; a good-for-nothing; a deceiver ...1848 Amer. dial.
• SKALLYWAG a rascal; a little devil ...20C US colloq.
• SKEESICK a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SKEESTER a rascal, a rogue; a term of endearment for a child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEESUCKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1891 Amer. dial.
• SKEETER a rascal, a rogue; a term of endearment for a child ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZACKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1875 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZECKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1850 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZICKS a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SKEEZIX a mean, contemptible fellow; a rascal; a good-for-nothing; a worthless fellow; a mischievous child ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SKELLUM a rascal, a scamp, a rogue, a scoundrel, a villain ...1611 arch.
• SKELM a rascal, a scamp, a rogue, a scoundrel, a villain ...1611 arch.
• SKITTAMALINK (derogatory) a rascal, a bad-acting woman ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKOPERIL a lively, restless person or animal; an active, agile child; a young rascal ...1874 Eng. dial.
• SNICKELTYFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SNICKETYFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SNICKLEFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SNIGGLEFRITZ a mischievous little boy; a scamp, a rascal; usually used endearingly ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SNOKE-HORN a sneak; a devious rascal ...M15
• SON OF A GUN a rogue, rascal ...sl.
• SPALPEEN a disagreeable, miserable, or contemptible person; a low, mean, or good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless person; a rogue, a rascal, a scamp ...1815 Irish
• TAGGELT a ragged, dirty person; a vagabond; an idle good-for-nothing or disreputable person; a rascal, scamp ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
• TAGIT a ragged, dirty person; a vagabond; an idle good-for-nothing or disreputable person; a rascal, scamp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAISTREL a rascal; a scoundrel; a good-for-nothing; a worthless or disorderly person; a peevish character; a contemptible person; a term of great contempt ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• TALENT a rascal, a villain, a Bohemian, one who acts without regard for conventions ...1880 Aust. sl.
• TASTRILL a saucy, impudent child; one who is badly behaved; a mischievous character; a cunning rogue, a rascal ...Bk1892 Eng. dial.
• THIEF a term of contempt or vituperation used with no implication of dishonesty; a rascal, a scamp ...1827 Sc.
• THIEF-LOON a thief, a thievish rascal ...1898 Sc.
• THIEF-RIEVER a thief, a thievish rascal ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TITIVILLER †* a bad or vile character, a scoundrel, a rogue, a rascal, a knave, a villain ...1500
• VAGABOND a disreputable or worthless person; an idle, good-for-nothing fellow; a rascal or rogue ...1686
• VAGRANT a disreputable or worthless person; an idle, good-for-nothing fellow; a rascal or rogue ...1452
• VARLET a person of a low, mean, or knavish disposition; a knave, a rogue, a rascal ...1555
• WAFF a worthless person; a rascal; one addicted to idleness or low, immoral company ...1813 Sc.
• WAFFIE a loafer, an idler, a vagrant, a vagabond; a worthless person, a rascal; one addicted to idleness or low,  immoral company ...1808 Sc.
• WAGHALTER † one who is likely to swing in a halter; a 'gallows-bird' ; a rogue, knave, or rascal worthy of hanging...1570 
• WAG-PASTIE a rogue, urchin, rascal; a term of endearment ...1534 sl.
• WAG-PASTY † a mischievous rogue; a rascal, an urchin; a term of contempt ...a1553
• WAG-WITH † one who is likely to swing in a halter; a 'gallows-bird'; a rogue, knave, or rascal worthy of hanging  ...1611
• WARLOT a rogue, a rascal, a scoundrel ...1584 Sc.
• WORRY-BOGGLE a rogue, a rascal ...1718 Sc.
• YOKEY a rascal; a fine fellow, used ironically ...Bk1862 Eng. dial.
• YOUNG IMP a mischievous boy; a young rascal ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• YOUNG RADICAL a troublesome young rascal ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• YOUNG TOKEN a young rascal ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
rascal, rascally - verbs
• RASCAL † to call one a rascal ...1598