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ROWI - RUMO
ROWING - adjectives
• MANKIT worn out by violent exertion, esp. by incessant rowing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAGGED collapsed ...1902 rowing sl.
rowing - nouns
• ARK AND WIN(N)S a sculler, a rowing boat ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• ASH BREEZE propulsion given to a boat by rowing rather than by the wind ...1834 Amer. sl.
• CREWBY a rowing crew ...20C teen & high school sl.
• TROIL a short row on the sea ...B1900 Eng. dial.
rowing - person
• OAR an oarsman; one skilled in rowing...1749
• OARMAN * one who uses oars; a rower ...1608
• OARS an oarsman; a waterman ...1611 colloq.
• OARSMAN one who uses oars; a rower ...1824
• OARSWOMAN a woman who rows ...1882
• PAIR in rowing: a set of two oarsmen ...1885
• PASSENGER a member of a rowing crew who does not pull his weight; hence, a member of a group who does not contribute any effort, and so has to be supported by the others; a lazy person ...1852 sl., orig. Brit. university usage
rowing - verbs
• ANDOO to keep a boat stationary by gentle motion of the oars; to keep a boat in position by rowing gently against wind or tide ...1866 Sc.
• CATCH A CRAB to mishandle oars while rowing, so that there is a splash of water ...1975 Amer. dial.
• CUT A CRAB in rowing: to mull one's stroke, esp. by jamming the oar in the water as if a crab had caught it ...L18 sl.
• LAY ON THE OARS to cease rowing ...1830
• MOVE UNDER AN ASHEN SAIL to row a boat ...1975 Canada
• REMIGATE * to row or row back ...1623
• SUGAR in rowing: to malinger at the oars; to shirk while pretending to row hard...1890 Cambridge rowing sl.
• UMBEROW † to row about ...c1205
• VENDER to turn or row a boat against the sun ...1908 Sc.
ROYAL - adjectives
• BASILIC †* kingly, royal, sovereign ...1728
• BASILICAL kingly, royal, regal ...1652
royal - nouns
• SANG ROYAL † royal blood ...a1400
royal - person
• ROYAL a member of the royal family; usually used in the plural ...1774 sl.
ROYAL AIR FORCE - see SERVICES
ROYAL COURT, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD - person
• PALACE-MOUSE † an obsequious courtier ...1608 nonce word
• PALASINS the ladies attendant on the court ...Bk1775
• SERJEANT GARBAGER † an officer of the royal kitchen, who had charge of the poultry ...1601
• WAIT † a watchman attached to the royal household who sounded the watch,, etc. by the blowing of a pipe, trumpet, or other wind instrument ...a1300
• WAITER † a regular member (often a person of high rank) of the retinue or household of a royal or noble personage ...a1400
• WARDROBER † an officer of a royal household who had charge of the robes, wearing apparel, etc. ...a1400-50
ROYALIST - person
• BASILEAN †* a Royalist ...c1645
RUB - nouns
• SCRIMGE a hard rub; a severe beating ...Bk1904 Sc.
rub - verbs (includes RUB OFF)
• ABRASE to rub off or away; to wear down by friction; to abrade ...1593
• FAUCH to scratch, to claw, to rub; to scrub hard ...1923 Sc.
• HARSH † to rub or clash roughly against ...1889
• PASS to wipe, to rub ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RASE to rasp, to rub, to scrape ...1883 Eng. dial.
• REESHLE to rub ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAZE to scratch; to graze, to abrade; to rub slightly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIM to squeeze; to crush; to rub vigorously ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIMGE to rub or scrub vigorously; to beat severely ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIMMAGE to rub violently; to beat severely ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINGE † to rub or scour with force and energy; to purge ...1816 Sc.
• SKRIM to squeeze; to crush; to rub vigorously ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SUFFRICATE †* to rub off ...1623
• YEWK to rub; to scratch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RUBBED - adjectives
• ABRASE † rubbed smooth; rubbed clear from all markings; unoccupied, clean, blank ...1600
RUBBER - nouns
• CAHOOTCHY India rubber ...20C Glasgow usage
RUBBER BAND - nouns
• BAND RUBBER a rubber band ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GUM BAND a rubber band ...1959 Amer. dial.
• HAND RUBBER a rubber band ...1968 Amer. dial.
RUBBING - nouns
• NOOGIE the act of striking or vigorously rubbing someone, usually on the head, with the knuckles ...1988 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMMAGE a hard rubbing; a severe beating ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINGE a thorough cleansing; a rub; the act of rubbing; the sound caused by rubbing; the act of working with energy ...1886 Sc.
RUBBISH, RUBBISHY - adjectives
• BAGGAGE † rubbishy, refuse ...1548
• BAGGAGELY † rubbishy, worthless ...1573
• BAGMENTALLY rubbishy, worthless; usually applied to persons ...1870 Eng. dial.
• BALDUCTUM † trashy, rubbishy ...1577
• CAGMAG inferior, second-rate, spurious; unwholesome, decaying; coarse, worthless, rubbishy ...1859 Eng. dial.
• LURPY rubbishy; looking bad or ugly ...1990s sl.
• MIDDENED UP covered or smothered with dirt or rubbish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALDY of the nature of refuse; rubbishy, worthless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALING of the nature of refuse; rubbishy, worthless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANTS rubbish, second-rate, inferior ...1990s sl.
• QUISQUILIAN †* of the nature of rubbish or refuse ...1716
• QUISQUILIARY †* of the nature of rubbish or refuse ...1817
• QUISQUILIOUS * of the nature of rubbish or refuse ...1802-12
• RUDERARY pertaining to rubbish; consisting of rubbish ...1727
• SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE confused, incoherent, nonsensical, rubbishy ...1596
• TING-TANGLY worthless, rubbishy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TURKISH (DELIGHT) rubbishy ...2000s rhyming sl. for 'shite'
rubbish, rubbishy - nouns
• AIRMAIL garbage (and, in prison, human waste) that is thrown out of windows, esp. in tenements and prison, instead of being taken to dustbins, loaded into disposal chutes, etc. ...1950s UK & US sl.
• BAGGAGE † rubbish, refuse, dirt ...1549
• BAGGERMENT rubbish, worthless things ...1888 Eng. dial.
• BAGMENT rubbish, worthless things ...1870 Eng. dial.
• BAGRIE trash; worthless rubbish ...1769 Sc.
• BAUBLE a thing or article of no value; a paltry piece of rubbish, something worthless ...1634
• BELLY-MUCK refuse, rubbish ...1844 Eng. dial.
• BONY PILE a rubbish heap ...1981 Amer. dial.
• CAB-HOLE a receptacle for rubbish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CACK rubbish, dirt, filth ...1990s sl.
• CAFF refuse, rubbish of any kind; refuse or unsaleable fish ...1817 Eng. dial.
• CAGMAG bad, unwholesome food; refuse of any kind; anything worthless, valueless, or rubbishy; rubbish; scraps; odds and ends ...1851 sl.
• CLAG excreta, faeces; rubbish ...2003 UK sl.
• CLOBBER equipment; 'gear'; rubbish ...1890 sl.
• CRUD articles considered of little or no use or value; rubbish, trash, junk ...1943
• CULCH rubbish ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• DALDOES useless ornaments, such as embroidered chair-backs, tassels, etc.; also, rubbish ...1841 Sc.
• DEVILTRY rubbish; any undesirable object ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIBBLE-DABBLE rubbish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILSH rubbish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOODLEY-SHIT anything worthless or insignificant; rubbish ...1950s sl., orig. US
• DOODLY-SHIT anything worthless or insignificant; rubbish ...1950s sl., orig. US
• DOOKIE, DOOKY, DUKEY rubbish, trash ...1994 US sl.
• DRECK dirt; garbage; faeces ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FLY-TIPPING the deliberate dumping of rubbish in an unauthorized place
• GARBIDGE garbage, refuse; filth ...1583
• GARBISH garbage, refuse; filth ...1583
• GASH rubbish, refuse ...1958 Antarctica usage
• GLORY-HOLE a place for rubbish or odds and ends ...1825 Eng. dial.
• GRUNGE dirt; filth; rubbish ...1960 sl.
• GUNGE a sticky or viscid mass; any messy or clogging substance, esp. one considered otherwise unidentifiable; also, general rubbish, clutter, filth ...1969 sl.
• HAFFICK tangle, confusion, rubbish, litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HEAP O' NOUGHT anything that is worthless, rubbish, or nonsense ...1870 Eng. dial.
• KABBER rubbish, a heap or conglomeration of rubbish ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KECK rubbish ...1873 Eng. dial.
• KEDGE trash, rubbish ...1852 Eng. dial.
• LASTAGE †* garbage, rubbish ...1691
• MAGOOZLUM rubbish, trash ...1920s US sl.
• MIDDEN any place or receptacle for dirt and rubbish; the cesspool of a privy ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MULLOCK † refuse matter, rubbish ...c1390 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OFFAL the parts of slaughtered or dead animals unfit for food; putrid flesh; carrion; used contemptuously; also, the bodies or limbs of the slain ...1581
• OFFSCOURINGS filth or defilement cleaned off and cast aside; refuse, rubbish ...1674
• PAG-MAG a collection of rubbish; odds and ends ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PALT refuse, rubbish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALTREMENT †* worthless stuff, rubbish ...1641
• PALTRY † refuse, rubbish, trash; anything worthless ...1556 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAULT refuse, rubbish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PIECE OF SHIT junk ...Bk1998 teen sl.
• PILE OF SHIT junk; anything worthless ...M20 US sl.
• RABBLE-RASH rubbishy stuff ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAFF † worthless material, trash, rubbish, refuse ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAFFAGE rubbish, refuse, odds and ends ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAFFLE of things: rubbish, refuse; worthless stuff ...1848
• RAIT rubbish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMMATREK rubbish, trash ...1908 Sc.
• RAMMEL † rubbish of any kind ...1370-71 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RASCAL † rubbish, refuse ...c1440
• REDD rubbish, litter, remains ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REFUGE-BASKET a basket for putting rubbish into ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUBBAGE rubbish ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCAFF refuse, worthless rubbish ...1815 Sc.
• SCHLOCK rubbish; inferior goods; anything that is cheap and nasty or tasteless ...Brit. sl.
• SCOULE † rubbish ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCOWLE † rubbish ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCRIFF-SCRAFF odds and ends; rubbish ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROFF odds and ends; rubbish, refuse, waste ...1842 Eng. dial.
• SCULCH refuse, junk, rubbish, trash, worthless stuff ...1900 Amer. dial.
• SHIT rubbish, trash; something regarded as worthless ...1890 sl.
• SHLOCK rubbish; inferior goods; anything that is cheap and nasty or tasteless ...Brit. sl.
• SKOLE † rubbish ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SKULCH refuse, rubbish, junk, trash, worthless stuff ...1900 Amer. dial.
• TACK something tacky or cheap and seedy or vulgar; rubbish, junk ...L20 colloq.
• TAG-RAG rubbish ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TRISH-TRASH † trash, rubbish, worthless stuff ...1542-5
• UDDER a heap of rubbish, etc ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VARG a mess, an untidy mix-up, dirt, rubbish ...1891 Sc.
rubbish, rubbishy - person (includes 'dustman')
• ASH-MAN the dustman, scavenger ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BINMAN a refuse collector ...c1966 sl.
• CAFFLER a dealer in rubbish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANTAIL-BOY a dustman ...E19 sl.
• FLY-TIPPER a person who deliberately dumps rubbish in an unauthorized place
• GARBIOLOGIST a dustman ...1965
• GARBO a dustman; a collector of rubbish ...1940 Aust. sl.
• GARBOLOGIST a dustman; a rubbish collector ...1965
• HILL-MAN - a foreman in a dust-yard ...1851
• HILL-WOMAN - a woman who lives on a hill or belongs to a hill-tribe; also, a forewoman in a dust-yard ...1851
• SANITATION ENGINEER a garbage and trash collector ...1975 US euphemism
• SANITATION WORKER a garbage collector ...1975 euphemism
• SANMAN a municipal garbage and trash collector ...1978 US colloq.
• SCAVENGER a private garbage collector ...1969 Amer. dial.
rubbish, rubbishy - verbs
• CAFFLE to deal in 'caff' or rubbish; to deal in unsaleable fish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
RUB DOWN - verbs
• NOACH to massage; to squeeze with the fingers; to rub down ...1982 Amer. dial.
• NOATCH to massage; to squeeze with the fingers; to rub down ...1982 Amer. dial.
RUCKUS - nouns
• JOLLY a ruckus, a fracas ...M19 sl.
• SHINDY a commotion; a ruckus; a row, a disturbance; a fuss ...1828 Amer. dial.
ruckus - person
• JOLLY the person who encourages or initiates a ruckus ...M19 sl.
RUDDY - adjectives
• BAWF-FACED fat-faced, ruddy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ruddy - person
• BLOWZE a ruddy, fat-faced wench ...1594
RUDE - adjectives
• BARDISH † rude, insolent ...a1662 Sc.
• BEAR-GARDEN rude, turbulent ...1687
• BEARISH rough, rude, and uncouth. growling, surly ...1744
• BESTIAL brutish, savage, cruel, rude, barbarous, uncivilized ...c1400
• BOISTOUS † of persons etc.: rough, rude; untaught, rustic; coarse, unpolished ...c1300
• BOORISH rude, ill-mannered, coarse, unrefined, uncultured ...M16
• BORREL rough, rude, clownish ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALSHIE crabbed, ill-humoured, rude ...1790 Sc.
• CARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• CARTERLIKE † rude, clownish ...1561
• CARTERLY † clownish, boorish, rude, ill-bred ...1519
• CHUFFY † clownish, churlish, rude, blunt, surly, morose ...a1700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHURLY * churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent ...1620
• DACIOUS impudent, rude ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DISPERLITE impolite, rude ...1883 Amer. dial.
• DROP-DEAD rude, as if telling someone to drop dead ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FAASTIE rude, impertinent, impudent ...1950s W. Indies & Jamaica usage
• FACETY cheeky, impudent, rude, arrogant ...1943 W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• FACEY cheeky, rude, impudent ...E17
• FACY † cheeky, rude, impudent ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAST forward, impulsive, prone to rashness; cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAST-MOUTHED said of one who talks back or gives rude answers ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FASTY rude, impertinent, impudent ...1950s W. Indies & Jamaica sl.
• GROBIAN slovenly, ill-bred, rude, coarse ...1654
• HALLOCKING teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-SCRAPED of a tongue: rude, abusive ...1785 Sc.
• ILL-SKET rude, unmannerly ...1897 Sc.
• ILL-TOWARD rude, unmannerly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IMMORIGEROUS † unyielding, obstinate; disobedient, rebellious; uncivil, rude ...1623
• IMPOLISHED † unpolished; devoid of polish; rude, unrefined ...1583
• IMPOLITE † wanting polish or refinement; unpolished, rude, rough ...1612
• IMPOLITED † wanting polish or refinement; unpolished, rude, rough ...1597
• INDISCREET † uncivil, rude ...1727 Sc.
• KARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• LEWD † of speech and the like: rude, artless, inelegant ...c1425
• LIPPY impudent, rude, pert, disrespectful, talkative ...1875 sl.
• MENSELESS unmannerly, rude, ill-bred; uncultured, unpolished ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAZZLY bad-tempered; rude, mischievous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• NEAR THE KNUCKLE rude and slightly offensive; verging on indecent ...1895 colloq.
• NO-MANNERS ill-mannered; rude, impolite, unmannerly ...1922 Amer. dial.
• OBVIOUSLY SEVERE extremely rude ...1890 UK society usage
• PALMERING rude, clumsy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• POLRUMPTIOUS restive, rude, unruly, obstreperous; foolishly confident ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RAG-MANNERED † rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAG-MANNERT rude-mannered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMBUSTEOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough, rude, and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMGUNSHOCH bad-tempered, surly, rude and boorish ...1721 Sc.
• RAMSHACKLE of persons, actions, etc.: unsteady, irregular, disorderly, rude ...1855 chiefly Eng. dial.
• RANDIE having a rude, aggressive manner; loud-tongued and coarse-spoken ...1698 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDY having a rude, aggressive manner; loud-tongued and coarse-spoken ...1698 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAW-GOBBED rude and coarse of speech ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REE crazy, delirious; rude, wild; unmanageable ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROID † rude ...a1400 obs exc. Eng. dial.
• ROUGH-HEWN † of rough or coarse manners; rude, ill-mannered, uncultivated, unpolished; blunt, rugged; also, rough-natured, cruel ...1600
• RUDAS of women: rude, unmannerly, rough, coarse; haggard, old ...a1802 Sc.
• RUFFATORY boisterous, rude ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RUFTY-TUFTY † rude, rough; boisterous; impudent ...1606
• RUMBUSTICAL fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous; rude, overbearing, violent ...1795 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• RUVID † rude, barbarous ...1632
• SAVAGE † 1. rude, harsh, ungentle ...a1300
2. of movements, noise, demeanour, manners, etc.: wild, ungoverned; rude, unpolished ...c1420-30 arch.
• SCAFE wild, rude; awkward, esp. used of boys; full of fear ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCOW-BANKING rude, ill-mannered; dishonest ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SNOTTIE bitchy; pert, to fresh or rude behaviour ...20C colloq.
• UMBERSORROW † rough, rude, uncultivated; of a rugged or surly disposition ...1808 Sc.
• UNAFFILED † unpolished, rude ...1390
• UNCANNY harsh, unkind, rude; severe, esp. used of a blow or fall ...1773 Sc.. & Eng. dial.
• UNCOMBED rude, inelegant ...1633
• UNCOOL unpleasant, emotional, rude, tactless, unsophisticated, unfair ...1953 sl., orig. US
• UNFARRANT ill-informed, senseless, without quickness of apprehension; rude, unmannerly ...1838 Sc.
• UNRUDE † rude; hideous, horrible ...1773 Sc.
• WANTON † of actions: lawless, violent; in weaker sense: rude, ill-mannered ...a1400-50
rude - nouns
• CAVORTION rough behaviour, rude manners ...1908 Amer. dial.
• CHOP a rude or cutting remark ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DIRTY CRACK a rude remark ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FARMYARD TALK rude, abusive talk ...L19 sl.
rude - person
• ACT-ASS one who gives rude answers, a smart-alec ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BACK-SASSER one who speaks rudely; a smart alec ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BARBARIAN a rude, wild, uncivilized person ...1604
• BEAR a rude, unpolished, or uncouth man ...1751
• BEAST a person rude, coarse, filthy, or acting in a manner unworthy of a rational creature ...c1400
• BICKER a person of rude, noisy manners; a big, stupid, bouncing person ...1866 Sc.
• BITCH a cruel, evil, or rude person; generally used of women, but may also be used of men ...Bk1989 US college sl.
• BLAIRHAWK a rude, noisy person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOOR a rustic, a yokel; a clumsy or unrefined person; a rude, ill-mannered, inconsiderate person ...L16
• BORE a rude or disrespectful man who is fond of being with women and tries to attract their attention ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOZO a clumsy, clownish, or foolish fellow; an oaf; a rude or annoying person ...1916 Amer. sl.
• BYSTOUR † a loud, rude talker; a braggart, a bully ...1535 Sc.
• CAIRD a scold; a rude, scolding person ...1808 Sc.
• CARTER a rude, uncultured man; a clown; common in the 16th century ...1509
• COUNTRY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FIB a smart alec or rude person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FRATCH a rude, quarrelsome person; a playful or frolicsome child ...19C Eng. dial.
• GAMMERSTAGS a rude, wanton girl; an idle, loose girl; a foolish girl ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMERSTANG a rude, wanton girl; an idle, loose girl; a foolish girl ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMERSTEL a rude, wanton girl; an idle, loose girl; a foolish girl ...1788 Sc.
• GROBIAN a slovenly, ill-bred or coarse fellow; a rude lout, a boor ...1621
• HARDNOSE an angry, mean, or rude person; a tough man; an abusive offensively driving motorist ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HARRY a countryman, a rude boor; an opprobrious term applied to a woman ...1899 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAUVEN a lout, a coarse, rude fellow ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY † a romping or rude girl ...a1700
• IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1896 Amer. dial.
• JAWER a person who talks back, or gives rude answers ...1966 Amer. dial.
• JAZZBO a clumsy, clownish or foolish person; an oaf; a rude or annoying person ...1923 Amer. sl.
• KENSY †* a rough or rude fellow; an unmannerly person; a rustic ...c1500 Sc.
• KILL-COURTESY † a discourteous or rude person; a boorish person ...1590
• LADY-DOG a rude and shrewish woman; a bitchy woman ...M19 euphemism
• MACAROON a coarse, rude, low fellow ...Bk1790
• MOLLY-HAWN a hoyden; a boisterous, noisy girl; a romp; a rude or ill-bred girl or woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMGUNSHOCH a boorish, rude clown; a person with rough, crude manners ...1825 Sc.
• RANTIPOLE, RANTIPOLL * a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person ...a1700
• REUL an unruly person or animal; a rude, unmannerly clown, a romp, a fidget ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RODGER a big person of rude manners ...B1900 Sc.
• RUFFATORY a rude, boisterous boy; one who is fond of horseplay, knocking and shoving his playfellows about at all risks ...1830 Eng. dial.
• SASS-POT a person who talks back or gives rude answers ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TEAR-RAG a rude, boisterous child; a romp, one always getting into mischief and tearing his clothes ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOMBOY † a rude, boisterous, or forward boy ...a1553
• VYAUG a woman of rude manners ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WILDIN, WILDING a wild fellow; a rude, uncultivated man ...1900 Eng. dial.
• YAHOO an ignorant, unsophisticated, and rude-mannered person ...1726
• YOP † a rude, vulgar fellow; a lout ...1887 Amer. sl.
rude - verbs
• CHEEK to speak rudely to ...1840 sl.
• FAS' to be fast with, to be rude, impertinent; to meddle with somebody's business; to be forward ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• LIP to talk, usually volubly, esp. in an abusive, rude, or argumentative fashion; to argue; to engage in backtalk ...1898 sl.
• LIP OFF to talk rudely, cheekily, or provocatively ...1950s US sl.
• OPEN ONE'S FACE to talk, to speak, esp. to speak rudely ...L19 US sl.
• PLAY THE BEAR to behave rudely and roughly ...1579
• RACKET to behave in a rude, noisy manner ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• REULL to behave in a rude manner; to be unruly ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SASS to speak rudely or impertinently to a person; to answer someone back ...1856 N. Amer. colloq.
• SAUCE to speak rudely to ...1862 Eng. dial.
• SHORT TALK to talk crossly, rudely, curtly or in a quarrelsome manner to someone ...1931 Amer. dial.
RUDELY - adverbs
• CARTERLIKE † rudely, clownishly ...1580
• CARTERLY † in a rude or boorish manner ...1553
• INDISCREETLY † uncivilly, rudely ...1650 Sc.
• RAM-STAM in a headlong, precipitate manner; recklessly, rashly, rudely; in confusion ...1735 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAM-TAM in a headlong, precipitate manner; rashly, rudely; in confusion ...1735 Sc.
• REEMLE-RAMMLE in a rude, noisy manner; with a low, heavy sound, esp. of thing jingled together in confusion ...Bk1904 Sc.
RUDENESS - nouns
• FAASTINESS rudeness, impudence ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• JIMBER-JAW back-talk, rudeness, insolence, impertinence, cheek ...1834 Amer. dial.
• NO-MANNERS lack of manners; rudeness; impoliteness ...1922 Amer. dial.
• SASS cheek, impertinence, rudeness ...1835 N. Amer. colloq.
RUDIMENTS - nouns
• FIRST FORM THING the most rudimentary thing; rudiments; anything ...1914 Amer. dial.
RUFFIAN, RUFFIANLY - adjectives
• CUT-THROAT murderous, ruffianly ...1567
• RUFFIANOUS † like a ruffian; bold in crimes; violent, brutal ...1555
• TORY-RORY † ruffianly ...1682
ruffian, ruffianly - nouns
• MOB a gang of ruffians or thugs ...L19 sl. orig. Aust.
ruffian, ruffianly - person
• APACHE a man of ruffianly character ...1918
• BABOON a thug, a ruffian, a ne'er-do-well ...c1500
• BAD-JOHN a ruffian; a hooligan or miscreant ...1935 Caribbean
• BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal, a scoundrel, a rogue; a hooligan, a ruffian ...1843 Anglo-Indian
• BANDITTO a ruffian, a desperate fellow ...Bk1795
• BANDOG a ruffian ...a1826 UK sl.
• BANGSTER † a rough, violent fellow; a bully, a braggart, a blustering fellow; a ruffian; a thug ...c1570 obs. exc. Sc.
• BASHI-BAZOUK a ruffian, a hooligan, a thug ...1876 sl.
• BEATER † a street loafer or ruffian ...1509
• B'HOY a ruffian; a young rowdy; a gay or spirited fellow ...1837 colloq., orig. US
• BRUISER a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1907 sl.
• BULLY a ruffian hired for purposes of violent or intimidation ...1730 arch.
• BULLY-BOY a young ruffian; a 'tough' ...1953
• CAVEMAN a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1926 sl.
• CUTTHROAT a ruffian who murders or does deeds of violence; a murderer or assassin by profession ...1535
• DROOG a young ruffian or an accomplice or henchman of a gang-leader; a thug; a gangster...1962 sl.
• GURRIER a lout, a ruffian ...2001 Ireland sl.
• HACKSTER † a cut-throat; a swaggering ruffian, a swashbuckler ...1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAWCUBITE one of a band of dissolute young men who infested the streets of London in the beginning of the 18th century; a street-bully, a ruffian ...1712
• HOON a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1938 Aust. sl.
• KEELIE a low or vulgar boy; a street-loafer or rough; a ruffian ...1863 Sc.
• LAMB a ruffian armed with a bludgeon, formerly hired at election time ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAND-SHARK a ruffian, a thug ...17C sl.
• LATCHICO a ruffian ...2003 Ireland
• MUG a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1890 US sl.
• NED a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1959 Sc. sl.
• OAFO an oaf; a socially inferior fool; a large, slow-witted, clumsy person; a lout; a ruffian or hooligan ...1959 UK sl.
• PLUG-UGLY a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1856 sl., orig. US
• RAFFLE-COFFIN a ruffian; a ribald fellow ...c1696 sl.
• RAGAMUFFIN, RAGGAMUFFIN a hooligan, a lout; a ruffian ...1996 UK Black sl.
• RAGGA a hooligan, a lout; a ruffian ...1996 UK Black sl.
• RAMPALLION, RAMPALLIAN † a ruffian, a villain, a scoundrel, a rogue, a knave, a rascal ...1593
• ROUGH a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1837 sl.
• ROUGHIE a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1905 sl.
• ROUGH RIDER a ruffian ...Bk1942 US sl.
• ROUGH SCRUFF a low, coarse, rough, or disreputable person; a ruffian ...1814 orig. US
• ROUGH-UP * a thug, a ruffian ...1911 Aust. sl.
• RUFFINER a rough person, a ruffian; a sturdy, wayward character, savage when excited ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCADGER a ruffian ...Bk1883 Eng. dial.
• SCAMPERER † a street ruffian or thug ...1712
• SCARLET an upper-class ruffian ...M19 sl.
• SIWASH an uncouth ruffian ...1918 Amer. dial.
• TOUGH a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1866 sl., orig. US
• TROG a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1956 Brit. sl.
• YOB a youth who behaves in an uncouth, aggressive, or antisocial way; an uncouth ruffian; a lout, a hooligan ...1927 orig. Brit.
• YOBBO a lout; a hooligan; an uncouth ruffian; a derogatory term used of working-class youths ...1922 UK sl.
• YOBO a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1938 Brit. sl.
ruffian, ruffianly - verbs
• BERUFFIANIZE to call or stigmatize as a ruffian ...1596
RUFFLE - nouns
• BORD a broad hem or welt; a ruffle, a frill ...Bk1911 Sc.
ruffle - verbs
• CALF-TRINNELS the ruffles on a shirt or the flounces on a gown ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALF-TRUNDLES the ruffles on a shirt or the flounces on a gown ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAIZE to annoy, to inconvenience, to disturb, to ruffle ...1866 Sc.
• RAFFLE to ruffle ...1868 Eng. dial.
• RAGGLE to ruffle; to tear the skin ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAFFLE to ravel, to entangle; to ruffle ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TWANGLE to twist, entangle, ruffle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RUFFLED - adjectives
• DANDERED angry, ruffled ...1880 sl.
• TAFFLED ruffled, disordered ...1899 Sc.
RUG - nouns
• HAP a covering or wrap of any kind; a coverlet, a rug; a thick outer garment, dress, clothing ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAPPING a covering; a coverlet, a quilt, a rug ...1503
• LANGEL(L) † a woollen rug or blanket ...1324-25 Eng. dial.
• RAGGEDY JACK a homemade pile rug ...1979 Newfoundland, Canada usage
RUGBY - nouns
• COATHANGER in rugby: a straight-arm, neck-high tackle ...1998 NZ sl.
• DAB in rugby: a short, darting run with the ball ...1970 NZ sl.
• FACIAL in rugby: an aggressive rubbing of the face of a tackled opponent ...1998 NZ sl.
• FOOTIE the game of rugby union ...1998 NZ sl.
• FOOTY the game of rugby union ...1998 NZ sl.
• GUTTER a football scrum ...L19 Brit. school usage
• NUT a rugby ball ...1998 NZ sl.
• PADDOCK a playing field, esp. for rugby ...1947 NZ sl.
• RAH-RAH a fan of Rugby Union; thus the game itself ...1980s Aust. sl.
rugby - person
• ALICKADOO (frequently derogatory) a person who is attached to or associated with a rugby game or club, but does not play, esp. an administrative official or committee member ...1961 sl., orig. Irish English
• ALLAGADOO (frequently derogatory) a person who is attached to or associated with a rugby game or club, but does not play, esp. an administrative official or committee member ...1961 sl., orig. Irish English
• PACKMAN a player who plays in the pack; a forward ...1992 rugby usage, chiefly Rugby League
• RAH-RAH a fan of Rugby Union; thus the game itself ...1980s Aust. sl.
• TALL TIMBER in rugby union: lofty line-out forwards ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
rugby - verbs
• MAJORIZE in rugby football: to convert a try into a goal, i.e. to increase the points from three to five
• OFF-LOAD in rugby: to pass the ball ...Aust. sl.
RUGGED - adjectives
• ASPER, ASPRE † rough, rugged ...a1492
• BRASHY noisy; stormy; rugged ...Bk1911 Sc.
• KNURNED † knotted; rugged, gnarled ...a1225
• KNURRED † knotted; rugged, gnarled ...c1430
• ROUGH-HEWN † of rough or coarse manners; rude, ill-mannered, uncultivated, unpolished; blunt, rugged; also, rough-natured, cruel ...1600
• RUVID * rough, rugged ...1837
• SALEBROUS rough, rugged ...1633
• UMBERSORROW † rough, rude, uncultivated; of a rugged or surly disposition ...1808 Sc.
• UNBENE † ungenial, wild and rugged ...a1300
rugged - person
• SHELL-BARK a rough, rugged person ...1941 Amer. dial.
RUGGEDNESS - nouns
• SALEBRITY * ruggedness, unevenness ...1656
• SALEBROSITY ruggedness, unevenness ...1638
• SALEBROUSNESS † ruggedness, roughness ...1727
RUIN - adjectives
• ON ONE'S ASS in financial or other ruin; helpless ...c1917 Amer. sl.
ruin - adverbs
• HYTER-SKYTER in a state of utter ruin ...B1900 Sc.
• TO THE BAD to a bad condition, to ruin ...1816
ruin - nouns
• BAGWESH wreck, ruin, bankruptcy ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BALLYHACK ruin, destruction ...1843 Amer. sl.
• BALLYWACK ruin, destruction ...1934 Amer. sl.
• BALLYWRACK ruin, destruction ...1934 Amer. sl.
• BANE ruin ...1580 Eng. dial.
• BEGGAR'S BUSH † beggary, ruin ...1591
• CASTLE-COME-DOWN † ruin, total destruction ...1563-87
• CATALYSIS †* dissolution, destruction, ruin ...1655
• DECAS †* decay, ruin ...1393
• DECAY † downfall, destruction, ruin ...1535
• HAGWESH ruin, bankruptcy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HERRIAL that which causes loss or ruin; also, a great expense ...1871 Sc.
• LAPSE * a falling into ruin ...1605
• NAIL IN ONE'S COFFIN anything that may lead incrementally to ruin ...1820 colloq.
• NECK-BREAK † ruin, destruction ...a1665 Sc.
• RACKLEDOM ruin, wreck ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• SCOW a state of ruin or destruction ...1825 Sc.
ruin - person
• BANER * he who kills, poisons, destroys, or ruins ...1605
• SINKER one who brings others to ruin ...1632
ruin - verbs
• BANJAX to ruin or destroy, often as a result of incompetence ...US colloq.
• BESHEND †* to ruin ...a1300
• BLOTCH to spoil or ruin because of ineptness or stupidity ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW TO HELL AND GONE to utterly ruin or destroy ...1865 Amer. sl.
• BLUE to make a mess of, to spoil, to ruin ...1880 sl.
• BODGE to ruin; to wreck ...Aust. sl.
• BODGE UP to ruin; to wreck ...Aust. sl.
• BOTTLE UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUGGER UP to ruin, to spoil; to damage; to make a mess of; to muddle, to mishandle ...1891
• BUMP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUMP OFF to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAST TO THE DOGS † to send to destruction or ruin; to throw out, to discard as worthless ...1556
• CHAW UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLEAN OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COCK UP to ruin by incompetence; to bungle ...Bk1999
• COOK to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOK SOMEONE'S BACON to ruin ...1868 Amer. sl.
• CUT ONE'S THROAT to ruin a person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOK to ruin, to spoil ...sl.
• COOK SOMEONE'S GOOSE to ruin or destroy someone ...1845 Amer. sl.
• CRAB to spoil or ruin or render impossible any plan of action ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CRACK THE BELL to fail, to muddle things, to make a mistake, to ruin it ...1909 Cockneys' sl.
• CRUEL to spoil, to ruin, to destroy all chance of success with ...1934 Aust. sl.
• CRUEL THE PITCH to spoil someone's chances; to ruin an opportunity ...1915 Aust. sl.
• CUT ONE'S OWN THROAT to bring about one's own ruin
• DAMNIFY † to cause the loss of, to bring to destruction or ruin ...1612
• DECAY † to waste or ruin physically; to disintegrate, to dilapidate; to bring to decay or ruin ...1536
• DELABRATE †* to dilapidate, to ruin ...1813
• DIDDLE to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DITCH to ruin, to stand in the way of a plan ...L19 sl.
• DO to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO FOR to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO OVER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO THE BUSINESS FOR to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIVE TO THE BOWWOWS to ruin a person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIVE TO THE DOGS to ruin a person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIVE TO THE WOOFS to ruin a person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• 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
• EAT UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FASH to ruin, to spoil ...1944 Amer. dial.
• FEAG † to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to ...1668
• FEAGUE † to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to ...1668
• FEGUE † to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to ...1668
• FATE † to ruin irrevocably ...c1400
• FINISH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FINISH OFF to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIX to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLATTEN to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOLD to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOLD UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRY SOMEONE'S BACON to ruin ...1986 Amer. sl.
• FUCK to cheat, to deceive, or ruin ...M20
• FUCK UP to ruin; to mess up; to confuse ...20C US sl.
• GAFFLE to ruin someone's plans ...1990s US teen sl.
• GO TO PIGS AND WHISTLES * to be ruined, to go to utter ruin; to be dissipated ...1786
• GO TO THE BAD go to ruin ...B1860 Eng. sl.
• GO TO THE DOGS to go to destruction or ruin; to deteriorate shockingly ...1619
• GO TO THE WALL to be ruined; to collapse financially
• GUM UP to ruin, to spoil, to throw into confusion; to wreck ...1890 Amer. sl.
• GUM UP THE WORKS to ruin, to spoil, to throw into confusion ...1890 Amer. sl.
• HERRY to harass, to oppress, to despoil, to ruin; to drag or carry off ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HONISH † to bring to disgrace; to dishonour, to insult; to destroy, to ruin, to put an end to ...a1325
• JACK UP to do for, to ruin; to bungle something; to foul up ...1873 colloq.
• JAZZ UP to confuse; to mess up; to interfere with; to ruin or impair; to botch ...1917 Amer. sl.
• JAZZ UP THE DETAIL † to make a botch; to ruin things ...1932 Amer. army sl.
• JIGGER to break, to ruin, to destroy ...1895 Eng. dial. & sl.
• JIM (UP) to spoil, to ruin, to damage ...1913 Amer. dial.
• KIBOSH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK OFF to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO FLINDERATION to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO HELL AND GONE to utterly ruin or destroy ...1863 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO SMITHEREENS to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO SMITHERS to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KREEBLE to ruin, partially or completely ...1970 US sl.
• LAY OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEESE † to destroy; to bring to ruin or perdition; to spoil ...a1325
• LUNCH to spoil, to ruin, to fail ...1950s US college sl.
• MAKE A MUCK OF to ruin ...1906 UK sl.
• MAKE MINCEMEAT OF vb. to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MALAFOOSTER to destroy, to wreck, to ruin ...1950 Sc.
• MUCK to beat, to surpass, to ruin financially ...M19 sl.
• MUCK UP to botch; to ruin; to interfere ...1886 UK sl.
• MURDER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NAPOO to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NASTY UP to ruin or spoil ...1965 Barbados sl.
• NAUSE to cause problems, to annoy, to ruin a plan ...1950s sl.
• NOORSE to cause problems, to annoy, to ruin a plan ...1950s sl.
• PACK to be ruined or spoiled; to become useless ...c1920 motor-racers' usage
• PISS ON A PERSON'S CHIPS to spoil a person's plans; to ruin or take the enjoyment from a person's situation ...1961 sl.
• PISS ON A PERSON'S PARADE to spoil a person's plans; to ruin or take the enjoyment from a person's situation ...1984 sl.
• PISS UP to ruin, to make a mess of ...1937 sl.
• PLAY HELL WITH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAY OLD HARRY WITH to play the devil or the mischief with; to work mischief upon; to ruin ...1837
• PLAY THE BEAR to damage, to spoil, to ruin ...1888 Eng. dial.
• PLAY THE DEVIL WITH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAY WHALEY to blunder, to fail; to play havoc with something; to spoil, to ruin; to make a mistake ...1897 Amer. dial.
• PLAY WHALEY WITH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNCH to fail at or to ruin something; esp. to fail a course in school ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUT IN COLD STORAGE to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON ICE to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON THE EXTINGUISHER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE CRAB ON to ruin or spoil ...1930 US sl.
• PUT THE FINISHER ON to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE FREEZE ON to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE KIBOSH ON to frustrate, to ruin, to prevent, to jeopardize ...1830s sl.
• PUT THE KYBOSH ON to frustrate, to ruin, to prevent, to jeopardize ...1830s sl.
• PUT THE MOCKERS ON to ruin, thwart or jinx ...Brit. sl.
• PUT THE SETTLER ON to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SKIDS UNDER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEER to spoil something; to ruin something; to interfere with something; to put out of order ...1812 UK sl.
• RIMRACK to ruin, to cheat; to behave riotously ...1841 Amer. dial.
• ROT to spoil or ruin an action, plan, etc. E20 sl.
• RUB OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUCKAROO, PUCKEROO, PUKAROO, PUKARU to break, to destroy, to ruin; to kill ...1840 NZ sl.
• SAUCE to ruin ...1990s US campus sl.
• SEND TO GLORY to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEND TO THE DOGS to send to destruction or ruin; to throw out, to discard as worthless ...1556
• SEW UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHATTER to ruin, to put an end to, to utterly destroy ...L17
• SNAFU to mess up, to make a blunder; to ruin something ...M20 US sl.
• STUMP to ruin ...Bk1904 sl.
• TEAR SOMEONE A NEW ASS to ruin or destroy someone ...1973 Amer. sl.
• THRING † (with 'down') to throw down by force; to thrust or knock down; to overthrow; to bring to ruin ...c1375
• TINE to ruin, to destroy, to bring to nought ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TO-SPILL † to confound, to ruin utterly ...a1300
• WASH UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIPE OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIPE UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ruin - phrases
• AT THE LAST CAST † in extremities, near to death or ruin ...c1449
• IT IS ALL DICKY † used to indicate defeat, ruin, or death ...1788 sl.
• THAT TEARS IT that ruins things; that's the last straw ...1909 Amer. sl.
RUIN (as a building, etc.) - nouns
• FALLING a fragment of a building, a ruin ...1382
• MASURES †* ruins of buildings; squalid and tumble-down habitations ...1623
• RABBLE a carelessly erected building, wall, etc; a confused or ruinous mass; anything ruinous or dilapidated; any kind of building falling into decay ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REESHLE a tottering ruin; a loose heap ...1886 Sc.
RUINED - adjectives
• AGROUND ruined, at a loss ...L18 sl.
• ALL DICKEY (WITH) all over, ruined, finished ...L18 sl.
• ALL DICKY (WITH) all over, ruined, finished ...L18 sl.
• ALL TO HELL utterly ruined ...1890 US sl.
• ALL TO SMASH ruined ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWRACK wrecked; ruined ...1627
• BANED † ruined, destroyed; injured, hurt ...1568
• BANJAXED demolished; destroyed; ruined, as a car ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUNG ruined, useless ...1930 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CACTUS ruined, useless, wrecked ...1945 Aust. sl.
• CAPUT finished, over, ruined ...1910s sl.
• CHEWED TO LOON SHIT ground up, hence, ruined ...c1930 Can. sl.
• CLEANED OUT having lost all your money, ruined ...Bk1890 sl.
• COOKED ruined; hopelessly beaten ...1850 Amer. sl.
• CRACKED ruined; bankrupt ...E16
• CREMATED badly beaten by an opponent; ruined by a bad business deal or stock-market collapse ...Brit. sl.
• DEAD ruined; destroyed; ...1400
• DEAD BROKE ruined, bankrupt, penniless; destitute ...1842 Amer. colloq.
• DOWN THE GURGLER ruined; irretrievably lost or destroyed; wasted; used of something that has not worked out ...1981 Aust. sl.
• FLUMMOXED ruined ...M19 sl.
• FRAGGED destroyed; ruined ...Bk2006 US sl.
• GONE TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless ...Aust. sl.
• GONE TO HELL utterly ruined ...1890 sl.
• GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless ...Aust. sl.
• JACKED UP 1. ruined, given up, done for ...M19 sl.
2. † penniless; ruined ...1860
• KABLOOEY destroyed, ruined ...L20 N. Amer. colloq.
• KAPUT out of order, utterly ruined or exhausted; broken ...1910s sl.
• NAUGHT † lost, ruined ...1607
• NO GOOD TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless ...Aust. sl.
• NOT A FEATHER TO FLY WITH ruined, penniless ...1860 sl.
• RAGGED-ARSE disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGED-ARSED disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSE disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSED disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSE disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSED disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RANK ruined, spoiled; gone awry ...20C Amer. sl.
• RIMRACKED ruined, worn out, rickety ...1862 Amer. dial.
• SHOT TO HELL ruined; decimated ...1913 sl.
• SHOT TO PIECES demoralized; ruined ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SHOT TO SHIT completely ruined or destroyed ...1968 sl., orig. US
• STUFFED ruined ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• UNTWISTED ruined, 'undone' ...L17 sl.
• UP THE SPOUT ruined ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
ruined - nouns
• BUZZARD a badly-spoiled piece of work ...1871 US
ruined - person
• MUCK-SNIPE a ruined person, esp. a gambler ...c1850 Brit. sl.
• PERDIDO †* a desperado, a desperate man, a ruined man ...a1734
ruined - verbs
• FALL APART AT THE SEAMS to be or become spoiled or ruined ...1965 Amer. sl.
• GO FOR A BURTON of a person or thing: to be missing, ruined, or destroyed ...1946 sl.
• GO TO GRASS to be ruined; to be damned ...1836 US sl.
• GO TO SHIT to be ruined or destroyed; to deteriorate; to go to pieces ...1973 sl.
• GO TO THE WALL to fail in business, to be ruined, to collapse financially ...1842
• TINE to be lost, ruined, or destroyed; to perish ...1300s chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TURN TO SHIT to be ruined or destroyed; to deteriorate; to go to pieces ...1988 sl.
ruined - phrases
• PIGS HAVE RUN THROUGH SOMETHING, THE †* something has been completely ruined or thrown into disarray ...1808 colloq.
RUINOUS - adjectives
• EXITIABLE †* destructive, ruinous, hurtful ...1607
• EXITIOUS † destructive to life, deadly, fatal, ruinous, hurtful, dangerous ...1563
• PERNICIOUS having the quality of destroying; tending to destroy, kill, or injure; destructive, ruinous; fatal ...1521
• RATCHED ragged, in a ruinous state ...Bk1904 Sc.
RUINS - adjectives
• SUBRUINAN underneath ruins ...1881
ruins - nouns
• DECAYS † dilapidations; ruined remains, ruins, debris, detritus; rarely in singular ...1582
RULE - adjectives
• CHICKEN-PECKED under the rule of a girl; governed by a child ...1786 humorous nonce word
• UNDER THE WAND † subject to the rule of a person ...c1400 Sc.
• UNDER THE YARD † under the rule, control, or discipline of ...c1386
rule - nouns
• FAR a hard and fast rule ...1991 US sl.
• LEADING † government, rule ...c1375
• MASTERDOM † the condition of being a master or ruler; dominion, rule, ascendancy, control ...1588
• OMNIREGENCY † all-ruling condition; universal rule ...1616
• ONWALD † power, rule, authority ...c893
• SIGNORY lordship, domination, rule ...c1375
rule - verbs
• GUY † to command an army, etc.; to govern or rule a country; to administer or manage affairs or an office ...c1330
• IMPERATE † to command, to rule, to govern ...1599
• MAN † to be the master of; to manage, to rule ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATE to rule, to govern ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SIGNORIZE † to rule, to reign, to have or exercise dominion; usually with 'in' or 'over' ...1594
• WARD † to rule, to govern a land or people; to administer an estate; to act as guardian to a child ...a1000
• WIELD THE SCEPTRE to exercise supreme authority, to rule ...L16
• YEME † to have the command or oversight of; to rule, to govern, to manage, to control ...c1000
RULED - adjectives
• IMPERATE † commanded, ruled ...c1470
RULER - adjectives
• IMPERIOUS † having the rank of or befitting an emperor or supreme ruler ...c1586
ruler - person
• DAME † a female ruler, superior, or head; the superior of a nunnery, an abbess ...a1225
• DECAN † a chief or ruler of ten ...1569
• DICTOUR † a ruler, judge or guardian ...c1440
• DUKE † a leader; a leader of an army; a captain or general; a chief, a ruler ...c1275
• DYNAST one in power; a ruler, lord, chief, potentate, esp. a hereditary ruler; a member or founder of a dynasty ...1631
• GENERAL a commander, a leader; a ruler ...1582
• GERENT * one who holds an office; a manager, a ruler ...1576
• GIOUR † a ruler; a guide ...Bk1886
• HEAD a person to whom others are subordinate; a chief, a captain, a commander, a ruler, a leader, a principal person ...c897
• IMPERATOR absolute ruler, emperor; commander, ruler ...1588
• MASTER † one having direction or control over the action of others; a director, a leader, a chief, a commander; a ruler, a governor ...c1000
• MASTER-MAN an artisan or tradesman who sets up for himself; an employer; an overlooker, a ruler, a governor ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MODERATOR † a ruler, a governor, a director ...a1398
• MONARCH in early use: a sole and absolute ruler of a state; subsequently also: any ruler or sovereign bearing the title of king, queen, emperor, empress, or the equivalent of one of these ...a1439
• MONOCRAT a person who rules alone; an autocrat ...1848
• OMNIARCH ruler of all things ...1848
• ORDAINER † one who puts or keeps in order; a manager, a director, a ruler ...c1290
• PARAMOUNT supreme ruler or proprietor ...c1645
• SATRAP a subordinate ruler; often suggesting an imputation of tyranny or ostentatious splendour ...c1380
• SATRAPESS a female subordinate ruler ...1832
• SIRE † a lord or ruler of a specified place ...a1300
• SUFFREYN † a sovereign ruler, monarch ...a1500
• SULTAN an absolute ruler; a despot, a tyrant ...1648
• TITHINGMAN † a chief or ruler of ten ...c1000
• TOPARCH the ruler or prince of a small district, city, or petty state; a petty 'king' ...1640
• WALDEND † a ruler, a governor ...c888
• YEMER † a keeper, a guardian; a ruler ...c1330
ruler - verbs
• IMPERIALIZE † to act imperially, to act the part of an emperor or absolute ruler ...1634
RULES - nouns
• GIG a demerit; a report of deficiency or breach of rules ...1940s Amer. services' sl.
• MILLER'S RULE the rule where everyone takes his turn as he comes ...1954 Amer. dial.
• MILLER'S TURN the rule where everyone takes his turn as he comes ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PACKING-HOUSE RULES no rules at all ...L19 sl.
• RAFFERTY RULES no rules whatsoever, anything goes ...1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RAFFERTY'S RULES no rules whatsoever, anything goes ...1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RATIONALE † a set of reasoned rules or directions ...1657
• SKETCH the rules, the situation ...2000s sl.
rules - person
• DEAD PIGEON one who has been caught breaking a rule or committing a crime ...1910s US prison sl.
• PRECISIAN a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, esp. in matters of religion
rules - verbs
• BREAK OVER to violate a rule or a resolution ...c1937 Amer. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S NOSE CLEAN to follow rules and regulations meticulously so as to avoid any blame ...Aust. sl.
rules - phrases
• ACCORDING TO HOYLE in keeping with established rules and norms ...1904 US sl.
RULING - adjectives
• IMPERANT † commanding, ruling ...1617
• IMPERIOUS † exercising a commanding influence; ruling, sovereign, dominant; having a commanding position, aspect, demeanour, etc.; majestic, stately ...1592
• PANARCHIC † all-ruling, all-governing ...1610 nonce word
• REGITIVE †* ruling, governing ...a1412
• SALSIPOTENT †* ruling the sea ...1575
RUM - nouns
• ACID rum ...1965 Barbados sl.
• CALIBOGUS a mixture of rum and spruce-beer ...1785 US
• CALLIBOGUS a mixture of rum and spruce beer ...1758 Amer. sl.
• CANARY a glass of gin, rum, or any ardent spirits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHAIN LIGHTNING cheap potent whisky or rum ...1837 US sl.
• CLEAR CRYSTAL white spirits, esp. gin; loosely, brandy and rum ...c1860 sl.
• DAD AND MUM rum or the cordial Bonox and rum ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• DARK AND DIRTY rum and coke (Coca-Cola) ...1979 UK sl., orig. Royal Marines
• DARU rum ...1965 Barbados sl.
• DEMON RUM, THE alcohol or liquor, esp. rum ...E20 US sl.
• JACK illegally distilled rum ...20C W. Indies sl.
• JACK IRON a form of unlicensed and very potent rum, distilled secretly in the countryside ...20C W. Indies sl.
• KILL-DEVIL † brandy or rum, or newly-made rum ...1639 colloq.
• KINGDOM COME rum ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• LARGIE a 750 ml (26 fl.oz.) bottle of rum ..1970s W. Indies & Barbados
• MAINSHEET rum and water ...L19 W. Indies
• MATRIMONY a mixture of gin and whisky, or gin and rum ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• METHODIST-CREAM rum when used in tea ...1895 Eng. dial.
• MOOSE MILK a drink made of coffee, milk, and rum, mostly rum ...1958 Amer. sl.
• MOUNTAIN DEW rum, distilled illegally ...1926 Trinidad and Tobago
• MUR rum ...1859 back-slang
• NELSON'S BLOOD rum; navy rum ...19C Brit. sl.
• O-BE-JOYFUL rum; brandy; whisky; liquor in general ...1815 sl. brandy ...E19 sl.
• OH-BE-CHEERFUL brandy; whisky; rum; liquor in general ...1815 sl.
• OH-BE-JOYFUL n. brandy, whisky, rum; liquor ...1815 US sl.
• OLD SHOES rum ...L19 sl.
• Q.Q. a Quarter-Quart of rum ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• QUARTERN O'FINGER a measure of rum ...M19 sl.
• RAISE-MY-THOUGHTS a drink of rum ...1900s W. Indies sl.
• RED-CAPER a jocular term for rum when taken in tea ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RED-WOOSTED rum ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SERGEANT-MAJOR('S) strong sweet tea; tea with rum ...1925 Brit. military sl.
• SIPPERS a sip of rum, esp. from another's tot, as a reward for some service or in celebration ...1944 Brit. sl.
• TOM THUMB rum ...1905 rhyming sl., orig. Aust.
• WHITE EYE New England rum ...1827 Amer. dial.
rum - person
• BAY HORSE JOCKEY one who drinks bay rum ...1965 US sl.
rum - verbs
• FIRE THE ACID to drink rum ...20C W. Indies sl.
• SWALLOW A SAILOR to get drunk on rum ...L19 UK port sl.
RUMBLE - nouns
• DUNDER a loud, reverberating noise; a loud rumble ...1780 & Eng. dial.
rumble - verbs
• BLUITER to make a rumbling noise ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DUNDER to make a loud, deep, resounding noise; to reverberate, to rumble ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GURL † to rumble, to growl ...c1380 obs. exc. Sc.
• REEMISH, REMISH to make a loud, rumbling noise ...Bk1904 Sc.
RUMBLING - nouns
• BLUITER a rumbling noise ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GROWLERY a growling, rumbling, or grumbling ...1830
• REEMISH a loud, rumbling noise, esp. the sound caused by a body falling; a weighty stroke or blow ...1742 Sc.
• REMISH a loud, rumbling noise, esp. the sound caused by a body falling; a weighty stroke or blow ...1742 Sc.
RUMMAGE - nouns
• SCRINGE a prying, an eager search; a thorough rummage; a gleaning ...Bk1904 Sc.
rummage - verbs
• FAIK to rummage, as in a drawer ...1950 Sc.
• HAIK to search, to rummage, as in a drawer, etc. ...1956 Sc.
• 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.
• RAMSHAG to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNGE to hunt about, to rummage ...1960s sl.
• SKIRMISH to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1864 Amer. dial.
• SKIRMISH ABOUT to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1878 Amer. dial.
• SKIRMISH AROUND to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SKIRMISH UP to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1935 Amer. dial.
• WALE to rummage, to search about in, to grope through ...1869 Sc.
RUMOUR - adjectives
• BREME † of a report or rumour: loudly or strongly current or prevalent, much spoken of ...a1535
• RUMOROUS of the nature of rumour ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RUNNING of a rumour, report, etc.: spreading rapidly; that is passed quickly from mouth to mouth ...1570
• WAFF of a story, report, or rumour: floating, general, of unspecified origin ...1753 Sc.
rumour - nouns
• BAGMAN'S GAZETTE mythical source of bush rumours ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• BALK a false rumour ...1859 Eng. dial. sl.
• BLACK DISPATCH a rumour on which no reliance can be placed ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BREEZE rumour ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BUZZ a busy rumour ...1612
• CANARD an extravagant, or absurd story circulated to impose on people's credulity; a rumour, hoax, a false report ...1864
• CLISH-MA-CLAVER idle or foolish talk; gossip; nonsense; false or scandalous reports, rumour ..1728 Sc.
• CLOTHESLINE rumour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOK'S GALLEY YARN a rumour on which no reliance can be placed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRY rumour, public report ...1569
• DAILY NEWS latrine rumours ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DAME RUMOUR rumour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EVENING WHEEZE false news, rumours ...L19 sl.
• FAKE a false rumour or false story of any kind; an invented newspaper story ...1851 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• FAKELOO a false rumour or false story; a yarn intended to deceive ...1926 Amer. sl.
• FURPHY a false report or rumour; an absurd story ...1915 Aust. sl.
• GALLEY NEWS a rumour on which no reliance can be placed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GALLEY-PACKET a made-up story, a lie; an unfounded rumour ...1867
• GALLEY YARN a rumour on which no reliance can be placed; an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAPEVINE rumour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEARING something heard; information, a report, rumour, news; something to talk about ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• HEAR-TELL rumour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KAS-KAS rumour-mongering ...1950s W. Indies
• LATEST COOKHOUSE OFFICIAL a rumour on which no reliance can be placed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LATRINE RUMOUR startling news, almost always incorrect; any rumour, esp. one which is alleged to spread at the latrine...Amer. World War I sl.
• LATRINE WIRELESS, THE a rumour ...World War II Aust. army sl.
• LATRINO a 'latrinogram', 'latrine rumour'; false news, a wild story ...1940 army officers' sl.
• LATRINOGRAM 'latrine rumour'; false news, a wild story ...1939 army officers' sl.
• MAIL a rumour; a report; a racing tip; information on crime ...1960s Aust. sl.
• MULGA the bush telegraph; misleading information, rumour ...1899 Aust. sl.
• MULGA WIRE the bush telegraph; misleading information, rumour ...1899 Aust. sl.
• NIGGERGRAM (derogatory) a stupid rumour; demeaning gossip ...20C W. Indies sl.
• NIGGER-MOUTH (derogatory) a stupid rumour; demeaning gossip ...20C W. Indies sl.
• NOISE rumour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NORATION an announcement, rumour, or a long, rambling account ...1853 Amer. dial.
• OPINION † report, rumour ...c1380
• RANDERS idle or incoherent talk; idle rumours ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAVE a vague report, an uncertain rumour; a story which is not very credible ...1882 Sc.
• REVERIE a vague report, a rumour ...1787 Sc.
• ROAD TALK gossip, a rumour ...1982 Bahamas
• ROORBACK a defamatory rumour circulated before an election ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• RUMIGERATION a spreading a rumour or report abroad; a carrying tales ...B1900
• SAY-SO rumour ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SCAM misleading information, rumour ...1972 sl.
• SCUTTLEBUTT misleading information, rumour ...1901 sl., orig. US
• SKEALT † story, talk, rumour ...c1580
• SKINDER gossip, slanderous rumour ...1979 S. Afr.
• SKINNER gossip, slanderous rumour ...1979 S. Afr.
• SKINNY the latest information; inside information; rumour or fact ...1959 US sl.
• VCR a vicious campus rumour ...1966 US sl.
• WHISPER a rumour ...1596 UK sl.
• WORD, THE gossip, rumours ...1961 US sl.
• YEHUDI a rumour ...Bk1942 US sl.
rumour - person
• BALLHOPPER one who is deliberately deceptive or tells fabrications' a rumour-monger ...1972 Irish sl.
• BLACK EAGLE, THE the guy you get all your confidential latrine rumours from ...Bk1944 service sl.
• DOPE HEAD one given to spreading false information and rumours ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GASHMU † a boy who was found guilty of initiating or spreading a false report concerning any of his schoolmates ...1910 Sc.
• GAZETTE a newsmonger; one who spreads rumours ...1702
• SCANDAL-MONGER a person who spreads scandal or gossip; one who spreads defamatory reports or rumours concerning the character or reputation of others ...1721
• SCLAIVER a gossip, a rumour-monger, a slanderer ...1920 Sc.
• TALK OF THE TOWN one who is the subject of gossip or rumour ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
rumour - verbs
• BLAZE to vilify, to calumniate; to spread rumours ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRING A BONE to spread a rumour or story ...c1965 Amer. dial.
• BUZZ to spread as a rumour, with whispering or busy talk ...1616
• CARRY A BONE to spread a rumour or story ...1912 Amer. dial.
• EARWIG to gossip, esp. maliciously; to feed another with unpleasant rumours ...19C sl.
• NORATE to rumour, to report; to advertise; to spread by word of mouth ...1851 Amer. dial.
• QUICK †* of a rumour: to arise, to spread ...c1425
• RAISE THE WIND to create a rumour; to make up stories ...L19 sl.
• RAVE to rake up a story against anyone ...1847 Eng. dial.
• REEVE † to rumour ...1874 Sc.
• RUMIFORATE to rumour; to spread about by report ...B1900
• SCLAVE to spread a story though gossip or tittle-tattle; to rumour-monger; spec. of malicious rumours, to slander, to defame, to calumniate ...1825 Sc.
• SKAIL † to spread a rumour, tale, etc. ...1375
• MANKIT worn out by violent exertion, esp. by incessant rowing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAGGED collapsed ...1902 rowing sl.
rowing - nouns
• ARK AND WIN(N)S a sculler, a rowing boat ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• ASH BREEZE propulsion given to a boat by rowing rather than by the wind ...1834 Amer. sl.
• CREWBY a rowing crew ...20C teen & high school sl.
• TROIL a short row on the sea ...B1900 Eng. dial.
rowing - person
• OAR an oarsman; one skilled in rowing...1749
• OARMAN * one who uses oars; a rower ...1608
• OARS an oarsman; a waterman ...1611 colloq.
• OARSMAN one who uses oars; a rower ...1824
• OARSWOMAN a woman who rows ...1882
• PAIR in rowing: a set of two oarsmen ...1885
• PASSENGER a member of a rowing crew who does not pull his weight; hence, a member of a group who does not contribute any effort, and so has to be supported by the others; a lazy person ...1852 sl., orig. Brit. university usage
rowing - verbs
• ANDOO to keep a boat stationary by gentle motion of the oars; to keep a boat in position by rowing gently against wind or tide ...1866 Sc.
• CATCH A CRAB to mishandle oars while rowing, so that there is a splash of water ...1975 Amer. dial.
• CUT A CRAB in rowing: to mull one's stroke, esp. by jamming the oar in the water as if a crab had caught it ...L18 sl.
• LAY ON THE OARS to cease rowing ...1830
• MOVE UNDER AN ASHEN SAIL to row a boat ...1975 Canada
• REMIGATE * to row or row back ...1623
• SUGAR in rowing: to malinger at the oars; to shirk while pretending to row hard...1890 Cambridge rowing sl.
• UMBEROW † to row about ...c1205
• VENDER to turn or row a boat against the sun ...1908 Sc.
ROYAL - adjectives
• BASILIC †* kingly, royal, sovereign ...1728
• BASILICAL kingly, royal, regal ...1652
royal - nouns
• SANG ROYAL † royal blood ...a1400
royal - person
• ROYAL a member of the royal family; usually used in the plural ...1774 sl.
ROYAL AIR FORCE - see SERVICES
ROYAL COURT, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD - person
• PALACE-MOUSE † an obsequious courtier ...1608 nonce word
• PALASINS the ladies attendant on the court ...Bk1775
• SERJEANT GARBAGER † an officer of the royal kitchen, who had charge of the poultry ...1601
• WAIT † a watchman attached to the royal household who sounded the watch,, etc. by the blowing of a pipe, trumpet, or other wind instrument ...a1300
• WAITER † a regular member (often a person of high rank) of the retinue or household of a royal or noble personage ...a1400
• WARDROBER † an officer of a royal household who had charge of the robes, wearing apparel, etc. ...a1400-50
ROYALIST - person
• BASILEAN †* a Royalist ...c1645
RUB - nouns
• SCRIMGE a hard rub; a severe beating ...Bk1904 Sc.
rub - verbs (includes RUB OFF)
• ABRASE to rub off or away; to wear down by friction; to abrade ...1593
• FAUCH to scratch, to claw, to rub; to scrub hard ...1923 Sc.
• HARSH † to rub or clash roughly against ...1889
• PASS to wipe, to rub ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RASE to rasp, to rub, to scrape ...1883 Eng. dial.
• REESHLE to rub ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAZE to scratch; to graze, to abrade; to rub slightly ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIM to squeeze; to crush; to rub vigorously ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIMGE to rub or scrub vigorously; to beat severely ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIMMAGE to rub violently; to beat severely ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINGE † to rub or scour with force and energy; to purge ...1816 Sc.
• SKRIM to squeeze; to crush; to rub vigorously ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SUFFRICATE †* to rub off ...1623
• YEWK to rub; to scratch ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RUBBED - adjectives
• ABRASE † rubbed smooth; rubbed clear from all markings; unoccupied, clean, blank ...1600
RUBBER - nouns
• CAHOOTCHY India rubber ...20C Glasgow usage
RUBBER BAND - nouns
• BAND RUBBER a rubber band ...1968 Amer. dial.
• GUM BAND a rubber band ...1959 Amer. dial.
• HAND RUBBER a rubber band ...1968 Amer. dial.
RUBBING - nouns
• NOOGIE the act of striking or vigorously rubbing someone, usually on the head, with the knuckles ...1988 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMMAGE a hard rubbing; a severe beating ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINGE a thorough cleansing; a rub; the act of rubbing; the sound caused by rubbing; the act of working with energy ...1886 Sc.
RUBBISH, RUBBISHY - adjectives
• BAGGAGE † rubbishy, refuse ...1548
• BAGGAGELY † rubbishy, worthless ...1573
• BAGMENTALLY rubbishy, worthless; usually applied to persons ...1870 Eng. dial.
• BALDUCTUM † trashy, rubbishy ...1577
• CAGMAG inferior, second-rate, spurious; unwholesome, decaying; coarse, worthless, rubbishy ...1859 Eng. dial.
• LURPY rubbishy; looking bad or ugly ...1990s sl.
• MIDDENED UP covered or smothered with dirt or rubbish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALDY of the nature of refuse; rubbishy, worthless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALING of the nature of refuse; rubbishy, worthless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANTS rubbish, second-rate, inferior ...1990s sl.
• QUISQUILIAN †* of the nature of rubbish or refuse ...1716
• QUISQUILIARY †* of the nature of rubbish or refuse ...1817
• QUISQUILIOUS * of the nature of rubbish or refuse ...1802-12
• RUDERARY pertaining to rubbish; consisting of rubbish ...1727
• SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE confused, incoherent, nonsensical, rubbishy ...1596
• TING-TANGLY worthless, rubbishy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TURKISH (DELIGHT) rubbishy ...2000s rhyming sl. for 'shite'
rubbish, rubbishy - nouns
• AIRMAIL garbage (and, in prison, human waste) that is thrown out of windows, esp. in tenements and prison, instead of being taken to dustbins, loaded into disposal chutes, etc. ...1950s UK & US sl.
• BAGGAGE † rubbish, refuse, dirt ...1549
• BAGGERMENT rubbish, worthless things ...1888 Eng. dial.
• BAGMENT rubbish, worthless things ...1870 Eng. dial.
• BAGRIE trash; worthless rubbish ...1769 Sc.
• BAUBLE a thing or article of no value; a paltry piece of rubbish, something worthless ...1634
• BELLY-MUCK refuse, rubbish ...1844 Eng. dial.
• BONY PILE a rubbish heap ...1981 Amer. dial.
• CAB-HOLE a receptacle for rubbish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CACK rubbish, dirt, filth ...1990s sl.
• CAFF refuse, rubbish of any kind; refuse or unsaleable fish ...1817 Eng. dial.
• CAGMAG bad, unwholesome food; refuse of any kind; anything worthless, valueless, or rubbishy; rubbish; scraps; odds and ends ...1851 sl.
• CLAG excreta, faeces; rubbish ...2003 UK sl.
• CLOBBER equipment; 'gear'; rubbish ...1890 sl.
• CRUD articles considered of little or no use or value; rubbish, trash, junk ...1943
• CULCH rubbish ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• DALDOES useless ornaments, such as embroidered chair-backs, tassels, etc.; also, rubbish ...1841 Sc.
• DEVILTRY rubbish; any undesirable object ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DIBBLE-DABBLE rubbish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILSH rubbish ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DOODLEY-SHIT anything worthless or insignificant; rubbish ...1950s sl., orig. US
• DOODLY-SHIT anything worthless or insignificant; rubbish ...1950s sl., orig. US
• DOOKIE, DOOKY, DUKEY rubbish, trash ...1994 US sl.
• DRECK dirt; garbage; faeces ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FLY-TIPPING the deliberate dumping of rubbish in an unauthorized place
• GARBIDGE garbage, refuse; filth ...1583
• GARBISH garbage, refuse; filth ...1583
• GASH rubbish, refuse ...1958 Antarctica usage
• GLORY-HOLE a place for rubbish or odds and ends ...1825 Eng. dial.
• GRUNGE dirt; filth; rubbish ...1960 sl.
• GUNGE a sticky or viscid mass; any messy or clogging substance, esp. one considered otherwise unidentifiable; also, general rubbish, clutter, filth ...1969 sl.
• HAFFICK tangle, confusion, rubbish, litter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HEAP O' NOUGHT anything that is worthless, rubbish, or nonsense ...1870 Eng. dial.
• KABBER rubbish, a heap or conglomeration of rubbish ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KECK rubbish ...1873 Eng. dial.
• KEDGE trash, rubbish ...1852 Eng. dial.
• LASTAGE †* garbage, rubbish ...1691
• MAGOOZLUM rubbish, trash ...1920s US sl.
• MIDDEN any place or receptacle for dirt and rubbish; the cesspool of a privy ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MULLOCK † refuse matter, rubbish ...c1390 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OFFAL the parts of slaughtered or dead animals unfit for food; putrid flesh; carrion; used contemptuously; also, the bodies or limbs of the slain ...1581
• OFFSCOURINGS filth or defilement cleaned off and cast aside; refuse, rubbish ...1674
• PAG-MAG a collection of rubbish; odds and ends ...1895 Eng. dial.
• PALT refuse, rubbish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALTREMENT †* worthless stuff, rubbish ...1641
• PALTRY † refuse, rubbish, trash; anything worthless ...1556 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PAULT refuse, rubbish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PIECE OF SHIT junk ...Bk1998 teen sl.
• PILE OF SHIT junk; anything worthless ...M20 US sl.
• RABBLE-RASH rubbishy stuff ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAFF † worthless material, trash, rubbish, refuse ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAFFAGE rubbish, refuse, odds and ends ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAFFLE of things: rubbish, refuse; worthless stuff ...1848
• RAIT rubbish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMMATREK rubbish, trash ...1908 Sc.
• RAMMEL † rubbish of any kind ...1370-71 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RASCAL † rubbish, refuse ...c1440
• REDD rubbish, litter, remains ...1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REFUGE-BASKET a basket for putting rubbish into ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RUBBAGE rubbish ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• SCAFF refuse, worthless rubbish ...1815 Sc.
• SCHLOCK rubbish; inferior goods; anything that is cheap and nasty or tasteless ...Brit. sl.
• SCOULE † rubbish ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCOWLE † rubbish ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCRIFF-SCRAFF odds and ends; rubbish ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROFF odds and ends; rubbish, refuse, waste ...1842 Eng. dial.
• SCULCH refuse, junk, rubbish, trash, worthless stuff ...1900 Amer. dial.
• SHIT rubbish, trash; something regarded as worthless ...1890 sl.
• SHLOCK rubbish; inferior goods; anything that is cheap and nasty or tasteless ...Brit. sl.
• SKOLE † rubbish ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SKULCH refuse, rubbish, junk, trash, worthless stuff ...1900 Amer. dial.
• TACK something tacky or cheap and seedy or vulgar; rubbish, junk ...L20 colloq.
• TAG-RAG rubbish ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TRISH-TRASH † trash, rubbish, worthless stuff ...1542-5
• UDDER a heap of rubbish, etc ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VARG a mess, an untidy mix-up, dirt, rubbish ...1891 Sc.
rubbish, rubbishy - person (includes 'dustman')
• ASH-MAN the dustman, scavenger ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BINMAN a refuse collector ...c1966 sl.
• CAFFLER a dealer in rubbish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANTAIL-BOY a dustman ...E19 sl.
• FLY-TIPPER a person who deliberately dumps rubbish in an unauthorized place
• GARBIOLOGIST a dustman ...1965
• GARBO a dustman; a collector of rubbish ...1940 Aust. sl.
• GARBOLOGIST a dustman; a rubbish collector ...1965
• HILL-MAN - a foreman in a dust-yard ...1851
• HILL-WOMAN - a woman who lives on a hill or belongs to a hill-tribe; also, a forewoman in a dust-yard ...1851
• SANITATION ENGINEER a garbage and trash collector ...1975 US euphemism
• SANITATION WORKER a garbage collector ...1975 euphemism
• SANMAN a municipal garbage and trash collector ...1978 US colloq.
• SCAVENGER a private garbage collector ...1969 Amer. dial.
rubbish, rubbishy - verbs
• CAFFLE to deal in 'caff' or rubbish; to deal in unsaleable fish ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
RUB DOWN - verbs
• NOACH to massage; to squeeze with the fingers; to rub down ...1982 Amer. dial.
• NOATCH to massage; to squeeze with the fingers; to rub down ...1982 Amer. dial.
RUCKUS - nouns
• JOLLY a ruckus, a fracas ...M19 sl.
• SHINDY a commotion; a ruckus; a row, a disturbance; a fuss ...1828 Amer. dial.
ruckus - person
• JOLLY the person who encourages or initiates a ruckus ...M19 sl.
RUDDY - adjectives
• BAWF-FACED fat-faced, ruddy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ruddy - person
• BLOWZE a ruddy, fat-faced wench ...1594
RUDE - adjectives
• BARDISH † rude, insolent ...a1662 Sc.
• BEAR-GARDEN rude, turbulent ...1687
• BEARISH rough, rude, and uncouth. growling, surly ...1744
• BESTIAL brutish, savage, cruel, rude, barbarous, uncivilized ...c1400
• BOISTOUS † of persons etc.: rough, rude; untaught, rustic; coarse, unpolished ...c1300
• BOORISH rude, ill-mannered, coarse, unrefined, uncultured ...M16
• BORREL rough, rude, clownish ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CALSHIE crabbed, ill-humoured, rude ...1790 Sc.
• CARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• CARTERLIKE † rude, clownish ...1561
• CARTERLY † clownish, boorish, rude, ill-bred ...1519
• CHUFFY † clownish, churlish, rude, blunt, surly, morose ...a1700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CHURLY * churlish, stubborn, surly, rough, rude, violent ...1620
• DACIOUS impudent, rude ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DISPERLITE impolite, rude ...1883 Amer. dial.
• DROP-DEAD rude, as if telling someone to drop dead ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FAASTIE rude, impertinent, impudent ...1950s W. Indies & Jamaica usage
• FACETY cheeky, impudent, rude, arrogant ...1943 W. Indies & UK Black sl.
• FACEY cheeky, rude, impudent ...E17
• FACY † cheeky, rude, impudent ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FAST forward, impulsive, prone to rashness; cheeky, rude, impudent, impertinent ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FAST-MOUTHED said of one who talks back or gives rude answers ...1970 Amer. dial.
• FASTY rude, impertinent, impudent ...1950s W. Indies & Jamaica sl.
• GROBIAN slovenly, ill-bred, rude, coarse ...1654
• HALLOCKING teasing, bullying; boisterous, rough, rude ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-SCRAPED of a tongue: rude, abusive ...1785 Sc.
• ILL-SKET rude, unmannerly ...1897 Sc.
• ILL-TOWARD rude, unmannerly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IMMORIGEROUS † unyielding, obstinate; disobedient, rebellious; uncivil, rude ...1623
• IMPOLISHED † unpolished; devoid of polish; rude, unrefined ...1583
• IMPOLITE † wanting polish or refinement; unpolished, rude, rough ...1612
• IMPOLITED † wanting polish or refinement; unpolished, rude, rough ...1597
• INDISCREET † uncivil, rude ...1727 Sc.
• KARLISH churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean ...a1240
• LEWD † of speech and the like: rude, artless, inelegant ...c1425
• LIPPY impudent, rude, pert, disrespectful, talkative ...1875 sl.
• MENSELESS unmannerly, rude, ill-bred; uncultured, unpolished ...1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAZZLY bad-tempered; rude, mischievous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• NEAR THE KNUCKLE rude and slightly offensive; verging on indecent ...1895 colloq.
• NO-MANNERS ill-mannered; rude, impolite, unmannerly ...1922 Amer. dial.
• OBVIOUSLY SEVERE extremely rude ...1890 UK society usage
• PALMERING rude, clumsy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• POLRUMPTIOUS restive, rude, unruly, obstreperous; foolishly confident ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RAG-MANNERED † rude, vulgar, coarse; of low, ill-bred behaviour; aggressively uncouth; very badly mannered ...1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAG-MANNERT rude-mannered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMBUSTEOUS uncouth, unpolished, rough, rude, and boisterous in manner ...1825 Sc.
• RAMGUNSHOCH bad-tempered, surly, rude and boorish ...1721 Sc.
• RAMSHACKLE of persons, actions, etc.: unsteady, irregular, disorderly, rude ...1855 chiefly Eng. dial.
• RANDIE having a rude, aggressive manner; loud-tongued and coarse-spoken ...1698 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDY having a rude, aggressive manner; loud-tongued and coarse-spoken ...1698 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAW-GOBBED rude and coarse of speech ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REE crazy, delirious; rude, wild; unmanageable ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROID † rude ...a1400 obs exc. Eng. dial.
• ROUGH-HEWN † of rough or coarse manners; rude, ill-mannered, uncultivated, unpolished; blunt, rugged; also, rough-natured, cruel ...1600
• RUDAS of women: rude, unmannerly, rough, coarse; haggard, old ...a1802 Sc.
• RUFFATORY boisterous, rude ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RUFTY-TUFTY † rude, rough; boisterous; impudent ...1606
• RUMBUSTICAL fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous; rude, overbearing, violent ...1795 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• RUVID † rude, barbarous ...1632
• SAVAGE † 1. rude, harsh, ungentle ...a1300
2. of movements, noise, demeanour, manners, etc.: wild, ungoverned; rude, unpolished ...c1420-30 arch.
• SCAFE wild, rude; awkward, esp. used of boys; full of fear ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCOW-BANKING rude, ill-mannered; dishonest ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SNOTTIE bitchy; pert, to fresh or rude behaviour ...20C colloq.
• UMBERSORROW † rough, rude, uncultivated; of a rugged or surly disposition ...1808 Sc.
• UNAFFILED † unpolished, rude ...1390
• UNCANNY harsh, unkind, rude; severe, esp. used of a blow or fall ...1773 Sc.. & Eng. dial.
• UNCOMBED rude, inelegant ...1633
• UNCOOL unpleasant, emotional, rude, tactless, unsophisticated, unfair ...1953 sl., orig. US
• UNFARRANT ill-informed, senseless, without quickness of apprehension; rude, unmannerly ...1838 Sc.
• UNRUDE † rude; hideous, horrible ...1773 Sc.
• WANTON † of actions: lawless, violent; in weaker sense: rude, ill-mannered ...a1400-50
rude - nouns
• CAVORTION rough behaviour, rude manners ...1908 Amer. dial.
• CHOP a rude or cutting remark ...Bk2006 US sl.
• DIRTY CRACK a rude remark ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FARMYARD TALK rude, abusive talk ...L19 sl.
rude - person
• ACT-ASS one who gives rude answers, a smart-alec ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BACK-SASSER one who speaks rudely; a smart alec ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BARBARIAN a rude, wild, uncivilized person ...1604
• BEAR a rude, unpolished, or uncouth man ...1751
• BEAST a person rude, coarse, filthy, or acting in a manner unworthy of a rational creature ...c1400
• BICKER a person of rude, noisy manners; a big, stupid, bouncing person ...1866 Sc.
• BITCH a cruel, evil, or rude person; generally used of women, but may also be used of men ...Bk1989 US college sl.
• BLAIRHAWK a rude, noisy person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOOR a rustic, a yokel; a clumsy or unrefined person; a rude, ill-mannered, inconsiderate person ...L16
• BORE a rude or disrespectful man who is fond of being with women and tries to attract their attention ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BOZO a clumsy, clownish, or foolish fellow; an oaf; a rude or annoying person ...1916 Amer. sl.
• BYSTOUR † a loud, rude talker; a braggart, a bully ...1535 Sc.
• CAIRD a scold; a rude, scolding person ...1808 Sc.
• CARTER a rude, uncultured man; a clown; common in the 16th century ...1509
• COUNTRY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• CRAZY IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1915 Amer. dial.
• FIB a smart alec or rude person ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FRATCH a rude, quarrelsome person; a playful or frolicsome child ...19C Eng. dial.
• GAMMERSTAGS a rude, wanton girl; an idle, loose girl; a foolish girl ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMERSTANG a rude, wanton girl; an idle, loose girl; a foolish girl ...1788 Eng. dial.
• GAMMERSTEL a rude, wanton girl; an idle, loose girl; a foolish girl ...1788 Sc.
• GROBIAN a slovenly, ill-bred or coarse fellow; a rude lout, a boor ...1621
• HARDNOSE an angry, mean, or rude person; a tough man; an abusive offensively driving motorist ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HARRY a countryman, a rude boor; an opprobrious term applied to a woman ...1899 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAUVEN a lout, a coarse, rude fellow ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HIGHTY-TIGHTY † a romping or rude girl ...a1700
• IKE an uncouth, ignorant or rude fellow; a rustic ...1896 Amer. dial.
• JAWER a person who talks back, or gives rude answers ...1966 Amer. dial.
• JAZZBO a clumsy, clownish or foolish person; an oaf; a rude or annoying person ...1923 Amer. sl.
• KENSY †* a rough or rude fellow; an unmannerly person; a rustic ...c1500 Sc.
• KILL-COURTESY † a discourteous or rude person; a boorish person ...1590
• LADY-DOG a rude and shrewish woman; a bitchy woman ...M19 euphemism
• MACAROON a coarse, rude, low fellow ...Bk1790
• MOLLY-HAWN a hoyden; a boisterous, noisy girl; a romp; a rude or ill-bred girl or woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMGUNSHOCH a boorish, rude clown; a person with rough, crude manners ...1825 Sc.
• RANTIPOLE, RANTIPOLL * a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person ...a1700
• REUL an unruly person or animal; a rude, unmannerly clown, a romp, a fidget ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RODGER a big person of rude manners ...B1900 Sc.
• RUFFATORY a rude, boisterous boy; one who is fond of horseplay, knocking and shoving his playfellows about at all risks ...1830 Eng. dial.
• SASS-POT a person who talks back or gives rude answers ...1965 Amer. dial.
• TEAR-RAG a rude, boisterous child; a romp, one always getting into mischief and tearing his clothes ... B1900 Eng. dial.
• TOMBOY † a rude, boisterous, or forward boy ...a1553
• VYAUG a woman of rude manners ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WILDIN, WILDING a wild fellow; a rude, uncultivated man ...1900 Eng. dial.
• YAHOO an ignorant, unsophisticated, and rude-mannered person ...1726
• YOP † a rude, vulgar fellow; a lout ...1887 Amer. sl.
rude - verbs
• CHEEK to speak rudely to ...1840 sl.
• FAS' to be fast with, to be rude, impertinent; to meddle with somebody's business; to be forward ...1950s W. Indies Rasta
• LIP to talk, usually volubly, esp. in an abusive, rude, or argumentative fashion; to argue; to engage in backtalk ...1898 sl.
• LIP OFF to talk rudely, cheekily, or provocatively ...1950s US sl.
• OPEN ONE'S FACE to talk, to speak, esp. to speak rudely ...L19 US sl.
• PLAY THE BEAR to behave rudely and roughly ...1579
• RACKET to behave in a rude, noisy manner ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• REULL to behave in a rude manner; to be unruly ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SASS to speak rudely or impertinently to a person; to answer someone back ...1856 N. Amer. colloq.
• SAUCE to speak rudely to ...1862 Eng. dial.
• SHORT TALK to talk crossly, rudely, curtly or in a quarrelsome manner to someone ...1931 Amer. dial.
RUDELY - adverbs
• CARTERLIKE † rudely, clownishly ...1580
• CARTERLY † in a rude or boorish manner ...1553
• INDISCREETLY † uncivilly, rudely ...1650 Sc.
• RAM-STAM in a headlong, precipitate manner; recklessly, rashly, rudely; in confusion ...1735 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAM-TAM in a headlong, precipitate manner; rashly, rudely; in confusion ...1735 Sc.
• REEMLE-RAMMLE in a rude, noisy manner; with a low, heavy sound, esp. of thing jingled together in confusion ...Bk1904 Sc.
RUDENESS - nouns
• FAASTINESS rudeness, impudence ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• JIMBER-JAW back-talk, rudeness, insolence, impertinence, cheek ...1834 Amer. dial.
• NO-MANNERS lack of manners; rudeness; impoliteness ...1922 Amer. dial.
• SASS cheek, impertinence, rudeness ...1835 N. Amer. colloq.
RUDIMENTS - nouns
• FIRST FORM THING the most rudimentary thing; rudiments; anything ...1914 Amer. dial.
RUFFIAN, RUFFIANLY - adjectives
• CUT-THROAT murderous, ruffianly ...1567
• RUFFIANOUS † like a ruffian; bold in crimes; violent, brutal ...1555
• TORY-RORY † ruffianly ...1682
ruffian, ruffianly - nouns
• MOB a gang of ruffians or thugs ...L19 sl. orig. Aust.
ruffian, ruffianly - person
• APACHE a man of ruffianly character ...1918
• BABOON a thug, a ruffian, a ne'er-do-well ...c1500
• BAD-JOHN a ruffian; a hooligan or miscreant ...1935 Caribbean
• BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal, a scoundrel, a rogue; a hooligan, a ruffian ...1843 Anglo-Indian
• BANDITTO a ruffian, a desperate fellow ...Bk1795
• BANDOG a ruffian ...a1826 UK sl.
• BANGSTER † a rough, violent fellow; a bully, a braggart, a blustering fellow; a ruffian; a thug ...c1570 obs. exc. Sc.
• BASHI-BAZOUK a ruffian, a hooligan, a thug ...1876 sl.
• BEATER † a street loafer or ruffian ...1509
• B'HOY a ruffian; a young rowdy; a gay or spirited fellow ...1837 colloq., orig. US
• BRUISER a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1907 sl.
• BULLY a ruffian hired for purposes of violent or intimidation ...1730 arch.
• BULLY-BOY a young ruffian; a 'tough' ...1953
• CAVEMAN a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1926 sl.
• CUTTHROAT a ruffian who murders or does deeds of violence; a murderer or assassin by profession ...1535
• DROOG a young ruffian or an accomplice or henchman of a gang-leader; a thug; a gangster...1962 sl.
• GURRIER a lout, a ruffian ...2001 Ireland sl.
• HACKSTER † a cut-throat; a swaggering ruffian, a swashbuckler ...1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAWCUBITE one of a band of dissolute young men who infested the streets of London in the beginning of the 18th century; a street-bully, a ruffian ...1712
• HOON a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1938 Aust. sl.
• KEELIE a low or vulgar boy; a street-loafer or rough; a ruffian ...1863 Sc.
• LAMB a ruffian armed with a bludgeon, formerly hired at election time ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAND-SHARK a ruffian, a thug ...17C sl.
• LATCHICO a ruffian ...2003 Ireland
• MUG a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1890 US sl.
• NED a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1959 Sc. sl.
• OAFO an oaf; a socially inferior fool; a large, slow-witted, clumsy person; a lout; a ruffian or hooligan ...1959 UK sl.
• PLUG-UGLY a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1856 sl., orig. US
• RAFFLE-COFFIN a ruffian; a ribald fellow ...c1696 sl.
• RAGAMUFFIN, RAGGAMUFFIN a hooligan, a lout; a ruffian ...1996 UK Black sl.
• RAGGA a hooligan, a lout; a ruffian ...1996 UK Black sl.
• RAMPALLION, RAMPALLIAN † a ruffian, a villain, a scoundrel, a rogue, a knave, a rascal ...1593
• ROUGH a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1837 sl.
• ROUGHIE a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1905 sl.
• ROUGH RIDER a ruffian ...Bk1942 US sl.
• ROUGH SCRUFF a low, coarse, rough, or disreputable person; a ruffian ...1814 orig. US
• ROUGH-UP * a thug, a ruffian ...1911 Aust. sl.
• RUFFINER a rough person, a ruffian; a sturdy, wayward character, savage when excited ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCADGER a ruffian ...Bk1883 Eng. dial.
• SCAMPERER † a street ruffian or thug ...1712
• SCARLET an upper-class ruffian ...M19 sl.
• SIWASH an uncouth ruffian ...1918 Amer. dial.
• TOUGH a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1866 sl., orig. US
• TROG a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1956 Brit. sl.
• YOB a youth who behaves in an uncouth, aggressive, or antisocial way; an uncouth ruffian; a lout, a hooligan ...1927 orig. Brit.
• YOBBO a lout; a hooligan; an uncouth ruffian; a derogatory term used of working-class youths ...1922 UK sl.
• YOBO a violent person; a thug; a ruffian ...1938 Brit. sl.
ruffian, ruffianly - verbs
• BERUFFIANIZE to call or stigmatize as a ruffian ...1596
RUFFLE - nouns
• BORD a broad hem or welt; a ruffle, a frill ...Bk1911 Sc.
ruffle - verbs
• CALF-TRINNELS the ruffles on a shirt or the flounces on a gown ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALF-TRUNDLES the ruffles on a shirt or the flounces on a gown ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FAIZE to annoy, to inconvenience, to disturb, to ruffle ...1866 Sc.
• RAFFLE to ruffle ...1868 Eng. dial.
• RAGGLE to ruffle; to tear the skin ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TAFFLE to ravel, to entangle; to ruffle ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TWANGLE to twist, entangle, ruffle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
RUFFLED - adjectives
• DANDERED angry, ruffled ...1880 sl.
• TAFFLED ruffled, disordered ...1899 Sc.
RUG - nouns
• HAP a covering or wrap of any kind; a coverlet, a rug; a thick outer garment, dress, clothing ...1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAPPING a covering; a coverlet, a quilt, a rug ...1503
• LANGEL(L) † a woollen rug or blanket ...1324-25 Eng. dial.
• RAGGEDY JACK a homemade pile rug ...1979 Newfoundland, Canada usage
RUGBY - nouns
• COATHANGER in rugby: a straight-arm, neck-high tackle ...1998 NZ sl.
• DAB in rugby: a short, darting run with the ball ...1970 NZ sl.
• FACIAL in rugby: an aggressive rubbing of the face of a tackled opponent ...1998 NZ sl.
• FOOTIE the game of rugby union ...1998 NZ sl.
• FOOTY the game of rugby union ...1998 NZ sl.
• GUTTER a football scrum ...L19 Brit. school usage
• NUT a rugby ball ...1998 NZ sl.
• PADDOCK a playing field, esp. for rugby ...1947 NZ sl.
• RAH-RAH a fan of Rugby Union; thus the game itself ...1980s Aust. sl.
rugby - person
• ALICKADOO (frequently derogatory) a person who is attached to or associated with a rugby game or club, but does not play, esp. an administrative official or committee member ...1961 sl., orig. Irish English
• ALLAGADOO (frequently derogatory) a person who is attached to or associated with a rugby game or club, but does not play, esp. an administrative official or committee member ...1961 sl., orig. Irish English
• PACKMAN a player who plays in the pack; a forward ...1992 rugby usage, chiefly Rugby League
• RAH-RAH a fan of Rugby Union; thus the game itself ...1980s Aust. sl.
• TALL TIMBER in rugby union: lofty line-out forwards ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
rugby - verbs
• MAJORIZE in rugby football: to convert a try into a goal, i.e. to increase the points from three to five
• OFF-LOAD in rugby: to pass the ball ...Aust. sl.
RUGGED - adjectives
• ASPER, ASPRE † rough, rugged ...a1492
• BRASHY noisy; stormy; rugged ...Bk1911 Sc.
• KNURNED † knotted; rugged, gnarled ...a1225
• KNURRED † knotted; rugged, gnarled ...c1430
• ROUGH-HEWN † of rough or coarse manners; rude, ill-mannered, uncultivated, unpolished; blunt, rugged; also, rough-natured, cruel ...1600
• RUVID * rough, rugged ...1837
• SALEBROUS rough, rugged ...1633
• UMBERSORROW † rough, rude, uncultivated; of a rugged or surly disposition ...1808 Sc.
• UNBENE † ungenial, wild and rugged ...a1300
rugged - person
• SHELL-BARK a rough, rugged person ...1941 Amer. dial.
RUGGEDNESS - nouns
• SALEBRITY * ruggedness, unevenness ...1656
• SALEBROSITY ruggedness, unevenness ...1638
• SALEBROUSNESS † ruggedness, roughness ...1727
RUIN - adjectives
• ON ONE'S ASS in financial or other ruin; helpless ...c1917 Amer. sl.
ruin - adverbs
• HYTER-SKYTER in a state of utter ruin ...B1900 Sc.
• TO THE BAD to a bad condition, to ruin ...1816
ruin - nouns
• BAGWESH wreck, ruin, bankruptcy ...1881 Eng. dial.
• BALLYHACK ruin, destruction ...1843 Amer. sl.
• BALLYWACK ruin, destruction ...1934 Amer. sl.
• BALLYWRACK ruin, destruction ...1934 Amer. sl.
• BANE ruin ...1580 Eng. dial.
• BEGGAR'S BUSH † beggary, ruin ...1591
• CASTLE-COME-DOWN † ruin, total destruction ...1563-87
• CATALYSIS †* dissolution, destruction, ruin ...1655
• DECAS †* decay, ruin ...1393
• DECAY † downfall, destruction, ruin ...1535
• HAGWESH ruin, bankruptcy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HERRIAL that which causes loss or ruin; also, a great expense ...1871 Sc.
• LAPSE * a falling into ruin ...1605
• NAIL IN ONE'S COFFIN anything that may lead incrementally to ruin ...1820 colloq.
• NECK-BREAK † ruin, destruction ...a1665 Sc.
• RACKLEDOM ruin, wreck ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• SCOW a state of ruin or destruction ...1825 Sc.
ruin - person
• BANER * he who kills, poisons, destroys, or ruins ...1605
• SINKER one who brings others to ruin ...1632
ruin - verbs
• BANJAX to ruin or destroy, often as a result of incompetence ...US colloq.
• BESHEND †* to ruin ...a1300
• BLOTCH to spoil or ruin because of ineptness or stupidity ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLOW TO HELL AND GONE to utterly ruin or destroy ...1865 Amer. sl.
• BLUE to make a mess of, to spoil, to ruin ...1880 sl.
• BODGE to ruin; to wreck ...Aust. sl.
• BODGE UP to ruin; to wreck ...Aust. sl.
• BOTTLE UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUGGER UP to ruin, to spoil; to damage; to make a mess of; to muddle, to mishandle ...1891
• BUMP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUMP OFF to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAST TO THE DOGS † to send to destruction or ruin; to throw out, to discard as worthless ...1556
• CHAW UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CLEAN OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COCK UP to ruin by incompetence; to bungle ...Bk1999
• COOK to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOK SOMEONE'S BACON to ruin ...1868 Amer. sl.
• CUT ONE'S THROAT to ruin a person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOK to ruin, to spoil ...sl.
• COOK SOMEONE'S GOOSE to ruin or destroy someone ...1845 Amer. sl.
• CRAB to spoil or ruin or render impossible any plan of action ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• CRACK THE BELL to fail, to muddle things, to make a mistake, to ruin it ...1909 Cockneys' sl.
• CRUEL to spoil, to ruin, to destroy all chance of success with ...1934 Aust. sl.
• CRUEL THE PITCH to spoil someone's chances; to ruin an opportunity ...1915 Aust. sl.
• CUT ONE'S OWN THROAT to bring about one's own ruin
• DAMNIFY † to cause the loss of, to bring to destruction or ruin ...1612
• DECAY † to waste or ruin physically; to disintegrate, to dilapidate; to bring to decay or ruin ...1536
• DELABRATE †* to dilapidate, to ruin ...1813
• DIDDLE to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DITCH to ruin, to stand in the way of a plan ...L19 sl.
• DO to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO FOR to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO OVER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO THE BUSINESS FOR to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DO UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIVE TO THE BOWWOWS to ruin a person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIVE TO THE DOGS to ruin a person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRIVE TO THE WOOFS to ruin a person ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• 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
• EAT UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FASH to ruin, to spoil ...1944 Amer. dial.
• FEAG † to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to ...1668
• FEAGUE † to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to ...1668
• FEGUE † to destroy, to bring to ruin, to put an end to ...1668
• FATE † to ruin irrevocably ...c1400
• FINISH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FINISH OFF to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIX to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLATTEN to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOLD to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOLD UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRY SOMEONE'S BACON to ruin ...1986 Amer. sl.
• FUCK to cheat, to deceive, or ruin ...M20
• FUCK UP to ruin; to mess up; to confuse ...20C US sl.
• GAFFLE to ruin someone's plans ...1990s US teen sl.
• GO TO PIGS AND WHISTLES * to be ruined, to go to utter ruin; to be dissipated ...1786
• GO TO THE BAD go to ruin ...B1860 Eng. sl.
• GO TO THE DOGS to go to destruction or ruin; to deteriorate shockingly ...1619
• GO TO THE WALL to be ruined; to collapse financially
• GUM UP to ruin, to spoil, to throw into confusion; to wreck ...1890 Amer. sl.
• GUM UP THE WORKS to ruin, to spoil, to throw into confusion ...1890 Amer. sl.
• HERRY to harass, to oppress, to despoil, to ruin; to drag or carry off ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HONISH † to bring to disgrace; to dishonour, to insult; to destroy, to ruin, to put an end to ...a1325
• JACK UP to do for, to ruin; to bungle something; to foul up ...1873 colloq.
• JAZZ UP to confuse; to mess up; to interfere with; to ruin or impair; to botch ...1917 Amer. sl.
• JAZZ UP THE DETAIL † to make a botch; to ruin things ...1932 Amer. army sl.
• JIGGER to break, to ruin, to destroy ...1895 Eng. dial. & sl.
• JIM (UP) to spoil, to ruin, to damage ...1913 Amer. dial.
• KIBOSH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK OFF to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO FLINDERATION to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO HELL AND GONE to utterly ruin or destroy ...1863 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO SMITHEREENS to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KNOCK TO SMITHERS to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KREEBLE to ruin, partially or completely ...1970 US sl.
• LAY OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LEESE † to destroy; to bring to ruin or perdition; to spoil ...a1325
• LUNCH to spoil, to ruin, to fail ...1950s US college sl.
• MAKE A MUCK OF to ruin ...1906 UK sl.
• MAKE MINCEMEAT OF vb. to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MALAFOOSTER to destroy, to wreck, to ruin ...1950 Sc.
• MUCK to beat, to surpass, to ruin financially ...M19 sl.
• MUCK UP to botch; to ruin; to interfere ...1886 UK sl.
• MURDER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NAPOO to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NASTY UP to ruin or spoil ...1965 Barbados sl.
• NAUSE to cause problems, to annoy, to ruin a plan ...1950s sl.
• NOORSE to cause problems, to annoy, to ruin a plan ...1950s sl.
• PACK to be ruined or spoiled; to become useless ...c1920 motor-racers' usage
• PISS ON A PERSON'S CHIPS to spoil a person's plans; to ruin or take the enjoyment from a person's situation ...1961 sl.
• PISS ON A PERSON'S PARADE to spoil a person's plans; to ruin or take the enjoyment from a person's situation ...1984 sl.
• PISS UP to ruin, to make a mess of ...1937 sl.
• PLAY HELL WITH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAY OLD HARRY WITH to play the devil or the mischief with; to work mischief upon; to ruin ...1837
• PLAY THE BEAR to damage, to spoil, to ruin ...1888 Eng. dial.
• PLAY THE DEVIL WITH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAY WHALEY to blunder, to fail; to play havoc with something; to spoil, to ruin; to make a mistake ...1897 Amer. dial.
• PLAY WHALEY WITH to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUNCH to fail at or to ruin something; esp. to fail a course in school ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• PUT IN COLD STORAGE to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON ICE to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT ON THE EXTINGUISHER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE CRAB ON to ruin or spoil ...1930 US sl.
• PUT THE FINISHER ON to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE FREEZE ON to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE KIBOSH ON to frustrate, to ruin, to prevent, to jeopardize ...1830s sl.
• PUT THE KYBOSH ON to frustrate, to ruin, to prevent, to jeopardize ...1830s sl.
• PUT THE MOCKERS ON to ruin, thwart or jinx ...Brit. sl.
• PUT THE SETTLER ON to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUT THE SKIDS UNDER to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEER to spoil something; to ruin something; to interfere with something; to put out of order ...1812 UK sl.
• RIMRACK to ruin, to cheat; to behave riotously ...1841 Amer. dial.
• ROT to spoil or ruin an action, plan, etc. E20 sl.
• RUB OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PUCKAROO, PUCKEROO, PUKAROO, PUKARU to break, to destroy, to ruin; to kill ...1840 NZ sl.
• SAUCE to ruin ...1990s US campus sl.
• SEND TO GLORY to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEND TO THE DOGS to send to destruction or ruin; to throw out, to discard as worthless ...1556
• SEW UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHATTER to ruin, to put an end to, to utterly destroy ...L17
• SNAFU to mess up, to make a blunder; to ruin something ...M20 US sl.
• STUMP to ruin ...Bk1904 sl.
• TEAR SOMEONE A NEW ASS to ruin or destroy someone ...1973 Amer. sl.
• THRING † (with 'down') to throw down by force; to thrust or knock down; to overthrow; to bring to ruin ...c1375
• TINE to ruin, to destroy, to bring to nought ...a1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TO-SPILL † to confound, to ruin utterly ...a1300
• WASH UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIPE OUT to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WIPE UP to ruin; to destroy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ruin - phrases
• AT THE LAST CAST † in extremities, near to death or ruin ...c1449
• IT IS ALL DICKY † used to indicate defeat, ruin, or death ...1788 sl.
• THAT TEARS IT that ruins things; that's the last straw ...1909 Amer. sl.
RUIN (as a building, etc.) - nouns
• FALLING a fragment of a building, a ruin ...1382
• MASURES †* ruins of buildings; squalid and tumble-down habitations ...1623
• RABBLE a carelessly erected building, wall, etc; a confused or ruinous mass; anything ruinous or dilapidated; any kind of building falling into decay ...1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REESHLE a tottering ruin; a loose heap ...1886 Sc.
RUINED - adjectives
• AGROUND ruined, at a loss ...L18 sl.
• ALL DICKEY (WITH) all over, ruined, finished ...L18 sl.
• ALL DICKY (WITH) all over, ruined, finished ...L18 sl.
• ALL TO HELL utterly ruined ...1890 US sl.
• ALL TO SMASH ruined ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWRACK wrecked; ruined ...1627
• BANED † ruined, destroyed; injured, hurt ...1568
• BANJAXED demolished; destroyed; ruined, as a car ...20C teen & high school sl.
• BUNG ruined, useless ...1930 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CACTUS ruined, useless, wrecked ...1945 Aust. sl.
• CAPUT finished, over, ruined ...1910s sl.
• CHEWED TO LOON SHIT ground up, hence, ruined ...c1930 Can. sl.
• CLEANED OUT having lost all your money, ruined ...Bk1890 sl.
• COOKED ruined; hopelessly beaten ...1850 Amer. sl.
• CRACKED ruined; bankrupt ...E16
• CREMATED badly beaten by an opponent; ruined by a bad business deal or stock-market collapse ...Brit. sl.
• DEAD ruined; destroyed; ...1400
• DEAD BROKE ruined, bankrupt, penniless; destitute ...1842 Amer. colloq.
• DOWN THE GURGLER ruined; irretrievably lost or destroyed; wasted; used of something that has not worked out ...1981 Aust. sl.
• FLUMMOXED ruined ...M19 sl.
• FRAGGED destroyed; ruined ...Bk2006 US sl.
• GONE TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless ...Aust. sl.
• GONE TO HELL utterly ruined ...1890 sl.
• GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless ...Aust. sl.
• JACKED UP 1. ruined, given up, done for ...M19 sl.
2. † penniless; ruined ...1860
• KABLOOEY destroyed, ruined ...L20 N. Amer. colloq.
• KAPUT out of order, utterly ruined or exhausted; broken ...1910s sl.
• NAUGHT † lost, ruined ...1607
• NO GOOD TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless ...Aust. sl.
• NOT A FEATHER TO FLY WITH ruined, penniless ...1860 sl.
• RAGGED-ARSE disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGED-ARSED disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSE disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSED disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSE disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSED disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RANK ruined, spoiled; gone awry ...20C Amer. sl.
• RIMRACKED ruined, worn out, rickety ...1862 Amer. dial.
• SHOT TO HELL ruined; decimated ...1913 sl.
• SHOT TO PIECES demoralized; ruined ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SHOT TO SHIT completely ruined or destroyed ...1968 sl., orig. US
• STUFFED ruined ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• UNTWISTED ruined, 'undone' ...L17 sl.
• UP THE SPOUT ruined ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
ruined - nouns
• BUZZARD a badly-spoiled piece of work ...1871 US
ruined - person
• MUCK-SNIPE a ruined person, esp. a gambler ...c1850 Brit. sl.
• PERDIDO †* a desperado, a desperate man, a ruined man ...a1734
ruined - verbs
• FALL APART AT THE SEAMS to be or become spoiled or ruined ...1965 Amer. sl.
• GO FOR A BURTON of a person or thing: to be missing, ruined, or destroyed ...1946 sl.
• GO TO GRASS to be ruined; to be damned ...1836 US sl.
• GO TO SHIT to be ruined or destroyed; to deteriorate; to go to pieces ...1973 sl.
• GO TO THE WALL to fail in business, to be ruined, to collapse financially ...1842
• TINE to be lost, ruined, or destroyed; to perish ...1300s chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TURN TO SHIT to be ruined or destroyed; to deteriorate; to go to pieces ...1988 sl.
ruined - phrases
• PIGS HAVE RUN THROUGH SOMETHING, THE †* something has been completely ruined or thrown into disarray ...1808 colloq.
RUINOUS - adjectives
• EXITIABLE †* destructive, ruinous, hurtful ...1607
• EXITIOUS † destructive to life, deadly, fatal, ruinous, hurtful, dangerous ...1563
• PERNICIOUS having the quality of destroying; tending to destroy, kill, or injure; destructive, ruinous; fatal ...1521
• RATCHED ragged, in a ruinous state ...Bk1904 Sc.
RUINS - adjectives
• SUBRUINAN underneath ruins ...1881
ruins - nouns
• DECAYS † dilapidations; ruined remains, ruins, debris, detritus; rarely in singular ...1582
RULE - adjectives
• CHICKEN-PECKED under the rule of a girl; governed by a child ...1786 humorous nonce word
• UNDER THE WAND † subject to the rule of a person ...c1400 Sc.
• UNDER THE YARD † under the rule, control, or discipline of ...c1386
rule - nouns
• FAR a hard and fast rule ...1991 US sl.
• LEADING † government, rule ...c1375
• MASTERDOM † the condition of being a master or ruler; dominion, rule, ascendancy, control ...1588
• OMNIREGENCY † all-ruling condition; universal rule ...1616
• ONWALD † power, rule, authority ...c893
• SIGNORY lordship, domination, rule ...c1375
rule - verbs
• GUY † to command an army, etc.; to govern or rule a country; to administer or manage affairs or an office ...c1330
• IMPERATE † to command, to rule, to govern ...1599
• MAN † to be the master of; to manage, to rule ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATE to rule, to govern ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SIGNORIZE † to rule, to reign, to have or exercise dominion; usually with 'in' or 'over' ...1594
• WARD † to rule, to govern a land or people; to administer an estate; to act as guardian to a child ...a1000
• WIELD THE SCEPTRE to exercise supreme authority, to rule ...L16
• YEME † to have the command or oversight of; to rule, to govern, to manage, to control ...c1000
RULED - adjectives
• IMPERATE † commanded, ruled ...c1470
RULER - adjectives
• IMPERIOUS † having the rank of or befitting an emperor or supreme ruler ...c1586
ruler - person
• DAME † a female ruler, superior, or head; the superior of a nunnery, an abbess ...a1225
• DECAN † a chief or ruler of ten ...1569
• DICTOUR † a ruler, judge or guardian ...c1440
• DUKE † a leader; a leader of an army; a captain or general; a chief, a ruler ...c1275
• DYNAST one in power; a ruler, lord, chief, potentate, esp. a hereditary ruler; a member or founder of a dynasty ...1631
• GENERAL a commander, a leader; a ruler ...1582
• GERENT * one who holds an office; a manager, a ruler ...1576
• GIOUR † a ruler; a guide ...Bk1886
• HEAD a person to whom others are subordinate; a chief, a captain, a commander, a ruler, a leader, a principal person ...c897
• IMPERATOR absolute ruler, emperor; commander, ruler ...1588
• MASTER † one having direction or control over the action of others; a director, a leader, a chief, a commander; a ruler, a governor ...c1000
• MASTER-MAN an artisan or tradesman who sets up for himself; an employer; an overlooker, a ruler, a governor ...1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MODERATOR † a ruler, a governor, a director ...a1398
• MONARCH in early use: a sole and absolute ruler of a state; subsequently also: any ruler or sovereign bearing the title of king, queen, emperor, empress, or the equivalent of one of these ...a1439
• MONOCRAT a person who rules alone; an autocrat ...1848
• OMNIARCH ruler of all things ...1848
• ORDAINER † one who puts or keeps in order; a manager, a director, a ruler ...c1290
• PARAMOUNT supreme ruler or proprietor ...c1645
• SATRAP a subordinate ruler; often suggesting an imputation of tyranny or ostentatious splendour ...c1380
• SATRAPESS a female subordinate ruler ...1832
• SIRE † a lord or ruler of a specified place ...a1300
• SUFFREYN † a sovereign ruler, monarch ...a1500
• SULTAN an absolute ruler; a despot, a tyrant ...1648
• TITHINGMAN † a chief or ruler of ten ...c1000
• TOPARCH the ruler or prince of a small district, city, or petty state; a petty 'king' ...1640
• WALDEND † a ruler, a governor ...c888
• YEMER † a keeper, a guardian; a ruler ...c1330
ruler - verbs
• IMPERIALIZE † to act imperially, to act the part of an emperor or absolute ruler ...1634
RULES - nouns
• GIG a demerit; a report of deficiency or breach of rules ...1940s Amer. services' sl.
• MILLER'S RULE the rule where everyone takes his turn as he comes ...1954 Amer. dial.
• MILLER'S TURN the rule where everyone takes his turn as he comes ...1899 Amer. dial.
• PACKING-HOUSE RULES no rules at all ...L19 sl.
• RAFFERTY RULES no rules whatsoever, anything goes ...1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RAFFERTY'S RULES no rules whatsoever, anything goes ...1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
• RATIONALE † a set of reasoned rules or directions ...1657
• SKETCH the rules, the situation ...2000s sl.
rules - person
• DEAD PIGEON one who has been caught breaking a rule or committing a crime ...1910s US prison sl.
• PRECISIAN a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, esp. in matters of religion
rules - verbs
• BREAK OVER to violate a rule or a resolution ...c1937 Amer. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S NOSE CLEAN to follow rules and regulations meticulously so as to avoid any blame ...Aust. sl.
rules - phrases
• ACCORDING TO HOYLE in keeping with established rules and norms ...1904 US sl.
RULING - adjectives
• IMPERANT † commanding, ruling ...1617
• IMPERIOUS † exercising a commanding influence; ruling, sovereign, dominant; having a commanding position, aspect, demeanour, etc.; majestic, stately ...1592
• PANARCHIC † all-ruling, all-governing ...1610 nonce word
• REGITIVE †* ruling, governing ...a1412
• SALSIPOTENT †* ruling the sea ...1575
RUM - nouns
• ACID rum ...1965 Barbados sl.
• CALIBOGUS a mixture of rum and spruce-beer ...1785 US
• CALLIBOGUS a mixture of rum and spruce beer ...1758 Amer. sl.
• CANARY a glass of gin, rum, or any ardent spirits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CHAIN LIGHTNING cheap potent whisky or rum ...1837 US sl.
• CLEAR CRYSTAL white spirits, esp. gin; loosely, brandy and rum ...c1860 sl.
• DAD AND MUM rum or the cordial Bonox and rum ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• DARK AND DIRTY rum and coke (Coca-Cola) ...1979 UK sl., orig. Royal Marines
• DARU rum ...1965 Barbados sl.
• DEMON RUM, THE alcohol or liquor, esp. rum ...E20 US sl.
• JACK illegally distilled rum ...20C W. Indies sl.
• JACK IRON a form of unlicensed and very potent rum, distilled secretly in the countryside ...20C W. Indies sl.
• KILL-DEVIL † brandy or rum, or newly-made rum ...1639 colloq.
• KINGDOM COME rum ...20C Brit. rhyming sl.
• LARGIE a 750 ml (26 fl.oz.) bottle of rum ..1970s W. Indies & Barbados
• MAINSHEET rum and water ...L19 W. Indies
• MATRIMONY a mixture of gin and whisky, or gin and rum ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• METHODIST-CREAM rum when used in tea ...1895 Eng. dial.
• MOOSE MILK a drink made of coffee, milk, and rum, mostly rum ...1958 Amer. sl.
• MOUNTAIN DEW rum, distilled illegally ...1926 Trinidad and Tobago
• MUR rum ...1859 back-slang
• NELSON'S BLOOD rum; navy rum ...19C Brit. sl.
• O-BE-JOYFUL rum; brandy; whisky; liquor in general ...1815 sl. brandy ...E19 sl.
• OH-BE-CHEERFUL brandy; whisky; rum; liquor in general ...1815 sl.
• OH-BE-JOYFUL n. brandy, whisky, rum; liquor ...1815 US sl.
• OLD SHOES rum ...L19 sl.
• Q.Q. a Quarter-Quart of rum ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• QUARTERN O'FINGER a measure of rum ...M19 sl.
• RAISE-MY-THOUGHTS a drink of rum ...1900s W. Indies sl.
• RED-CAPER a jocular term for rum when taken in tea ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RED-WOOSTED rum ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SERGEANT-MAJOR('S) strong sweet tea; tea with rum ...1925 Brit. military sl.
• SIPPERS a sip of rum, esp. from another's tot, as a reward for some service or in celebration ...1944 Brit. sl.
• TOM THUMB rum ...1905 rhyming sl., orig. Aust.
• WHITE EYE New England rum ...1827 Amer. dial.
rum - person
• BAY HORSE JOCKEY one who drinks bay rum ...1965 US sl.
rum - verbs
• FIRE THE ACID to drink rum ...20C W. Indies sl.
• SWALLOW A SAILOR to get drunk on rum ...L19 UK port sl.
RUMBLE - nouns
• DUNDER a loud, reverberating noise; a loud rumble ...1780 & Eng. dial.
rumble - verbs
• BLUITER to make a rumbling noise ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DUNDER to make a loud, deep, resounding noise; to reverberate, to rumble ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GURL † to rumble, to growl ...c1380 obs. exc. Sc.
• REEMISH, REMISH to make a loud, rumbling noise ...Bk1904 Sc.
RUMBLING - nouns
• BLUITER a rumbling noise ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GROWLERY a growling, rumbling, or grumbling ...1830
• REEMISH a loud, rumbling noise, esp. the sound caused by a body falling; a weighty stroke or blow ...1742 Sc.
• REMISH a loud, rumbling noise, esp. the sound caused by a body falling; a weighty stroke or blow ...1742 Sc.
RUMMAGE - nouns
• SCRINGE a prying, an eager search; a thorough rummage; a gleaning ...Bk1904 Sc.
rummage - verbs
• FAIK to rummage, as in a drawer ...1950 Sc.
• HAIK to search, to rummage, as in a drawer, etc. ...1956 Sc.
• 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.
• RAMSHAG to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNGE to hunt about, to rummage ...1960s sl.
• SKIRMISH to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1864 Amer. dial.
• SKIRMISH ABOUT to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1878 Amer. dial.
• SKIRMISH AROUND to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SKIRMISH UP to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1935 Amer. dial.
• WALE to rummage, to search about in, to grope through ...1869 Sc.
RUMOUR - adjectives
• BREME † of a report or rumour: loudly or strongly current or prevalent, much spoken of ...a1535
• RUMOROUS of the nature of rumour ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• RUNNING of a rumour, report, etc.: spreading rapidly; that is passed quickly from mouth to mouth ...1570
• WAFF of a story, report, or rumour: floating, general, of unspecified origin ...1753 Sc.
rumour - nouns
• BAGMAN'S GAZETTE mythical source of bush rumours ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• BALK a false rumour ...1859 Eng. dial. sl.
• BLACK DISPATCH a rumour on which no reliance can be placed ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BREEZE rumour ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• BUZZ a busy rumour ...1612
• CANARD an extravagant, or absurd story circulated to impose on people's credulity; a rumour, hoax, a false report ...1864
• CLISH-MA-CLAVER idle or foolish talk; gossip; nonsense; false or scandalous reports, rumour ..1728 Sc.
• CLOTHESLINE rumour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COOK'S GALLEY YARN a rumour on which no reliance can be placed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRY rumour, public report ...1569
• DAILY NEWS latrine rumours ...Amer. World War I sl.
• DAME RUMOUR rumour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EVENING WHEEZE false news, rumours ...L19 sl.
• FAKE a false rumour or false story of any kind; an invented newspaper story ...1851 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• FAKELOO a false rumour or false story; a yarn intended to deceive ...1926 Amer. sl.
• FURPHY a false report or rumour; an absurd story ...1915 Aust. sl.
• GALLEY NEWS a rumour on which no reliance can be placed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GALLEY-PACKET a made-up story, a lie; an unfounded rumour ...1867
• GALLEY YARN a rumour on which no reliance can be placed; an incredible story ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRAPEVINE rumour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEARING something heard; information, a report, rumour, news; something to talk about ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• HEAR-TELL rumour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KAS-KAS rumour-mongering ...1950s W. Indies
• LATEST COOKHOUSE OFFICIAL a rumour on which no reliance can be placed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LATRINE RUMOUR startling news, almost always incorrect; any rumour, esp. one which is alleged to spread at the latrine...Amer. World War I sl.
• LATRINE WIRELESS, THE a rumour ...World War II Aust. army sl.
• LATRINO a 'latrinogram', 'latrine rumour'; false news, a wild story ...1940 army officers' sl.
• LATRINOGRAM 'latrine rumour'; false news, a wild story ...1939 army officers' sl.
• MAIL a rumour; a report; a racing tip; information on crime ...1960s Aust. sl.
• MULGA the bush telegraph; misleading information, rumour ...1899 Aust. sl.
• MULGA WIRE the bush telegraph; misleading information, rumour ...1899 Aust. sl.
• NIGGERGRAM (derogatory) a stupid rumour; demeaning gossip ...20C W. Indies sl.
• NIGGER-MOUTH (derogatory) a stupid rumour; demeaning gossip ...20C W. Indies sl.
• NOISE rumour ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NORATION an announcement, rumour, or a long, rambling account ...1853 Amer. dial.
• OPINION † report, rumour ...c1380
• RANDERS idle or incoherent talk; idle rumours ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAVE a vague report, an uncertain rumour; a story which is not very credible ...1882 Sc.
• REVERIE a vague report, a rumour ...1787 Sc.
• ROAD TALK gossip, a rumour ...1982 Bahamas
• ROORBACK a defamatory rumour circulated before an election ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• RUMIGERATION a spreading a rumour or report abroad; a carrying tales ...B1900
• SAY-SO rumour ...Bk1892 Amer. sl.
• SCAM misleading information, rumour ...1972 sl.
• SCUTTLEBUTT misleading information, rumour ...1901 sl., orig. US
• SKEALT † story, talk, rumour ...c1580
• SKINDER gossip, slanderous rumour ...1979 S. Afr.
• SKINNER gossip, slanderous rumour ...1979 S. Afr.
• SKINNY the latest information; inside information; rumour or fact ...1959 US sl.
• VCR a vicious campus rumour ...1966 US sl.
• WHISPER a rumour ...1596 UK sl.
• WORD, THE gossip, rumours ...1961 US sl.
• YEHUDI a rumour ...Bk1942 US sl.
rumour - person
• BALLHOPPER one who is deliberately deceptive or tells fabrications' a rumour-monger ...1972 Irish sl.
• BLACK EAGLE, THE the guy you get all your confidential latrine rumours from ...Bk1944 service sl.
• DOPE HEAD one given to spreading false information and rumours ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GASHMU † a boy who was found guilty of initiating or spreading a false report concerning any of his schoolmates ...1910 Sc.
• GAZETTE a newsmonger; one who spreads rumours ...1702
• SCANDAL-MONGER a person who spreads scandal or gossip; one who spreads defamatory reports or rumours concerning the character or reputation of others ...1721
• SCLAIVER a gossip, a rumour-monger, a slanderer ...1920 Sc.
• TALK OF THE TOWN one who is the subject of gossip or rumour ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
rumour - verbs
• BLAZE to vilify, to calumniate; to spread rumours ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRING A BONE to spread a rumour or story ...c1965 Amer. dial.
• BUZZ to spread as a rumour, with whispering or busy talk ...1616
• CARRY A BONE to spread a rumour or story ...1912 Amer. dial.
• EARWIG to gossip, esp. maliciously; to feed another with unpleasant rumours ...19C sl.
• NORATE to rumour, to report; to advertise; to spread by word of mouth ...1851 Amer. dial.
• QUICK †* of a rumour: to arise, to spread ...c1425
• RAISE THE WIND to create a rumour; to make up stories ...L19 sl.
• RAVE to rake up a story against anyone ...1847 Eng. dial.
• REEVE † to rumour ...1874 Sc.
• RUMIFORATE to rumour; to spread about by report ...B1900
• SCLAVE to spread a story though gossip or tittle-tattle; to rumour-monger; spec. of malicious rumours, to slander, to defame, to calumniate ...1825 Sc.
• SKAIL † to spread a rumour, tale, etc. ...1375