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English Slang
This dictionary is a comprehensive and in-depth look at all the slang, vulgarisms, curses, and insults, plus idioms, expressions, and a lot more, available in English. As always with slang, be careful using what you hear; it may not work quite the way you expect.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
rabbit
v. flee; run away; escape. 1. He's rabbiting. I'm going after him.
rabbit food
n. raw vegetables
rack
n. bed; cot
rack
n. breasts (female, usually large)
rack duty
n. time spend in bed asleep
rack time
n. time spend in bed asleep
rack up
v. earn; obtain; acquire
racket
n. con; deception
racket
n. noise; loud sounds (music, work-related noise)
radical
adj. excellent; good
rag
n. clothing in general (of any quality)
rag
n. newspaper
rag
n. tampon; pad
rag
n. ugly clothing
ragjob
n. convertible (car)
ragtop
n. convertible (car)
railroad tracks
n. braces on the teeth (particularly metal ones with wires connecting them)
rain on somebody's parade
v. ruin or spoil something for somebody
rake in
v. obtain or bring in a large quantity (usually money)
rally
n. party; gathering; event
rally
v. have a party or hold an event
rap
n. criminal charge or accusation; blame or responsibility
rap
v. chat; talk; discuss something
rap session
n. causual discussion about something
rap sheet
n. record of a person's crimes
raspberry
n. obnoxious sound made by pushing air through closed lips
rat
n. person who is disgusting
rat fink
n. informant; snitch
rat on
v. inform, snitch, or tell on somebody
rat-bastard
n. person who is extremely disgusting
rathole
n. disgusting place
rattled
adj. surprised; confused
raw
adj. lacking experience; new. 1. You're totally raw. You've never done this, have you?
rays
n. sunshine
razz
v. tease; taunt
ream out
v. scold or berate somebody
rear
n. buttocks
rear end
n. buttocks
rear-ender
n. automobile collision in which one car strikes the back or another
red hot
n. very important; very much in demand
red tide
n. menstruation; menstrual period; period
red up
v. dress up; make fancy (used in western Pennsylvania)
redneck
n. person from a small, rural town and possessing little education or manners
reffo
n. refugee
regs
n. regulations (abbreviation). 1. Don't quote me the regs.
rep
n. representative (usually in sales)
rep
n. reputation. 1. Don't mess with my rep. I worked hard for it.
repo
n. repossessed item (usually an automobile)
re-up
v. reenlist. 1. He re-upped? I thought he wanted out of the army.
revved
adj. excited; eager
revved up
adj. excited; eager
ride
n. car; vehicle
ride shotgun
v. sit in the front passenger seat of a car. 1. I'll ride shotgun if you don't mind. I've got to tell him where we're going.
riff
n. brief piece of music played by one musician. 1. Nice riff. Let me hear it again.
rig
v. manipulate or set up a situation to achieve a desired outcome; cheat
righteous
adj. high quality; nice; good
rims
n. wheels (on a car)
ring a bell
v. bring to mind
rinky-dink
adj. cheap; low quality; damaged
rip off
v. deceive; steal; con somebody out of. 1. They tried to rip me off at the used car dealership.
rip-off
n. con; deception
rip-off
n. copy; reproduction; stolen idea or item
rip-off artist
n. con artist; deceiver
ripped
adj. muscular; having well-defined muscles (usually said of men). 1. His abs are seriously ripped.
roach-coach
n. snack truck
road hog
n. driver who takes up too much space on a road
roadie
n. person (usually young) who helps a rock group move equipment and set up for a performance
roady
n. person (usually young) who helps a rock group move equipment and set up for a performance
roast
n. party or event at which the guest or honor is teased or insulted in an affectionate way
roast
v. tease and insult a person at a party held in his or her honor
rock
v. be exciting, stimulating, or successful
rocks
n. ice cubes
roger
n. understood (used primarily for radio communication)
roit
n. an amusing, entertaining person or thing
Rolls
n. Rolls-Royce. 1. Nice Rolls. How'd you afford it?
root around
v. look for; carefully and thoroughly seek
rophies
n. rohypnol
rophy
n. rohypnol
ROTL
abbr. rolling on the floor
rotten
adj. low quality or performance. 1. He wrote a rotten paper for his history class.
rotten
adj. stinky; smelly; disgusting
rough time
n. difficult experience; hard time
roundup
n. summary of information such as news, weather, or sports
rubber
n. black marks of rubber left by automobile tires on a road. 1. He really burned rubber when he left.
rubber
n. condom (U.S. usage). 1. Where can you buy rubbers at this time of night?
rubbish
n. nonsense; foolish talk or ideas
rug
n. toupee or wig. 1. Nice rug that guy's got.
rug rat
n. child; kid. 1. Any rug rats at home?
rule
v. be the top; be the best; dominate
run
n. transportation of illegal items
run
v. transport illegal items. 1. My grandfather used to run rum from Cuba.
run down
n. explanation or description of an event
run it down
v. tell exactly what happened
run off at the mouth
v. speak excessively and quickly
run out of gas
v. tire; lose interest
runner
n. somebody who transports illegal items. 1. That gun runner got arrested, didn't he?
runs
n. diarrhea
runt
n. short, usually slender peson (typically male)
rush
n. time when sororities and fraternities attempt to find new members, usually in the fall