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noun
- Several small mammals of the family Leporidae (rabbits and hares), with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. Confusingly, jackrabbit is a hare.
- The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get; rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon.
- The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
- A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
- (cricket) A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
verb (rabbits, rabbitting, rabbitted)
- (intransitive) To hunt rabbits.
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noun
- Any member of the genus Procyon.
- Nocturnal omnivore originally living in Northern America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail.
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noun - A waterproof coat worn in the rain.
- (slang) A condom.
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noun
- (with definite article) The Witwatersrand, a gold-mining geographic area also known as the Reef in the province of Gauteng, South Africa, of which the principal city is Johannesburg.
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noun
- In scientific usage, any of about 56 different species of small, omnivorous rodent, rodents belonging to the genus Rattus.
- (colloquial) A term indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles and mice) having bodies longer than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
- A person who is known for betrayal; a traitor.
- What a , leaving us stranded here!
- 1883, w:Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island, Treasure Island
- : He"s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house...
- A promiscuous person - often a young female - who attends sporting and other entertainment events, primarily to seek sexual liaisons with athletes, entertainers and/or others traveling with them.
verb (rat, t, ed)
- (context, usually with "on" or "out") to betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in.
- He ratted on his coworker.
- He is going to us out!
- (context, of a dog, etc.) To kill rats.
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adjective - Describing apparel that does not need any tailoring (example hemming) before it can be worn. off-the-rack.
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noun
- (nautical) One who reefs; a name often given to midshipman, midshipmen.
- A close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- A refrigerated, insulated trailer or shipping container.
- (slang) (rfv-sense) A person who smokes marijuana.
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noun
- A member of the British Army as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve.
- A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
- (Canadian English) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
adjective
- with constant frequency or pattern.
- normal; ordinary
- obeying rules
- (grammar) (of a verb, plural, etc) following a set or common pattern
- The verb "to walk" is regular.
- The noun "mouse" has the irregular plural "mice".
- frequent or common
- He made visits to go see his mother.
- (snowboarding): Riding with the left foot forward.
- exemplary, Exemplary; excellent example of; utter.
- a genius
- a John Bull
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noun
- a lapel of a garment, turned back to show the reverse side
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adjective
- able to be reversed
- (context, of clothing) able to be worn inside out
- (chemistry) (of a chemical reaction) capable of proceeding in either direction
- (physics) (of a phase change) capable of returning to the original state
- (thermodynamics) capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy
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noun
- The action of moving upwards
- An increase (in a quantity, price, etc)
- (UK, Ireland) A pay rise (rfv-sense)
verb (rises, rising, rose, risen)
- (intransitive) To move upwards.
- We watched the balloon .
- (intransitive, of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation
- The sun was rising in the East.
- (intransitive) To be resurrected
- He rose from the grave.
- He is risen!
- (intransitive) of a quantity, price, etc, To increase.
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noun
- A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
verb (robes, robing, robed)
- To clothe someone in a robe.
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noun - (obsolete) a lined and trimmed cloak that reached to the knees
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noun
- An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.
- An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.
- A red color. See roset.
- A rose burner. See under rose.
- Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins.
- A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.
(webster)
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noun
- red, Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.
- (colour) A reddish pink colour.
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verb (roug, ing)
- To apply rouge (makeup.)
- She rouged her face before setting out for the party.
adjective
- (colour) Of a reddish pink colour.
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noun
- (context, mostly, UK, and, Australia) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
- (context, mostly, UK) A children's play apparatus, often found in parks, which rotates around a central axis when pushed.
- A fairground carousel.
adjective
- Indirect, circuitous or circumlocutionary
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noun
- A male of the species Philomachus pugnax; a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia. The female is a Reeve.
- Any of several freshwater fish, of the genus Acerina, similar to perch
- A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted neckware in Elizabethan and Jacobean England
- A card game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it ruff and honours
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adjective
- having a ruff
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noun - Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- ''She loved the dress with the lace at the hem.
verb (ruffl, ing)
- (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- Ruffle the end of the cuff.
- (transitive) To disturb ; especially, to cause to flutter.
- The wind ruffled the papers.
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verb
- (past of, ruffle)
adjective
- Having ruffles.
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