trouble with something. That idea
raises hell with my plan. The onions
raised the devil with my stomach.rake on someoneGo to rag on someone.
rake something intv. to take in a lot of
something, usually money. Our can-
didate will rake votes in by the thousand.
TThey were raking in money by the
bushel.
rally[“rAli] 1. n. get-together of some kind;
a party, usually informal, possibly spon-
taneous. There’s a rally over at Tom’s
tonight. The rally was a f lop. Everyone
left early. 2. in. to hold a get-together of
some kind; to party. (Collegiate.) Let’s
rally tonight about midnight. They ral-
lied until dawn.
ralph and rolf[rAlf and rOlf] in. to empty
one’s stomach; to vomit. (Teens and col-
legiate. See also cry ruth.) She went
home and ralphed for an hour. I think
I’m going to rolf.
ralph something uptv. to vomit (some-
thing). (Teens and collegiate.) The doc-
tor gave him some stuff that made him
ralph it up. THe ralphed up his dinner.
rambo(ize)[“rAmbo(aIz)] tv. to (figura-
tively) annihilate someone or something;
to harm someone or something. (Colle-
giate. From the powerful film character
Rambo.) The students ramboed the
cafeteria, and the cops were called.
Please don’t rambo the other team. Just
win the game.
rammy[“rAmi] mod. sexually excited or
aroused. (Refers to the ram, a symbol of
arousal.) Fred was looking a little
rammy, so I excused myself and left.
Your rammy boyfriend is on the telephone.
ramrodtv. to lead something; to act as the
driving force behind something. Who
is going to ramrod this project? Don’t
ramrod us into something we don’t really
want.
ram something down someone’s throat
tv. to force something upon someone.
(Not literal.) Don’t try to ram that non-
sense down my throat. They’re always
trying to ram something down our throats.
ranch 1. n. semen. (Similar in appearance
and consistency to Ranch [salad] dress-
ing. Usually objectionable.) God!
There’s ranch on the bathroom f loor! 2. in.
to ejaculate. (Usually objectionable.)
Just looking at her makes me want to
ranch.
randy[“rAndi] mod. sexually excited or
aroused. The town is full of randy
sailors when the f leet’s in. Wow, d o e s
he look randy! There is a randy looking
guy at the door asking for you.
ranktv. to give someone a hard time; to
hassle someone. Stop ranking me!
The dean was ranking the boys for pulling
the prank. When he finished with the
boys, he started ranking their parents.
rank and filen. the common members of
something. What will the rank and file
think of the proposal? The rank and file
will vote on it tomorrow.
rank on someonein. to attack someone
verbally; to gossip about someone.
Please stop ranking on my family! To m
keeps ranking on Jennifer, and she is really
mad about it.
rank someone (out)tv. to annoy or chas-
tise someone. (See also rank.) He really
ranks me out. What a pest! TI ranked out
the whole gang, but good!
rap 1. in. to talk or chat about something.
Something wrong? Let’s rap about it.
The kids sat down and rapped for an hour
or so. 2. n. a conversation; a chat. How
about a rap? Let’s have a rap sometime.- n. sweet talk; seductive talk; line. I
like your rap, but that’s all I like about you.
Don’t lay that rap on me! You’re not my
type. 4. n. a criminal charge; the blame
for something. (Underworld.) I won’t
take the rap for something you did. The
cops tried to make the rap stick, but they
didn’t have enough evidence.
rap sessionn. an informal conversation
session. The kids settled down for a long
rap session. The rap session was inter-
rupted by a fire drill.
(rap) sheetn. a criminal record listing all
recorded criminal charges. (See also rap.)
This guy has a rap sheet a mile long.
(rap) sheet