some righteous grass he’s got. This stuff
is really righteous!righteous collarn. a justifiable arrest. (As
opposed to a setup or a frame.) Ziggy
was taken in, and the gang agreed it was
a righteous collar. Bruno was caught red-
handed. “I can’t complain,” said Ziggy.
“It was a righteous collar.”
right guyn. a good guy; a straight guy.
Tom is a right guy. No trouble with him.
I’m glad you’re a right guy. I can trust
you.
right in the kissermod. right in the mouth
or face. (See also kisser.) Max poked
the cop right in the kisser. He caught one
right in the kisser.
(right) up one’s alleymod. exactly one’s
kind of thing; exactly what one is best
equipped to do. That job is right up her
alley. It’s not exactly up my alley, but I’ll
try it.
ring a belltv. to stir something in some-
one’s memory. Yes, that rings a bell. I
seem to remember it. Maybe the name
Marsha will ring a bell!
ringer (for someone)Go to (dead) ringer
(for someone).
ring off the hookin. [for a telephone] to
ring endlessly or constantly. The phone
was ringing off the hook when I came in.
We’ve been busy today. The phone’s been
ringing off the hook.
ringtailed snortern. someone or some-
thing energetic and powerful. Old
Charlie is a real ringtailed snorter. Ask
that ringtailed snorter to calm down and
come over here for a minute.
ring the belltv. to be just what is needed;
to hit the spot. This cold water really
rings the bell. A good hot bowl of soup
would ring the bell about now.
rinky-dink[“rINki”dINk] mod. cheap; infe-
rior; broken down. I sold my rinky-
dink old car yesterday. What a rinky-
dink job! I quit!
riot[“raI@t] n. someone or something en-
tertaining or funny. Tom was a riot last
night. Her joke was a real riot.
rip 1. n. a drinking bout. (See also tear.)
All four of them went out on a rip.
Fred had another rip last night. He’s rot-
ten now. 2. n. the loot from a rip-off.
I want my share of the rip, now! Give
him some of the rip and tell him to beat
it. 3. n. a theft; a rip-off. The crooks
pulled a rip on Fourth Street last night.
That was the third rip there this week. 4.
n. a tear in the flesh of the hand, as in
an athletic event where the flesh comes
in contact with solid material, such as in
gymnastics and weightlifting. I keep
getting rips from the bar. Sally has a rip
on her palm.
ripe 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. Yes, they
were ripe all right. Stinking drunk. Bill
was so ripe that they took him home. 2.
mod. foul; smelly. Whooey! This place
is ripe. What died? Get your ripe old
socks out of here! The fish seems quite
ripe. 3. mod. crude; raunchy. Your jokes
are a bit ripe. That was a ripe one!
Stop acting so ripe.
rip-off 1. n. a theft; a deception; an ex-
ploitation. (See also rip.) This sandwich
is a rip-off! What a rip-off! I want my
money back. 2. mod. having to do with
theft and deception. I consider myself
to be rip-off champion of North America.
All I hear is rip-off stories. Isn’t anybody
honest?
(rip-)off artistn. a con artist.Fred is
such an off artist. Beware of the rip-off
artist who runs that shop.
rip on someonein. to give someone a hard
time; to hassle someone. Fred was rip-
ping on me, and I heard about it. Stop
ripping on my friend!
ripped 1. mod. intoxicated on drugs or al-
cohol. I don’t know what I drank, but
I’m really ripped. 2. mod. muscular. I
worked and worked to get ripped, but I’m
just not made that way.
ripped (off)Go to ripped (up).
ripped (up)and ripped (off)mod. alco-
hol or drug intoxicated; under the effects
of marijuana. Why do you have to get
ripped up like that? Bart was ripped out
of his mind on uppers.righteous collar