Slang & Idioms Starting with "R"

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• Rabbit Talk.
• racket illegal scheme or corrupt enterprise
• Radgie Angry; also a wild or unpredictable person (Geordie).
• Raining cats and dogs Raining very heavily
• Raining cats and dogs Raining very heavily.
• Rainy Day Fund Emergency savings
• Rake It In Make a lot of money quickly
• Raking it in Making a lot of money, especially quickly
• Rally Regroup at a point; recover and reform
• Random Strange, unexpected, out of place
• Rank Disgusting, foul
• Rank and file Ordinary members; non-leadership personnel
• rap sheet criminal record
• Rapt Completely absorbed or delighted
• Rasher Slice of bacon
• Rashers Slices of bacon (British/Irish)
• Raspberry Fart; also a rude noise.
• Raspberry ripple Cockney rhyming slang for nipple, but also used for piddle.
• Rat An informer; a traitor.
• Rat race The competitive struggle of modern working life
• Rat-arsed Extremely drunk; very heavily intoxicated.
• Ratbag A rascal or unpleasant person (Australian/British)
• Ratbag British/Australian insult for a disreputable or annoying person.
• Ratio When a reply gets more likes than the original post; to be publicly outdone.
• Rations Food supplies; allocated food portions
• Rattled Nervous, unsettled, or shaken
• Raw Emotionally exposed, vulnerable, unprocessed
• Readies Ready cash, money on hand
• Readies Ready cash
• Real Genuine; agreeing with truth; keeping it authentic.
• rebound relationship started after breakup
• Recce Reconnaissance (British pronunciation/spelling)
• Receipts Evidence; proof of something, especially screenshots or recordings.
• Recon Reconnaissance; preliminary observation
• Red card Dismissal/sending off shown by referee.
• Red flag A warning sign in a person or situation; something concerning.
• Red herring A misleading clue; something that distracts from the real issue.
• Referral Being sent to a specialist by your GP.
• Registrar Training specialist doctor below consultant (British NHS rank).
• Regular A frequent customer at a pub; a habitual patron.
• Relegated Demoted to a lower division.
• Relieve yourself Polite euphemism for urinating or defecating.
• Respect Expression of admiration
• Respectable Conforming to middle-class values and appearances
• Restroom American term for toilet, especially in public places.
• Reyt Right, really, very (Yorkshire).
• Ride A car or a lift/journey in a vehicle.
• Riding shotgun Sitting in the front passenger seat of a car.
• Riff-raff Undesirable people; rabble
• right as rain perfectly fine or healthy
• Right as rain Completely well; in perfect health.
• Right as rain Perfectly fine; in good health.
• right then transition phrase or goodbye
• Right Then Okay, let's proceed/I'm leaving.
• Ring the bell Buy drinks for everyone; or the landlord ringing last orders.
• Rip-off A fraudulent overcharge or swindle
• ripper something excellent
• Ripper Excellent, fantastic, great
• Rizz Charisma; the ability to attract romantic partners.
• Road trip A long journey by car, especially for pleasure or adventure.
• Roasting Very hot.
• Roger that Understood; message received
• roll with the punches adapt to difficulties
• Rolling in it Very wealthy, having lots of money
• Rolling In It Extremely wealthy
• Roman Empire Something you think about constantly; an obsession.
• Ropeable Extremely angry (Australian)
• Ropey Feeling unwell; of poor quality; hungover.
• Rosie Lee Tea.
• Rough Unwell, difficult, or shabby
• Rough Feeling unwell, looking tired/ill (British).
• Rough Feeling unwell, especially from a hangover.
• Rough Uncouth; from a tough neighbourhood
• Rough Around the Edges Unpolished but fundamentally good
• Rough as guts Feeling very unwell; also means crude or unrefined.
• Roughed up Beaten up or physically intimidated.
• Round A set of drinks bought for a group
• Round Buying drinks for your group; the group's drink order.
• roundabout traffic circle
• Roundabout A circular junction where traffic flows around a central island.
• Route one Long ball directly up the pitch; direct football.
• Rubber Eraser (British)
• Rubber An eraser.
• Rubber Eraser
• Rubbish Bad, worthless, nonsense (British)
• Ruby Curry.
• Ruddy British euphemism for 'bloody'; mild intensifier.
• Rumour mill The informal network through which gossip spreads
• run down exhausted and susceptible to illness
• Run down Exhausted and vulnerable to illness.
• Run interference To protect someone from obstacles or distractions.
• Run of the mill Ordinary, average, nothing special.
• run rings around outperform someone completely
• Run-down In poor health due to exhaustion or stress.
• runaway success overwhelming success
• Runaway success An overwhelming, rapid success.
• rush hour peak travel time
• Rush hour Peak travel time when people commute to/from work
• Rush hour The busiest time of day for traffic and commuting.