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
- 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)
- 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
- 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 Completely well; in perfect 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 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
- 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 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
- Roundabout A circular junction where traffic flows around a central island.
- Route one Long ball directly up the pitch; direct football.
- Rubber Eraser (British)
- 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 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 An overwhelming, rapid success.
- Rush hour Peak travel time when people commute to/from work