<B>rinkside, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the area beside a skating rink. </DL>
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<B>rinky-dink, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD><I>noun </I> something that is old-fashioned or trite, often in a gaudy way. <BR> <I>Ex. Eighteen-nineties rinky-dink, complete with fire engine, but the banjo band is above average (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> old-fashioned or trite, often in a gaudy way. <BR> <I>Ex. But then came the new rocks--and the Supremes [a singing group] suddenly sounded a little rinky-dink. (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>rinse, </B>verb, <B>rinsed,</B> <B>rinsing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to wash with clean water. <BR> <I>Ex. Rinse all the soap out of your hair after you wash it.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to wash lightly. <BR> <I>Ex. Rinse your mouth with warm water.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to give a quick washing to, as by holding under a tap, without use of soap or other cleanser. <BR> <I>Ex. to rinse a glass before drinking.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act or process of rinsing. <BR> <I>Ex. Give the plate a final rinse in cold water.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>water used in rinsing. <DD><B> 3. </B>a preparation used in water to add color or luster to the hair. adj. <B>rinsable.</B> </DL>
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<B>rinser, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who rinses. </DL>
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<B>rinsing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of one who rinses. <BR><I>expr. <B>rinsings,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>the liquid or liquor with which anything has been rinsed out. </I> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) ... being drenched with the rinsings of an unclean imagination (James Russell Lowell).</I> <DD><B> b. </B><B>=dregs.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. The beadle ... washed down the greasy morsel with the last rinsings of the pot of ale (Scott).</I> </DL>
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<B>riometer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for recording the strength of radio noise and the level of its absorption by the ionosphere. </DL>
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<B>riot, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a disturbance; confusion; disorder; wild, violent public disturbance. <BR> <I>Ex. The guards stopped several riots in the prison.</I> (SYN) outbreak, tumult. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) a tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons who assemble for some private purpose and execute it to the terror of the people. <DD><B> 3. </B>a loud outburst. <BR> <I>Ex. to break out in a riot of laughter.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>loose living; wild reveling. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) a bright display. <BR> <I>Ex. The garden was a riot of color.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Informal.) a very amusing person or performance. <BR> <I>Ex. He was a riot at the party.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to behave in a wild, disorderly way. <BR> <I>Ex. In protest, the Marathas rioted (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to revel. <DD><B> 3. </B>to live in a loose way. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to waste (money, time, or health) in loose living. <BR> <I>Ex. He ... Had rioted his life out, and made an end (Tennyson).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>run riot,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to act or speak without restraint. </I> <I>Ex. Sometimes he runs riot and doesn't know when he has said enough.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to grow wildly or luxuriantly. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) The colors of the cliffs ... run riot on a bright day (William O. Douglas).</I> noun <B>rioter.</B> </DL>
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<B>Riot Act,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an English statute of 1715 providing that if twelve or more persons assemble unlawfully and riotously, to the disturbance of the public peace, and refuse to disperse within an hour upon proclamation of the statute by a competent authority they shall be considered guilty of felony. <BR><I>expr. <B>read the riot act,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to give orders for disturbance to cease. </I> <I>Ex. They find it necessary to enforce order, to read the riot act, [and] to issue an injunction to ensure respect for property (Canadian Saturday Night).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. Mr. Daly ... read the riot act ... and vanished into his den, leaving the naughty girls overwhelmed (Ranous).</I> </DL>
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<B>riot gun,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a gun, especially a small shotgun, used in quelling riots. </DL>
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<B>riotous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>taking part in a riot. <BR> <I>Ex. Riotous students were jailed during the disturbance.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>characterized by or of the nature of a riot. <BR> <I>Ex. He was expelled from college for riotous conduct.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>boisterous; disorderly. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Sounds of riotous glee came from the playhouse.</I> (SYN) turbulent, tumultuous. adv. <B>riotously.</B> noun <B>riotousness.</B> </DL>
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<B>riot shield,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a shield, usually of heavy plastic, used by police or soldiers to protect themselves from rocks and other debris thrown during a riot. </DL>
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<B>riot squad,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a body of police trained and equipped to deal with riots. </DL>
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<B>rip</B> (1), verb, <B>ripped,</B> <B>ripping,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cut roughly; tear apart; tear off. <BR> <I>Ex. Rip the cover off this box.</I> (SYN) rend. <DD><B> 2. </B>to cut or pull out (the threads in the seams of a garment); take apart (a garment) by opening the seams. <BR> <I>Ex. The tailor ripped the hem and shortened the dress.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to saw (wood) along the grain, not across the grain. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) to speak or say with violence. <BR> <I>Ex. He ripped out an angry oath.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to become torn apart. <DD><B> 2. </B>to come apart or be taken apart at a seam. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) to move fast or violently. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) to burst out angrily or violently. <BR> <I>Ex. Captain Peleg ripped and swore astern in the most frightful manner (Herman Melville).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a torn place, especially a seam burst in a garment. <BR> <I>Ex. Please sew up this rip in my sleeve.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>let her rip,</B> </I>(U.S. Slang.) to let a thing run its course, or do its best or worst. <BR> <I>Ex. In "Medea," I just open my big mouth and let her rip (Time).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>rip into,</B> </I>(Informal.) to attack violently. <BR> <I>Ex. Mr. Baird ... rips into toadyism (Orville Prescott).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>rip off,</B> (U.S. Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>to steal. </I> <I>Ex. to rip off an expensive camera. For extra, unanticipated personal needs, he "rips off" (Time).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to exploit. <BR> <I>Ex. "Rock is the cultural part of politics, and it's not going to be segregated or ripped off anymore" (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>rip</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a stretch of rough water made by opposing currents meeting. <DD><B> 2. </B>a swift current made by the tide. </DL>
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<B>rip</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a worthless or dissolute person. <BR> <I>Ex. the old rip, bewigged and gouty, ornate and enormous, with his jewelled mistress at his side (Lytton Strachey).</I> (SYN) rake, roue. <DD><B> 2. </B>a worthless, worn-out horse. </DL>
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<B>R.I.P.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> may he or she (they) rest in peace (Latin, <I>Requiescat</I> (<I>requiescant</I>) <I>in pace</I>). </DL>
<B>riparian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or on the bank of a river or other waterway, or sometimes, a lake. <BR> <I>Ex. riparian property.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a person or group that lives or owns property on the banks of a river or other waterway, or sometimes, a lake. </DL>
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<B>riparian rights,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the legal rights of a person, business, or government to approach and use water and bordering land, especially as a holder of property lying on a waterway or lake. </DL>
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<B>rip cord,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a cord that is pulled to open a parachute. <DD><B> 2. </B>a cord on a balloon or airship which allows gas to escape when pulled, causing a rapid descent. </DL>
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<B>rip current,</B> <B>=riptide.</B></DL>
<A NAME="ripe">
<B>ripe, </B>adjective, <B>riper,</B> <B>ripest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>full-grown and ready to be gathered and eaten; mature. <BR> <I>Ex. ripe fruit, ripe grain, ripe vegetables.</I> (SYN) mellow, matured. <DD><B> 2. </B>resembling ripe fruit in ruddiness and fullness. <BR> <I>Ex. ripe lips.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>at the peak, as of flavor or bouquet; mellow. <BR> <I>Ex. ripe cheese.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>fully developed. <BR> <I>Ex. ripe in knowledge, ripe plans. I ... saw, beneath his jaunty air, true mettle, and ripe bravery (Richard Blackmore).</I> (SYN) mature. <DD><B> 5. </B>ready to break or be lanced. <BR> <I>Ex. a ripe boil.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>ready; fully prepared. <BR> <I>Ex. ripe for mischief. The country is ripe for revolt.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>far enough along; sufficiently advanced. <BR> <I>Ex. The hour is ripe to strike.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>advanced in years. <BR> <I>Ex. the ripe age of 85.</I> adv. <B>ripely.</B> noun <B>ripeness.</B> </DL>
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<B>ripen, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to become ripe. <BR> <I>Ex. Farmers need good weather so that their crops will grow and ripen (James E. Miller).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to make ripe. </DL>
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<B>ripener, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that comes to ripeness. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person or thing that causes ripening. </DL>
<A NAME="ripidolite">
<B>ripidolite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral, a variety of chlorite; clinochlore. </DL>
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<B>ripieno, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-ni,</B> <B>-nos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> supplementary or reinforcing. <DD><I>noun </I> a supplementary instrument or performer. </DL>
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<B>ripoff</B> or <B>rip-off, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a theft or robbery. <DD><B> 2. </B>something that exploits a popular trend or interest. </DL>
<A NAME="ripography">
<B>ripography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) the unauthorized photocopying of books, often in violation of copyright laws. </DL>
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<B>riposte</B> or <B>ripost, </B>noun, verb, <B>-posted,</B> <B>-posting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(Fencing.) a quick thrust given after parrying a lunge. <DD><B> 2. </B>a quick, sharp reply or return. (SYN) retort. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to make a riposte; reply; retaliate. </DL>
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<B>rip-panel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a part in the bag of a balloon or airship that can be ripped to let gas escape for a quick descent. </DL>
