English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 310 of 430

ride and tieverb

To take turns with another in labour and rest.

ride bitchverb

To be a passenger in the pillion of a motorcycle.

ride dirtyverb

To travel in a vehicle while possessing contraband, usually firearms or drugs.

ride downverb

To cause (a horse) to fall when riding.

ride forverb

To have someone's back, support wholeheartedly.

ride hard and put away wetverb

To mistreat (someone or something); to not properly care for.

ride herd onverb

To supervise.

ride highverb

To enjoy good fortune; to be in a privileged situation; to be particularly happy or proud.

ride off into the sunsetverb

To depart and fade into obscurity.

ride on a railverb

To be subjected to a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers. The victim was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside.

ride on the back ofverb

To make use of; to take advantage of.

ride one's bumperverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ride, one's, bumper.

ride one's luckverb

To avoid failure only by good fortune.

ride or dienoun

Someone who is wholeheartedly committed and supportive.

ride outverb

To survive in a storm (about a ship) and keep afloat.

ride oververb

Synonym of ride roughshod over.

ride pillionverb

To travel on the back seat of a motorcycle.

ride rantipoleverb

To have sexual intercourse with the woman positioned on top of the man.

ride roughshod oververb

To treat (someone) roughly or without care, control, moderation, or respect; to act in a bullying manner toward (someone); to damage (someone or something).

ride shotgunverb

To accompany the driver of a vehicle on a journey as an armed escort (originally with a shotgun); (by extension) to accompany someone in order to assist and protect.

ride someone's assverb

To find fault with someone, to constantly criticise.

ride St. Georgeverb

To have sex in the St. George position (with the woman on top of the man).

ride tall in the saddleverb

To ride a horse in an erect, imposing manner.

ride the benchverb

To warm the bench.

ride the boardsverb

To visit and inspect potential sites for billboard advertising.

ride the circuitverb

To travel between small towns on horseback, usually to preach or preside over courts of law.

ride the clockverb

To leave one's workplace covertly without clocking out, thus continuing to be paid.

ride the clutchverb

To slip the clutch (of a manual transmission) excessively, such that its working life will be shortened; especially, to keep one's foot or hand on the clutch pedal or lever even when no slipping of the clutch is needed.

ride the coattailsverb

To succeed by virtue of association (with).

ride the cock carouselverb

To have sex indiscriminately with many men during early adulthood.

ride the cotton ponyverb

To menstruate.

ride the crest of the waveverb

To go through a period of maximal prosperity.

ride the fairverb

To proclaim a fair (trading event) by marching in a ceremonial parade.

ride the pineverb

To sit on the bench, to not be used in a game.

ride the railsverb

To travel by railway train, trolley, etc.

ride the rodsverb

To travel illicitly by clinging to the supporting rods under a freight train.

ride the short busverb

To participate in a special education program, such as for those with learning disabilities.

ride the tigerverb

To maintain control over something aggressive and dangerous.

ride upverb

to approach or come near to while riding.

ride up onverb

To surprise (somebody) by attacking them, especially in a drive-by shooting.

ride withverb

To act as a loyal member of a gang or crew.

ride-alongnoun

Alternative form of ridealong.

ride-onnoun

A lawn mower designed to be ridden rather than pushed.

rideabilitynoun

The condition of being rideable; the extent to which something is rideable

rideableadj

Fit to be ridden.

ridealongnoun

The act of accompanying, or volunteering with, a police, paramedic, or firefighting group, usually by a student seeking hands-on experience.

rideaunoun

A fortification or barrier such as a small earthen mound or ridge, a file of troops, etc.

ridehailingnoun

A form of commercial transportation in which, through social media, clients call a driver who privately owns his vehicle, and proceed in their trip as passengers.

ridemannoun

A jazz soloist.

Ridenname

A surname.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter R contains 21,470 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 430 pages, and you are currently viewing page 310. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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