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round upTo the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.Rate it:
round uponTo turn and attack a potential attackerRate it:
roundupCowboy Poetry for any action involving 'rounding-up', 'driving-in', 'penning', animals for many reasons.Rate it:
roving eyeWide-ranging observation of one's surroundings.Rate it:
roving eyeThe personal characteristic of taking amorous interest in people other than one's own spouse or regular romantic partner.Rate it:
row backTo slightly change a previous opinion about something, or what was said.Rate it:
royal bumpsA ritual of two or more persons holding another person by the arms and legs, face up, while bumping them repeatedly on the floor. In modern times it is a lighthearted affair, generally performed only on a young person's birthday with the number of bumps corresponding to the person's age in years. Historically it was a hazing.Rate it:
royal flushpoker handRate it:
ROYGBIVA mnemonic for the sequence of colors in the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.Rate it:
RSNReal soon now; describing something that will be available in the near future, but often skeptically. Frequently used to mean "Whenever", "Soon, possibly never" or "don't hold your breath".Rate it:
RTBInitialism of return to base.Rate it:
RTSInitialism of real-time strategy.Rate it:
RTSInitialism of Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome.Rate it:
RTSInitialism of rape trauma syndrome.Rate it:
rub alongTo go on with difficulty.Rate it:
rub downto rub, e.g. for cleaning, stripping paint or massageRate it:
rub elbowsTo associate closely; to socialize, consort, or mingle.Rate it:
Rub Elbows with SomeoneTo keep yourself with others at the same place, or to associate with othersRate it:
rub inTo apply by rubbing.Rate it:
rub inTo irritatingly make a point.Rate it:
rub it inTo add insult to injury; to emphasize one's strengths or another's weaknesses in a manner that degrades another.Rate it:
rub offTo cause to come off by rubbingRate it:
rub offTo clean by rubbing.Rate it:
rub offto be transferred with little or no effortRate it:
rub off onTo adapt to a way of behaving after constant exposure to it.Rate it:
rub one's hands togetherTo eagerly anticipate an activity.Rate it:
rub oneself offTo masturbate.Rate it:
rub outBy rubbing.Rate it:
rub outTo kill.Rate it:
rub outdelete, eraseRate it:
rub salt in someone's woundsTo make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions).Rate it:
rub salt in the woundTo make an injury feel worse.Rate it:
rub shouldersTo associate closely; to socialize or mingle.Rate it:
rub somebody the wrong wayTo bother, disturb, irritate, or annoy.Rate it:
rub someone the wrong wayTo bother, disturb, irritate, or annoy.Rate it:
rub the fear of God intoAlternative form of put the fear of God into.Rate it:
rub the wrong wayTo annoy someone without intending to.Rate it:
Rub the Wrong WayIrritating someone or annoying an individual; handling someone in an insensitive mannerRate it:
rub upAlternative form of rub-upRate it:
rub up againstTo touch something with one's body.Rate it:
rub up againstTo touch another person with one's body in a sexually stimulating manner.Rate it:
rub up againstOf pets. To touch a person's body in a friendly manner, seeking attention.Rate it:
rub up onTo rub one's body against another person as a form of sexual stimulation or flirting.Rate it:
rub up onTo stimulate, interact, or resonate with.Rate it:
rub up onUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see rub,‎ up,‎ on.Rate it:
rub up the wrong wayTo annoy or anger someoneRate it:
rubber baby buggy bumpersa tongue twister; a phrase that if spoken rapidly and repeatedly is difficult to say without making a mistakeRate it:
rubber johnnycondomRate it:
rubber jungleIn a commercial passenger airliner, the dense, forest-like profusion of suspended tubes, straps, bags, and masks which results when large numbers of oxygen masks are deployed.Rate it:
rubber roomA cell used for confinement of a mentally disturbed person.Rate it:

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