| R.S.V.P. |
abbreviation of "répondez s'il vous plaît," (French) please reply. [2 definitions] |
| rte. |
abbreviation of "route." |
| Ru |
symbol of the chemical element ruthenium. |
| rub |
to apply friction and pressure to with a back and forth motion. [8 definitions] |
| rubato |
with some notes arbitrarily lengthened and others correspondingly shortened (used as a musical direction to indicate flexibility and expressiveness). [3 definitions] |
| rubber1 |
a highly elastic solid made of dried and coagulated sap or latex from various tropical plants, esp. the rubber tree. [9 definitions] |
| rubber2 |
a series of three or five games, as in bridge, played until one side wins a specific score or number of games. [2 definitions] |
| rubber band |
a narrow, elastic, circular or oval loop of natural or synthetic rubber, used to hold together separate objects, papers, or the like. |
| rubber cement |
an adhesive made of unvulcanized rubber suspended in a volatile solvent. |
| rubber check |
a check that is worthless because the account it is drawn on lacks the funds to pay it; check that bounces. |
| rubberize |
to coat or treat with rubber or a rubber preparation. |
| rubberneck |
(informal) one who stretches his or her neck in order to see better; gawker. [3 definitions] |
| rubber plant |
any of several plants that yield a milky sap from which crude rubber can be coagulated. [2 definitions] |
| rubber stamp |
a hand-held device with a flat rubber surface into which lettering or a design has been pressed, used by inking the rubber surface and pressing it on a piece of paper or the like to transfer the lettering or design. [2 definitions] |
| rubber-stamp |
to print with a rubber stamp. [3 definitions] |
| rubbery |
like rubber in consistency or elasticity. |
| rubbing |
the act of one that rubs. [2 definitions] |
| rubbish |
worthless, discarded material or objects; garbage; trash. [3 definitions] |
| rubble |
fragments of crumbled or crushed rock, masonry, or the like, as resulting from demolition. [2 definitions] |
| rubdown |
a massage, sometimes with oil, rubbing alcohol, or liniment. |
| Rube Goldberg |
designating a very complicated mechanism contrived to perform a simple task. |