A college student was delivering pizza to a regular customer"s house in New York.
The guy who answered the door asked him, "What is the usual tip?"
"Well," replied the youth,"this is my first trip here, but the other guys say if I get a quarter out of you, I"ll be doing great."
"Is that so?" snorted the man. "Well, just to show them how wrong they are, here"s five dollars."
"Thanks!" replied the youth, "I"ll put this in my school fund."
"What are you studying?" asked the man.
The lad smiled and said: "Applied psychology."
n. Colloq. Representative, esp. A commercial traveller. [abbreviation]
- n. Colloq. - repertory.
- repertory theatre or company. [abbreviation]
REV
Abbr. Reverend.
- colloq. —n. (in pl.) Number of revolutions of an engine per minute. —v. (-vv-) 1 (of an engine) revolve; turn over.
- (also absol.; often foll. By up) cause (an engine) to run quickly. [abbreviation]
REX
n. - (after the name) reigning king (george rex).
- law the crown (rex v. Jones). [latin]
RFC
abbr. Rugby football club.
RHO
n. Seventeenth letter of the greek alphabet (r, r). [greek]
RHS
abbr. Royal horticultural society.
RIB
—n. - each of the curved bones joined to the spine in pairs and protecting the chest.
- joint of meat from this part of an animal.
- supporting ridge, timber, rod, etc. Across a surface or through a structure.
- knitting combination of plain and purl stitches producing a ribbed design. —v.
RID
v. (-dd-; past and past part. Rid) (foll. By of) free (a person or place) of something unwanted. be (or get) rid of be freed or relieved of; dispose of. [old norse]
RIG
—v. (-gg-) 1 provide (a ship) with sails, rigging, etc.
- (often foll. By out, up) fit with clothes or other equipment.
- (foll. By up) set up hastily or as a makeshift.
- assemble and adjust the parts of (an aircraft). —n. - arrangement of a ship's masts, sails, etc.
- equipment for a special purpose, e.g. A radio transmitter.
- = *oil rig.
- colloq. Style of dress; uniform (in full rig). rigged adj. (also in comb.). [perhaps from scandinavian]
- —v. (-gg-) manage or fix (a result etc.) Fraudulently (rigged the election). —n. Trick, dodge, or way of swindling. rig the market cause an artificial rise or fall in prices. rigger n. [origin unknown]
RIM
n. - edge or border, esp. Of something circular.
- outer edge of a wheel, holding the tyre.
- part of spectacle frames around the lens. rimless adj. Rimmed adj. (also in comb.). [old english]
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