A drummer, sick of all the drummer jokes, decides to change his instrument. After some thought, he decides on the accordion.
So he goes to the music store and says to the owner, "I"d like to look at the accordions, please."
The owner gestures to a shelf in the corner and says, "All our accordions are over there."
After browsing, the drummer says, "I think I"d like the big red one in the corner."
The store owner looks at him and says, "You"re a drummer, aren"t you?"
The drummer, crestfallen, says, "How did you know?"
The store owner says, "That "big red accordion" is the radiator."
- repeat (a letter or syllable or word) exactly or with a slight change (e.g. Hurly-burly, see-saw). reduplication n.
REEMPHASIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) place renewed emphasis on.
REESTABLISH
v. Establish again or anew. re-establishment n.
REFLEXOLOGY
n. Massage through points on the feet, hands, and head, to relieve tension and treat illness. reflexologist n.
REFORMATION
n. - reforming or being reformed, esp. A radical change for the better in political, religious, or social affairs.
- (the reformation) hist. 16th-c. Movement for the reform of abuses in the roman church ending in the establishment of the reformed or protestant churches.
REFORMATORY
—n. (pl. -ies) us & hist. Institution for the reform of young offenders. —adj. Producing reform.
REFORMULATE
v. (-ting) formulate again or differently. reformulation n.
REFRANGIBLE
adj. That can be refracted. [latin: related to *refract]
