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."
eye movement n. Type of jerky movement of the eyes during dreaming.
- —adj. (-er, -est) 1 quick, swift.
- acting or completed in a short time.
- (of a slope) descending steeply. —n. (usu. In pl.) Steep descent in a river-bed, with a swift current. rapidity n. Rapidly adv. Rapidness n. [latin: related to *rape1]
RATIO
n. (pl. -s) quantitative relation between two similar magnitudes expressed as the number of times one contains the other (in the ratio of three to two). [latin reor rat- reckon]
RATTY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 relating to or infested with rats.
- colloq. Irritable, bad-tempered. rattily adv. Rattiness n.
RAVEL
v. (-ll-; us -l-) 1 entangle or become entangled.
- fray out.
- (often foll. By out) disentangle, unravel, separate into threads. [probably dutch ravelen]
RAVEN
—n. Large glossy blue-black crow with a hoarse cry. —adj. Glossy black. [old english]
RAVER
n. Colloq. Uninhibited pleasure-loving person.
RAYON
n. Textile fibre or fabric made from cellulose. [from *ray1]
RAZOR
n. Instrument with a sharp blade used in cutting hair, esp. Shaving. [french rasor: related to *raze]
REACH
—v. - (often foll. By out) stretch out, extend.
- (often foll. By for) stretch out the hand etc.; make a stretch or effort.
- get as far as.
- get to or attain.
- make contact with the hand etc., or by telephone etc. (could not be reached).
- hand, pass (reach me that book).
- take with an outstretched hand.
- naut. Sail with the wind abeam or abaft the beam. —n. - extent to which a hand etc. Can be reached out, influence exerted, motion carried out, or mental powers used.
- act of reaching out.
- continuous extent, esp. Of river between two bends or of canal between locks.
- naut. Distance traversed in reaching. reachable adj. [old english]
REACT
v. - (often foll. By to) respond to a stimulus; change or behave differently due to some influence (reacted badly to the news).
- (often foll. By against) respond with repulsion to; tend in a reverse or contrary direction.
- (foll. By with) (of a substance or particle) be the cause of chemical activity or interaction with another (nitrous oxide reacts with the metal).
- (foll. By with) cause (a substance) to react with another.
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