Two factory workers are talking.
The woman says, "I can make the boss give me the day off."
The man replies, "And how would you do that?"
The woman says, "Just wait and see." She then hangs upside-down from the ceiling.
The boss comes in and says, "What are you doing?"
The woman replies, "I"m a light bulb."
The boss then says, "You"ve been working so much that you"ve gone crazy. I think you need to take the day off."
The man starts to follow her and the boss says, "Where are you going?"
The man says, "I"m going home, too. I can"t work in the dark."
v. (-ting) 1 move round an axis or centre, revolve.
- take or arrange (esp. Crops) in rotation.
- act or take place in rotation (chairmanship will rotate). rotatable adj. Rotatory adj. [latin: related to *rota]
ROTGUT
n. Slang cheap harmful alcohol.
ROTTEN
adj. (-er, -est) 1 rotting or rotted; fragile from age or use.
- morally or politically corrupt.
- slang a disagreeable, unpleasant, bad (had a rotten time). B worthless (rotten idea). C ill (feel rotten). rottenly adv. Rottenness n. [old norse: related to *rot]
- borough n. Hist. (before 1832) english borough electing an mp though having very few voters.
ROTTER
n. Slang nasty or contemptible person. [from *rot]
ROTUND
adj. - plump, podgy.
- (of speech etc.) Sonorous, grandiloquent. rotundity n. [latin rotundus: related to *rota]
ROUBLE
n. (also ruble) chief monetary unit of russia etc. [french from russian]
ROVING
eye n. Tendency to infidelity.
RUBATO
n. Mus. (pl. -s or -ti) temporary disregarding of strict tempo. [italian, = robbed]
RUBBER
band n. Loop of rubber for holding papers etc. Together.
- plant n. - evergreen tropical plant often cultivated as a house-plant.
- (also rubber tree) tropical tree yielding latex.
- stamp —n. - device for inking and imprinting on a surface.
- a person who mechanically copies or endorses others' actions. B indication of such endorsement. —v. (rubber-stamp) approve automatically.
- n. - tough elastic substance made from the latex of plants or synthetically.
- piece of this or a similar substance for erasing esp. Pencil marks.
- colloq. Condom.
- (in pl.) Us galoshes. rubbery adj. Rubberiness n. [from *rub]
- n. Match of esp. Three successive games between the same sides or persons at whist, bridge, cricket, etc. [origin unknown]
RUBBLE
n. Rough fragments of stone, brick, etc., esp. From a demolished building. [french robe spoils]
