The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, so Homer – who was not exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket – went in to try out for the job.
"Okay," the sheriff drawled, "Homer, what is 1 and 1?"
"11," he replied.
The sheriff thought to himself, "That"s not what I meant, but he"s right."
"What two days of the week start with the letter "T"?"
"Today and tomorrow."
He was again surprised that Homer supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself.
"Now Homer, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?"
Homer looked a little surprised himself, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, "I don"t know."
"Well, why don"t you go home and work on that one for a while?"
So, Homer wandered over to the pool hall where his pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview. Homer was exultant.
"It went great! First day on the job and I"m already working on a murder case!"
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 lively and vigorous in style.
- risque.
- of distinctive quality (a racy wine). raciness n. [from *race2]
RADA
abbr. Royal academy of dramatic art.
RAFT
n. Flat floating structure of timber or other materials for conveying persons or things. [old norse]
RAGE
—n. - fierce or violent anger.
- fit of this.
- violent action of a natural force. —v. (-ging) 1 be full of anger.
- (often foll. By at, against) speak furiously or madly.
- (of wind, battle, etc.) Be violent; be at its height.
- (as raging adj.) Extreme, very painful (raging thirst; raging headache). all the rage very popular, fashionable. [latin *rabies]
RAID
—n. - rapid surprise attack, esp.: a in warfare. B in order to commit a crime, steal, or do harm.
- surprise attack by police etc. To arrest suspected persons or seize illicit goods. —v. Make a raid on. raider n. [scots form of *road]
RAIL
—n. - level or sloping bar or series of bars: a used to hang things on. B as the top of banisters. C forming part of a fence or barrier as protection.
- steel bar or continuous line of bars laid on the ground, usu. As a railway.
- (often attrib.) Railway. —v. - furnish with a rail or rails.
- (usu. Foll. By in, off) enclose with rails. off the rails disorganized; out of order; deranged. [french reille from latin regula *rule]
- v. (often foll. By at, against) complain or protest strongly; rant. [french railler]
- n. Wading bird often inhabiting marshes. [french]
RAIN
check n. Esp. Us ticket given for later use when an outdoor event is interrupted or postponed by rain. take a rain check on reserve the right not to take up (an offer) until convenient.
- —n. - a condensed atmospheric moisture falling in drops. B fall of such drops.
- (in pl.) A (prec. By the) rainy season. B rainfalls.
- a falling liquid or solid particles or objects. B rainlike descent of these. —v. - (prec. By it as subject) rain falls.
- a fall like rain. B (prec. By it as subject) send in large quantities.
- send down like rain; lavishly bestow (rained blows upon him).
- (of the sky, clouds, etc.) Send down rain. rain off (or us out) (esp.
RAJA
n. (also rajah) hist. - indian king or prince.
- petty dignitary or noble in india. [hindi from sanskrit]
RAKE
—n. - implement consisting of a pole with a toothed crossbar at the end for drawing together hay etc. Or smoothing loose soil or gravel.
- similar implement used (e.g.) To draw in money at a gaming-table. —v. (-king) 1 collect or gather with or as with a rake.
- make tidy or smooth with a rake.
- use a rake.
- search thoroughly, ransack.
- direct gunfire along (a line) from end to end.
- scratch or scrape. rake in colloq. Amass (profits etc.). Rake up revive the (unwelcome) memory of. [old english]
- n. Dissolute man of fashion. [rakehell: related to *rake1, *hell]
- —v. (-king) 1 set or be set at a sloping angle.
- (of a mast or funnel) incline from the perpendicular towards the stern. —n. - raking position or build.
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A dog"s sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew.