retard

  • 111retard — re·tard || rɪ tÉ‘rd / tɑːd n. (Slang) person with mental retardation (derogatory); (Slang) stupid person, person who behaves foolishly (derogatory); delay, retardation, deceleration v. decelerate, cause to slow down, delay, hinder …

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  • 113retard —    a simpleton    Literally, anything delayed or held back:     How long is the old girl going to take? No one said she was a fucken ree tard. (Theroux, 1978)    In educational jargon, retarded is used to describe a person with a congenital… …

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  • 114retard — verb rɪ tα:d delay or hold back in terms of development or progress. noun ri:tα:d offensive a person who has a mental disability (often used as a general term of abuse). Derivatives retardation noun retarder noun Origin C15 (earlier (ME) as… …

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  • 115retard — v. a. 1. Check, obstruct, clog, impede, hinder. 2. Delay, defer, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, put off …

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  • 116retard — 1 verb (T) formal to delay the development of something, or to make something happen more slowly than expected: Cold weather retards the growth of many plants. retardation noun (U) 2 noun (C) slang an offensive word meaning a stupid person …

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  • 117retard — verb the process is retarded by bureaucratic red tape Syn: delay, slow down, slow up, hold back, hold up, set back, postpone, put back, detain, decelerate; hinder, hamper, obstruct, inhibit, impede, check, restrain, restrict …

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  • 118retard — Noun. A contemptible person. A term usually used by adolescents …

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  • 119retard — v make slow, slow down, slow up, Sl. hang up, delay; detain, hold back, set back, check, hold in check, restrict, restrain; hinder, hamper, impede, forestall, prohibit, debar; interfere, interrupt, frustrate, thwart, foil, balk, Inf. short… …

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  • 120retard — re·tard …

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