rantipole
rantipole noun: a rude, unruly young person.
Noun
rantipole (plural rantipoles)
- A rude, unruly young person.
- Tom was to be sure, what is called a good boy; he never soiled his clothes, as I did. I was always considered as a rantipole, for whom any thing was good enough. But when I saw my brother tricked out in new clothes, and his old duds covering me like a scarecrow, I appeal to any honourable mind...1829, [Frederick Marryat], chapter V, in The Naval Officer; or, Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Frank Mildmay. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 150
- A rakish person.
- Your modern Rantipole, then, is of high Birth, or considerable Fortune, or great Beauty, either of which may entitle her to do that which others are ashamed of, who have not those superb Qualifications, and enable her to reverse the true Estimation of Things, and value herself upon being good for...
- A young Rantipole, as soon as let out of the Cage, most commonly enters the Order, and opens her first Scene of Life with the Choice of a Gallant, whom she reizes egregiously for a Number of Years, and then marries and torments him without Mercy.1757, by a Lady, A Letter to the Natural Historians, containing some Account of the Rantipole, etc., The London Chronicle, number 11, Jan 22–25
- Synonyms:
- hood rat, rake, rizzler, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator
- A prostitute.
- Farewell to the change, / Where rantipoles range; / Farewell cold tea, / And ratafie, / Hide-park, where pride / In coaches ride,1740, “Song XLV”, in The Tea-Table Miscellany: or, a Collection of Choice Songs, Scots and English, 10th edition, volume 3, London: A. Millar, page 265
- A sex position with the woman on top of the man.
- Synonyms:
- cowgirl, St. George
Verb
rantipole (third-person singular simple present rantipoles, present participle rantipoling, simple past and past participle rantipoled)
- To act in a rude, unruly fashion.
- The Eldeſt vvas a termagant, imperious, prodigal, levvd, profligate VVench, as ever breath'd; ſhe uſed to Rantipole about the Houſe, pinch the Children, kick the Servants, and torture the Cats and the Dogs; […]1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “How the Guardians of the Deceas’d Mrs. Bull’s Three Daughters Came to John, and what Advice they Gave Him; wherein is Briefly Treated the...
- Oh, cruel vas^([sic]) the splinter that broke my poor love's leg, / Now he's obliged to fiddle for't, and I'm obliged to beg; / A vagabonding vagrant, and a rantipoling wife, / We fiddles, and we limps it, thro' the ups and downs of life.1822, Daniel Bryant, “Oh, Cruel! Or, The Vagabonding Vagrant, and Rantipoling Wife”, in Hodgson's New Skylark, London: Hodgson & Co, page 94
- Synonyms:
- act up, misbehave, show one's ass, take liberties
Adjective
rantipole (comparative more rantipole, superlative most rantipole)
- Rude; unruly.
- This rantipole hero had for some time singled out the blooming Katrina for the object of his uncouth gallantries, and though his amorous toyings were something like the gentle caresses and endearments of a bear, yet it was whispered that she did not altogether discourage his hopes.1820, Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- "I wish, lady Adelaide," he said, "that all my customers, be they rantipole Cavaliers, or canting Puritans, […] that either of these would at all times leave in my hands security for the money which they demand, as good as this which you offer […]"1850, Elizabeth Margaret Stewart, Royalists and Roundheads, volume 2, London: William Shoberl, page 94
- Synonyms:
- churlish, irrepressible, aweless, improper, bad-mannered, barbaric, bold, bumptious, crude, impudent
rantipole meaning in Tamil
rantipole in Tamil
- பொறுப்பிலி
Examples of rantipole in a sentence
- I was always considered as a rantipole, for whom any thing was good enough.1829, [Frederick Marryat], chapter V, in The Naval Officer; or, Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Frank Mildmay. […], volume II, London...
- For example: that my wife, Lady Vibrate, is an extravagant rackety rantipole woman of fashion, can I doubt that?1798, Thomas Holcroft, He's Much To Blame, act II, scene I:
- Then as he paused irresolutely with cap and pipe-clayed gloves in hands, he heard more than certainly even Rose, in her most rantipole mood, ever meant he should hear.1871, James Grant, Only an Ensign: A Tale of the Retreat from Cabul, volume 2, London: Tinsley Brothers, page 106:
Synonyms of rantipole
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Forms of rantipole
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rantipoles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rantipoles |
| present participle | rantipoling |
| past participle | rantipoled |
| past | rantipoled |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more rantipole |
| superlative | most rantipole |
Origin of rantipole
From ranty and pole, poll (“head”).
Words formed from rantipole
Phrases with rantipole
Questions about rantipole
- What does rantipole mean?
- Rantipole means a rude, unruly young person.
- What is rantipole in Tamil?
- Rantipole in Tamil is பொறுப்பிலி. See Rantipole meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use rantipole in a sentence?
- I was always considered as a rantipole, for whom any thing was good enough.
- What part of speech is rantipole?
- Rantipole can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- What is the plural of rantipole?
- The plural of rantipole is rantipoles.
Words near rantipole in the dictionary
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