| rack off | Go away. Piss off. |
| raining cats & dogs | Raining heavily. |
| randy | Horny. Wanting sex. |
| rapt | To be very pleased. “He was rapt with the new shoes.” |
| rark up | To give somebody a strong telling off. See also rev up. “The teacher gave Jimmy a rark up for always being late.” |
| rattle your dags | To tell someone to hurry up or get a move on. Dags are the dried excrement hanging from the wool at the back of sheep. Rattling dags would be when sheep are running. “Come on, get a move on. Rattle your dags!” |
| rellie, rellies | A relative. A relation. “Our rellies are coming to visit at Christmas time.” |
| rev up | To tell off. Also to tell someone to hurry along. See also rark up and rattle your dags. |
| ring | To phone somebody. “I’ll give you a ring tonight.” |
| root | To have sex. “That guys tries to root every girl he meets.” It is seldom, if ever, used to mean supporting a team, as it is in American English. |
| ropable, ropeable | Very angry. “My Dad will be ropable when he finds out that I crashed his car.” |
| rough as guts | Not finished properly. Not completed to a high standard. Roughly finished. “The work of those builders is rough as guts.” To treat someone or something poorly or roughly. “He’s as rough as guts when he plays rugby.” |
| rough ride | A difficult or unpleasant experience. “Due to the economic collapse we’re in for a rough ride financially.” |
| rubber | An eraser. A condom. |
| rubbish | Trash. Garbage. “You’re talking a load of rubbish.” |
| rust bucket | A car that is developing a lot of rust. “My car is a rust bucket now!” |
Kiwi Slang Dictionary
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