Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal A rhinoceros.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Money; cash.
- n. An abbreviation of rhinoceros.
Wiktionary
- n. Short form of rhinoceros.
- n. slang, archaic money
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Cant Gold and silver, or money.
WordNet 3.0
- n. massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
Etymologies
- Unknown (Wiktionary)
Examples
“So this is a really interesting race simply because most Republicans consider Chaffee to be what they call a rhino, which is Republican in name only.”
“In today's world of politics, you better have a tough skin ... rhino skin.”
“Durer's rhino is fabulously armored, but Oudry's is a real individual.”
“My sources in U of SA write there are more elephants now than there were 150-years ago and that black rhino is making a comeback.”
“UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The name rhino came about for operational reasons.”
“Last year, a Javan rhino, which is one of the world's rarest mammals, was found dead in a Vietnamese national park with its horn chopped off.”
The Huffington Post: Endangered Rino Poaching Spikes In Zimbabwe
“Borneo Sumatran rhinos are a subspecies of the Sumatran rhino, which is the world's smallest rhino species, standing little more than 4ft 120cm at the shoulder.”
The Guardian: Malaysia bids to save Borneo Sumatran rhino from extinction
“I can't decide if the bunnies or the rhino are my fave.”
“To Rico, a border collie raised in Leipzig, a red doll is a Weihnachtsmann, a rhino is a Nashorn and a bunny is a Kaninchen.”
“To me, also, and the experience it must be again stated is profoundly limited, the rhino is a joke.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rhino’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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animals (2 syllable)
A list of common animal names. Keep the list to 2 syllable words.No scientific names. No proper names like 'Fluffy' the elephant.Insects and other creatures (even ficticious like 'dragon') are we...
baboon, rabbit, raptor, dragon, camel, hornet, llama, cobra, cheetah, penguin, puppy, dolphin and 87 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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Behr Paint Colors
Names used for Behr Paints in spring of 2008. I'm curious to see if Behr gives the same colors different names in other years, so I've tagged each color with its Behr product number. It turns out t...
billowy clouds, soft lace, victorian pearl, china cup, soft muslin, bleached shell, belgian cream, chamois cloth, natural linen, popped corn, divine pleasure, vanilla delight and 283 more...
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Choppers
Words that have been cut down from their original glory, ie. apocopes, but are still 'understandable' in the chopped form. eg. doc for doctor. Most of them are horribilisms, I know :-( Let's keep t...
doc, rep, van, bus, fridge, pub, flu, hon, santa, diff, blog, exam and 49 more...
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Show Me the Moolah
Slang terms (mostly American) for money.
dough, lettuce, moolah, rhino, spondulicks, buck, sawbuck, greenback, pony, c-note, grand, thou and 58 more...
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Name Suggestions for Even Bigger SUVs...
Watch out, Hummer!
A companion list to Name Suggestions for Ultra-Compact Cars. :-) Sounds best when you preface each word with "the."behemoth, monstrosity, leviathan, goliath, colossus, brute, giant, mammoth, brobdingnagian, jumbo, bulk, elephant and 69 more...
Tweets
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