rantipole

== English == === Etymology === From ranty and pole, poll (“head”). === Noun === rantipole (plural rantipoles) A rude, unruly young person. Synonyms: hoodlum, yob; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker A rakish person. Synonyms: hood rat, rake, rizzler; see also Thesaurus:libertine 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: 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 nothing.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. (archaic) A prostitute. Synonyms: harlot, strumpet; see also Thesaurus:prostitute (archaic) A sex position with the woman on top of the man. Synonyms: cowgirl, St. George ==== Derived terms ==== ride rantipole === Verb === rantipole (third-person singular simple present rantipoles, present participle rantipoling, simple past and past participle rantipoled) (intransitive) To act in a rude, unruly fashion. Synonyms: act up, misbehave, show one's ass, take liberties === Adjective === rantipole (comparative more rantipole, superlative most rantipole) (obsolete) Rude; unruly. Synonyms: churlish, irrepressible; see also Thesaurus:impolite, Thesaurus:wanton === References === “rantipole n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. === Anagrams === prelation, prolinate