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• interjection used to wake someone up.
  • See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).

  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

noun

• Short slang for "rising". A rising is another name for a painful boil of the skin. Pain in any part of the body can be said to be "as sore as a risin'"

  Last edited on Sep 28 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2012.

noun

• the last card in Texas Hold'em.

  The river was a heart so I made my flush.

  • See more words with the same meaning: games (related to).

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Robert B. from St Louis, MO, USA on May 01 2004.

verb

• to get the last card in Texas Hold'em.

  He rivered an ace to make a full house.

  • See more words with the same meaning: games (related to).

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Robert B. from St Louis, MO, USA on May 01 2004.

• usually a term given to someone from Mississippi. Generally not derogative.

  Last edited on Nov 17 2005. Submitted by Miranda W. from Rincon, GA, USA on Nov 17 2005.

other

• NOUN or ADJECTIVE
  
  A term to either describe or label someone who works aboard towboats on the North American inland waterways. Only considered derogative or offensive if used to intentionallly belittle someone based on their profession or socio-economics .
  
  The term "river rat" is used by river barge workers and those who live near the inland waterways.

  Last edited on Jul 28 2011. Submitted by An Ohio River Towboater's Wife from Lawrence, Ohio, USA on Jul 28 2011.

noun

• (1) A last ditch effort.
  
  (2) A foolhardy maneuver or plan when out of options.
  
  (3) A "Hail-Mary"
  
  "On fourth down and no options downfield, the quarterback scrambled as a rivy in order to try and get the first down"
  
  "After being rejected all night, he decided to buy the most attractive girl at the bar a drink as a rivy before leaving for the night."
  
  "The general, who was out of options, attempted a rivy in order to save his troops from an utter defeat."

  Last edited on Apr 22 2022. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 22 2022.

• Real

  Last edited on May 10 2003. Submitted by Anonymous on May 10 2003.

• a rolling paper. Though Rizla is a particular brand of rolling papers, the name is often used to refer to rolling papers in general.

  Last edited on Jan 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 03 2010.