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rantipole

adj · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Rude; unruly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: churlish, irrepressible, aweless, improper, bad-mannered, barbaric, bold, bumptious, crude, impudent, discourteous, gauche, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, incivil, insolent, lack-grace, mismannered, rantipole, rough, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncourteous, uncouth, uncultured, underbred, unmannerly, unpolished, unpolite, unrefined, anarchic, anarchical, bratty, chaotic, difficult, dionysiac, dionysian, disciplineless, fractious, governless, gung ho, indisciplined, lawless, loose-handed, rampant, reinless, stanchless, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrolled, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, ungoverned, uninhibited, unreined, unrestrained, unruly, untoward, unvanquished, out of control, out of joint, wanton, wild

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A rude, unruly young person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hoodlum, yob, agitator, bad boy, bad news, bear, beggar, bhoy, blackguard, booger, boot boy, bovver boy, brat, brawler, breedbate, buffoon, bugger, bully, charva, cutup, devil, elf, enfant terrible, firebrand, gadfly, hell-raiser, hood, hool, hoolie, hooligan, hothead, imp, inciter, initiator, instigator, jackanapes, joker, jokester, kindle-coal, kindle-fire, knave, lout, makebate, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, pixie, pot stirrer, practical joker, prankster, puck, punk, rabble rouser, rakeshame, rantipole, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, roly-poly, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, shit disturber, shitmonger, shit-stirrer, tearaway, thug, titivil, tough, troublemaker, undesirable, vandal, wag, wagpastie, wrangler, yobbo

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A rakish person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hood rat, rake, rizzler, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, gallant, lecher, lewdster, libertine, philanderer, rantipole, roué, player, seducer, voluptuary, wanton

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A prostitute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: harlot, strumpet, abandons, alley cat, almah, bangtail, Bankside lady, bargirl, bat, beotch, blouze, blowen, blowsabella, brass nail, brasser, brass, broad, business girl, calico queen, callet, cat, chippy, chromo, coaster, cockatrice, cocotte, comfort girl, comfort woman, commoner, Covent Garden nun, creature of the night, croshabell, daughter of joy, dollymop, doxy, drab, Dutch widow, escort, fille de joie, flap, floozie, fornicatrix, frail sister, Fulham virgin, gamester, gay lady, geebag, gillian, gill, girl of the game, girl rented overnight, good-time girl, GRO, hackney, Haymarket ware, hireling, 'ho, hoer, hoe, hook, hooker, hustler, Japayuki-san, jay, karayuki-san, laced mutton, lady of leisure, lady of light virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the evening, lady of the game, lady of the night, lightskirt, loose woman, meat puppet, mermaid, minx, mob, moll, mort wap-apace, mot, mud kicker, mud-kicker, mudkicker, musk cat, mutton, nun, nymph of darkness, nymph of the pavé, nymph of the pavement, painted lady, Paphian, party girl, pavement princess, perdita, pimpette, pretty horsebreaker, priestess of Venus, pro skirt, prossie, prossy, pross, prostie, prostitute, prostitutor, prosty, prozzie, prozzy, pro, public woman, pucelle, puella publica, pug, punk, pussygirl, puta, put, quail, quean, quene, quiff, ribibe, scrubber, sex labourer, sex worker, skainsmate, skivvy, slag, slapper, slit, slut, sodomitess, soiled dove, stem siren, stew, street taco, succubus, tart, tawaif, thotty, thot, tib, tom, treddle, trick turner, trollop, trug, trull, tweak, vice girl, wanton, wapping dell, wapping moll, wapping mort, wench, whore, woman of easy virtue, woman of ill fame, woman of ill repute, woman of the night, woman of the street, woman of the town, working girl

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A sex position with the woman on top of the man.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cowgirl, St. George

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To act in a rude, unruly fashion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: act up, misbehave, show one's ass, take liberties

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From ranty and pole, poll (“head”).