rainbow
Meanings
noun
- A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
- Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
- A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
- An illusion; a mirage.
- A curveball, particularly a slow one.
- A trick in which the player makes the ball arc over the opponent's head using both feet; rainbow kick
- In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
- Rainbow trout.
- A person within the LGBT community.
adj
- Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order.
- Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
- LGBT.
- Composed entirely of different suits.
- Of or pertaining to rainbow tables.
verb
- To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
- To take the appearance of a rainbow.
- In climbing gyms where the rocks to climb are colored to indicate suggested climbing routes, to climb rocks of different colors, thereby ignoring such routes.
noun
- A member of the Rainbow Guides, a Girl Guide movement for younger girls.
name
- A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
- A town in the Shire of Hindmarsh and the Shire of Yarriambiack, western Victoria, Australia.
name
- A surname.
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Etymology
From Middle English reynbowe, raynbowe, from Old English reġnboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to rain + bow (“arch”). Cognate with West Frisian reinbôge (“rainbow”), Dutch regenboog (“rainbow”), German Regenbogen (“rainbow”), Danish regnbue (“rainbow”), Swedish regnbåge (“rainbow”), Icelandic regnbogi (“rainbow”).
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