Retard

/ɹɪˈtɑːd/ · noun

Meaning

A retardation; a delay..

Definitions by Sense

1. A retardation; a delay.
2. (music) A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
3. (offensive, dated) A person with mental retardation.
4. (informal, offensive) A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.
5. (transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing.
6. (transitive) To put off; to postpone.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
8. (intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.

Example Sentences

The retard in our class needs special help.

“That's 'cause your dog is a retard,” the large woman retorted. The pit bull must have sensed the insult because it got up on all fours and started barking at the woman. Not one to back down from an interspecies fight, the prison lady stood up […]

College freshman Scott Damerow set a new world record by using his head to bust 142 eggs and he now officially holds a place in the Guinness Book of Fucking Retards.

retard the march of an army

retard the motion of a ship

to retard the attacks of old age

to retard a rupture between nations

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• retards
• retarding
• retarded

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