Definitions for reds
reds
red
Spelling: [red]
IPA: /rɛd/
Reds is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.
You can make 33 anagrams from letters in reds (ders).
Definitions for reds
noun
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any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
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something red.
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(often initial capital letter) Older Slang: Usually Disparaging. a radical leftist in politics, especially a Communist.
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Informal. red light (def 1).
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Informal. red wine:
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Also called red devil, red bird. Slang. a capsule of the drug secobarbital, usually red in color.
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a male or female given name.
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a nickname typically given to someone with red hair.
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Harold ("Red"; "the Galloping Ghost") 1903–1991, U.S. football player.
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Arnold ("Red") 1917–2006, U.S. basketball coach and manager.
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Berthold [ber-tohlt] /ˈbɛr toʊlt/ (Show IPA), 1812–82, German novelist.
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John, c1460–1529, English poet.
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Richard Bernard ("Red") 1913–97, U.S. actor and comedian.
Idioms
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in the red, operating at a loss or being in debt (opposed to in the black):
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paint the town red. paint (def 16).
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see red, Informal. to become very angry; become enraged:
adjective
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of the color red.
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having distinctive areas or markings of red:
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of or indicating a state of financial loss or indebtedness:
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Older Slang: Usually Disparaging.
radically left politically.
(often initial capital letter) communist:
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Older Use: Disparaging and Offensive. relating to, noting, or characteristic of North American Indian peoples.
verb (used with object)
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redd1 .
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to put in order; tidy:
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to clear:
Origin of reds
before 900; Middle English red, Old English rēad; cognate with German rot, Dutch rood, Old Norse raudhr, Latin rūfus, ruber, Greek erythrós; see rubella, Examples for reds
On our way Tommy Windich shot a red kangaroo, which we carried to camp.
In 1957, the islands came under repeated shelling by Mainland--or as it was then called, “red”-- China.
Former red Sox star Curt Schilling says his politics are keeping him out of Cooperstown.
But Andrew, with the chestnut running like a red flash beneath him, had vanished.
"I'll forget my right hand sooner," said the big, red man calmly.
His books include Render unto Rome and a novel about Louisiana politics, Last of the red Hot Poppas.
Yes, the bathing-suit does have little touches of red, and red—but this will never do.
It all began, the consensus seems to be, with the red jungle fowl.
In their midst stands a soldier with the Lebanese armed forces in a red beret, sporting an assault rifle and an unblinking stare.
The ball of red fire in the west was half below the rim of the distant peak.