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Turks & Caicos
ripsaw
A traditional style of folk music performed using a handsaw and various instruments including the accordion and drums.
US Virgin Islands
ritarear
A noisy rant or tirade.
Jamaica
riva muma
A water nymph or mermaid. Found in near the heads of rivers.
folklore
Trinidad & Tobago
river conch
A promiscuous woman.
person
Haiti
riz djon djon
A black mushroom dish that can be made with sweet peas and shrimp.
food
Bahamas
roach
To cheat or have an affair.
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Barbados
road tennis
A sport similar to table tennis, but played on a 21ft by 10ft floor or ground surface. The sport originated in Barbados in the 1930s
game
Jamaica
robot
Unlicenced or unregulated taxi
US Virgin Islands
rock city
St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands
Jamaica
Rockstone a riva bottom nu know sun hot
Sheltered persons don't know true hardship or troubles.
proverb
Jamaica
rolling calf
A ghost, often considered to be a dead butcher, that manifests itself as a red eyed bull that drags heavy, clanking chains behind it as it haunts the night
folklore
4 comments
Trinidad & Tobago
rolling cherry
The fruit of the Flacourtia indica which is a species of flowering plant native to much of Africa and tropical and temperate parts of Asia. The fruit itself is a pome about an inch thick and red ripening purple. It is very fleshy and has 6 to 10 seeds in layered carpels. The pulp is yellow or white and sweet with an acidic tang. It is eaten raw or made in to jelly or jam. It can be fermented to make wine.
fruit
food
plant
Jamaica
rooks
To have sexual intercourse
sexual
US Virgin Islands
rope
Fight
Belize
Jamaica
rose apple
A yellow fruit with crisp flesh and a large hollow cavity containing a single seed. The fruit has a strong fragrance reminiscent of rose water. The trees tend to grow in shaded valleys and close to rivers.
food
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Barbados
Grenada
Guyana
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
roti
Traditional Indian bread, normally eaten with curries or cooked vegetables. It is made most often from wheat flour, cooked on a flat or slightly concave iron griddle called a tawah. Like breads around the world, it is a staple accompaniment to other foods.
food
1 comments
Jamaica
roti skin
Traditional Indian bread, normally eaten with curries or cooked vegetables. It is made most often from wheat flour, cooked on a flat or slightly concave iron griddle called a tawah. Like breads around the world, it is a staple accompaniment to other foods.
food
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
roucou
The fruit and plant of Bixa orellana, commonly known as anatto. It is important for its seeds which are used to produce spices, and bright red/orange food colourings and dyes.
plant
food
2 comments
St. Lucia
row row
Scandal, social conflict, or drama
1 comments
Jamaica
royal
Person of mixed African and East Indian ancestry
person
1 comments
Jamaica
rubba ban
A game played with rubber bands where the object is to capture as many of the opponents' rubber bands as possible. Players stand facing a wall or other vertical flat surface and bounce their rubber bands off the wall. If a player's rubber band falls to the ground and overlaps any rubber bands currently on the ground then the overlapped rubber bands are captured.
game
Trinidad & Tobago
rubba ding ding
An inexpensive rubber slipper
1 comments
Belize
Jamaica
St. Kitts & Nevis
rubbas
Condoms
sexual
1 comments
Jamaica
ruby throated hummingbird
A small hummingbird where the male has a bright or dark red throat patch.
animal
bird
1 comments
Trinidad & Tobago
ruff skin lemon
Seville orange; A thick skinned sour orange used for making beverages and marmalade.
food
plant
Belize
rum popo
A rum and eggnog drink that is particularly popular around the Christmas season.
food
1 comments
St. Vincent
rumbo
A drunk man or woman
Grenada
rumfle
Wrinkled
2 comments
Jamaica
rumhead
An alcoholic.
Jamaica
run a boat
To cook an impromptu or informal meal, particularly outside or in the bush.