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Red (n.)
What you see when your partner goes off 1 doubled.

Redouble (v.)
A form of punishment for partner usually best used when becoming dummy. Since partner won’t necessarily remember -500, a redouble is used to make him remember the score, such as -1600.

Relay (v.)
1. A method of asking partner how badly he originally misdescribed his hand

2. Ideal method for a player with no judgment.

Responsive (v.)
Partner often lacks this charactaristic after you put him in 2 contracts in a row that go for a 4 digit number.

Reverse Smith (n.)
Giving yourself the nickname Htims on BBO and making a bet with 15 of your friends on BBO , all of whom collectively believe that no one else has a similar wacky sense of humor and ability to 'think outside the box' as you all do, that no one else will fathom the profound and intense cleverness locked in the nickname

Revoke (n.)
Partner's way of allowing the opponents to make a grand slam while off the trump ace.

Rubber Bridge (n.)
See: Paleontology

Ruff (n.)
Partner's description of his/her luck in slam (see above).

Rule of 17 (n.)
A rule stating that if you go for 1700 more than twice a day, you are overbidding.

Runout (v.)
A method of avoiding a bad contract by bolting through the door as soon as you see dummy.