rabid

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

rab·id / ˈrabəd; ˈrā-/ • adj. 1. having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something: a rabid feminist. 2. (of an animal) affected with rabies. ∎  of or connected with rabies. DERIVATIVES: rab·id·i·ty / rəˈbidətē; ra-; rā-/ n. rab·id·ly adv. rab·id·ness n.


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Rab C - pure dead brilliant
; ...Yes, I'm afraid it seems to be true, Rab C Nesbitt is no more. When the news broke...and what they were doing when told that Rab had died. It is like the day after JFK and...is bereft. One suspects that Mary Doll, Rab's long-suffering moll, may secretly be celebrating... Read more
[ Don't dive into any rash moves, Rab ]
; Don't dive into any rash moves, Rab MARTIN O'NEILL has been accused of backing himself into a corner over his goalkeepers, Rab Douglas and Magnus Hedman. Well, sorry...am sure it has not been. After dropping Rab, he has had to put him back in as a result... Read more
I won't kill off Rab C ... he takes care of my bills; VESTED INTEREST: He once seemed burned out, but Gregor Fisher claims Govan's sage in a semmit will never run out of puff.(Features)
; ...reason to believe we'd seen the bitter end of Rab C. Nesbitt. At the end of the last series...had run off with his best mate, Jamesie. Rab could take no more and decided to set fire...that writer Ian Pattison was fed up with Rab. That actor Gregor Fisher wanted to move... Read more
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; Scotland's working class hero Rab C. Nesbitt has finally snapped ... because of Tutti Frutti's Miss Toner. She's hit Rab where it hurts - in the pocket. Which is...quake with fear. Violence is threatened when Rab discovers that his DSS benefit has been... Read more
Dad, Rab, 45 dies of heart attack after collapsingat five-a-sides; EXCLUSIVE: Nurse's agony as husband is brought to her own hospital
; ...with his brother. Robert Currie, known as Rab, was playing a five-a-side match when he...everything has just been turned upside down." Rab, 45, of Drumoyne, was having a kickabout...game of five-a-sides later that night. "Rab had just come off the pitch when he said... Read more
Rab C tackled the big C with dignity.(Features)
; ...theory which Ian Pattison, the creator of Rab C. Nesbitt (BBC2) has obviously taken to...So the chances were that the very idea of Rab (Gregor Fisher) battling The Big C would...When Jamesie Cotter (Tony Roper) heard that Rab had cancer, his reaction was: That's really... Read more
IS IT TIME RAB C HUNG UP HIS VEST?(Features)
; WHEN Rab C Nesbitt's house went up in flames 10 years...Scotland had already churned out seven series of Rab C Nesbitt, starring Gregor Fisher as Govan...fill even his greatest fans with dread. If Rab had his wits about him, he would be giving... Read more
GIFT OF THE RAB The latest novel from Ian Pattison, creator of Rab C Nesbitt, goes behind the scenes of Scotland's television industry, examining the very culture that spawned his famous creation
; ...Pattison, "it'll still be on my tombstone: 'Rab Man Lies Here'. I don't mind that, " he...'s like the Turin Shroud. If it wasn't for Rab's vest, I would be nowhere. I would just...frustration." Pattison, of course, is referring to Rab C Nesbitt, resident of Govan's Restitution... Read more
Smeato's finest hour puts Rab C back on the box
; ...scallywag. The great Govan street philosopher, Rab C Nesbitt, will be back on the TV for a...Pattison said. "All I can say is that Rab has a tendency to run towards things rather...The unwashed, unemployed layabout that was Rab C Nesbitt became a cult hero for a generation... Read more
VEST IN PEACE, RAB; The party's over as actor Gregor calls time on Scotland's favourite scumbag.(News)
; ...the road for Govan's most infamous son, Rab C Nesbitt. Actor Gregor Fisher, who has...added: It's simply a matter of moving on. Rab is now a middle-aged man. He's got a bad...a couple of years. The pilot episode of Rab C Nesbitt was transmitted during the Naked... Read more

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