rainbow
- Noun. A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
- Noun. Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
- Noun. (context, often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
- Noun. An illusion, mirage.
- Noun. (baseball) A curveball, particularly a slow one.
- Noun. (context, poker slang) In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
- Adjective. Multicoloured.
- Adjective. (context, attributive) Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
- Adjective. (attributive) LGBT.
- Adjective. (poker, chiefly) Composed entirely of different suits.
- Verb. (transitive) To pattern with many colours, like a rainbow.
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