rainbow

Plural: rainbows

Noun

• An arc of spectral colors formed in the sky.
• an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
• an illusory hope
  • "chasing rainbows"
• A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
• Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
• A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
• An illusion; a mirage.
• A curveball, particularly a slow one.
• A trick in which the player makes the ball arc over the opponent's head using both feet; rainbow kick
• In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
• Rainbow trout.
• A person within the LGBT community.

Adj

• Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order.
• Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
• LGBT.
• Composed entirely of different suits.
• Of or pertaining to rainbow tables.

Verb

• To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
• To take the appearance of a rainbow.
• In climbing gyms where the rocks to climb are colored to indicate suggested climbing routes, to climb rocks of different colors, thereby ignoring such routes.

Examples

• a rainbow of possibilities
• He hoped for a RAINBOW of letters to complete his seven-letter word, but only drew blanks.
• Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day.
• Oh look, the rainbow came back.
• rainbow attack

Synonyms

motley, multicolored, multiethnic, multihued, multipartisan, multiracial, polychromatic, rainbowed, spectrum

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