retard

Definitions

Aviation

• verb to move backwards

Cars & Driving

• verb to cause the spark to occur later.

Medical

• verb to make something slower, e.g. to slow down the action of a drug

Slang

• noun a term of abuse among schoolchildren in the UK and the USA (where it is more fashionably shortened to tard) since the 1970s

Nearby Definitions of “retard”

• resistance
• resolution
• resonance
• rest
• Restoration drama
• retard
• return
• reverse
• reverse sweep
• reverse swing
• revue

Contexts for “retard”

4 definitions in context
• Aviation
• Cars & Driving
• Medical
• Slang