Retarder

Not only retarded by themselves, but their retarded-ness rubs off on those around them.

“He’s such a retarder, it took one week and she’s already watching Callmecarson” -JayC

by jjaayy777 July 12, 2019

retarders

annoying pub newbs in subspace that like to talk crap.

people that are called retarders are the people that have been playing for one day and talk crap in subspace the almight 2dspace ship game...

by AndrewA September 11, 2006

retardert

Helene Steen

"Du er jævla retardert"

by ThaLangeland May 11, 2017

retardeeze

People who are completely retarded that try to speak but end up making no sense.

Can someone translate retardeeze, i can't figure out what this douchebag quick_draw21 just said on muchosucko's comments.

by muchosucko June 26, 2008

Retardeder

When someone acts more retarded than they usually do.

Stephanie is acting retardeder today than she did yesterday when she hit my car.

by blah888888 September 9, 2011

retardee

A person who retired into being retarded. A political act in which person represent themselves as being retarded, when in truth they are not. Something akin to putting a blonde helmet on to create a force shield of stupidity around oneself.

(1) WTF. Since when have you become a retardee?
(2) When returning broken goods to the store, or to Amazon.com with the words "I don't know what happened, ... I just turned it on!?" one becomes a retardee.

by with boobs September 11, 2013

Retarder

A retarder is a device used to augment or replace some of the functions of primary friction-based braking systems, usually on heavy vehicles. Retarders serve to slow vehicles, or maintain a steady speed while traveling down a hill, and help prevent the vehicle from "running away" by accelerating down the hill. They are not usually capable of bringing vehicles to a standstill, as their effectiveness diminishes as vehicle speed lowers. They are usually used as an additional "assistance" to slow vehicles, with the final braking done by a conventional friction braking system. As the friction brake will be used less, particularly at higher speeds, their service life is increased, and since in those vehicles the brakes are air-actuated helps to conserve air pressure too.

Friction-based braking systems are susceptible to "brake fade" when used extensively for continuous periods, which can be dangerous if braking performance drops below what is required to stop the vehicle – for instance if a truck or bus is descending a long decline. For this reason, such heavy vehicles are frequently fitted with a supplementary system that is not friction-based.

Retarders are not restricted to road motor vehicles, but may also be used in railway systems. The British prototype Advanced Passenger Train (APT) used hydraulic retarders to allow the high-speed train to stop in the same distance as standard lower speed trains, as a pure friction-based system was not viable.

The truck used the retarder while going down the hill.

by Huvudpersson July 24, 2017