rort

[rawrt]

noun

Australian.

1. a rowdy, usually drunken party.

rort

/ rɔːt /

noun

1. a rowdy party or celebration

2. a dishonest scheme

verb

1. to take unfair advantage of something

Other Word Forms

• rorty adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rort¹

Back formation from rorty boisterous, rowdy, in earlier British slang: jolly, fine, splendid; of uncertain origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of rort¹

C20: back formation from rorty (in the sense: good, splendid)

Example Sentences

In this study the authors show that SMAD4a key signal transducer activated by TGF receptor ligationforms a complex with the transcriptional repressor SKI, and together they suppress transactivation of RORt and TH17 cell differentiation.

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Lower panel: mean fluorescence intensity of RORt expression in ILC4neg cells; = 3.

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To test further whether RA-induced LTi maturation requires RORt, we determined if differentiation of RAR dominant-negative ILC cells is restored by enforced expression.

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Lower panel: mean fluorescence intensity of RORt expression in ILC4neg cells; = 3.

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Lower panel: mean fluorescence intensity of RORt expression in ILC4neg cells; = 3.

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