retard: Meaning and Definition of

re•tard

1. to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.

1. to be delayed.

1. a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
2. . a hopeless social retard.
1. a mentally retarded person.
2. a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way:a hopeless social retard.
3. an adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine so that the spark for ignition in each cylinder is generated later in the cycle. Cf.