| relative frequency | |
| —n | |
| a. the ratio of the actual number of favourable events to the total possible number of events; often taken as an estimate of probability | |
| b. the proportion of the range of a random variable taking a given value or lying in a given interval | |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |