Raymond's run

Signify “I don’t think you’re going to win this time 

,” says Rosie, trying to signify with her 
hands on her hips all salty, completely 
forgetting that I have whupped her behind 
many times for less salt than that.

Signify:signify means to"mean"like this signify that they will be danger because... It sort of a "clue"but is is not quite the same.

Prefer

I’m ready to fight, cause like I said 
I don’t feature a whole lot of chit-chat, I 
much prefer to just knock you down right from the jump and save everybody a 
lotta precious time.

Prefer:like something more then the other for example.I prefer the cookie then the apple becaus...

Hustle

And I don’t have to earn my pocket m 
oney by hustling; George runs errands 
for the big boys and sells Christmas cards.

Hustle:when you went to hurry because you have to go somewhere

Periscope

He 
looks around the park for 
Gretchen like a periscope in a submarine movie.

Periscope:A periscope is a tool you use to see things that would otherwise be hidden or obstructed.

Static

Raymond is hollering 
from the swings 
cause he knows I’m about to do my thing cause the man on the loudspeaker has 
just announced the fifty-yard dash, although 
he might just as well be giving a 
recipe for angel food cake cause you can har 
dly make out what he’s sayin for the 
static:static means no moving or changing

RowdyThe 

parkees unfolding chairs and chasing the 
rowdy kids from Lenox as if they had 
no right to be there.

Rowdy:if you rowdy you are loud and noisy

Slosh.And sometimes after a ra 

in he likes to step down off his tightrope 
right into the gutter and slosh around getti 
ng his shoes and cuffs wet.

Slosh:when liquids things slosh they move with a splash 

Uptight

I’ll high-prance down 34t 
h Street like a rodeo pony to keep my 
knees strong even if it does get my mother 
uptight so that she walks ahead like 
she’s not with me, don’t know me, is a 
ll by herself on a shopping trip, and I am 
somebody else’s crazy child.

Uptight:you're stressed out and anxious.

Glockenspiel

Most of the kids in my class 
are carrying bass drums and glockenspiels and 
flutes.

Glockenspiel:A glockenspiel is a percussion instrument comprised of metal bars that are struck with a hammer.