rhino UK /ˈɹaɪ.nəʊ/US /ˈɹaɪ.noʊ/ noun2 •(informal) A rhinoceros.‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’ — 1932 •(slang, no longer used) Money.When so be as a man has no money, why then, a savin and exceptin your onnur's reverence, a's but a poor dog. But when so be as a man as got the rhino, why then a may begin to hold up his head. — 1792 formsrhinos