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• rhyming slang — ► NOUN ▪ a type of slang that replaces words with rhyming words or phrases, typically with the rhyming element omitted (e.g. butcher s, short for butcher s hook, meaning ‘look’) …   English terms dictionary

• rhyming slang — is a type of slang of cockney origin in which a word is replaced by words or phrases which rhyme with it, e.g. apples and pears (= stairs), plates of meat (= feet), and trouble and strife (= wife). The rhyming words are sometimes arbitrary (as in …   Modern English usage

• rhyming slang — noun slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component Cockney rhyming slang • Hypernyms: ↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑patois, ↑vernacular * * …   Useful english dictionary

• rhyming slang — noun a type of slang that replaces words with rhyming words or phrases, typically with the rhyming element omitted (e.g. butcher s, short for butcher s hook, meaning ‘look’) …   English new terms dictionary

• rhyming — adjective having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds rhymed verse rhyming words • Syn: ↑rhymed, ↑riming • Ant: ↑unrhymed (for: ↑rhymed) …   Useful english dictionary

• Rhyming slang — is a form of phrase construction in the English language and is especially prevalent in dialectal British English from the East End of London; hence the alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang. The construction involves replacing a common word… …   Wikipedia

• rhyming slang — n [U] BrE a way of talking, used especially by ↑cockneys (=people from east London) , in which you use words or phrases that rhyme with the words you mean, instead of using the normal words. For example, plates of meat is rhyming slang for feet …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Rhyming dictionary — This article is about a type of reference work used in composing poetry. For the special type of Chinese phonological dictionary, see Rime dictionary. A rhyming dictionary is a specialist dictionary designed for use in writing poetry and lyrics.… …   Wikipedia

• Rhyming Poem, The — (10th century)    The Rhyming Poem is an OLD ENGLISH poem of 87 lines included in the 10th century manuscript known as the EXETER BOOK. Like many of the other poems in the Exeter Book (including such wellknown texts as The WANDERER, The SEAFARER …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

• Rhyming spiritual — The rhyming spiritual is a religious genre of music found in the Bahamas, and also the songs, usually spirituals, and vocal style within that genre. Rhyming does not refer to rhyme but to verse, the rhymer, or lead singer, singing the couplets of …   Wikipedia

• Rhyming slang — technique of forming slang terms by using terms that rhyme with another, as in elephant s trunk , rhyming slang for drunk . Usually the rhyming slang term is two or more words which allows the rhyme word to be dropped and thus make the connection …   Dictionary of Australian slang