Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
Rhyming — Rhyme Rhyme, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rhymed};p. pr. & vb. n. {Rhyming}.] [OE. rimen, rymen, AS. r[=i]man to count: cf. F. rimer to rhyme. See {Rhyme}, n.] 1. To make rhymes, or verses. Thou shalt no longer ryme. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] There marched … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rhyming — adj. Rhyming is used with these nouns: ↑slang, ↑verse, ↑word … Collocations 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 — ► 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 — 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 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 Chroniclers — Rhyming Chroniclers, a series of writers who flourished in England in the 13th century, and related histories of the country in rhyme, in which the fabulous occupies a conspicuous place, among which Layamon s Brut (1205) takes the lead. One of… … Wikipedia
rhyming slang — n. a form of language play, esp. as used by cockneys, in which a phrase is substituted for a single word with which the last word of the phrase rhymes (Ex.: trouble and strife used for wife, apples and pears for stairs) … English World dictionary
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
