A reference work that provides lists of rhymes for any given word.

plural of rhyming slang

plural of rhyming couplet

(literature) Two successive rhyming lines of verse, usually of the same length.

A cant used by Cockneys in which a word or phrase is replaced by a rhyming word or phrase, this word or phrase then often being abbreviated to its first syllable or syllables, or its first word. The word chosen as the rhyme often shares attributes of the word that it replaces.

The set of slang expressions used by Australians in which a word or phrase is replaced by a rhyming word or phrase, this word or phrase then often being abbreviated to its first syllable or syllables, or its first word. Examples include bag of fruit, Joe Blake, and Noah's ark. Much Australian rhyming slang overlaps with the rhyming slang of New Zealand, the UK, and the US.

A short poem or song for children, mostly anonymous or handed down by folklore

plural of nursery rhyme

(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Logic; common sense.

A (form of) rhyme in which the vowels and final (coda) consonants of stressed syllables (and, in modern English poetry, any following syllables to the end of the words) are identical in sound. (Contrast with half rhyme.)