单词 | rhyming slang |
释义 | rhyming slangnouna form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks. a further removal from the original word intended by ellipsis of the rhyming part, as titfer for tit for tat for hat. Origin of rhyming slangFirst recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby rhyming slangrhyme, rhyme or reason, no, rhyme royal, rhyme scheme, rhymester, rhyming slang, rhynchocephalian, rhynchophore, rhyolite, Rhys, rhythm Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for rhyming slangrhyming slang nounslang in which a word is replaced by another word or phrase that rhymes with it; for example, apples and pears meaning stairs Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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