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rhyme up

rhyme up verb: to make a non-rhyming song, poem, etc., into a rhyming one.

Verb

rhyme up (third-person singular simple present rhymes up, present participle rhyming up, simple past and past participle rhymed up)

  1. (transitive, often blues or rhythm and blues) To make a non-rhyming song, poem, etc., into a rhyming one.
    • The song is good, but I still gotta rhyme it up.
  2. (often, transitive) To come up with a rhyme for (a word, name, person, subject, etc.).
    • He rhymed up the kid's name with funny words to make an improvised song.

Forms of rhyme up

third-person singular presentrhymes up
present participlerhyming up
past participlerhymed up
pastrhymed up

Questions about rhyme up

What does rhyme up mean?
Rhyme up means to make a non-rhyming song, poem, etc., into a rhyming one.
What part of speech is rhyme up?
Rhyme up is a verb.
What is the past tense of rhyme up?
The past tense of rhyme up is rhymed up.

Words near rhyme up in the dictionary

  1. rhyme or reason
  2. rhyme out
  3. rhyme royal
  4. rhyme scheme
  5. rhyme schemes
  6. rhyme up
  7. rhyme-tag
  8. rhyme-tags
  9. rhymeability
  10. rhymeable
  11. rhymed

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