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rhyming up

rhyming up is the present participle and gerund of rhyme up.

Meaning of rhyme up

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.

Questions about rhyming up

What is rhyming up the present participle and gerund of?
Rhyming up is the present participle and gerund of rhyme up.

Words near rhyming up in the dictionary

  1. rhyming dictionary
  2. rhyming off
  3. rhyming out
  4. rhyming slang
  5. rhyming slangs
  6. rhyming up
  7. rhymingly
  8. rhymings
  9. rhymist
  10. rhymists
  11. Rhymney

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