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riding rhyme

riding rhyme noun: iambic pentameter.

Noun

riding rhyme (countable and uncountable, plural riding rhymes)

  1. iambic pentameter

Forms of riding rhyme

pluralriding rhymes

Origin of riding rhyme

Possibly in reference to the pilgrims riding to Canterbury in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, which uses this meter.

Questions about riding rhyme

What does riding rhyme mean?
Riding rhyme means iambic pentameter.
What part of speech is riding rhyme?
Riding rhyme is a noun.
What is the plural of riding rhyme?
The plural of riding rhyme is riding rhymes.

Words near riding rhyme in the dictionary

  1. riding out
  2. riding out the storm
  3. riding over
  4. riding pillion
  5. riding rantipole
  6. riding rhyme
  7. riding rhymes
  8. riding robe
  9. riding robes
  10. riding roughshod over
  11. riding rusty

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