{
  "Rhyl":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "town and port on the Irish Sea in northeastern Wales population 25,000":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ril"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114039",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "rhyme":{
    "antonyms":[
      "differ (from)",
      "disagree (with)"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a composition in verse that rhymes":[],
      ": alliteration":[],
      ": correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (such as two or more words or lines of verse)":[],
      ": correspondence of other than terminal word sounds: such as":[],
      ": internal rhyme":[],
      ": one of two or more words thus corresponding in sound":[],
      ": poetry":[],
      ": rhyming verse":[],
      ": rhythm , measure":[],
      ": to be in accord : harmonize":[],
      ": to cause to rhyme : use as rhyme":[],
      ": to compose (verse) in rhyme":[],
      ": to end in syllables that are rhymes":[],
      ": to put into rhyme":[],
      ": to relate or praise in rhyming verse":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She used \u201cmoon\u201d as a rhyme for \u201cJune.\u201d",
      "He couldn't think of a rhyme for \u201corange.\u201d",
      "They're learning about meter and rhyme .",
      "Verb",
      "Please find the two lines that rhyme .",
      "She rhymed \u201cmoon\u201d with \u201cJune.\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Kehlani shows off their ability to rhyme on the second verse, surrounded by an unforgettable vocal performance throughout the track. \u2014 Quincy Green, Billboard , 24 May 2022",
      "In these postmortem portraits, Gunn achieves a highly effective balance between heartbreaking details and the soothing consolations of form and rhyme . \u2014 Mark Ford, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
      "Costly signaling explains human aesthetic judgments; complex rhyme schemes constrain rap lyricists, making expert verses that much more impressive. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "With her slippery smooth-like butter vocal runs, nimbly sensual rhyme schemes, and emotive storytelling, Muni deserves to feel the love under her solo spotlight. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Talking with friends There\u2019s no particular rhyme or rhythm to how the show books its guests, Leach said. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "In a new adaptation by Martin Crimp, the production strips the story down, using rap, rhyme , and poetry to distill the tale of passion into something rapturous in its simplicity. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Tuesday\u2019s child, the old rhyme says, is full of grace. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Confidence is, indeed, a foundational tenet of hip-hop, arguably as important as the beat or the rhyme because it is so irrevocably intertwined with both. \u2014 Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Willie D, a 21-year-old Golden Gloves champ raised by two alcoholic and abusive parents in the Fifth Ward, and known to fight audience members at open mics, was signed on sight, told to act monstrous and rhyme reckless. \u2014 Jonathan Rowe, SPIN , 28 June 2022",
      "Spears is a heart-first performer, who makes Juicy\u2019s moments of anguish rhyme with his shady asides, pointing out how both attitudes flow from a deep deposit of frustrated affection for the sensual world, and a hope for a life of his own making. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "Born Russell Jones in 1968 in Brooklyn, NY, ODB developed a unique persona and rhyme style that set him apart from his contemporaries. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Yet Earnest's words seem to rhyme with Faulkner's fundamental point. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Seeing all of those weird, warped houses and reading those Dr. Seuss stories with crazy characters and nothing but rhyme \u2026it\u2019s like the intersection of hip-hop and Dr. Seuss. \u2014 Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Carlos Santana and Stewart Copeland follow \u2013 the latter reprising his Police service with the Oregon Symphony \u2013 while Koffee spins rhyme and rhythm to taste. \u2014 Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "My rhyme style with the echo is from a girl, Sha Rock, the first greatest female MC ever, who\u2019s better than 99% of the dudes rappin\u2019 today. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "And nature writes poems in the lives of her creatures, with lines that echo and rhyme through the generations. \u2014 Janet Barber, Scientific American , 9 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English rime , from Anglo-French":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8r\u012bm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "accord",
      "agree",
      "answer",
      "check",
      "chord",
      "cohere",
      "coincide",
      "comport",
      "conform",
      "consist",
      "correspond",
      "dovetail",
      "fit",
      "go",
      "harmonize",
      "jibe",
      "sort",
      "square",
      "tally"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-110801",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "rhyme scheme":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Pardi also changed the rhyme scheme at the end of verse two. \u2014 Tom Roland, Billboard , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "James closed the song with his verse, each new line reversing the rhyme scheme of the last, words folding in and out like a lyrical Mo\u0308bius strip . . . \u2014 Dan Charnas, Rolling Stone , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "The ghazal is an M.C.\u2019s form: repeating words, a rhyme scheme , the self-referential last line that signals the end of the bars. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2021",
      "Besides being delicious, Pappadeaux is simply easy to throw in a rhyme scheme . \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "So many of the 140 lyricists who entered, some of them with a dozen or more songs each, offered songs that cleverly echoed the originals, and matched or even improved on the originals\u2019 rhyme scheme . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2021",
      "The sketch took on a rhyme scheme in order to play on an Edgar Allan Poe poem, as Carrey\u2019s Biden used the classic structure to parody modern politics. \u2014 Danielle Turchiano, chicagotribune.com , 1 Nov. 2020",
      "Her slant rhyme schemes inspired generations of female writers to break boundaries, personally and creatively. \u2014 Molly Lambert, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Nov. 2019",
      "And replacing Shakespearean scansion with looser Seuss-ish rhyme schemes would add to the comedy and make the long bouts of exposition at the beginning and end of the play less tedious. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 19 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1889, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114440",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "rhymes":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": rhyming verse":[],
      ": poetry":[],
      ": a composition in verse that rhymes":[],
      ": correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (such as two or more words or lines of verse)":[],
      ": one of two or more words thus corresponding in sound":[],
      ": correspondence of other than terminal word sounds: such as":[],
      ": alliteration":[],
      ": internal rhyme":[],
      ": rhythm , measure":[],
      ": to relate or praise in rhyming verse":[],
      ": to put into rhyme":[],
      ": to compose (verse) in rhyme":[],
      ": to cause to rhyme : use as rhyme":[],
      ": to end in syllables that are rhymes":[],
      ": to be in accord : harmonize":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8r\u012bm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "accord",
      "agree",
      "answer",
      "check",
      "chord",
      "cohere",
      "coincide",
      "comport",
      "conform",
      "consist",
      "correspond",
      "dovetail",
      "fit",
      "go",
      "harmonize",
      "jibe",
      "sort",
      "square",
      "tally"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "differ (from)",
      "disagree (with)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She used \u201cmoon\u201d as a rhyme for \u201cJune.\u201d",
      "He couldn't think of a rhyme for \u201corange.\u201d",
      "They're learning about meter and rhyme .",
      "Verb",
      "Please find the two lines that rhyme .",
      "She rhymed \u201cmoon\u201d with \u201cJune.\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Kehlani shows off their ability to rhyme on the second verse, surrounded by an unforgettable vocal performance throughout the track. \u2014 Quincy Green, Billboard , 24 May 2022",
      "In these postmortem portraits, Gunn achieves a highly effective balance between heartbreaking details and the soothing consolations of form and rhyme . \u2014 Mark Ford, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
      "Costly signaling explains human aesthetic judgments; complex rhyme schemes constrain rap lyricists, making expert verses that much more impressive. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "With her slippery smooth-like butter vocal runs, nimbly sensual rhyme schemes, and emotive storytelling, Muni deserves to feel the love under her solo spotlight. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Talking with friends There\u2019s no particular rhyme or rhythm to how the show books its guests, Leach said. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "In a new adaptation by Martin Crimp, the production strips the story down, using rap, rhyme , and poetry to distill the tale of passion into something rapturous in its simplicity. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Tuesday\u2019s child, the old rhyme says, is full of grace. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Confidence is, indeed, a foundational tenet of hip-hop, arguably as important as the beat or the rhyme because it is so irrevocably intertwined with both. \u2014 Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Willie D, a 21-year-old Golden Gloves champ raised by two alcoholic and abusive parents in the Fifth Ward, and known to fight audience members at open mics, was signed on sight, told to act monstrous and rhyme reckless. \u2014 Jonathan Rowe, SPIN , 28 June 2022",
      "Spears is a heart-first performer, who makes Juicy\u2019s moments of anguish rhyme with his shady asides, pointing out how both attitudes flow from a deep deposit of frustrated affection for the sensual world, and a hope for a life of his own making. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "Born Russell Jones in 1968 in Brooklyn, NY, ODB developed a unique persona and rhyme style that set him apart from his contemporaries. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Yet Earnest's words seem to rhyme with Faulkner's fundamental point. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Seeing all of those weird, warped houses and reading those Dr. Seuss stories with crazy characters and nothing but rhyme \u2026it\u2019s like the intersection of hip-hop and Dr. Seuss. \u2014 Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Carlos Santana and Stewart Copeland follow \u2013 the latter reprising his Police service with the Oregon Symphony \u2013 while Koffee spins rhyme and rhythm to taste. \u2014 Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "My rhyme style with the echo is from a girl, Sha Rock, the first greatest female MC ever, who\u2019s better than 99% of the dudes rappin\u2019 today. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "And nature writes poems in the lives of her creatures, with lines that echo and rhyme through the generations. \u2014 Janet Barber, Scientific American , 9 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English rime , from Anglo-French":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142021"
  },
  "rhymester":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an inferior poet":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8r\u012bm(p)-st\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bard",
      "minstrel",
      "muse",
      "poet",
      "poetaster",
      "versifier"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "reading doggerel by some rhymester",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "By contrast, the French word for scarcity, raret\u00e9, has so many acoustic kin that an English rhymester could weep, with engag\u00e9, \u00e9cart\u00e9, and retard\u00e9 leading the pack. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1589, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144334"
  },
  "rhyme-tag":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a word or phrase used primarily to produce a rhyme":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145135"
  },
  "Rhyacophilidae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large and widely distributed family of caddis flies":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)r\u012b\u02ccak\u0259\u02c8fil\u0259\u02ccd\u0113",
      "\u02ccr\u012b\u0259k\u014d\u02c8f-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Rhyacophila , type genus (from Greek rhyak-, rhyax stream + New Latin -phila ) + -idae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152037"
  },
  "rhythm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an ordered recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in speech":[],
      ": a particular example or form of rhythm":[
        "iambic rhythm"
      ],
      ": the aspect of music comprising all the elements (such as accent , meter , and tempo ) that relate to forward movement":[],
      ": the group of instruments in a band supplying the rhythm":[],
      ": movement, fluctuation, or variation marked by the regular recurrence or natural flow of related elements":[
        "the rhythms of country life"
      ],
      ": the repetition in a literary work of phrase, incident, character type, or symbol":[],
      ": a regularly recurrent quantitative change in a variable biological process":[
        "a circadian rhythm"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare biorhythm":[
        "a circadian rhythm"
      ],
      ": the effect created by the elements in a play, movie, or novel that relate to the temporal development of the action":[],
      ": rhythm method":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8rit\u035fh-\u0259m",
      "\u02c8ri-t\u035fh\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat",
      "cadence",
      "measure",
      "meter"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Jets that cross time zones in a day play havoc with the natural rhythms acquired through evolution. \u2014 Nancy Shelton , Skeptical Inquirer , May/June 1996",
      "They shattered punk orthodoxy with radical politics and jagged rhythms , their rage captured in brutally succinct outbursts. \u2014 Matt Diehl , Rolling Stone , 20 Oct. 1994",
      "I would even say that when the bouncy style is not an attempt to dazzle the reader, or one's self, but to incorporate into American literary prose the rhythms , nuances, and emphases of urban and immigrant speech, the result can sometimes be a language of new and rich emotional subtleties \u2026 \u2014 Philip Roth , Reading Myself and Others , 1975",
      "She walked as Doctor Reefy thought he had never seen anyone walk before. To her whole body there was a swing, a rhythm that intoxicated him. \u2014 Sherwood Anderson , Winesburg, Ohio , 1919",
      "At that the others began to gibber in unison, also rising to their feet, spreading their hands and swaying their bodies in rhythm with their chant. \u2014 H. G. Wells , The Island of Doctor Moreau , 1896",
      "the composer's use of jazz rhythm",
      "She enjoyed the rhythms of country life.",
      "Travel can disrupt your body's daily rhythm .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With an offbeat line delivery that largely sidesteps the rules of punctuation, and a dancer\u2019s mercurial sense of rhythm , Walken approaches every moment from a fresh angle. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
      "Between turnovers, fouls and the Suns being out of rhythm offensively to Dallas playing physical on both ends with an objective to wear him down, Paul is facing his share of obstacles in this series. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 10 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s no sense of rhythm , no relishing of Shakespeare\u2019s grammatical acrobatics. \u2014 Christian Lewis, Variety , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "In the first half, Joey Votto, Mike Moustakas, Jonathan India and the rest of the Reds top hitters all were out of rhythm at the plate. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "With Curry sidelined indefinitely and Thompson still rounding back into his pre-injury form, Wiggins has tried to be a go-to option of sorts, only to clang questionable jumpers and look out of rhythm . \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "While the multiple shot opportunities kept the Bears offense in a groove, their persistence on the perimeter defensively took Atholton out of rhythm . \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, baltimoresun.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Atrial fibrillation is primarily an electrical problem of the heart, causing a chaotic lack of rhythm that is sometimes too fast for the heart to work properly. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "To break out of a rhythm that by now might feel self-defeating, and not just rest but reset. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 18 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French & Latin; Middle French rhythme , from Latin rhythmus , from Greek rhythmos , probably from rhein to flow \u2014 more at stream":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155252"
  },
  "rhyme or reason":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": good sense or reason":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Unlike acne, however, milia can develop without rhyme or reason and cannot be extracted the way typical blemishes can, Dr. Marchbein says. \u2014 Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure , 11 May 2022",
      "There does not, however, seem to be much rhyme or reason as to which cities do or do not, meaning an early hypothesis for this article \u2014 that Marley listenership would over-index in areas where marijuana is legal \u2014 doesn\u2019t hold water. \u2014 Dan Rys, Billboard , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The changing image quality, for instance, seems to happen without rhyme or reason , often in the middle of scenes, in ways that distract from whatever is happening. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "None of us really understand, and there\u2019s no rhyme or reason . \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "While there seems to be little rhyme or reason to the location of crosswalks, some trends are notable. \u2014 Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "There seems to be little rhyme or reason to today's stars. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Aesthetically, there is no rhyme or reason in my apartment. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "And there's no rhyme or reason how the supply is being allocated. \u2014 Andrea Kane And Nadia Kounang, CNN , 12 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162303"
  },
  "rhythm stick":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one of a pair of plain or notched wood sticks that are struck or rubbed together to produce various percussive sounds and are used especially by young children in rhythm bands":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The program for 3-to-5-year-olds also has a gig bag sold separately for $25, which includes a t-shirt, maracas, rhythm sticks and a hand drum. \u2014 Gabriel Poblete, miamiherald , 21 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1927, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162832"
  },
  "rhythm method":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a method of birth control involving abstinence during the period in which ovulation is most likely to occur":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Luardo and her boyfriend opted for a calendar rhythm method to avoid pregnancy, considered one of the least effective forms of birth control. \u2014 David Pierson, Los Angeles Times , 6 Jan. 2021",
      "Out of rhythm method Of course, these are the ideal conditions; the reality is much messier, and, all in all, BBT is not a reliable proxy for ovulation. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 15 Aug. 2018",
      "By contrast, the rhythm method relies on recording the length of past menstrual cycles to determine one\u2019s fertile window. \u2014 Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ , 24 May 2018",
      "According to Planned Parenthood, 24 couples out of every 100 who use the rhythm method incorrectly have an unplanned pregnancy. \u2014 Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue , 16 Jan. 2018",
      "Before birth control was legal, all women had was the rhythm method . \u2014 vanityfair.com , 20 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1934, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163753"
  },
  "rhythmologist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a specialist in rhythm":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "rit\u035fh\u02c8m\u00e4l\u0259j\u0259\u0307st"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek rhythmo s rhythm + English -log + -ist":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164431"
  },
  "rhyming dictionary":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dictionary that groups rhyme words under the rhymes they form":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170120"
  },
  "rhythmus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": rhythm":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8rit\u035fhm\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171416"
  },
  "rhythmopoeia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": rhythmic composition or art":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin rhythmopoeia making of rhythm, from Greek rhythmopoi\u00efa , from rhythmos rhythm + -poi\u00efa making (from poiein to make)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173231"
  },
  "rhythmal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": rhythmic":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8rit\u035fhm\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193638"
  },
  "rhythm and blues":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": popular music typically including elements of blues and African American folk music and marked by a strong beat and simple chord structure":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Elvis had seven No. 1 hits on Billboard\u2019s rhythm and blues chart, which reflected African American music sales, and Black stations were more likely to play his music than White stations. \u2014 Ken Budd, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Other musical interests included country, rhythm and blues , rock \u2018n\u2019 roll and opera, his favorite singer being Luciano Pavarotti. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Will Boyz II Men bring their legendary rhythm and blues 90's sound to Summerfest again after performing at State Fair last year",
      "Other famous faces in the world of rock and rhythm and blues , such as Little Richard, B.B. King, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, will also be featured in the film. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "With the synonymous instrument of rhythm and blues and rock-and-roll, but the instrument was a blues voice, and the face of it was Black. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "Several gatherings are planned at the hotel, including a private rhythm and blues night around the rooftop pool and bar, attended by about 200 guests, Davis said. \u2014 Hugo Mart\u00edn, Los Angeles Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "The pair\u2019s Americana sound is rooted in country and bluegrass and New Orleans rhythm and blues . \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Their first album had a rhythm and blues and Merseybeat feel, and didn\u2019t immediately make waves for the Blues. \u2014 Pat Saperstein, Variety , 12 Nov. 2021"
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      "1933, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": slang in which the word intended is replaced by a word or phrase that rhymes with it (such as loaf of bread for head ) or the first part of the phrase (such as loaf for head )":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the lobby, there\u2019s a 30ft Big Ben sculpture, which comes in the guise of a rocket-ship, restaurant tables are printed with rhyming slang and oversized gold lights, which give a nod to the city\u2019s church bells, hang above the public spaces. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
      "This otherwise unassuming East End street is transformed into a swathe of magnificent plant life, the air fragrant with blooms and the shouts of historic London's famous Cockney \u2013 that's English rhyming slang \u2013 stallholders. \u2014 Ramsay Short, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 3 Mar. 2018",
      "This otherwise unassuming East End street is transformed into a swathe of magnificent plant life, the air fragrant with blooms and the shouts of historic London's famous Cockney \u2013 that's English rhyming slang \u2013 stallholders. \u2014 Ramsay Short, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 3 Mar. 2018",
      "That\u2019s because much of the novel is written using Nadsat, a dystopian teenage subculture language fusing British rhyming slang and Russian that Burgess created for the book. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 7 June 2017"
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      "1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "German ryakolith , from ryako- (from Greek rhyak-, rhyax stream, stream of lava) + -lith -lite; akin to Greek rhein to flow":""
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      "circa 1943, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "from past participle of rhythm entry 2":""
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      ": any of various ornate drinking vessels of ancient times typically shaped in part like an animal or animal's head":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Orontid Dynasty, which ruled the region starting in the 6th century BCE, drank wine from silver rhytons and likely had undocumented toasting traditions of their own. \u2014 Benjamin Kemper, Smithsonian , 13 July 2018",
      "The Orontid Dynasty, which ruled the region starting in the 6th century BCE, drank wine from silver rhytons and likely had undocumented toasting traditions of their own. \u2014 Benjamin Kemper, Smithsonian , 13 July 2018"
    ],
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      "Greek, neuter of rhytos flowing, from rhein to flow \u2014 more at stream":""
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      "1820, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043427"
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      ": a stanza of seven lines in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of ababbcc":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064807"
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      "verb"
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      ": to order or compose rhythmically":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1862, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115736"
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      ": poetry":[],
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      ": correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (such as two or more words or lines of verse)":[],
      ": one of two or more words thus corresponding in sound":[],
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      ": to cause to rhyme : use as rhyme":[],
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      ": to be in accord : harmonize":[]
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      "agree",
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      "cohere",
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      "conform",
      "consist",
      "correspond",
      "dovetail",
      "fit",
      "go",
      "harmonize",
      "jibe",
      "sort",
      "square",
      "tally"
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      "disagree (with)"
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    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She used \u201cmoon\u201d as a rhyme for \u201cJune.\u201d",
      "He couldn't think of a rhyme for \u201corange.\u201d",
      "They're learning about meter and rhyme .",
      "Verb",
      "Please find the two lines that rhyme .",
      "She rhymed \u201cmoon\u201d with \u201cJune.\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Kehlani shows off their ability to rhyme on the second verse, surrounded by an unforgettable vocal performance throughout the track. \u2014 Quincy Green, Billboard , 24 May 2022",
      "In these postmortem portraits, Gunn achieves a highly effective balance between heartbreaking details and the soothing consolations of form and rhyme . \u2014 Mark Ford, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
      "Costly signaling explains human aesthetic judgments; complex rhyme schemes constrain rap lyricists, making expert verses that much more impressive. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "With her slippery smooth-like butter vocal runs, nimbly sensual rhyme schemes, and emotive storytelling, Muni deserves to feel the love under her solo spotlight. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Talking with friends There\u2019s no particular rhyme or rhythm to how the show books its guests, Leach said. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "In a new adaptation by Martin Crimp, the production strips the story down, using rap, rhyme , and poetry to distill the tale of passion into something rapturous in its simplicity. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Tuesday\u2019s child, the old rhyme says, is full of grace. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Confidence is, indeed, a foundational tenet of hip-hop, arguably as important as the beat or the rhyme because it is so irrevocably intertwined with both. \u2014 Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Willie D, a 21-year-old Golden Gloves champ raised by two alcoholic and abusive parents in the Fifth Ward, and known to fight audience members at open mics, was signed on sight, told to act monstrous and rhyme reckless. \u2014 Jonathan Rowe, SPIN , 28 June 2022",
      "Spears is a heart-first performer, who makes Juicy\u2019s moments of anguish rhyme with his shady asides, pointing out how both attitudes flow from a deep deposit of frustrated affection for the sensual world, and a hope for a life of his own making. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "Born Russell Jones in 1968 in Brooklyn, NY, ODB developed a unique persona and rhyme style that set him apart from his contemporaries. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Yet Earnest's words seem to rhyme with Faulkner's fundamental point. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Seeing all of those weird, warped houses and reading those Dr. Seuss stories with crazy characters and nothing but rhyme \u2026it\u2019s like the intersection of hip-hop and Dr. Seuss. \u2014 Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Carlos Santana and Stewart Copeland follow \u2013 the latter reprising his Police service with the Oregon Symphony \u2013 while Koffee spins rhyme and rhythm to taste. \u2014 Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "My rhyme style with the echo is from a girl, Sha Rock, the first greatest female MC ever, who\u2019s better than 99% of the dudes rappin\u2019 today. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "And nature writes poems in the lives of her creatures, with lines that echo and rhyme through the generations. \u2014 Janet Barber, Scientific American , 9 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English rime , from Anglo-French":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-132647"
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141128"
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    "examples":[
      "We could hear a rhythmic drumming outside.",
      "lulled to sleep by the rhythmic sound of her mother's voice reading the Bible",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Dacre Montgomery dabbles in rhythmic poetry and works to set poet\u2019s work to music on his podcast, DKMH. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
      "The rhythmic azure aliens will be at the Shubert on Jan. 6-8, 2023. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 20 June 2022",
      "According to pet food company Purina, many cats exhibit this behavior, which consists of the rhythmic pushing of their paws in and out on a surface \u2014 much like the motion a baker would use to knead bread or make biscuits. \u2014 Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
      "WestFest\u2019s first day kicked off Thursday night among the rhythmic guitar of a rock cover band and the smell and sound of corn popping and pastries frying. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "But the rhythmic whisker movement has never been observed before in any marine mammal in the wild, reports Sofia Moutinho for Science. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
      "The Chagossians led the way inland with a rhythmic whack of machetes. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "Founded by former fashion exec Taryn Toomey in New York City in 2011, the Class combines an eclectic mix of elements\u2014ritual, mindfulness, embodiment, repetitive and rhythmic movement, meditation, music, spiritual teachings, and vocalization. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 14 June 2022",
      "But there was a time around a decade ago when critics habitually hailed the ensemble as one of the greatest in the country \u2014 or anywhere \u2014 for its willingness to take risks, its rhythmic verve, its crisp articulation and its unanimity of purpose. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003145"
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      "We could hear a rhythmic drumming outside.",
      "lulled to sleep by the rhythmic sound of her mother's voice reading the Bible",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Dacre Montgomery dabbles in rhythmic poetry and works to set poet\u2019s work to music on his podcast, DKMH. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 22 June 2022",
      "The rhythmic azure aliens will be at the Shubert on Jan. 6-8, 2023. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 20 June 2022",
      "According to pet food company Purina, many cats exhibit this behavior, which consists of the rhythmic pushing of their paws in and out on a surface \u2014 much like the motion a baker would use to knead bread or make biscuits. \u2014 Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
      "WestFest\u2019s first day kicked off Thursday night among the rhythmic guitar of a rock cover band and the smell and sound of corn popping and pastries frying. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "But the rhythmic whisker movement has never been observed before in any marine mammal in the wild, reports Sofia Moutinho for Science. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
      "The Chagossians led the way inland with a rhythmic whack of machetes. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "Founded by former fashion exec Taryn Toomey in New York City in 2011, the Class combines an eclectic mix of elements\u2014ritual, mindfulness, embodiment, repetitive and rhythmic movement, meditation, music, spiritual teachings, and vocalization. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 14 June 2022",
      "But there was a time around a decade ago when critics habitually hailed the ensemble as one of the greatest in the country \u2014 or anywhere \u2014 for its willingness to take risks, its rhythmic verve, its crisp articulation and its unanimity of purpose. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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