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single rhyme

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noun

  1. a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.


Example Sentences

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Geisel could spend days perfecting a single rhyme, lest it shine duller than the other gems surrounding it.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2019

The sheer amount of magnetism, hauteur, mischief and yearning she can squeeze out of a single rhyme has made her one of the most astonishing rappers to ever do it to it.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2018

Queen only used do/you as an end rhyme once in its 15 albums, and there is no single rhyme that Queen used in more than five different songs.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2014

The Kwilu River is the throughway here: Kwilu, a word without a single rhyme.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

"How goes the world with you?" asked the King once when they met; "you don't look to me as if you could turn a single rhyme to-day."

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright