s LUCKY DUCK - Rhyme Words with a Hiccup

LUCKY DUCK
Rhyme Words with a Hiccup


This is a list of words and phrases that have a rhyming pattern similar to that of "lucky duck", that is, a beginning, a one syllable space, and a rhyming end.

        abracadabra (a magic word)
        ackamaracka (a long involved exculpatory story; tea)
        action packed (full of adventure and excitement)
        ages and stages (the first two divisions of geologic history)
        AIDS for Grades (a college course on sexually transmitted diseases)
        Anna banana (a nickname for Anna)
        AOK (in order; perfect)
        art and part (a term in Scottish Law denoting the aiding or abetting of a crime)
        art or part (conception or implementation)
 [your] ass is grass (you are in serious trouble)
        back me or sack me (a prime minister's dare to his 
          rebellious party)
        back on track (restored to health or productivity after a
          setback or distraction)
        bag and tag (to collect and mark a trophy or prize)
        Banaban (an atoll in the western Pacific)
        bangarang (hubbub, tumult)
        beat the heat (to cope with hot weather)
   [to] beat the meat (to masturbate)
        bells and smells (the ritualistic aspects of Catholic services)
        Ben and Jen (a shorthand for the Hollywood couple Ben Affleck
          and Jennifer Lopez)
        bet and sweat (new gambling devices that include an exercise bicycle)
        bingo wings (the flabby flesh that hangs from the upper arms of older
          people, who are often found in bingo halls)
        blabs in labs (a college linguistics course)
        blast and cast (hunting and fishing)
        blow and go (a device which measures the alcohol content of a breath before
          unlocking the ignition of a car; a process of immediately discharging an
          explosive device rather than trying to delicately disable and analyze it;
          a straightforward method of dam destruction which does not attempt to mitigate
          the sudden flooding and turbulence and pollution)
        blow the show (to ruin everything)
        blue de Hue (marijuana from Vietnam, pronounced BLOO-ay day HOO-ay)
        blues and twos (the two tone horn and blue flashing lights used
          by an emergency vehicle)
        bob a job (what British Boy Scouts say, when they solicit work)
        bob a nob (one shilling per person)
   [to] boil in oil (to torture)
        Boney Maroney (heroine of an early rock 'n' roll song)
        boogaloo (a shuffling dance in a two beat rhythm)
   [to] boogerboo (to pretend)
        booze and cruise (a pasttime of undererage teenagers, involving
          drinking while driving) 
        boozeroo (a drinking bout)
        bop and drop (descriptive of an assailant who appears
          suddenly and immediately attacks)
[twelve hours from] bottle to throttle (the suggested span 
          between drinking and operating an airplane)
        Box and Cox (two men who share a room for one)
[dumber than a] box of rocks (very stupid)
        box the fox (to steal fruit from an orchard)
        break it and shake it (waitress code meaning to crack an egg 
          and add it to a drink)
        bric-a-brac (miscellaneous objects displayed as a collection)
        bricks and clicks (a combination store and web site business)
        brush and flush (a humorous reference to the basic bathroom activities)
        budge and mudge (a housebreaker and accomplice)
   [to] buggerlug (to waste time on trivial matters)
        buggerlugs (a jocular or derisive term for another person)
        bum to mum (an order to rugby players to abstain from pregame sex)
        bumbledom (red tape; overblown regulations)
        burn and turn (what the dealer does in hold 'em poker, revealing 
          the fourth and fifth table cards)
   [to] bust one's crust (to hit hard enough to break the skin)
        by hook or by crook (by extra effort or sneakiness; by any means necessary)
        cads and dads (a division of marriagable men into romantic
          adventurers and responsible providers)
        candyman
        caps and taps (engine fittings)
        cash and flash (a pay parking lot)
        cash for trash (journalistic payment for slanderous reports)
        cash is trash (the motto of stock-brokers)
        cattle and chattel (livestock and personal property)
        chalk and talk (a school teacher)
        chanky chank (Cajun music)
        cherries and berries (referring to the blue and red flashing lights
          on the top of emergency vehicles)
        chew and spew (a restaurant of doubtful sanitation)
        chicken brick (earthenware cooking container)
        chips and dip (potato chips and dip)
        chock-a-block (randomly arranged)
   [to] chock and block (to adjust, arrange and support)
        chokes and croaks (a college first aid course)
   [to] chong the schlong (to masturbate)
        chop and drop (a chemical warfare missile disposal plan, in 
          which the entire missile is cut up and dropped into a furnace)
        chow for now (a joking farewell)
        chow miaow (a derisive term for Chinese takeout)
        chuck-a-luck (a banking game using three dice)
   [to] chuck one's muck (to ejaculate)
   [to] chug-a-lug (to drink many swallows without pause)
        cinnamon (despite the spelling, a common pronunciation is "cin-a-min")
        circle jerk (a group masturbation; a pointless exercise)
   [to] clag the bag (to die)
        claim to fame (the thing one is known for)
   [to] clean and preen (to work extra hard at making something presentable)
        clerk of works (an architect's employee responsible for representing
          the interests of the client, such as quality and adherence to plans)
        clerks and jerks (the soldiers in a noncombat unit)
        click and pick (shopping on the Internet)
        clicks for chicks (online pornography)
        cocked and locked (ready to fire)
        cook the books (to falsify financial records)
   [to] cop the drop (of a policeman, to take a bribe)
        copper top (a red-headed person)
        Cops in Shops (a program to try to stop underage alcohol purchases)
        corridor (a hallway)
   [to] cox and box (to share living quarters without overlapping, perhaps
          because of shift work, after "Cox and Box", a Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera.
        crack attack (a sudden craving for drugs - oops, gotta go!)
        cracker jack (excellent; self-important)
        cracking but facking (joking, but giving useful information)
        cram and jam (used to describe housing developments in which
          houses are densely located on regular, tiny lots)
        crank the shank (to masturbate)
        crash and dash (a timed skiing run between two points of a piste)
        cream your jeans ([imperfect rhyme] to be very excited about something)
        creep and weep (the slow search and recovery of sunken practice torpedoes)
        crinoline (a stiff fabric used for dresses)
        crunch and munch (crack cocaine)
        cuff and stuff (to handcuff and take custody of a prisoner)
        cut a gut (to make a mistake)
        cut and shut (the practice of trimming the edges of a worn rug,
          and resewing the edges, to improve its value; a car made by
          by welding (the undamaged) halves of two other cars together)
        cutie patootie (cute; a cute person)
        dad and lad (generic name for a men's clothing shop)
        daily mail (a common name for a newspaper)
        dare to bare (a challenge to strip in a public place)
        dash for gas ([imperfect rhyme] the rivalry to discover and
          exploit new sources of natural gas)
        dead ahead (directly at the front)
 [better] dead than red (an anticommunist rallying cry)
        delta smelt (a kind of fish)
        denizen (a dweller or habitual resident)
        Dennis the Menace (a cartoon character, and now an obligatory
          nickname for anyone named Dennis)
        different strokes for different folks (de gustibus non disputandem)
        ding-a-ling (an idiot)
        Dingableding (a town in Australia)
   [to] dinky your slinky (to masturbate)
        dirty bird (a mild epithet)
        the disease to please (a compulsive need to please others)
        dish and swish (a style of basketball playing)
        docuschlock (a disparaging name for movies which purport to be
          highminded documentaries but which attract audiences with their
          sentimental or low-minded approach)
   [to] do the do (to have sexual intercourse)
  [the] dong and gongs (the penis and testicles)
        dos-a-dos (back to back)
        dosido (a square dancing figure)
   [no] doubt about [it] (definitely)
        drag and brag (descriptive of field trips by a naturalist who
          "drags" the audience through the woods and "brags" about his
          extensive knowledge)
   [to] drag the rag (to hurry up)
   [to] drain the vein (to urinate)
   [to] dream and cream (to have sexual fantasies)
        dream machine (something greatly desired; a means of achieving one's dreams)
        drill and kill (a disparaging term for rote learning)
   [to] drop a bop (to take a drug in pill form)
        drop and pop (small easily-planted explosive devices used by guerillas)
        dupey dupe (a particularly stupid constable)
        earn or burn (describing options for accruing or expending frequent
          flier miles, without perhaps actually having to fly)
        eight-til-late (describes the schedule of shops that are open 
          late in the evening)
        dykes on spikes (referring to the supposed sexual preferences of female athletes)
        etiquette (a code of manners)
        fair and square (equitable)
        fake and make (a deceptive play in football)
        falderal (ado; nonsense; a trifle)
        fancy Dan (a snappy dresser)
        fancy dance (a showy, elaborately choreographed dance performed
          by Native Americans)
        fancy man (a male lover)
        fancy pants (a person mocked for putting on airs)
        farm to arm (a drug operation which grows, processes and sells its product)
        fear and tear (describing the reasons children avoid the doctor)
        feather bed
        feed and bleed (a medical test in which a drug is administered 
          and then its level checked by blood tests)
        fiddley-did (the sum of one pound)
   [to] fidget the digit (to masturbate)
        fight or flight (the conflicting urges a creature feels when threatened)
        fighting tight (so drunk one wants to fight)
        fights and tights (a typical superhero comic book)
        fill or kill (a stock market order to be filled immediately or canceled)
   [to] fill the bill (to satisfy a need)
        fingering (touching; the feel or play of a string intstrument)
   [to] fit the mitt (to bribe)
        flap and zap (an informal name for LASIK eye surgery)
   [to] flap your trap (to talk too much)
        flash and trash (local news specials, shown during sweeps weeks,
          that emphasize sex and violence)
   [to] flash the ash (to pass one's cigarette pack around)
   [to] flash the cash (to exhibit one's money)
   [to] flash the gash (to display one's vagina)
   [to] flash the hash (to vomit)
   [to] flex your sex (to have an erection)
   [to] flick one's bic (to manually stimulate the genitals)
   [to] flick one's dick (to masturbate)
   [to] flick one's wick (to hurry up)
   [to] flip the script (to turn the tables on someone)
[whatever] floats your boat (satisfies you)
   [to] float a note (to loan money to a friend)
   [to] flog the dog (to masturbate)
   [to] flog the hog (to masturbate)
   [to] flog the log (to masturbate)
   [to] flong the dong (to masturbate)
   [to] flub the dub (to evade one's duty; to fail)
        folderol (ado; nonsense; a trifle)
        free to be (a tolerant attitude or atmosphere)
        frocks and rocks (a social occasional suitable for fine
          dresses and jewelry)
        fuck a duck (a profane outburst of irritation)
   [to] fudge and mudge (to avoid commitment)
        fun and sun (outdoor recreation)
        funky drunk (very intoxicated)
        gator bait (dead meat; literally "alligator bait")
        gay for pay (straight porn stars who work in gay films for better pay)
        geeze Louise (an exclamation of exasperation or surprise)
        globophobe (Claire Short's mocking name for an 
          anti-globalization activist)
        gloom and doom (forecasts of woe)
   [to] gob the knob (to perform fellatio)
        gods for clods (an introductory religion course)
        gonfalon (a flag or banner)
   [to] gooi a uie (to make a U-turn)
        goon platoon (a squad of misfits)
        grab a stump to rest your rump (sit down!)
        grain and drain (a bread and water diet)
   [to] grease and lease (to perform anal sex)
        grinny bin (an insane asylum)
        grip and rip (an aggressive batting style in which the batter
          tries to hit every pitch)
   [to] grip the tip (to masturbate)
        ground and pound (a fighting strategy of first getting your
          opponent off his feet, and then holding him down while beating
          him)
        grub and bub (food and drink)
        hack a Shaq (to deliberately foul Shaquille Oneal who is a poor
          free thrower)
        hack attack (a period of frenzied programming)
        Hackensack (a town in New Jersey)
        hackmatack (an American larch tree)
   [to] hack the mack (to masturbate)
        hacks and flacks (journalists and publicists)
        hanky pank (a simple carnival game that is not actually unfair)
        Happy Nap (the New York state prison at Hapanoch)
        happy slap (a new pasttime of bored British youths, who
          walk up to a stranger and slap him, recording the incident
          with their cell phone camera to share with their friends.)
        hard as lard (excellent)
        hasta la pasta (a joking farewell)
 [from] hatchin' to catchin' (descriptive of the life cycle of
          factory-farmed chickens)
        heat and beat (the traditional method of working iron)
        heat and eat (frozen meals; cafeterias that serve such meals)
        heaven eleven (the winning initial roll of eleven in craps)
        herb superb (marijuana)
        herkin' the gherkin (masturbation)
        high and dry (safe from danger)
        Highlands and Islands (two areas of Scotland that were
          traditionally rural, remote, rugged and lawless)
        highways and byways (all roads, big and small)
        hire and fire (the power to employ and let go)
   [to] hit the grit (to get on the road; to leave)
   [to] hit the mitt (for a pitcher's ball to evade the batter)
   [to] hit the pit (to be imprisoned)
        hither and thither (here and there)
        hob a nob (hob nob)
        hob and nob (hob nob; very close or familiar)
        hodmadod (a shelled snail; an awkward person)
        hog in togs (a man about town)
        hoi polloi (the common people)
        hokey smoke (how Rocky the Squirrel would swear)
        holes and poles (a college sex education class)
        holy Joe (a chaplain; a pious person)
        home alone ([imperfect rhyme] on one's one; abandoned)
        honey bun (a term of affection)
        honky tonk (a loud and gamey bar)
        hoochinoo (an Alaskan tribe; an alcoholic drink they brew)
   [to] hook 'em and book 'em (to capture and arraign miscreants)
   [by] hook or crook (by any means)
  [the] hookey-spooks (a creepy feeling)
        hoopdie swoop (to move in on, and pick up a person with great speed)
   [to] hop and drop (to limp)
        horses for courses (an elliptic phrase that means different people are
          suitable for different things)
        hot to trot (eager)
        hotsy potatsy (a sexually promiscuous person)
        Hottentot (a South African tribe)
  [the] House of Mouse (the Walt Disney Company)
        huckabuck
        Hudge and Gudge (two characters created by G K Chesterton to
          stand for the forces of government and business, or conservatives
          and liberals, but both the enemy of Jones, the common man)
   [to] huff and puff (to breathe with great effort)
        hug a thug (a disparaging reference to attempts to 
          rehabilitate criminals)
   [to] hump and bump (to work hard, with occasional promotions or rewards)
   [to] hump and dump (to have sex with, and then abandon)
        hump 'em and dump 'em (the stud's credo)
        hunk of junk (a worthless bulky item)
        hunky chunk (a sturdy short muscular worker)
        hurtin' for certain (very ugly)
   [to] hustle your bustle (to hurry; to act as a prostitute)
        ice the rice (waitress code meaning an order of rice pudding with ice cream)
        in like Flynn (in)
        inky dink (a dark-skinned person; a fluorescent light used 
          on a movie set)
        it from bit (a complete logical theory of the universe, with no
          arbitrary choices, that explains everything, except, I suppose,
          for where the theory itself came from...)
   [to] itch the ditch (to masturbate)
        jai alai (Basquetball)
        jeeze Louise (an exclamation)
        jerkin' the gherkin (masturbating)
        jibber the kibber (a device used to mislead and wreck ships for plunder)
        jig-a-jig (sexual intercourse)
        kill for thrill (a killing done for its own pleasure)
        kitchen bitch (a man who hangs around the kitchen)
  [[to] knock acock (to stun; to amaze)
   [to] knock your block [off] (to be surprising or stunning)
   [to] knock your socks [off] (to be surprising or stunning)
        kvetch and wretch (ceaseless complaining)
        la-di-da (carefree; unworried)
        lab to fab (the transition of a product from laboratory to fabrication)
        lag-a-bag (a lazy person)
   [to] lap and tap (to start a horse race by having the horses walked
          away from the starter, then spinning them around at the starter's
          call)
   [to] larkyfark (to screw around; to be killing time)
        layaway (to arrange to have an item set aside, to be paid for in
          installments, and claimed when payment is completed)
        layin' and playin' (idling at home)
        lean and mean (fit, ready for action)
        lean machine (a person or organization that is trim and ready)
        leather or feather (a choice of beef or chicken for dinner)
   [to] lick the dick (to masturbate)
        lickin' stick (a sweetheart or lover)
        lie or die (a threat made against a witness in a murder trial)
        live at five (the motto of local TV news)
        loco da poco (a little crazy)
   [to] log the dog (to masturbate)
        loony tune (a crazy person)
   [to] loop the loop (to spin around; to complete a circle)
        loud and proud (someone who is overly eager to announce his
          positive assessment of his personal accomplishments or 
          characteristics)
        lube and tube (auto maintenance involving lubrication and
          checking the tires)
   [to] lube the tube (to masturbate)
        luck and pluck (a combination of fortune and determination)
        lucky duck (a lucky person)
        lump and bump (a chump; a fool)
        lurks and perks (schemes and benefits)
        Mackinac (a resort island in Michigan)
        made the grade (passed a test)
        maid brigade (a cleaning service)
        make or break (a decisive test)
        maker and shaker (an important, powerful person)
        mammogram (an X-ray of the breast)
        maps and chaps (descriptive of history, or of a class on history)
        marish and parish (everyone)
        Marks and Sparks (a nickname for the British company "Marks and Spencer")
        mauming and glauming (amorous pawing)
        mealie meal (ground up corn, used as a food by the poor)
        meals on wheels (a food service for the old and sick)
        mean machine (a fast and stylish car)
        mean and lean (having an athletic body)
   [to] meet and greet (to perform the rites of mass hospitality)
   [to] meet and street (to examine emergency room patients, and eject 
          the ones whose conditions are not serious)
   [to] merge and purge (to combine two lists, and remove the duplicates)
        mic-a-mic (scrub)
        might makes right (the assertion of force against law or custom)
        Mike and Ike (waitress code meaning salt and pepper)
   [to] moan and grown (whining)
   [to] mow and blow (to mow grass and blow leaves away)
        muck and truck (miscellaneous articles)
        muck-a-muck (an important or high-ranking person)
        mucketymuck (an important or high-ranking person)
        mud and blood (a drink of mild and bitter)
        nail 'em and jail 'em (the police)
   [to] name and shame (to identify petty offenders so as to shame them)
        nanny cam ([imperfect rhyme] a hidden camera used to keep an
          eye on babysitters)
        near and dear (physically and emotionally close)
        nearest and dearest (family and friends)
        need for speed (a person's inbuilt urge to drive fast)
        news and views (a combination news and opinion broadcast)
        nicey nice (overly nice; affectedly affectionate)
        nickel slick (petty; insignificant)
        nifty fifth ([imperfect rhyme] a fifth thing)
        nob-a-nob (very close together; intimate)
        nomen est omen (a Latin proverb, meaning "a name is a fate")
        not so hot (less attractive, interesting or cool)
        nuke and puke (a microwave dinner)
        nuts and sluts (nickname for a college abnormal psychology class)
        odds and sods (odds and ends)
        oh you know (opium)
        okie doke (okay)
        one and done (the motto of someone who does not plan to repeat something;
          a basketball player who goes to college for one year to qualify for the NBA)
        oral is moral (the slogan of people who suppose that oral
          sex is an acceptable means of diverting sexual tension,
          while "real" sex is immoral)
        pacamac (a sheet of polythene, cut in the shape of a coat, but
          pliable enough to fold up and store in one's pocket)
   [to] pack and crack (a voting district strategy of packing opponents 
          into homogeneous districts, and cracking their centers of strength)
        pam-palam (fuss, confusion)
        pan and scan (how wide movies are cropped to fit narrow TV's)
        park and bark (the style of operatic performance in which
          the singer stops all pretense of acting, and simply sings)
        pass for grass (to be ignored or disrespected)
   [to] pay away (to go on, to continue)
        pay for play (online games that charge to participate)
        pay to play (a systemic bribery system requiring payoffs for
          government contracts)
        pay to stay (jails nicer than the overcrowded ones, but which
          require payment from the convict for the privilege of staying there)
        payndemain (the finest, whitest bread made in the Middle Ages)
   [to] peck and neck (to make out, to romance)
        pecs and sex (descriptive of gay pornography)
        pick up sticks (a child's game)
   [to] pitch a bitch (to complain or whine)
        plug and chug (a problem solving method of substitution followed by manipulation)
   [to] plug the jug (to give up drinking)
        plug the mug (to stifle; to become silent)
   [to] pocket the rocket (to masturbate)
        poll and bowl (the former US college championship system)
   [to] pop the lock ([imperfect rhyme] to force open a lock)
        poppycock ([imperfect rhyme] nonsense; worthless matter)
   [to] pound the mound (have sexual intercourse)
   [to] press the flesh [imperfect rhyme](to meet or greet people)
  [the] price of rice (as in "What's that got to do with the price
          of rice?", that is, with ordinary reality.)
        print and tint (a process in which a monochrome image was
          printed, and then the foreground colored by hand)
   [to] pump and dump (to praise a stock and then quickly sell it for
          profit; to express breast milk and discard it)
        pur et dur (literally "pure and hard", a term for the
          hardest core members of Quebec's separatist Parti Quebecois.)
  [the] Queen of Mean (a mocking nickname for Leona Helmsley, and 
          since then, for any meanspirited woman)
        rackaback (a man on a horse, with a woman riding sidesaddle behind)
   [to] rack and stack (to collect one's winnings; to pack up)
        rack attack (a prolonged spell of laziness, spent in bed, the "rack")
        Rackensack (a derisive nickname for Arkansas or someone from there)
        rags and jags (tattered clothing)
        rails to trails (a program for converting railroad tracks to hiking trails)
        ram and dam (a muzzle loading gun)
   [to] ram the ham (to masturbate)
        rang-a-tang (a belligerent coarse person)
   [to] rank and yank (to evaluate employees and pull out the bad ones)
        rankydank (an unsophisticated person)
        rat-a-tat (imitating the sound of a gun or a drum)
        rattletrap [imperfect rhyme] a rickety mechanism)
        razzmatazz (glitter; fanfare; sparkle)
        read and heed (learn and follow)
        ready for Freddie (ready for anything)
   [to] real the deal (to be open and honest)
        rest and test (a pause for assessment)
        retail is detail (a motto for salesmen)
        rickmatick (a rowdy affair)
        ricky tick (a bouncy ragtime style from the 1920's; quickly)
        ridgy didge (genuine; excellent)
   [to] rig a jig (to set up a victim)
        rigidig (real, genuine)
        rigmajig (a thingmajig)
        rigs and pigs (a firehall)
        ring-a-ding (run of the mill)
        rinky dink (shoddy; run down; cheaply made)
        rinky tink (simple, repetitive ragtime jazz)
        rixatrix (a quarrelsome brawling woman)
        roast and toast (a ceremony at which a person is both honored
          and gently mocked)
   [to] rob the knob (to masturbate)
        Roger the Lodger (a tenant who seduces his landlady)
        roogodoo (a ruckus)
        rope a dope (to trick or beat a gullible person; a defense that
          frustrates and exhausts an opponent)
        rocks for jocks (the nickname of a "gut" or "Easy A" geology course)
        root my boot! (an exclamation of exasperation)
        rootypoot (an unsophisticated person)
        rooty toot (old fashioned music)
[a tough] row to how (a difficult job)
   [to] rope the pope (to masturbate)
        roustabout ([approximate rhyme] - a general laborer or helper)
[a hard] row to hoe (a difficult task)
        rowdy dow (a fight; hubbub)
        rub-a-dub
        rubbin' the nubbin (masturbating)
        rum and drum (a kind of bar with Caribbean music)
        rumble and tumble (noise; disturbance; uproar)
        rump and stump (completely)
        rumptyvump (a college course on Radio, Motion Pictures, and TV)
        rumtitum (in excellent condition)
        run and gun (an aggressive style of basketball, fishing, or movie directing; 
          any style of action that relies on aggression, motion and improvisation)
        sarasar
        sassafras (a root used for flavoring)
        say on pay (a policy in which a company's shareholders can
          approve the excessive pay of executives)
        say it, don't spray it (an admonition to someone who 
          inadvertently spits as they speak)
   [to] scarf and barf (to eat a lot and then vomit)
        scooby doo (a large marijuana joint)
        scot and lot (in English law, a customary contribution, laid on 
          all subjects according to their ability to pay)
   [to] scratch the patch (to masturbate)
   [to] screw the pooch [imperfect rhyme] to get into enormous trouble
        scrub a dub (to scrub)
        scuttlebutt (rumors; gossip)
        seal a meal (little plastic bags used to for drug transactions)
   [to] seal the deal (to conclude an agreement)
[neither] seaway nor leeway (affording no means of escape)
        sentiment (feeling)
        sereser
        seventy 'leven (a large indefinite number)
        sew and go (ballet shoes that require no breaking in, just the 
          sewing on of the ribbons)
        shake and bake (something quickly made or mass produced; a 
          sergeant who has earned stripes quickly)
        shocks for jocks (the nickname for an introductory electrical
          engineering course)
        shoot and scoot (an artillery technique in which artillery is
          moved to a new position after a few firings)
        shoot the chutes (an amusement ride)
[neither] sight nor light (no visual contact whatever)
        single and mingle (a social event designed for matchmaking)
        sinnin' and grinnin' (being bad, and enjoying it too)
        skaty eight (a large indefinite number)
        skew the dew (a splay-footed person)
   [to] skin and grin (to laugh foolishly in an attempt to ingratiate oneself)
        skin and sin (an adult movie)
        slam and jam (an aggressive style of basketball)
   [to] slam the clam (to masturbate)
   [to] slam the ham (to masturbate)
   [to] slam the spam (to masturbate)
   [to] slice and dice (to cut up)
        slice of life ([imperfect rhyme] a depiction or story that
          strives for naturalism over stylism, symbolism or beauty)
   [to] slick one's stick (to masturbate)
        slippy dip (a children's slide)
   [to] slob a knob (to fellate)
        slobs and snobs (the two kinds of visitors to the free tastings at wineries)
   [to] slog the log (to masturbate)
        slop and flop (a place with food and beds)
   [to] slow one's row (to lower one's profile) 
        slums and bums (nickname for a course on urban government)
        smash and dash (describing the tactics of thieves who use stolen
          construction equipment to break an ATM machine from its 
          foundations, and then run away with it)
        smear and fear (descriptive of a kind of emotional electoral tactic
          which seeks to defame the opponent and scare the electors)
        smear the queer (a game in which one person grabs the football,
          all the others chase him)
   [to] smoke a toke (to smoke marijuana)
        snack attack (a sudden craving for junk food)
   [to] snap a cap (to fire a shot)
   [to] snap your cap (to be surprised or outraged)
        snatch and catch (a nickname for the
          Obstetrics and Gynecology rotation in Medical School)
   [to] sneak a peek (to get an advance or unauthorized look at something)
        sneak and peek (a covert reconnaissance mission)
        Sneaky Pete ([approximate rhyme] a sneaky person)
 [from] sneezer to breezer (from nose to tail)
        snug-a-bug (snug as a bug in a rug)
        sock and lock (a boarding school practice of beating a sleeper
          with a bicycle lock wrapped in a sock)
   [to] sock the clock (to register on a time clock)
        socks and knocks (sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides,
          the most objectionable elements of air pollution)
  [the] source and course (the origin and development)
        spam or ham (the distinction between junk and legitimate email)
   [to] spank the plank (play the guitar; to masturbate)
   [to] spank the planks (to dance)
   [to] sperm the worm (to masturbate)
   [to] spew the goo (to ejaculate)
   [to] spin the bin (to retrieve items from the trash, referring to 
          Royal attendants who sell discarded items from the palace)
   [to] squeeze the wheeze (to masturbate)
[the New] Staggers and Naggers (a nickname for The New Statesman
          and Nation magazine)
   [to] strain the brain (to think hard; to require hard thinking)
        sun and fun (the relaxation one expects on a holiday)
    [a] ring by spring (the expectation of a college woman that she
          will be engaged before the end of the school year)
        square affair (one's regular girlfriend)
        squeeze and tease (making out; flirting; reducing the size
          of closing movie credits so "teaser" ads can be played)
   [to] squeeze the cheese (to masturbate)
   [to] squirt and spurt (to masturbate)
        stacks of wax (a collection of phonograph records)
        stag or shag (coming to a party alone, or with a date)
        Stan the Man (nickname for baseball player Stan Musial)
  [the] Stars and Bars (the nickname of the Confederate battle flag)
        stay and play (a passive form of fishing involving a lot of 
          idle waiting)
        steam and cream (a massage bar that offers steam baths and sex)
   [to] steam your beam (to make you mad)
        steers and queers (the two things that come out of Texas,
          according to your DI.  Which one are you, son?)
        stones and bones (the nickname of a college course in 
          archeology)
   [to] stop and pop (to make a sudden stop and shoot the ball,
          in basketball)
        stop it or cop it (cease this annoying behavior or prepare to
          receive the consequent retaliation!)
   [to] stop the clock ([imperfect rhyme] - to halt a timing)
        strayaway (a stray animal)
        stride of pride (opposite of a "walk of shame", this is a 
          walking style associated with a noteworthy achievement)
   [to] strip and flip (a business strategy of buying troubled
          companies and selling off the valuable parts for immediate profit) 
        strip and rip (an aggressive style of basketball playing in 
          which the ball is taken from another player) 
        stripper clip (a speedloader that holds several cartridges together
          in a single unit for quicker loading of a gun's magazine)
        Stuff and Guff (the nicknames of two statues of blacksmiths
          which seem to strike a bell, in a monument in Herald Square)
   [to] stuff the muff (have sexual intercourse)
        stumble bum (an alcoholic beggar)
        stumm and crum (extremely quiet)
        suckabuck (greedy; a greedy person)
        suited and booted (dressed up for a formal occasion)
        super group (an unstable rock band made up of the ego-heavy
          remnants of several previously popular bands)
        surf and turf (a lobster and steak meal)
        susurrus
  [the] swing of things (the schedule or natural rhythm of life)
        switch the pitch (to change the direction of one's argument or 
          conversation)
   [to] syphon the python ([imperfect rhyme] to urinate)
        tack attack (a fit of bad taste)
        tackle shack (underpants)
   [to] take the cake (win; be outstanding; be most egregious)
        telenovela (a Latin American version of the soap opera)
        thin is in (to be thin is fashionable)
        three to me (I've got three points in this game now)
  [the] thrilla in Manila (one of Mohammed Ali's boxing matches)
        thrills and spills (exciting action)
        thugs and drugs (the purview of a particular official in the
          State Department)
        thunder run (a loud and impressive parade or convoy)
        Tia Maria (a drink)
   [to] tickle the pickle (to masturbate)
        ting-a-ling (imitation of a bell ringing; a Cajun musical triangle)
        tits and zits (referring to something dealing with 
          teenage romance)
   [to] toil and moil (to work long and hard)
    [a] ton of fun (a very enjoyable experience)
        toodle-oo (a farewell)
        Tots and Quots (a small London gentleman's dining club)
        totty shot (a small picture or image of an attractive
          woman, used to liven up a newspaper or new report)
        town and gown (a town and the college it supports)
        traits and states (the effect on behavior of inherent 
          characteristics and temporary emotional states)
        trash and flash (gaudy tasteless clothing)
        trash to ash (incineration of garbage)
   [to] trig the wig (to think fast)
        triple hip (an extra smart person)
   [to] trump the hump (to climb a hill)
   [to] tug the slug (to masturbate)
        Tuvalu (an island nation in the South Pacific)
        twice as nice
   [to] twirl the pearls (to dance)
        ugly mug (someone's face)
  [the] urge to merge (the desire to mate)
  [the] urge to splurge (the desire to go shopping)
        use it or lose it
        user confuser (nickname for a computer user consultant)
        view halloo (a fox-hunting call)
        wacky tabacky (marijuana)
   [to] wake and bake (to smoke marijuana immediately upon waking up)
        walk and talk (a TV news segment in which the presenter walks
          through the scene while delivering the report;
          a strolling interview)
   [to] walk the chalk (to test one's sobriety by walking a chalked line)
   [to] walk the walk (to do as one suggests to others)
   [to] wank the crank (to masturbate)
        wear and tear (the normal disintegration of things in this 
          perfect world)
   [to] wed and bed (to make a person one's spouse, legally and physically)
        weed and seed (a combination weed killer and seed for the lazy gardener)
        whack attack (masturbation)
        whack 'em and sack 'em (the game hunter's creed)
   [to] wheel and deal (to negotiate; to bargain; to plot)
        whirly bird [imperfect rhyme] a helicopter)
        Wilt the Stilt (a nickname for Wilt Chamberlain)
   [to] wine and dine (to feed a guest sumptuously)
        wings and things (Chinese takeout)
        work and lurk (describing the hidden but persistent operation of some agent)
        yank and bank (sudden and violent aeronautical maneuvers)
   [to] yank one's crank (to annoy, perturb or torment; to masturbate)
        yea or nay (approval or disapproval)
        yockydock (narcotics)
   [to] zip your lip (to keep quiet)
      

Words or phrases in which the initial part is repeated, rather than merely rhymed:

        day to day
        door to door
        face to face
        hand to hand
        head to head
        house to house
        man to man
        mano a mano
        minute by minute
        mouth to mouth
        out and out
        patapat
        tete a tete
        toe to toe
        Toronto
        umpty ump (a large indefinite number)
        wall to wall
      

Somehow less worthy:

        Deal a Meal (a set of cards for controlling diet)
        Dip and Strip (an immersive paint removal system)
        Etch a Sketch
        flick your Bic
        hackysack
        Heckle and Jeckle
        Seal a Meal (a system for wrapping leftovers)
        stop and shop
        Tears for Fears
      

Belongs somewhere else:

        back, crack, and sack (a male hair removal treatment)
        flaggin', saggin' and braggin' (to be loyal to one's gang by
          wearing gang colors and low pants, and boasting)
        hangin', bangin' and slangin (descriptive of the social life
          of a gang member)
        hatched, matched, and dispatched (the birth, marriage and
          death announcement section of the )
        mow, blow, and go (a nickname for the itinerant gardeners
          of California)
        mush, gush and lush (favorable criticism produced in exchange
          for cash or foor and drink)
        pack, shack and stack (everything one owns, that is, clothes,
          house, and money)
        pale, male and stale (a complaint about any organization
          dominated by old white men)
        suck, muck and truck (Butte, Montana's approach to the big 
          pit: extract polluted water, mix with lime, and truck it away)
          
        young and dumb and full of come
      

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Last modified on 02 May 2009.