Collins Rhyming Dictionary

1.35 tragacanth, amaranth, coelacanth

1.36 Anne’s, banns, bans, Cannes, cans, clans, Dan’s, fans, glans, Hans, Jan’s, pans, plans, Stan’s, tans, vans, * kaftans, Ray-Bans®, brain scans, bedpans, oilcans, * caravans, Callaghan’s, Marianne’s, artisans, Prestonpans, jerry cans, * Lytham Saint Anne’s, catamarans, etc.

1.37 bap, cap, chap, clap, crap, dap, flap, gap, Gap, hap, Jap, knap, Knapp, lap, Lapp, map, nap, pap, rap, sap, scrap, slap, snap, strap, tap, trap, WAP, wrap, yap, zap, * uncap, unwrap, unstrap, recap, rewrap, enwrap, entrap, * blackcap, madcap, claptrap, mantrap, catnap, mayhap, redcap, death trap, earflap, kneecap, recap, heeltap, mishap, giftwrap, chinstrap, bitmap, kidnap, wiretap, firetrap, nightcap, whitecap, icecap, flytrap, mobcap, stopgap, jockstrap, watchstrap, mousetrap, snowcap, toecap, hubcap, skullcap, mudflap, suntrap, foolscap, dewlap, bootstrap, * rattletrap, Andy Capp, handicap, take the rap, Tonle Sap, overlap, thunderclap, honeytrap, booby trap

1.38 apse, caps, chaps, claps, craps, daps, flaps, gaps, lapse, maps, raps, schnapps, scraps, straps, taps, traps, wraps, yaps, zaps, * perhaps, collapse, unwraps, elapse, relapse, * earflaps, kneecaps, toecaps, prolapse, hubcaps, mudflaps, bootstraps, etc.

1.39 apt, chapped, clapped, flapped, knapped, rapt, strapped, wrapped, * adapt, untapped, unwrapped, unmapped, enwrapped, inapt, * catnapped, kidnapped, snowcapped, * handicapped, readapt, overlapped, etc.

1.40 ass, bass, crass, gas, lass, mass, Mass, sass, strass, TASS, wrasse, vas, * alas, harass, morass, Madras, Patras, amass, Laplace, Alsace, degas, kick ass, crevasse, cuirass, volte-face, en masse, * jackass, badass, Hamas, landmass, Sampras, ACAS, Esdras, tear gas, Mithras, tightass, Ofgas, groundmass, * Calor gas®, sassafras, Candlemas, palliasse, Adidas®, Badedas®, gravitas, Martinmas, Quatermass, demitasse, Pythias, hippocras, Caiaphas, biogas, biomass, Fortinbras, Hudibras, * Tiberias, Leonidas, Herodias, Asturias, * Ozymandias, Herod Antipas, * in vino Veritas, materfamilias, paterfamilias

1.41 asp, hasp

1.42 bast, massed, gassed, hast, * lambast, harassed, amassed, degassed, * bombast, * pederast, cineaste, chloroplast, scholiast, * iconoclast, Elastoplast®, enthusiast

1.43 ash, ASH, Ashe, bash, brash, cache, cash, clash, crash, dash, flash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, MASH, Nash, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, splash, stash, tache, thrash, trash, * abash, unlash, panache, rehash, encash, * slapdash, backlash, gatecrash, rehash, whiplash, mishmash, earbash, eyelash, potash, Saltash, goulash, newsflash, * have a bash, calabash, pebbledash, Johnny Cash, balderdash, water brash, succotash

1.44 bashed, cashed, crashed, flashed, gashed, mashed, smashed, splashed, thrashed, trashed, * abashed, rehashed, * unabashed, etc.

1.45 at, bat, brat, cat, chat, drat, fat, flat, GATT, gnat, hat, mat, matt, Matt, Nat, pat, Pat, plait, plat, prat, Pratt, rat, sat, scat, shat, skat, slat, spat, splat, sprat, tat, that, twat, vat, VAT, * Sadat, cravat, fat cat, rat-tat, Passat®, hard hat, thereat, whereat, expat, Fermat, hereat, begat, resat, howzat, * backchat, hellcat, hepcat, Zermatt, meerkat, brickbat, dingbat, tipcat, Kit Kat®, diktat, Brinks-Mat, chitchat, whinchat, wildcat, combat, wombat, bobcat, tomcat, top hat, doormat, format, cowpat, Croat, polecat, stonechat, numbat, mudcat, Muscat, sunhat, mud flat, muskrat, * concordat, reformat, * acrobat, rat-a-tat, Ararat, caveat, Kattegat, habitat, marrow fat, aerostat, scaredy-cat, baby-sat, Cheshire cat, democrat, Democrat, technocrat, thermostat, rheostat, pitapat, tit-for-tat, ziggurat, Symonds Yat, diplomat, aegrotat, Montserrat, monocrat, copycat, autocrat, automat, Laundromat®, bureaucrat, Eurocrat, Postman Pat, Photostat®, butterfat, pussycat, plutocrat, Rubáiyát, * Jehoshaphat, Magnificat, * aristocrat, requiescat

But thousands die, without or this or that,

Die, and endow a college, or a cat.

ALEXANDER POPE

1.46 bats, brats, cats, chats, flats, gnats, hats, Katz, mats, Matt’s, Pat’s, plaits, rats, SATs, * cravats, congrats, fat cats, expats, * ersatz, dingbats, cowpats, mud flats, etc.

1.47 Cath, Gath, hath, lath, Plath, * aftermath, telepath, psychopath, polymath, * naturopath, osteopath, homeopath, sociopath

1.48 Cath’s, laths, maths, * telepaths, psychopaths, polymaths, etc.

1.49 chav, have, lav, * satnav, Olav

1.50 as, Baz, Chas, Daz®, Gaz, has, jazz, * La Paz, whereas, Shiraz, pizzazz, * Boaz, topaz, * razzmatazz, Alcatraz

2.1 abbey, Abby, cabbie, crabby, flabby, Gaby, gabby, grabby, Rabbie, scabby, shabby, tabby, yabby, Bambi, can be, Ashby, chappie, crappy, flappy, gappy, happy, nappy, pappy, sappy, scrappy, snappy, strappy, yappy, zappy, scampi, * unhappy, * slaphappy, * Newtownabbey, namby-pamby, happy-clappy

2.2 baccy, Bacchae, Blackie, cacky, Jackie, lackey, Mackie, raki, sake, tacky, wacky, cranky, Frankie, hanky, lanky, manky, Sankey, swanky, Yankee, ASCII, Askey, Laski, Spassky, Aggie, baggy, craggy, daggy, draggy, jaggy, Maggie, quaggy, ragi, saggy, scraggy, shaggy, * Iraqi, Baisakhi, Polanski, * Nagasaki, Kawasaki, Yamasaki, teriyaki, sukiyaki, catananche, hanky-panky, Killiecrankie, Widow Twankey, Stanislavsky

2.3 Addy, baddie, caddie, caddy, daddy, faddy, gladdie, had he, laddie, Maddy, paddy, Paddy, Andy, bandy, brandy, candy, dandy, Dandy, Gandhi, handy, Mandy, randy, sandy, shandy, Tandy, batty, catty, chatty, fatty, flattie, Hattie, natty, Patti, patty, ratty, Satie, scatty, Tati, tattie, tatty, ante, anti, Dante, scanty, shanty, Asti, pasty, * Vivaldi, unhandy, chapati, Hanratty, Scarlatti, Bugatti, bacchante, Ashanti, Ferranti, Chianti, Durante, * grandaddy, * finnan haddie, Fittipaldi, Andy Pandy, Rio Grande, Tonypandy, Kiribati, Cincinnati, Alicante, in flagrante, dilettante, vigilante, rhinoplasty, * Asti spumante, * modus operandi

2.4 café, daffy, NAAFI, Taffy, Malfi, navvy, savvy, Canvey, Cathy, Xanthe, * Gaddafi, Amalfi, * cybercafé, Iolanthe

2.5 Ali, alley, Ally, bally, dally, galley, Halley, pally, Raleigh, rally, sally, Sally, scally, tally, valley, Chablis, brambly, haply, amply, blackly, crackly, frankly, Shankly, straggly, waggly, gangly, badly, Bradley, gladly, Hadleigh, madly, sadly, grandly, Attlee, Batley, flatly, rattly, aptly, Bramley, family, Hanley, Manley, manly, Stanley, Langley, Ashley, rashly, Barrie, Barry, Carrie, carry, Cary, Clarrie, Gary, harry, Harry, Larry, marry, parry, Parry, tarry, blackberry, cranberry, lamprey, angry, Crabtree, gantry, pantry, Langtry, * McNally, Aunt Sally, reveille, O’Malley, doolally, exactly, unmanly, Winstanley, Osmanli, glengarry, remarry, miscarry, du Barry, Deganwy, Myfanwy, * peely-wally, Tin Pan Alley, dilly-dally, shillyshally, intermarry, etc.

Of all the girls that are so smart

There’s none like pretty Sally,

She is the darling of my heart,

And she lives in our alley.

HENRY CAREY

2.6 chamois, clammy, gammy, Grammy, hammy, jammy, mammy, ramie, Sammy, shammy, tammy, Tammy, whammy, acme, Lakshmi, Annie, can he, canny, cranny, Danny, fanny, Fanny, granny, nanny, trannie, acne, Hackney, Cagney, Daphne, slangy, tangy, * Miami, uncanny, Giovanni, Evadne, * double whammy, hootenanny, Ariadne, * damn me, sack me, etc.

2.7 Bassey, brassie, Cassie, chassis, gassy, lassie, Lassie, Massey, Plassey, massy, sassy, jacksie, Laxey, maxi, taxi, waxy, Patsy, antsy, Yangtze, Clancy, fancy, Nancy, has he, jazzy, snazzy, Ramsay, Ramsey, pansy, tansy, ashy, flashy, mashie, splashy, trashy, catchy, patchy, scratchy, snatchy, hajji, algae, Algy, Angie, * Manasseh, Apache, Hitachi, Comanche, * Malagasy, Tallahassee, paparazzi, cartomancy, necromancy, * Haile Selassie

2.8 Abba, blabber, crabber, dabber, drabber, grabber, jabber, amber, camber, clamber, mamba, samba, timbre, clapper, crapper, dapper, flapper, grappa, kappa, mapper, nappa, napper, rapper, sapper, scrapper, slapper, snapper, strapper, tapper, trapper, wrapper, yapper, Zappa, zapper, scalper, camper, clamper, damper, hamper, pamper, scamper, stamper, Tampa, tamper, Caspar, jasper, Jasper, * kidnapper, * liquidambar, handicapper, whippersnapper, * viola da gamba, * grab her, trap her, etc.

2.9 backer, blacker, clacker, cracker, Dakar, Dhaka, hacker, knacker, lacker, lacquer, nutcracker, Nutcracker, packer, sacker, slacker, smacker, stacker, tacker, tracker, wacker, Kafka, anchor, banker, canker, chancre, danker, flanker, franker, hanker, rancour, ranker, spanker, tanker, wanker, blagger, bragger, dagger, flagger, gagger, Jagger, lagger, nagger, quagga, ragga, stagger, swagger, alga, anger, Bangor, clangour, kanga, Kanga, languor, manga, * unpacker, attacker, Malacca, maraca, alpaca, Kamchatka, Bianca, Sri Lanka, Alaska, Nebraska, Trafalgar, realgar, Kananga, Northanger, * backpacker, safecracker, shelf-stacker, firecracker, hijacker, skyjacker, wisecracker, bushwhacker, Schumacher, * illywhacker, Casablanca, lingua franca, supertanker, Madagascar, Athabaska, carpetbagger, cloak-and-dagger, * thank her, nag her, etc.

This particularly rapid, unintelligible patter

Isn’t generally heard, and if it is it doesn’t matter.

W. S. GILBERT

2.10 adder, bladder, Claddagh, ladder, madder, sadder, lambda, LAMDA, Banda, blander, candour, dander, gander, grander, panda, pander, sander, stander, Asda, Mazda, attar, batter, chatter, clatter, fatter, flatter, hatter, latter, matter, natter, patter, platter, ratter, satyr, scatter, shatter, spatter, splatter, tatter, ABTA, captor, chapter, raptor, actor, factor, tractor, BAFTA, Yalta, banter, canter, Fanta®, Granta, manta, plantar, ranter, Santa, aster, Astor, pasta, Rasta, raster, Baxter, hamster, gangsta, gangster, * veranda, Amanda, germander, pomander, Menander, backhander, left-hander, Leander, meander, expander, philander, Miranda, right-hander, Lysander, Luanda, Rwanda, Uganda, Buganda, Luganda, two-hander, goosander, ciabatta, Al Fatah, Mad Hatter, Kenyatta, bespatter, regatta, adaptor, protractor, contractor, reactor, detractor, retractor, extractor, refractor, Atlanta, decanter, Vedanta, infanta, levanter, trochanter, cadaster, piastre, pilaster, canasta, Jocasta, * Tadcaster, Lancaster, Doncaster, * stepladder, Laplander, Queenslander, bystander, Icelander, * Esmeralda, jacaranda, salamander, Afrikander, Netherlander, memoranda, chest-expander, gerrymander, propaganda, oleander, coriander, Parramatta, antimatter, pitter-patter, overmatter, malefactor, benefactor, chiropractor, subcontractor, Atalanta, tam-o’-shanter, alabaster, poetaster, Zoroaster, * Anaximander, velociraptor, cotoneaster, * virgo intacta, * forbade her, sacked her, etc.

2.11 chaffer, gaffer, Jaffa, Shaffer, Staffa, Agfa, alpha, Balfour, camphor, chamfer, slaver, salver, salvor, naphtha, anther, panther, blather, gather, lather, Mather, * alfalfa, cadaver, Samantha, ingather, foregather, * Luftwaffe, quacksalver, * pyracantha, * chaff her, have her, etc.

2.12 Allah, Bala, Calor®, pallor, valour, babbler, dabbler, gabbler, ambler, Ambler, gambler, rambler, scrambler, trampler, cackler, haggler, straggler, angler, strangler, wrangler, Adler, paddler, saddler, Sadler, handler, battler, prattler, rattler, Tatler, tattler, antler, dazzler, ashlar, Barra, Farrah, para, Varah, Vanbrugh, chakra, bhangra, Sandra, Tantra, mantra, Aphra, camera, CAMRA, Basra, aqua, stature, Anya, Vanya, * Valhalla, Alhambra, podagra, pellagra, Niagara, Viagra®, Cassandra, Biafra, subaqua, Managua, lasagne, Britannia, * Alexandra, Cleopatra, * Caracalla, bobby-dazzler, Nicaragua, * abracadabra, etc.

2.13 clamour, crammer, gamma, glamour, grammar, hammer, jammer, mamma, rammer, scammer, shammer, slammer, stammer, yammer, drachma, agma, magma, asthma, Alma, halma, Palma, palmar, Cranmer, plasma, Anna, banner, Branagh, canner, Hanna, Hannah, manna, manner, manor, nana, planner, scanner, spanner, tanner, Abner, Wagner, Radnor, Patna, Ratner, Shatner, banger, clanger, clangour, ganger, hangar, hanger, Langer, Sanger, * enamour, syntagma, Mahatma, miasma, Havana, Kavanagh, savanna, Savannah, Alannah, Fermanagh, bandanna, Diana, Guiana, Guyana, Montana, goanna, Joanna, hosanna, Susanna, Stavanger, haranguer, * sledgehammer, windjammer, programmer, straphanger, head-banger, cliffhanger, * Alabama, yellowhammer, Santa Ana, caravanner, Indiana, Pollyanna, paperhanger, doppelgänger, * Louisiana, * ipecacuanha, * damn her, outran her, etc.

It’s awf’lly bad luck on Diana,

Her ponies have swallowed their bits;

She fished down their throats with a spanner

And frightened them all into fits.

JOHN BETJEMAN

2.14 gasser, NASA, Nasser, Yasser, lapser, Saxa, taxer, waxer, Khalsa, salsa, cancer, Cancer, Hansa, Gazza, Lanza, panzer, stanza, azure, Asher, dasher, flasher, gnasher, Jascha, lasher, masher, pasha, rasher, Sacha, slasher, smasher, thrasher, Hampshire, catcher, dacha, Hatcher, patcher, scratcher, snatcher, stature, thatcher, Thatcher, capture, rapture, fracture, badger, cadger, Alger, ganja, grandeur, * amasser, madrasah, Nyasa, Mombasa, relapser, relaxer, piazza, merganser, romancer, Balthazar, Belshazzar, Braganza, bonanza, organza, Natasha, focaccia, dispatcher, recapture, enrapture, contracture, gastralgia, myalgia, nostalgia, neuralgia, phalanger, * gate-crasher, rat-catcher, backscratcher, flycatcher, spycatcher, cowcatcher, * necromancer, Salmanazar, haberdasher, cradle snatcher, oystercatcher, manufacture, * extravaganza, * antimacassar, * splash her, scratch her, etc.

2.15 Arab, carob, scarab

2.16 Braddock, Craddock, haddock, Madoc, paddock, shaddock, mattock, havoc, arrack, barrack, carrack, hammock, bannock, Cannock, Lanark, Rannoch, Zanuck, cassock, hassock, * Caradoc, Portmadoc

cage me and i d go frantic

my life is so romantic