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HEAD RHYME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does head rhyme mean?
• HEAD RHYME (noun)
The noun HEAD RHYME has 1 sense:
1. use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Familiarity information: HEAD RHYME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
alliteration; beginning rhyme; head rhyme; initial rhyme
Context example:
around the rock the ragged rascal ran
Hypernyms ("head rhyme" is a kind of...):
rhyme; rime (correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds))
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