- head rhyme
- noun Date: circa 1943 alliteration
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
head rhyme
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head-rhyme — headˈ rhyme noun Alliteration • • • Main Entry: ↑head … Useful english dictionary
head rhyme — noun use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse around the rock the ragged rascal ran • Syn: ↑alliteration, ↑initial rhyme, ↑beginning rhyme • Derivationally related forms: ↑alliterate (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
head rhyme. — See beginning rhyme. [1940 45] * * * … Universalium
head rhyme. — See beginning rhyme. [1940 45] … Useful english dictionary
head rhyme — noun The use of alliteration at the beginning of stressed syllables … Wiktionary
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