Words that rhyme with boak

adj 1: having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells [syn: baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco] 2: of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750 [syn: baroque, Baroque] n 1: the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe [syn: Baroque, Baroque era, Baroque period] 2: elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century [syn: baroque, baroqueness]

n 1: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" [syn: chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke]

adj 1: lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" [syn: broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke]

n 1: a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current [syn: choke, choke coil, choking coil] 2: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine v 1: breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband" 2: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" [syn: choke, gag, fret] 3: wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" [syn: choke, scrag] 4: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [syn: choke, strangle] 5: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke, strangle, suffocate] 6: fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience" 7: check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger" 8: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn: clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul] [ant: unclog] 9: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke] 10: become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" [syn: suffocate, choke] 11: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" [syn: suffocate, choke] 12: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born] 13: reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" [syn: choke, throttle] 14: cause to retch or choke [syn: gag, choke]

n 1: anything that covers or conceals 2: a loose outer garment v 1: hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment" [syn: dissemble, cloak, mask] 2: cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees" [syn: clothe, cloak, drape, robe] 3: cover with or as if with a cloak; "cloaked monks"

n 1: carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal 2: Coca Cola is a trademarked cola [syn: Coca Cola, Coke] 3: street names for cocaine [syn: coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C] v 1: become coke; "petroleum oils coke after distillation"

v 1: call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium" [syn: convoke, convene]

n 1: a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) [syn: croak, croaking] v 1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born] 2: utter a hoarse sound, like a raven [syn: croak, cronk] 3: make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl]

v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke] 2: evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" [syn: provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up] 3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" [syn: educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out] 4: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth] 5: call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness" [syn: suggest, evoke, paint a picture]

n 1: people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" [syn: folk, folks, common people] 2: a social division of (usually preliterate) people [syn: tribe, folk] 3: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry] 4: the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community [syn: folk music, ethnic music, folk]

v 1: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth] 2: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" [syn: invoke, appeal] 3: request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble" [syn: appeal, invoke]

n 1: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" [syn: joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape] 2: activity characterized by good humor [syn: jest, joke, jocularity] 3: a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement [syn: antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on] 4: a triviality not to be taken seriously; "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke" v 1: tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious" [syn: joke, jest] 2: act in a funny or teasing way [syn: joke, jest]

n 1: the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring 2: a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns" [syn: oak, oak tree]

n 1: tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous [syn: poke, pigeon berry, garget, scoke, Phytolacca americana] 2: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke] 3: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases [syn: sack, poke, paper bag, carrier bag] 4: a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" [syn: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting] 5: (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" [syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug] v 1: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" [syn: jab, prod, stab, poke, dig] 2: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office" [syn: intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke] 3: stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace" 4: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist" [syn: thump, pound, poke] 5: make a hole by poking

v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke] 2: evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" [syn: provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up] 3: provide the needed stimulus for [syn: provoke, stimulate] 4: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke]

n 1: the mistake of not following suit when able to do so [syn: revoke, renege] v 1: fail to follow suit when able and required to do so 2: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]

n 1: a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas [syn: smoke, fume] 2: a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles" [syn: smoke, smoking] 3: an indication of some hidden activity; "with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere" 4: something with no concrete substance; "his dreams all turned to smoke"; "it was just smoke and mirrors" 5: tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder [syn: roll of tobacco, smoke] 6: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane] 7: the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks" [syn: smoke, smoking] 8: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" [syn: fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet] v 1: inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" 2: emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming" [syn: fume, smoke]

n 1: the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); "a good soak put life back in the wagon" [syn: soak, soakage, soaking] 2: washing something by allowing it to soak [syn: soak, soaking] v 1: submerge in a liquid; "I soaked in the hot tub for an hour" 2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge] 3: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse] 4: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn, soak, hock] 5: beat severely 6: make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: intoxicate, soak, inebriate] 7: become drunk or drink excessively [syn: souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up] 8: fill, soak, or imbue totally; "soak the bandage with disinfectant" [syn: soak, imbue] 9: heat a metal prior to working it

n 1: support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim [syn: spoke, wheel spoke, radius] 2: one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder [syn: rundle, spoke, rung]

v 1: stir up or tend; of a fire

n 1: (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" [syn: stroke, shot] 2: the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam [syn: throw, stroke, cam stroke] 3: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain [syn: stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA] 4: a light touch 5: a light touch with the hands [syn: stroke, stroking] 6: (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club; "Nicklaus won by three strokes" 7: the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew 8: anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" [syn: accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event] 9: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information [syn: solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix] 10: a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush; "she applied the paint in careful strokes" 11: any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing 12: a single complete movement v 1: touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard" 2: strike a ball with a smooth blow 3: row at a particular rate 4: treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss"

n 1: fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment 2: an oppressive power; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination" 3: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad] 4: a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke; "pulled by a yoke of oxen" 5: support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end 6: a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together [syn: yoke, coupling] 7: stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team v 1: become joined or linked together 2: link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together" [syn: yoke, link] 3: put a yoke on or join with a yoke; "Yoke the draft horses together" [ant: unyoke]

n 1: the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen [syn: egg yolk, yolk] 2: nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) [syn: yolk, vitellus]

n 1: United States writer (born in 1915) [syn: Wouk, Herman Wouk]

n 1: 11th President of the United States; his expansionism led to the Mexican War and the annexation of California and much of the southwest (1795-1849) [syn: Polk, James Polk, James K. Polk, James Knox Polk, President Polk]