Words that rhyme with bruch

• book 0
  n 1: a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" 2: physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" [syn: book, volume] 3: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books" [syn: record, record book, book] 4: a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance [syn: script, book, playscript] 5: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" [syn: ledger, leger, account book, book of account, book] 6: a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game 7: a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here" [syn: book, rule book] 8: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book] 9: the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word] 10: a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah" 11: a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps" v 1: engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo" 2: arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's" [syn: reserve, hold, book] 3: record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man" 4: register in a hotel booker
• clutch 0
  n 1: the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing" [syn: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold] 2: a tense critical situation; "he is a good man in the clutch" 3: a number of birds hatched at the same time 4: a collection of things or persons to be handled together [syn: batch, clutch] 5: a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand [syn: clutch bag, clutch] 6: a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other" [syn: clutch, clutch pedal] 7: a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism; "this year's model has an improved clutch" v 1: take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" [syn: seize, prehend, clutch] 2: hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared" [syn: cling to, hold close, hold tight, clutch] 3: affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease" [syn: seize, clutch, get hold of]
• cook 0
  n 1: someone who cooks food 2: English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) [syn: Cook, James Cook, Captain Cook, Captain James Cook] v 1: prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook" 2: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make, prepare] 3: transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" 4: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent] 5: transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"
• crutch 0
  n 1: a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking 2: anything that serves as an expedient; "he uses drugs as a psychological crutch"
• cutch 0
  n 1: tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas [syn: cutch, kutch]
• declutch 0
  v 1: disengage the clutch of a car
• hook 0
  n 1: a catch for locking a door 2: a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook [syn: hook, crotchet] 3: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come- on, hook, lure, sweetener] 4: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something [syn: hook, claw] 5: a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something 6: a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking" [syn: hook, draw, hooking] 7: a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent 8: a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket [syn: hook shot, hook] v 1: fasten with a hook [ant: unhook] 2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge] 3: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day" [syn: crochet, hook] 4: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left 5: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom] 6: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift] 7: hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly" 8: catch with a hook; "hook a fish" 9: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) [syn: addict, hook] 10: secure with the foot; "hook the ball" 11: entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" [syn: hook, snare] 12: approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" [syn: hook, solicit, accost]
• hutch 0
  n 1: a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals 2: small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty]
• insomuch 0
  adv 1: to such an extent or degree; so
• look 0
  n 1: the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" [syn: expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face] 2: the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him" [syn: look, looking, looking at] 3: physical appearance; "I don't like the looks of this place" 4: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell] v 1: perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!" 2: give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" [syn: look, appear, seem] 3: have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery" 4: search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" [syn: search, look] 5: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" [syn: front, look, face] [ant: back] 6: take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business" [syn: attend, take care, look, see] 7: convey by one's expression; "She looked her devotion to me" 8: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect, look, await, wait] 9: accord in appearance with; "You don't look your age!" 10: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon]
• much 0
  adv 1: to a great degree or extent; "she's much better now" 2: very; "he was much annoyed" 3: to a very great degree or extent; "I feel a lot better"; "we enjoyed ourselves very much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a great deal" [syn: a lot, lots, a good deal, a great deal, much, very much] 4: (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god" [syn: much, practically] 5: frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much" [syn: much, a great deal, often] adj 1: (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage" [ant: little(a), slight] n 1: a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"
• nonesuch 0
  n 1: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch]
• nonsuch 0
  n 1: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch]
• nook 0
  n 1: a sheltered and secluded place 2: an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room" [syn: corner, nook]
• overmuch 0
  adv 1: more than necessary; "she eats too much"; "let's not blame them overmuch" [syn: overmuch, too much] adj 1: very great in quantity; overabundant; "showed overmuch affection" n 1: a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four- year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email" [syn: overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance]
• rook 0
  n 1: (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard [syn: castle, rook] 2: common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow [syn: rook, Corvus frugilegus] v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
• schnook 0
  n 1: (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised; "don't be such an apologetic shnook" [syn: schnook, shnook]
• shook 0
  n 1: a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
• smutch 0
  v 1: make a smudge on; soil by smudging [syn: smear, blur, smudge, smutch]
• such 0
  adv 1: to so extreme a degree; "he is such a baby"; "Such rich people!" adj 1: of so extreme a degree or extent; "such weeping"; "so much weeping"; "such a help"; "such grief"; "never dreamed of such beauty"
• touch 0
  n 1: the event of something coming in contact with the body; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air" [syn: touch, touching] 2: the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands); "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us" [syn: touch, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses] 3: a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face" [syn: touch, trace, ghost] 4: a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch" [syn: touch, signature] 5: the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights" [syn: touch, touching] 6: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon] 7: a communicative interaction; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues" [syn: contact, touch] 8: a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism" [syn: touch, spot] 9: the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan); "he watched the beggar trying to make a touch" 10: the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling" [syn: touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling] 11: deftness in handling matters; "he has a master's touch" 12: the feel of mechanical action; "this piano has a wonderful touch" v 1: make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" 2: perceive via the tactile sense; "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her" 3: affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" [syn: touch, stir] 4: be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with] 5: be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" [syn: touch, adjoin, meet, contact] 6: have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" [syn: affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch] 7: deal with; usually used with a form of negation; "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "The local Mafia won't touch gambling" 8: cause to be in brief contact with; "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks" 9: to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall" [syn: reach, extend to, touch] 10: be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents" [syn: equal, touch, rival, match] 11: tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!" [syn: touch, disturb] 12: make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" [syn: allude, touch, advert] 13: comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem" 14: consume; "She didn't touch her food all night" [syn: partake, touch] 15: color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November" [syn: tint, tinct, tinge, touch]
• gluck 0
  n 1: German composer of more than 100 operas (1714-1787) [syn: Gluck, Christoph Willibald von Gluck]
• dutch 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture; "Dutch painting"; "Dutch painters" n 1: the people of the Netherlands; "the Dutch are famous for their tulips" [syn: Dutch, Dutch people] 2: the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
• kutch 0
  n 1: tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas [syn: cutch, kutch]
• cooke 0
  n 1: United States journalist (born in England in 1908) [syn: Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke] 2: United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905) [syn: Cooke, Jay Cooke]
• hooke 0
  n 1: English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703) [syn: Hooke, Robert Hooke]
• chook 0
• forasmuch 0
• inasmuch 0
• took 0
• buch 0
• stook 0
• brugh 0
• buche 0
• butsch 0
• duch 0
• dusch 0
• futch 0
• huch 0
• kuch 0
• kutsch 0
• mutch 0
• mutsch 0
• ruch 0
• scutch 0
• sutch 0
• szuch 0
• tuch 0
• zuch 0
• flook 0
• rooke 0
• lehmbruck 0

See also bruch definition