Words that rhyme with cough

• blastoff 0
  n 1: the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination [syn: blastoff, shot]
• coif 0
  n 1: the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) [syn: hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif] 2: a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law v 1: cover with a coif 2: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure]
• doff 0
  v 1: remove; "He doffed his hat"
• falloff 0
  n 1: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" [syn: slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off]
• layoff 0
  n 1: the act of laying off an employee or a work force
• off 0
  adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach" [syn: away, off, forth] 2: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century" [syn: off, away] 3: no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache" adj 1: not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off" [ant: on] 2: below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off" 3: (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off" [syn: off, cancelled] [ant: on] 4: in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn: off, sour, turned] 5: not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday" v 1: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove]
• payoff 0
  n 1: the final payment of a debt [syn: payoff, final payment] 2: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment [syn: bribe, payoff] 3: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" [syn: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff] 4: a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward" [syn: wages, reward, payoff]
• pilaf 0
  n 1: rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes [syn: pilaf, pilaff, pilau, pilaw]
• playoff 0
  n 1: any final competition to determine a championship
• quaff 0
  n 1: a hearty draft v 1: to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men gulped down their beers" [syn: gulp, quaff, swig]
• runoff 0
  n 1: the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity [syn: overflow, runoff, overspill] 2: a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner
• scoff 0
  n 1: showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing] v 1: laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" [syn: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe] 2: treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" [syn: scoff, flout]
• standoff 0
  n 1: the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie" [syn: draw, standoff, tie] 2: the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand [syn: repulsion, standoff]
• takeoff 0
  n 1: a departure; especially of airplanes 2: the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne 3: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on] 4: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: parody, mockery, takeoff]
• toff 0
  n 1: informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person [syn: toff, nob]
• trough 0
  n 1: a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) 2: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater [syn: gutter, trough] 3: a concave shape with an open top [syn: bowl, trough] 4: a treasury for government funds [syn: public treasury, trough, till] 5: a long narrow shallow receptacle 6: a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed [syn: manger, trough]
• turnoff 0
  n 1: something causing antagonism or loss of interest [syn: turnoff, negative stimulation] 2: a side road where you can turn off; "I missed the turnoff and went 15 miles out of my way"
• chekhov 0
  n 1: Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904) [syn: Chekhov, Chekov, Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekov, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Chekov]
• cutoff 0
  n 1: a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated 2: a route shorter than the usual one [syn: shortcut, cutoff, crosscut] 3: a device that terminates the flow in a pipe
• kaph 0
  n 1: the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
• nabokov 0
  n 1: United States writer (born in Russia) (1899-1977) [syn: Nabokov, Vladimir Nabokov, Vladimir vladimirovich Nabokov]
• krakow 0
  n 1: an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula [syn: Cracow, Krakow, Krakau]
• qoph 0
  n 1: the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
• kickoff 0
  n 1: (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score 2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle] 3: a start given to contestants; "I was there with my parents at the kickoff" [syn: kickoff, send-off, start-off]
• knockoff 0
  n 1: an unauthorized copy or imitation [syn: knockoff, clone]
• liftoff 0
  n 1: the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad
• markoff 0
  n 1: Russian mathematician (1856-1922) [syn: Markov, Andrei Markov, Markoff, Andre Markoff]
• tradeoff 0
  n 1: an exchange that occurs as a compromise; "I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine" [syn: tradeoff, trade-off]
• metchnikoff 0
  n 1: Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916) [syn: Metchnikoff, Elie Metchnikoff, Metchnikov, Elie Metchnikov, Ilya Ilich Metchnikov]
• kharkov 0
  n 1: a city in northeastern Ukraine; former capital of the Ukraine [syn: Kharkov, Kharkiv]
• zhukov 0
  n 1: Soviet general who during World Warr II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974) [syn: Zhukov, Georgi Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov]
• shutoff 0
• hough 0
• castoff 0
• asaf 0
• croff 0
• groff 0
• hauf 0
• hauff 0
• hoff 0
• knauf 0
• knauff 0
• knoff 0
• knopf 0
• lauf 0
• roff 0
• schoff 0
• schroff 0
• shoff 0
• shroff 0
• skoff 0
• stauff 0
• stoff 0
• baraff 0
• christophe 0
• mcgoff 0
• boff 0
• goff 0
• gough 0
• haaf 0
• hof 0
• joffe 0
• mof 0
• poff 0
• roffe 0
• schaaf 0
• taaffe 0
• koff 0
• checkoff 0
• caph 0
• coff 0
• qaf 0
• koph 0
• pskov 0
• chincough 0
• dummkopf 0
• minkoff 0
• rakoff 0
• rockoff 0
• rykoff 0
• shicoff 0
• spinoff 0
• tipoff 0
• kolokoff 0
• malenkov 0
• milyukov 0
• patricof 0
• ribicoff 0
• selikoff 0
• tartikoff 0
• gorchakov 0
• kafelnikov 0
• lopatnikov 0
• shcherbakov 0
• wikoff 0
• wyckoff 0
• wycoff 0
• wykoff 0
• chirikof 0
• primakov 0

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