Words that rhyme with couple

  • befuddle
    v 1: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate] 2: make stupid with alcohol [syn: befuddle, fuddle]
  • bubble
    n 1: a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) 2: a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble" [syn: house of cards, bubble] 3: an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble" 4: a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic v 1: form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling" 2: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle] 3: rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles; "bubble to the surface" 4: cause to form bubbles; "bubble gas through a liquid" 5: expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table" [syn: burp, bubble, belch, eruct]
  • buckle
    n 1: fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong 2: a shape distorted by twisting or folding [syn: warp, buckle] v 1: fasten with a buckle or buckles [syn: buckle, clasp] [ant: unbuckle] 2: fold or collapse; "His knees buckled" [syn: buckle, crumple] 3: bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave" [syn: heave, buckle, warp]
  • chuckle
    n 1: a soft partly suppressed laugh [syn: chortle, chuckle] v 1: laugh quietly or with restraint [syn: chuckle, chortle, laugh softly]
  • cuddle
    n 1: a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace [syn: cuddle, nestle, snuggle] v 1: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags" [syn: cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close] 2: hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth; "I cuddled the baby"
  • decouple
    v 1: disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds" [syn: uncouple, decouple] [ant: couple, couple on, couple up] 2: regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology" [syn: decouple, dissociate] [ant: associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in] 3: eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive) 4: reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)
  • double
    adv 1: downward and forward; "he was bent double with pain" 2: two together; "some people sleep better double" 3: to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright" [syn: doubly, double, twice] adj 1: having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison [syn: double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-fold] 2: consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure" [syn: double, dual, duple] 3: twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase" [syn: double, doubled, twofold, two-fold] 4: used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements; "double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical" [ant: single] 5: used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis [syn: bivalent, double] [ant: multivalent, univalent] 6: large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room" 7: having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue" [syn: double, forked] n 1: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield" [syn: double, two- base hit, two-bagger, two-baser] 2: a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable" [syn: double, stunt man, stunt woman] 3: someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother" [syn: double, image, look-alike] 4: a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the double of 18" 5: raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff" [syn: doubling, double] v 1: increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years" [syn: double, duplicate] 2: hit a two-base hit 3: bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He doubled and vomited violently" [syn: double over, double, double up] 4: do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary" 5: bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) 6: make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" [syn: duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate]
  • huddle
    n 1: (informal) a quick private conference [syn: huddle, powwow] 2: a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women" v 1: crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!" [syn: huddle, huddle together] 2: crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain" [syn: huddle, cower]
  • juggle
    n 1: the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression [syn: juggle, juggling] 2: throwing and catching several objects simultaneously [syn: juggle, juggling] v 1: influence by slyness [syn: juggle, beguile, hoodwink] 2: manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit" 3: deal with simultaneously; "She had to juggle her job and her children" 4: throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously 5: hold with difficulty and balance insecurely; "the player juggled the ball"
  • knuckle
    n 1: a joint of a finger when the fist is closed [syn: knuckle, knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint] v 1: press or rub with the knuckles 2: shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
  • muddle
    n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother] 2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish] v 1: make into a puddle; "puddled mire" [syn: muddle, puddle] 2: mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [syn: addle, muddle, puddle]
  • puddle
    n 1: a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry 2: a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood" [syn: pool, puddle] 3: something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines" [syn: pool, puddle] v 1: wade or dabble in a puddle; "The ducks and geese puddled in the backyard" 2: subject to puddling or form by puddling; "puddle iron" 3: dip into mud before planting; "puddle young plants" 4: work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud 5: mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint" 6: make into a puddle; "puddled mire" [syn: muddle, puddle] 7: make a puddle by splashing water 8: mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues" [syn: addle, muddle, puddle] 9: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water]
  • quintuple
    adj 1: having five units or components [syn: quintuple, fivefold, five-fold] n 1: a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn: quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple] v 1: increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled"
  • rubble
    n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]
  • ruddle
    n 1: a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking [syn: ruddle, reddle, raddle] v 1: twist or braid together, interlace [syn: raddle, ruddle] 2: redden as if with a red ocher color
  • scuttle
    n 1: container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire [syn: scuttle, coal scuttle] 2: an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship [syn: hatchway, opening, scuttle] v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle]
  • shuttle
    n 1: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers [syn: shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle] 2: public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points 3: bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads v 1: travel back and forth between two points
  • smuggle
    v 1: import or export without paying customs duties; "She smuggled cigarettes across the border"
  • snuggle
    n 1: a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace [syn: cuddle, nestle, snuggle] v 1: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags" [syn: cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close] 2: position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow" [syn: nestle, snuggle]
  • struggle
    n 1: an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" [syn: struggle, battle] 2: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"-- Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: conflict, struggle, battle] 3: strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her" v 1: make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath" [syn: fight, struggle] 2: to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope" 3: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter] 4: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" [syn: contend, fight, struggle]
  • stubble
    n 1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble] 2: short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
  • subtle
    adj 1: difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul" [syn: elusive, subtle] 2: able to make fine distinctions; "a subtle mind" 3: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison" [syn: insidious, pernicious, subtle]
  • suckle
    v 1: suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily" 2: give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" [syn: breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck] [ant: bottlefeed]
  • supple
    adj 1: moving and bending with ease [syn: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike] 2: (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination" [syn: limber, supple] 3: (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely [syn: limber, supple] v 1: make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use"
  • thermocouple
    n 1: a kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to the temperature difference [syn: thermocouple, thermocouple junction]
  • trouble
    n 1: a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?" [syn: trouble, problem] 2: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: fuss, trouble, bother, hassle] 3: an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" 4: an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty" [syn: trouble, difficulty] 5: a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles" [syn: worry, trouble] 6: an unwanted pregnancy; "he got several girls in trouble" v 1: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" [syn: disturb, upset, trouble] 2: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother] 3: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder] 4: take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" [syn: trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself] 5: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed [syn: trouble, ail, pain]
  • truckle
    n 1: a low bed to be slid under a higher bed [syn: trundle bed, trundle, truckle bed, truckle] v 1: yield to out of weakness 2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]
  • uncouple
    v 1: disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds" [syn: uncouple, decouple] [ant: couple, couple on, couple up]
  • buccal
    adj 1: of or relating to or toward the cheek 2: lying within the mouth; "a buccal gland" 3: oriented toward the inside of the cheek; "the buccal aspect of the gum"
  • pupal
    adj 1: of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage; "the pupal stage"
  • episcopal
    adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church; "the Episcopal hierarchy"; "married by an Episcopalian minister" [syn: Episcopal, Episcopalian] 2: denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops [syn: episcopal, pontifical]
  • huckle
  • ruppel

See also couple definition and couple synonyms