Words that rhyme with fout

adv 1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" [syn: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so] 2: all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her" [syn: about, around] 3: in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" [syn: about, around] 4: used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around" [syn: about, around] 5: in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around" [syn: about, around] 6: in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play" 7: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" [syn: about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh] adj 1: on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" [syn: about(p), astir(p)]

adj 1: having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients" [ant: chronic] 2: extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" [syn: acute, intense] 3: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp] 4: of an angle; less than 90 degrees [ant: obtuse] 5: ending in a sharp point [syn: acuate, acute, sharp, needlelike] 6: of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds" n 1: a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation [syn: acute accent, acute, ague]

adj 1: marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow" [syn: astute, sharp, shrewd]

n 1: footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg 2: British term for the luggage compartment in a car 3: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick] 4: protective casing for something that resembles a leg 5: an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg [syn: boot, the boot, iron boot, iron heel] 6: a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed 7: the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" [syn: kick, boot, kicking] v 1: kick; give a boot to 2: cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer" [syn: boot, reboot, bring up]

n 1: (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive [syn: turn, bout, round] 2: a period of illness; "a bout of fever"; "a bout of depression" 3: a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers) 4: an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days" [syn: bust, tear, binge, bout]

v 1: tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman" [syn: rumor, rumour, bruit]

adj 1: (of champagne) extremely dry

n 1: a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides 2: a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper

n 1: a target used in archery 2: special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull" [syn: pull, clout] 3: a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood [syn: clout nail, clout] 4: (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" [syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug] v 1: strike hard, especially with the fist; "He clouted his attacker"

n 1: a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work; "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute" v 1: exchange positions without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other" [syn: commute, transpose] 2: travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home 3: change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" [syn: permute, commute, transpose] 4: exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: commute, convert, exchange] 5: exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" [syn: change, exchange, commute, convert]

v 1: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure]

adj 1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn: cunning, cute] 2: obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms" [syn: cute, precious]

adj 1: deeply religious; "a god-fearing and law-abiding people" H.L.Mencken [syn: devout, god-fearing] 2: earnest; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences" [syn: dear, devout, earnest, heartfelt]

n 1: the state of being unsure of something [syn: doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness] [ant: certainty] 2: uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise" [syn: doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness, question] v 1: consider unlikely or have doubts about; "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage" 2: lack confidence in or have doubts about; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother"

n 1: a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown [syn: flute, transverse flute] 2: a tall narrow wineglass [syn: flute, flute glass, champagne flute] 3: a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) [syn: flute, fluting] v 1: form flutes in

n 1: a thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork v 1: bind with grout; "grout the bathtub"

n 1: a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners

n 1: offensive term for a person of German descent [syn: Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry, Hun]

n 1: an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk]

adj 1: expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe [syn: mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless] 2: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [syn: dumb, mute, silent] n 1: a deaf person who is unable to speak [syn: mute, deaf- mute, deaf-and-dumb person] 2: a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument v 1: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down]

adv 1: away from home; "they went out last night" 2: moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden; "the cat came out from under the bed"; 3: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets" [syn: away, out] adj 1: not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out" [ant: safe(p)] 2: being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out" [syn: extinct, out(p)] 3: not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather" 4: out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out" 5: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten] 6: directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket" 7: no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days" 8: outside or external; "the out surface of a ship's hull" 9: outer or outlying; "the out islands" 10: knocked unconscious by a heavy blow [syn: knocked out(p), kayoed, KO'd, out(p), stunned] n 1: (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning" v 1: to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year" [syn: come out of the closet, out, come out] 2: reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent" 3: be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out" [syn: out, come out]

n 1: (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses 2: an entrenched stronghold or refuge

n 1: an established line of travel or access [syn: path, route, itinerary] 2: an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation [syn: road, route] v 1: send documents or materials to appropriate destinations 2: send via a specific route 3: divert in a specified direction; "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders"

v 1: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot]

n 1: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event [syn: lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket] 2: a Boy Scout or Girl Scout 3: someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports) [syn: scout, talent scout] 4: someone who can find paths through unexplored territory [syn: scout, pathfinder, guide] v 1: explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody [syn: scout, reconnoiter, reconnoitre]

n 1: a person regarded as arrogant and annoying [syn: snob, prig, snot, snoot] 2: informal terms for the nose [syn: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz]

n 1: a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose [syn: snout, neb] 2: informal terms for the nose [syn: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz] 3: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils [syn: snout, rostrum]

n 1: an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain v 1: gush forth in a sudden stream or jet; "water gushed forth" [syn: spurt, spirt, gush, spout] 2: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn: rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave]

n 1: any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud 2: a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed) v 1: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" [syn: shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout] 2: put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" [syn: sprout, stock]

adj 1: dependable; "the stalwart citizens at Lexington"; "a stalwart supporter of the UN"; "stout hearts" [syn: stalwart, stout] 2: euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout" [syn: portly, stout] 3: having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; "hardy explorers of northern Canada"; "proud of her tall stalwart son"; "stout seamen"; "sturdy young athletes" [syn: hardy, stalwart, stout, sturdy] n 1: a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops 2: a garment size for a large or heavy person

adv 1: from first to last; "the play was excellent end-to-end" [syn: throughout, end-to-end] 2: used to refer to cited works [syn: passim, throughout]

n 1: flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes 2: any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons

n 1: large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake

n 1: capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean [syn: Bayrut, Beirut, capital of Lebanon]

n 1: collusion; "in cahoots with"