Words that rhyme with hoffer

n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]

n 1: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: fuss, trouble, bother, hassle] 2: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass] v 1: 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] 2: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil] 3: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother] 4: intrude or enter uninvited; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers" 5: make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" 6: make confused or perplexed or puzzled

n 1: an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [syn: coffer, caisson, lacuna] 2: a chest especially for storing valuables

n 1: an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer

n 1: the verbal act of offering; "a generous offer of assistance" [syn: offer, offering] 2: something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" [syn: offer, offering] 3: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer] v 1: make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms" 2: present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink" [syn: offer, proffer] 3: agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it" [syn: volunteer, offer] 4: put forward for consideration; "He offered his opinion" 5: offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy" [syn: offer, extend] 6: make available for sale; "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week" 7: propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting" [syn: offer, bid, tender] 8: produce or introduce on the stage; "The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month" 9: present as an act of worship; "offer prayers to the gods" [syn: offer, offer up] 10: mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance" [syn: put up, provide, offer] 11: make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" [syn: extend, offer] 12: ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman" [syn: propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question] 13: threaten to do something; "I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal"

n 1: a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" [syn: suggestion, proposition, proffer] v 1: present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink" [syn: offer, proffer]

n 1: someone who eats food rapidly and greedily [syn: scoffer, gorger] 2: someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision [syn: scoffer, flouter, mocker, jeerer]

n 1: a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman) [syn: goffer, gopher] 2: an iron used to press pleats and ridges [syn: goffer, gauffer, goffering iron, gauffering iron] 3: an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats [syn: goffer, gauffer] v 1: make wavy with a heated goffering iron; "goffer the trim of the dress" [syn: gauffer, goffer]

n 1: a person who drinks heartily