Words that rhyme with horseshoes

  • abuse
    n 1: cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse" [syn: maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse] 2: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" [syn: abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification] 3: improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds" [syn: misuse, abuse] v 1: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat] 2: change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" [syn: pervert, misuse, abuse] 3: use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher" [syn: abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout] 4: use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"
  • accuse
    v 1: bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" [syn: accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate] 2: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference" [syn: charge, accuse]
  • amuse
    v 1: occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies" [syn: amuse, divert, disport] 2: make (somebody) laugh; "The clown amused the children"
  • bemuse
    v 1: cause to be confused emotionally [syn: bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw]
  • blues
    n 1: a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes 2: a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues" [syn: blues, blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours]
  • booze
    n 1: an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented [syn: liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink] v 1: consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn: drink, booze, fuddle]
  • bruise
    n 1: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration [syn: bruise, contusion] v 1: injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee" [syn: bruise, contuse] 2: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" [syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite] 3: break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them" 4: damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
  • choose
    v 1: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" [syn: choose, take, select, pick out] 2: select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast" [syn: choose, prefer, opt] 3: see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"
  • confuse
    v 1: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" [syn: confuse, confound] 2: 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] 3: cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" [syn: confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off] 4: assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: jumble, confuse, mix up] 5: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate]
  • cruise
    n 1: an ocean trip taken for pleasure [syn: cruise, sail] v 1: drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure; "She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible" 2: travel at a moderate speed; "Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude" 3: look for a sexual partner in a public place; "The men were cruising the park" 4: sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing; "We were cruising in the Caribbean"
  • cruse
    n 1: small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)
  • shrew
    n 1: a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman [syn: shrew, termagant] 2: small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles [syn: shrew, shrewmouse]
  • skew
    adj 1: having an oblique or slanting direction or position; "the picture was skew" [syn: skew, skewed] v 1: turn or place at an angle; "the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed" [ant: adjust, align, aline, line up]
  • slew
    n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut] 2: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide]
  • slue
    v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut] 2: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide]
  • spew
    v 1: expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer" [syn: spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue] 2: eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate" [syn: spew, spew out, eruct] 3: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
  • stew
    n 1: agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams" [syn: fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither] 2: food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables v 1: be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn: grizzle, brood, stew] 2: bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings [syn: stew, grudge] 3: cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine"
  • strew
    v 1: spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet" [syn: strew, straw] 2: cover; be dispersed over; "Dead bodies strewed the ground"
  • sue
    n 1: French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857) [syn: Sue, Eugene Sue] v 1: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" [syn: action, sue, litigate, process]
  • through
    adv 1: from beginning to end; "read this book through" 2: over the whole distance; "this bus goes through to New York" 3: to completion; "think this through very carefully!" 4: in diameter; "this cylinder measures 15 inches through" 5: throughout the entire extent; "got soaked through in the rain"; "I'm frozen through"; "a letter shot through with the writer's personality"; "knew him through and through"; "boards rotten through and through" [syn: through, through and through] adj 1: having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies" [syn: done, through, through with(p)] 2: (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes; "a through street"; "a through bus"; "through traffic"
  • too
    adv 1: to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits; "too big" [syn: excessively, overly, to a fault, too] 2: in addition; "he has a Mercedes, too" [syn: besides, too, also, likewise, as well]
  • true
    adv 1: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" [syn: true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly] adj 1: consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement" [ant: false] 2: accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target" [syn: true, dead on target] 3: devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them" 4: expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person" [syn: truthful, true] [ant: untruthful] 5: conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician" 6: worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable sourcSFLe of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me" [syn: dependable, honest, reliable, true(p)] 7: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief" [syn: genuine, true(a), unfeigned] 8: rightly so called; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men have always admired"; "a true friend" 9: determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the magnetic poles; "true north is geographic north" 10: having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king" [syn: true(a), lawful, rightful(a)] 11: in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note" [syn: on-key, true] 12: accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true" [syn: true, straight] n 1: proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true" v 1: make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine" [syn: true, true up]
  • two
    adj 1: being one more than one; "he received two messages" [syn: two, 2, ii] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number [syn: two, 2, II, deuce] 2: one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots [syn: deuce, two]
  • view
    n 1: a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view" [syn: position, view, perspective] 2: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama] 3: the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited" [syn: view, survey, sight] 4: the range of the eye; "they were soon out of view" [syn: view, eyeshot] 5: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" [syn: opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought] 6: a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" [syn: opinion, view] 7: purpose; the phrase `with a view to' means `with the intention of' or `for the purpose of'; "he took the computer with a view to pawning it" 8: graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" [syn: scene, view] 9: the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" [syn: horizon, view, purview] 10: outward appearance; "they look the same in outward view" v 1: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider, reckon, view, regard] 2: look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem" [syn: view, consider, look at] 3: see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie" [syn: watch, view, see, catch, take in]
  • who
    n 1: a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services [syn: World Health Organization, WHO]
  • woo
    v 1: seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia" [syn: woo, court] 2: make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" [syn: woo, court, romance, solicit]
  • yew
    n 1: wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows 2: any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup- shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
  • zoo
    n 1: the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition [syn: menagerie, zoo, zoological garden]
  • goo
    n 1: any thick, viscous matter [syn: sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze]
  • jew
    n 1: a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties [syn: Jew, Hebrew, Israelite]
  • mu
    n 1: the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
  • wu
    n 1: a dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta [syn: Wu, Wu dialect, Shanghai dialect]
  • accrues
  • boos
  • brews
  • canoes
  • chews
  • choux
  • clues
  • coups
  • crews
  • cues
  • threw
  • tissues
  • to
  • whew
  • you
  • hugh
  • kew
  • lou
  • crewe

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