Words that rhyme with raffle

  • baffle
    n 1: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy [syn: baffle, baffle board] v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me-- I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound] 2: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk] 3: check the emission of (sound) [syn: baffle, regulate]
  • duffel
    n 1: a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings [syn: duffel bag, duffle bag, duffel, duffle] 2: a coarse heavy woolen fabric [syn: duffel, duffle]
  • falafel
    n 1: small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds [syn: falafel, felafel]
  • gavel
    n 1: a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
  • gravel
    n 1: rock fragments and pebbles [syn: gravel, crushed rock] v 1: 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] 2: cover with gravel; "We gravelled the driveway" 3: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
  • muffle
    n 1: a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature v 1: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress] 2: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down]
  • naval
    adj 1: connected with or belonging to or used in a navy; "naval history"; "naval commander"; "naval vessels"
  • navel
    n 1: a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton" [syn: navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalus] 2: the center point or middle of something; "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe" [syn: navel, navel point]
  • ravel
    n 1: French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937) [syn: Ravel, Maurice Ravel] 2: a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking" [syn: run, ladder, ravel] v 1: disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?" [syn: ravel, unravel, ravel out] [ant: knot, ravel, tangle] 2: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [syn: ravel, tangle, knot] [ant: ravel, ravel out, unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle]
  • reshuffle
    n 1: a redistribution of something; "there was a reshuffle of cabinet officers" 2: shuffling again; "the gambler demanded a reshuffle" [syn: reshuffle, reshuffling] v 1: shuffle again; "So as to prevent cheating, he was asked to reshuffle the cards" 2: reorganize and assign posts to different people; "The new Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet"
  • scuffle
    n 1: disorderly fighting [syn: hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble] 2: a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling [syn: scuffle, scuffle hoe, Dutch hoe] 3: an unceremonious and disorganized struggle [syn: scramble, scuffle] v 1: walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" [syn: shuffle, scuffle, shamble] 2: fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle" [syn: scuffle, tussle]
  • shuffle
    n 1: the act of mixing cards haphazardly [syn: shuffle, shuffling, make] 2: walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" [syn: shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling] v 1: walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" [syn: shuffle, scuffle, shamble] 2: move about, move back and forth; "He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS" 3: mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards" [syn: shuffle, ruffle, mix]
  • snaffle
    n 1: a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb [syn: snaffle, snaffle bit] v 1: get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale" [syn: snap up, snaffle, grab] 2: fit or restrain with a snaffle; "snaffle a horse"
  • snuffle
    n 1: the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) [syn: snuffle, sniffle, snivel] v 1: sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: snuff, snuffle] 2: snuff up mucus through the nose [syn: snuffle, snivel] 3: cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" [syn: snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle]
  • travel
    n 1: the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" [syn: travel, traveling, travelling] 2: a movement through space that changes the location of something [syn: change of location, travel] 3: self-propelled movement [syn: locomotion, travel] v 1: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" [syn: travel, go, move, locomote] [ant: stay in place] 2: undertake a journey or trip [syn: travel, journey] 3: make a trip for pleasure [syn: travel, trip, jaunt] 4: travel upon or across; "travel the oceans" [syn: travel, journey] 5: undergo transportation as in a vehicle; "We travelled North on Rte. 508" 6: travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge [syn: travel, move around]
  • truffle
    n 1: any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe [syn: truffle, earthnut, earth-ball] 2: edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber [syn: truffle, earthnut] 3: creamy chocolate candy [syn: truffle, chocolate truffle]
  • kerfuffle
    n 1: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to- do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle]
  • hafele
  • raffel
  • raphel
  • saffell
  • saffle
  • tafel
  • taffel

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