Words that rhyme with shrinking
Shrinking is a 2-syllable word with 94 perfect rhymes. The most popular rhymes are backing, banking, blacking. This word appears in songs across our database, making it a versatile choice for songwriters and poets.
Definition of shrinking
- process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
- the act of becoming less
1 syllable
2 syllables
- backing
- banking
- blacking
- blinking
- booking
- drinking
- hanging
- licking
- liking
- making
- packing
- parking
- sacking
- shocking
- sinking
- soaking
- spanking
- stinking
- taking
- thinking
- ticking
- tracking
- whacking
- winking
- working
- chungking
- clinking
- peking
- viking
- nanking
- hawking
- marking
- ranking
- stocking
- dorking
- inking
- linking
- pinking
- plinking
- slinking
- syncing
- chinking
- finking
- kinking
- prinking
- zincking
- unking
- carking
- brooking
3 syllables
- bloodsucking
- bluestocking
- breathtaking
- dressmaking
- earthshaking
- freethinking
- hardworking
- haymaking
- heartbreaking
- matchmaking
- painstaking
- printmaking
- rainmaking
- stocktaking
- unblinking
- unthinking
- woodworking
- hopsacking
- sleepwalking
- bookmaking
- filmmaking
- rethinking
- reworking
- snowmaking
- spelunking
- streetwalking
- unspeaking
- brickmaking
- stockbroking
- unwinking
Examples of "shrinking" in lyrics
See how shrinking is used at the end of a line in songs:
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"It's not my fault your thoughts are shrinking"
Queen Latifah — Wrath of My Madness -
"Have you whole body shrinking"
RZA/Bobby Digital — Do You Hear the Bells? * -
"women shrinking"
AOL — AOL
What do these rhymes mean?
- backing
- the act of providing approval and support
- banking
- engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and
- blacking
- a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear
- blinking
- closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly; "he stood blinking in the bright sunlight" informal intensifiers
- bloodsucking
- drawing blood from the body of another; "a plague of bloodsucking insects" of plants or persons
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Rhyming tips for songwriters
When using "shrinking" in your lyrics, consider mixing perfect rhymes with near rhymes (slant rhymes) for a more natural flow. Perfect rhymes like backing, banking, blacking create a satisfying resolution, while slant rhymes add variety and keep listeners engaged.
Since "shrinking" has 2 syllables, try matching it with words of similar length for a balanced meter. Multi-syllable rhymes often sound more sophisticated than single-syllable pairs.