Words that rhyme with tokay

• allay 0
  v 1: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, allay, relieve, ease] 2: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [syn: quench, slake, allay, assuage]
• array 0
  n 1: an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order" 2: an impressive display; "it was a bewildering array of books"; "his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall" 3: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: array, raiment, regalia] 4: an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics v 1: lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" [syn: range, array, lay out, set out] 2: align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn: align, array]
• assay 0
  n 1: an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress" [syn: assay, check] 2: a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components 3: a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance 4: a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc. v 1: analyze (chemical substances) 2: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn: try, seek, attempt, essay, assay]
• astray 0
  adv 1: away from the right path or direction; "he was led astray" 2: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn: wide, astray]
• away 0
  adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach" [syn: away, off, forth] 2: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets" [syn: away, out] 3: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn: aside, away] 4: out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away" 5: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century" [syn: off, away] 6: indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it" 7: so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away" 8: freely or at will; "fire away!" 9: in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away" 10: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" [syn: away, aside] 11: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside, by, away] adj 1: not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away" 2: used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" [ant: home(a)] 3: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch" [syn: away, outside]
• aweigh 0
  adj 1: (used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom; "anchors aweigh" 2: (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom [syn: aweigh, atrip]
• ballet 0
  n 1: a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers [syn: ballet, concert dance] 2: music written for a ballet
• bay 0
  adj 1: (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf [syn: bay, embayment] 2: the sound of a hound on the scent 3: small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors [syn: true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis] 4: a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; "they put him in the sick bay" 5: a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; "he opened the bomb bay" 6: a small recess opening off a larger room [syn: alcove, bay] 7: a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color v 1: utter in deep prolonged tones 2: bark with prolonged noises, of dogs [syn: bay, quest]
• beret 0
  n 1: a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth
• betray 0
  v 1: reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" [syn: betray, bewray] 2: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" [syn: betray, sell] 3: disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis" [syn: fail, betray] 4: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" [syn: cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander] 5: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag] 6: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" [syn: deceive, betray, lead astray] [ant: undeceive]
• bidet 0
  n 1: a basin for washing genitals and anal area
• bouquet 0
  n 1: an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present [syn: bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay] 2: a pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness]
• bray 0
  n 1: the cry of an ass v 1: braying characteristic of donkeys [syn: hee-haw, bray] 2: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute] 3: laugh loudly and harshly
• cachet 0
  n 1: an indication of approved or superior status [syn: cachet, seal, seal of approval] 2: a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal [syn: cachet, lettre de cachet] 3: a seal on a letter
• cafe 0
  n 1: a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold [syn: cafe, coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar]
• cay 0
  n 1: a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida [syn: key, cay, Florida key]
• chalet 0
  n 1: a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style
• clay 0
  n 1: a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired 2: water soaked soil; soft wet earth [syn: mud, clay] 3: United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978) [syn: Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay] 4: United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) [syn: Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser] 5: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay" [syn: cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains]
• convey 0
  v 1: make known; pass on, of information; "She conveyed the message to me" 2: serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" [syn: carry, convey, express] 3: transfer to another; "communicate a disease" [syn: convey, transmit, communicate] 4: transmit a title or property 5: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel] 6: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" [syn: bring, convey, take] 7: go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" [syn: bring, get, convey, fetch] [ant: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away]
• crochet 0
  n 1: needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle [syn: crochet, crocheting] v 1: create by looping or crocheting; "crochet a bedspread" 2: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day" [syn: crochet, hook]
• croquet 0
  n 1: a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg v 1: drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball" 2: play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops
• day 0
  n 1: time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" [syn: day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day] 2: some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual" 3: a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day" 4: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: day, daytime, daylight] [ant: dark, night, nighttime] 5: the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working); "my day began early this morning"; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange"; "she called it a day and went to bed" 6: an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day" 7: the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?" 8: the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day [syn: sidereal day, day] 9: a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day" 10: United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935) [syn: Day, Clarence Day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr.]
• decay 0
  n 1: the process of gradually becoming inferior 2: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn: decay, decline] 3: the organic phenomenon of rotting [syn: decay, decomposition] 4: an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair" 5: the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation [syn: decay, radioactive decay, disintegration] v 1: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process" [syn: disintegrate, decay, decompose] 2: fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay" [syn: decay, crumble, dilapidate] 3: undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
• disobey 0
  v 1: refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" [ant: obey]
• display 0
  n 1: something intended to communicate a particular impression; "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested" [syn: display, show] 2: something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art" [syn: display, exhibit, showing] 3: a visual representation of something [syn: display, presentation] 4: behavior that makes your feelings public; "a display of emotion" 5: exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage" 6: an electronic device that represents information in visual form [syn: display, video display] v 1: to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" [syn: expose, exhibit, display] 2: attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals
• dossier 0
  n 1: a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)
• dray 0
  n 1: a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage [syn: dray, camion]
• essay 0
  n 1: an analytic or interpretive literary composition 2: a tentative attempt v 1: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn: try, seek, attempt, essay, assay] 2: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay]
• filet 0
  n 1: a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef [syn: fillet, filet] 2: a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish [syn: fillet, filet, fish fillet, fish filet] 3: lace having a square mesh v 1: decorate with a lace of geometric designs [syn: fillet, filet] 2: cut into filets; "filet the fish" [syn: fillet, filet]
• fillet 0
  n 1: a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef [syn: fillet, filet] 2: a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish [syn: fillet, filet, fish fillet, fish filet] 3: a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus [syn: lemniscus, fillet] 4: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn: taenia, tenia, fillet] 5: fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members [syn: fillet, stopping] v 1: decorate with a lace of geometric designs [syn: fillet, filet] 2: cut into filets; "filet the fish" [syn: fillet, filet]
• fray 0
  n 1: a noisy fight [syn: affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle] v 1: wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve" [syn: fray, frazzle] 2: cause friction; "my sweater scratches" [syn: rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch]
• okay 0
  adv 1: in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right') [syn: okay, O.K., all right, alright] adj 1: being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all- right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine" [syn: all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory] n 1: an endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead" [syn: O.K., OK, okay, okey, okeh] v 1: give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies" [syn: approve, O.K., okay, sanction] [ant: disapprove, reject]
• pace 0
  n 1: the rate of moving (especially walking or running) [syn: pace, gait] 2: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace, step, stride] 3: the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" [syn: pace, rate] 4: a step in walking or running [syn: pace, stride, tread] 5: the rate of some repeating event [syn: tempo, pace] 6: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride [syn: yard, pace] v 1: walk with slow or fast paces; "He paced up and down the hall" 2: go at a pace; "The horse paced" 3: measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards" [syn: pace, step] 4: regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts"
• parquet 0
  n 1: a floor made of parquetry [syn: parquet, parquet floor] 2: seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle
• pique 0
  n 1: tightly woven fabric with raised cords 2: a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" [syn: pique, temper, irritation] v 1: cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me" [syn: pique, offend]
• piquet 0
  n 1: a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards 2: a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake [syn: picket, piquet]
• purvey 0
  v 1: supply with provisions [syn: provision, purvey]
• quay 0
  n 1: wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
• ray 0
  n 1: a column of light (as from a beacon) [syn: beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation] 2: a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence 3: (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point 4: a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation [syn: beam, ray, electron beam] 5: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization [syn: re, ray] 6: any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish 7: cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins v 1: emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky" 2: extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions" [syn: radiate, ray] 3: expose to radiation; "irradiate food" [syn: irradiate, ray]
• repay 0
  v 1: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund, return, repay, give back] 2: make repayment for or return something [syn: requite, repay] 3: act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions [syn: reward, repay, pay back] 4: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin]
• replay 0
  n 1: something (especially a game) that is played again [syn: replay, rematch] 2: the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape [syn: replay, instant replay, action replay] v 1: reproduce (a recording) on a recorder; "The lawyers played back the conversation to show that their client was innocent" [syn: play back, replay] 2: play (a melody) again 3: repeat a game against the same opponent; "Princeton replayed Harvard" 4: play again; "We replayed the game"; "replay a point"
• sake 0
  n 1: a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest" [syn: sake, interest] 2: Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot [syn: sake, saki, rice beer] 3: the purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of argument"
• say 0
  n 1: the chance to speak; "let him have his say" v 1: express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" [syn: state, say, tell] 2: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money" [syn: allege, aver, say] 3: express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?" [syn: suppose, say] 4: have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" [syn: read, say] 5: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" [syn: order, tell, enjoin, say] 6: speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" [syn: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say] 7: communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?" 8: utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office" 9: state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business" 10: recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'" 11: indicate; "The clock says noon"
• slay 0
  v 1: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove]
• sleigh 0
  n 1: a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow [syn: sled, sledge, sleigh] v 1: ride (on) a sled [syn: sled, sleigh]
• sobriquet 0
  n 1: a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim" [syn: nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname]
• tourniquet 0
  n 1: bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure [syn: compression bandage, tourniquet]
• blase 0
  adj 1: very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom" [syn: blase, worldly] 2: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored] 3: nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning"
• a 0
  n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation [syn: angstrom, angstrom unit, A] 2: any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes [syn: vitamin A, antiophthalmic factor, axerophthol, A] 3: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) [syn: deoxyadenosine monophosphate, A] 4: (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA [syn: adenine, A] 5: the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps" [syn: ampere, amp, A] 6: the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: A, a] 7: the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen [syn: A, type A, group A]
• fay 0
  n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite]
• bombay 0
  n 1: a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India [syn: Mumbai, Bombay]
• cliche 0
  n 1: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide]
• ok 0
  adv 1: an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence [syn: very well, fine, alright, all right, OK] adj 1: being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all- right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine" [syn: all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory] n 1: a state in south central United States [syn: Oklahoma, Sooner State, OK] 2: an endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead" [syn: O.K., OK, okay, okey, okeh]
• passe 0
  adj 1: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee]
• risque 0
  adj 1: suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" [syn: blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy]
• saute 0
  adj 1: fried quickly in a little fat [syn: saute, sauteed] n 1: a dish of sauteed food v 1: fry briefly over high heat; "saute the onions"
• souffle 0
  n 1: light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g. cheese or fish or fruit
• communique 0
  n 1: an official report (usually sent in haste) [syn: dispatch, despatch, communique]
• manque 0
  adj 1: unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition [syn: manque, would-be(a)]
• applique 0
  n 1: a decorative design made of one material sewn over another v 1: sew on as a decoration
• pulque 0
  n 1: fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey
• uk 0
  n 1: a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom [syn: United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain]
• aye 0
• cayes 0
• ay 0
• ae 0
• mckay 0
• biscay 0

See also tokay definition