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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Any system of slang in which a word is replaced with a phrase that rhymes with it, the rhyming word often being dropped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
History
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