17K+ Words That Rhyme With PURSE-STRING

• a characteristic sound

• a toroidal shape

• a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling

• (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop

• an association of criminals

• the sound of a bell ringing

• a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle

• jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

• a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

• sound loudly and sonorously

• ring or echo with sound

• make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

• extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

• attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

• a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

• one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane

• a stage area out of sight of the audience

• a unit of military aircraft

• the side of military or naval formation

• a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side

• (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft

• a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function

• the wing of a fowl

• a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud

• an addition that extends a main building

• travel through the air; be airborne

• a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

• United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)

• a competitor who holds a preeminent position

• United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)

• a very wealthy or powerful businessman

• United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)

• preeminence in a particular category or group or field

• a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward

• one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king

• (chess) the weakest but the most important piece

• deliver by singing

• produce tones with the voice

• to make melodious sounds

• make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound

• divulge confidential information or secrets

• the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring

• a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed

• a natural flow of ground water

• a point at which water issues forth

• the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

• a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

• move forward by leaps and bounds

• develop into a distinctive entity

• spring back; spring away from an impact

• develop suddenly

• produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly

• a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

• a mental pain or distress

• a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

• operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act

• cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

• deliver a sting to

• saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

• cause a stinging pain

• cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

• a special situation

• an action

• a special abstraction

• an artifact

• an event

• a vaguely specified concern

• a statement regarded as an object

• an entity that is not named specifically

• any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence

• a special objective

• a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion

• a separate and self-contained entity

• a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity

• mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

• a sweeping blow or stroke

• changing location by moving back and forth

• a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

• a jaunty rhythm in music

• the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

• in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

• a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

• move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• change direction with a swinging motion; turn

• influence decisively

• make a big sweeping gesture or movement

• hang loosely

• hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement

• alternate dramatically between high and low values

• live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style

• have a certain musical rhythm

• be a social swinger; socialize a lot

• play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

• engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends

• fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

• come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

• to remain emotionally or intellectually attached

• hold on tightly or tenaciously

• a usually brief attempt

• a brief indulgence of your impulses

• the act of flinging

• throw with force or recklessness

• move in an abrupt or headlong manner

• indulge oneself

• throw or cast away

• a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound

• the activeness of an energetic personality

• a twisting squeeze

• twist and press out of shape

• twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish

• obtain by coercion or intimidation

• twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid

• a lightweight cord

• stringed instruments that are played with a bow

• a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket

• a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

• a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)

• a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening

• a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)

• (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

• a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand

• a necklace made by stringing objects together

• thread on or as if on a string

• add as if on a string

• move or come along

• stretch out or arrange like a string

• string together; tie or fasten with a string

• remove the stringy parts of

• provide with strings

• Someone or something of importance.

• Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; a thing of any kind; something or other.

• (with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison.

• In any way, any extent or any degree.

• all things that are of importance to a person

• a ringing sound

• an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

• go `ding dong', like a bell

• water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs

• common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere

• elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried

• American hakes

• elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

• a digestible substance used to give color to food

• a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

• the act or process of changing the color of something

• the immediate descendants of a person

• something that comes into existence as a result

• any immature animal

• An upward swing

• (by extension) an upward trend or an increase in activity

• To swing upward.

• a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice

• a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones

• a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel

• a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released

• bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck

• hurl as if with a sling

• hang loosely or freely; let swing

• move with a sling

• hold or carry in a sling

• a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell

• cause to make a ting

• make a light, metallic sound; go `ting'

• the state or fact of existing

• a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

• the act of drawing spatially closer to something

• arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

• the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

• the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

• of the relatively near future

• the act of acquiring something

• the act of departing

• euphemistic expressions for death

• advancing toward a goal

• in full operation

• the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look

• the act of searching visually

• appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

• the time period between dawn and noon

• a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good morning

• the first light of day

• the earliest period

• a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

• in no respect; to no degree

• the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

• the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

• an exchange of ideas via conversation

• hard to endure

• extremely irritating to the nerves

• the source of water for a well

• an abundant source

• the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization

• doctor's degree in osteopathy

• an uproarious party

• engage in

• carry out or perform an action

• get (something) done

• proceed or get along

• give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

• carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

• be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

• create or design, often in a certain way

• behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

• spend time in prison or in a labor camp

• carry on or function

• arrange attractively

• travel or traverse (a distance)

• The more left-wing faction of a group or party.

• The left-hand side of a sports field.

• The offensive player who plays to the center's left.

• Of political ideologies: favoring political and social equality.

• An object whose nature is yet to be defined.

• An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).

• Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.

• Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.

• (degree) Somewhat; to a degree.

• (degree) To a high degree.

• An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.

• (of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree.

• (of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.

• (often with really or quite) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.

• a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)

• a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya

• hit with a pinging noise

• sound like a car engine that is firing too early

• make a short high-pitched sound

• contact, usually in order to remind of something

• send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active

• a swing downward of a golf club

• a worsening of business or economic activity

• (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with

• (followed by `to') as reported or stated by

• the performance of a part or role in a drama

• serving temporarily especially as a substitute

• surprising greatly

• inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

• the verbal act of requesting

• the event consisting of the start of something

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• the first part or section of something

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being

• the act of starting something

• serving to begin

• the act of drilling

• the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• the act of breaking something

• passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination

• the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

• the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)

• a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

• the act of constructing something

• the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

• the occupants of a building

• the particular occupation for which you are trained