73 Words That Rhyme With SLOUGHS

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg

• shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

• hit with the hand

• confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

• to get involved in a relationship with another person

• a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

• pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

• the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

• very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

• bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

• deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

• frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

• any light downy material

• something of little value or significance

• a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• erect or fluff up

• ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

• a state of irritation or annoyance

• inhale recreational drugs

• blow hard and loudly

• a short light gust of air

• a light inflated pastry or puff shell

• exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

• bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

• a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin

• thick cushion used as a seat

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

• gathered for protruding fullness

• smoke and exhale strongly

• suck in or take (air)

• breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

• make proud or conceited

• praise extravagantly

• speak in a blustering or scornful manner

• to swell or cause to enlarge

• blow hard and loudly

• the charred portion of a candlewick

• a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time

• finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose

• sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose

• snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown

• sniff or smell inquiringly

• inhale (something) through the nose

• a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

• an instance of driving away or warding off

• reject outright and bluntly

• force or drive back

• an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

• as much as necessary

• sufficient for the purpose

• a fight with bare fists

• fighting with the fists

• an ardent follower and admirer

• a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen

• bare skin

• a medium to dark tan color

• an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)

• of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather

• strike, beat repeatedly

• polish and make shiny

• a warm tubular covering for the hands

• (sports) dropping the ball

• fail to catch, as of a ball

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

• miscellaneous unspecified objects

• informal terms for personal possessions

• senseless talk

• unspecified qualities required to do or be something

• information in some unspecified form

• a critically important or characteristic component

• cram into a cavity

• press or force

• obstruct

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting

• fill tightly with a material

• fill with a stuffing while cooking

• either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather

• a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

• (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

• a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food

• a town in southwest Iowa on the Missouri River across from Omaha

• an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child

• a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage

• A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.

• A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.

• A cliff; a rocky precipice.

• The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.

• A wood; weald.

• Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.

• a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

• exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion

• a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll

• informal terms for money

• a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland

• Irish word for a lake

• make a murmuring sound

• a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

• a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

• a concave shape with an open top

• a treasury for government funds

• a long narrow shallow receptacle

• a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed

• one of the administrative divisions of a large city

• an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament

• a productive insight

• making an important discovery

• a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense

• a temporary leave of absence from military duty

• dismiss, usually for economic reasons

• grant a leave to

• (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion

• breathe spasmodically, and make a sound

• a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread

• a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)

• a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron

• brusque and surly and forbidding

• deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

• unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

• an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

• a high tight collar

• common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season

• (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit

• play a trump

• the back side of the neck

• a slipper that has no fitting around the heel

• the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)

• walk without lifting the feet

• get or become scuffed

• mar by scuffing

• poke at with the foot or toe

• hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash

• leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)

• (Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt

• (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus

• An act of overruffing

• To ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick

• a flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery)

• Gymnocephalus cernua, a small Eurasian freshwater fish.

• Other species in the same genus.

• United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)

• United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898)

• United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)