3K+ Words That Rhyme With YIKES

• primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

• a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever

• small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars

• A sound, music recording, etc. that audibly resembles another.

• a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

• a young person of either sex

• An attack on a ground or naval target by one or more aircraft or missiles.

• travel by getting free rides from motorists

• (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid

• an expressway on which tolls are collected

• a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame

• a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

• ride a bicycle

• a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

• an increase in cost

• the amount a salary is increased

• increase

• walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise

• device for converting sound waves into electrical energy

• a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

• highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh

• a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)

• medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet

• any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere

• a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions

• an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective

• a gentle blow

• a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball

• (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders

• a conspicuous success

• deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

• hit against; come into sudden contact with

• make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

• indicate (a certain time) by striking

• affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

• stop work in order to press demands

• touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

• attain

• produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments

• cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp

• find unexpectedly

• produce by ignition or a blow

• remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

• cause to experience suddenly

• drive something violently into a location

• occupy or take on

• disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set

• form by stamping, punching, or printing

• smooth with a strickle

• pierce with force

• hook by a pull on the line

• arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing

• (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine

• a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

• enclose with a dike

• A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.

• A sigh.

• To sigh or sob.

• an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group

• a feeling of aversion or antipathy

• have or feel a dislike or distaste for

• a transient variation in voltage or current

• sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes

• fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

• (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis

• a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline

• a very high narrow heel on women's shoes

• each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)

• a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)

• a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)

• any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object

• a large stout nail

• stand in the way of

• pierce with a sharp stake or point

• secure with spikes

• bring forth a spike or spikes

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• manifest a sharp increase

• an affirmative

• give a benediction to

• confer prosperity or happiness on

• make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

• render holy by means of religious rites

• a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

• clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

• clothing in general

• suitable for formal occasions

• (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes

• put on clothes

• provide with clothes or put clothes on

• put a finish on

• dress in a certain manner

• dress or groom with elaborate care

• kill and prepare for market or consumption

• arrange in ranks

• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

• provide with decoration

• put a dressing on

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width

• convert into leather

• apply a bandage or medication to

• give a neat appearance to

• arrange attractively

• (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree

• used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is less of something

• comparative of little

• (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality

• (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

• a state of confusion and disorderliness

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• soft semiliquid food

• a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

• a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• eat in a mess hall

• make a mess of or create disorder in

• a formation of people or things one beside another

• a mark that is long relative to its width

• a formation of people or things one behind another

• a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point

• text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen

• a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum

• a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)

• a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

• a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

• a connected series of events or actions or developments

• a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• a pipe used to transport liquids or gases

• the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed

• a telephone connection

• acting in conformity

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

• something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

• in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area

• (often plural) a means of communication or access

• a particular kind of product or merchandise

• a commercial organization serving as a common carrier

• space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

• the maximum credit that a customer is allowed

• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

• persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress

• a short personal letter

• a conceptual separation or distinction

• mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it

• be in line with; form a line along

• cover the interior of

• make a mark or lines on a surface

• mark with lines

• fill plentifully

• reinforce with fabric

• a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)

• a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

• (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

• a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

• a mental process that you are not directly aware of

• a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

• a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

• subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

• march in a procession

• deal with in a routine way

• perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information

• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

• shape, form, or improve a material

• deliver a warrant or summons to someone

• an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

• an attainment that is successful

• a state of prosperity or fame

• a person with a record of successes

• small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars

• ride a motorcycle

• weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

• a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king

• the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

• (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

• special emphasis attached to something

• difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension

• (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body

• to stress, single out as important

• put stress on; utter with an accent

• test the limits of

• to suffer from stress

• a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)

• touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

• confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

• admit (to a wrongdoing)

• confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

• a meeting of elected or appointed representatives

• the legislature of the United States government

• a national legislative assembly

• the social act of assembling for some common purpose

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury