Words rhyme with book


138 best rhymes for 'book'

1 syllable

  • Shook
  • Hook
  • Look
  • Cook
  • Took
  • Crook
  • Could
  • Foot
  • Would
  • Stood
  • Good
  • Hood
  • Should
  • Put
  • Rook
  • You'd
  • Nook
  • Brook
  • Mook
  • Snook

  • Schnook
  • Gook
  • Pulled
  • Pushed
  • Hooked
  • Looked
  • Soot
  • Cooked
  • Booked
  • Fuld
  • Cured
  • Lured
  • Toured

2 syllables

  • Facebook
  • Notebook
  • Mistook
  • Outlook
  • Childhood
  • Textbook
  • Yearbook
  • Westbrook
  • Playbook
  • Checkbook
  • Unhook
  • Handbook
  • Macbook
  • Cookbook
  • Sketchbook
  • Guidebook
  • Matchbook
  • Scrapbook
  • Forsook
  • Rebook

  • Retook
  • Betook
  • Abzug
  • Manhood
  • Wedgewood
  • Input
  • Barefoot
  • Westwood
  • Eastwood
  • Firewood
  • Output
  • Withstood
  • Bigfoot
  • Afoot
  • Redwood
  • Boyhood
  • Elmwood
  • Falsehood
  • Hardwood
  • Fleetwood

  • Plywood
  • Lakewood
  • Priesthood
  • Lockwood
  • Allgood
  • Wormwood
  • Homewood
  • Linwood
  • Knighthood
  • Blackwood
  • Thurgood
  • Driftwood
  • Greenwood
  • Oakwood
  • Scheduled
  • Ambushed
  • Dachshund
  • Assured
  • Endured
  • Matured

  • Obscured
  • Secured
  • Insured
  • Ensured
  • Allured
  • Contoured
  • Detoured
  • Inured
  • Procured

3 syllables

  • Understood
  • Overlook
  • Neighborhood
  • Overtook
  • Storybook
  • Overcook
  • Pocketbook
  • Undertook
  • Overbook
  • Hollywood
  • Brotherhood
  • Adulthood
  • Bollywood
  • Likelihood
  • Livelihood
  • Inglewood
  • Parenthood
  • Underwood
  • Fatherhood
  • Motherhood

  • Womanhood
  • Pussyfoot
  • Englewood
  • Robinhood
  • Underfoot
  • Ironwood
  • Riverwood
  • Overlooked
  • Overcooked
  • Overbooked
  • Undercooked
  • Reassured
  • Unsecured
  • Uninsured

4 syllables

  • Gobbledygook
  • Misunderstood

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brook, cook, crook, flook, gook, hook...

Pure Rhymes – 43 rhymes

Words that have identical vowel-based rhyme sounds in the tonic syllable. Moreover, that tonic syllable must start with a different consonantal sound.

brook

    cook

      crook

        flook

          gook

            hook

              look

                mook

                  nook

                    rook

                      schnook

                        shook

                          snook

                            took

                              tooke

                                chinook

                                  forsook

                                    mistook

                                      precook

                                        rebook

                                          retook

                                            unhook

                                              overcook

                                                overtook

                                                  undercook

                                                    undertook

                                                      gobbledygook

                                                        Brooke

                                                          Cooke

                                                            Hooke

                                                              Kirkuk

                                                                McCook

                                                                  Rooke

                                                                    VanHook

                                                                      • short order cook
                                                                      • by hook or by crook
                                                                      • get off the hook
                                                                      • get the hook
                                                                      • give the hook
                                                                      • let off the hook
                                                                      • off the hook
                                                                      • on one's own hook
                                                                      • dirty look

                                                                      End Rhymes – 42 rhymes

                                                                      Words that have a pure rhyme on their last syllable only.

                                                                      rulebook

                                                                        schoolbook

                                                                          Colebrook

                                                                            Holbrook

                                                                              Holbrooke

                                                                                Benbrook

                                                                                  Glenbrook

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                                                                                    Near Rhymes – 271 rhymes

                                                                                    Words that "almost" rhyme on the vowel-based rhyme sound of the stressed syllable like: be/eat or maybe/shapely.

                                                                                    book's

                                                                                      books

                                                                                        brook's

                                                                                          cook's

                                                                                            cooks

                                                                                              crooks

                                                                                                hook's

                                                                                                  hooks

                                                                                                    looks

                                                                                                      nooks

                                                                                                        rooks

                                                                                                          Brooke's

                                                                                                            Brookes

                                                                                                              Brooks

                                                                                                                Chinooks

                                                                                                                  Schnooks

                                                                                                                    Snooks

                                                                                                                      • close the books
                                                                                                                      • for the books
                                                                                                                      • hit the books
                                                                                                                      • in my bad books
                                                                                                                      • in my good books
                                                                                                                      • in one's good books
                                                                                                                      • keep books
                                                                                                                      • one for the books

                                                                                                                      booked

                                                                                                                        cooked

                                                                                                                          hooked

                                                                                                                            looked

                                                                                                                              precooked

                                                                                                                                rebooked

                                                                                                                                  overcooked

                                                                                                                                    undercooked

                                                                                                                                      bull

                                                                                                                                        full

                                                                                                                                          pull

                                                                                                                                            schul

                                                                                                                                              wool

                                                                                                                                                shul

                                                                                                                                                  • red rag to a bull
                                                                                                                                                  • shoot the bull
                                                                                                                                                  • have one's hands full
                                                                                                                                                  • my hands are full
                                                                                                                                                  • to the full
                                                                                                                                                  • long pull
                                                                                                                                                  • dyed in the wool

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                                                                                                                                                  Mosaic Rhymes

                                                                                                                                                  Rhymes made up of more than one word. For instance, "jealous" and "tell us" or "shaky" and "make me."

                                                                                                                                                  One-syllable words do not have mosaic rhymes.

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                                                                                                                                                  Not just a collection of words: how rap works

                                                                                                                                                  In 2019, rap became the main music in Russia. Rappers collect stadiums, become glossy heroes, participate in Blue Light on Channel One, speak at rallies and annoy almost everyone. Bookmate Journal tried to figure out how this genre works and what millions of people find in it.

                                                                                                                                                  Topic

                                                                                                                                                  Whether the rapper is talking about his life, writing a story from the perspective of a fictional character, or talking about a social issue, the variety of topics covered in rap tends to infinity. There are many different pieces of glass inside the rap kaleidoscope: these are noir action films from the 90s of the Krovostok group, Scryptonite's autobiographical stories about childhood in Kazakhstan, Noize MC's sharply social statements, and ironic and humorous stories from Bird Em.

                                                                                                                                                  Flow

                                                                                                                                                  Flow (English flow, "flow") - presentation, the very manner of performing rap, the style of reading. This is an alloy of the intonational component (voice, semantic stresses, pauses) and the musical component (rhythm, tempo).

                                                                                                                                                  The flow of each rapper is unique, and it can also change from track to track: the more diverse and multifaceted the flow, the more interesting it is to listen to the artist. Compare the GONE.Fludd flow in Mumble and Boys Don't Cry. In the first case, it is swift and even aggressive, in the second, it is more melodic and relaxed.

                                                                                                                                                  Some rappers make their flow mathematically precise, thought out to the smallest detail. To achieve this, flow charts are drawn up, in which they mark where to take a break, slow down or, conversely, speed up.

                                                                                                                                                  It is important to understand that the quality of the flow does not depend on the speed of reading, but if the artist can read quickly without compromising the perception of the text, this can become an additional means of expressiveness.

                                                                                                                                                  Increasing the speed of reading FACE in the middle of the first verse becomes an important semantic accent:

                                                                                                                                                  Rhymes

                                                                                                                                                  Rhymes are the backbone of rap text. It is thanks to them that the lines intertwine with each other, forming a coherent and rhythmically organized array of verbal labyrinths. Rhymes also give the text musicality - due to repeated and combined sounds. It is considered bad form to rhyme with verbs: firstly, it is cheating (substitute the correct verb - that's all that matters), and secondly, the text becomes pale and less expressive. The diversity and complexity of rhymes enrich the lyrics and make it multifaceted.

                                                                                                                                                  In addition to the verb rhymes already mentioned, there are also:

                                                                                                                                                  Square rhymes (rhyming words have the same endings)

                                                                                                                                                  Oh those kids
                                                                                                                                                  Oversized, mesh
                                                                                                                                                  Chain-link, tablets
                                                                                                                                                  Ed Hardy cap

                                                                                                                                                  Boulevard Depo "Oh those kids"

                                                                                                                                                  Accent rhymes (rhyming words have consonant syllables)

                                                                                                                                                  How to combine incompatible things ,
                                                                                                                                                  Such as humanity and love for humanity ?
                                                                                                                                                  Be honest, but avoid mental injury ,
                                                                                                                                                  Stay alive and escape from the terrifying eternity ?

                                                                                                                                                  Uncle Zhenya "Solaris"

                                                                                                                                                  Internal rhymes (not one word rhymes in a line, but several - in the middle of the line and at the end)

                                                                                                                                                  I am black as pitch, the nine is black as mass
                                                                                                                                                  The muzzle of a black barrel, like the walls of my entrance
                                                                                                                                                  Webs, domes, like children in search of batches
                                                                                                                                                  You are the same as me - you are dependent, you are behind the weight

                                                                                                                                                  black cumin oil "Office of the President 2"

                                                                                                                                                  Double and triple rhymes (two or even three words rhyme in each line)

                                                                                                                                                  In places of scum, all on sheets on shelves
                                                                                                                                                  You know this, so put in columns
                                                                                                                                                  There is a black box, like Pakistan in box

                                                                                                                                                  OBLADAET feat. I1 KOSMONAVT

                                                                                                                                                  Full-line rhymes (almost all the words in each line rhyme)

                                                                                                                                                  Years like an Odyssey in suburbs
                                                                                                                                                  City of London against all part two, man

                                                                                                                                                  Oxxxymiron “London against everyone. Part 2"

                                                                                                                                                  Only nouns rhyme in the track "Illusion of Freedom" by Dendy:

                                                                                                                                                  Beats

                                                                                                                                                  The basis of music in rap is the beat - the rhythm of the song.

                                                                                                                                                  The question “what comes first: bits or text” is like the chicken and egg problem. Someone starts from the fact that rap is primarily music, and writes lines over the finished beat. In this case, the beat can guide the creative thought of the artist and influence the text that has yet to be composed. But if you pay attention to the text first, the track will turn out to be no less solid. Some performers are sure that the finished beat only distracts and prevents them from concentrating on the lyrics.

                                                                                                                                                  For example, rapper Guerilla Black believes that "the purest flow comes when you don't write to the beat - you just hear everything that's going on in your head and take the first solid thought from there."

                                                                                                                                                  Some artists write their own beats, others buy ready-made beats or even rent them (in this case, there are restrictions on beat reproduction).

                                                                                                                                                  Sometimes a successful beat makes a track with the most ordinary lyrics a hit, and its artist a star.

                                                                                                                                                  The 19-year-old rapper Big Baby Tape has been writing beats for other artists for a long time, but later became an artist himself: his track Gimme the Loot in November 2018 took first place in terms of the number of hits on the international Genius platform, overtaking the hits of Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande. Not the last role in its success was played by the original beat with a sample from the track Gimme the Loot by the American rapper The Notorious B. I.G.

                                                                                                                                                  Recording and additional techniques

                                                                                                                                                  Hardly anyone will come to an artist's concert without first listening to his tracks. Of course, poor recording quality can ruin a song that is brilliant in all respects. But in order to record something cool, it is not necessary to spend money on an expensive studio - many famous artists at the beginning of their journey made do with home equipment and their own sound engineer skills.

                                                                                                                                                  It is equally important to rehearse the reading before recording, to think in advance at what moments it will be appropriate to take a breath.

                                                                                                                                                  Some rappers record only two or three lines and then glue them together to avoid mistakes or add additional vocal effects.

                                                                                                                                                  Usually performers try to mask cuts, but if the quality of the mix was not perfect, attentive listeners may notice them.


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