| 1. | a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks. |
| 2. | a further removal from the original word intended by ellipsis of the rhyming part, as titfer for tit for tat for hat. |

| rhy·ming slang (rī'mĭng) n. Slang in which a word is replaced by a word or phrase that rhymes with it, as kiss by hit or miss. |