76 Rhymes For GENTLEFOLKS

• your parents

• people in general (often used in the plural)

• the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring

• a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves

• the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen

• nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)

• people descended from a common ancestor

• Menfolk; male members of a group

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• evoke or provoke to appear or occur

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

• call to mind

• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

• cite as an authority; resort to

• request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection

• a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

• activity characterized by good humor

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

• a triviality not to be taken seriously

• tell a joke; speak humorously

• act in a funny or teasing way

• tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous

• someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

• a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

• a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

• (boxing) a blow with the fist

• poke or thrust abruptly

• search or inquire in a meddlesome way

• stir by poking

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

• make a hole by poking

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• evoke or provoke to appear or occur

• provide the needed stimulus for

• annoy continually or chronically

• a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

• a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

• an indication of some hidden activity

• something with no concrete substance

• tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder

• street names for marijuana

• the act of smoking tobacco or other substances

• (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

• inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes

• emit a cloud of fine particles

• (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

• the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

• a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

• a light touch

• a light touch with the hands

• (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club

• the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew

• anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

• a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

• a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush

• any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing

• a single complete movement

• touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions

• strike a ball with a smooth blow

• row at a particular rate

• treat gingerly or carefully

• a transmission line for high-frequency signals

• influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

• something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

• subject to a playful hoax or joke

• stir up or tend; of a fire

• a race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others

• Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head

• a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart

• a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back

• swim on one's back