rapper
The knocker of a door.
A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft.
A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.
A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.
A sword.
A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.
A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.
A bold lie; a whopper.
A loud oath.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing