The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rhyme \Rhyme\, n. [OE. ryme, rime, AS. r[=i]m number; akin to OHG. r[=i]m number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of German origin, and originally the same word.] [The Old English spelling rime is becoming again common. See Note under Prime.]
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An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language. ``Railing rhymes.''
--Daniel.A ryme I learned long ago.
--Chaucer.He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rime.
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(Pros.) Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any.
For rhyme with reason may dispense, And sound has right to govern sense.
--Prior. Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.
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A word answering in sound to another word.
Female rhyme. See under Female.
Male rhyme. See under Male.
Rhyme or reason, sound or sense.
Rhyme royal (Pros.), a stanza of seven decasyllabic verses, of which the first and third, the second, fourth, and fifth, and the sixth and seventh rhyme.
Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic English) logic. common sense.
Wikipedia
"Rhyme or Reason" is the third track from Eminem's eighth studio album The Marshall Mathers LP 2. The song discusses Eminem's father, who left him and his mother when he was born. Produced by the album's executive producer Rick Rubin, the song contains samples of The Zombies' " Time of the Season" from their 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. The song received positive reviews from music critics.
Usage examples of "rhyme or reason".
There was no rhyme or reason to it, but he had to actively fight the compulsion down.
But as you yourself told me long ago when we talked together in a palace of mud brick on the banks of the Nile River, there is no rhyme or reason.
I had me a hunch that when in doubt they would kill, without rhyme or reason.
The words sounded almost familiar, maddeningly so, but for a moment he could not make rhyme or reason of them.
He was fairly sure there was a rhyme or reason to the tech's actions, but the kid had taken his main guns off-line.