Shanty rhymes with:

adv 1: at a moderately slow tempo; "this passage must be played andante" adj 1: (of tempo) moderately slow n 1: a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace) 2: a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow

n 1: (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot v 1: place one's stake

adj 1: not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) [ant: pro] n 1: a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.); "the antis smelled victory after a long battle"

n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle [syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]

n 1: (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus

n 1: payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military [syn: bounty, premium] 2: the property of copious abundance [syn: amplitude, bountifulness, bounty] 3: generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely [syn: bounty, bounteousness] 4: a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat [syn: Bounty, H.M.S. Bounty]

n 1: the state of being certain; "his certainty reassured the others" [ant: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty] 2: something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty" [syn: certainty, sure thing, foregone conclusion] [ant: precariousness, uncertainness, uncertainty]

n 1: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]

n 1: (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people" 2: (United States) the largest administrative district within a state; "the county plans to build a new road"

adj 1: affectedly dainty or refined [syn: dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee] 2: delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo" [syn: dainty, exquisite] 3: especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind"; 4: excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" [syn: dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish] n 1: something considered choice to eat [syn: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat]

adj 1: showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting" [syn: dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish, sciolistic] n 1: an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [syn: dabbler, dilettante, sciolist]

adj 1: inclined to flaunt

adj 1: containing flint 2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony]

n 1: sweet spiced porridge made from hulled wheat

n 1: a recipient of a grant 2: someone to whom the title of property is transferred [syn: alienee, grantee]

n 1: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty]

adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce] 2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist" [syn: chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty]

adj 1: being ten more than eighty [syn: ninety, 90, xc] n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine [syn: ninety, 90, XC]

n 1: short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) [syn: pantie, panty, scanty, step-in]

adv 1: as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks" [syn: enough, plenty] n 1: a full supply; "there was plenty of food for everyone" [syn: plenty, plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude] 2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]

adj 1: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: bare(a), scanty, spare] n 1: short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) [syn: pantie, panty, scanty, step-in]

adj 1: being ten more than sixty [syn: seventy, 70, lxx] n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven [syn: seventy, 70, LXX]

n 1: government free from external control 2: royal authority; the dominion of a monarch [syn: reign, sovereignty] 3: the authority of a state to govern another state

adj 1: characterized by squinting; "he looked with squinty eyes" 2: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances" [syn: askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint- eyed, squinty, sidelong]

n 1: the position or authority of a suzerain; "under the suzerainty of..." 2: the domain of a suzerain

adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units [syn: twenty, 20, xx] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one [syn: twenty, 20, XX] 2: a United States bill worth 20 dollars [syn: twenty dollar bill, twenty]

n 1: being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income" [syn: uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness] [ant: certainty, foregone conclusion, sure thing] 2: the state of being unsure of something [syn: doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness] [ant: certainty]

n 1: member of a vigilance committee [syn: vigilante, vigilance man]

n 1: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty]

n 1: a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time [syn: monte, four-card monte, three-card monte]

n 1: colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

n 1: short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) [syn: pantie, panty, scanty, step-in]

n 1: Italian filmmaker (1906-1976) [syn: Visconti, Luchino Visconti, Don Luchino Visconti Conte di Modrone]

n 1: an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321) [syn: Dante, Dante Alighieri]

n 1: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]

n 1: dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany

n 1: English novelist; youngest of three Bronte sisters (1820-1849) [syn: Bronte, Anne Bronte] 2: English novelist; one of three Bronte sisters (1818-1848) [syn: Bronte, Emily Bronte, Emily Jane Bronte, Currer Bell] 3: English novelist; oldest of three Bronte sisters (1816-1855) [syn: Bronte, Charlotte Bronte]

n 1: United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980) [syn: Durante, Jimmy Durante]

n 1: adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing [syn: sequin, spangle, diamante] 2: fabric covered with glittering ornaments such as sequins or rhinestones

adj 1: lively and brisk

n 1: great Italian architect of the High Renaissance in Italy (1444-1514) [syn: Bramante, Donato Bramante, Donato d'Agnolo Bramante]

n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle [syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]

n 1: the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess [syn: viscountcy, viscounty] 2: the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess