English Explanatory Dictionary

crambo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A guessing game in which players guess words that rhyme with a clue word, seeking a word that is kept secret or concealed.
  2. A word rhyming with another word.

Word forms

crambo crambos cramboes

Etymology

* Perhaps related to cramp (“difficult”) (adjective). * Perhaps from Latin crambe repetita (“cabbage served up again”).

Derived words

crambo-clink crambo-jingle dumb crambo
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