an audible backward counting in fixed units (such as seconds) from an arbitrary starting number to mark the time remaining before an event; also : preparations carried on during such a count
Definition
: an audible backward counting in fixed units (such as seconds) from an arbitrary starting number to mark the time remaining before an event
two successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self-contained utterance : distich
couple
Definition
1: two successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self-contained utterance :distich//She ended her poem with a rhyming couplet.
an audible backward counting in fixed units (such as seconds) from an arbitrary starting number to mark the time remaining before an event; also : preparations carried on during such a count
Definition
: an audible backward counting in fixed units (such as seconds) from an arbitrary starting number to mark the time remaining before an event
two successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self-contained utterance : distich
couple
Definition
1: two successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self-contained utterance :distich//She ended her poem with a rhyming couplet.