Word "IAMB" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
Synonyms:
iambus

Crossword Clues for IAMB

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Unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, in poetry
Poetic foot of a short then a long syllable The Times Specialist 07 Jul 2025
A metrical foot used in various types of poetry (4)
I am beginning to hide foot (4)
Metrical unit used in various types of poetry (4)
A type of metrical foot in poetry (4) The Guardian Weekend 31 May 2025
Foot for Frost Wall Street Journal 31 May 2025
Two-syllable poetic foot
Foot is a little inflamed, meeting a doctor (4)
Lot of information on computer about a foot
It's one foot long New York Times 01 May 2025
Poetic foot
Metrical foot of a short then a long syllable The Times Concise 23 Apr 2025
Metrical unit in poetry
Poet's foot(4)
Metrical foot The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 03 Mar 2025
I am bound to incorporate beat (4)
Poetry class meter
Poetic foot that goes "da-DUM"
A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one (4)
One's book a little bit of poetry (4)
Metrical foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one; the opposite of a trochee (4)
One of three in "to be or not to be" Wall Street Journal 18 Dec 2024
Foot of 51-D
Metrical foot in verse; an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable (4)
Twenty per cent of a typical Shakespeare line
Two-syllable foot LA Times Daily 28 Oct 2024
In verse, a metrical foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one (4)
Foot used by a poet
Unstressed-stressed
A metrical foot of verse of two syllable and I am starting brightly (4)
Rising measure of health - it's about a foot!
I need a doctor for the foot
Metrical foot in a poem
Poetic foot New York Times 16 Sep 2024
Rhythmic bit, in poetry
Two-syllable poetic foot
Poetic measure LA Times Daily 01 Sep 2024
Anapest's cousin
Poetic foot Newsday 22 Aug 2024
Sonnet foot Wall Street Journal 17 Aug 2024
Poetic foot Commuter 27 Jul 2024
Poetic foot Commuter 19 Jul 2024
Foot in poetry Commuter 05 Jul 2024
Poet's foot The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 17 Jun 2024
British capital raised, taking lead from Michael Foot
Metrical foot The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 22 May 2024
Meter in some sonnets
One of two in The Winter's Tale
Two-syllable poetry unit
Poetic part
Delight, for instance, but not pleasure
Metrical foot LA Times Daily 07 Feb 2024
Poetic foot Universal 31 Jan 2024
Netflix's "tudum" sound, metrically
Poetic foot Universal 24 Dec 2023
A metrical foot in poetry (4)
Poet's foot The Guardian Quick 21 Nov 2023
Poetry term that is not an example of itself Wall Street Journal 11 Oct 2023
E.g. compare or contrast the setter with a doctor The Times Cryptic 05 Oct 2023
Poetic foot Wall Street Journal 06 Sep 2023
Two-syllable poetic foot (anagram of "bima")
Poetic foot Premier Sunday 18 Jun 2023
Poetic measure
Metrical foot of a short then long syllable The Times Concise 02 Jun 2023
It's one foot long New York Times 28 May 2023
Something penned by William Blake? The Guardian Cryptic 28 Apr 2023
One of three in 'To be or not to be' New York Times 12 Apr 2023
Poetic foot
Two-syllable poetic unit Universal 03 Mar 2023
Poetic foot
Foot that's part of a meter LA Times Daily 11 Feb 2023
Two-syllable poetic foot
Poetry class meter
Rhythmic foot LA Times Daily 27 Dec 2022
'Foot' is how Biden introduces himself, initially? The Guardian Cryptic 21 Dec 2022
Two-syllable foot LA Times Daily 13 Nov 2022
Poetic foot Universal 06 Nov 2022
One foot in 'the grave,' poetically speaking New York Times 19 Oct 2022
Shakespearean foot Universal 03 Oct 2022
Poetic foot Universal 29 Sep 2022
'Platoon,' but not 'Dunkirk' New York Times 16 Sep 2022
da-DUM New York Times 04 Sep 2022
Metrical foot in poetry New York Times 08 Aug 2022
Poetic foot Wall Street Journal 02 Aug 2022
Word that’s ironically a trochee Wall Street Journal 30 Jul 2022
Metrical foot consisting of an unstressed and a stressed syllable The Guardian Weekend 30 Jul 2022
One of three in 'To be or not to be' New York Times 19 Jul 2022
Poetic foot Universal 17 Jul 2022
Foot injury initially seen by a GP, perhaps The Times Cryptic 27 Jun 2022
'Macbeth,' but not 'Hamlet' New York Times 26 Jun 2022
Bit of blank verse Newsday 25 Jun 2022
Trochee's counterpart New York Times 16 Jun 2022
Metrical foot The Times Concise 14 May 2022
A two-syllable foot in poetry The Times Specialist Sunday 17 Apr 2022
Part of a meter, in literature
Two-syllable poetic foot
Poetic meter
Foot in a sonnet Universal 06 Feb 2022
Foot, in verse Premier Sunday 30 Jan 2022
On island, young animal hasn't left foot The Times Cryptic 12 Jan 2022
Poet’s foot Wall Street Journal 21 Dec 2021
Poetic meter
Metrical foot for the word "afoot" Universal 13 Nov 2021
Amanda Gorman's foot Universal 06 Nov 2021
Short-long metrical foot Universal 05 Oct 2021
Poetic meter
Foot, intact to start with, seen by a doctor
Poetic meter
Foot with two parts Wall Street Journal 17 Jul 2021
Short-long metric foot The Times Concise 05 Jun 2021
"To be" is one, poetically LA Times Daily 30 May 2021
'To be' is one, poetically The Washington Post 30 May 2021
Metrical foot, in poetry
Poet's foot
Two-syllable foot Universal 14 Feb 2021
Prosodic foot Wall Street Journal 06 Feb 2021
Poetic foot Thomas Joseph 23 Jan 2021
Foot with a short part and a long part New York Times 31 Dec 2020
Foot – British leader introducing himself?
. Item of poetry penned by William Blake
Poetic foot with a short and a long syllable New York Times 02 Nov 2020
Metrical foot The Times Concise 02 Oct 2020
Foot in a sonnet The Washington Post Sunday 02 Aug 2020
Poetic foot Newsday 30 Jul 2020
Anglicized term for a metrical foot of two syllables The Guardian Speedy 26 Jul 2020
Metrical foot Wall Street Journal 25 Jul 2020
Foot in a poem The Washington Post 28 Jun 2020
Foot in a poem LA Times Daily 28 Jun 2020
Part of a poem's meter The Washington Post Sunday 21 Jun 2020
One young creature hiding head and foot
Poetic foot
Poet's foot Universal 14 Apr 2020
Two-syllable poetic foot
Poetic foot
Two-syllable poetic foot
Poetic foot
Hamlet’s “to be,” e.g Wall Street Journal 26 Sep 2019
Poetic foot Wall Street Journal 23 Sep 2019
Word that’s ironically a trochee Wall Street Journal 11 Sep 2019
Foot on a page The Washington Post Sunday 08 Sep 2019
Two-syllable foot LA Times Daily 08 Sep 2019
Two-syllable foot The Washington Post 08 Sep 2019
“To be,” to poets Wall Street Journal 31 Aug 2019
Poetic foot
One of two in 'The Grapes of Wrath' New York Times 28 Jul 2019
Metrical unit, in odes The Washington Post Sunday 14 Jul 2019
William Blake's hidden metric foot
Maya Angelou's foot Universal 22 Apr 2019
Poetic foot
Two-syllable foot Family Time 04 Mar 2019
Shakespeare's 'to be,' e.g Wall Street Journal 23 Feb 2019
Metric unit New York Times 08 Feb 2019
Foot for Frost Wall Street Journal 19 Jan 2019
Shakespeare's foot Universal 13 Jan 2019
One of two in "The Grapes of Wrath"
Poetic foot
Word that's ironically a trochee
Shakespeare's "to be," e.g.
Two-syllable foot
Shakespeare's foot
Hamlet's "to be," e.g.
Maya Angelou's foot
Foot for Frost
"To be," to poets
Metric unit
A measure of William Blake's work? The Telegraph Toughie 25 Dec 2018
Poetic foot Premier Sunday 16 Dec 2018
Foot that's part of a meter LA Times Daily 11 Nov 2018
Foot that's part of a meter The Washington Post 11 Nov 2018
It's scanned in poetry The Washington Post Sunday 04 Nov 2018
Poetic measure
Foot in a line of poetry Universal 13 Oct 2018
Unit of rhythm in poetry
Part of da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM New York Times 18 Sep 2018
Metrical foot, in poetry
Poetic foot
Part of poetic line -- the writer is British The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Aug 2018
Regulars leaving GI's army by foot
Foot – put iodine on one, then see doctor
Martin Peter, a creation of William Boyd's
Foot of a poet Universal 04 Jul 2018
Poetic measure
Metrical foot Premier Sunday 27 May 2018
Hamlet's 'To be,' e.g The Chronicle of Higher Education 11 May 2018
Foot at first intact needs a doctor The Telegraph Toughie 03 May 2018
Metrical unit Canadiana 26 Mar 2018
One-fifth of 'Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May' The Chronicle of Higher Education 23 Feb 2018
Poet's foot The Washington Post Sunday 18 Feb 2018
Metric foot Universal 17 Feb 2018
Part of da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM
Metric foot
Foot of a poet
Foot in a line of poetry
One-fifth of "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May"
Hamlet's "To be," e.g.
Foot that's part of a meter
A metrical foot, in poetry
''But, soft!'', for instance Newsday 16 Dec 2017
Metrical foot, in poetry
Two-syllable poetic foot New York Times 25 Oct 2017
Poetic foot LA Times Daily 22 Oct 2017
Poetic foot The Washington Post 22 Oct 2017
Metrical unit Universal 17 Oct 2017
One of 70 in a Shakespearean sonnet New York Times 14 Oct 2017
A metrical foot, in poetry
Metrical short-long foot Universal 07 Jul 2017
One-fifth of 'If music be the food of love, play on' The Chronicle of Higher Education 23 Jun 2017
Poetic foot Jonesin 13 Jun 2017
Pound foot? LA Times Daily 07 May 2017
Pound foot? The Washington Post 07 May 2017
Foot type New York Times 21 Apr 2017
Metric foot Canadiana 13 Feb 2017
Foot type
Metrical short-long foot
Metrical unit
One-fifth of "If music be the food of love, play on"
Pound foot?
Poetic foot
One of 70 in a Shakespearean sonnet
Two-syllable poetic foot
One of three in "To be or not to be" LA Times Daily 23 Dec 2016
Poetic foot USA Today 21 Nov 2016
Foot in a meter Jonesin 15 Nov 2016
Trochee's counterpart New York Times 11 Nov 2016
Poetic unit of rhythm USA Today 06 Nov 2016
Poetic unit Wall Street Journal 20 Sep 2016
da-DAH New York Times 20 Sep 2016
Two-syllable poetic foot USA Today 24 Jun 2016
Poetic foot Universal 17 Jun 2016
Metrical foot Canadiana 06 Jun 2016
Foot with first sign of infection attended by a doctor The Times Cryptic 19 Apr 2016
Foot with first sign of infection attended by a doctor
Poet's metrical foot Wall Street Journal 14 Mar 2016
Metrical foot, in poetry LA Times Daily 14 Mar 2016
Poetic measure New York Times 08 Mar 2016
Poetic unit of rhythm
Two-syllable poetic foot
One of three in "To be or not to be"
da-DAH
Trochee's counterpart
Poetic foot
Two-syllable poetic foot Universal 24 Oct 2015
Short-long metrical foot The Times Concise 28 Aug 2015
Metrical unit The Telegraph Quick 01 Aug 2015
Metrical foot Eugene Sheffer 27 Jul 2015
Foot, to a poet Universal 26 Jun 2015
Kind of poetic foot USA Today 03 Jun 2015
Kind of poetic foot Universal 15 Apr 2015
'Hurray' or 'alas' New York Times 05 Mar 2015
Metrical foot in poetry Universal 16 Feb 2015
Bit of poetic rhythm
One of Shakespeare's feet
"Hurray" or "alas"
Foot that's in a meter?
Two-syllable poetic foot
Metrical foot in poetry
Kind of poetic foot
Foot, to a poet
Kind of poetic foot
Poetic foot
Foot, to a poet
Poetic foot
One of four in "As I Was Going to St. Ives"
Poet's foot
Poetic foot
Foot used to keep rhythm?
A metrical unit
Byron's foot?
Pound foot?
Poetic foot
Literary foot
Poetic foot
Shakespeare's foot
Metrical foot
Foot in a poem
Foot that's part of a meter
One foot in a line
Part of a meter
"Behold" or "arise" in poetry
Two-syllable foot
Two-syllable foot
Hamlet's "To be," for one
Poetry foot
Foot in a poem
Metric foot
Foot in a meter
"To be," e.g.
One fifth of "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
One foot, to a poet
Foot in a poem
Foot in a poem
Vermont but not New Hampshire, e.g.?
One-quarter of "Whose woods these are I think I know"
Foot of verse
Songwriter's poetic meter
Metrical foot
Frost's foot
Shakespeare's foot?
Sonnet part
Frost's foot
One foot, to a poet
Ogden Nash's foot?
Metrical foot
Poetic meter unit
Metrical foot
Foot in a line
Poetic foot
Poet's foot
Certain foot
Petrarchan unit
Rubaiyat bit
Donne's foot
Hamlet's "To be," e.g.
Small foot
Small foot
Metric foot
Songwriter's poetic meter
Foot in a sonnet
Petrarchan unit
Rhythmic foot
Two-syllable foot
Foot in a sonnet
Metrical unit
Shelley's foot
Not-so-big foot?
Metric foot
Shakespeare's foot?
Literary foot
Two-syllable poetic unit
Anapest relative
Metrical foot
Anapest relative
Metric unit
Poetic measure
Sonnet unit
Metrical foot
Rhythmic foot
Poetic foot
Foot
Poet's foot
Poet's foot
Metrical foot
One foot
Poetic measure
Metric foot
Sonnet unit
Sonnet unit
Poetic foot
Foot in a line
Foot in a line
Poet's foot
Poetic foot
Two-syllable foot
Trochee's relative
Two-syllable poetic foot
Metric unit
Poetic measure
Poetic foot
Shakespeare's foot?
Limerick unit
Foot that's part of a meter
Poet's foot
Metric unit
Poet's foot
Two-syllable foot
Prosodic foot
Metrical foot
Metrical foot
Poetic foot
Piece of poetry
Prosodic foot
Part of a Shakespearean verse, often
Poetic measure
Prosodic foot
Shakespeare's foot
On island, young animal hasn't left foot
Relative of an anapest
Kind of poetic foot
Shakespeare's foot
Metrical foot
Frost's foot, perhaps
Da-dum
Anapest's relative
Byron's foot?
Part of a meter
A foot in a line
Sonnet measure
Two-syllable foot
Certain foot
Part of a meter, maybe
da-DUM
Sonnet part
Foot for Frost
Frost's foot?
Short-long foot
Metrical foot
Verse unit
Bard's foot
Short-long foot in verse.
Metric foot.
Poetic foot.
Beat in poetry
Foot in a poem
Relative of a trochee.
Shakespeare's foot
Two-syllable poetic unit
Verse foot
Poetic foot of two syllables.
Poet's foot
Verse foot.
Pound foot
Metrical foot of two syllables.
Poet's measure.
Metrical foot.
Prosodic foot.
Poetic measure.
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