Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blow the grampus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: blow the -gram-pus
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To throw water on a sleeping person, generally as a practical joke.

Obsolete; Slang

Example Sentences

"There was the goggle-eyed daughter a blowing the Grampus with the platter-faced planter, whenever he caulked [slept] upon deck; […]"
""[…] why then we must blow the grampus." He then discharged the contents of the water-jug on her face and neck, and she opened her eyes, and would have screamed, had not the prompt Horatio clapped his hand over her mouth."

Usage

Inflected Forms

blows the grampus (present, singular) blowing the grampus (participle, present) blew the grampus (past) blown the grampus (participle, past)

Questions

What does blow the grampus mean?: To throw water on a sleeping person, generally as a practical joke.

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