Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bouquets and brickbats

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
bou-quet-s and brick-bats
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

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What does bouquets and brickbats mean?
Praise and criticism; complimentary and uncomplimentary feedback (to the same or to different targets).

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