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brinkmate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
brink-mate
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A situation in which an indefensible checkmate sequence will be created by the player's next move.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From brink + mate. First attested in 1983 in the British magazine Shogi.

Origin

Usage

Inflected Forms

brinkmates (plural)

Questions

What does brinkmate mean?
A situation in which an indefensible checkmate sequence will be created by the player's next move.
Where does brinkmate come from?
First known use: First attested in 1983.

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