Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

call-shy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables
cal-l-shy
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of an animal, not responsive to imitated calls made by a hunter.

Inflected Forms

more call-shy (comparative) most call-shy (superlative)

Questions

What does call-shy mean?
Of an animal, not responsive to imitated calls made by a hunter.

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