Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cattle up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: cat-tle up
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To gather (a group of people) together into a small space.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I think Scuba Du is the best operation we have dove with in Cozumel, others have been Dive Paradise and Scuba Cozumel at the Galapago. We were there in low season and had 4-6 divers per boat. I suspect they could have "cattled" us up in one or two boats but they put the whole fleet out."
"We were led out of the bar and they cattled us all up against the police vans. The cops pushed us up against the grates and the fences. People started throwing pennies, nickels, and quarters at the cops, and then the bottles started."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

cattles up (present, singular) cattling up (participle, present) cattled up (participle, past) cattled up (past)

Synonyms

crowd together

Questions

What does cattle up mean?: To gather (a group of people) together into a small space.

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