Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coach killer

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: coach killer
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particularly frustrating, usually simple mistake made by a player.

Australian usage

noun

A player who apparently causes coaches to be sacked.

American usage

noun

A performance that results in a coach's sacking.

Example Sentences

"The counterattack is swift and should result in a goal but Miers drops a chest mark uncontested! […] That was a coach killer."
""I think Pat McAfee made a good choice; this guy's hardly a coach killer; he's only played for three in 20 years," Lupica said."
"The future of Michael Voss is under intense questioning yet again after another horror result for Carlton against North Melbourne with Campbell Brown labelling the 11-point defeat a "coach killer"."

Usage

Australian usage
American usage

Inflected Forms

coach killers (plural)

Questions

What does coach killer mean?: A particularly frustrating, usually simple mistake made by a player.

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