Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come up with snake eyes

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables
come up with- s-nake eyes
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fail to come up with anything; to get nowhere.

Slang

Etymology

From come up with + snake eyes (“a pair of dice showing a value of 1, a losing roll in many dice games”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

comes up with snake eyes (present, singular) coming up with snake eyes (participle, present) came up with snake eyes (past) come up snake eyes (alternative)

Phrases

come up roses come up short

Frequently Paired Words

come up roses come up short

Questions

What does come up with snake eyes mean?
To fail to come up with anything; to get nowhere.
Where does come up with snake eyes come from?
From come up with + snake eyes (“a pair of dice showing a value of 1, a losing roll in many dice games”).

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