Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cut a feather

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables
cut a feath-er
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.

verb

To make oneself conspicuous.

Colloquial

Usage

Inflected Forms

cuts a feather (present, singular) cutting a feather (participle, present)

Questions

What does cut a feather mean?
To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.

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