Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dial-a-joke

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables: di-al-a-joke
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of telephone service where people can call to listen to prerecorded jokes.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Two decades ago, Stephen Gary Wozniak owned the first dial-a-joke service in the San Francisco Bay area."

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

joke line

Questions

What does dial-a-joke mean?: A type of telephone service where people can call to listen to prerecorded jokes.

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