Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dolphin hugger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables
dol-phin hug-ger
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An environmentalist who is considered to be too earnest.

Colloquial; Derogatory

noun

A would-be marine biologist who wants to work with animals but has little interest in science and academia.

Colloquial; Derogatory

Usage

Inflected Forms

dolphin huggers (plural)

Questions

What does dolphin hugger mean?
An environmentalist who is considered to be too earnest.

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