Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

donkeypower

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: don-key-pow-er
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of power equal to 250 watts, or about one-third of a horsepower.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"How to talk about units of power less than 1 horsepower? Use a smaller creature, of course. Roughly 1/3rd of a single unit of horsepower—or roughly 250 watts—is now labelled one donkeypower."

Etymology

From donkey + power, based on horsepower.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

donkeypowers (plural)

Questions

What does donkeypower mean?: A unit of power equal to 250 watts, or about one-third of a horsepower.
Where does donkeypower come from?: From donkey + power, based on horsepower.

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