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everybody and their dog

/-(ˌ)bədi-/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables
ev-ery-body and their dog
IPA
/-(ˌ)bədi-/
38
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Synonym of everybody and his brother (“everybody, everyone; also, a large number of people; most people”).

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

From everybody + and + their + dog.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /-(ˌ)bədi-/
  • British English: /ˈɛvɹiɪbɒdi n̩ ðɛː ˈdɒɡ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

everybody and his dog (alternative) everyone and his dog (alternative) everyone and their dog (alternative)

Synonyms

everybody and his brother the whole world and his dog the list at everybody and his brother and Thesaurus:everybody

Rhymes With

man bites dog go the whole hog crab-eating frog -alogue

Questions

How do you pronounce everybody and their dog?
The recorded pronunciation is /-(ˌ)bədi-/.
What does everybody and their dog mean?
Synonym of everybody and his brother (“everybody, everyone; also, a large number of people; most people”).
Where does everybody and their dog come from?
From everybody + and + their + dog.

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