Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

face that would stop a clock

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: face that -would stop a -clock
IPA

45

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

3

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shockingly unattractive face.

noun

A shockingly attractive face.

Example Sentences

"He described the thug as a very ugly and wicked-looking man, with a face that "would stop a clock"."
"We realize that all women are fair only in theory and that if we arranged them in the order of fairness we should have at one end the face that launched a thousand ships and at the other end the face that would stop a clock."
"Archie was an artist, finely chiselled, "the type girls go for like catnip." He . . . was expected to marry an American heiress. But she loved a muscular curate with a face that would stop a clock."
"Hey darlin' I can remember when you could stop a clock."

Inflected Forms

faces that would stop a clock (plural) faces that would stop clocks (plural) face that could stop a clock (alternative)

Questions

What does face that would stop a clock mean?: A shockingly unattractive face.

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