Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flay someone alive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables
flay -some-one alive
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of skin someone alive (“castigate someone severely”).

Colloquial

Usage

Inflected Forms

flays someone alive (present, singular) flaying someone alive (participle, present) flayed someone alive (participle, past) flayed someone alive (past)

Synonyms

skin someone alive

Questions

What does flay someone alive mean?
Synonym of skin someone alive (“castigate someone severely”).

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