Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give someone the chair

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English

Syllables
give -some-one the chair
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sentence a person to execution by means of the electric chair.

American usage

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

gives someone the chair (present, singular) giving someone the chair (participle, present) gave someone the chair (past) given someone the chair (participle, past)

Questions

What does give someone the chair mean?
To sentence a person to execution by means of the electric chair.

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