Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hatch, match, and dispatch

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: hatch, -match, and dis-patch
IPA

45

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The major milestones of a person's life: birth, marriage, and death.

verb

To preside over the ceremonies surrounding birth and naming, marriage, and funerals or memorial services.

Slang

Example Sentences

"“We get the news, especially the important hatch, match, and dispatch info” (as the births, marriages, and deaths columns were referred to). “But we also have it as foot warmers, and we cut it up into toilet paper, too...""
"He gave great attention and care to 'hatch, match and dispatch', exulting when those whom he had married in Chapel brought back their offspring to be baptised."
"All is as it should be for the hatch, match and dispatch Christians to go home reassured they do not have to come to church until Easter when Jesus will die for their sins and if he sees his shadow on the third day we will have six more weeks of winter."
"It is no longer sufficient for rabbis to "hatch, match and dispatch," to serve as CEO's of synagogues or to preside over annual High Holiday pilgrimages."
"The Independent reports that the Church of England "is facing the final nail in the coffin of its claim to 'hatch, match and dispatch' the nation."
"The loose attitude often is that the church is there to 'hatch, match and dispatch' its people and if it can, 'take their money.'"

Etymology

hatch suggests birth, as in the hatching of an egg; match suggests marriage, as in the matching of bride and groom; and dispatch suggests death.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

hatches, matches, and dispatches (plural) hatch, match and despatch (alternative) hatches, matches, and dispatches (present, singular) hatching, matching, and dispatching (participle, present) hatched, matched, and dispatched (participle, past) hatched, matched, and dispatched (past)

Questions

What does hatch, match, and dispatch mean?: The major milestones of a person's life: birth, marriage, and death.
Where does hatch, match, and dispatch come from?: hatch suggests birth, as in the hatching of an egg; match suggests marriage, as in the matching of bride and groom; and dispatch suggests death.

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