Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in a few shakes

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: in- a few shakes
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Synonym of in two shakes.

Example Sentences

"“And do you realize that in a few shakes I've got to show up at dinner and have Mrs Cream being very, very kind to me? It hurts the pride of the Woosters, Jeeves.”"

Synonyms

in two shakes

Questions

What does in a few shakes mean?: Synonym of in two shakes.

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