jump in one's skin
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Example Sentences
- "The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror."