Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lambeau leap

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables
lam-beau leap
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A touchdown celebration in which a player leaps into the bleachers behind the end zone after scoring.

Etymology

Inflected Forms

Lambeau Leaps (plural)

Questions

What does lambeau leap mean?
A touchdown celebration in which a player leaps into the bleachers behind the end zone after scoring.
Where does lambeau leap come from?
Named after Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, as it popularized in the 1990s by LeRoy Butler and Robert Brooks of the Green Bay Packers.

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