Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

like a rat up a drainpipe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
like a rat up a drain-pipe
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Very rapidly.

Colloquial

Usage

Questions

What does like a rat up a drainpipe mean?
Very rapidly.

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