Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pinky-promise

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: pinky-promise
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of pinky promise.

Example Sentences

"Perhaps most important, our oldest son pinky-promised his best friend that we would be back in a year."
"Then Trump spoke to the crown prince, who pinky-promised he had nothing to do with the 15 men identified by the Turkish media as belonging to a grisly hit-squad, which reportedly included an autopsy specialist carrying his own bone saw."
"These ancients believed Janus, by nature of his dual visages, looked backward at what had been and forward to the future. To honor him, they offered sacrifices and pinky-promised to be better-behaved in the year to come."

Inflected Forms

pinky-promises (present, singular) pinky-promising (participle, present) pinky-promised (participle, past) pinky-promised (past)

Questions

What does pinky-promise mean?: Alternative form of pinky promise.

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