Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pinky-swear

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: pinky-swear
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of pinky swear.

Example Sentences

"Christian can’t live without Anastasia and lures her back, promising he will no longer get off on the “rough” sex they’ve previously had. […] She makes him pinky-swear—OK, not literally—and the two proceed to reignite their relationship, lukewarmly this time."
"Oh Jon. How trusting of you to believe your sisters would pinky-swear and keep a Seven Kingdoms-changing secret to themselves."
"Separating to go back to their friends, they pinky-swore they wouldn’t be strangers the next day."

Inflected Forms

pinky-swears (present, singular) pinky-swearing (participle, present) pinky-swore (past) pinky-sworn (participle, past)

Questions

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

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