Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rain-check

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English

Syllables: rain-check
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of rain check.

verb

Alternative form of raincheck.

Example Sentences

"What say we rain-check this. What say I put the last of this out of its amber misery and we go in and tell her you're not feeling up to snuff enough again and we're rain-checking your first introduction to the Game till this weekend […]"
"Earlier, I'd arranged to meet Eugenie in Metairie to help her find a new refrigerator, but I called and rain-checked."
"Jana planted her hands on her hips, rain-checked the promise of allegiance, and continued the challenging stare."
"Can we rain-check?"

Inflected Forms

rain-checks (plural) rain-checks (present, singular) rain-checking (participle, present) rain-checked (participle, past) rain-checked (past)

Questions

What does rain-check mean?: Alternative form of rain check.

How to pronounce rain-check

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