Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

read someone's beads

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: read- -some-one's beads
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To read someone; to call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.

Dated; Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"1976-1977, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He began to read our beads saying he's observed us often & he sees J as "a villain," not very flexible or open & a cynical person. But he sees me as a man with a sense of humor, much more open to different things, that J can't adjust to change."
"In Dykes we are black, we are Asian, we are mothers, nuns, and ruggers. And honey, we all get our beads read: the girlfriend who is always late; the roommate that you, perish the thought, hate; the lover who can't dance; and the girls looking, or should I say hunting, for romance."

Usage

Inflected Forms

reads someone's beads (present, singular) reading someone's beads (participle, present)

Questions

What does read someone's beads mean?: To read someone; to call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.

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