Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scrape someone off the ceiling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: scrape -some-one of-f the -ceil-ing
IPA

44

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

6

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used to describe the response to someone who is either experiencing great pain, who is very frightened, or is very elated.

Example Sentences

"He would come over to my office at least once a week and explode because somebody had been after him. And I would scrape him off the ceiling and send him back until the next week."
"Occasionally, however, they will get a real thriller, and when the horn goes off at a particularly suspenseful point, they say you can scrape the pilots off the ceiling."
"Do you think you could scrape yourself off the ceiling long enough for us to get some sleep?"
"It made my inner self so excited I had to think of baseball or they'd be scraping me off the ceiling."
"No, you'd have to scrape me off the ceiling."
"I spoke with Kip the other day, and you could scrape him off the ceiling with the obvious pride and excitement he shares with Kinsley."

Inflected Forms

scrapes someone off the ceiling (present, singular) scraping someone off the ceiling (participle, present) scraped someone off the ceiling (participle, past) scraped someone off the ceiling (past)

Phrases

hit the roof

Frequently Paired Words

hit the roof

Synonyms

pull someone off the ceiling peel someone off the ceiling

Questions

What does scrape someone off the ceiling mean?: Used to describe the response to someone who is either experiencing great pain, who is very frightened, or is very elated.

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