Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shirt-front

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables
shirt-front
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To knock down an opponent by colliding with them chest-to-chest (Australian rules football) or tackle them by grabbing their chest by their shirt front and wrestling them to the ground (rugby league football).

verb

To aggressively threaten an opponent by standing toe to toe with them while or before verbally or physically abusing them.

Inflected Forms

shirt-fronts (present, singular) shirt-fronting (participle, present) shirt-fronted (participle, past) shirt-fronted (past)

Questions

What does shirt-front mean?
To knock down an opponent by colliding with them chest-to-chest (Australian rules football) or tackle them by grabbing their chest by their shirt front and wrestling them to the ground (rugby league football).

How to pronounce shirt-front

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