Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snapbrim

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: snap-brim
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a hat, having a brim that is flexible enough to be worn turned up in the back and snapped down in the front to shade the eyes.

Example Sentences

"He had had to accept half a dozen unusually patterned foulard ties, dark socks with fancy clocks, two or three 'display kerchiefs' for his breast pocket, nylon vests and pants (called T-shirts and shorts), a comfortable light-weight camel-hair overcoat with over-buttressed shoulders, a plain grey snapbrim Fedora with a thin black ribbon and two pairs of hand-stitched and very comfortable black Moccasin 'casuals'."

Etymology

From snap + brim.

Questions

What does snapbrim mean?: Of a hat, having a brim that is flexible enough to be worn turned up in the back and snapped down in the front to shade the eyes.
Where does snapbrim come from?: From snap + brim.

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