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spoonerize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spooner-ize
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To produce the kind of play on words called a spoonerism (from).

American usage

Etymology

From Spooner + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

spoonerizes (present, singular) spoonerizing (participle, present) spoonerized (participle, past) spoonerized (past) spoonerise (alternative, UK)

Questions

What does spoonerize mean?
To produce the kind of play on words called a spoonerism (from).
Where does spoonerize come from?
From Spooner + -ize.

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