Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stand up and give it to him

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

Syllables: stand up and -give it -to him
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

3

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

A phrase shouted by the officer on a whaleboat to order an attack with a harpoon.

Example Sentences

"In this straining, bawling state, then, with his back to the fish, all at once the exhausted harpooneer hears the exciting cry—“Stand up, and give it to him!”"
"Soon we were close by the waist boat’s hale and now the mate sung out to Johnson our boatsteerer “stand up and give it to him” and he did give it to solid."

Questions

What does stand up and give it to him mean?: A phrase shouted by the officer on a whaleboat to order an attack with a harpoon.

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