Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

storm cats and dogs

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: stor-m -cat-s and -dogs
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To storm and rain heavily; synonym of rain cats and dogs.

Example Sentences

"About 10 o'clock, Burdell pushed forth into the wind and the rain — it was storming cats and dogs — and headed for his home at 31 Bond."
"Annie was standing beside the stove, showing her assistant, a Finnish girl from the village, how to flip bacon grease up and over frying eggs. “I think it is going to storm cats and dogs today, Dad,” announced Danny, jerking his thumb […]"
"It was storming cats and dogs, with lighting and thunder."

Inflected Forms

storms cats and dogs (present, singular) storming cats and dogs (participle, present) stormed cats and dogs (participle, past) stormed cats and dogs (past)

Questions

What does storm cats and dogs mean?: To storm and rain heavily; synonym of rain cats and dogs.

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