Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stuck record

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables: stuck- record
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who repeatedly says the same thing.

Example Sentences

"These conversations seemed dictated to him by something outside of him. He was a stuck record."
"I backed against the door as Lena took a tiny step forward, her body curving towards Phil. She thanked him again – she really was a stuck record – and he shushed her again."
"Frost was a stuck record. 'He said it in passing, I ignored him, felt like saying his whole life was a mistake, now I see he was trying to tell me something.'"

Etymology

Suggesting the situation where a gramophone needle slips and repeatedly plays the same portion of a vinyl record.

Inflected Forms

stuck records (plural)

Synonyms

broken record

Questions

What does stuck record mean?: A person who repeatedly says the same thing.
Where does stuck record come from?: Suggesting the situation where a gramophone needle slips and repeatedly plays the same portion of a vinyl record.

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