Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

the house down

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.48 in modern English

Syllables: the -house- -down
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Used as an intensifier: very, to a great degree; exceptionally.

Example Sentences

"Hello-tis, it's Jorgeous! This spicy Latina dancing diva started drag at the age of 16 and never looked back. A fierce performer who was born to do drag, Jorgeous is looking to dance the house down boots all the way to the top."
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"A musical theatre queen that can sing and “crochet” the house down, Saki [Yew] is eager to compete in the Rusical and girl-group challenge as “it shows off what I was trained to do”."

Etymology

Probably an ellipsis of bring the house down (“to garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter”).

Inflected Forms

down the house (alternative)

Synonyms

the house above a bit absolutely sorely widely horribly horrendously bone abundantly all too all but good

Questions

What does the house down mean?: Used as an intensifier: very, to a great degree; exceptionally.
Where does the house down come from?: Probably an ellipsis of bring the house down (“to garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter”).

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