Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

the seven bells

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: the -sev-en -bells
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Used as an intensifier after an interrogative pronoun.

Slang

Example Sentences

"That's simple enough, but why the seven bells doesn't the documentation say so? Instead it talks about resources, but nowhere defines what a resource is, or what the syntax is for describing one."

Etymology

From seven bells.

Usage

Slang

Phrases

seven bells out of in the seven hells

Frequently Paired Words

seven bells out of in the seven hells

Questions

What does the seven bells mean?: Used as an intensifier after an interrogative pronoun.
Where does the seven bells come from?: From seven bells.

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