Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

to the gills

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
to the gills
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Entirely or extremely; to the greatest degree possible.

Example Sentences

Phrases

sloshed to the gills wired to the gills

Synonyms

all the way from soup to nuts in excelsis to the backbone to the bone to the brim to the core to the fullest to the full to the gills to the gunnels to the hilt

Questions

What does to the gills mean?
Entirely or extremely; to the greatest degree possible.

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