windshield-wiper
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "“She drove off very fast so that he should not see the tears clouding her view. Mechanically she switched on the windshield-wipers and her gesture tore from her a desperate little laugh” is the way Sagan describes the end of a midday lovers’ quarrel."
- "My friends and I were standing on the grass verge of the town’s main road, tossing loose balls of fresh-mown grass at passing cars. One of these stuck in the windshield-wipers of a car (which was probably doing around 60 mph)."
- "General Motors Co. is recalling certain large crossover vehicles from the 2011 and 2012 model years to fix windshield-wipers that may loosen and stop working."