cobra
/ˈkoʊbɹə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.51 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In the pools, too, was a species of small alligator or enormous iguana, I do not know which, that fed, Billali told me, upon the waterfowl, also large quantities of a hideous black water-snake, of which the bite is very dangerous, though not, I gathered, so deadly as a cobra's or a puff adder's."
- "There were COBRA forms to fill out for insurance, and unemployment to file for."
- "Boris Johnson was accused on Saturday of being “missing in action” after failing to attend a Cobra meeting to discuss the national heatwave emergency following predictions that thousands could die in the coming days."
- "In the UK, a Cobra security meeting was called and in Estonia, which neighbours Russia, the prime minister, Kaja Kallas, said there was strengthened security on the border."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: colubra
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkoʊbɹə/
- British English: /ˈkəʊbɹə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
cobra chicken
cobra effect
cobra lily
cobra maneuver
cobra pose
cobra roll
cobra saffron
Pugachev's cobra