gunny
/ˈɡʌni/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.30 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Traffic is brisk, and goods consists of rice, gunny (hessian), maize and native implements."
- "Provisions were ferried by camel in stout sacks of gunny with blocks of ice packed round them; a herculean task."
- "The gunny's voice reverberated between the barracks as we marched, “Ya left right . . . left right . . . left right left. […] Then the gunny unexpectedly stopped our forward movement. “Company, halt!”"
- "“As a rule of thumb, Marine corporals, when a gunny asks a question, answer it,”"
- "Alongside even' officer chain of command is an enlisted one, and the company gunnery sergeant ("gunny" for short) is the enlisted counterpart […] Without a gunny, the day-to-day operations of the infantry would likely grind to a halt."
- ""Aw, ferget them two guns!" Bland surrendered. "This is sure the gunniest country I ever stopped in. Even the Janes–""
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, गोणी
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
gunnybag
gunnycloth