khat
/kɑːt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.22 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "They are chewing on khat, a small serrated, bitter leaf with remarkable stimulative properties. […] One of the great things about khat[…] is that after a good chew you need to do something—walking, running, chopping wood, vigorously reciting a poem, throwing a grenade, anything that requires boldness and physical initiative."
- "Of course he was an amateur of quat – hashish – which delighted the cops."
- "‘And skinny Arab beggars who chew qat all day long to kill their appetites and get high on the weed.’"
- "Habitually munching on narcotic leaves of khat, they are easy enough to spot, their gleaming Toyota four-wheel-drives slicing paths around beaten-up wheelbarrows and pushcarts."