Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kick 'em jenny

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: kick- 'em -jen-ny
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An active submarine volcano on the Caribbean Sea floor, located 8 km (5 mi) north of the island of Grenada, or the strait where it lies.

Example Sentences

"Even then, if she cannot lie S.E.b.S. at least, her reaching them will be very doubtful, and her best way will be to go through the passage between Kick-'em-Jenny and Carriacou, in order to weather Grenada before she gets into the strong lee current which prevails between that island and Trinidad, and renders it very difficult for ships to fetch Point Saline from the Bocas."
"The 12 submarine eruptions from Kick 'em Jenny are believed to have been dominantly explosive, although in at least one case a lava dome was extruded."
"On the way, I learn from a feisty Jamaican writer that the turbulence one experiences, and to which Marshall gives epic meaning, is actually the result of volcanic action that is producing another island (affectionately called “Kick 'em Jenny”)."

Etymology

Applied to the volcano after it erupted in the 1930s; the name was previously used for the small islet nearby (now called Diamond Rock) and the waters around it, where the volcano is located, perhaps in reference to their roughness.

Questions

What does kick 'em jenny mean?: An active submarine volcano on the Caribbean Sea floor, located 8 km (5 mi) north of the island of Grenada, or the strait where it lies.
Where does kick 'em jenny come from?: Applied to the volcano after it erupted in the 1930s; the name was previously used for the small islet nearby (now called Diamond Rock) and the waters around it, where the volcano is located, perhaps in reference to their roughness.

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