Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mistpouffer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mist-pouf-fer
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unexplained sound, like a cannon or a sonic boom, heard in various waterfront communities.

Example Sentences

"The mysterious noises, mentioned to me by Mr. Clement Reid, which are heard on Dartmoor and in Scotland near the Highland Fault, are not perhaps exactly comparable with "Mistpouffers"[…]"
"Mistpouffers are dull, distant explosive sounds heard around the coast of Europe all the way to Iceland."
"In addition to detonating minerals, more usual mistpouffer explanations range from great pockets of volatile gasses bubbling up from the sea bed and spontaneously igniting at the surface, to meteors[…]"

Inflected Forms

mistpouffers (plural)

Questions

What does mistpouffer mean?: An unexplained sound, like a cannon or a sonic boom, heard in various waterfront communities.

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