puddle
/ˈpʌdəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
noun
The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
verb
To form a puddle.
verb
Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
Example Sentences
- "Foꝛ with the only be theſe welles of lyfe, / Of frayle men ſpring but podels of myꝛe, / From whom ſourdeth errour ⁊ croked ſtrife[…]"
- "And fast beside a little brooke did pas / Of muddie water, that like puddle stank […]."
- "searching their habitations for water, we could fill but three barricoes, and that such puddle, that never till then we ever knew the want of good water."
- "I had only to see the 'puddle' to know that your paddle made it."
- "As the blade exits the water the puddle is very tight and dark. It is also very quiet."
- "Soon the Latino warrior had bared his beefy body. His bullet packed bandolier still draped over one shoulder served to emphasize the nakedness of the torso, as did the boots and the pants that were puddled about his ankles."
Etymology
From Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd (“ditch”), from Proto-Germanic *puddaz (compare Low German Pudel (“puddle”), Middle High German podel (“quagmire, mudhole”), Hunsrik Puttel, dialectal German Pfudel (“puddle”), German pudeln (“to splash about”)), ultimately imitative.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpʌdəl/
- British English: /ˈpʌdəl/