robin
/ˈɹɑ.bɪn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.
noun
Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.
noun
A trimming in front of a dress.
name
A unisex given name.
name
A unisex given name.
name
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Example Sentences
- "As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note."
- "They ſay hee is already in the Forreſt of Arden, and a many merry men with him; and there liue like the old Robin Hood of England"
- "This waly boy will be nae coof: /I think we'll call him Robin./ Robin was a rovin' boy, / Rantin', rovin', rantin', rovin', /Robin was a rovin' boy, / Rantin', rovin' Robin."
- "Some names simply aren't appropriate after a while. Say you were called Robin, for instance. Well that's a perfectly good monicker up to the age of about nine, but pretty soon you'd have to do something about it, wouldn't you? Change your name by deed-poll to Samson, or Goliath, or something."
- ""We'll name her Robin," her mother said, and it was as though at her words something of that spring and the bird's song and his gay and friendly and impudent spirit entered into the child."
- "In March 1953, a month after Jeb was born, the Bush family received the devastating news that Robin had leukemia. A local doctor told the Bushes that doctors had never seen a white blood cell count that high and there was nothing they could do for her."
Etymology
Short for robin redbreast. Also from Middle English robynet, robynett (“robin (bird)”), from the Middle English name Robynett, a diminutive of the Middle English name Robyn (“Robin”). ] ]
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: robynet, Robin, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɑ.bɪn/
- British English: /ˈɹɒ.bɪn/