rumpty-tumpty
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
A nonsense word, especially in simple or childish songs.
Example Sentences
- "It's a right rumpty-tumpty tune anyway."
- "Well you know, sir, it's very difficult to have a favourite when it's all such jolly, rumpty-tumpty stuff."
- "I loved poetry in school, especially the rumpty-tumpty kind."
- "Rumpty-tumpty, pimplety-pan— / The flubdub courted a catamaran / But timplety-topplety, timpity-tare— / The flubdub wedded the big blue bear!"
- "He believes the music should come first because otherwise the words will be nothing more than rumpty-tumpty."
- "This female was clearly not up for any rumpty tumpty in the grass, and she bopped her suitor a few times before he got the message and sulkily sloped back to his corner of the field."
Usage
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Slang
Inflected Forms
more rumpty-tumpty (comparative)
most rumpty-tumpty (superlative)