Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skinny drink of water

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: skin-ny -drink of wa-ter
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person with a thin, gangly build.

American usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"Some skinny drink of water was raising the most sand of all, going at it whole-hog with one old man."
"At one point McGregor had coughed and the skinny drink of water involuntarily slid his chair back from the table."
"I thought earlier that a skinny drink of water like him would be unconscious after a load of shots but no such luck."

Etymology

Based on the earlier long drink of water.

Usage

American usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

skinny drinks of water (plural)

Synonyms

gangly drink of water scrawny drink of water

Questions

What does skinny drink of water mean?: A person with a thin, gangly build.
Where does skinny drink of water come from?: Based on the earlier long drink of water.

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