Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soaking wet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: soak-ing wet
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

As a maximum; at most.

Informal

Example Sentences

"I weigh one hundred eight pounds soaking wet, I work out because it's important to me to stay in shape, and I'm not half as fragile as you think I am."

Usage

Informal

Synonyms

drenched soaked to the bone sopping wet wet through wringing wet

Questions

What does soaking wet mean?: Extremely wet.

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