Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soaky

/ˈsoʊki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: soak-y
IPA: /ˈsoʊki/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Soaking wet; sopping; saturated.

adj

Characterised by soaking; involving a soak.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"There is that same peat and bog, like nothing else but itself — a soaky, black, treacherous, useless mass when wet; when dry, a soil fat, light, and fertile beyond compare."
"Now would be a good time to take a soaky bath, adding all that extra colloidal Oatmeal that you made, or you can eat the Oatmeal for breakfast with some honey: it's quite delicious."

Etymology

From soak + -y.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsoʊki/
British English: /ˈsəʊki/

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

soakier (comparative) soakiest (superlative)

Rhymes With

low-key poke smoky loki smokey hokey pokey toki okie hokey pokey oaky folky

Questions

How do you pronounce soaky?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsoʊki/.
What does soaky mean?: Soaking wet; sopping; saturated.
Where does soaky come from?: From soak + -y.

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