sudden death
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A period or mode of play in which the next player or team to score wins instantly; often in an extra period of time following a tie at the end of the regular period of play.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A meal of a chicken freshly slaughtered and spatchcocked.
Indian usage; Countable; Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "An old sinner, in shape of a khansamah, is the genius of the place, and has rarely aught else to tempt the tired traveller with than a “sudden death”—a fowl caught running in the yard, and dished up forthwith; […]"
- "Our next dish is one which has shown no signs of scarcity since we reached India, — the ever present chicken, or “sudden death,” as it is called here, from the Anglo-Indian custom of cooking a fowl that has been running about the garden half an hour before."