Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sugar pill

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: sug-ar pill
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A placebo medication made with sugar.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sugar, pill.

Etymology

From sugar + pill.

Inflected Forms

sugar pills (plural)

Phrases

sugar the pill

Frequently Paired Words

sugar the pill

Questions

What does sugar pill mean?: A placebo medication made with sugar.
Where does sugar pill come from?: From sugar + pill.

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