twins
/twɪnz/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The constellation and zodiacal sign Gemini.
Example Sentences
- "Then to make matters worse, you try to squeeze the twins, which seemed to figure out that gravity does work, into a dress or blouse, exposing enough cleavage that forges a valley big enough that John Wayne could drive cattle through it from his movie Red River."
- "Two Twins won a Gold Glove Award last year."
- "Geminy, or the Twins, rule the ſhoulders, arms, and hands, & theſe three are ſigns of yᵉ ſpring."
- "In the twins, the first holds an arrow, the second a palm-branch."
- "The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales; The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-Goat, The Man that carries the Water-pot, And Fish with glittering scales."
- "(The Constellation of the Twins was thought peculiarly lucky.) Perhaps after a time it was discovered that twins sometimes run in families, and in such cases really do bring fertility with them."
Usage
Inflected Forms
the Twins (canonical)