Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wait-a-bit

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

Syllables: wait--a-bit
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa.

noun

Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa.

noun

Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa.

noun

Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa.

noun

Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa.

noun

Certain thorny shrubs and trees of North America:

noun

Certain thorny shrubs and trees of North America:

noun

Certain thorny shrubs and trees of North America:

Etymology

From Afrikaans wag-'n-bietjie.

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: wag-'n-bietjie

Inflected Forms

wait-a-bits (plural)

Phrases

wait-a-minute wait-a-while

Frequently Paired Words

wait-a-minute wait-a-while

Questions

What does wait-a-bit mean?: Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa.
Where does wait-a-bit come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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