Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whangee

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whangee
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of over forty Asian grasses of the genus Phyllostachys, a genus of bamboos, hardy evergreen plants from Japan, China and the Himalayas with woody stems sometimes used to make canes and umbrella handles.

noun

A cane made from whangee wood.

Example Sentences

"“One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …""

Etymology

From Mandarin 黃藜 /黄藜 (huánglí).

Inflected Forms

whangees (plural)

Questions

What does whangee mean?: Any of over forty Asian grasses of the genus Phyllostachys, a genus of bamboos, hardy evergreen plants from Japan, China and the Himalayas with woody stems sometimes used to make canes and umbrella handles.
Where does whangee come from?: From Mandarin 黃藜 /黄藜 (huánglí).

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