Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pig-jawed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: pig--jawed
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower.

Etymology

From pig + jawed.

Inflected Forms

more pig-jawed (comparative) most pig-jawed (superlative)

Synonyms

hog-jawed

Questions

What does pig-jawed mean?: Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower.
Where does pig-jawed come from?: From pig + jawed.

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