Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

time of the month

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.21 in modern English

Syllables: time of the -month
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of menstruation: the monthly period during which a fertile woman menstruates.

Example Sentences

"I'm so, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. I'm just... I'm just a little bit, you know... Well, I've got you know at the moment, so... I've got Aunt Irma visiting. Do you not like Aunt Irma? I've got an aunt like that. It's my term for... my time of the month. What time of the month? The weekend?"
"You have to admit, however, that during that time of the month, we are not at our most likable. Let's face it. We are swollen up like an overfed slug, our breath stinks, the tiniest irritant is magnified ten thousand times, and we cry at the drop of a hat."
"It’s that time, that time of the month / Well I woke up early and I got a hunch"

Inflected Forms

times of the month (plural) TOM (alternative) that time of the month (alternative)

Derived Forms

Tom

Phrases

curse of Tom

Synonyms

menstruation

Questions

What does time of the month mean?: Synonym of menstruation: the monthly period during which a fertile woman menstruates.

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