Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blanky

/blˈæŋkˌi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: blanky
IPA: /blˈæŋkˌi/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

Australian usage; British usage; Slang

noun

Alternative form of blankie.

Example Sentences

"‘When I peg out,’ Dan said, throwing down his shovel, ‘I hope there’ll be none o’ this humbug about me. Sling me up into the fork of a blanky tree, that’ll be enough!’"
"[…] Bill was a wonderful instructor. "'Mark time on that blanky clutch,' he'd yell, and Spud would put his foot on the brake-pedal."
""Slept last night under a railway bridge. Give you my word I was so blanky tired I hardly heard the blanky trains go over it.""
"Why, strike me pink, I'd sooner drink / With a cove sent up for arson / Than a rain-beseeching, preaching, teaching, / Blanky, cranky parson."
"I have repaired the underarms in the sweater so many times it has the love-punished look of the blanky I slept with until age 9."

Etymology

A euphemistic substitution for the expletive bloody.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: blanket

Usage

Inflected Forms

blankies (plural)

Rhymes With

blankie

Questions

How do you pronounce blanky?: The recorded pronunciation is /blˈæŋkˌi/.
What does blanky mean?: A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.
Where does blanky come from?: A euphemistic substitution for the expletive bloody.

How to pronounce blanky

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