Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blueliner

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: blue-lin-er
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"On Saturday, hard-luck blueliner Mike Van Ryn was blasted into the end boards by Montreal forward Max Pacioretty and isn't expected to be available for a week or perhaps longer with a lower body injury."

Etymology

From blue + liner, after blue line in hockey.

Inflected Forms

blueliners (plural)

Questions

What does blueliner mean?: A defenceman
Where does blueliner come from?: From blue + liner, after blue line in hockey.

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