bump off
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""Well, he's been wrong ever since I had to bump off Tim Harrigan. Talks about a fair break. As if I had a chance to let the old man get to a gun.""
- "He could imagine M calling in the Chief of Staff. "007's already tangled up with the FBI. Dam' fool went up to Harlem last night and bumped off three of Mr. Big's men. Got hurt himself, apparently, but not much.""
- "The snow goons aren't moving! They're asleep! Now's our chance to go bump 'em off!"
- "In Match Point, when a mistress is about to blab to a wife, threatening a man's comfortable life, his solution is to bump off the girlfriend."