charleston
/ˈtʃɑɹlstən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Example Sentences
- "Dans told CNN he will formally launch his campaign with a prayer breakfast Wednesday in Charleston."
- "Dubbed “the Black Venus”, she danced the charleston in nothing but a string of pearls and a skirt made of 16 rubber bananas, performed with a snake wrapped suggestively round her neck, strolled down the Champs-Élysées with her pet cheetah, and became an international superstar. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/28/dancer-singer-spy-frances-pantheon-to-honour-josephine-baker"
- "The Cambridge professor was charlestoning madly with a well-built woman in a backless evening dress; there were dark patches under his arms where the sweat had soaked through his suit."
- "[…] in the Jazz Age she shook, shimmied and charlestoned whilst men just ogled."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtʃɑɹlstən/