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chuck a dummy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
chuck- a -dum-my
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To feign an epileptic attack.

Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

chucks a dummy (present, singular) chucking a dummy (participle, present) chucked a dummy (participle, past) chucked a dummy (past)

Questions

What does chuck a dummy mean?
To feign an epileptic attack.

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