Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

circs

/sɝks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: circs
IPA: /sɝks/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

Informal

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of circ

Example Sentences

"I'm covered as far as iPod and automobile go as I have a solid library of music I've ripped from CD and purchased. But music throughout the house is trickier. And, under normal circs, subscription is no answer."
"Charlie Gilmour's father is an old Etonian poet; his stepfather a superannuated rock star worth around £78m whose most famous ditty insisted, somewhat amusingly under the circs, that "We don't need no education.""
"All this royal pomp and circs and magnificence and significance and sacred music and you are, quite rightly, your unaffected modern English selves."
""They were trapped in circs that they didn't know anything about, that they could not have foreseen […]"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /sɝks/
British English: /sɜːks/

Usage

Informal

Rhymes With

works

Questions

How do you pronounce circs?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɝks/.
What does circs mean?: plural of circ

How to pronounce circs

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