Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cockneyfy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cock-ney-fy
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make cockney; to vulgarize.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"There certainly are a set of John Bulls, both male and female, who would cockneyfy every spot on the globe they might visit — even the very pyramids..."
"Bozo had a strange way of talking, Cockneyfied and yet very lucid and expressive."
"This first hint of shyness and shame, and the irony that tried to cover it, cockneyfied and West Indian too, made Nick want to jump on him and kiss him."

Etymology

From cockney + -fy.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cockney

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

cockneyfies (present, singular) cockneyfying (participle, present) cockneyfied (participle, past) cockneyfied (past)

Questions

What does cockneyfy mean?: To make cockney; to vulgarize.
Where does cockneyfy come from?: From cockney + -fy.

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