Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come thick and fast

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables: come thick- and -fast
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To arrive rapidly in large groups.

Example Sentences

"England had never before come back to win from a margin of more than 12 points, and the errors continued to come thick and fast as Tom Croft became the latest to cough up the ball."

Inflected Forms

comes thick and fast (present, singular) coming thick and fast (participle, present) came thick and fast (past)

Questions

What does come thick and fast mean?: To arrive rapidly in large groups.

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