count noses
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To count people one at a time.
verb
To determine the number of supporters of a particular politician or issue.
Example Sentences
- "While I have never counted noses, it is utterly preposterous to estimate that 40 per cent of the total, or 383,658 Federal civil jobs, are held by Jews."
- "Upon entering, this Candida does not even pause to count noses, see who's there."
- "Statisticians say counting noses isn’t the best way to come up with the right number--at least not for a population as large and varied as that of the United States. Far more accurate, they say, is a statistical method called sampling."
- "The last time we met — only three days ago — his great project was coming up before Parliament, and he told me, in confidence, that he was sure of a favorable result, — that he had counted noses, and had the most comfortable assurances from all the great leaders of the day, — and in short, between ourselves, that grass would be growing on the London Exchange within two years."
- "Although Israel strongly opposes beefing up military aid to Egypt, the Israelis, as one reliable source puts it, "have counted noses in Congress and know they can't stop it.""
- "Because it appears the Speaker has not learned to accurately count noses in his own caucus yet."