dickens
/ˈdɪkɪnz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A disturbance or row.
noun
Used as an intensifier in the phrase the dickens; see that entry.
name
A surname originating as a patronymic, notably borne by Charles Dickens, English novelist.
name
A small city, the county seat of Dickens County, Texas, United States.
Example Sentences
- "She can go to the dickens for what she said."
- "You scared the dickens out of me."
- "“Four weeks ago, I was sitting down for breakfast with my beautiful wife, Evie. Evie and I were sitting down with our two beautiful little boys, Connor and C-C-- Cah-- ristopher, and Christopher looks up to me-- he's six years old and full of the dickens--”"
- "Hugh considered saying, Then I guess I'll just have to kick you a few times instead, you frog son of a bitch. Then he thought of that fat bastard Keeton, handing him a pink slip for kicking up dickens in the local tavern."
- "And lastly, thanks to my children, Dutch and Tallulah, for allowing me to see the magic of everything I love about popular culture anew through their eyes. This one is for you two dickens!"
- "Why the dickens did he do that?"
Etymology
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.