dot dot dot
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
As if adding an ellipsis in the middle of speech, indicates a pause, an omission or an unfinished thought.
Colloquial
Example Sentences
- "Is there a way, other then creating my own command button, that I can get the dot dot dot button next to a field on my form in Access 2000."
- "[the words dot dot dot are in the title] How do I make a recordset field which may be cut short like on a search engine so it only displays a certain ammount^([sic]) of characters and then ends ...?"
- "The "dot-dot-dot" (ellipsis) is commonly used to indicate omitted terms or signs of the kind you ask about."
- "Let me read this part of the note for the court reporter: "Either meet my demands or dot dot dot.""
- "IF I WAS JOE MILLIONAIRE, DOT DOT DOT****** I would have picked Eric from celebrity mole, lol."
- "[the original text is stylized across multiple lines] I need water, food, "shelter", emotions AND... dot-dot-DOT a reason."