Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ecaf

/ˈi.keɪf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ecaf
IPA: /ˈi.keɪf/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person's face.

Example Sentences

"He was very camp, and used all that weird gay backslang of the fifties[.] ‘Clock the ecaf, dear!’ they would say (look at the face)."
"If you had too much slap on when you went out . . . your mates say too much slap on your ecaf. Yeah. Oh really girl? Yes . . . Go in the lavs here and have a look."
"I better not see you on my street / If I do, you gone see plenty heat / And let them bullets come straight at your ecaf / At your emod, cause you was a disgracе."

Etymology

Backwards spelling of face.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈi.keɪf/
British English: /ˈiː.keɪf/

Inflected Forms

ecafs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

eek riah

Synonyms

eek

Questions

How do you pronounce ecaf?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈi.keɪf/.
What does ecaf mean?: A person's face.
Where does ecaf come from?: Backwards spelling of face.

How to pronounce ecaf

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