faunch
/fɔːnt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Byrne was the best thing about *Man in the Iron Mask*, as far as plot and acting. I do confess a faunch for John Malkovitch, and DiCaprio should be allowed to develop his considerable latent acting abilities."
- "Me, I'd caution against a Worldcon as one's first convention for somebody who has such a faunch -- not to the point of avoiding it, if one were handy -- as while there's a lot that's fun at a Worldcon, it tends to be on the largish side, it's fairly easy to get lostish, and in most times and places (at least in the US) there's likely to be a good convention closer in time and space than the next Worldcon."
- "Instead of the fine faunching black mare he usually rode he was on a light grey today, a little slower if it came to a run from the Indians or a buffalo stampede, but much less conspicuous against the snow."
- "Ecstatic, they faunched and gamboled and I could hardly get them in the traces."
- "But on the evening before election, a staunch Democrat who had been on one of our telephone jobs came to my door — just faunching and spluttering."
- "You won't make nothing the day I die. I'll go out fighting and faunching."
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
faunch and rear
faunch at the bit