Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

figure-eight hitch

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: fig-ure-eight hitch
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A becket hitch favoured by anglers to hitch a line to a leader loop.

Inflected Forms

figure-eight hitches (plural)

Questions

What does figure-eight hitch mean?: A becket hitch favoured by anglers to hitch a line to a leader loop.

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