Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finger in the dike

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: fin-ger in the dike
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of finger in the dyke.

Example Sentences

"After a long bout of the Dutch Disease, the Netherlands is the only part-time economy in the world, the new champion of the continent, with the finger in the dike of unemployment."
"Dan O'Brian was just a finger in the dike, but he had it stuck in a pretty vital hole."
"Seeing our historic deficits as powerful enough leaks to collapse our nation's credit, in 2010, the Tea Party rose up to stick their finger in the dike, pledging to stop America's excessive public debt from growing further until we could agree on a path for recovery."

Inflected Forms

fingers in the dike (plural)

Questions

What does finger in the dike mean?: Alternative form of finger in the dyke.

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