flat stick
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flat, stick.
Example Sentences
- "I've been digging around for some stuff for you. Unfortunately we're a bit pushed for time at the moment as we're heading back to the homeland—New Zealand—via Britain & Europe—so what with packing our stuff up and getting that off and trying to make the odd arrangement for travel we've been "flat stick.""
- ""Only thing is, I'm flat stick. Can't get onto it until the end of the month. You wanna courtesy car?""
- "You start your career through sevens. It's such a great way to learn the game. It's flat stick and you have to make decisions under pressure. It's a fast-track to becoming a very good rugby player."
- "At 9am on a Wednesday morning it's flat stick at Jet Patel's cafe, Kanteen. It's the second rush of the morning – a bunch of Wellington office workers already got their fix a few hours before."
- "Wade placed him in a large plastic rubbish bin full of sea water and off we went flat stick back to the El Torito near the Sand Garden. Howard tagged Sammy and let him go in this alien world, Walt filming the reactions of the other males to this stranger."
- "He then drives us flat stick into the setting sun to home."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more flat stick (comparative)
most flat stick (superlative)
flatstick (alternative)
flat sticks (plural)