fly-swatter
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Two mechanical toys in particular are noticeable in this respect, the old man who aimed with a fly-swatter, patiently awaits the coming of mus musculus, and the twin cats with ribbons round their necks which jig joyously to each other’s fiddling on a glass-encased stage."
- "Although not much of the merchandise may tempt you (meat smokers, underwear and fly-swatters are on offer), it’s nice to stroll through a busy shopping area without getting the “Hey, amigo!” sales push."
- "I had a tournament coming up, and Waialae is a damn difficult course, probably the second or third hardest on the PGA tour, mainly because of its wasp-waisted fairways as narrow as seventeen yards in places and those towering coconut trees that are to golf balls what fly-swatters are to, uh, flies."