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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flying banana

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
fly-ing banana
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The New Measurement Train; the high-speed track testing train used on the British railway network.

British usage; Humorous

Etymology

From flying (“capable of speed”) + banana (in reference to its yellow colour).

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Flying Banana (canonical)

Phrases

Doctor Yellow

Frequently Paired Words

Doctor Yellow

Questions

What does flying banana mean?
The New Measurement Train; the high-speed track testing train used on the British railway network.
Where does flying banana come from?
From flying (“capable of speed”) + banana (in reference to its yellow colour).

How to pronounce flying banana

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