Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fresh off the boat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: fresh of-f the boat
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Newly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of their new environment.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"You were fresh off the boat from Virginia / I had a year in New York City under my belt / We met in a dream, we were both nineteen"
"Metropolis is the story of a harmless, hapless, nameless young German immigrant, fresh off the boat in 1860-something, who has a knack for naively stumbling into complicated plots through no fault of his own."

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

fob (alternative)

Derived Forms

fob

Synonyms

FOB

Questions

What does fresh off the boat mean?: Newly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of their new environment.

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