Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fulla

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: ful-la
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Man, especially one of indigenous descent.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage

prep

Informal

Example Sentences

"While we was wanderin round the stalls tryin, in vain it turns out, ta find a food stall that sold tucker with meat in it, we came across a stall sellin didjeridoos, or yidakis as the fulla sellin em liked to call em."
"Pick me up later young fulla, ten past five."
"'Too many of our own fullas like that as well,' Brayling said darkly."
"Both parts, fulla shit.”"
"He's fulla . . . fulla crap."
"Ted's always fulla good stories."

Etymology

Corruption of fellow, 1970s.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fullas (plural)

Derived Forms

blackfulla whitefulla

Synonyms

fellow

Questions

What does fulla mean?: Man, especially one of indigenous descent.
Where does fulla come from?: Corruption of fellow, 1970s.

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