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gantlope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gant-lope
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The military punishment known as running the gauntlet.

Etymology

From Swedish gatlopp, from Swedish gata (“street, lane”) + lopp (“course, run”). Compare German Gassenlaufen.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

gantlopes (plural) gauntlope (alternative, obsolete) gantelope (alternative, obsolete)

Phrases

run the gantlope

Questions

What does gantlope mean?
The military punishment known as running the gauntlet.
Where does gantlope come from?
It is traced to Swedish.

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