Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

getaway

/ɡˈɛtəwˌeɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: get-away
IPA: /ɡˈɛtəwˌeɪ/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A means of escape.

noun

The effecting of an escape.

noun

A vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.

Informal

adj

Pertaining to an escape, as in a vehicle or plans.

Example Sentences

"This dramatic arrival of the figure in landscape had revitalized its whole problem for him, and that on the practice of a métier going a little stale by repetition. No get away from it, Edmund, he had to have the model. And what a model - tinted up by nature herself as the perfect complement of her own harmonics!"
"They'd been discussing their getaway plans for weeks."

Etymology

Deverbal from get away.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

getaways (plural) get-away (alternative)

Phrases

getaway car getaway driver getaway man

Synonyms

leave time off lam pickup

Rhymes With

pettaway

Questions

How do you pronounce getaway?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈɛtəwˌeɪ/.
What does getaway mean?: A means of escape.
Where does getaway come from?: Deverbal from get away.

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