give it some welly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Believe me, if you give it a little welly down a twisty B-road this car feels pretty entertaining"
- "Having put the engineer at ease, I think, it was time to give the car some welly and I was amazed how effortlessly it rocketed up to, er, high speeds, then lost speed almost as rapidly when the powerful brakes came into use."
- "I insisted we share the driving and, after we pulled in for a tank of petrol one hour into our drive, she reluctantly let me take over. 'Give it some welly,' she said to me as I eased off the clutch. 'I'm trying,' I said"
- "First they always obey the golden rule ‘Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might’ (Ecclesiastes 9:19), which translates as ‘always give it some welly’."
- "I was then given the floor and had already determined that an impassioned rather than a measured delivery was what the occasion called for and as these opportunities do not present themselves very often I thought I would give it some welly."
- "So there I was, the dutiful husband, holding onto my wife's head and shouting words of comfort to her, “Go on love, give it some welly!” I'd completely forgotten all I'd learned from the classes I'd attended prior to our Thomas's arrival."
Usage
Inflected Forms
gives it some welly (present, singular)
giving it some welly (participle, present)
gave it some welly (past)
given it some welly (participle, past)
give it some wellie (alternative)