Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gragger

/ˈɡɹɑːɡəɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grag-ger
IPA: /ˈɡɹɑːɡəɹ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of ratchet (an idiophone musical instrument) used mainly in Purim celebrations in Jewish tradition; it consists of a board and a gearwheel attached to a handle, and is played by swinging the mechanism to make the gearwheel scrape against the board, producing a percussive sound.

Etymology

From Yiddish גראַגער (grager).

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: גראַגער

Inflected Forms

graggers (plural) grager (alternative) gregger (alternative) grogger (alternative)

Synonyms

ra'ashan

Questions

How do you pronounce gragger?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹɑːɡəɹ/.
What does gragger mean?: A type of ratchet (an idiophone musical instrument) used mainly in Purim celebrations in Jewish tradition; it consists of a board and a gearwheel attached to a handle, and is played by swinging the mechanism to make the gearwheel scrape against the board, producing a percussive sound.
Where does gragger come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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