growth spurt
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sudden growth in one's body, especially during adolescence.
Example Sentences
- "Donaldson is not by any means one of God’s chosen entertainment-industry stars. He’s not especially handsome, and neither is he particularly funny-looking. At 6ft 5in, and with the sparse reddish beard he nowadays sports, he has the charmingly awkward aspect of a teen who has recently put on a growth spurt and hasn’t quite settled into himself."
Usage
Inflected Forms
growth spurts (plural)
growth spurts (present, singular)
growth spurting (participle, present)
growth spurted (participle, past)
growth spurted (past)