Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gruntometer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grun-tome-ter
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A (non-scientific) device for measuring the volume of a tennis player's grunts of exertion.

Example Sentences

"In the land of the gruntometer, everyone should soon find out exactly how noisy."

Etymology

From grunt + -o- + -meter.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: grunt
Suffix: -o-

Inflected Forms

gruntometers (plural)

Questions

What does gruntometer mean?: A (non-scientific) device for measuring the volume of a tennis player's grunts of exertion.
Where does gruntometer come from?: From grunt + -o- + -meter.

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