Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have an accident

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables
have an ac-ci-dent
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To urinate or defecate somewhere other than a toilet.

Informal

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, accident.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

has an accident (present, singular) having an accident (participle, present) had an accident (participle, past) had an accident (past)

Questions

What does have an accident mean?
To urinate or defecate somewhere other than a toilet.

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