herc
/hɝk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Clipping of Hercules; A diminutive of the male given name Hercules.
Example Sentences
- "If a cargoid thinks she might need a big box-end wrench to open the cargo bay or disassemble a large piece of equipment that needs to be removed post-haste from the back of a "Herc" (Hercules transport plane, aka LC-130), she leaves it in the cab of the forklift that she races up to the back of the plane with."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hɝk/
- British English: /hɜːk/