Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hollaback

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: hol-laback
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of hollaback girl.

Example Sentences

"You ain't no hollaback dwarf."
"On "Promiscuous" and "Maneater," Furtado shades her hollaback sass with erotic menace, and on "Glow" she marries new wave and hip-hop like Debbie Harry redux."
"Jeannie Staggaback is made of coconuts and sugar and ginger, and is way too strong and tasty to be any sort of hollaback."

Etymology

Deverbal from holla back, see hollaback girl.

Inflected Forms

hollabacks (plural)

Questions

What does hollaback mean?: Alternative form of hollaback girl.
Where does hollaback come from?: Deverbal from holla back, see hollaback girl.

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