Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hungries

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hun-gries
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Hunger or cravings for food.

Slang

noun

The poets of the Hungry generation.

Example Sentences

""At my age, I'm lucky to get the hungries at all," he answered"
"You have just been attacked by the hungries!"

Etymology

A fanciful plural of hungry

Usage

Slang

Questions

What does hungries mean?: Hunger or cravings for food.
Where does hungries come from?: A fanciful plural of hungry

How to pronounce hungries

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