Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lardball

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lard-ball
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An overweight person.

Derogatory; Informal

Etymology

From lard + ball.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does lardball mean?
An overweight person.
Where does lardball come from?
From lard + ball.

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