Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lean and mean

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables: lean and mean
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

efficient because of having nothing in excess of what is needed, and single-minded in one's objective

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"He's a lean and mean fighting machine."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

leaner and meaner (comparative) leanest and meanest (superlative)

Questions

What does lean and mean mean?: efficient because of having nothing in excess of what is needed, and single-minded in one's objective

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