left and right
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.45 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Apparently a left-and-a-right in hunting parlance meant to shoot and kill two birds or animals in quick succession, first with your left barrel and then with your right."
- "You can't expect to eat desserts left and right and not gain weight."
- "And then all the distributions come in and they screw it all up. Because they break binary compatibility left and right"
Usage
- Uncountable
- Canadian usage
- American usage
Frequently Paired Words
right and left
left, right and center
left, right and centre
right, left and center
right, left and centre
left, right, and center
left, right, and centre
right, left, and center