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mamaguy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ma-m-aguy
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To dupe or deceive, especially by means of flattery.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From Spanish mamar gallo (“to suckle a rooster”). (?).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mamaguys (present, singular) mamaguying (participle, present) mamaguyed (participle, past) mamaguyed (past)

Questions

What does mamaguy mean?
To dupe or deceive, especially by means of flattery.
Where does mamaguy come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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