Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mumblety peg

/ˈmʌmb(ə)ltiˌpɛɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mum-ble-ty peg
IPA: /ˈmʌmb(ə)ltiˌpɛɡ/

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several forms of a game in which a jack-knife is thrown so that it sticks into the ground close to the player's feet.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The frost was working out of the ground, and out of the air, too, and it was getting closer and closer onto barefoot time every day; and next it would be marble time, and next mumbletypeg, and next tops and hoops, and next kites, and then right away it would be summer and going in a-swimming."
"Others played mumbletypeg with rusty stolen jackknives, or simply drowsed in the sunlight, waking now and then to exchange their sorry belongings […]."
"Bailey played mumbledypeg with the older boys around the chinaberry tree […]"

Etymology

Originally from mumble + the + peg.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈmʌmb(ə)ltiˌpɛɡ/

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

mumbledypeg (alternative) mumbletypeg (alternative) mumblety-peg (alternative) mumble-the-peg (alternative) mumbly-peg (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce mumblety peg?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmʌmb(ə)ltiˌpɛɡ/.
What does mumblety peg mean?: Any of several forms of a game in which a jack-knife is thrown so that it sticks into the ground close to the player's feet.
Where does mumblety peg come from?: Originally from mumble + the + peg.

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