Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

number six

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.12 in modern English

Syllables: num-ber six
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A defensive midfielder.

noun

The batsman who bats sixth.

noun

Synonym of Newgate knocker (“a lock of hair worn twisted back toward the ear”).

British usage; Obsolete; Slang

noun

One’s brain or common sense.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"The number six adds additional defensive cover, balance, screening and protection just ahead of the central defence."
"Bessy knew it was called “Calverton's School” — and though many who attended it were big men who ought to have known their letters better, yet others were only youths, and a few quite little boys, who wore their hair in “number sixes” at the temples, when law had left them hair sufficient for such ornamentation."

Usage

Inflected Forms

number sixes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

number five number seven and so on

Synonyms

Newgate knocker

Questions

What does number six mean?: A defensive midfielder.

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