Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

page-turner

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: page--turn-er
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly.

noun

A person who is responsible for turning the pages of another musician’s (especially a pianist or organist’s) sheet music during a performance.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see page, turner.

Example Sentences

"Her debut novel is such a page-turner that it's one of those books that you can't put down."
"This is a very fat novel. The first thing you want to do with it is send it to a hospital for one of those crisis diets. Cut out 300 pages and maybe you've got a page-turner that could stand off "The Firm.""
"She's a famous soloist today, but she did her time as a page-turner, just as many others have done."

Etymology

From page + turner.

Inflected Forms

page-turners (plural) pageturner (alternative)

Phrases

turn the page

Frequently Paired Words

turn the page cliffhanger unputdownable

Questions

What does page-turner mean?: A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly.
Where does page-turner come from?: From page + turner.

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