Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piggy move up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: pig-gy -move up
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An informal game of baseball or softball, without separate teams, in which players take turns playing the different positions.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[The] burlesque broads from next door […] got bored in their dressing rooms. So they’d come out in the street and play baseball. […] They played piggy-move-up—softball."
"He almost never thinks of the future, though he understands in an unformulated way that he will eventually grow up, will comb his hair back with water, and join the big boys in the back lane playing Piggy Move Up."

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Questions

What does piggy move up mean?: An informal game of baseball or softball, without separate teams, in which players take turns playing the different positions.

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