Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pint-sized

/pˈaɪntsˈaɪzd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables: pin-t--sized
IPA: /pˈaɪntsˈaɪzd/

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Comparatively small in size.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more pint-sized (comparative) most pint-sized (superlative)

Synonyms

pint-size runty sawed-off sawn-off

Rhymes With

surprised sized advised revised comprised devised disguised baptized prized despised chastised surmised

Questions

How do you pronounce pint-sized?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈaɪntsˈaɪzd/.
What does pint-sized mean?: Comparatively small in size.

How to pronounce pint-sized

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