Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pintuck

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pin-tuck
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very narrow tuck.

verb

To make a very narrow tuck.

Etymology

From pin + tuck.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pin
Suffix: tuck

Inflected Forms

pintucks (plural) pintucks (present, singular) pintucking (participle, present) pintucked (participle, past) pintucked (past)

Questions

What does pintuck mean?: A very narrow tuck.
Where does pintuck come from?: From pin + tuck.

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