Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piss ant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: pis-s ant
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wood ant (from the smell of its nest), or an ant belonging to one of various other minor species.

noun

Alternative spelling of pissant.

Inflected Forms

piss ants (plural) pissant (alternative) piss-ant (alternative)

Questions

What does piss ant mean?: A wood ant (from the smell of its nest), or an ant belonging to one of various other minor species.

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