Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purple nurple

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
pur-ple nur-ple
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A school prank, the act of taking a person's nipple between the thumb and forefinger and then twisting it around roughly.

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What does purple nurple mean?
A school prank, the act of taking a person's nipple between the thumb and forefinger and then twisting it around roughly.
Where does purple nurple come from?
Rhyming derivation of purple and nipple.

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