Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rain dogs and cats

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: rain -dogs and -cats
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of rain cats and dogs.

Dated

Example Sentences

"The Pedlars of our age have business yet, / And gladly would against the Fayr-day fit / Themselves with such a Roofe, that can secure / Their Wares from Dogs and Cats rain'd in showre."
"Where e're I went on Land or water / Hee'd make a shift to follow after. / Neither had he flincht a foot, had fates / Made it rain down dogs and cats"
"When it rains Dogs and Cats in Hell, / The shelter'd Centaurs roar and yell."

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

rains dogs and cats (present, singular) raining dogs and cats (participle, present) rained dogs and cats (participle, past) rained dogs and cats (past)

Questions

What does rain dogs and cats mean?: Alternative form of rain cats and dogs.

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