Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raincheck

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: raincheck
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of rain check.

verb

To take a rain check on; to postpone.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Jana planted her hands on her hips, rainchecked the promise of allegiance, and continued the challenging stare."
"Golden Gate Park—check. Line too long for cable car so rainchecking that."
"But you can't yet, yeah / Sorry, had to raincheck / Had to freeze the time, read your mind"

Usage

Inflected Forms

rainchecks (plural) rainchecks (present, singular) rainchecking (participle, present) rainchecked (participle, past) rainchecked (past)

Frequently Paired Words

rain-check

Questions

What does raincheck mean?: Alternative form of rain check.

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