Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

red carpet

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: red -car-pet
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A strip of red carpet that is laid for a VIP to walk on.

noun

Example Sentences

"I've been gunged on children's TV, hung out with some actors off that soap Dad used to watch, done a photoshoot for a major highstreet fashion outlet and now here we are on the red carpet, outside the cinema in Leicester Square […]"
"This time, the actor was in uncomfortably touchy-feely form. First he sidled up behind Scarlett Johansson as she posed on the red carpet, kissed her, and slid his hand around her waist."

Inflected Forms

red carpets (plural)

Phrases

red-carpetful roll out the red carpet

Synonyms

red-carpet

Questions

What does red carpet mean?: A strip of red carpet that is laid for a VIP to walk on.

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