red wave
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A surge of voters supporting the candidates of the Republican Party during an election (especially a midterm election), which results in the party making significant gains.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "Episodes like this may be one reason the red wave didn’t materialize, why Republicans failed to usher in a new dawn of prosperity for the multiracial working class that Republican leaders from Senator Ted Cruz to the House policy honcho Jim Banks say they want to champion."
- "Republicans had hoped that a “red wave” in the midterm elections would allow them to flip dozens of House seats, giving them a much more comfortable majority. Instead, Republicans were barely about to flip the House, and Democrats may even be able to increase their Senate majority depending on the results of the Georgia runoff next month."
Usage
- American usage