Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roscoe

/ɹˈɑskoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: roscoe
IPA: /ɹˈɑskoʊ/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A handgun, particularly a revolver.

American usage; Slang

name

A surname from Old Norse.

name

A male given name transferred from the surname.

name

A hamlet and census-designated place in Sullivan County, New York, United States, named after Senator Roscoe Conkling.

Example Sentences

"Why, it was nothing to travel about the country with fifty grand worth of ice on me. Suppose I hadn’t packed a roscoe—hell, I’d of been hoisted once a week!"
"Vincenzo Ricci: Just his normal detail, a few guys with roscoes. None of the other fellas are gonna do dick to protect that piece of shit."
"Before Hicks knows it they're out in the far northwest somewhere […], apt around any corner to find yourself up the wrong end of a roscoe from somebody you knew in sixth grade."

Etymology

Unknown, apparently from the surname Roscoe; sometimes attested as John Roscoe. Attested from the 1910s.

Usage

American usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

roscoes (plural) Rosco (alternative) Roscow (alternative)

Homonyms

rasco

Rhymes With

pasco carrasco velasco belasco nolasco basco blasko marasco vasko glasco rasco wasko

Questions

How do you pronounce roscoe?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈɑskoʊ/.
What does roscoe mean?: A handgun, particularly a revolver.
Where does roscoe come from?: Unknown, apparently from the surname Roscoe; sometimes attested as John Roscoe. Attested from the 1910s.

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