Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

say uncle

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
say un-cle
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of cry uncle.

American usage

Etymology

Unknown. Uncle may be an anglicization of Irish anacal (“protection”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

says uncle (present, singular) saying uncle (participle, present) said uncle (participle, past) said uncle (past)

Synonyms

cry uncle

Questions

What does say uncle mean?
Synonym of cry uncle.
Where does say uncle come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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