Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sheep-biting

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables: sheep--bit-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Contemptible; unscrupulous; shifty; thieving.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Show your knave's visage, with a pox to you. Show your sheep-biting face, and be hanged an hour."
"How like a sheep-biting Rogue taken i'th' manner, / And ready for the halter dost thou look now!"

Usage

Obsolete

Phrases

sheep-biter

Frequently Paired Words

bitesheep sheep-biter

Questions

What does sheep-biting mean?: Contemptible; unscrupulous; shifty; thieving.

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