ship-shape
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "SHIP-shape, in a seaman-like manner; as "That mast is not rigged ship-shape;" "Put her about ship-shape," &c."
- "[I]t would have been more ship-shape to lower the bight of a rope, or a running bow-line, below me, than to seize an old sea-man by his head-lanyard; [...]"
- "No—sir—if I sink, I sink; but d——e, I'll go down ship-shape and with dignity."
- "Some of you have n't sense enough to put a blanket ship-shape over a sick man. There! Leave it alone! I can die anyhow!"
Usage
Inflected Forms
more ship-shape (comparative)
most ship-shape (superlative)