Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixer

/sˈɪksɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: six-er
IPA: /sˈɪksɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.

Colloquial

noun

A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six.

noun

A prison sentence of six months.

Slang

noun

A six-pack of a beverage.

Slang

noun

A conker that has won six matches.

British usage

noun

A transgender person

Indian usage

noun

A player for the 76ers, a team from Philadelphia.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders."
"1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England The copper knew I did that job, and had me up on suspicion some time after, and gave me a drag (three months) over it. The next bit I did was a 'sixer' (six months), and I escaped from prison in about three weeks after I got it."
"Well, I'll let you get back to work. I'll swing by later on with a sixer of Melonade!"
"The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories[…]"

Etymology

From six + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: six

Usage

Inflected Forms

sixers (plural)

Phrases

grade sixer

Frequently Paired Words

grade sixer senior sixer

Synonyms

six 6 vi sise captain hicks half a dozen sextet sestet sextuplet hexad

Rhymes With

mixer elixir fixer

Questions

How do you pronounce sixer?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɪksɚ/.
What does sixer mean?: A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.
Where does sixer come from?: From six + -er.

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