Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skinny as a rail

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: skin-ny as a rail
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Especially of a person, very skinny.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"At fifteen, he was already six feet tall and skinny as a rail."

Usage

Colloquial

Questions

What does skinny as a rail mean?: Especially of a person, very skinny.

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