sleeping dragon
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tube-shaped device that protesters attach their hands to on the inside, particularly in order to attach themselves to a large object so that they cannot easily be removed from an area.
Example Sentences
- "More ambitious acts include locking themselves to one another or to special devices, including a "sleeping dragon," a pipe cemented into a road bed into which the protestors can lock their arms."
- "The blockade was centered around four college students forming a human chain, their hands encased in containers of hardened cement, the old sleeping dragon trick."
- "Figure 5.1 depicts a small example of tactical technology called a sleeping dragon."
- "According to a Morton County peace officer's affidavit, filed with the state of North Dakota, "[Daniel T'seleie] used a sleeping dragon device to secure himself," […]"
- "The Hubbard county sheriff’s office sent a “code red” to the Beltrami county field force extrication team, which had received training from 2016 to 2020 to remove protesters who used sleeping dragons."