Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spider's ankles

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: spi-der's an-kles
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that is regarded as outstanding.

Slang

Etymology

Origin uncertain; presumably one of the set including cat's pyjamas (which see).

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

the spider's ankles (canonical, plural)

Synonyms

all that and a bag of chips antelope's cantaloupes ant's pants bee's knees bollocks cat's ass cat's meow cat's pajamas cat's pyjamas cat's whiskers cream of the crop crème de la crème

Questions

What does spider's ankles mean?: Something that is regarded as outstanding.
Where does spider's ankles come from?: Origin uncertain; presumably one of the set including cat's pyjamas (which see).

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