squirrel cage
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A circular cage for a squirrel or other small animal, which rotates vertically as the animal runs at the bottom.
noun
A tedious, repetitive, unfulfilling activity or situation, especially one in which no progress is achieved.
Example Sentences
- "The poor stuggle for riches, success, power; but those who achieve them die out. Life is, then a sort of squirrel cage or treadmill."
- "So maybe I wouldn't even call Kevin. . . . Or I could just see him socially. . . . Or I could . . . . Or, or, or. . . . I was still running around in this squirrel cage when the big gray poisonous cloud that usually covers New York materialized just off the right wing."
- "A blower, in the shape of a drum fan (also called a "squirrel cage"), pulls the warm humid air from the room across the coils."