Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stompie

/ˈstɒmpi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stom-pie
IPA: /ˈstɒmpi/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cigarette butt.

Example Sentences

"I must get outside because the stink of stale brandy and piss and old stompies will not let me breathe and the sides of my head are too tight."
"Bigger boys were known to stand at street corners, smoking stompies of cigarettes and rolls of dagga."

Etymology

Afrikaans stompie, diminutive of stomp (“stump”).

Inflected Forms

stompies (plural)

Phrases

pick up stompies

Questions

How do you pronounce stompie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɒmpi/.
What does stompie mean?: A cigarette butt.
Where does stompie come from?: Afrikaans stompie, diminutive of stomp (“stump”).

How to pronounce stompie

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