Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sunny side up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables
sun-ny side up
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Of an egg: fried on one side, served with the unbroken relatively soft yolk on the top.

American usage

adv

Born with the head facing upward, as opposed to the normal downward-facing birth.

Slang

adj

Of an egg: fried sunny side up.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

sunny-side up (alternative) sunnyside up (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

sunny side down over easy over medium over hard

Synonyms

sunny

Questions

What does sunny side up mean?
Of an egg: fried on one side, served with the unbroken relatively soft yolk on the top.

How to pronounce sunny side up

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