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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweet seventeen

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
sweet- -sev-en-teen
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A girl's seventeenth birthday, or seventeenth-birthday party. It is often used to mitigate a failed sweet sixteen birthday.

American usage; Colloquial

Usage

Inflected Forms

sweet seventeens (plural) sweet 17 (alternative)

Phrases

sweet sixteen sweet fifteen sweet thirteen

Frequently Paired Words

sweet sixteen sweet fifteen sweet thirteen

Questions

What does sweet seventeen mean?
A girl's seventeenth birthday, or seventeenth-birthday party. It is often used to mitigate a failed sweet sixteen birthday.

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