Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twa

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: twa
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Trans World Airlines.

noun

An airliner of Trans World Airlines.

noun

Initialism of teeny-weeny afro (“a short afro hairstyle”).

Slang

noun

Initialism of typical white asshole.

Offensive; Slang

noun

Any of several pygmy tribes of sub-Saharan Africa, or a member of one of those tribes.

Example Sentences

"1956 "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (Lyrics) - Chuck Berry Flying across the desert in a TWA, / I saw a woman walking across the sand / She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay. / To get a brown-eyed handsome man"

Usage

Inflected Forms

TWAs (plural) Batwa (alternative)

Questions

What does twa mean?: Initialism of Trans World Airlines.

How to pronounce twa

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