two twos
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A very short time; a jiffy.
Example Sentences
- "Never mind appearances; it's performance and accomplishment we're going for, and within two twos we shall have done two-thirds of the feat."
- "The slight contretemps claimed her attention but in two twos she set that little matter to rights."
- "They begin to work on the song, and One Foot so good that in two twos he fix up a tune. So Razor Blade pick up a^([sic]) empty bottle and a piece of stick, and One Foot start beating the table, and is so they getting on, singing this new calypso that they invent."
- "At last, the taxi comes. It's a decrepit Jowett driven presumably by Joe, who must be at least sixty. In no time he has stowed bags and suitcases into the boot and the back of the car. If the little 'un sits on Lily's knee, they'll be off in two twos."
- "Two twos the mandem gave this likkle yute a deafaz."
- "Two twos one yout start swearing / Then one of them South youts bottled him up on the floor, then after that... yeah the ravers just aired him"
Etymology
Inflected Forms
two-twos (alternative)
twotwos (alternative)