Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twos

/tuz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: twos
IPA: /tuz/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of two.

noun

The age of two; two years old.

noun

The cells located on the first floor.

British usage; Slang

noun

A pair of twos.

Slang

noun

A reserves team.

verb

To share a cigarette with someone after smoking half of it.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"It's odd there were no twos in the winning lottery numbers."
"The people arrived in twos and threes."
"The boy in his twos is just learning to walk."
"Twos are the hardest year on parents."
"With a lump in your throat, she won’t understand Twos on a cigarette and talk blah-blah"
"Tell bro “make sure you twos that, yute!”"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tuz/
British English: /tuːz/

Usage

Inflected Forms

twoss (present, singular) twosing (participle, present) twosed (participle, past) twosed (past)

Phrases

in twos terrible twos

Frequently Paired Words

ones threes fours fives

Synonyms

deuces ducks

Rhymes With

news lose whose choose who's views shoes reviews jews refuse blues cruise

Questions

How do you pronounce twos?: The recorded pronunciation is /tuz/.
What does twos mean?: plural of two.

How to pronounce twos

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