Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

up hill and down dale

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: up- hill and -down -dale
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Here and there; everywhere.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage; American usage

Example Sentences

"I have a great deal of sympathy with scientific doubters, and with those who test psychicism up hill and down dale and are not satisfied."
"We bought a 1969 dark green VW Beetle which I immediately named "Doodle Bug," and off we went. The car did not give us a minute's trouble throughout the trip — up hill, down dale, across uncharted wastelands between super highways."

Usage

Inflected Forms

up hill and down dell (alternative) uphill and downdale (alternative)

Questions

What does up hill and down dale mean?: Here and there; everywhere.

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