Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vote-a-rama

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: vote-a-ra-ma
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A session consisting of a long succession of votes held with minimal debate in the United States Senate.

American usage

Example Sentences

"What started as a routine but laborious day of amendment voting, in a process called vote-a-rama, spiraled into a round-the-clock slog as Republican leaders were buying time to shore up support."

Etymology

From vote + -a- + -rama.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

vote-a-ramas (plural) votarama (alternative) vote-arama (alternative)

Questions

What does vote-a-rama mean?: A session consisting of a long succession of votes held with minimal debate in the United States Senate.
Where does vote-a-rama come from?: From vote + -a- + -rama.

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