Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

war cry

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables: war cry
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An exclamation intended to rally soldiers in battle; a battle cry.

Example Sentences

"Buried was the bloody hatchet, / Buried was the dreadful war-club, / Buried were all warlike weapons, / And the war-cry was forgotten."

Inflected Forms

war cries (plural) warcry (alternative)

Synonyms

war whoop rallying cry battle cry cry watchword

Questions

What does war cry mean?: An exclamation intended to rally soldiers in battle; a battle cry.

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