Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wet firecracker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: wet -fire-crack-er
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person, event, or object lacking liveliness or failing to generate excitement, especially when there was a prior expectation of liveliness or excitement.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Coming after a fast, colorful movie like Super Fly, a follow-up called Super Fly TNT is a wet firecracker."
"After Bernanke's first semiannual testimony before Congress in February, I wrote to my clients that his appearance was essentially a wet firecracker—he did not jolt the markets."
"[A]udiences sensibly enough found Lollobrigida and Sinatra to be a wet firecracker of a team."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

wet firecrackers (plural)

Phrases

false dawn wet noodle

Frequently Paired Words

false dawn wet noodle

Synonyms

dud damp squib

Questions

What does wet firecracker mean?: A person, event, or object lacking liveliness or failing to generate excitement, especially when there was a prior expectation of liveliness or excitement.

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