Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whomperjawed

/wɑm.pɚ.d͡ʒɔd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whom-per-jawed
IPA: /wɑm.pɚ.d͡ʒɔd/

33

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Askew, amiss; not fitting, moving or working properly.

Example Sentences

"The pending bill as it stands presents another whomper-jawed, lopsided, cross-eyed picture."
"Honestly, I felt pretty wolfish that time. I didn’t have a thing to defend myself with but my fist. But I was much of a man, and he was a little gangling, bandy-legged, whomper-jawed, worthless specimen of humanity."

Etymology

Ealiest known use is from 1942 (see quotations), and it was first mentioned in 1931. Possibly from an alteration of earlier whopperjawed, wopperjawed, wapper-jawed, ultimately related to wapper jaw (“a projecting underjaw”) (1825).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /wɑm.pɚ.d͡ʒɔd/
British English: /wɒm.pə(ɹ).d͡ʒɔːd/

Inflected Forms

whomper-jawed (alternative) whopperjawed (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce whomperjawed?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɑm.pɚ.d͡ʒɔd/.
What does whomperjawed mean?: Askew, amiss; not fitting, moving or working properly.
Where does whomperjawed come from?: Ealiest known use is from 1942 (see quotations), and it was first mentioned in 1931. Possibly from an alteration of earlier whopperjawed, wopperjawed, wapper-jawed, ultimately related to wapper jaw (“a projecting underjaw”) (1825).

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