Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

with knobs on

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: with- -knob-s on
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

British usage

prep_phrase

(manner) Extremely; in a similar way, but taken to an extreme.

British usage

Example Sentences

"And although starting to talk about problem drug takers and demedicalization, when it came to talking about services, it fell back on the old medically dominated system, what Roger Lewis described as 'clinics with knobs on'."
"And the same to you with knobs on!"
"The door opened a foot. Parker squinted out, looking like death on a Popsicle stick. With knobs on."

Usage

British usage

Phrases

and then some

Frequently Paired Words

and then some

Questions

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