world cup
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative letter-case form of World Cup, an international tournament establishing a world champion; the trophy awarded to the winner.
noun
The FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international competition of national teams in men's association football and the trophy awarded to the winning team.
noun
Various similar competitions and trophies in other sports.
Example Sentences
- "The Golden Bear ruggers, co-holders of the world cup following their invasion of Canada during the holidays with a combined California-Stanford team, will present seven of the ten players who made the northern trip."
- "Newark: LNER temporarily changed the name of Northgate station to Newark Southgate, to honour England's World Cup manager Gareth Southgate."
- "Women's World Cup; Rugby World Cup; Baseball World Cup"
- "Yes, we lifted the World Cup in 2003 (I can still effortlessly visualise Jonny's drop kick), but the Boks have won four, the Kiwis three and the Aussies two. Our women, thank God, are so much better."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French