Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xertz

/zɝts/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: xertz
IPA: /zɝts/

21

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To down all of (a food or drink) with great speed; to chug or scoff down.

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Every weekend, I have to xertz my breakfast as fast as possible or else I'm late for my swimming lessons."
"Xertz means to swallow quickly, as in what you do to liver so your tongue doesn't have time to figure out what it is. […] The quality of a beer drinker can be seen in his ability to xertz a yepsen, yill-caup or yaffle in under eight seconds."
"Mr. Burns: Quit stammering, Mr. Limbaugh! I know why you want a job. You suffer from a humongous impetus to xertz your liquor, you drunkulous monolith! Now get out of my office! You're fired!"
"On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 20:42:21 +0200, "Annette" in epiphoric fashion, xertzed pozzuolana and rendered this dittology: […]"
"Thank you especially, Anna and Howard Vosburgh. Your help and friendship are invaluable, especially the way you helped me avoid slang in the editing process as we bibbled and xertzed coffee."

Etymology

Unknown.

Usage

Inflected Forms

xertzes (present, singular) xertzing (participle, present) xertzed (participle, past) xertzed (past)

Rhymes With

hurts converts skirts deserts hertz verts nerts nertz

Questions

How do you pronounce xertz?: The recorded pronunciation is /zɝts/.
What does xertz mean?: To down all of (a food or drink) with great speed; to chug or scoff down.
Where does xertz come from?: Unknown.

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