Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

you name it

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.57 in modern English

Syllables: you -name it
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

All kinds of things; expresses that further examples are unnecessary, often after a short list of items.

Informal

Example Sentences

"There were ducks, geese, swans, you name it on the lake."
"- What can you buy over the Internet? - You name it."
"By Monday afternoon we were finished - loadwise, physically, mentally, you name it, we'd had a gutful of it."

Usage

Informal

Questions

What does you name it mean?: All kinds of things; expresses that further examples are unnecessary, often after a short list of items.

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