at the top of one's lungs

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Definitions of at the top of one's lungs words

noun at the top of one's lungs in one's loudest voice; yelling 3
noun at the top of one's lungs in one's loudest voice 3
noun at the top of one's lungs either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates. 1
noun at the top of one's lungs an analogous organ in certain invertebrates, as arachnids or terrestrial gastropods. 1
idioms at the top of one's lungs at the top of one's lungs, as loudly as possible; with full voice: The baby cried at the top of his lungs. 1
preposition at the top of one's lungs (Idiomatic) Very loudly; as loudly as (vocally) possible. 0

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English lungen, Old English; cognate with German Lunge; akin to light2, lights

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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