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copperhead

cop·per·head
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kop-er-hed]
    • /ˈkɒp ərˌhɛd/
    • /ˈkɒ.pə.hed/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kop-er-hed]
    • /ˈkɒp ərˌhɛd/

Definitions of copperhead word

  • noun copperhead a venomous reddish-brown snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, of the eastern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers) 3
  • noun copperhead a venomous reddish-brown Australian elapid snake, Denisonia superba 3
  • noun copperhead a Yankee supporter of the South during the Civil War 3
  • noun copperhead a poisonous North American pit viper (Agkistrodon contortrix) with a copper-colored head and dark-brown cross bands 3
  • noun copperhead a Northerner who sympathized with the South at the time of the Civil War 3
  • noun copperhead a venomous snake, Agkistrodon (Ancistrodon) contortrix, of the eastern and southern U.S., having a light-brown to copper-red body marked with darker bands. 1

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Origin of copperhead

First appearance:

before 1765
One of the 46% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1765-75; copper1 + head

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Parts of speech for Copperhead

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

copperhead popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

copperhead usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for copperhead

noun copperhead

  • rattle — to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
  • snake — any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
  • cobra — A cobra is a kind of poisonous snake that can make the skin on the back of its neck into a hood.
  • asp — the venomous snake, probably Naja haje (Egyptian cobra), that caused the death of Cleopatra and was formerly used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
  • adder — In Europe and Asia, an adder is a small poisonous snake that has a black pattern on its back. In North America, a number of different poisonous and non-poisonous snakes are called adders.

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