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dragsville

drags·ville
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dragz-vil]
    • /ˈdrægz vɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dragz-vil]
    • /ˈdrægz vɪl/

Definitions of dragsville word

  • noun dragsville something unpleasantly boring or tedious. 1
  • noun dragsville boredom 0

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Origin of dragsville

First appearance:

before 1965
One of the 2% newest English words
1965-70; drag + ’s1 + -ville, a final element in place names

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Parts of speech for Dragsville

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

dragsville popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for dragsville

adj dragsville

  • blah — You use blah, blah, blah to refer to something that is said or written without giving the actual words, because you think that they are boring or unimportant.
  • dead — A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.
  • tedious — event: dull
  • hicksville — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.

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