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- US Pronunciation
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- [sheep-hed]
- /ˈʃipˌhɛd/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [sheep-hed]
- /ˈʃipˌhɛd/
Definitions of sheephead word
- noun plural sheephead a large California food fish, Semicossyphus pulcher, of the wrasse family. 1
- noun sheephead a trick-taking card game originating in Germany and belonging to the Skat family of games 0
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Origin of sheephead
First appearance:
before 1535 One of the 29% oldest English words
First recorded in 1535-45; so called from the resemblance of its teeth to those of a sheep
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Parts of speech for Sheephead
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
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determiner
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sheephead popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with sheephead
- how to catch california sheephead?
- how to cook sheephead fish?
- how to cook sheephead?
- how to catch a sheephead?
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