sheepwalk

sheep·walk

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sheep-wawk]
- /ˈʃipˌwɔk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sheep-wawk]
- /ˈʃipˌwɔk/

Definitions of sheepwalk word

noun sheepwalk a tract of land on which sheep are pastured. 1
noun sheepwalk a tract of land for grazing sheep 0
noun sheepwalk a range for sheep 0

See all 3 definitions of sheepwalk

Information block about the term

Origin of sheepwalk

First appearance:

before 1580

One of the 35% oldest English words

First recorded in 1580-90; sheep + walk

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Sheepwalk

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sheepwalk

sheepwalk popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

sheepwalk usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer