swellfish

swell·fish

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [swel-fish]
- /ˈswɛlˌfɪʃ/
- /swˈelfɪʃ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [swel-fish]
- /ˈswɛlˌfɪʃ/

Definitions of swellfish word

noun plural swellfish puffer (def 2). 1
noun swellfish puffer (sense 2) 0

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Origin of swellfish

First appearance:

before 1800

One of the 42% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1800-10; swell + fish

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Parts of speech for Swellfish

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Swellfish

swellfish 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 68% 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.

swellfish usage trend in Literature

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