Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

three-legged

/θɹiːˈlɛɡɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: three---legged
IPA: /θɹiːˈlɛɡɪd/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having three legs.

adj

Having a large penis.

Humorous; Slang

noun

Something with three legs.

noun

An intersection where three roads meet.

Example Sentences

"The three-leggeds had everyone in stitches. Some pairs simply could not learn to run together — just impossible."
"My father said that three-leggeds are more detestable than four-leggeds."
"With respect to hazard rating, an opposite and possibly inconsistent explanation might be offered: It may be that drivers underestimate roadside hazards at three-leggeds and relatively speaking overestimate them at four-leggeds."

Usage

Inflected Forms

three-leggeds (plural)

Synonyms

tripedal black where it counts horse-hung hung like a bull hung like a horse hung like a donkey meat for days meat for the poor macrophallic megalophallic three-legged tons of basket

Questions

How do you pronounce three-legged?: The recorded pronunciation is /θɹiːˈlɛɡɪd/.
What does three-legged mean?: Having three legs.

How to pronounce three-legged

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