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Definition: Potboiler |
PotboilerNoun1. A literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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 | Suspense; anxiety; apprehension; chiller; cliff-hanger; expectancy; expectation; grabber; hesitancy; hesitation; impatience; indecision; indecisiveness; insecurity; irresolution; page-turner; perplexity; potboiler; tension; thriller; uncertainty; tense; i. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Potboiler" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Potboiler" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "potboiler"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | punë shkel e shko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | رزق (bread, life, livelihood, sustenance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هنرمندیاکارهنری مبتذل . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | "uvre alimentaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Lohnarbeiter (hackney, hackneys). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευθύνη εργασία, ευθήνη τέχνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יציר" זול". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | opera commerciale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otboilerpay trabalho droga, topa-tudo. (various references) халтура (bust, hackwork, quickie, schlock, trash). (various references) šund delo. (various references) obra hecha para ganar dinero. (various references) rent kommersiell produkt, dussinroman (pulp novel). (various references) para için yazılan yazı, para için yazılan kitap. (various references) халтура (bungling, hackwork, quickie, slapdash, snobbery, trash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "potboiler": potboilers. (additional references) | |
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"Potboiler" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pistolier, potoiler. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "potboiler" (pronounced 'Pot"boil`er'): Acetifier, Acidifier, Aletaster, Almsgiver, Amplifier, Ant-eater, Anywhither, Armor-bearer, Backbiter, Backhander, Bagpiper, Ball-flower, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Bartender, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Bee-eater, Beefeater, Bellwether, Benefiter, Birdcatcher, Blackmailer, Blacksalter, Bloodflower, Bloodsucker, Bogsucker, Bondholder, Bookbinder, Bookholder, Bookkeeper, Bookmaker, Bookseller, Bootmaker, Bottleholder, Boxkeeper, Boycotter, Breechloader, Brickfielder, Bricklayer, Brickmaker, Bull-roarer, Bushfighter, Bushwhacker. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-l-o-o-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: boltrope. | |
-2 letters: biotope, blooper, loopier, poitrel, politer, potboil, preboil. | |
-3 letters: blooie, boiler, bolero, boleti, bolter, bootie, loiter, looper, looter, oolite, oriole, petrol, piolet, polite, probit, protei, reboil, reboot, replot, retool, riblet, toiler, tooler, triple. | |
-4 letters: birle, biter, blite, bloop, boite, botel, broil, liber, lirot, liter, litre, looie, loper, obeli, obole, oboli, oiler, oorie, orbit. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-l-o-o-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: potboilers. | |
+4 letters: apportionable. | |
+5 letters: postliberation, proportionable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 74 62 6F 69 6C 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- - -... --- .. .-.. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01110100 01100010 01101111 01101001 01101100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o t b o i l e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0074 0062 006F 0069 006C 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508186688175787184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Sounds 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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