Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [meet kyoot]
- /mit kyut/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [meet kyoot]
- /mit kyut/
Definitions of meet-cute word
- adjective meet-cute attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment. 1
- adjective meet-cute appealing and delightful; charming: What a cute toy! 1
- adjective meet-cute affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious: The child has acquired some intolerably cute mannerisms. 1
- adjective meet-cute mentally keen; clever; shrewd. 1
- noun meet-cute the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness: The young actress has a bad case of the cutes. 1
- idioms meet-cute meet cute, Informal. (of a romantic couple) to meet for the first time in a charming or amusing way: In this type of movie the boy and girl always meet cute. Also, meet-cute. a situation or occasion when potential romantic partners meet for the first time in a charming or amusing way: a classic Hollywood meet cute; his meet-cute with Jane in the bookstore. 1
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Origin of meet-cute
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
First recorded in 1615-25; aphetic variant of acute
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Meet-cute
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
meet-cute popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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