sam hill

Sam hill

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sam hil]
- /sæm hɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sam hil]
- /sæm hɪl/

Definitions of sam hill words

noun sam hill hell (used especially in WH-questions as a mild oath expressing exasperation and usually preceded by in or the): Who in Sam Hill are you? 1
noun sam hill hell 0

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Origin of sam hill

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

1830-40, Americanism; Sam (orig. salmon, variant of Sal(o)mon an oath) + hill, euphemism for hell

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Parts of speech for Sam hill

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sam hill

sam hill 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 about 70% 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.

sam hill usage trend in Literature

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