What does dempsey mean?

dempsey means "United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)".

How many syllables are in dempsey?

dempsey has 2 syllables: demp-sey. The stress falls on "demp". In IPA it is /ˈdɛmpsi/.

What is another word for dempsey?

Close synonyms include Jack Dempsey, William Harrison Dempsey, Manassa Mauler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dempsey a common word?

dempsey is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Dempsey — meaning and how to say it: DEMP-see

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)
SynonymsJack Dempsey William Harrison Dempsey Manassa Mauler
Broaderprizefighter

Other forms of dempsey

plural: dempseys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

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