sit-in

1. 1.

   a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move

   Broadercivil disobedience

Questions about sit-in

What does sit-in mean?

sit-in means "a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move".

How many syllables are in sit-in?

sit-in has 2 syllables and divides as si-t-in under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is sit-in a common word?

sit-in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.