spillane

What does spillane mean?

spillane means "United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918)".

How many syllables are in spillane?

spillane has 2 syllables: spil-lane. The stress falls on "spil". In IPA it is /ˈspɪlən/.

What is another word for spillane?

Close synonyms include Mickey Spillane, Frank Morrison Spillane. 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 spillane a common word?

spillane is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for spillane come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.