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9-letter words (1 found)

BARRACUDA,

6-letter words (3 found)

CURARA,DARBAR,DURBAR,

5-letter words (9 found)

ABACA,ARABA,AURAR,BARCA,BARRA,CAUDA,CRURA,DURRA,RADAR,

4-letter words (31 found)

ABAC,ARAR,ARBA,AURA,BARD,BAUD,BAUR,BRAD,BUDA,BURA,BURD,BURR,CABA,CARB,CARD,CARR,CRAB,CRUD,CURB,CURD,CURR,DARB,DAUB,DAUR,DRAB,DRAC,DRUB,DUAR,DURA,DURR,RACA,

3-letter words (30 found)

ABA,ARB,ARC,ARD,AUA,BAA,BAC,BAD,BAR,BRA,BRR,BRU,BUD,BUR,CAA,CAB,CAD,CAR,CRU,CUB,CUD,CUR,DAB,DUB,RAD,RUB,RUC,RUD,URB,URD,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AB,AD,AR,BA,DA,UR,

You can make 81 words from barracuda according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of barracuda

barracuda

Etymology

First attested in the 1670s, from Latin American Spanish barracuda, perhaps from a Cariban word.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbæɹəˈkuːdə/
  • Rhymes: -uːdə

Noun

barracuda (plural barracuda or barracudas)

  1. Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.
  2. (figuratively) One who uses harsh or predatory means to compete.

Derived terms

  • yellowtail barracuda

Translations

See also

  • barracouta

Further reading

  • barracuda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Sphyraena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • “barracuda”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish barracuda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bə.rəˈku.ðə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ba.raˈku.ða]

Noun

barracuda f (plural barracudes)

  1. barracuda

Further reading

  • “barracuda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English barracuda. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbɑ.raːˈky.daː/
  • Hyphenation: bar‧ra‧cu‧da

Noun

barracuda f (plural barracuda's)

  1. barracuda, fish of the genus Sphyraena
    Synonym: zeesnoek

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ʁa.ky.da/, /ba.ʁa.ku.da/

Noun

barracuda m (plural barracudas)

  1. (zoology) barracuda

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish barracuda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bar.raˈku.da/
  • Rhymes: -uda
  • Hyphenation: bar‧ra‧cù‧da

Noun

barracuda m (invariable)

  1. barracuda

Further reading

  • barracuda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish barracuda.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -udɐ

Noun

barracuda f (plural barracudas)

  1. barracuda (large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena)

Further reading

  • “barracuda” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps from a Cariban term. According to Watkins, from Valencian/Catalan barracó (“snaggletooth”); see barraca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baraˈkuda/ [ba.raˈku.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -uda
  • Syllabification: ba‧rra‧cu‧da

Noun

barracuda f (plural barracudas)

  1. (zoology) barracuda
    Synonym: picuda

Descendants

Further reading

  • “barracuda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • “barracuda”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Source: wiktionary.org