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askar

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/asˈkɛə(ɹ)/
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/asˈkɛə(ɹ)/ · /ˈaskaɾ/

Definition of askar

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountable)Police.
    “Back out my rambo blade, shit, I just seen askar, gotta move diggy”
    “I was told go put in my all, I can't leave one foot out the mud Whether it's jugg, trap and opp block banging, run if I see askar”
    “Askars on the block and somebody's getting booked again”
    “Headshot ends cuts way too flizz I’ve just seen bare askar in the strizz”
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noun

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, countable, slang, uncountable)Police.
    “Back out my rambo blade, shit, I just seen askar, gotta move diggy”
    “I was told go put in my all, I can't leave one foot out the mud Whether it's jugg, trap and opp block banging, run if I see askar”
    “Askars on the block and somebody's getting booked again”
    “Headshot ends cuts way too flizz I’ve just seen bare askar in the strizz”

name

  1. A surname from Arabic.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Somali askar, collective of askari (“policeman”), from Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar).

Anagrams of askar

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4 words

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7 words

2-letter words

4 words

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