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beaucoup

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
19
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/boʊˈkuː/
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/boʊˈkuː/ · /ˈbuˌku/(US) · /ˈboʊˌku/(US) · /ˈbuːkuː/

Definition of beaucoup

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

det

  1. (Louisiana, US, especially, informal)Much, many, a lot of.
    “You know that cost beaucoup bucks!”
    ““I bet the skipper’s been drinkin^([sic]) beaucoup highballs an^([sic]) thinks Brooklyn’s Hoboken.””
    “Donlon says, "Well, we're rich and we got beaucoup beer and beaucoup chow. Now all we need is the Bob Hope show."”
    “Then he'd have to be relieved of command. Which you could do, Doctor, but it's beaucoup trouble if you're wrong.”
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det

  1. (Louisiana, US, especially, informal)Much, many, a lot of.
    “You know that cost beaucoup bucks!”
    ““I bet the skipper’s been drinkin^([sic]) beaucoup highballs an^([sic]) thinks Brooklyn’s Hoboken.””
    “Donlon says, "Well, we're rich and we got beaucoup beer and beaucoup chow. Now all we need is the Bob Hope show."”
    “Then he'd have to be relieved of command. Which you could do, Doctor, but it's beaucoup trouble if you're wrong.”

noun

  1. An abundance.
    “Alongside the road with holes in my soul and my shoes / And beaucoups of blues”

adv

  1. (not-comparable)In abundance.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French beaucoup, early 20th century. Popularized by American GIs during the Vietnam War. The pronunciation /ˈbuːkuː/ was influenced by Louisiana French boucoup, a variant.

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