Oscar
Meaning of Oscar
noun
the nickname for a gold statuette given as an Academy Award.
one of the several speculative stories of its origin claims that the statuette reminded Margaret Herrick, an executive director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, of her uncle Oscar.
noun
a code word representing the letter O, used in radio communication.
noun
money.
early 20th century: from the name Oscar Asche (1871–1936), Australian actor, used as rhyming slang for ‘cash’.
noun
a South American cichlid fish with velvety brown young and multicoloured adults, popular in aquaria.
Information about Oscar
- It's a proper name.
- It is a name.
- The plural form of Oscar is: Oscars.
- Languages in which Oscar is used:
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GalicianHyphenation of Oscar
Os-car
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- Oscar is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of Oscar
Acros, Arcos, Asroc, crosa, Orcas, orcas, sacro
Words that rhyme with Oscar
scar, Huascar, Madagascar, NASCAR, Psovascar, lascar, madagascar, Hucscar, escar, obeliscar, twiscar, Proscar, oscar