how to pronounce pappy

/pæpiː/

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pappy is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of pappy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… later no more Pappy but wait if you …”

meanings of pappy

noun:

Grandfather.
Father.

adjective:

Like pap; soft; mushy.

name:

One's grandfather.

pappy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pappy occurs in english on average 1.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pappy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pappy can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;