Definitions for argot

argot ar·got

Spelling: [ahr-goh, -guh t]
IPA: /ˈɑr goʊ, -gət/

Argot is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in argot (agort).

Definitions for argot

noun

  1. a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
  2. the special vocabulary and idiom of a particular profession or social group:

Origin of argot

1855-60; French, noun derivative of argoter to quarrel, derivative Latin ergō ergo with v. suffix -oter

Examples for argot

Heymann had little trouble adapting to the argot of the show.

This dialect is termed in English slang, in French argot, in Italian gergo.

It is only argot anyway, and it doesn't mean sotte, but nave.

In the argot of the wonks and wizards of geopolitics, Latin America has rarely been a game changer.

For those unfamiliar with the argot, a “buffalo” is a “nickel” uh, five years?

"That looks good to me," said Peter, delighted that the argot fell so aptly from his lips.

"It is a kind of argot which belongs only to Americans," I answered in an undertone.

You are really not at all sure that the white face belonged to argot, are you?

The which, in Parisian argot, at once means everything and nothing.

The inseparable Thingumy and Bob speak an argot of spoonerisms (“Nake no totice” and so on), and carry a secret ruby.

Word Value for argot
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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