umpteenth
/ʌmpˈtiːnθ
/ordinal number informal
Used to emphasize that something has happened on many other occasions: she checked her watch for the umpteenth time Totti swung his umpteenth corner into Scotland’s box...
- Pity John Williams writing his umpteenth Star Wars score.
- Microsoft's latest offering is the umpteenth overhaul of MSN, which has been bleeding money for eight years.
- Everything you need to know about him is neatly encapsulated in the photographs that cover the sleeve of his umpteenth album.
Rhymes
- take the rap
- take the rough with the smooth
- take the salute
- take the shine off
- take the starch out of
- take the trouble
- take the veil
- take the wind out of someone's sails
- take the words out of someone's mouth
- take thought
- take time by the forelock
- take to
- take to one's bed
- take to one's heels
- take to something like a duck to water
- take to the bush
- take to the road (or take the road)
- take turns (or take it in turns)
- take-up
- take up arms
- take up (or pick up) the baton
- cutch
- cut corners
- cut-down
- cute