Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bone-crunching

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: bone-crunch-ing
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very violent or hard, as an impact.

Example Sentences

"Indeed, when baby-voiced Teresa describes the bone-crunching finishes in her new home, a 12,000-square-foot French chateau simulacrum that’s “all granite, marble and onyx,” and avers her commitment to the brand-spanking new (“I just skeeve looking at other people’s houses,” she says."
"The bone-crunching AC/DC classic Back In Black landed at number six, followed by Metallica's Enter Sandman and the chiming riff of The Beatles' Day Tripper at eight."
"Back in August, the Toon ace was kicked from pillar to post by Karl Henry in a bone-crunching midfield battle at Molineux."

Inflected Forms

more bone-crunching (comparative) most bone-crunching (superlative)

Questions

What does bone-crunching mean?: Very violent or hard, as an impact.

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