Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hostle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hos-tle
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To maintain (a locomotive or other large engine); to do the work of a hostler.

American usage

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

hostles (present, singular) hostling (participle, present) hostled (participle, past) hostled (past)

Questions

What does hostle mean?
To maintain (a locomotive or other large engine); to do the work of a hostler.

How to pronounce hostle

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