Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on-pressing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables: on--press-ing
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a group, crowd, army, etc., pressing forwards.

Example Sentences

"At the threshold he paused for an instant, and, lifting the struggling Arab above his head, hurled him, as though from a catapult, full in the faces of his on-pressing fellows."

Questions

What does on-pressing mean?: Of a group, crowd, army, etc., pressing forwards.

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