Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rat-baiting

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: rat-bait-ing
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A blood sport involving the setting of dogs upon rats in a rat pit.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"His sporting enthusiasms had already embraced yachting, coaching, fencing, and spectatorship at boxing-matches, cock-fights, dog-fights, and rat-baitings."

Etymology

From rat + baiting.

Usage

Inflected Forms

rat-baitings (plural)

Synonyms

ratting

Questions

What does rat-baiting mean?: A blood sport involving the setting of dogs upon rats in a rat pit.
Where does rat-baiting come from?: From rat + baiting.

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