Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

basking

/bˈæskɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: bask-ing
IPA: /bˈæskɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bask

noun

The act of one who basks.

Example Sentences

"With no lectures given or heard, no pups offered and ignored or contemptuously rejected by telegraph, no snatches at conversation in the midst of crowds, no baskings on the lawn at Bryn Mawr, no nothing at all, in short […]"

Inflected Forms

baskings (plural)

Phrases

basking shark

Rhymes With

asking masking tasking

Questions

How do you pronounce basking?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈæskɪŋ/.
What does basking mean?: present participle and gerund of bask

How to pronounce basking

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