Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boating

/ˈboʊtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: boat-ing
IPA: /ˈboʊtɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of boat

Example Sentences

"I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings, and shootings, and boatings."
"With the old boatmen holding annual re-unions at Rolling Green Park, tales and exciting moments of boatings and fishing in the old canal are told and re-told among veteran boatmen."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰóydos Proto-Germanic *baitaz Proto-West Germanic *bait Old English bāt Middle English bot English boat English -ing English boating From boat + -ing.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈboʊtɪŋ/
British English: /ˈbəʊtɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

boatings (plural)

Derived Forms

nonboating playboating swifboating

Phrases

dragon boating

Synonyms

yachting

Homonyms

boding

Rhymes With

voting promoting floating noting quoting coating devoting denoting toting bloating gloating doting

Questions

How do you pronounce boating?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈboʊtɪŋ/.
What does boating mean?: The activity of going out onto a body of water in a boat.
Where does boating come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰóydos Proto-Germanic *baitaz Proto-West Germanic *bait Old English bāt Middle English bot English boat English -ing English boating From boat + -ing.

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