Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

checking

/ˈt͡ʃɛkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.43 in modern English

Syllables: check-ing
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛkɪŋ/

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of check

noun

The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A checking account.

Countable; Informal

noun

An act whereby one checks something or someone (in any sense).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The crossing of solutions in a grid.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Withdraw $5000 from checking and put it into savings."
"The gin had a delayed reaction. Its effect didn't become felt until Valerie had, after a wearisome walk and numerous checkings of her map, reached the flat."
"One must reckon to solve at least three of the Playfair clues independently before cracking the code and getting checking to help with solving the fourth."
"What about the corpus of Ximenes - Azed specials? In 'Printer's Devilry' checking is normal but the clues are special."
"An added complication is that double definition answers are often very short, typically between four and six letters long, so there are lots of possibilities even when you have checking letters."

Usage

Inflected Forms

checkings (plural)

Derived Forms

nonchecking typechecking

Phrases

checking account extended static checking fact checking fact-checking

Rhymes With

wrecking trekking pecking decking hecking flecking

Questions

How do you pronounce checking?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɛkɪŋ/.
What does checking mean?: present participle and gerund of check

How to pronounce checking

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