Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clobbering

/klˈɑbɚɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: clob-ber-ing
IPA: /klˈɑbɚɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of clobber

noun

A beating; a thrashing; a thorough defeat.

Informal

adj

Example Sentences

"It seems as if they traded in the complexity of a full range of troubling emotion for the clobbering pathos of the shouting match."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

clobberings (plural)

Rhymes With

slobbering

Questions

How do you pronounce clobbering?: The recorded pronunciation is /klˈɑbɚɪŋ/.
What does clobbering mean?: present participle and gerund of clobber

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