Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exploding

/ɪksplˈoʊdɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: ex-plod-ing
IPA: /ɪksplˈoʊdɪŋ/

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of explode

adj

Having the appearance of an explosion.

adj

Only available for a very short period.

noun

Colloquial; Dated

Example Sentences

"My head is exploding from all this rubbish."
"When helpless, a soldier lay racked with his goadings Of wounds he'd received in the battle's explodings."
"Blowings up —explodings— Such would be your fate; Streams of fire 'neath us! — Bless us, what a state!"
"How can these vitality affects be described? They are surgings, fadings, explodings, collapsings, slowings down, drawing out or drifting, feelings."
"Nietzsche judged in advance [präjudiziert] this exploding of the heavens by elevated humanness [gesteigerte Meschhaftigkeit], an exploding that, religiously (also for Nietzsche), is and remains inculpation."

Usage

Inflected Forms

explodings (plural)

Derived Forms

explodingly nonexploding

Phrases

Malaysian exploding ant

Frequently Paired Words

exploded

Rhymes With

loading coding encoding unloading decoding eroding foreboding imploding goading goding boeding

Questions

How do you pronounce exploding?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪksplˈoʊdɪŋ/.
What does exploding mean?: present participle and gerund of explode

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