Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grooming

/ˈɡɹuːmɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
groom-ing
IPA
/ˈɡɹuːmɪŋ/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of groom

noun

Care for one's personal appearance, hygiene, and clothing.

Uncountable

noun

The practice of primates picking through the hair of others, looking for insects etc.

Uncountable

noun

The act of teaching someone, often for advancement at work.

Uncountable

noun

Caring for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.

Uncountable

noun

The act of gaining the trust of a child or vulnerable person in order to take advantage of or exploit them, especially sexually.

Uncountable

noun

In agile software development, the reviewing and prioritization of items in the development backlog.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

groomings (plural)

Derived Forms

allogrooming autogrooming cybergrooming hypergrooming nongrooming

Phrases

snow grooming

Frequently Paired Words

personal hygiene

Synonyms

refinement coaching mentoring currying dressing training preparation styling

Rhymes With

assuming consuming booming blooming looming resuming fuming zooming unassuming presuming rooming dooming

Questions

How do you pronounce grooming?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹuːmɪŋ/.
What does grooming mean?
present participle and gerund of groom

How to pronounce grooming

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