marching
/ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That marches.
Example Sentences
- "A pianoforte is desirable, to lead the singing, and accompany the plays, gymnastics, frequent marchings, and dancing, when that is taught,—which it should be."
- "But of the marchings and retreatings of these Six-thousand no Xenophon exists. Nothing, but an inarticulate hum, of cursing and sooty frenzy, surviving dubious in the memory of ages!"
- "All steps and marchings executed from a halt, except right step, begin with the left foot."
- "a marching band"
- "[T]he occasional trees, the stone-heaps, the marching fences, the stumps, the saplings, the cows, and the feeding sheep."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈmɑːt͡ʃɪŋ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
unmarching
Phrases
Bolivian marching powder
file marching
heavy marching order
marching ants
marching band
marching cubes
marching girl
marching malady