Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oozing

/ˈuzɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: ooz-ing
IPA: /ˈuzɪŋ/

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of ooze

noun

Something that oozes; a seepage.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of stringing (“defect in 3D printing”).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A 12-acre field of good, deep land on the farm of Frenchlaw, in Berwickshire, was rendered swampy by springs and oozings of water from the surrounding rising ground being retained upon the clay subsoil."
"One of the side effects of having the hot end set to the optimal temperature for extrusion is oozing."

Usage

Inflected Forms

oozings (plural)

Synonyms

stringing oozy seeping seepage ooze

Rhymes With

using losing choosing confusing refusing amusing accusing abusing cruising bruising fusing reusing

Questions

How do you pronounce oozing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈuzɪŋ/.
What does oozing mean?: present participle and gerund of ooze

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