Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pyramiding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: pyra-mid-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of an athlete progressively increasing the dosage of an illicit drug to a maximum, and then progressively lowering it, between competitions so as to reduce the chances of being caught.

Uncountable

noun

A shell deformity in captive turtles, leading to a pyramid shape underlying each scute.

Uncountable

noun

A form of tax evasion in which an employer that withholds payroll taxes from employees intentionally fails to remit those withholdings to the taxing authority, often then filing for bankruptcy to repeat the fraud under a new name.

Uncountable

noun

Synonym of pyramid trading.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of pyramid

Etymology

From pyramid + -ing.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

pyramid trading

Questions

What does pyramiding mean?: The practice of an athlete progressively increasing the dosage of an illicit drug to a maximum, and then progressively lowering it, between competitions so as to reduce the chances of being caught.
Where does pyramiding come from?: From pyramid + -ing.

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