Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rawhide

/ˈɹɔhaɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: rawhide
IPA: /ˈɹɔhaɪd/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A whip made from twisted untanned leather.

Countable

verb

To clear (a pump) of sediment by starting and stopping it repeatedly.

Transitive verb

verb

To beat with a rawhide whip.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"This throw was fair; the white cow came to earth again; and before it could rise Santa had made the lasso fast around a post of the corral with a swift and simple knot, and had leaped upon the cow again with the rawhide hobbles."

Etymology

From raw + hide.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹɔhaɪd/
British English: /ˈɹɔːhaɪd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

rawhides (plural) rawhides (present, singular) rawhiding (participle, present) rawhided (participle, past) rawhided (past)

Derived Forms

rawhider

Questions

How do you pronounce rawhide?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɔhaɪd/.
What does rawhide mean?: Untanned hide.
Where does rawhide come from?: From raw + hide.

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