Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rummaging

/ɹˈʌmɪdʒɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: rum-mag-ing
IPA: /ɹˈʌmɪdʒɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of rummage

noun

The act of one who rummages.

Example Sentences

"There was always the impossibility, of course, of finding him anything, the least bit "good," that he wouldn't already, long ago, in his rummagings, have seen himself[…]"

Inflected Forms

rummagings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce rummaging?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈʌmɪdʒɪŋ/.
What does rummaging mean?: present participle and gerund of rummage

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