Speakur

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smuggling

/smˈʌɡlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables
smug-gling
IPA
/smˈʌɡlɪŋ/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of smuggle

noun

An act of something being smuggled.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

smugglings (plural)

Derived Forms

antismuggling

Phrases

human smuggling migrant smuggling people smuggling smuggling raisins

Synonyms

smugglery contrabandism

Questions

How do you pronounce smuggling?
The recorded pronunciation is /smˈʌɡlɪŋ/.
What does smuggling mean?
present participle and gerund of smuggle

How to pronounce smuggling

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