Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sticking

/ˈstɪkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables: stick-ing
IPA: /ˈstɪkɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of stick

noun

A sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks.

noun

Coarse, bruised, or damaged meat sold to the makers of sausages, pies, etc.

Example Sentences

"Too often the beginning student finds it more difficult to observe the stickings when reading single beats or duple beat divisions (e.g., quarter notes and eighth notes in 4/4 time) than if he or she alternated freely from hand to hand."
"six ounces of clods and stickings boiled"

Inflected Forms

stickings (plural)

Phrases

high-sticking pig-sticking sticking-place sticking place sticking plaster sticking point sticking-point Sticking Tommy

Frequently Paired Words

antisticking billsticking high-sticking nonsticking pig-sticking sticking-place sticking place sticking plaster

Synonyms

jutting projected projecting protruding relieved sticking out

Rhymes With

picking kicking clicking licking ticking tricking flicking fricking dicking pricking bricking

Questions

How do you pronounce sticking?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɪkɪŋ/.
What does sticking mean?: present participle and gerund of stick

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