Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strangling

/stɹˈæŋɡəlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
stran-gling
IPA
/stɹˈæŋɡəlɪŋ/
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of strangle

noun

The crime of killing by strangling.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

stranglings (plural)

Synonyms

choking strangulation throttling

Rhymes With

dangling wrangling mangling

Questions

How do you pronounce strangling?
The recorded pronunciation is /stɹˈæŋɡəlɪŋ/.
What does strangling mean?
present participle and gerund of strangle

How to pronounce strangling

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