Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overpropulsion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-propul-sion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

excessive propulsion

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"“When Varly does something unorthodox-looking, he’s usually recovering from maybe an error or overpropulsion on his part to a certain place on the ice, and he has to rein himself back in,” said Dave Prior, the Capitals’ goaltending coach."

Etymology

From over- + propulsion.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does overpropulsion mean?: excessive propulsion
Where does overpropulsion come from?: From over- + propulsion.

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