Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pouring

/ˈpɔːɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables: pour-ing
IPA: /ˈpɔːɹɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pour

noun

The act by which something is poured.

adj

Flowing or falling intensely.

Example Sentences

"Liberal pourings of rum and Cokes helped lubricate the festivities."
"pouring rain"
"Steps away from where the Koningsdam docked, we hopped onto another much smaller vessel in the pouring rain, in search of whales and other wildlife."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɔːɹɪŋ/
British English: /ˈpɔːɹɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

pourings (plural) more pouring (comparative) most pouring (superlative)

Derived Forms

inpouring outpouring pouringly

Synonyms

gushing

Homonyms

poring pawing (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger, intrusive R)

Rhymes With

boring scoring exploring ignoring restoring storing roaring soaring flooring snoring warring adoring

Questions

How do you pronounce pouring?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɔːɹɪŋ/.
What does pouring mean?: present participle and gerund of pour

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