Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sapping

/sˈæpɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: sap-ping
IPA: /sˈæpɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of sap

noun

The act by which something is sapped or depleted.

noun

The act of excavating trenches.

noun

The act of striking with a sap or club.

Example Sentences

"December 22, 1821, Joseph Story, Address Delivered Before the Members of the New-England Society, in Charleston [The government] may be destroyed by popular violence, or the madness of party, or the deeper sappings of corruption."
"And when he had me up there he would sap me again and I wouldn't remember anything that happened in between the two sappings."

Inflected Forms

sappings (plural)

Rhymes With

mapping tapping wrapping snapping trapping slapping clapping rapping capping scrapping napping flapping

Questions

How do you pronounce sapping?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈæpɪŋ/.
What does sapping mean?: present participle and gerund of sap

How to pronounce sapping

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