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cogwheel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
cog-wheel
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gear wheel.

noun

Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gēw- Proto-Indo-European *gugāder. Proto-Germanic *kuggōder. Old Norse *koggrbor. Middle English cogge English cog Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English cogwheel From cog + wheel.

Inflected Forms

cogwheels (plural)

Derived Forms

cogwheeled cogwheeling

Frequently Paired Words

cog wheel cog-wheel

Synonyms

gear wheel gearwheel cog gear geared wheel

Questions

What does cogwheel mean?
A gear wheel.
Where does cogwheel come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gēw- Proto-Indo-European *gugāder. Proto-Germanic *kuggōder. Old Norse *koggrbor. Middle English cogge English cog Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English cogwheel From cog + wheel.

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