Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

onrushing

/ˈɑnɹˌʌʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: on-rush-ing
IPA: /ˈɑnɹˌʌʃɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

rushing or flowing forward

adj

verb

present participle and gerund of onrush

Example Sentences

"The Spaniard was forced off his line to clear from the onrushing John Sutton before a full-stretch save to keep an Arvydas Novikovas effort from finding the top corner from 25 yards."

Etymology

From on- + rushing.

Inflected Forms

more onrushing (comparative) most onrushing (superlative)

Synonyms

fluent streaming

Questions

How do you pronounce onrushing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑnɹˌʌʃɪŋ/.
What does onrushing mean?: rushing or flowing forward
Where does onrushing come from?: From on- + rushing.

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