Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slaying

/ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
slay-ing
IPA
/ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of slay

noun

Killing, especially the murder of a human.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

  • "The slaying of the civil rights activist brought a storm of protest."
  • "وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا"

Usage

Inflected Forms

slayings (plural)

Derived Forms

manslaying slayingly sliving

Phrases

honor slaying self-slaying

Synonyms

murder execution

Rhymes With

saying playing paying non-paying staying laying praying weighing displaying spraying delaying surveying

Questions

How do you pronounce slaying?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsleɪ.ɪŋ/.
What does slaying mean?
present participle and gerund of slay

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