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battling

/bˈætəlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
bat-tling
IPA
/bˈætəlɪŋ/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.

noun

That which nourishes or fattens, as food, or feed for animals, or manure for soil.

adj

Nourishing; fattening.

adj

Fertile.

adj

Engaged in battle.

verb

present participle of battle

noun

Engagement in combat, fighting; struggling.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Struggling to make a life; doing it hard.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From battle (“to nourish, feed”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

battlings (plural) batteling (alternative) more battling (comparative) most battling (superlative)

Derived Forms

unbattling

Phrases

rap battling

Questions

How do you pronounce battling?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈætəlɪŋ/.
What does battling mean?
A growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.
Where does battling come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce battling

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