Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bellowing

/bˈɛloʊɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: bel-low-ing
IPA: /bˈɛloʊɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bellow

noun

The sound produced when someone or something bellows

Example Sentences

"The cries of applause and derision from the spectators, and the formidable bellowings of the exasperated monks who surrounded Pachymius, did not tend to steady his nerves, or render the task of critical discrimination the easier."
"Incessant bellowings fill all the earth, Mingled with inextinguishable mirth."
"With great heavings and throes, with snortings and bellowings, with scratchings and tearings of its great claws and lashings of its terrible tail, it writhed and fought to be free, and the light of thousands of fireworks illuminated the gigantic struggle."

Inflected Forms

bellowings (plural)

Synonyms

bellow holla holler hollering hollo holloa roar roaring yowl

Rhymes With

yellowing mellowing

Questions

How do you pronounce bellowing?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɛloʊɪŋ/.
What does bellowing mean?: present participle and gerund of bellow

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