Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bilking

/bˈɪlkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: bilk-ing
IPA: /bˈɪlkɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bilk

noun

The act of one who bilks (in any sense).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Such excursions can be the sites of an orientalizing vision that has much worse consequences than the bilkings of one flimflam man."

Usage

Inflected Forms

bilkings (plural)

Rhymes With

milking

Questions

How do you pronounce bilking?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɪlkɪŋ/.
What does bilking mean?: present participle and gerund of bilk

How to pronounce bilking

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