Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bumkin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bumkin
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.

Inflected Forms

bumkins (plural) boomkin (alternative)

Questions

What does bumkin mean?
A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.

How to pronounce bumkin

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “bumkin”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “bumkin”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “bumkin” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.