Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chucking

/ˈt͡ʃʌkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: chuck-ing
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃʌkɪŋ/

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of chuck

noun

The holding of an object in a chuck.

Example Sentences

"A complete lay-out showing each operation in the three chuckings required to finish a cross-head of typical design is shown in Fig. 11."

Inflected Forms

chuckings (plural)

Derived Forms

chuckingly

Rhymes With

fucking sucking trucking ducking tucking plucking bucking mucking clucking shucking lucking

Questions

How do you pronounce chucking?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃʌkɪŋ/.
What does chucking mean?: present participle and gerund of chuck

How to pronounce chucking

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