Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cloaking

/klˈoʊkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: cloak-ing
IPA: /klˈoʊkɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of cloak

noun

The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The material from which cloaks are made.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The technique of presenting search engine spiders with content that differs from that seen by human users, usually for spamdexing purposes.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"May 15, 1555, Hugh Latimer, letter to the lovers of God's truth to take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings"
"I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times."
"Fcy. goods, cassimeres, cloakings, piece dyes, noils, mohair, and raw stock wool and cotton."

Usage

Inflected Forms

cloakings (plural)

Phrases

cloaking device

Rhymes With

smoking non-smoking joking choking provoking soaking poking stroking invoking evoking revoking coking

Questions

How do you pronounce cloaking?: The recorded pronunciation is /klˈoʊkɪŋ/.
What does cloaking mean?: present participle and gerund of cloak

How to pronounce cloaking

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