Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gast

/ɡæst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: gast
IPA: /ɡæst/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete

name

Example Sentences

"[H]ee charges home my vnprouided body, lancht mine arme, but when he ſaw my beſt alarumd ſpirits, bould in the quarrels, rights, rouſd to the encounter, or whether gaſted by the noyſe I made, but ſodainly he fled."

Etymology

From Middle English gasten, from Old English gǣstan, from Proto-Germanic *gaistijaną. Also spelled ghast due to association with ghost.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: gasten, gǣstan, *gaistijaną, -, gast

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɡæst/
British English: /ɡɑːst/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

gasts (present, singular) gasting (participle, present) gasted (participle, past) gasted (past) Gasts (plural)

Derived Forms

gastly ghastly

Homonyms

gassed ghast

Rhymes With

last past fast passed cast vast blast surpassed caste harassed mast classed

Questions

How do you pronounce gast?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡæst/.
What does gast mean?: To frighten.
Where does gast come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce gast

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