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hickling

/hˈɪklɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
hick-ling
IPA
/hˈɪklɪŋ/
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A placename:

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Hicel + -ing (“belonging to”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Hicklings (plural)

Phrases

Hickling Green Hickling Heath Hickling Pastures

Rhymes With

trickling pickling fickling strickling

Questions

How do you pronounce hickling?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɪklɪŋ/.
What does hickling mean?
A placename:
Where does hickling come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce hickling

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