Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hocking

/hˈɑkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: hock-ing
IPA: /hˈɑkɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hock

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

A river, the Hocking River in Ohio, United States, a tributary of the Ohio River.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A township in Fairfield County, Ohio.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A suburb of Perth in the City of Wanneroo, Western Australia, named after landowner Herbert Hocking.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

Hockings (plural)

Phrases

Hocking County

Rhymes With

blocking shocking knocking locking rocking mocking stocking docking unlocking clocking flocking restocking

Questions

How do you pronounce hocking?: The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɑkɪŋ/.
What does hocking mean?: present participle and gerund of hock

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