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hoodwinking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
hood-wink-ing
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hoodwink

noun

An act of deception.

Inflected Forms

hoodwinkings (plural)

Questions

What does hoodwinking mean?
present participle and gerund of hoodwink

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