Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lampooning

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: lam-poon-ing
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

verb

present participle and gerund of lampoon

Example Sentences

"Also with Aylward that month, he went to the dinner of the Gridiron Club which brings together the great and the near-great of American politics for semi-annual lampoonings."

Inflected Forms

lampoonings (plural)

Questions

What does lampooning mean?: A lampoon.

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