Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lumbering

/lˈʌmbɚɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: lum-ber-ing
IPA: /lˈʌmbɚɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The business of felling trees for lumber.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

adj

Clumsy or awkward.

adj

Heavy, slow and laborious; ponderous.

Example Sentences

"Only the old harbor-master was there, singing out, as by duty bound, his lusty oaths at their lumberings."
"I've kidnapped that lumbering fool Donkey Kong and you will never see him again. Har-har-har-har!"
"The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll."

Usage

Inflected Forms

lumberings (plural) more lumbering (comparative) most lumbering (superlative)

Derived Forms

lumberingly lumberingness

Synonyms

heavy ponderous

Rhymes With

numbering slumbering

Questions

How do you pronounce lumbering?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈʌmbɚɪŋ/.
What does lumbering mean?: The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement.

How to pronounce lumbering

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