Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mangling

/mˈæŋɡəlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: man-gling
IPA: /mˈæŋɡəlɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of mangle

noun

An act in which something is mangled

Example Sentences

"After having been an inmate of our family nine years, having suffered countless frights and manglings from the many kittens we had kept in the time, he at last died by the claws of the family cat, when released one fine afternoon for an airing, and to have his cage cleaned."
"That disc comes on the heels of Background Check, a compilation of oddities and rarities that includes obligatory (though still addictive) punk manglings of pop hits like "I Ran" and "I've Got the Music in Me," as well as presumably more respectable numbers like "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" and "12XU.""

Inflected Forms

manglings (plural)

Rhymes With

dangling strangling wrangling

Questions

How do you pronounce mangling?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈæŋɡəlɪŋ/.
What does mangling mean?: present participle and gerund of mangle

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