Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outsmarting

/ˈaʊtsmˌɑɹtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: out-smart-ing
IPA: /ˈaʊtsmˌɑɹtɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of outsmart

noun

An instance of somebody being outsmarted.

Example Sentences

"If I am five years old I perceive Bugs as a funny bunny with a unique voice and I appreciate his slapstick pie-in-the-face humor, especially his manipulations and outsmartings of Elmer Fudd, his arch nemesis."

Inflected Forms

outsmartings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce outsmarting?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈaʊtsmˌɑɹtɪŋ/.
What does outsmarting mean?: present participle and gerund of outsmart

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