Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

press-ganged

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables
press--ganged
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does press-ganged mean?
simple past and past participle of press-gang

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