Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scumbling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scum-bling
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of scumble

noun

An application of scumbling; an opaque glaze.

Example Sentences

"On Martha's Vineyard, Summer 1962 is a canvasful of brushstrokes and scumblings, some wet into wet, some dry-brushed, with accidental runs of thinned paint allowed to remain."

Inflected Forms

scumblings (plural)

Questions

What does scumbling mean?: present participle and gerund of scumble

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