Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sken

/skɛn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sken
IPA: /skɛn/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

verb

Example Sentences

"He skens ill enough to crack a lookin'-glass."
"She's about seventy and skens like a basket of whelks, but she's as good as any doctor."

Etymology

Obscure origin, possibly related to askance.

Inflected Forms

skens (present, singular) skenning (participle, present) skenned (participle, past) skenned (past)

Rhymes With

when been than then even again women men ten ben un en

Questions

How do you pronounce sken?: The recorded pronunciation is /skɛn/.
What does sken mean?: to squint
Where does sken come from?: Obscure origin, possibly related to askance.

How to pronounce sken

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