Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tenuki

/tɛˈnuːki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tenu-ki
IPA
/tɛˈnuːki/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

playing elsewhere; ignoring the opponent's last move.

verb

To play elsewhere; to ignore the opponent's last move.

Intransitive verb

verb

To shift one's attention away from an ongoing task; to change gears.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 手抜き (tenuki).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

tenukis (present, singular) tenukiing (participle, present) tenukied (participle, past) tenukied (past)

Frequently Paired Words

intermezzo zwischenzug

Rhymes With

cookie spooky kabuki kooky tanuki tukey booky flukey dukey tesuque ukie

Questions

How do you pronounce tenuki?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɛˈnuːki/.
What does tenuki mean?
playing elsewhere; ignoring the opponent's last move.
Where does tenuki come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce tenuki

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