Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncoupling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: un-cou-pling
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of uncouple

noun

The act by which persons or things are uncoupled.

Example Sentences

"It is the first British yard in which every activity of hump marshalling, except for the driving of the hump locomotive and the uncoupling and coupling of wagons, is fully automatic or drastically simplified by modern aids."
"This uncoupling done, Gimbert opened the regulator as Nightall climbed back onto the footplate, in order to pull the one burning wagon away from the rest of the bomb-laden train."

Inflected Forms

uncouplings (plural)

Phrases

conscious uncoupling

Questions

What does uncoupling mean?: present participle and gerund of uncouple

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