Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wung

/wʌŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: wung
IPA: /wʌŋ/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of wing

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"My spirit will have wung its way to the realm of eternal day."
"The order was officially placed with Kevin, and a check has wung its way to him."
"email has wung it's^([sic]) way to you ;0)"

Etymology

Formed by analogy with the past forms of class 3 strong verbs, such as swung and stung; compare hung.

Usage

Colloquial

Phrases

wung-out

Rhymes With

young among tongue silver tongue hung well-hung lung horse-hung sung ng swung chi kung

Questions

How do you pronounce wung?: The recorded pronunciation is /wʌŋ/.
What does wung mean?: past participle of wing
Where does wung come from?: Formed by analogy with the past forms of class 3 strong verbs, such as swung and stung; compare hung.

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