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AMBUSHING

Definition: AMBUSHING

AMBUSHING

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Ambush

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "AMBUSHING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references)


Synonyms: AMBUSHING

Synonyms by domain: ambush (law), felonious assault (law).

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Crosswords: AMBUSHING

English words defined with "AMBUSHING": ambushstill-hunt. (references)

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Usage Frequency: AMBUSHING

"AMBUSHING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "AMBUSHING" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)100%1493,893

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: AMBUSHING

Language Translations for "AMBUSHING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

in Hinterhalt lockend. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ambushingay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

быть в засаде/ (ambushed). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "AMBUSHING"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "AMBUSHING" (pronounced a"mbuh'shing)
3-sh i ngabolishing, accomplishing, admonishing, anguishing, astonishing, banishing, bashing, blushing, brainwashing, brandishing, brushing, cashing, clashing, crashing, crushing, dashing, demolishing, diminishing, dishing, distinguishing, embellishing, establishing, extinguishing, finishing, fishing, flashing, flourishing, flushing, furbishing, furnishing, gnashing, gushing, hashing, languishing, lashing, lavishing, meshing, nourishing, onrushing, overfishing, photofinishing, polishing, publishing, punishing, pushing, quashing, ravishing, reestablishing, refinishing, refreshing, refurbishing, rehashing, relinquishing, relishing, replenishing, rushing, skirmishing, slashing, sloshing, smashing, splashing, squashing, stashing, tarnishing, thrashing, trashing, unleashing, vanishing, washing, wishing.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: AMBUSHING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-g-h-i-m-n-s-u"

-2 letters: abusing, amusing, anguish, bashing, bushing, bushman, mashing, mushing, shaming.

-3 letters: aguish, ambush, animus, ashing, banish, basing, bhangs, bimahs, bugsha, busing, busman, gamins, humans, iambus, musing, nimbus, nubias.

-4 letters: agism, amins, bangs, basin, bhang, bimah, bimas, bungs, gains, gambs, gamin, gaums, gnash, guans, habus, hangs, human, iambs, magus, mains, manus, minas, minus, munis, nabis.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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