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Definition: Gaskin |
GaskinNoun1. Lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gaskin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references) |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Gaskin" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Gaskin" is used about 9 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "gaskin" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gaskin | Last name | 3,000 | 3,880 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gaskin | 18 |
gaskin ina may | 8 |
fred gaskin | 7 |
stephen gaskin | 5 |
gaskin lake | 2 |
catherine gaskin | 2 |
gaskin tim | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gaskin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Farsi | زیرجامه (Undergarment, Underwear), جوراب (Hose), ران عقب اسب , شلوار (Britches, Pantaloon, Pants). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | askingay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gaskin": gasking, gaskings, gaskins. (additional references) | |
Words containing "gaskin": galligaskins. (additional references) | |
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"Gaskin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: askin, Gadski, gakin, Gakuin, Garsin, Gasdia, gasik, gask, Gasken, gaskit, gassin, gazin, geikien, Gessin, Gestin, Gieseking, Gieskanne, glackin, Glaskin, Glazkov, Gookin, Gosein, Gwatkin, Laskin, Paskin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gaskin" (pronounced ga"ski'n) |
| 4 | -s k i' n | buckskin, deerskin, pigskin, redskin, sheepskin, siskin. |
| 3 | -k i' n | Bodkin, bumpkin, Calkin, Malkin, mannequin, napkin, punkin. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: asking, kiangs. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-k-n-s" | |
-1 letter: gains, ginks, kains, kiang, kinas, kings. | |
-2 letters: agin, ains, akin, anis, gain, gink, gins, inks, kain, kina, king, kins, nags, sain, saki, sang, sank, sign, sing, sink, skag, skin, snag. | |
-3 letters: ain, ais, ani, ask, gan, gas, gin, ink, ins, kas, kin, nag, sag, sin, ska, ski. | |
-4 letters: ag, ai, an, as, in, is, ka, na, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-k-n-s" | |
+1 letter: askings, bakings, basking, casking, gasking, gaskins, lakings, makings, masking, sacking, shaking, sinkage, skating, slaking, snaking, soaking, staking, takings, tasking. | |
+2 letters: backings, bankings, gaskings, goatskin, hawkings, kartings, linkages, markings, maskings, packings, parkings, rankings, sackings, shanking, sharking, sinkages, skatings, skoaling, slacking, smacking, snacking, snaglike, sneaking, spanking, sparking, speaking, stacking, stalking, swanking, talkings, walkings. | |
+3 letters: antikings, backswing, blackings, breakings, casketing, caulkings, crackings, damasking, forsaking, gawkiness, goatskins, grandkids, kaoliangs, kashering, kayakings, kyanising, mismaking, mistaking, outasking, plankings, resoaking, ringbarks, screaking, shackling, shrinkage, spackling, spankings, sparkling, speakings, squawking, squeaking, streaking, tacklings, trackings, unmasking, wakenings, weaklings, wingbacks. | |
+4 letters: alkalising, ankylosing, backswings, bespeaking, cracklings, gavelkinds, grimalkins, hijackings, hopsacking, kingcrafts, kingmakers, kurbashing, lawmakings, mapmakings, marketings, mismarking, mosaicking, nighthawks, outskating, outtasking, presoaking, ransacking, respeaking, restacking, shikarring, shrinkages, sjamboking, skyjacking, skylarking, slackening, sneakingly, snowmaking, stockading, streakings, unspeaking, unstacking. | |
+5 letters: antismoking, asterisking, backbitings, backlashing, backlisting, backsliding, backspacing, backwashing, bakshishing, blackenings, bookmakings, caretakings, carjackings, dressmaking, filmmakings, gawkinesses, gawkishness, glassmaking, glucokinase, grubstaking, handshaking, homemakings, hopsackings, lovemakings, misspeaking, mythmakings, noisemaking, nonspeaking, outspeaking, oversoaking, overtasking, pacemakings, painstaking, playmakings, postmarking, rainmakings, ringstraked, safekeeping, shellacking, skedaddling, skyjackings, steelmaking, stocktaking, stringybark, toolmakings, unshackling, waterskiing, winemakings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 73 6B 69 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .- ... -.- .. -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01110011 01101011 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a s k i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 0073 006B 0069 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)416785777580 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Names: Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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