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Definition: Muckraking |
MuckrakingNoun1. The exposure of scandal (especially about public figures). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Muckraking |
| English words defined with "muckraking": Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, Elizabeth Seaman ♦ Joseph Lincoln Steffens ♦ Lincoln Steffens ♦ Nellie Bly ♦ seaman, Steffens. (references) |
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| "Muckraking" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Muckraking" is used about 2 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 (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
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 |
muckraking | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "muckraking"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | mise au jour de scandales. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | σκανδαλοθηρία (muck-raking, scandalmongering). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | uckrakingmay การหาข้อมูลเกี่ยวกับชีวิตแบบส่วนตัว. (various references) | ||||||||||
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"Muckraking" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: muckraing, muckraring. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "muckraking" (pronounced mu"krā'king) |
| 5 | -r ā' k i ng | groundbreaking, heartbreaking, lawbreaking. |
| 4 | -ā' k i ng | bookmaking, breathtaking, dressmaking, earthshaking, filmmaking, glassmaking, handshaking, homemaking, lawmaking, matchmaking, moneymaking, moviemaking, overtaking, painstaking, papermaking, peacemaking, steelmaking, undertaking. |
| 3 | -k i ng | aching, antismoking, asking, attacking, backing, backtracking, baking, balking, banking, barking, basking, biking, bilking, blanking, blinking, blocking, bloodsucking, booking, braking, breaking, broking, Brooking, bucking, carjacking, caulking, chalking, checking, choking, chucking, clanking, clicking, cloaking, clucking, cocking, coking, cooking, corking, cornhusking, cracking, cranking, creaking, critiquing, croaking, debunking, decking, disliking, docking, drinking, ducking, duking, earmarking, eking, embarking, evoking, faking, flaking, flanking, flicking, flocking, flunking, forking, forsaking, franking, freaking, frolicking, fucking, gawking, hacking, hardworking, harking, Hawking, hijacking, hiking, hitchhiking, Hocking, honking, hooking, hulking, interlocking, invoking, jacking, jaywalking, jerking, joking, junking, kayaking, kicking, knocking, lacking, leaking, licking, liking, linking, locking, looking, lovemaking, Lucking, lurking, making, marking, masking, meatpacking, metalworking, milking, mimicking, mistaking, mocking, mucking, multitasking, networking, nitpicking, nonbanking, nonsmoking, overbooking, overlooking, packing, panicking, parking, peaking, pecking, peeking, perking, picking, piggybacking, planking, plinking, plucking, plunking, poking, politicking, provoking, quaking, quarterbacking, racking, raking, ranking, ransacking, rebuking, reeking, reinking, remaking, remarking, restocking, retaking, rethinking, revoking, reworking, risking, rocking, rollicking, sacking, seeking, shaking, sharking, shirking, shocking, shrieking, shrinking, shucking, sinking, sleepwalking, smacking, smirking, smoking, snaking, sneaking, soaking, socking, spacewalking, spanking, sparking, speaking, spiking, squawking, squeaking, stacking, staking, stalking, sticking, stinking, stockbroking, stocking, stoking, streaking, striking, stroking, sucking, sulking, tacking, taking, talking, tanking, tasking, thanking, ticking, tracking, trafficking, trekking, tricking, trucking, tucking, tweaking, undocking, unlocking, unpacking, unthinking, viking, waking, walking, whacking, winking, wisecracking, woodworking, working, wracking, wreaking, wrecking, yanking. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-k-k-m-n-r-u" | |
-3 letters: arcking, carking, cranium, cumarin, kirkman, marking, mucking, racking, rucking. | |
-4 letters: anuric, arcing, arming, caking, caring, crinum, curing, granum, karmic, kurgan, macing, making, margin, muring, racing, raking, rumaki, rumina, umiack, uranic. | |
-5 letters: acing, amnic, amuck, auric, cairn, cigar, crank, cuing, cumin, curia, gamic, gamin, garni, grain, inarm, incur, kamik, kauri, kiang, knack, knaur, kukri. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 75 63 6B 72 61 6B 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- ..- -.-. -.- .-. .- -.- .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01110101 01100011 01101011 01110010 01100001 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M u c k r a k i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0075 0063 006B 0072 0061 006B 0069 006E 0067 |
| 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)47876977846777758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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