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muscling

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \ˈmə-səl\
    • /ˈmʌs.l̩.ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ˈmə-səl\

Definitions of muscling word

  • noun muscling Present participle of muscle. 1
  • noun muscling muscles in the body, meant collectively. 0
  • noun muscling the process of muscle formation or growth. 0

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Parts of speech for Muscling

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

muscling popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for muscling

verb muscling

  • abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
  • mangle — to smooth or press with a mangle.
  • beat up — If someone beats a person up, they hit or kick the person many times.
  • bludgeon — To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.
  • drub — to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.

Antonyms for muscling

verb muscling

  • protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.

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