bellowing

Other forms of bellowing

plural

bellowings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bellowing

What does bellowing mean?

bellowing means "a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)".

How many syllables are in bellowing?

bellowing has 3 syllables: bel-lo-wing. The stress falls on "bel". In IPA it is /ˈbɛloʊɪŋ/.

What is another word for bellowing?

Close synonyms include bellow, holla, holler, hollering, hollo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bellowing a common word?

bellowing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.