brushing

Questions about brushing

What does brushing mean?

brushing means "the act of brushing your teeth". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in brushing?

brushing has 2 syllables: brus-hing. The stress falls on "brus". In IPA it is /ˈbɹʌʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for brushing?

Close synonyms include brush, brush. 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 brushing a common word?

brushing 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.