gauntlet

1. 1.

   to offer or accept a challenge

   “threw down the gauntlet”

   “took up the gauntlet”

   Synonymsgantlet

   Broaderchallenge
2. 2.

   a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

   Synonymsgantletmetal glove

   Broaderglove

   Part ofbody armor
3. 3.

   a glove with long sleeve

   Synonymsgantlet

   Broaderglove
4. 4.

   a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim

   Synonymsgantlet

   Broadercorporal punishment

Other forms of gauntlet

plural

gauntlets·

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 gauntlet

What does gauntlet mean?

gauntlet means "to offer or accept a challenge". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gauntlet?

gauntlet has 2 syllables: gaunt-let. The stress falls on "gaunt". In IPA it is /ˈɡɔntlət/.

What is another word for gauntlet?

Close synonyms include gantlet, gantlet, metal glove, gantlet, gantlet. 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 gauntlet a common word?

gauntlet 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.

What rhymes with gauntlet?

1 word rhymes with gauntlet. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.