going-over

Questions about going-over

What does going-over mean?

going-over means "a careful and thorough inspection". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in going-over?

going-over has 3 syllables: goin-g-o-ver. The stress falls on "goin".

What is another word for going-over?

Close synonyms include castigation, earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding. 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 going-over a common word?

going-over is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.