springbuck

Questions about springbuck

What does springbuck mean?

springbuck means "a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air".

How many syllables are in springbuck?

springbuck has 2 syllables and divides as spring-buck under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for springbuck?

Close synonyms include springbok, Antidorcas marsupialis, Antidorcas euchore. 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 springbuck a common word?

springbuck 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.