raking
adjective, noun, verb
raking is an adjective meaning “Swiftly moving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-K-I-N-G and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does raking mean?
adjective
- 1
Swiftly moving.
- 2
Sloping; having a rake or incline.
raking light
noun
- 1
The act or process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.
- 2
A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake.
- 3
a bass guitar playing technique in which multiple notes are played rapidly from one string to another.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of rake
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce raking?
Raking has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of raking
- more raking comparative
- most raking superlative
- rakings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is raking?
Raking appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).