degloving
de·glov·ing/diːˈɡlʌvɪŋ/noun, verb
degloving is a noun meaning “An instance of skin being degloved” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-G-L-O-V-I-N-G and has 3 syllables (de·glov·ing), and it appears about once in every 74 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of degloving is deglovings.
What does degloving mean?
noun
- 1
An instance of skin being degloved.
- 2
A mock punishment for disrespecting the sport of gloving; having one's LED gloves taken away, effectively banning them from participating in the activity.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of deglove
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce degloving?
- /diːˈɡlʌvɪŋ/
Degloving has 3 syllables, split de·glov·ing in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of degloving
- deglovings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is degloving?
Degloving appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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).