lusk
/lʌsk/adjective, noun
lusk is spelled L-U-S-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, lusk means “Lazy or slothful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lusk?
| Letters | 4: L-U-S-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,894th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lusk?
Lusk appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th 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).
How do you pronounce lusk?
- US /lʌsk/
- /lʊsk/
Lusk has one syllable (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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lusk.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lusk?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lusk from its last stressed vowel (/ʌsk/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sulk.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of lusk
- more lusk comparative
- most lusk superlative
- lusks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- lusking participle, present
- lusked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lusk mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Lazy or slothful.
- 2
UKFull; ripe.
noun
- 1
A lazy or slothful person.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo be idle or unemployed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lusk come from?
From Middle English *lusk, from Old Norse lǫskr (“weak, idle”), from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz (“sluggish, dull, lazy”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēyd- (“to let, subside”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lasch (“flabby, loose”), Middle Low German lasch, las (“tired, dull”). Doublet of lush.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).