how to pronounce rubbing

/ˈɹʌbɪŋ/

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rubbing is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of rubbing in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… old ed was rubbing it through the …”

meanings of rubbing

noun:

An impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with graphite, crayon or other coloring agent.

verb:

Present participle of rub.

rubbing frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word rubbing occurs in english on average 6.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics rubbing can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that rubbing can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;