how to pronounce flanker

/ˈflæŋkəɹ/

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flanker is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of flanker in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… quite simply a flanker has to tackle the …”

meanings of flanker

noun:

A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage.
A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.

verb:

To defend by lateral fortifications.
To attack sideways.

flanker frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word flanker occurs in english on average 2.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics flanker 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 flanker can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;