smothercate

English

Etymology

From blend of smother +‎ suffocate.[1]

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsmʌðɚ.keɪt/
Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

smothercate (third-person singular simple present smothercates, present participle smothercating, simple past and past participle smothercated)

To smother and suffocate.

References

“smothercate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “SMOTHERCATE”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volumes V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.

Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future‎, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225

Anagrams

chattersome, tachometers, tachometres

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[BackgroundOfBlending-1] Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future‎, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225