gauntlet

gauntlet is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Gantlet. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. See Gantlet.
2. noun. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.
3. noun. A long glove, covering the wrist.
4. noun. A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
5. noun. a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim

   Synonyms: gantlet

6. noun. a glove with long sleeve

   Synonyms: gantlet

7. noun. a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

   Synonyms: gantlet

8. noun. to offer or accept a challenge

   "threw down the gauntlet"

   "took up the gauntlet"

   Synonyms: gantlet

Synonyms

gantlet

Common word forms

gauntlets, gauntleted, gauntleting

Words from these letters

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