Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

charabanc

/ˈʃæ.ɹə.bæŋ(k)/ noun, verb

Forms charabancs charabancing charabanced char-à-banc

noun (UK, historical) A horse-drawn, and then later, motorized omnibus with open sides, and often, no roof.
noun (UK, dated) A bus, especially one hired by groups for pleasure outings, what was later called a coach.
noun (UK, informal) A vehicle that is slow, overcrowded, or otherwise undesirable.
noun An elaborate production or endeavor involving many people or things.
verb (rare, ambitransitive) To travel or convey by charabanc.

Synonyms

Borrowed from French char-à-bancs (literally “carriage with benches”).

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “charabanc”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details