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back-biting

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
back--bit-ing
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of back-bite

Questions

What does back-biting mean?
present participle and gerund of back-bite

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