Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breaking one's neck

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables
break-ing one's -neck
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of break one's neck

Questions

What does breaking one's neck mean?
present participle and gerund of break one's neck

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