Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

catching someone with a hand in the cookie jar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
catch-ing -some-one with- a hand in the -cook-ie -jar
IPA
74
Scrabble Score
38
Letters
8
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of catch someone with a hand in the cookie jar

Questions

What does catching someone with a hand in the cookie jar mean?
present participle and gerund of catch someone with a hand in the cookie jar

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