Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chasing one's tail

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables
chas-ing one's -tail
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of chase one's tail

Questions

What does chasing one's tail mean?
present participle and gerund of chase one's tail

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