Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chewing on one's nails

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables
chew-ing on one's -nails
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of chew on one's nails

Questions

What does chewing on one's nails mean?
present participle and gerund of chew on one's nails

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