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ducking and covering

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
duck-ing and -cov-er-ing
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of duck and cover

Questions

What does ducking and covering mean?
present participle and gerund of duck and cover

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