Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eking out

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
ek-ing out
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of eke out

Questions

What does eking out mean?
present participle and gerund of eke out

How to pronounce eking out

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