Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

firing the starting gun

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables
fir-ing the s-tart-ing -gun
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of fire the starting gun

Questions

What does firing the starting gun mean?
present participle and gerund of fire the starting gun

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