Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

giving someone a hard time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English

Syllables
giv-ing -some-one a hard -time
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of give someone a hard time

Questions

What does giving someone a hard time mean?
present participle and gerund of give someone a hard time

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