Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

having one's fingers on the pulse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables
hav-ing one's fin-ger-s on the pulse
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of have one's fingers on the pulse

Questions

What does having one's fingers on the pulse mean?
present participle and gerund of have one's fingers on the pulse

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