Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hitting the ceiling

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
hit-ting the -ceil-ing
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hit the ceiling

Questions

What does hitting the ceiling mean?
present participle and gerund of hit the ceiling

How to pronounce hitting the ceiling

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