Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding one's jaw

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing one's -jaw
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold one's jaw

Questions

What does holding one's jaw mean?
present participle and gerund of hold one's jaw

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