Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kicking the can down the road

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables
kick-ing the -can -down the road
IPA
48
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of kick the can down the road

Questions

What does kicking the can down the road mean?
present participle and gerund of kick the can down the road

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