Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knocking wood

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
knock-ing -wood
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of knock wood

Questions

What does knocking wood mean?
present participle and gerund of knock wood

How to pronounce knocking wood

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