Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make neither head nor tail of

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables
make nei-ther -head- nor -tail of
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fail to make head or tail of; not to understand at all.

Inflected Forms

makes neither head nor tail of (present, singular) making neither head nor tail of (participle, present) made neither head nor tail of (participle, past) made neither head nor tail of (past)

Questions

What does make neither head nor tail of mean?
To fail to make head or tail of; not to understand at all.

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