Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

naming and shaming

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables
nam-ing and sham-ing
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of name and shame

Questions

What does naming and shaming mean?
present participle and gerund of name and shame

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