Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on the stocks

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
on the -s-tocks
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

under construction

British usage

prep_phrase

in progress, underway

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does on the stocks mean?
under construction

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