Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

petering out

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables
pe-ter-ing out
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of peter out

Questions

What does petering out mean?
present participle and gerund of peter out

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