Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

playing it straight

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English

Syllables
play-ing it s-traight
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of play it straight

Questions

What does playing it straight mean?
present participle and gerund of play it straight

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