Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

playing the ball and not the man

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables
play-ing the bal-l and not the -man
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of play the ball and not the man

Questions

What does playing the ball and not the man mean?
present participle and gerund of play the ball and not the man

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