Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

playing the devil with

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
play-ing the dev-il with
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of play the devil with

Questions

What does playing the devil with mean?
present participle and gerund of play the devil with

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