Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poking fun

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
pok-ing -fun
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of poke fun

Questions

What does poking fun mean?
present participle and gerund of poke fun

How to pronounce poking fun

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