Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rooting around

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
root-ing around
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of root around

Questions

What does rooting around mean?
present participle and gerund of root around

How to pronounce rooting around

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