Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rough-and-tumbling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables
rough-and--tum-bling
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of rough-and-tumble

Questions

What does rough-and-tumbling mean?
present participle and gerund of rough-and-tumble

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