Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shooting for the moon

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables
shoot-ing -for the -moon
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shoot for the moon

Questions

What does shooting for the moon mean?
present participle and gerund of shoot for the moon

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