Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shooting one's shot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables
shoot-ing one's shot
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shoot one's shot

Questions

What does shooting one's shot mean?
present participle and gerund of shoot one's shot

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