Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shooting the cat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables
shoot-ing the -cat
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shoot the cat

Questions

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

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