Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shooting the shit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables
shoot-ing the shit
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shoot the shit

Questions

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

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