Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smell blood in the water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables
smell blood- in the wa-ter
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of smell blood.

Inflected Forms

smells blood in the water (present, singular) smelling blood in the water (participle, present) smelled blood in the water (participle, past) smelled blood in the water (past) smelt blood in the water (participle, past) smelt blood in the water (past)

Synonyms

Questions

What does smell blood in the water mean?
Synonym of smell blood.

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