Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speaking with a forked tongue

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
speak-ing with- a -forked -tongue
IPA
47
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
5
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of speak with a forked tongue

Questions

What does speaking with a forked tongue mean?
present participle and gerund of speak with a forked tongue

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