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stirring up a hornets' nest

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables
stir-ring up a hor-net-s' nest
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of stir up a hornets' nest

Questions

What does stirring up a hornets' nest mean?
present participle and gerund of stir up a hornets' nest

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