Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stopping the presses

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
stop-ping the -press-es
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of stop the presses

Questions

What does stopping the presses mean?
present participle and gerund of stop the presses

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