Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sucking one's teeth

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
suck-ing one's -teeth
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of suck one's teeth

Questions

What does sucking one's teeth mean?
present participle and gerund of suck one's teeth

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