Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sure as a gun

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables
sure as a -gun
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Surely; with certainty.

Questions

What does sure as a gun mean?
Surely; with certainty.

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