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taking a licking and keeping on ticking

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing a lick-ing and -keep-ing on tick-ing
IPA
60
Scrabble Score
33
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take a licking and keep on ticking

Questions

What does taking a licking and keeping on ticking mean?
present participle and gerund of take a licking and keep on ticking

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