Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

talking down to

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.19 in modern English

Syllables
talk-ing -down -to
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of talk down to

Questions

What does talking down to mean?
present participle and gerund of talk down to

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