Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telling time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.90 in modern English

Syllables
telling -time
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tell time

Questions

What does telling time mean?
present participle and gerund of tell time

How to pronounce telling time

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