Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throwing gasoline on the fire

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
throw-ing -ga-so-line on the -fire
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of throw gasoline on the fire

Questions

What does throwing gasoline on the fire mean?
present participle and gerund of throw gasoline on the fire

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