Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throwing someone a curveball

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables
throw-ing -some-one a curve-ball
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
5
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of throw someone a curveball

Questions

What does throwing someone a curveball mean?
present participle and gerund of throw someone a curveball

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