Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ticking time bomb

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: tick-ing -time bomb
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of time bomb (“a situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time”).

Inflected Forms

ticking time bombs (plural)

Synonyms

time bomb

Questions

What does ticking time bomb mean?: Synonym of time bomb (“a situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time”).

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