Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tightening one's belt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
tight-en-ing one's -belt
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tighten one's belt

Questions

What does tightening one's belt mean?
present participle and gerund of tighten one's belt

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