Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took a gander

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
took a -gan-der
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does took a gander mean?
simple past of take a gander

How to pronounce took a gander

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