Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waving the white flag

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables
wav-ing the white flag
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of wave the white flag

Questions

What does waving the white flag mean?
present participle and gerund of wave the white flag

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