Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whiling away

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
whiling -away
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of while away

Questions

What does whiling away mean?
present participle and gerund of while away

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