Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

work one's buns off

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: work one's bun-s off
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of work one's butt off.

Example Sentences

"I worked my little buns off making my special souffle for you!" She said,"
"The poor girl has been working her buns off at the catering business and the most we've done so far is cuddle on the couch."
"She and her husband had just retired, and I'm thinking, “Why am I still working my buns off?”"
"You know while I was here working my buns off he was out somewhere playing the hot-shot."

Inflected Forms

works one's buns off (present, singular) working one's buns off (participle, present) worked one's buns off (participle, past) worked one's buns off (past)

Questions

What does work one's buns off mean?: Alternative form of work one's butt off.

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