Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ticking-over

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
tick-ing-over
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the idling of an engine

Uncountable

noun

doing a gentle amount of work

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does ticking-over mean?
the idling of an engine

How to pronounce ticking-over

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