Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beating about the bush

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
beat-ing about the bush
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of beat about the bush

Questions

What does beating about the bush mean?
present participle and gerund of beat about the bush

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