Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beating around the bush

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
beat-ing around the bush
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
2
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of beat around the bush

Questions

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

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