Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biting the bullet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
bit-ing the bul-let
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bite the bullet

Questions

What does biting the bullet mean?
present participle and gerund of bite the bullet

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