Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bitten the dust

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables
bit-ten the -dust
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does bitten the dust mean?
past participle of bite the dust

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