Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breaking the bank

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

Syllables
break-ing the bank
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of break the bank

Questions

What does breaking the bank mean?
present participle and gerund of break the bank

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