Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burning the midnight oil

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables
burn-ing the mid-night oil
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of burn the midnight oil

Questions

What does burning the midnight oil mean?
present participle and gerund of burn the midnight oil

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