Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

covering the waterfront

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
cov-er-ing the wa-ter-front
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of cover the waterfront

Questions

What does covering the waterfront mean?
present participle and gerund of cover the waterfront

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