Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crossing swords

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
cross-ing s-words
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of cross swords

Questions

What does crossing swords mean?
present participle and gerund of cross swords

How to pronounce crossing swords

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