Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drawing a bead on

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
draw-ing a bead- on
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of draw a bead on

Questions

What does drawing a bead on mean?
present participle and gerund of draw a bead on

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