Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dropping the ball

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables
drop-ping the ball
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of drop the ball

Questions

What does dropping the ball mean?
present participle and gerund of drop the ball

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