Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ducking and diving

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables
duck-ing and -div-ing
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of duck and dive

Questions

What does ducking and diving mean?
present participle and gerund of duck and dive

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