Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

firing on all cylinders

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
fir-ing on al-l -cylin-ders
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of fire on all cylinders

Questions

What does firing on all cylinders mean?
present participle and gerund of fire on all cylinders

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