Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flying off the handle

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
fly-ing of-f the han-dle
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of fly off the handle

Questions

What does flying off the handle mean?
present participle and gerund of fly off the handle

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