Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

had a whale of a time

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
had a whale of a -time
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of have a whale of a time

Questions

What does had a whale of a time mean?
simple past and past participle of have a whale of a time

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