Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

having a whale of a time

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables
hav-ing a whale of a -time
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of have a whale of a time

Questions

What does having a whale of a time mean?
present participle and gerund of have a whale of a time

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