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howl at the moon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
howl at the -moon
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To spend considerable time and effort fruitlessly in a hopeless endeavor.

Etymology

After the stereotypical behaviour of wolves howling at the moon in folklore.

Inflected Forms

howls at the moon (present, singular) howling at the moon (participle, present) howled at the moon (participle, past) howled at the moon (past)

Questions

What does howl at the moon mean?
To spend considerable time and effort fruitlessly in a hopeless endeavor.
Where does howl at the moon come from?
After the stereotypical behaviour of wolves howling at the moon in folklore.

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