Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hung by a thread

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables
hung by a thread
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does hung by a thread mean?
simple past and past participle of hang by a thread

How to pronounce hung by a thread

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