Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kicked the bucket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables
kicked the buck-et
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does kicked the bucket mean?
simple past and past participle of kick the bucket

How to pronounce kicked the bucket

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