Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kicking the bucket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
kick-ing the buck-et
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of kick the bucket

Questions

What does kicking the bucket mean?
present participle and gerund of kick the bucket

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