Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nickel and diming

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
nick-el and dim-ing
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of nickel and dime

Questions

What does nickel and diming mean?
present participle and gerund of nickel and dime

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