Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pushing the envelope

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
push-ing the en-ve-lope
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of push the envelope

Questions

What does pushing the envelope mean?
present participle and gerund of push the envelope

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