Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

putting the finger on

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables
putting the fin-ger on
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of put the finger on

Questions

What does putting the finger on mean?
present participle and gerund of put the finger on

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