Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roughing it

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
rough-ing it
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of rough it

Questions

What does roughing it mean?
present participle and gerund of rough it

How to pronounce roughing it

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