Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

running the gamut

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
run-ning the ga-mut
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of run the gamut

Questions

What does running the gamut mean?
present participle and gerund of run the gamut

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