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saber-rattling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
saber-rat-tling
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

chiefly US spelling of sabre-rattling

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of saber-rattle

adj

chiefly US spelling of sabre-rattling

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

saber-rattlings (plural) more saber-rattling (comparative) most saber-rattling (superlative)

Questions

What does saber-rattling mean?
chiefly US spelling of sabre-rattling

How to pronounce saber-rattling

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