Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shooting the moon

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables
shoot-ing the -moon
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shoot the moon

Questions

What does shooting the moon mean?
present participle and gerund of shoot the moon

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