Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smelling a rat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
smelling a rat
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of smell a rat

Questions

What does smelling a rat mean?
present participle and gerund of smell a rat

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