Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

splitting hairs

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
split-ting hairs
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of split hairs

Questions

What does splitting hairs mean?
present participle and gerund of split hairs

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