Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

starting the ball rolling

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables
start-ing the bal-l rolling
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of start the ball rolling

Questions

What does starting the ball rolling mean?
present participle and gerund of start the ball rolling

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