Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

straining at the leash

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
strain-ing at the leash
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of strain at the leash

Questions

What does straining at the leash mean?
present participle and gerund of strain at the leash

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