Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tailing off

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
tail-ing off
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tail off

Questions

What does tailing off mean?
present participle and gerund of tail off

How to pronounce tailing off

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