Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throwing cold water on

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
throw-ing -cold wa-ter on
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of throw cold water on.

Questions

What does throwing cold water on mean?
present participle and gerund of throw cold water on.

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