Speakur

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throwing in the sponge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
throw-ing in the sponge
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of throw in the sponge

Questions

What does throwing in the sponge mean?
present participle and gerund of throw in the sponge

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